Nominations for the 61st Annual GRAMMY Awards

The nominations for the 61st Annual GRAMMY Awards were announced this morning. There were some surprises and some expectations, along with snubs that have us questioning the academy.

Snubbed this year, that were deserved nominations were; Nicki Minaj, Chris Brown, J. Cole and Eminem to name a few.

Cardi B received five nominations, including Album of the Year (Invasion of Privacy) and Song of the Year (“I Like It”). Kendrick Lamar received eight, while Drake received seven.

Music’s Biggest Night® returns to Los Angeles’ STAPLES Center on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2019, and will broadcast live on the CBS Television Network at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.This years nominations honor the best in recordings released between Oct. 1, 2017, and Sept. 30, 2018.

GRAMMY Nominations:

1. Record Of The Year
Award to the Artist and to the Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s) and/or Mixer(s) and mastering engineer(s), if other than the artist.
I LIKE IT
Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin
Invincible, JWhiteDidIt, Craig Kallman & Tainy, producers; Leslie Brathwaite & Evan LaRay, engineers/mixers; Colin Leonard, mastering engineer

THE MIDDLE
Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey
Grey, Monsters & Strangerz & Zedd, producers; Grey, Tom Morris, Ryan Shanahan & Zedd, engineers/mixers; Mike Marsh, mastering engineer

2. Album Of The Year
Award to Artist(s) and to Featured Artist(s), Songwriter(s) of new material, Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s), Mixer(s) and Mastering Engineer(s) credited with at least 33% playing time of the album, if other than Artist.
INVASION OF PRIVACY
Cardi B
Leslie Brathwaite & Evan LaRay, engineers/mixers; Belcalis Almanzar & Jorden Thorpe, songwriters; Colin Leonard, mastering engineer

BLACK PANTHER: THE ALBUM, MUSIC FROM AND INSPIRED BY
(Various Artists)
Kendrick Lamar, featured artist; Kendrick Duckworth & Sounwave, producers; Matt Schaeffer, engineer/mixer; Kendrick Duckworth & Mark Spears, songwriters; Mike Bozzi, mastering engineer

3. Song Of The Year
A Songwriter(s) Award. A song is eligible if it was first released or if it first achieved prominence during the Eligibility Year. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.
ALL THE STARS
Kendrick Duckworth, Solána Rowe, Al Shuckburgh, Mark Spears & Anthony Tiffith, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar & SZA)

THIS IS AMERICA
Donald Glover & Ludwig Goransson, songwriters (Childish Gambino)

R&B
17. Best R&B Performance
For new vocal or instrumental R&B recordings.
LONG AS I LIVE
Toni Braxton

FIRST BEGAN
PJ Morton

18. Best Traditional R&B Performance
For new vocal or instrumental traditional R&B recordings.
BET AIN’T WORTH THE HAND
Leon Bridges

MADE FOR LOVE
Charlie Wilson Featuring Lalah Hathaway

19. Best R&B Song
A Songwriter(s) Award. A song is eligible if it was first released or if it first achieved prominence during the Eligibility Year. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.
BOO’D UP
Larrance Dopson, Joelle James, Ella Mai & Dijon McFarlane, songwriters (Ella Mai)

LONG AS I LIVE
Paul Boutin, Toni Braxton & Antonio Dixon, songwriters (Toni Braxton)

20. Best Urban Contemporary Album
For albums containing at least 51% playing time of newly recorded contemporary vocal tracks derivative of R&B.
EVERYTHING IS LOVE
The Carters

VENTRILOQUISM
Meshell Ndegeocello

21. Best R&B Album
For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new R&B recordings.
SEX & CIGARETTES
Toni Braxton

GUMBO UNPLUGGED (LIVE)
PJ Morton

RAP
22. Best Rap Performance
For a Rap performance. Singles or Tracks only.
BE CAREFUL
Cardi B

SICKO MODE
Travis Scott, Drake, Big Hawk & Swae Lee

23. Best Rap/Sung Performance
For a solo or collaborative performance containing both elements of R&B melodies and Rap.
LIKE I DO
Christina Aguilera Featuring Goldlink

ROCKSTAR
Post Malone Featuring 21 Savage

24. Best Rap Song
A Songwriter(s) Award. A song is eligible if it was first released or if it first achieved prominence during the Eligibility Year. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.
GOD’S PLAN
Aubrey Graham, Daveon Jackson, Brock Korsan, Ron LaTour, Matthew Samuels & Noah Shebib, songwriters (Drake)

WIN
K. Duckworth, A. Hernandez, J. McKinzie, M. Samuels & C. Thompson, songwriters (Jay Rock)

25. Best Rap Album
For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new rap recordings.
INVASION OF PRIVACY
Cardi B

ASTROWORLD
Travis Scott

38. Best Gospel Album
For albums containing at least 51% playing time of newly recorded, vocal, traditional or contemporary/R&B gospel music recordings.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD
Jekalyn Carr

A GREAT WORK
Brian Courtney Wilson

70. Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical
A Producer’s Award. (Artists names appear in parentheses.)
BOI-1DA
• Be Careful (Cardi B) (T)
• Diplomatic Immunity (Drake) (S)
• Friends (The Carters) (T)
• God’s Plan (Drake) (S)
• Heard About Us (The Carters) (T)
• Lucky You (Eminem Featuring Joyner Lucas) (T)
• Mob Ties (Drake) (T)
• No Limit (G-Eazy Featuring A$AP Rocky & Cardi B) (S)

PHARRELL WILLIAMS
• Apes*** (The Carters) (T)
• Man Of The Woods (Justin Timberlake) (A)
• No One Ever Really Dies (N.E.R.D) (A)
• Stir Fry (Migos) (T)
• Sweetener (Ariana Grande) (A)

83. Best Music Video
Award to the artist, video director, and video producer.
APES***
The Carters
Ricky Saiz, video director; Mélodie Buchris, Natan Schottenfels & Erinn Williams, video producers

MUMBO JUMBO
Tierra Whack
Marco Prestini, video director; Sara Nassim, video producer

FULL LIST OF NOMINATIONS:
https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/2019-grammy-awards-complete-nominations-list