{"id":973607,"date":"2019-11-20T06:39:18","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T13:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=914858"},"modified":"2019-11-20T06:39:18","modified_gmt":"2019-11-20T13:39:18","slug":"lizzo-billie-eilish-lil-nas-x-lead-2020-grammy-nominees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/music-news\/lizzo-billie-eilish-lil-nas-x-lead-2020-grammy-nominees\/","title":{"rendered":"Lizzo, Billie Eilish, Lil Nas X Lead 2020 Grammy Nominees"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lizzo<\/a>, Billie Eilish<\/a> and Lil Nas X<\/a> scored the most nominations for the 62nd Grammy Awards<\/a>, with all three notching nods for Record of the Year, Album of the Year and Best New Artist.<\/p>\n

Lizzo led the pack with eight nominations, including \u201cTruth Hurts\u201d for Record and Song of the Year, and Cuz I Love You <\/i>for Album of the Year. Eilish, who garnered six nominations, was also nominated in those three categories: \u201cBad Guy\u201d for Record and Song of the Year and When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? <\/i>for Album of the Year. And Lil Nas X, also up for six awards, scored a Record of the Year look for his smash \u201cOld Town Road\u201d remix with Billy Ray Cyrus, while his debut EP 7 <\/i>was nominated for Album of the Year.<\/p>\n

Lizzo, Eilish and Lil Nas X will face off against a variety of more experienced acts in the Album of the Year category, which also features Bon Iver\u2019s i, i<\/i>, Lana Del Rey\u2019s Norman Fucking Rockwell<\/i>, Ariana Grande<\/a>\u2019s Thank U, Next<\/i>, H.E.R.\u2019s I Used to Know Her<\/i> and Vampire Weekend\u2019s Father of the Bride<\/i>.<\/p>\n

The Record of the Year category boasts Bon Iver for \u201cHey, Ma,\u201d Grande for \u201c7 Rings,\u201d H.E.R. for \u201cHard Place,\u201d Khalid for \u201cTalk\u201d and Post Malone and Swae Lee for \u201cSunflower.\u201d And Song of the Year features Lady Gaga\u2019s other A Star Is Born<\/i> hit, \u201cAlways Remember Us This Way,\u201d Tanya Tucker\u2019s \u201cBring My Flowers Now,\u201d H.E.R.\u2019s \u201cHard Place,\u201d Taylor Swift\u2019s \u201cLover,\u201d Lana Del Rey\u2019s \u201cNorman Fucking Rockwell\u201d and Lewis Capaldi\u2019s \u201cTruth Hurts.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Along with Lizzo, Eilish and Lil Nas X, the Best New Artist category features several other breakout performers including Maggie Rogers, Rosal\u00eda, Tank and the Bangas, Yola and Black Pumas.<\/p>\n

In recent years, the Recording Academy has been slammed for failing to properly recognize and reward groundbreaking work from black performers \u2014 including Kendrick Lamar and Beyonc\u00e9 \u2014 and women. At the 2018 ceremony, just one woman was presented an award during the televised broadcast. Following that ceremony, Recording Academy president Neil Portnow made his now infamous comment that women need \u201cto step up.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

Following that disaster, the Grammys have taken a series of steps in an attempt to increase voter diversity, inviting 900 new members to the organization, changing parts of the voting membership process and appointing the first female CEO of the Recording Academy, Deborah Dugan. Perhaps as a result of these changes, or due to increased scrutiny, this year\u2019s coveted general categories are carefully balanced by gender. (Although this is less true in some of the genre categories, like hip-hop.) And while the Grammys have frequently rewarded long-established performers at the expense of vital young acts, voters this year seemed particularly attuned to 2019\u2019s fast-rising stars.<\/p>\n

Like other major award shows, the Grammys have also faced a decline in live viewership this decade, especially in the key 18- to 49-year-old demographic. It may not be a coincidence that the Recording Academy was meticulous about throwing 2020 nominations in the general categories to stars who have proved their widespread appeal in the last eight months.<\/p>\n

Take Record of the Year: The singles by Grande, Post Malone, Eilish, Khalid and Lizzo all reached Number One at Top 40 radio. Lil Nas X\u2019s \u201cOld Town Road\u201d is one of the most successful singles in history, and H.E.R. actually performed her Grammy-nominated single \u201cHard Place\u201d live at the 2019 ceremony \u2014 it has already been road-tested. The only song in the category that seems like an outlier is Bon Iver\u2019s \u201cHey, Ma,\u201d but even Bon Iver is a pretty safe choice for the Recording Academy \u2014 he has been nominated for five Grammys and won two.<\/p>\n

Other top Grammy nominees for 2020 include Beyonc\u00e9, who notched four nods for her work on her Lion King<\/i> soundtrack, The Gift<\/i>, and Tucker, who nabbed three more nods to accompany her Song of the Year look, including Best Country Album for her comeback LP, While I\u2019m Livin\u2019<\/i> (Tucker has been nominated for 10 Grammys since 1973, but has yet to win one).<\/p>\n

Radiohead\u2019s Thom Yorke also picked up four nominations, including Best Alternative Album for Anima, <\/i>as did British newcomer, Yola, <\/i>who bolstered her Best New Artist look with several nominations in the Americana categories, including Best Americana Album for Walk Through the Fire<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Album of the Year<\/strong>
I, I<\/em> \u2014 Bon Iver
Norman Fucking Rockwell!<\/em> \u2014 Lana Del Rey
When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?<\/em> \u2014 Billie Eilish
Thank U, Next<\/em> \u2014 Ariana Grande
I Used To Know Her<\/em> \u2014 H.E.R.
7<\/em> \u2014 Lil Nas X
Cuz I Love You<\/em> (Deluxe) \u2014 Lizzo
Father Of The Bride<\/em> \u2014 Vampire Weekend<\/p>\n

Record of the Year
<\/strong>\u201cHey, Ma\u201d \u2014 Bon Iver
\u201cBad Guy\u201d \u2014 Billie Eilish
\u201c7 Rings\u201d \u2014 Ariana Grande
\u201cHard Place\u201d \u2014 H.E.R.
\u201cTalk\u201d \u2014 Khalid
\u201cOld Town Road\u201d \u2014 Lil Nas X Featuring Billy Ray Cyrus
\u201cTruth Hurts\u201d \u2014 Lizzo
<\/span>\u201cSunflower\u201d \u2014 Post Malone & Swae Lee<\/p>\n

Song of the Year<\/strong>
\u201cAlways Remember Us This Way\u201d \u2014 Natalie Hemby, Lady Gaga, Hillary Lindsey & Lori McKenna, songwriters (Lady Gaga)
\u201cBad Guy\u201d \u2014 Billie Eilish O\u2019Connell & Finneas O\u2019Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish)
\u201cBring My Flowers Now\u201d \u2014 Brandi Carlile, Phil Hanseroth, Tim Hanseroth & Tanya Tucker, songwriters (Tanya Tucker)
\u201cHard Place\u201d \u2014 Ruby Amanfu, Sam Ashworth, D. Arcelious Harris. H.E.R. & Rodney Jerkins, songwriters (H.E.R.)
\u201cLover\u201d \u2014 Taylor Swift, songwriter (Taylor Swift)
\u201cNorman F***ing Rockwell\u201d \u2014 Jack Antonoff & Lana Del Rey, songwriters (Lana Del Rey)
\u201cSomeone You Loved\u201d \u2014 Tom Barnes, Lewis Capaldi, Pere Kelleher, Benjamin Kohn & Sam Roman, songwriters (Lewis Capaldi)
\u201cTruth Hurts\u201d \u2014 Steven Cheung, Eric Frederic, Melissa Jefferson & Jesse Saint John, songwriters (Lizzo)<\/p>\n

Best New Artist<\/strong>
Black Pumas
Billie Eilish
Lil Nas X
Lizzo
Maggie Rogers
Rosal\u00eda
Tank And The Bangas
Yola<\/p>\n

Best Pop Solo Performance<\/strong>
\u201cSpirit\u201d \u2014 Beyonc\u00e9
<\/span>\u201cBad Guy\u201d \u2014 Billie Eilish
\u201c7 Rings\u201d \u2014 Ariana Grande
\u201cTruth Hurts\u201d \u2014 Lizzo
\u201cYou Need To Calm Down\u201d \u2014 Taylor Swift<\/p>\n

Best Pop Vocal Album<\/strong>
The Lion King: The Gift<\/em> \u2014 Beyonc\u00e9
When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?<\/em> \u2014 Billie Eilish
Thank U, Next<\/em> \u2014 Ariana Grande
No. 6 Collaborations Project<\/em> \u2014 Ed Sheeran
Lover<\/em>  <\/span>\u2014 Taylor Swift<\/p>\n

Best Dance Album<\/strong>
LP5<\/em> \u2013 Apparat
No Geography<\/em> \u2013 The Chemical Brothers
Hi This Is Flume<\/em> \u2013 Flume
Refs Du Sol<\/em> \u2013 Solace
Weather<\/em> \u2013 Tyco<\/p>\n

Best Rock Album<\/strong>
Amo<\/em> \u2014 Bring Me The Horizon
Social Cues<\/em> \u2014 Cage The Elephant
In The End<\/em> \u2014 The Cranberries
Trauma<\/em> \u2014 I Prevail
Feral Roots<\/em> \u2014 Rival Sons<\/p>\n

Best Rap Album<\/strong>
Revenge Of The Dreamers III<\/em> \u2014 Dreamville
Championships<\/em> \u2014 Meek Mill
I Am > I Was<\/em> \u2014 21 Savage
Igor<\/em> \u2014 Tyler, The Creator
The Lost Boy<\/em> \u2014 YBN Cordae<\/p>\n

Best Alternative Album<\/strong>
U.F.O.F.<\/em> \u2013 Big Thief
Assume Form<\/em> \u2013 James Blake
I, I<\/em> \u2013 Bon Iver
Father of the Bride<\/em> \u2013 Vampire Weekend
Anima<\/em> \u2013 Thom Yorke<\/p>\n

Best Country Album<\/strong>
Desperate Man<\/em> \u2013 Eric Church
Stronger Than the Truth<\/em> \u2013 Reba McEntire
Interstate Gospel<\/em> \u2013 Pistol Annies
Center Point Road<\/em> \u2013 Thomas Rhett
While I\u2019m Livin\u2019<\/em> \u2013 Tanya Tucker<\/p>\n

Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album<\/strong>
X 100PRE<\/em> \u2014 Bad Bunny
Oasis<\/em> \u2014 J Balvin & Bad Bunny
Indestructible<\/em> \u2014 Flor De Toloache
Almadura<\/em> \u2014 iLe
El Mal Querer<\/em> \u2014 Rosal\u00eda<\/p>\n

Best Urban Contemporary Album<\/strong>
Apollo XXI<\/em> \u2013 Steve Lacy
Cuz I Love You<\/em> \u2013 Lizzo
Overload<\/em> \u2013 Georgia Anne Muldrow
Saturn<\/em> \u2013 NAO
Being Human in Public<\/em> \u2013 Jessie Reyez<\/p>\n

Best R&B Album<\/strong>
1123<\/em> \u2013 BJ the Chicago Kid
Painted<\/em> \u2013 Lucky Daye
Ella Mai<\/em> \u2013 Ella Mai
Paul<\/em> \u2013 PJ Morton
Ventura<\/em> \u2013 Anderson .Paak<\/span><\/p>\n

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
<\/strong>Jack Antonoff
Dan Auerbach
John Hill
Finneas
Ricky Reed<\/p>\n

via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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