Did the 2020 Grammys just snub South Korean band BTS? Here's everything you need to know
From Lizzo to Billie Eilish, here’s everyone who made the cut for the 62nd Grammys nominations.
It’s that time of the year again! Music industry’s biggest event – the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards – are upon us, and already there seems to have been a few snubs and surprises.
Known for acknowledging the best of best in music, the Grammys announced their elaborate list of nominations on Wednesday, stirring quite a furore for its unexpected shutout of South Korean boy band BTS.
While newcomers and first-time Grammy nominees like Lizzo, Billie Eilish, and Lil Nas X led the nominations with maximum nods, artists such as Ariana Grande, Bon Iver, Lana Del Rey followed close behind. What came as a surprise, however, to most music fans across the globe was the oversight on part of Grammys, by shutting out BTS absolutely from the 2020 nominations’ list.
Check out some of the nominees from some of the popular categories below, or visit here for the full list. The 62nd Grammy Awards are scheduled to air on Sunday, January 26, 2020.
Record of the Year
Bon Iver
Hey, Ma — Bon Iver
Bad Guy — Billie Eilish
7 Rings — Ariana Grande
Hard Place — H.E.R.
Talk — Khalid
Old Town Road — Lil Nas X Featuring Billy Ray Cyrus
Truth Hurts — Lizzo
Sunflower — Post Malone & Swae Lee
Album of the Year
Ariana Grande
I, I — Bon Iver
Norman F—ing Rockwell! — Lana Del Rey
When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? — Billie Eilish
Thank U, Next — Ariana Grande
I Used To Know Her — H.E.R.
7 — Lil Nas X
Cuz I Love You (Deluxe) — Lizzo
Father of the Bride — Vampire Weekend
Song of the Year
Taylor Swift
Always Remember Us This Way — Natalie Hemby, Lady Gaga, Hillary Lindsey & Lori McKenna, songwriters (Lady Gaga)
Bad Guy — Billie Eilish O’Connell & Finneas O’Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish)
Bring My Flowers Now — Brandi Carlile, Phil Hanseroth, Tim Hanseroth & Tanya Tucker, songwriters (Tanya Tucker)
Hard Place — Ruby Amanfu, Sam Ashworth, D. Arcelious Harris. H.E.R. & Rodney Jerkins, songwriters (H.E.R.)
Lover — Taylor Swift, songwriter (Taylor Swift)
Norman F***ing Rockwell — Jack Antonoff and Lana Del Rey, songwriters (Lana Del Rey)
Someone You Loved — Tom Barnes, Lewis Capaldi, Pere Kelleher, Benjamin Kohn & Sam Roman, songwriters (Lewis Capaldi)
Truth Hurts — Steven Cheung, Eric Frederic, Melissa Jefferson & Jesse Saint John, songwriters (Lizzo)
Best New Artist
Lil Nas X
Black Pumas
Billie Eilish
Lil Nas X
Lizzo
Maggie Rogers
Rosalía
Tank and the Bangas
Yola
POP
Best Pop Solo Performance
Beyonce
Spirit — Beyoncé
Bad Guy — Billie Eilish
7 Rings — Ariana Grande
Truth Hurts — Lizzo
You Need To Calm Down — Taylor Swift
Best Pop Vocal Album
The Lion King: The Gift — Beyoncé
When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go — Billie Eilish
Thank U, Next — Ariana Grande
No. 6 Collaborations Project — Ed Sheeran
Lover — Taylor Swift
ROCK
Best Rock Performance
Pretty Waste — Bones UK
This Land — Gary Clark Jr.
History Repeats — Brittany Howard
Woman — Karen O and Danger Mouse
Too Bad — Rival Sons
Best Metal Performance
Astorolus – The Great Octopus — Candlemass ft. Tony Iommi
Humanicide — Death Angel
Bow Down — I Prevail
Unleashed — Killswitch Engage
7empest — Tool
Best Rock Song
Fear Inoculum — Danny Carey, Justin Chancellor, Adam Jones & Maynard James Keenan, Songwriters (Tool)
Give Yourself A Try — George Daniel, Adam Hann, Matthew Healy & Ross Macdonald, Songwriters (The 1975)
Harmony Hall — Ezra Koenig, Songwriter (Vampire Weekend)
History Repeats — Brittany Howard, Songwriter (Brittany Howard)
This Land — Gary Clark Jr., Songwriter (Gary Clark Jr.)
Alternative
Best Alternative Music Album
U.F.O.F. — Big Thief
Assume Form — James Blake
i,i — Bon Iver
Father of the Bride — Vampire Weekend
Anima — Thom Yorke
R&B
Best R&B Performance
Love Again — Daniel Caesar & Brandy
Could’ve Been — H.E.R. & Bryson Tiller
Exactly How I Feel — Lizzo & Gucci Mane
Roll Some Mo — Lucky Daye
Come Home — Anderson .Paak & André 300
RAP
Best Rap Performance
Middle Child — J.Cole
Suge — DaBaby
Down Bad — Dreamville ft. J.I.D, Bas, J. Cole, Earthgang & Young Nudy
Racks In The Middle — Nipsey Hussle ft. Roddy Ricch and Hit-boy
Clout — Offset ft. Cardi B
Country
Best Country Solo Performance
All Your’n — Tyler Childers
Girl Goin’ Nowhere — Ashley McBryde
Ride Me Back Home — Willie Nelson
God’s Country — Blake Shelton
Bring My Flowers Now — Tanya Tucker
World Music
Best World Music Album
Gece — Altin Gün
What Heat — Bokanté & Metropole Orkest Conducted By Jules Buckley
African Giant — Burna Boy
Fanm D’ayiti — Nathalie Joachim With Spektral Quartet
Celia — Angelique Kidjo
Comedy
Best Comedy Album
Quality Time — Jim Gaffigan
Relatable — Ellen Degeneres
Right Now — Aziz Ansari
Son Of Patricia — Trevor Noah
Sticks & Stones — Dave Chappelle
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