Originally posted by the Voice of America. Voice of America content is produced by the Voice of America, a United States federal government-sponsored entity, and is in the public domain. Grammy Award Nominees by VOA News Record Of The Year "Get Lucky" - Daft Punk Featuring Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers "Radioactive" - Imagine Dragons "Royals" - Lorde "Locked out of Heaven" - Bruno Mars "Blurred Lines" - Robin Thicke Featuring T.I. & Pharrell Album Of The Year "The Blessed Unrest" - Sara Bareilles "Random Access Memories" - Daft Punk "Good Kid M.A.A.D. City" - Kendrick Lamar "The Heist" - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis "Red" - Taylor Swift Song Of The Year "Just Give Me a Reason" Jeff Bhasker, Pink & Nate Ruess, songwriters (Pink Featuring Nate Ruess) "Locked Out Of Heaven" Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine & Bruno Mars, songwriters (Bruno Mars) "Roar" Lukasz Gottwald, Max Martin, Bonnie McKee, Katy Perry & Henry Walter, songwriters (Katy Perry) "Royals" Joel Little & Ella Yelich O'Connor, songwriters (Lorde) "Same Love" Ben Haggerty, Mary Lambert & Ryan Lewis, songwriters (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Mary Lambert) Best New Artist James Blake Kendrick Lamar Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Kacey Musgraves Ed Sheeran Best Pop Instrumental Album "Steppin' Out" - Herb Alpert "The Beat" - Boney James "Handpicked" - Earl Klugh "Summer Horns" - Dave Koz, Gerald Albright, Mindi Abair & Richard Elliot Best Pop Solo Performance "Brave" - Sara Bareilles "Royals" - Lorde "When I Was Your Man" - Bruno Mars "Roar" - Katy Perry "Mirrors" - Justin Timberlake Best Pop Duo/Group Performance "Get Lucky" - Daft Punk Featuring Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers "Just Give Me A Reason" - Pink Featuring Nate Ruess "Stay" - Rihanna Featuring Mikky Ekko "Blurred Lines" - Robin Thicke Featuring T.I. & Pharrell "Suit & Tie" - Justin Timberlake & Jay Z Best Pop Vocal Album "Paradise" - Lana Del Rey "Pure Heroine" - Lorde "Unorthodox Jukebox" - Bruno Mars "Blurred Lines" - Robin Thicke "The 20/20 Experience - The Complete Experience" - Justin Timberlake Best Dance Recording "Need U (100%)" -Duke Dumont Featuring A*M*E & MNEK Adam Dyment & Tommy Forrest, producers; Adam Dyment & Tommy Forrest, mixers "Sweet Nothing" - Calvin Harris Featuring Florence Welch Calvin Harris, producer; Calvin Harris, mixer "Atmosphere" - Kaskade Finn Bjarnson & Ryan Raddon, producers; Ryan Raddon, mixer "This Is What It Feels Like" - Armin Van Buuren Featuring Trevor Guthrie Armin Van Buuren & Benno De Goeij, producers; Armin Van Buuren & Benno De Goeij, mixers "Clarity" - Zedd Featuring Foxes Zedd, producer; Zedd, mixer Best Dance/Electronica Album "Random Access Memories" - Daft Punk "Settle" - Disclosure "18 Months" - Calvin Harris "Atmosphere" - Kaskade "A Color Map Of The Sun" - Pretty Lights Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album "Diva Duets" - Tony Bennett & Various Artists "To Be Loved" - Michael Bublé "The Standards" - Gloria Estefan "Cee Lo's Magic Moment" - Cee Lo Green "Now" - Dionne Warwick Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance "T.N.T." - Anthrax Track from: Anthems "God Is Dead?" - Black Sabbath Track from: 13 "The Enemy Inside" - Dream Theater Track from: Dream Theater "In Due Time" - Killswitch Engage Track from: Disarm The Descent "Room 24" -Volbeat Featuring King Diamond Track from: Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies Best Rock Song "Ain't Messin 'Round" -Gary Clark Jr., songwriter (Gary Clark Jr.) "Cut Me Some Slack" - Dave Grohl, Paul McCartney, Krist Novoselic & Pat Smear, songwriters (Paul McCartney, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, Pat Smear) "Doom And Gloom" - Mick Jagger & Keith Richards, songwriters (The Rolling Stones) "God Is Dead?" - Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi & Ozzy Osbourne, songwriters (Black Sabbath) "Panic Station" - Matthew Bellamy, songwriter (Muse) Best Rock Album "13" - Black Sabbath "The Next Day" - David Bowie "Mechanical Bull" - Kings Of Leon "Celebration Day" - Led Zeppelin "...Like Clockwork" - Queens Of The Stone Age "Psychedelic Pill" - Neil Young With Crazy Horse Best Alternative Music Album "The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You" - Neko Case "Trouble Will Find Me" - The National "Hesitation Marks" -Nine Inch Nails "Lonerism" - Tame Impala "Modern Vampires Of The City" - Vampire Weekend Best Traditional R&B Performance "Love And War" - Tamar Braxton "Best Of Me" - Anthony Hamilton "Nakamarra" - Hiatus Kaiyote Featuring Q-Tip "How Many Drinks?" - Miguel Featuring Kendrick Lamar "Something" - Snarky Puppy With Lalah Hathaway Best R&B Song "Best Of Me" - Anthony Hamilton & Jairus Mozee, songwriters (Anthony Hamilton) "Love And War" -Tamar Braxton, Darhyl Camper, Jr., LaShawn Daniels & Makeba Riddick, songwriters (Tamar Braxton) "Only One" - PJ Morton, songwriter (PJ Morton Featuring Stevie Wonder) "Pusher Love Girl" - James Fauntleroy, Jerome Harmon, Timothy Mosley & Justin Timberlake, songwriters (Justin Timberlake) "Without Me" - Fantasia Barrino, Missy Elliott, Al Sherrod Lambert, Harmony Samuels & Kyle Stewart, songwriters (Fantasia Featuring Kelly Rowland & Missy Elliott) Best Urban Contemporary Album "Love And War" - Tamar Braxton "Side Effects of You" - Fantasia "One: In The Chamber" - Salaam Remi "Unapologetic" - Rihanna "New York: A Love Story" - Mack Wilds Best R&B Album "R&B Divas" - Faith Evans "Girl On Fire" - Alicia Keys "Love In The Future" - John Legend "Better" - Chrisette Michele "Three Kings" - TGT Best Rap/Sung Collaboration "Power Trip" - J. Cole Featuring Miguel "Part II (On The Run)" - Jay Z Featuring Beyoncé "Holy Grail" - Jay Z Featuring Justin Timberlake "Now Or Never" - Kendrick Lamar Featuring Mary J. Blige "Remember You" - Wiz Khalifa Featuring The Weeknd Best Rap Song "F***in' Problems" -Tauheed Epps, Aubrey Graham, Kendrick Lamar, Rakim Mayers & Noah Shebib, songwriters (ASAP Rocky Featuring Drake, 2 Chainz & Kendrick Lamar) "Holy Grail" - Shawn Carter, Terius Nash, J. Harmon, Timothy Mosley, Justin Timberlake & Ernest Wilson, songwriters (Kurt Cobain, Dave Grohl & Krist Novoselic, songwriters) (Jay Z Featuring Justin Timberlake) "New Slaves"- Christopher Breaux, Ben Bronfman, Mike Dean, Noah Goldstein, Louis Johnson, Malik Jones, Sham Joseph, Elon Rutberg, Sakiya Sandifer, Travis Scott, Che Smith, Kanye West & Cydel Young, songwriters (Anna Adamis & Gabor Presser, songwriters) (Kanye West) "Started From The Bottom" - W. Coleman, Aubrey Graham & Noah Shebib, songwriters (Bruno Sanfilippo, songwriter) (Drake) "Thrift Shop" - Ben Haggerty & Ryan Lewis, songwriters (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Wanz) Best Rap Album "Nothing Was The Same" - Drake "Magna Carta...Holy Grail" - Jay Z "Good Kid, M.A.A.D City" - Kendrick Lamar "The Heist" - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis "Yeezus" - Kanye West Best Country Song "Begin Again" -Taylor Swift, songwriter (Taylor Swift) "I Drive Your Truck" - Jessi Alexander, Connie Harrington & Jimmy Yeary, songwriters (Lee Brice) "Mama's Broken Heart" - Brandy Clark, Shane McAnally & Kacey Musgraves, songwriters (Miranda Lambert) "Merry Go 'Round" -Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves & Josh Osborne, songwriters (Kacey Musgraves) "Mine Would Be You" - Jessi Alexander, Connie Harrington & Deric Ruttan, songwriters (Blake Shelton) Best Country Album "Night Train" - Jason Aldean "Two Lanes Of Freedom" - Tim McGraw "Same Trailer Different Park" - Kacey Musgraves "Based On A True Story" - Blake Shelton "Red" - Taylor Swift Best Country Solo Performance "I Drive Your Truck" - Lee Brice "I Want Crazy" - Hunter Hayes "Mama's Broken Heart" - Miranda Lambert "Wagon Wheel" - Darius Rucker "Mine Would Be You" - Blake Shelton Best Music Video "Safe And Sound" - Capital Cities Grady Hall, video director; Buddy Enright, Javier Jimenez, Danny Lockwood & Daniel Weisman, video producers "Picasso Baby: A Performance Art Film" - Jay Z Mark Romanek, video director; Shawn Carter & Aristides McGarry, video producers "Can't Hold Us" - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Ray Dalton Jon Jon Augustavo, Jason Koenig & Ryan Lewis, video directors; Tricia Davis, Honna Kimmerer & Jenny Koenig, video producers "Suit & Tie" - Justin Timberlake Featuring Jay Z David Fincher, video director; Timory King, video producer "I'm Shakin'" - Jack White Dori Oskowitz, video director; Saul Levitz & Candice OvaKnine, video producer __________________________________________________________________ [1]http://www.voanews.com/content/grammy-award-nominees-/1837104.html References 1. http://www.voanews.com/content/grammy-award-nominees-/1837104.html