Ben 9 sono le nomination conquistate da Beyoncé ai Grammy Awards 2017, che veranno assegnati il prossimo 12 febbraio allo Staples Center di Los Angeles. Queen Bey trionfa con il suo concept album Lemonade, seguita da David Bowie a cui sono andate 5 candidature per Blackstar. I The Chainsmokers sono invece in corsa in 3 categorie, tra cui Best New Artist.
Ecco tutte le candidature ottenute dai nostri artisti:
RECORD OF THE YEAR
Formation – Beyoncé
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Lemonade – Beyoncé
SONG OF THE YEAR
Formation – Khalif Brown, Asheton Hogan, Beyoncé Knowles & Michael L. Williams II, songwriters (Beyoncé)
BEST NEW ARTIST
The Chainsmokers
Maren Morris
BEST POP SOLO PERFORMANCE
Hold Up – Beyoncé
Piece By Piece (Idol Version) – Kelly Clarkson
BEST POP DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE
Closer – The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey
Cheap Thrills – Sia Featuring Sean Paul
BEST TRADITIONAL POP VOCAL ALBUM
Fallen Angels – Bob Dylan
Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway – Barbra Streisand
BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM
This Is Acting – Sia
BEST DANCE RECORDING
Don’t Let Me Down- The Chainsmokers Featuring Daya
BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE
Don’t Hurt Yourself – Beyoncé Featuring Jack White
Blackstar – David Bowie
BEST ROCK SONG
Blackstar – David Bowie, songwriter (David Bowie)
BEST ROCK ALBUM
Tell Me I’m Pretty – Cage The Elephant
BEST ALTERNATIVE MUSIC ALBUM
Blackstar – David Bowie
BEST R&B PERFORMANCE
Permission – Ro James
Cranes In The Sky – Solange
BEST TRADITIONAL R&B PERFORMANCE
Sleeping With The One I Love – Fantasia
BEST R&B SONG
Exchange – Michael Hernandez & Bryson Tiller, songwriters (Bryson Tiller)
Lake By The Ocean – Hod David & Musze, songwriters (Maxwell)
BEST URBAN CONTEMPORARY ALBUM
Lemonade – Beyoncé
BEST RAP/SUNG PERFORMANCE
Freedom – Beyoncé Featuring Kendrick Lamar
BEST RAP ALBUM
Major Key – DJ Khaled
BEST COUNTRY SOLO PERFORMANCE
Vice – Miranda Lambert
My Church – Maren Morris
Church Bells – Carrie Underwood
BEST COUNTRY DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE
Setting The World On Fire – Kenny Chesney & P!nk
Jolene – Pentatonix Featuring Dolly Parton
Think Of You – Chris Young With Cassadee Pope
Different For Girls – Dierks Bentley Featuring Elle King
BEST COUNTRY SONG
My Church – busbee & Maren Morris, songwriters (Maren Morris)
Vice – Miranda Lambert, Shane McAnally & Josh Osborne, songwriters (Miranda Lambert)
BEST COUNTRY ALBUM
Hero – Maren Morris
BEST GOSPEL PERFORMANCE/SONG
It’s Alright, It’s Ok – Shirley Caesar Featuring Anthony Hamilton; Stanley Brown & Courtney Rumble, songwriters
God Provides – Tamela Mann; Kirk Franklin, songwriter
BEST GOSPEL ALBUM
Losing My Religion – Kirk Franklin
BEST AMERICAN ROOTS SONG
City Lights – Jack White, songwriter (Jack White)
BEST MUSICAL THEATER ALBUM
Waitress – Jessie Mueller, principal soloist; Neal Avron, Sara Bareilles & Nadia DiGiallonardo, producers; Sara Bareilles, composer & lyricist (Original Broadway Cast) (Epic/Masterworks Broadway)
BEST COMPILATION SOUNDTRACK FOR VISUAL MEDIA
Miles Ahead – (Miles Davis & Various Artists)
BEST SONG WRITTEN FOR VISUAL MEDIA
Can’t Stop The Feeling! – Max Martin, Shellback & Justin Timberlake, songwriters (Justin Timberlake, Anna Kendrick, Gwen Stefani, James Corden, Zooey Deschanel, Walt Dohrn, Ron Funches, Caroline Hjelt, Aino Jawo, Christopher Mintz-Plasse & Kunal Nayyar)
Just Like Fire – Oscar Holter, Max Martin, P!nk & Shellback, songwriters (P!nk)
Try Everything – Mikkel S. Eriksen, Sia Furler & Tor Erik Hermansen, songwriters (Shakira)
BEST RECORDING PACKAGE
Blackstar – Jonathan Barnbrook, art director (David Bowie)
BEST HISTORICAL ALBUM
The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series, Vol.12 (Collector’s Edition) – Steve Berkowitz & Jeff Rosen, compilation producers; Mark Wilder, mastering engineer (Bob Dylan)
BEST ENGINEERED ALBUM, NON-CLASSICAL
Blackstar – David Bowie, Tom Elmhirst, Kevin Killen & Tony Visconti, engineers; Joe LaPorta, mastering engineer (David Bowie)
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, NON-CLASSICAL
Ricky Reed
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Formation – Beyoncé
River – Leon Bridges
BEST MUSIC FILM
Lemonade – Beyoncé