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Nominations for the Grammys 2014

The 56th annual Grammy awards will take place on January the 26th at the Los Anegeles Staples Centre. The momentous occassion which has seen phenomenal performances from Eminem to Elton John to Eminem and Elton John is of course always a big deal and the nominations always result great speculation. So without further ado:

Record of the Year

  • "Get Lucky"- Daft Punk
  • "Radioactive"- Imagine Dragons
  • "Royals"- Lorde
  • "Locked Out Of Heaven"- Bruno Mars
  • "Blurred Lines"- Robin Thicke

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 and Ryan Lewis
  • Red- Taylor Swift

Best New Artist

  • James Blake
  • Kendrick Lamar
  • Macklemore and Ryan Lewis
  • Kacey Musgraves
  • Ed Sheeran

Best Pop Vocal Album

  •  Paradise- Lana Del Ray
  • Pure Heroine- Lorde
  • Unorthodox Jukebox- Bruno Mars
  • Blurred Lines- Robin Thicke
  • The 20/20 Experience- Complete Experience- Justin Timberlake

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 Rock Album

  • 13- Black Sabbath
  • The Next Day- David Bowie
  • Mechanical Bull- Kings of Leon
  • Celebration Day- Led Zepellin
  • ...Like Clockwork- Queens of the Stone Age
  • Psychadelic Pill- Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Best Rap Album

  • Magna Carta Holy Grail- Jay Z
  • Yeezus- Kanye West
  • The Heist- Macklemore and Ryan Lewis
  • Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City- Kendrick Lamar
  • Nothing Was The Same- Drake

Those are just some of the categories. The Grammys have a list of many, many more which you can access by clicking here.

Who do you think will go home happy? Jay Z leads the nominations but that doesn't guarantee a win. Please comment below and let us know your predications.

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Andrew (b. 1991) is the main music-editor. When not correcting the haphazard grammar of his brother and co-editor Matthew, Andrew enjoys listening to old rock and pop music, thinking about his favourite animals and playing piano.