‘No Angel’ singer Beyonce has become the most-nominated artist in Grammy history this year, securing the record after leading this year’s nominations alongside ‘In the Lonely Hour‘ singer Sam Smith and ‘Happy‘ chart topper Pharrell Williams.
Details on her good news below…
As Iggy Azalea becomes the first Australian female Rapper to score a ‘Best New Artist’ nomination, Beyonce leads this year’s list with six nominations.
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Beyoncé – BEYONCÉ
Pharrell Williams – GIRL
Ed Sheeran – X
Sam Smith – In The Lonely Hour
Beck – Morning Phase
RECORD OF THE YEAR
Iggy Azalea f/ Charli XCX – Fancy
Sia – Chandelier
Sam Smith – Stay With Me (Darkchild Version)
Taylor Swift – Shake It Off
Meghan Trainer – All About That Bass
SONG OF THE YEAR
Meghan Trainor – All About That Bass
Sia – Chandelier
Taylor Swift – Shake It Off
Sam Smith – Stay With Me (Darkchild Version)
Hozier – Take Me To Church
BEST NEW ARTIST
Iggy Azalea
Sam Smith
Bastille
Brandy Clark
HAIM
POP DUO/GROUP
Iggy Azalea f/ Charli XCX – Fancy
Jessie J, Nicki Minaj, & Ariana Grande – Bang Bang
A Great Big World f/ Christina Aguilera – Say Something
Coldyplay – A Sky Full Of Stars
Katy Perry f/ Juicy J – Dark Horse
POP SOLO PERFORMANCE
John Legend – All Of Me (Live)
Sia – Chandelier
Sam Smith – Stay With Me
Taylor Swift – Shake It Off
Pharell Williams – Happy
POP VOCAL ALBUM
Coldplay – Ghost Stories
Miley Cyrus – Bangerz
Ariana Grande – My Everything
Katy Perry – PRISM
ED Sheeran – X
Sam Smith – In The Lonely Hour
TRADITIONAL POP ALBUM
Lady Gaga & Tony Bennett – Cheek 2 Cheek
Annie Lennox – Nostalgia
Barry Manilow – Night Songs
Johnny Mathis – Sending You A Little Christmas
Barbra Streisand – Partners
R&B PERFORMANCE
Beyoncé – Drunk In Love f/ Jay Z
Chris Brown – New Flame f/ Usher & Rick Ross
Jennifer Hudson – Its Your World f/ R. Kelly
Ledisi – Like This
Usher – Good Kisser
R&B SONG
Beyoncé – Drunk In Love f/ Jay Z
Usher – Good Kisser
Chris Brown – New Flame f/ Usher & Rick Ross
Luke James – Options
Jhené Aiko – The Worst
URBAN CONTEMPORARY ALBUM
Beyoncé – BEYONCÉ
Jhené Aiko – Sail Out
Chris Brown – X
Mali Music – Mali Is…
Pharrell Williams – GIRL
COUNTRY SONG
American Kids – Kenny Chesney
Automatic – Miranda Lambert
Give Me Back My Hometown – Eric Church
I’m Not Gonna Miss You – Glen Campbell
Meanwhile Back At Mama’s – Tim McGraw
COUNTRY ALBUM
Dierks Bentley – Riser
Eric Church – The Outsiders
Brandy Clark – 12 Stories
Miranda Lambert – Platinum
Lee Ann Womack – The Way I’m Livin’
RAP PERFORMANCE
Childish Gambino – 3005
Drake – 0 – 100
Eminem – Rap God
Kendrick Lamar – i
Lecrae – All I Need Is You
RAP/SUNG COLLABORATION
Common Featuring Jhené Aiko – Blak Majik
Eminem Featuring Rihanna – The Monster
I Love Makonnen Featuring Drake – Tuesday
Schoolboy Q Featuring BJ The Chicago Kid – Studio
Kanye West & Charlie Wilson – Bound 2
RAP SONG
Nicki Minaj – Anaconda
Kanye West & Charlie Wilson – Bound 2
Kendrick Lamar – i
Wiz Khalifa – We Dem Boyz
Drake – 0 – 100
RAP ALBUM
Iggy Azalea – The New Classic
Childish Gambino – Because The Internet
Eminem – MMLP 2
Schoolboy Q – Oxymoron
Wiz Khalifa – Black Hollywood
Also celebrating the “Grammy love” they’ve received is R&B singer Luke James, whose single ‘Options’ can be found in the ‘Best R&B Song‘ category and UMG’s Nicki Minaj, recognised in the ‘Rap Song‘ category for the single ‘Anaconda’ and the ‘Best Pop Duo/Group’ field for ‘Bang Bang.’
If Sam Smith picks up awards for all six of his nominations he’ll find himself following in the footsteps of fellow Brit Adele, who did so at the 55th ceremony in 2012.
If anyone’s winning AOTY it’s Bey or Sam. This is supposedly Sams year so… I don’t know about this Beck album but there’s no way Pharrell or even Ed are gonna win!!! How come Sing never got nominated??? Also if Bey or Ed win, Pharrell has credits on both so he kinda wins…
Zero nominations for Gaga’s #ARTFLOP. Whoever wins, I will be more than happy.
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HAAAA!!!!!
No Gaga, Mariah, Lana, Britney…all the lessor b*tches who diluting the US music industry.
Ppl are really depressed and sad! At the Grammys the hard working and Yes POPULAR TALENTS are Nominated! I’m extremely happy to see a lot of BLACK artist on those list! IM NOT A FAN of Nicki but I’m proud to see her get NOMS and of course Bey and Kanye! IGGYS I hope WIN BIG AND JHENE AIKO SOOOO PROUD!!! Some are missing but al in all Good NOMS!!! Hopefully good PERFORMERS TOO!
Musically Sam’s album is the best overall!
AZEALA WHO!????? CATCH YO WIG TWITTERH** ITS BEEN SNATCHED!!! HATER STEP YO WIEGHT UP! STOP HATING KN THE NEXT PERSONS ACHIEVEMENTS WHETHER THEY ARE WHITE BLACK PURPLE BLUE OR YELLOW ! HIPHOP IS A CULTURE ITS MUSIC FASHION AND WORLDWIDE GLOBAL!!! IGGY CONGRATS HONEY YOU DID IT
she has no credibility hun, her accent? fake her lyrics? not hers her grind in the community? fake.. she deserves nothing or at least less than nicki who actually worked her way up
Who is this soar mouth @DelBey honey if you stanning for Bey your Mouth couldn’t be stankin like that!!! HER CREDIBILITY IS HER NO 1s HER AWARDS SHE WON AND HER NOMS! HER RESEARSALS SHE ATTENDS UNLIKE ALOT OF “TGJ” COMMENTERS FAVS! *CLEARS THROAT* IGGYS CREDIBILITY IS THAT STAGE PERFORMANCE AND HER TRANSFORMATION OF THST BEAUTIFUL AUSTRAILAN ACCENT TO OUR CULTURAL HIPHOP SOUND!! U HATERS ARE DELUSIONAL HER CHECKS IS HER CREDITS AND THIS “INSUSTRY” IS HER CREDITS THEY LOVE HER! YOU HATERS ARE JUST GIVER HER A BIGGER STORY
Congrats Bey! And to think she holds this at 33 year’s of age. I want her to snatch Alison Krauss record as the most awarded Grammy female artist tho.
Grammy is too mainstream now and deteriorating. Almost like MTV and AMAs. Sad era we live in..
Who really cares about grammies anymore it’s not about good music it’s about who is popular at moment Sam is and next year is someone new last year it was lorde Nicki Minaj fail to capture in key category iggy and the queen of rap lil kim is rolling laughing Nicki you seem to burn bridges with your cocky attitude
I hate catfish!!! I just invited a n**** over to f*** and he did not look like what he sent. I slammed the door in his face, f*** outta here with dat s***!!!
Yess bitchhhhhh , go in let have ……girl that’s why you cam up before meeting
LMAOOO GIRL THATS WHY IM DONE WITH THESE ONLINE HOOK UPS
im happy for beyonce and a few others but some of the nominees here are a COMPLETE joke and we really have to say are we going to accept this?music quality is really at an all time low and its only a few artist in the mainstream who make good music and or good music videos. i call a summit.before its too late what can we do to get higher quality music?
Lady Gaga is nominated in “Nobody Cares” category.
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But who else deserves it? I think this is one of the categories they got right, well minus Pharrell. Sam and Beyonce put out great bodies of work. I think Beyonce deserves it a bit more. From the concept of the visual album, to being critically acclaimed. Her album was also far more diverse using elements of Hip Hop, R&B, Disco, Pop etc. That album release shook the industry.
Grammy is becoming irrelevant, juvenile and mundane show.
I think Sam will win 4 of his nominations and i also feel like Beyonce will take home at least 2, we all know how the Grammy’s love beyonce.
The Grammys and Beyoncé, is a story i will never understand, she is one of the main reasons, why they have lost credibility.
Why do you say? Honestly
@S******, I agree!!!
N**** really, let me log off. Half of Bey’s grammys are for her vocal performances. Yall bitter.
Beyonce when’s most of her Grammy’s in the urban categories, because that’s what most of her albums are. 6% of her wins come from general categories. Some of you always try to discredit her achievements which is why she continues to win 🙂
SUCCESS is Beyoncé’s FU to her haters, and I love it.
*wins
Yass to the talented! Beyo… Oops, I mean Sam Smith FTW!!!!
YAWL WHO HATING ON NICKI SAYING IGGY IS QUEEN..YAWL DO KNOW TWO NOMINATIONS AND NO ALBUM OUT IS MASSIVE.I SO THINK THOSE IGGY NOMINATIONS ARE A SET UP.NO WAY SHE SHOULD B NOMINATED FOR MOST OF THOSE CATS.RAP ALBUM? ITS A JOKE
Personally, my favorite feminin rapper is Azealia Banks because I love the way she articulates and she sings. Have you ever tried to sing one of her song? You better catch your breath because it ain’t easy believe me. She’s my favorite but I don’t hate Nicki or Iggy, I think they all are talented.The only thing i’m sure of is that Iggy has always had respect for Nicki, wishing her last album to be amazing, telling at her ear sweet words to support her. And all I see now is Nicki trying to destroy Iggy so… why?? This rap game is so ridiculous, fans of each artists should focus on music and only music, that war of Queens is futile and will last long because there will always be someone else to do something different. When I don’t like THE MUSIC of an artist, well I don’t listen to it and that’s all, no need to hate.
Not Sam Smith getting ready to snatch t********* bald.. And where is Lana drunk rey, I have turned the list upside down trying to find her name 😀
where’s the supposed biggest pop star of this decade? where are the nominations for the supposed album of the millennium? lol
I say Go in Iggy Azaela get your Trophys!! Lmbo at Tricki Garbagh not being nominated like she thinks she SHOULD BE!! I’m CTFU….
What about Sam Smith? 6 nominations and I hope he will win all of them because he’s truly talented. Go on Sam !
I knew Beyonce would get a AOTY nom. I bet she’ll win it as well. But who knows, Beck may grab it. The top awards rarely goes to the most popular album.
Congrats to Beyonce! Her nominations are very well deserved. It’s unfortunate that only a few talented artists in today’s music (like Bey, Sam, Sia, Coldplay and John Legend) allow the industry to save face. Few musicians are worthy of awarding Grammys these days. Some people get upset over Bey’s Grammy success, but when you look into the pool of gimmick and struggle artists we have the logic behind these victories becomes clearer with each passing year. It’s a real shame that songs like ‘All About That Base’, ‘Shake It Off’ and ‘Fancy’ could all be potential winners (and I have nothing against Iggy and Taylor). To me a “hit” and something memorable that defines an era are two separate things now.
You don’t understand how songs like “All About That Base, Shake It Off and Fancy could all be potential winners”?
The same way “Drunk in Love” is, lmao! You sound really stupid, young, and naive!
First of all I said it’s a shame, not that I couldn’t understand how those songs could be potential winners (in 2014)…
Second of all, I didn’t mention DIL. I think of Bey’s music as a solid body of work. You’re way too in your feelings about her.
Third of all, if you find ‘DIL’ to be along the same lines as songs like ‘All About that Base’, ‘Shake it off’ and ‘Fancy’ I just can’t fix your problem. Good luck with that.
@Royal, you’re obviously retarded, lmao! I’m in no way defending drunk in love. How u got that out of my comment will forever be a mystery. Have a good one trick, lol!
Hahaha congrats to Queen Bey and LOL at the trolls that were throwing weak shades when they thought she was only nominated for one award
People still watch award shows? Anyways, is Beyonce’s father still a member of the GRAMMY Board Committee? I still for the life of me can’t figure out how people are shocked at her being nominated and winning at least one grammy every year.
Beyonces father was only a memeber of the grammys commitee in 2002. You cannot be a member of the commitee with a relative nominated. The haters reached for years with that lie.
@Carmen Oh ok, just wasn’t sure. I guess she’s paying for the grammy’s I see how she wins now, thanks have a nice day!
Hahah, again naivity at its finest. If you can just pay for Grammys don’t you think Katy Perry, Nicki Minaj, Diana Ross and many others would have done so by now? Tommy Matolla would have paid more for Mariahs the same way they paid for Payola. Grow up. And you have the nerve to call others naive and child like yet you believe you can just bribe your way into getting Grammys? The amount you people accuse Beyonce of paying for… She puts more money back into the industry than she gets out of it. #NoLogic.
@Carmen, she has more money to pay her dues each year. But thanks anyways your advice was less helpful. Have a good one ☺
Mariah has NOTHING to do with this. STFU.
Wrong. Matthew Knowles resigned from the Grammy Committee in 2008. Beyonce fans are good at making up shiit to cover the truth.
Its not made up. Its on the Grammys official website so stop being a sheep.
@Pat stay naive and childish. You’re using Forbes to your convinience when you dont want to believe it otherwise.
I suggest some of you google the grammy rules and regulation if you still are naive enough to believe Mathew was a member of the commitee every year Beyonce won.
why do people believe that? google is your friend! he WAS a member but the comittee is made up of several people so her dads ONE vote isnt going to ammount to much.17 grammys later and i believe shell walk out with 3 more WITHOUT her father just like the 6 sasha era wins and the grammy for Love On Top. the grammys loves beyonce because unlike whoever your basic fave people want to watch her perform
I wish people like you would just use common sense. If Beyonce paid for awards don’t you think she would have paid for the Album of the year (the most important one) by now. Smh.
Am sick of dis overrated b****
I’m sick of Ziaras washed up image, this b**** stuck in ’03 the b**** can’t even reinvent each era #lessor
Beyonce is now officially the most nominated female in Grammys history. People forget most of her awards are in Urban Categories which is why she sweeps most of them. Her and Alicia Keys both have been very consistent in that genre. But I really hope she wins AOY that is MUCH more competitive but I would say now is the time she deserves it in her career.
Yess I feel she has paid her dues. I think she or Sam should win AOTY
Yassssssss I want here to win aoty!!!!!
People will try and discredit anything Beyonce does or achieve……..
They gonna give it to sam just like adele.
Sam deserves his nominations unlike beyonce or nicki
Beyonce will win in all the ghetto nominations we know that.
Sam smith will be the big winner while Nicki walks away empty handed again.
Dumb w**** stan, theres no such thing as a ghetto GRAMMY nomination. Death @ you bandwagoning for Sam when you probably have not even listend to the album and couldn’t name one non single without google.
Excuse me? why are you here, go create an account on pornhub and start a stan war with the p*** stars there, S***
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@DelBey, Loooooooooooool, I can’t.
Dead at the trolls saying Beyonce was snubbed in the other post though.
Beyonce will and always keep the haters steamed, pressed, salty & burnt after all you can’t reach the heights she has without a few bitter leaches, she will win at least one award and it will be one more than your fav. most nominated woman of all time damn, is there much more she could slay at?
Ehhh. Some of these nominations are tragic. Is bet forever going to lead with just dil? Anaconda for best rap? I really hope her anaconda don’t !
The meltdowns if iggy wins a Grammy over nicki, I will have a meltdown, giving a faux white Australian non lyrics writing gimmick one of music most prestigious accolade? I will die
Get a life and stop living thru celebrities you look pathetic.
How old are you? and why are you more concerned about a celebrities life than your own?
Congratulations to B & Sam. I’m very sure given the last few years of eins, that Sam will be the winner though. Those who do deserve their nominations always get snubbed. If B doesn’t perform, I won’t watch. It will be like watching the T*** Choice or Halo Awards with my niece by myself.
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This will be Sams year! He’s an amazing talent and deserves every nomination!!
Some of the nominations are good some others aren´t.
I´m not too excited for the biggest category: Album Of The Year. Pretty weak.
Apart from that “All about that bass”, “Shake it off” or “Fancy are songs that don´t deserve any type of recognition of this caliber.
At least people like Katy Perry didn´t receive any important nominations and there are some really nice categories, just not the 3 main ones.
I just hope that Sam Smith wins many so that someone who doesn´t deserve anything wins.
Grammy is racist. There are so many black urban artists deserve more recognitions in the US. To cover up they put Beyonce. Beyonce is just a bait.
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Spare me! Black artists ruled the 90s and early/mid 2000’s! It’s the urban fans fault for simply not supporting their artists anymore! Believe it or not, the urban community decides what’s cool! I mean, look at the industry now!!! Y’all don’t support then complain when award shows shut your favs out…THEN you all l don’t support your own award shows that were created for YOUR ARTISTS! Imagine how us Latinas feel! There’s more to us than J.Lo! We create and support our own stuff! We don’t sit around and wait for “their” approval! I love R&B music and will continue to support it regardless of sales.
I’ll have to agree. I hear thr BET awards called the EBT awards way too many times. We have to rep ourselves. Look at the CMA, most are not on this list, but they rep their own and show up and show out at their award show. But out artst won’t even make an appearance at the soul train awards.
Beyonce will win in the RnB categories hands down. I got her walking away with 3 Grammys. Bringing her total to 20. Sam deserves all of his success. I purchased his album and still listen to it often. I think he will walk away with 4. Although I adore them both I want this to be Beyonce AOTY. I mean how often can u put out something so epic? Sam could easily have another swing at it. If beyonce wins AOTY there will be no need to even debate on this blog anymore about her. Beyonce will be officially superior. Lol
Grammys are no longer relevant. So team beyonce can buy/manipulate/collect all the Grammys they want, they’re not held at the same caliber anymore.
According to who? You? Lol. Good job your opinion is irrlevant.
Snaaaaaaaaaaaaatch those dirty wigs Bey!!! Only you can show those lessors how it’s done.
Oh so the the Grammies don’t mean anything now…… Oh the irony of it all!
The Grammys are extremely biased and are on the same level as the AMAs on this point. You all are talking about how they lost credibility because Bey is the most nominated female in history but have you all realized that every single one of her wins are in specific genre categories and not in General Field except for one? And as always she’s the “token” and all the other black artists are relegated to the Urban categories. Yes I know I stan Iggy but even I am able to see this.
No wonder they’re only taken seriously by the brainless, knowledgeless pop crowds.
You’re so stupid. They obviously matter to all of your faves, record execs, the artist’s legacy. Only indie snobs that live in a bubble, like you, stress this much about a f****** grammy. 99%?of the pop doesn’t care sis.
“My fave” didn’t even attend last year when she was actually nominated, had an invite, and somewhat had a chance at at least one, so?
Pretty much everyone except delusional stans see this year’s noms as laughable. Just yesterday “Best Rap Album” was trending because Twitter was dragging pretty much all of the nominees, not just Iggy, and saying that Schoolboy Q’s album was the only decent one. Dead at you excusing it on “indie snobs” when there are plenty of legends and industry people who have constantly dissed it for years.
Exactly who? Not you citing a MINORITY opinion and pushing it as fact. I hate elitist snobs like you who were screaming about their fave receiving nominations last year, but are now using this struggle argument in your fave’s defense.
Lool people who say the Grammies dont mean anything have faves slacking in that department thats all. As soon as their fave wins album of the year they’d be boasting for Jesus. Congrats Beyonce she deserves it. And i’ll scream when she wins WITHOUT mathew. What will be the excuses then?
Except she already has won without him.
This awards show is not about quality anymore yet everyones saying Sam Smith will win over Beyonce because hes more ‘quality’. The contradiction. You people just don’t want to see Beyonce win because it will elevator into legendary lane even more. And if she wins it will be ‘oh she paid for it’. Some people don’t realize how stupid they sound. Even if she doesn’t win AOY im sure she’ll pick up something and shes already most nominated female in history.
But I actually wouldn’t be mad of Sam Smith wins his album was fantastic and hes a very nice guy. He also said Beyonce was an influence on his album.
You go bey I hope she wins all well deserve long live queen bey may God continue to bless proteict you and your family for life long happy life ever lasting long happy married more success in all you do good luck with the Grammies and every thing good
Congrats to Rihanna on her nomination. xx
Meaning( rihanna)
RnB is a genre that Bey is predominant in. So I’m not even worried about that, cause she wins 80% of the time.
I hope she not only wins AOTY but all 6 of her noms including ,” Best surround Album sound” cause she deserves it plus the way she was snubbed for “4” still shocks me, it wasn’t even nominated for best RnB or Contemporary Album. The Grammys completely slept on “4”. This year is hers.
Preach Metzo!
Yass Congrats to Beyonce. Well deserved. 😀
NO SHADE BUT ANACONDA SHOULDN’T HAVE RECEIVED A GRAMMY NOD BECAUSE NOW SHE IS GONNA BE ENCOURAGED TO MAKE MORE SONGS LIKE ANACONDA
I hope she snatches AOTY *fingers crossed*
Sam should win album of the year, quality over hype
Yay Beyonce. Her album was a great body of work.she deserves all her noms i think she will walk away with at least 2 or 3 to add to her massive collection.
Hahahahaha, remember JT having a great year, but was payed dust when it came to the Grammys top awards? Lol fun times. And ArtPop, where’s a nom for that? She can’t get a nom, but Anaconda can? Lol
http://youtu.be/MOz_fuQk-Wo
Critical acclaim…great sales…vocal maturity. Beyonce deserves it!
Scratching my head when people be talkin’ about QUALITY music… How do you measure the quality of muSic? I mean, not all music is intended to make you cry and not all music must sound like 1980’s, I mean we HAVE that, if you want 60’s soul or 80’s pop just search for it, nobody needs to recreate that. So what exactly, describes music quality? Has the meaning of quality become synonymous with popularity? Is quality, a response to what you hearing or how many instruments are in it or lyrics? Like, if you keep listening to it, then it should be of good quality… Right?
LMAO wow all BeyDobe had to do was strip, twerk her hardest and grind on that pole the hardest to get this “get viewers tuned in” joke of a nomination on AOTY we all know she is not going to win, that is if the Grammy’s have got any credibility left to salvage.
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The Grammy’s is a joke, Payola Perry in best pop vocal? StruggleConda got a nomination and now BeyDobe is nominated for AOTY for a trashy, sexapade, filth of an album?
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The Grammy’s is officially a joke, if they have any credibility left, they’ll give that AOTY award to Sam Smith.
I personally loved Beyonces album. She covered so many things on that album from post natal depression, death, relationships, maternal love. People who say the album is not quality music are clearly on something. Yes she is extremley popular, yes there was hype around it but it was also backed up because it is a good body of work. It will be deserved if she wins but if she does not, shes still the most nominated female artists ever so thats huge. Its also hilarious that haters automatically bandwagon for any artist who has potential to outdo her lol. Now all of a sudden everyone is betting on Sam Smith to win to when 90% probably have and will continue to pay him dust.
I wouldn’t even be mad at the Grammys if Pills n Plastic was nominated but of course they pick out the highest charting single. We all know NARAS is made up of 35+ year old white males who would rather be “hip” and nominate the trash on their kid’s iPod than, you know, actually appreciate good music.
Of course, unless it’s on an untelevised category. The dance nominees, probably for the first time ever, are all superb. NO Skrillex. None. Thank God.
Congrats Toni Braxton and Babyface on your nomination for best R&B album. I love you Beyonce good luck and make history!