LIST: Key nominees, Grammy Awards 2021

Here is a list of nominees in the major categories for the 63rd annual Grammy Awards, which will be handed out on January 31, 2021.

Beyonce leads the pack with 9 nominations, followed by Taylor Swift, Dua Lipa and rapper Roddy Ricch, all with 6, organizers announced Tuesday, November 24.

Album of the Year

• Jhene Aiko, Chilombo
• Black Pumas, Black Pumas (Deluxe Edition) 
• Coldplay, Everyday Life
• Jacob Collier, Djesse Vol. 3
• Haim, Women In Music Pt. III
• Dua Lipa, Future Nostalgia
• Post Malone, Hollywood’s Bleeding
• Taylor Swift, Folklore

Record of the Year, recognizing overall performance on a song

• Beyonce, “Black Parade”
• Black Pumas, “Colors”
• DaBaby featuring Roddy Ricch, “Rockstar”
• Doja Cat, “Say So”
• Billie Eilish, “Everything I Wanted”
• Dua Lipa, “Don’t Start Now”
• Post Malone, “Circles”
• Megan Thee Stallion featuring Beyonce, “Savage”

Song of the Year, recognizing songwriting

• Beyonce, Denisia Andrews, Stephen Bray, Shawn Carter, Brittany Coney, Derek James Dixie, Akil King, Kim “Kaydence” Krysiuk and Rickie “Caso” Tice, “Black Parade”
• Roddy Ricch and Samuel Gloade, “The Box”
• Taylor Swift and Aaron Dessner, “Cardigan”
• Post Malone, Louis Bell, Adam Feeney, Kaan Gunesberk and Billy Walsh, “Circles”
• Dua Lipa, Caroline Ailin, Ian Kirkpatrick, Dua Lipa and Emily Warren, “Don’t Start Now”
• Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell, “Everything I Wanted”
• H.E.R., Dernst Emile II and Tiara Thomas, “I Can’t Breathe”
• Julia Michaels and JP Saxe, “If The World Was Ending”

Best New Artist

• Ingrid Andress
• Phoebe Bridgers
• Chika
• Noah Cyrus
• D Smoke
• Doja Cat
• Kaytranada
• Megan Thee Stallion

Best Music Video

• Beyonce, “Brown Skin Girl”
• Future featuring Drake, “Life Is Good”
• Anderson .Paak, “Lockdown”
• Harry Styles, “Adore You”
• Woodkid, “Goliath”

Best Rap Album

• D Smoke, Black Habits
• Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist, Alfredo
• Jay Electronica, A Written Testimony
• Nas, King’s Disease
• Royce Da 5’9″, The Allegory

Best Rock Album

• Fontaines DC, A Hero’s Death
• Michael Kiwanuka, Kiwanuka
• Grace Potter, Daylight
• Sturgill Simpson, Sound & Fury
• The Strokes, The New Abnormal

Best Pop Vocal Album

• Justin Bieber, Changes
• Lady Gaga, Chromatica
• Dua Lipa, Future Nostalgia
• Harry Styles, Fine Line
• Taylor Swift, Folklore

Best Alternative Music Album

• Fiona Apple, Fetch the Bolt Cutters
• Beck, Hyperspace
• Phoebe Bridgers, Punisher
• Brittany Howard, Jaime
• Tame Impala, The Slow Rush

Best Global Music Album

• Antibalas, Fu Chronicles
• Burna Boy, Twice as Tall
• Bebel Gilberto, Agora
• Anoushka Shankar, Love Letters
• Tinariwen, Amadjar

– Rappler.com