Here Are The Nominees For The 2019 Grammy Awards

Lady Gaga snagged two nominations for her song “Shallow,” featured in the film A Star Is Born. Janelle Monáe learned of her Album of the Year nomination live while presenting nominees on CBS.

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Jessica Simeone
by Jessica Simeone

BuzzFeed News Reporter

The Recording Academy announced the nominees for the 2019 Grammy Awards Friday morning with the help of Janelle Monáe, Alessia Cara, and Shawn Mendes.

Monáe found out she'd been nominated for Album of the Year live on CBS This Morning. “Oh my god, really?” she said, tearing up.

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JUST REVEALED: The #GRAMMYs nominees for “Album of the year” are: ➡️“Invasion of Privacy” ➡️“By the Way, I Forgive You” ➡️“Scorpion” ➡️ “H.E.R.” ➡️“Beerbongs & Bentleys" ➡️“Dirty Computer” ➡️“Golden Hour,” ➡️“Black Panther: The Album"

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New this year is the expansion of the four biggest categories — Best New Artist, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, and Record of the Year — from five to eight nominees.

The 61st Grammy Awards will air Feb. 10 on CBS.

Album of the Year

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Invasion of Privacy — Cardi B

By the Way, I Forgive You — Brandi Carlile

Scorpion — Drake

H.E.R. — H.E.R.

Beerbongs & Bentleys — Post Malone

Dirty Computer — Janelle Monáe

Golden Hour — Kacey Musgraves

Black Panther: The Album — Soundtrack

Record of the Year

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“I Like It” — Cardi B, Bad Bunny, and J Balvin

“The Joke” — Brandi Carlile

“This Is America” — Childish Gambino

“God’s Plan” — Drake

“Shallow” — Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper

“All the Stars” — Kendrick Lamar and SZA

“Rockstar” — Post Malone feat. 21 Savage

“The Middle” — Zedd, Maren Morris, and Grey

Song of the Year

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“All the Stars” — Kendrick Duckworth, Mark Spears, Al Shuckburgh, Anthony Tiffith, and Solána Rowe

“Boo’d Up” — Larrance Dopson, Joelle James, Ella Mai, and Dijon McFarlane

“God’s Plan” — Aubrey Graham, Daveon Jackson, Brock Korsan, Ron LaTour, Matthew Samuels, and Noah Shebib

“In My Blood” — Teddy Geiger, Scott Harris, Shawn Mendes, and Geoffrey Warburton

“The Joke” — Brandi Carlile, Dave Cobb, Phil Hanseroth, and Tim Hanseroth

“The Middle” — Sarah Aarons, Jordan K. Johnson, Stefan Johnson, Marcus Lomax, Kyle Trewartha, Michael Trewartha, and Anton Zaslavski

“Shallow” — Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando, and Andrew Wyatt

“This Is America” — Donald Glover and Ludwig Göransson

Best New Artist

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Chloe X Halle

Luke Combs

Greta Van Fleet

H.E.R.

Dua Lipa

Margo Price

Bebe Rexha

Jorja Smith

Best R&B Album

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Sex & Cigarettes —Toni Braxton

Good Thing — Leon Bridges

Honestly — Lalah Hathaway

H.E.R. — H.E.R.

Gumbo Unplugged (Live) — PJ Morton

Best Country Album

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Unapologetically — Kelsea Ballerini

Port Saint Joe — Brothers Osborne

Girl Going Nowhere — Ashley McBryde

Golden Hour — Kacey Musgraves

From a Room: Volume 2 — Chris Stapleton

Best Pop Vocal Album

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Camila — Camila Cabello

Meaning of Life — Kelly Clarkson

Sweetener — Ariana Grande

Shawn Mendes — Shawn Mendes

Beautiful Trauma — Pink

Reputation — Taylor Swift

Find a full list of Grammy nominees here.

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