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On Friday (Nov. 8), nominations for the 67th annual Grammy Awards have been revealed, with Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamar and Put up Malone taking the lead.
Beyoncé raked up a whopping 11 nods throughout classes like Album of the Yr and Music of the Yr, principally for COWBOY CARTER and its lead single “TEXAS HOLD ‘EM.” Her “II MOST WANTED” with Miley Cyrus, “YA YA” and “16 CARRIAGES” are competing elsewhere.
To no shock, Lamar’s “Not Like Us” is up for Report of the Yr, Music of the Yr, Greatest Rap Efficiency and Greatest Rap Music. The Compton emcee additionally obtained nominations within the latter to sectors for his contributions to Future and Metro Boomin’s “Like That.”
Additionally in Greatest Rap Music are GloRilla’s “Yeah Glo!,” Ye and Ty Dolla Signal’s “CARNIVAL” and “Asteroids” by Rapsody and Hit-Boy. Doechii, who’s a first-timer for Grammy nods, is vying for Greatest New Artist alongside Shaboozey, Sabrina Carpenter, Teddy Swims and others.
As for the Greatest Rap Album class, Future and Metro’s WE DON’T TRUST YOU is competing in opposition to Eminem’s The Loss of life of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce), Frequent and Pete Rock’s The Auditorium Vol. 1, Doechii’s Alligator Bites By no means Heal and J. Cole’s May Delete Later. Curiously, the 2 last-mentioned tasks have been billed as mixtapes.
In June, Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. kind of hinted that “Not Like Us” could be within the working regardless of its controversial nature. “Clearly, it’s a scorching report. It’s superb artistry,” he advised TMZ. “You bought an artist [who has] been nominated earlier than, and [Lamar] has clearly been profitable with the group. I don’t see any cause why it couldn’t be.”
“I feel the voting members of the academy admire greatness,” Mason Jr. continued. Head over to the Grammys web site to see a full listing of the Hip Hop and R&B nominations.