Grammy Nods So Far Honor Biggest Female Names in Music
A handful of Grammy Awards nominations were revealed this morning, and so far the industry's female heavy hitters are seriously representing.
Taylor Swift, Beyonce, Miranda Lambert, and Miley Cyrus have already racked up nods for the 2015 ceremony, set for February. Iggy Azalea, Katy Perry, Ariana Grande, and Meghan Trainor have also received some Grammy love. And they all have a great chance at adding to their count when the rest of the nominations roll out throughout the day via Twitter, and then tonight during A Very GRAMMY Christmas on CBS (Maroon 5, Pharrell Williams, Mary J. Blige, Tim McGraw, Ariana Grande, and Sam Smith will perform).
Here are the nods as they stand so far:
Best country album
• Riser by Dierks Bentley
• The Outsiders by Eric Church
• 12 Stories by Brandy Clark
• Platinum by Miranda Lambert
• The Way I'm Livin' by Lee Ann Womack
Best pop vocal album
• Coldplay - Ghost Stories by Coldplay
• Bangerz by Miley Cyrus
• My Everything by Ariana Grande
• Prism by Katy Perry
• x by Ed Sheeran
• In the Lonely Hour by Sam Smith
Best urban contemporary album
• Sail Out by Jhene Aiko
• Beyoncé by Beyoncé
• X by Chris Brown
• Mali Is by Mali Music
• Girl by Pharrell Williams
Record of the year
• "Fancy" by Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX
• "Chandelier" by Sia
• "Stay With Me" (Darkchild version) by Sam Smith
• "Shake It Off" by Taylor Swift
• "All About That Bass" by Meghan Trainor
Best rock song
• "Ain't it Fun" by Paramore
•"Blue Moon" by Beck
•"Fever" by The Black Keys
•"Gimme Something Good" by Ryan Adams
•"Lazaretto" by Jack White