Key nominations for the 2018 Grammy Awards
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Grammy Awards, the highest honors in the music industry, take place in New York on Sunday.
Following is a list of nominees in key categories. The winners will be announced at a live show on CBS television hosted by James Corden.
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
"24K Magic" - Bruno Mars
"4:44" - Jay-Z
"Awaken, My Love!" - Childish Gambino
"Damn." - Kendrick Lamar
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"Melodrama" - Lorde
RECORD OF THE YEAR
"24K Magic" - Bruno Mars
"Despacito" - Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee feat. Justin Bieber
"Humble" - Kendrick Lamar
"Redbone" - Childish Gambino
"The Story of O.J." - Jay-Z
SONG OF THE YEAR (Songwriters award)
"1-800-273-8255" - Alessia Caracciolo, Sir Robert Bryson Hall II, Arjun Ivatury, Khalid Robinson & Andrew Taggart
"4:44" - Shawn Carter & Dion Wilson
"Despacito" - Ramón Ayala Rodriguez, Justin Bieber, Jason "Poo Bear" Boyd, Erika Ender, Luis Fonsi & Marty James Garton Jr.
"Issues" - Benny Blanco, Mikkel Storleer Eriksen, Tor Erik
Hermansen, Julia Michaels & Justin Drew Tranter.
"That's What I Like" - Christopher Brody Brown, James Fauntleroy, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Ray Charles McCullough II, Jeremy Reeves, Ray Romulus & Jonathan Yip
BEST NEW ARTIST
Alessia Cara
Julia Michaels
Khalid
Lil Uzi Vert
SZA
BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM
"Divide" - Ed Sheeran
"Evolve" - Imagine Dragons
"Joanne" - Lady Gaga
"Kaleidoscope EP" - Coldplay
"Lust For Life" - Lana Del Rey
"Rainbow" - Kesha
BEST URBAN CONTEMPORARY ALBUM
"American Teen" - Khalid
"Awaken, My Love!" - Childish Gambino
"CTRL" - SZA
"Free 6lack" - 6lack
"Starboy" - The Weeknd
BEST R&B ALBUM
"24K Magic" - Bruno Mars
"Feel The Real" - Musiq Soulchild
"Freudian" - Daniel Caesar
"Gumbo" - PJ Morton
"Let Love Rule" - Ledisi
BEST ROCK ALBUM
"A Deeper Understanding" - The War on Drugs
"Emperor of Sand" - Mastodon
"Hardwired...To Self-Destruct" - Metallica
"The Stories We Tell Ourselves" - Nothing More
"Villains" - Queens of the Stone Age
BEST COUNTRY ALBUM
"Cosmic Hallelujah" - Kenny Chesney
"From A Room: Volume 1" - Chris Stapleton
"Heart Break" - Lady Antebellum
"Life Changes" - Thomas Rhett
"The Breaker" - Little Big Town
BEST ALTERNATIVE MUSIC ALBUM
"American Dream" - LCD Soundsystem
"Everything Now" - Arcade Fire
"Humanz" - Gorillaz
"Pure Comedy" - Father John Misty
"Sleep Well Beast" - The National
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, NON-CLASSICAL
Blake Mills
Calvin Harris
Greg Kurstin
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(Reporting by Jill Serjeant; Editing by Cynthia Osterman and Lisa Von Ahn)
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