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. 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.
To see the complete list of nominees click here.
Best new artist
- Chloe X Halle
- Luke Combs
- Greta Van Fleet
- H.E.R.
- Dua Lipa
- Margo Price
- Bebe Rexha
- Jorja Smith
Album of the year
- "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 Monae
- "Golden Hour," Kacey Musgraves
- "Black Panther: The Album," Featuring Kendrick Lamar
Record of the year
- "I Like It," Cardi B, Bad Bunny & 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
- "All The Stars," Kendrick Duckworth, Mark Spears, Al Shuckburgh, Anthony Tiffith and Solana 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 R&B album
- "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
- "Unapologetically," Kelsea Ballerini
- "Port Saint Joe," Brothers Osborne
- "Girl Going Nowhere," Ashley McBryde
- "Golden Hour," Kacey Musgraves
- "Volume 2," Chris Stapleton
Best pop solo performance
- "Colors," Beck
- "Havana (Live)," Camila Cabello
- "God Is A Woman," Ariana Grande
- "Joanne (Where Do You Think You're Goin'?)," Lady Gaga
- "Better Now," Post Malone
Best pop vocal album
- "Camila," Camila Cabello
- "Meaning Of Life," Kelly Clarkson
- "Sweetener," Ariana Grande
- "Shawn Mendes," Shawn Mendes
- "Beautiful Trauma," P!nk
- "Reputation," Taylor Swift
Best dance recording
- "Northern Soul," Above & Beyond Featuring Richard Bedford
- "Ultimatum," Disclosure (Featuring Fatoumata Diawara)
- "Losing It," Fisher
- "Electricity," Silk City & Dua Lipa Featuring Diplo & Mark Ronson
- "Ghost Voices," Virtual Self
Best rock song
- "Black Smoke Rising," Jacob Thomas Kiszka, Joshua Michael Kiszka, Samuel Francis Kiszka & Daniel Robert Wagner, songwriters (Greta Van Fleet)
- "Jumpsuit," Tyler Joseph, songwriter (Twenty One Pilots)
- "MANTRA," Jordan Fish, Matthew Kean, Lee Malia, Matthew Nicholls & Oliver Sykes, songwriters (Bring Me The Horizon)
- "Masseduction," Jack Antonoff & Annie Clark, songwriters (St. Vincent)
- "Rats," Tom Dalgety & A Ghoul Writer, songwriters (Ghost)
Best urban contemporary album
- "Everything Is Love," The Carters
- "The Kids Are Alright," Chloe x Halle
- "Chris Dave And The Drumhedz," Chris Dave And The Drumhedz
- "War & Leisure," Miguel
- "Ventriloquism," Meshell Ndegeocello
Best jazz vocal album
- "My Mood Is You," Freddy Cole
- "The Questions," Kurt Elling
- "The Subject Tonight Is Love," Kate McGarry With Keith Ganz & Gary Versace
- "If You Really Want," Raul Midón With The Metropole Orkest Conducted By Vince Mendoza
- "The Window," Cécile McLorin Salvant
Best gospel album
- "One Nation Under God," Jekalyn Carr
- "Hiding Place," Tori Kelly
- "Make Room," Jonathan McReynolds
- "The Other Side," The Walls Group
- "A Great Work," Brian Courtney Wilson
Best Latin pop album
- "Prometo," Pablo Alboran
- "Sincera," Claudia Brant
- "Musas (Un Homenaje Al Folclore Latinoamericano En Manos De Los Macorinos), Vol. 2," Natalia Lafourcade
- "2:00 AM," Raquel SofÃa
- "Vives," Carlos Vives
Best Americana album
- "By The Way, I Forgive You," Brandi Carlile
- "Things Have Changed," Bettye LaVette
- "The Tree Of Forgiveness," John Prine
- "The Lonely, The Lonesome & The Gone," Lee Ann Womack
- "One Drop Of Truth," The Wood Brothers
Best comedy album
- "Annihilation," Patton Oswalt
- "Equanimity & The Bird Revelation," Dave Chappelle
- "Noble Ape," Jim Gaffigan
- "Standup For Drummers," Fred Armisen
- "Tamborine," Chris Rock
Best song written for visual media
- "All The Stars," Kendrick Duckworth, Solána Rowe, Alexander William Shuckburgh, Mark Anthony Spears & Anthony Tiffith, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar & SZA), Track from: Black Panther
- "Mystery Of Love," Sufjan Stevens, songwriter (Sufjan Stevens), Track from: Call Me By Your Name
- "Remember Me," Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez, songwriters (Miguel Featuring Natalia Lafourcade), Track from: Coco
- "Shallow," Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando & Andrew Wyatt, songwriters (Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper), Track from: A Star Is Born
- "This Is Me," Benj Pasek & Justin Paul, songwriters (Keala Settle & The Greatest Showman Ensemble), Track from: The Greatest Showman
Producer of the year, non-classical:
- Boi-1da
- Larry Klein
- Linda Perry
- Kanye West
- Pharrell Williams
To see the rest of the nominees click here.