Le prime nomination dei Grammy 2015 sono state svelate oggi in diretta sulla CBS. Le categorie presentate sono: Record of the year, best country album, best pop vocal album, e best urban contemporary album. Le altre candidature saranno rivelate oggi, nell’arco della giornata, dagli artisti su Twitter per un totale di 82/83 categorie:

Record of the year
Iggy Azalea featuring Charli XCX “Fancy”
Sia “Chandelier”
Sam Smith “Stay With Me (Darkchild Version)”
Taylor Swift “Shake it Off”
Meghan Trainor “All About That Bass”

Best country album
Dierks Bentley Riser
Eric Church The Outsiders
Brandy Clark 12 Stories
Miranda Lambert Platinum
Lee Ann Womack The Way I’m Livin’

Best pop vocal album
Coldplay Ghost Stories
Miley Cyrus Bangerz
Ariana Grande My Everything
Katy Perry Prism
Ed Sheeran X
Sam Smith In the Lonely Hour

Best urban contemporary album
Jhene Aiko Sail Out
Beyonce Beyonce
Chris Brown X
Mali Music Mali Is…
Pharrell Williams Girl

Best Pop Solo Performance
John Legend “All of Me (Live)”
Sia “Chandelier”
Sam Smith “Stay With Me”
Taylor Swift “Shake It Off”
Pharrell Williams “Happy”

Best Rock Song
Paramore “Ain’t It Fun”
Beck “Blue Moon”
The Black Keys “Fever”
Ryan Adams “Give Me Something Good”
Jack White “Lazaretto”

Best Rock Album
Ryan Adams – Ryan Adams
Beck – Morning Phase
The Black Keys – Turn Blue
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – Hypnotic Eye
U2 – Songs of Innocence

Best Reggae Album
Ziggy Marley Fly Rasta
Lee ‘Scratch Perry Back on the Controls
Sean Paul Full Frequency
Shaggy Out of Many, One Music
Sly & Robbie & Spicy Chocolate The Reggae Power
Soja Amid the Noise and the Haste

Best Rap Performance
Childish Gambino “3005”
Drake “0 to 100/The Catch Up”
Eminem “Rap God”
Kendrick Lamar “i”
Lecrae “All I Need Is You”

Best Traditional Pop Album
Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga Cheek to Cheek
Annie Lennox Nostalgia
Barry Manilow Night Songs
Johnny Mathis Sending You a Little Christmas
Barbra Streisand Partners

Best Alternative Music Album
alt-J, This Is All Yours
Arcade Fire, Reflektor
Cage the Elephant, Melophobia
St. Vincent, St. Vincent
Jack White, Lazaretto

Best Soundtrack
American Hustle
Frozen
Get On Up
Guardians of the Galaxy
The Wolf of Wall Street

Best Americana Album
Roseanne Cash, The River & The Thread
John Hiatt, Terms of My Surrender
Keb’ Mo’, Blues America
Nickel Creek, A Dotted Line
Sturgill Simpson, Metamodern Sounds in Country Music

Best New Artist
Bastille
Iggy Azalea
Brandy Clark
HAIM
Sam Smith