Nella notte del 7 dicembre 2013 sono state rese note tutte le nomination per la 56esima edizione dei Grammy Awards, che si svolgerà il 26 gennaio 2014 allo Staples Center di Los Angeles, con diretta su CBS. Come da previsione, i veri mattatori sembrano essere i Daft Punk, in lizza per “Album Of The Year” e “Best Dance/Electronica Album” con il disco Random Access Memories e nella categoria “Record of the Year” grazie al tormentone Get Lucky. In competizione troviamo anche The National, Eminem, James Blake, Kanye West, David Bowie e molti altri.
Di seguito alcune nomination (per l’elenco completo, c’è il sito ufficiale della manifestazione):
ALBUM OF THE YEAR:
Daft Punk – Random Access Memories
Kendrick Lamar – good kid, m.A.A.d city
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis – The Heist
Taylor Swift – Red
Sara Bareilles – The Blessed Unrest
RECORD OF THE YEAR:
Daft Punk – Get Lucky
Lorde – Royals
Robin Thicke – Blurred Lines
Imagine Dragons – Radioactive
Bruno Mars – Locked Out of Heaven
SONG OF THE YEAR:
Lorde – Royals
Pink – Just Give Me a Reason
Bruno Mars – Locked Out of Heaven
Katy Perry – Roar
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – Same Love
BEST NEW ARTIST:
Kendrick Lamar
James Blake
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis
Ed Sheeran
Kacey Musgraves
BEST ROCK SONG:
Gary Clark Jr. – Ain’t Messin ‘Round
Dave Grohl, Paul McCartney, Krist Novoselic & Pat Smear – Cut Me Some Slack
The Rolling Stones – Doom and Gloom
Black Sabbath – God Is Dead?
Muse – Panic Station
BEST ROCK ALBUM:
David Bowie – The Next Day
Queens of the Stone Age – …Like Clockwork
Black Sabbath – 13
Kings of Leon – Mechanical Bull
Led Zeppelin – Celebration Day
Neil Young with Crazy Horse – Psychedelic Pill
BEST ALTERNATIVE ALBUM:
The National – Trouble Will Find Me
Nine Inch Nails – Hesitation Marks
Vampire Weekend – Modern Vampires of the City
Neko Case – The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You
Tame Impala – Lonerism
BEST RAP SONG:
Kanye West – New Slaves
Jay Z – Holy Grail
Drake – Started From the Bottom
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis – Thrift Shop
ASAP Rocky – Fuckin Problems
BEST RAP ALBUM:
Kanye West – Yeezus
Jay Z – Magna Carta… Holy Grail
Kendrick Lamar – good kid, m.A.A.d city
Drake – Nothing Was the Same
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis – The Heist
BEST RAP PERFORMANCE:
Kendrick Lamar – Swimming Pools (Drank)
Jay Z – Tom Ford
Eminem – Berzerk
Drake – Started From the Bottom
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis – Thrift Shop
BEST POP DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE :
Daft Punk – Get Lucky
Justin Timberlake feat.Jay Z – Suit & Tie
Robin Thicke – Blurred Lines
Rihanna – Stay
Pink – Just Give Me a Reason
BEST DANCE/ELECTRONICA ALBUM:
Daft Punk – Random Access Memories
Disclosure – Settle
Kaskade – Atmosphere
Pretty Lights – A Color Map of the Sun
Calvin Harris – 18 Months