Grammys nominations: Ed Sheeran snubbed as Jay-Z dominates

Rap and R&B dominated this year’s Grammy award nominations, with Jay-Z, Kendrick Lamar, Childish Gambino and Bruno Mars all receiving nods for record of the year and album of the year. Jay-Z received eight nominations in total, the highest of any artist. Kendrick Lamar followed closely with seven.

Childish Gambino’s Redbone, Jay-Z’s The Story of OJ, Kendrick Lamar’s Humble and 24K Magic by Bruno Mars were all nominated for record of the year, alongside Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee’s hugely popular Despacito, featuring Justin Bieber. The latter also received nods for song of the year and pop group performance. It is the first non-English language track to be nominated in both the record of the year and song of the year categories.

Childish Gambino’s Awaken, My Love!, Jay-Z’s 4:44, Kendrick Lamar’s Damn and Bruno Mars’s 24K Magic formed the album of the year list. Lorde’s Melodrama gained the final nomination.

Ed Sheeran’s third record, Divide, was largely snubbed. It did not receive a best album nod; instead, it was included in the best pop vocal album category alongside Coldplay, Lana Del Rey, Kesha, Lady Gaga and Imagine Dragons. His single Shape of You received a nomination for best pop solo performance. Taylor Swift’s single Look What You Made Me Do was eligible, but received no nominations.

Other acts with multiple nominations included young R&B singers SZA and Khalid, and Coldplay, whose Chainsmokers collaboration Something Just Like This was also acknowledged.

Drake did not receive any nominations after failing to submit his playlist More Life to the Grammys. Yet the touted boycott – which gained traction after Frank Ocean refused to register his album Blonde last year – did not materialise.

The winners of the 2018 Grammy awards will be announced on 28 January at a ceremony at New York’s Madison Square Garden hosted by James Corden. The awards will be broadcast in the UK in full on 4Music on 29 January.

The list of nominees for selected categories are below:

Album of the year

Awaken, My Love! – Childish Gambino
4:44 – Jay-Z
Damn – Kendrick Lamar
Melodrama – Lorde
24K Magic – Bruno Mars

Record of the year

Redbone – Childish Gambino
Despacito – Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee feat Justin Bieber
The Story of OJ – Jay-Z
Humble. – Kendrick Lamar
24K Magic – Bruno Mars

Song of the year

Despacito – Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee feat Justin Bieber
4:44 – Jay-Z
Issues – Julia Michaels
1-800-273-8255 – Logic feat Alessia Cara and Khalid
That’s What I Like – Bruno Mars

New artist

Alessia Cara
Khalid
Lil Uzi Vert
Julia Michaels
SZA

Pop solo performance

Love So Soft – Kelly Clarkson
Praying – Kesha
Million Reasons – Lady Gaga
What About Us – Pink
Shape of You – Ed Sheeran

Pop duo/group performance

Something Just Like This – The Chainsmokers and Coldplay
Despacito – Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee feat Justin Bieber
Thunder – Imagine Dragons
Feel It Still – Portugal The Man
Stay – Zedd & Alessia Cara

Traditional pop vocal album

Nobody But Me (Deluxe Version) – Michael Bublé
Triplicate – Bob Dylan
In Full Swing – Seth MacFarlane
Wonderland – Sarah McLachlan
Tony Bennett Celebrates 90 – Various Artists

Pop vocal album

Kaleidoscope EP – Coldplay
Lust for Life – Lana Del Rey
Evolve – Imagine Dragons
Rainbow – Kesha
Joanne – Lady Gaga
÷ (Divide) – Ed Sheeran

Dance recording

Bambro Koyo Ganda – Bonobo feat Innov Gnawa
Cola – Camelphat and Elderbrook
Andromeda – Gorillaz feat Dram
Tonite – LCD Soundsystem
Line of Sight – Odesza feat Wynne and Mansionair

Dance/electronic album

Migration – Bonobo
3-D the Catalogue – Kraftwerk
Mura Masa – Mura Masa
A Moment Apart – Odesza
What Now – Sylvan Esso

Rock performance

You Want It Darker – Leonard Cohen
The Promise – Chris Cornell
Run – Foo Fighters
No Good – Kaleo
Go to War – Nothing More

Rock song

Atlas, Rise! – Metallica
Blood in the Cut – K.Flay
Go to War – Nothing More
Run – Foo Fighters
The Stage – Avenged Sevenfold

Rock album

Emperor of Sand – Mastodon
Hardwired ... to Self-Destruct – Metallica
The Stories We Tell Ourselves – Nothing More
Villains – Queens of the Stone Age
A Deeper Understanding – The War on Drugs

R&B performance

Get You – Daniel Caesar feat Kali Uchis
Distraction – Kehlani
High – Ledisi
That’s What I Like – Bruno Mars
The Weekend – SZA

Traditional R&B performance

Laugh and Move on – the Baylor Project
Redbone – Childish Gambino
What I’m Feelin’ – Anthony Hamilton feat the Hamiltones
All the Way – Ledisi
Still – Mali Music

R&B song

First Began – PJ Morton
Location – Khalid
Redbone – Childish Gambino
Supermodel – SZA
That’s What I Like – Bruno Mars

Urban contemporary album

Free 6lack – 6lack
Awaken, My Love! – Childish Gambino
American Teen – Khalid
Ctrl – SZA
Starboy – the Weeknd

R&B album

Freudian – Daniel Caesar
Let Love Rule – Ledisi

24K Magic – Bruno Mars

Gumbo – PJ Morton

Feel the Real – Musiq Soulchild

Rap performance

Bounce Back – Big Sean
Bodak Yellow – Cardi B
4:44 – Jay-Z
Humble – Kendrick Lamar
Bad and Boujee – Migos feat Lil Uzi Vert

Rap/sung performance

Prblms – 6lack
Crew – Goldlink feat Brent Faiyaz and Shy Glizzy
Family Feud – Jay-Z feat Beyoncé
Loyalty. – Kendrick Lamar feat Rihanna
Love Galore – SZA feat Travis Scott

Rap song

Bodak Yellow – Cardi B
Chase Me – Danger Mouse feat Run the Jewels and Big Boi
Humble – Kendrick Lamar
Sassy – Rapsody
The Story of OJ – Jay-Z

Rap album

4:44 – Jay-Z
Damn – Kendrick Lamar
Culture – Migos
Laila’s Wisdom – Rapsody
Flower Boy – Tyler, the Creator

Country solo performance

Body Like a Back Road – Sam Hunt
Losing You – Alison Krauss
Tin Man – Miranda Lambert
I Could Use a Love Song – Maren Morris
Either Way – Chris Stapleton

Country album

Cosmic Hallelujah – Kenny Chesney
Heart Break – Lady Antebellum
The Breaker – Little Big Town
Life Changes – Thomas Rhett
From a Room: Volume 1 – Chris Stapleton

Jazz vocal album

The Journey – The Baylor Project
A Social Call – Jazzmeia Horn
Bad Ass and Blind – Raul Midón
Porter Plays Porter – Randy Porter Trio with Nancy King
Dreams and Daggers – Cécile McLorin Salvant

World music album

Memoria de los Sentidos – Vicente Amigo
Para Mi – Buika
Rosa Dos Ventos – Anat Cohen and Trio Brasileiro
Shaka Zulu Revisited: 30th Anniversary Celebration – Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Elwan – Tinariwen

Producer of the year, non-classical

Calvin Harris
Greg Kurstin
Blake Mills
No ID
The Stereotypes

Folk album

Mental Illness – Aimee Mann
Semper Femina – Laura Marling
The Queen of Hearts – Offa Rex
You Don’t Own Me Anymore – the Secret Sisters
The Laughing Apple – Yusuf/Cat Stevens