This year's major categories are led by Jay Z, Kendrick Lamar, Childish Gambino, and more.

This morning, the Recording Academy made the announcement the entire music world has been waiting for: the list of nominations for the 2018 Grammy Awards&nbsp;in all 84 categories (we swear it keeps getting longer). It&#39;s been a triumphant&nbsp;year for music that has both spoken to and distracted us from the times we live in, and the nominees come with more than a few surprises. Chief among them is this year&#39;s leading artist: Jay Z, with eight nominations for his comeback album&nbsp;4:44. On the flip-side, few should be surprised that Jay is followed shortly after by Kendrick Lamar, with seven nominations for his critically-acclaimed&nbsp;DAMN.

Perhaps the most welcome development is that this year&#39;s celebrated roster is one of the most diverse that we can recall. Four out of the five artists nominated for Album of the Year are artists of color: Jay Z, Kendrick, Childish Gambino, Bruno Mars, and Lorde. What&#39;s more is that the nominees for the night&#39;s first (and arguably&nbsp;biggest category), Record of the Year, contains only artists of color (the same list as Album of the Year except with Luis Fonsi instead of Lorde).&nbsp;

It was a strong year for pop nominations, too, for anyone worried that the red carpet might be lacking theatricality.&nbsp;Lady Gaga earned&nbsp;three nominations for&nbsp;Joanne and Kesha received&nbsp;two for&nbsp;Rainbow&nbsp;&mdash; both in Pop Vocal categories. Nominated alongside them is&nbsp;Lana Del Rey, for her game-changing performance&nbsp;on&nbsp;Lust for Life.&nbsp;The nominees for one of the most hotly anticipated categories, Best New Artist, are&nbsp;SZA, Julia Michaels, Lil Uzi Vert, Alessia Cara, and Khalid, who took home the same title from this year&#39;s VMAs.&nbsp;

The eligibility period for this year&#39;s awards was from October 1, 2016 to September 30, 2017, which is why you won&#39;t be seeing Taylor Swift&#39;s record breaking album, though th singer was nominated for her songwriting on Little Big Town&#39;s &quot;Better Man.&quot; The 2018 Grammys will air on CBS from Madison Square Garden on Sunday, January 28. Check out the full list of nominees in major categories below.

Kesha - "Praying"

Record Of The Year

&quot;Redbone&quot; &mdash; Childish Gambino

&quot;Despacito&quot; &mdash; Luis Fonsi featuring Daddy Yankee and Justin Bieber

&quot;The Story of O.J.&quot; &mdash; Jay-Z

&quot;Humble.&quot; &mdash; Kendrick Lamar

&quot;24K Magic&quot; &mdash; Bruno Mars

Album Of The Year

Awaken, My Love&nbsp;&mdash; Childish Gambino

4:44&nbsp;&mdash; Jay-Z

DAMN.&nbsp;&mdash; Kendrick Lamar

Melodrama&nbsp;&mdash; Lorde

24K Magic&nbsp;&mdash; Bruno Mars

Song Of The Year

&quot;Despacito&quot; &mdash; Ram&oacute;n Ayala, Justin Bieber, Jason &quot;Poo Bear&quot; Boyd, Erika Ender, Luis Fonsi &amp; Marty James Garton, songwriters (performed by Luis Fonsi &amp; Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber)

&quot;4:44&quot; &mdash; Shawn Carter &amp; Dion Wilson, songwriters (performed by Jay-Z)

&quot;Issues&quot; &mdash; Benny Blanco, Mikkel Storleer Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen, Julia Michaels &amp; Justin Drew Tranter, songwriters (performed by Julia Michaels)

&quot;1-800-273-8255&quot; &mdash; Alessia Caracciolo, Sir Robert Bryson Hall II, Arjun Ivatury &amp; Khalid Robinson, songwriters (performed by Logic featuring Alessia Cara &amp; Khalid)

&quot;That&#39;s What I Like&quot; &mdash; Christopher Brody Brown, James Fauntleroy, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Ray Charles McCullough II, Jeremy Reeves, Ray Romulus &amp; Jonathan Yip, songwriters performed by(Bruno Mars) from&nbsp;24K Magic

Best New Artist

Alessia Cara

Lil Uzi Vert

Khalid

Julia Michaels

SZA

Best Pop Solo Performance 
 
&quot;Love So Soft,&quot; Kelly Clarkson 
 
&quot;Praying,&quot; Kesha,&quot; from&nbsp;Rainbow 
 
&quot;Million Reasons,&quot; Lady Gaga, from&nbsp;Joanne 
 
&quot;What About Us,&quot; P!nk 
 
&quot;Shape Of You,&quot; Ed Sheeran, from&nbsp;&divide;&nbsp;(Divide) 
 
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance 
 
&quot;Something Just Like This,&quot; The Chainsmokers &amp; Coldplay,&quot; from&nbsp;Memories...Do Not Open 
 
&quot;Despacito,&quot; Luis Fonsi &amp; Daddy Yankee Featuring Justin Bieber 
 
&quot;Thunder,&quot; Imagine Dragons,&quot; from&nbsp;Evolve 
 
&quot;Feel It Still,&quot; Portugal. The Man,&quot; from&nbsp;Woodstock 
 
&quot;Stay,&quot; Zedd &amp; Alessia Cara 
 
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album 
 
Nobody But Me&nbsp;(Deluxe Version), Michael Bubl&eacute; 
 
Triplicate, Bob Dylan 
 
In Full Swing, Seth MacFarlane 
 
Wonderland, Sarah McLachlan 
 
Tony Bennett Celebrates 90, (Various Artists), Dae Bennett, Producer 
 
Best Pop Vocal Album 
 
Kaleidoscope EP, Coldplay 
 
Lust For Life, Lana Del Rey 
 
Evolve, Imagine Dragons 
 
Rainbow, Kesha 
 
Joanne, Lady Gaga 
 
&divide;&nbsp;(Divide), Ed Sheeran

Best Latin Pop Album 
 
Lo &Uacute;nico Constante, Alex Cuba 
 
Mis Planes Son Amarte, Juanes 
 
Amar Y Vivir En Vivo Desde La Ciudad De M&eacute;xico, 2017, La Santa Cecilia 
 
Musas (Un Homenaje Al Folclore Latinoamericano En Manos De Los Macorinos), Natalia Lafourcade 
 
El Dorado, Shakira

Best Country Song 
 
&quot;Better Man,&quot; Taylor Swift, songwriter (Performed by Little Big Town), from&nbsp;The Breaker 
 
&quot;Body Like A Back Road,&quot; Zach Crowell, Sam Hunt, Shane McAnally &amp; Josh Osborne, songwriters (Performed by Sam Hunt) 
 
&quot;Broken Halos,&quot; Mike Henderson &amp; Chris Stapleton, songwriters (Performed by Chris Stapleton), from&nbsp;From A Room: Volume 1 
 
&quot;Drinkin&#39; Problem,&quot; Jess Carson, Cameron Duddy, Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne &amp; Mark Wystrach, songwriters (Performed by Midland) 
 
&quot;Tin Man,&quot; Jack Ingram, Miranda Lambert &amp; Jon Randall, songwriters (Performed by Miranda Lambert), from&nbsp;The Weight Of These Wings

Best 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

Best Americana Album

Southern Blood, Gregg Allman 
 
Shine On Rainy Day, Brent Cobb 
 
Beast Epic, Iron &amp; Wine 
 
The Nashville Sound, Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit 
 
Brand New Day, The Mavericks

Best Dance Recording

&quot;Bambro Koyo Ganda,&quot; Bonobo featuring Innov Gnawa, Bonobo, producer; Bonobo, mixer, from&nbsp;Migration

&quot;Cola,&quot; Camelphat &amp; Elderbrook,&quot; Mike Di Scala, Elderbrook &amp; David Whelan, producers; Mike Di Scala, Elderbrook &amp; David Whelan, mixers

&quot;Andromeda,&quot; Gorillaz Featuring DRAM,&quot; Damon Albarn, Jamie Hewlett, Remi Kabaka &amp; Anthony Khan, producers; Stephen Sedgwick, mixer, from&nbsp;Humanz

&quot;Tonite,&quot; LCD Soundsystem,&quot; James Murphy, producer; James Murphy, mixer, fromAmerican Dream

&quot;Line Of Sight,&quot; Odesza featuring WYNNE &amp; Mansionair, Clayton Knight &amp; Harrison Mills, producers; Eric J Dubowsky, mixer, from&nbsp;A Moment Apart

Best Dance/Electronic Album

Migration, Bonobo

3-D The Catalogue, Kraftwerk

Mura Masa, Mura Masa

A Moment Apart, Odesza

What Now, Sylvan Esso

Best Remixed Recording

&quot;Can&#39;t Let You Go (Louie Vega Roots Mix),&quot; Louie Vega, remixer (performed by Loleatta Holloway)

&quot;Funk O&#39; De Funk (SMLE Remix),&quot; SMLE, remixers (performed by Bobby Rush)

&quot;Undercover (Adventure Club Remix),&quot; Leighton James &amp; Christian Srigley, remixers (performed by Kehlani)

&quot;A Violent Noise (Four Tet Remix),&quot; Four Tet, remixer (performed by The xx)

&quot;You Move (Latroit Remix),&quot; Dennis White, remixer (performed by Depeche Mode)

Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical

Calvin Harris

Greg Kurstin

Blake Mills

No I.D.

The Stereotypes

Best Jazz Instrumental Album 
 
Uptown, Downtown, Bill Charlap Trio 
 
Rebirth, Billy Childs 
 
Project Freedom, Joey DeFrancesco &amp; The People 
 
Open Book, Fred Hersch 
 
The Dreamer Is The Dream, Chris Potter 
 
Best American Roots Performance 
 
&quot;Killer Diller Blues,&quot; Alabama Shakes (Alabama Shakes), from&nbsp;The American Epic Sessions&nbsp;(Deluxe) 
 
&quot;Let My Mother Live,&quot;Blind Boys Of Alabama (Blind Boys Of Alabama), from&nbsp;Almost Home 
 
&quot;Arkansas Farmboy,&quot; Glen Campbell (Glen Campbell), from&nbsp;Adi&oacute;s 
 
&quot;Steer Your Way,&quot; Leonard Cohen (Leonard Cohen), from&nbsp;You Want It Darker 
 
&quot;I Never Cared For You,&quot; Alison Krauss (Alison Krauss), from&nbsp;Windy City 
 
Best Bluegrass Album 
 
Fiddler&#39;s Dream, Michael Cleveland 
 
Laws Of Gravity, The Infamous Stringdusters 
 
Original, Bobby Osborne 
 
Universal Favorite, Noam Pikelny 
 
All The Rage - In Concert Volume One&nbsp;[Live], Rhonda Vincent And The Rage 
 
Best Folk Album 
 
Mental Illness, Aimee Mann 
 
Semper Femina, Laura Marling 
 
The Queen Of Hearts, Offa Rex 
 
You Don&#39;t Own Me Anymore, The Secret Sisters 
 
The Laughing Apple, Yusuf / Cat Stevens

Best New Age Album 
 
Reflection, Brian Eno 
 
SongVersation: Medicine, India.Arie 
 
Dancing On Water, Peter Kater 
 
Sacred Journey Of Ku-Kai, Volume 5, Kitaro 
 
Spiral Revelation, Steve Roach

Best World Music Album 
 
Memoria De Los Sentidos, Vicente Amigo 
 
Para Mi, Buika 
 
Rosa Dos Ventos, Anat Cohen &amp; Trio Brasileiro 
 
Shaka Zulu Revisited: 30th Anniversary Celebration, Ladysmith Black Mambazo 
 
Elwan, Tinariwen

Best Instrumental Composition

&quot;Alkaline,&quot; Pascal Le Boeuf, composer (Le Boeuf Brothers &amp; JACK Quartet), from&nbsp;Imaginist 
 
&quot;Choros #3,&quot; Vince Mendoza, composer (Vince Mendoza &amp; WDR Big Band Cologne), from&nbsp;Homecoming 
 
&quot;Home Free (For Peter Joe),&quot; Nate Smith, composer (Nate Smith), from&nbsp;Kinfolk: Postcards From Everywhere 
 
&quot;Three Revolutions,&quot; Arturo O&#39;Farrill, composer (Arturo O&#39;Farrill &amp; Chucho Vald&eacute;s), from&nbsp;Familia: Tribute To Bebo &amp; Chico 
 
&quot;Warped Cowboy,&quot; Chuck Owen, composer (Chuck Owen And The Jazz Surge), from&nbsp;Whispers On The Wind

Best Historical Album 
 
Bobo Yeye: Belle Epoque In Upper Volta, Jon Kirby, Florent Mazzoleni, Rob Sevier &amp; Ken Shipley, compilation producers; Jeff Lipton &amp; Maria Rice, mastering engineers (Various Artists) 
 
The Goldberg Variations - The Complete Unreleased Recording Sessions June 1955, Robert Russ, compilation producer; Matthias Erb, Martin Kistner &amp; Andreas K. Meyer, mastering engineers (Glenn Gould) 
 
Leonard Bernstein - The Composer, Robert Russ, compilation producer; Martin Kistner &amp; Andreas K. Meyer, mastering engineers (Leonard Bernstein) 
 
Sweet As Broken Dates: Lost Somali Tapes From The Horn Of Africa, Nicolas Sheikholeslami &amp; Vik Sohonie, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Various Artists) 
 
Washington Phillips And His Manzarene Dreams, Michael Corcoran, April G. Ledbetter &amp; Steven Lance Ledbetter, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Washington Phillips)

The 2018 Grammy Nominations Are Here

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