First Round of 2015 GRAMMY Nominations Announced!

GRAMMYAwards(PCM) In a live broadcast on Friday morning’s “CBS This Morning,” Pharrell Williams and Ed Sheeran announced the first round of GRAMMY nominations for 2015, with both announcers making an appearance on the list.

The official GRAMMY twitter account also tweeted the announcement and nominations to its 1.75 million followers.

Pharrell Williams is nominated for his album Girl for Best Contemporary Urban Album and Best Pop Solo Performance for his hit single of the same album, “Happy.” Ed Sheeran received a nomination for “Best Pop Vocal Album” for X.

An almost completely full list of the nominations for the 2015 Grammy Awards will be published on GRAMMY.com at 2 p.m. ET while the Album of the Year nominations will be announced during “A Very GRAMMY® Christmas,” which will air on CBS at 9–10 p.m. ET/PT.

The 57th Grammy Awards take place at the Staples Center in L.A. Live on Sunday, February 6, 2015 and will air live on CBS at 8 p.m. ET.  Read below for the partial list of 2015 GRAMMY nominations!

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

  • Jhené Aiko, Sail Out
  • Beyoncé, Beyoncé
  • Chris Brown, X
  • Mali Music, Mali Is…
  • Pharrell Williams, Girl

RECORD OF THE YEAR

  • Iggy Azalea, “Fancy (feat. Charli XCX)”
  • Sia, “Chandelier”
  • Sam Smith, “Stay With Me (Darkchild Version)”
  • Taylor Swift, “Shake It Off”
  • Meghan Trainor, “All About That Bass”

BEST POP SOLO PERFORMANCE

  • John Legend, “All of Me (Live Version)”
  • 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, “Gimme Something Good”
  • Jack White, “Lazaretto”

BEST ROCK ALBUM

  • Ryan Adams, Ryan Adams
  • Beck, Morning Phase
  • Black Keys, Turn Blue
  • Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Hypnotic Eye
  • U2, Songs of Innocence

BEST NEW ARTIST

  • Bastille
  • Iggy Azalea
  • Brandy Clark
  • Haim
  • Sam Smith

BEST COUNTRY SONG

  • Kenny Chesney, “American Kids”
  • Miranda Lambert, “Automatic”
  • Eric Church, “Give Me Back My Hometown”
  • Glen Campbell, “I’m Not Gonna Miss You”
  • Tim McGraw, “Meanwhile Back at Mama’s”

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 TRADITIONAL POP VOCAL ALBUM 

  • Lady Gaga & Tony Bennett, Cheek to Cheek
  • Johnny Mathis, Sending You a Little Christmas
  • Annie Lennox, Nostalgia 
  • Barbra Streisand, Partners
  • Barry Manilow, Night Songs

BEST AMERICANA ALBUM

  • Roseanne Cash, The River and the Thread
  • John Hiatt, Terms of My Surrender
  • Keb’ Mo’, BLUESAmericana
  • Nickel Creek, A Dotted Line
  • Strugil Simpson, Metamodern Sounds in Country Music

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