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Beyonce leads in 2017 Grammy nominations

By | Published on Wednesday 7 December 2016

Beyonce

The nominations for the 2017 Grammy Awards are out, and Beyonce has more nominations than you or any body. Nine she’s got. That’s loads. Drake, Rihanna and Kanye West only have eight each. Which is rubbish.

Adele is out there representing us Brits reasonably well. She’s up for Album Of The Year, Record Of The Year, Song Of The Year and Best Pop Vocal Album. Underworld are in the Best Dance/Electronic Album category, while David Bowie, PJ Harvey and Radiohead are fighting it out for Best Alternative Music Album, and Coldplay are up against Jamie XX for Best Music Video. There might be other Brits shortlisted too, but I’m not about to start Googling every nominee on the off chance.

Instead, here’s Recording Academy boss Neil Portnow with a quote: “Just as we see emerging musicians experimenting, we’re also seeing established artists resisting what’s expected of them and, instead, embracing the creative freedom they’ve been afforded through their success, blurring the lines between music’s mainstream and artistic edge”.

Nice one Neil. Thanks. The ceremony will take place on 12 Feb. In the unlikely event you want to look through all of the nominees yourself, you’ll find them here.



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