Kendrick Lamar leads Grammy nominations

Kendrick Lamar leads this year's Grammy nominations, thanks to the 'Black Panther' soundtrack he curated and produced. He scores eight nominations in total, including Record Of The Year, Song Of The Year and Album Of The Year. After last year, all eyes were on gender diversity in the nominations, which does seem to have improved somewhat. While Lorde was the only woman to be nominated in the Album Of The Year category last year, for the 2019 awards, Cardi B, Brandi Carlile, HER, Janelle Monáe and Kasey Musgraves outnumber Lamar, Drake and Post Malone. Absent from that list are Beyonce and Jay-Z with their album as The Carters, 'Everything Is Love', which gets three nominations in minor categories. This ensures that the running gag about Beyonce being unable to win Album Of The Year continues. It's also probably not quite the answer Jay-Z was hoping for when he rapped on that album that someone needs to "tell the Grammy's fuck that for eight shit" - a reference to the number of prizes he was nominated for and then failed to win at the 2018 ceremony. Also on the snub list are Ariana Grande and Taylor Swift, who both appear in the full nominations list, although only just and neither in any major category. Major categories though, which ones are those? Well, those are the three or four that people actually bother to properly report on, because the Grammy Awards still insists on having a list of awards so long that it's almost impossible for anyone not to get nominated. If you got no nominations at all, the Recording Academy really, really hates you. Here are those top awards, anyway... Album Of The Year: Brandi Carlile - By the Way, I Forgive You Cardi B - Invasion of Privacy Drake - Scorpion HER - HER Janelle Monáe - Dirty Computer Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour Post Malone - Beerbongs & Bentleys Various Artists - Black Panther: The Album Record Of The Year: Brandi Carlile - The Joke Cardi B - I Like It Childish Gambino - This Is America Drake - God's Plan Kendrick Lamar & SZA - All the Stars Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper - Shallow Post Malone & 21 Savage - Rockstar Zedd & Maren Morris - The Middle Song Of The Year: Brandi Carlile - The Joke Childish Gambino - This Is America Drake - God's Plan Ella Mai - Boo'd Up Kendrick Lamar & SZA - All the Stars Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper - Shallow Shawn Mendes - In My Blood Zedd & Maren Morris - The Middle Best New Artist: Bebe Rexha Chloe x Halle Dua Lipa Greta Van Fleet HER Jorja Smith Luke Combs Margo Price If you want to know about any of the other 80 categories, go and look for yourself here.