This Year’s Grammy Nominees: A Country Singer Makes HISTORY!

November 25, 2020 6:39 am Published by

This year’s Grammy nominees were announced yesterday,

MICKEY GUYTON made history yesterday when her song “Black Like Me” picked up a Grammy nomination for Best Country Solo Performance.  It’s the first time a black female solo artist has ever been nominated in a country category.

 

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Of the 20 artists receiving nominations, 14 of them have a woman up for the coveted award. And in the Country Album of the Year category, all five were made by women.

Ingrid Andress, Lady Like – she is actually up for 3 awards:

Best New Artist, Best Country Song for “More Hearts Than Mine”, and Best Country Album for “Lady Like”.  She said, “This cannot be real.  Are you kidding me?  I’m screaming.  I will never forget this feeling.”

Brandy Clark, Your Life Is A Record

Miranda Lambert, Wildcard

Little Big Town, Nightfall Karen Fairchild, Kimberly Schlapman,

Ashley McBryde, Never Will

 

 

 

CBS will air the ceremony on Sunday, January 31st.  Trevor Noah from “The Daily Show” is hosting.

 

 

The Grammy Nominees in the Biggest Categories 

Album of the Year:

“Chilombo”,  Jhené Aiko

“Black Pumas (Deluxe Edition)”,  Black Pumas

“Everyday Life”,  Coldplay

“Djesse Vol. 3”,  Jacob Collier

“Women in Music, Part 3”,  Haim

“Future Nostalgia”,  Dua Lipa

“Hollywood’s Bleeding”,  Post Malone

“Folklore”,  Taylor Swift

 

 

Record of the Year:

“Black Parade”,  Beyoncé

“Colors”,  Black Pumas

“Rockstar”,  DaBaby and Roddy Ricch

“Say So”,  Doja Cat

“Everything I Wanted”,  Billie Eilish

“Don’t Start Now”,  Dua Lipa

“Circles”,  Post Malone

“Savage”,  Megan Thee Stallion and Beyoncé

 

 

Song of the Year:

“Black Parade”,  Beyoncé

“The Box”,  Roddy Ricch

“Cardigan”,  Taylor Swift

“Circles”,  Post Malone

“Don’t Start Now”,  Dua Lipa

“Everything I Wanted”,  Billie Eilish

“I Can’t Breathe”,  H.E.R.

“If the World Was Ending”,  JP Saxe and Julia Michaels

 

 

Best New Artist:  (If some of the names are unfamiliar, acquaint yourself.)

Ingrid Andress

Phoebe Bridgers

Chika

Noah Cyrus . . . Miley Cyrus’ younger sister.

D Smoke

Doja Cat

Kaytranada

Megan Thee Stallion

 

 

Best Country Solo Performance:

“Stick That in Your Country Song”,  Eric Church

“Who You Thought I Was”,  Brandy Clark

“When My Amy Prays”,  Vince Gill

“Black Like Me”,  Mickey Guyton

“Bluebird”,  Miranda Lambert

 

 

Best Country Performance By a Duo or Group:

“All Night”,  Brothers Osborne

“10,000 Hours”,  Dan + Shay and Justin Bieber

“Ocean”,  Lady A

“Sugar Coat”,  Little Big Town

“Some People Do”,  Old Dominion

 

 

Best Pop Vocal Album:

“Changes”,  Justin Bieber

“Chromatica”,  Lady Gaga

“Future Nostalgia”,  Dua Lipa

“Fine Line”,  Harry Styles

“Folklore”,  Taylor Swift

 

 

Best Pop Solo Performance:

“Yummy”,  Justin Bieber

“Say So”,  Doja Cat

“Everything I Wanted”,  Billie Eilish

“Don’t Start Now”,  Dua Lipa

“Watermelon Sugar”,  Harry Styles

“Cardigan”,  Taylor Swift

 

 

Best Pop Performance By a Duo or Group:

“Un Dia (One Day)” J BalvinDua LipaBad Bunny, and Tainy

“Intentions”,  Justin Bieber and Quavo

“Dynamite”,  BTS

“Rain on Me”,  Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande

“Exile”,  Taylor Swift and Bon Iver

 

 

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album:

“Blue Umbrella”,  Burt Bacharach and Daniel Tashian

“True Love: A Celebration of Cole Porter”,  Harry Connick, Jr.

“American Standard”,  James Taylor

“Unfollow the Rules”,  Rufus Wainwright

“Judy”,  Renée Zellweger

 

 

Best Rock Performance:

“Shameika”,  Fiona Apple

“Not”,  Big Thief

“Kyoto”,  Phoebe Bridgers

“The Steps”,  Haim

“Stay High”,  Brittany Howard

“Daylight”,  Grace Potter

 

 

Best Rock Album:

“A Hero’s Death”,  Fontaines D.C.

“Kiwanuka”,  Michael Kiwanuka

“Daylight”,  Grace Potter

“Sound and Fury”,  Sturgill Simpson

“The New Abnormal”,  The Strokes

 

 

Best Alternative Music Album:

“Fetch the Bolt Cutters”,  Fiona Apple

“Hyperspace”,  Beck

“Punisher,  Phoebe Bridgers

“Jaime”,  Brittany Howard

“The Slow Rush”,  Tame Impala

 

 

Best R&B Performance:

“Lightning and Thunder”,  Jhené Aiko and John Legend

“Black Parade”,  Beyoncé

“All I Need”,  Jacob CollierMahalia, and Ty Dolla $ign

“Goat Head”,  Brittany Howard

“See Me”,  Emily King

 

Best Rap Performance:

“Deep Reverence”,  Big Sean and Nipsey Hussle

“BOP”,  DaBaby

“What’s Poppin”,  Jack Harlow

“Savage”,  Megan Thee Stallion and Beyoncé

“Dior”,  Pop Smoke

 

Best Melodic Rap Performance:

“Rockstar”,  DaBaby and Roddy Ricch

“Laugh Now, Cry Later”,  Drake and Lil Durk

“Lockdown”,  Anderson .Paak

“The Box”,  Roddy Ricch

“Highest in the Room”,  Travis Scott

 

 

Best Rap Album:

“Black Habits,  D Smoke

“Alfredo”,  Freddie Gibbs and The Alchemist

“A Written Testimony”,  Jay Electronica

“King’s Disease”,  Nas

“The Allegory”,  Royce Da 5’9″

 

 

Best Spoken Word Album:

“Acid for the Children:  A Memoir”,  Flea

“Alex Trebek:  The Answer Is . . .”,  Ken Jennings

“Blowout”,  Rachel Maddow

“Catch and Kill”,  Ronan Farrow

“Charlotte’s Web”,  Meryl Streep, and the full cast

 

 

Best Comedy Album:

“Black Mitzvah”,  Tiffany Haddish

“I Love Everything”,  Patton Oswalt

“The Pale Tourist”,  Jim Gaffigan

“Paper Tiger”,  Bill Burr

“23 Hours to Kill”,  Jerry Seinfeld

 

Best Song for Visual Media:

“Beautiful Ghosts” from “Cats”,  Taylor Swift

“Carried Me with You” from “Onward”,  Brandi Carlile

“Into the Unknown” from “Frozen 2”,  Idina Menzel and AURORA

“No Time to Die” from “No Time to Die”,  Billie Eilish

“Stand Up” from “Harriet”,  Cynthia Erivo

(You can sort through ALL 84 categories at Grammy.com.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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This post was written by Morgan Ryan