Grammy 2017: Complete List Of Nominees, Analysis

Meghan Trainor kicked off the 2017 Grammys Tuesday by revealing the nominees in four general field categories: Best New Artist, Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Album of the Year. Fifteen minutes after Trainor's appearance on CBS This Morning, the Recording Academy announced nominees across all 84 categories in a press release and on the Grammy's website.
The 59th Annual Grammy Awards will air live Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017, on CBS.
The Late Late Show's James Corden will host the annual event from inside the Staples Center in Los Angeles. "It's the biggest, most prestigious award show in music," Corden told a reputable news media in a statement in November, "and I feel incredibly lucky to be part of such an incredible night."

Here is the complete list of nominees (so far):
Song of the Year

Beyoncé, "Formation"

Adele, "Hello"

Mike Posner, "I Took a Pill in Ibiza"

Justin Bieber, "Love Yourself"

Lukas Graham, "7 Years"

Record of the Year

Adele, "Hello"

Beyoncé, "Formation"

Lukas Graham, "7 Years"

Rihanna, "Work (feat. Drake)"

Twenty One Pilots, "Stressed Out"

Album of the Year

Adele, 25

Beyoncé, Lemonade

Justin Bieber, Purpose

Drake, Views

Sturgill Simpson, A Sailor's Guide to Earth

Best New Artist

Kelsea Ballerini

The Chainsmokers

Chance the Rapper

Marin Morris

Anderson Paak

Best Pop Solo Performance
Adele, "Hello"

Beyoncé, "Hold Up"

Justin Bieber, "Love Yourself"

Kelly Clarkson, "Piece by Piece (Idol Version)"

Ariana Grande, "Dangerous Woman"

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

The Chainsmokers, "Closer (feat. Halsey)

Lukas Graham, "7 Years"

Rihanna, "Work (feat. Drake)"

Sia, "Cheap Thrills (feat. Sean Paul)"

Twenty One Pilots, "Stressed Out"

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

Andrea Bocelli, Cinema

Bob Dylan, Fallen Angels

Josh Groban, Stages Live

Willie Nelson, Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin

Barbra Streisand, Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway

Best Pop Vocal Album

Adele, 25

Justin Bieber, Purpose

Ariana Grande, Dangerous Woman

Demi Lovato, Confident

Sia, This Is Acting

 Now here's what tongues are wagging about...

the 2017 Grammys are going to leave a lot of people sorely disappointed.
When Adele released 25 on Nov. 20, 2015, her fans rejoiced and it became clear that, once again, the queen of self-possessed woe and wistful, hard-earned perspective had just made the Recording Academy's job that much easier. 21 swept the major Grammy categories in 2012, and so would 25.
But as we all remember, 25—despite turning into the best-selling album of 2015 in barely a month's time—came out too late for immediate consideration. And so statuary adulation would have to wait till 2017. However, April 23, 2016 begot Lemonade, Beyoncé's engrossing, fiery, powerful, autobiographical yet playful treatise on race, feminism, infidelity, family, strength and redemption.
Like 25, Lemonade also debuted at No. 1, but despite it being a downright cultural phenomenon, it has only enjoyed a fraction of the sales of Adele's mega-hit, which has sold more than 20 million copies worldwide (and both albums are likely selling a bunch more right this minute in light of the Grammy nominations announced this morning).
Either way, an embarrassment of riches for music fans. But now also a real conundrum for Grammy voters.
It's not an obvious choice, like the Billboard Music Awards, which are handed out based on record sales, or the fan-based American Music Awards, Teen Choice Awards, etc.
At least to the average fan, both 25 and Lemonade seemed like such obvious choices for Album of the Year winners, but...they can't both win Album of the Year. (Well, technically it's possible. There have been 21 ties at the Grammys, but never for Album of the Year and only once in a major category—Barbra Streisand and Paul Williams' "Evergreen" from A Star Is Born tied Joe Brooks' "You Light Up My Life" for Song of the Year in 1978.)

The Grammys are doled out by the Recording Academy, which like the Academy of Motion Picture (or Television) Arts and Sciences is made up of artists, producers, writers, etc. in the industry; the Grammys are like a peer review. According to Billboard, approximately 12,000 of the estimated 21,000 members are eligible to vote for the Grammys—and they vote in the areas of their expertise. The sprawling show has been whittled down in recent years to a relatively slim 82 categories, most of which are handed out off-camera.
So, the Grammys aren't awarded based on sales or popularity—and they sure as hell aren't awarded for coolness factor. Heck, half the time it seems the Academy could care less about reviews or what's hot, or where the greatest strides have been made in any given genre. Their shocking moments tend to ruffle feathers, such as when even Macklemore and Ryan Lewiscouldn't believe that they'd won for Best Rap Album.
That being said, sometimes inevitable triumphs occur, such as Adele's sweep of the major categories in 2012 for 2011's 21, including Album, Song and Record of the Year, for a total of six wins. (Plus she got a performance Grammy in 2013 for "Set Fire to the Rain.")
But if you believe there is no way but all the way for Adele, be prepared to see her lose in this category on Feb. 12, 2017, to Beyoncé, who has 20 Grammys to her name but none of them etched with "Album of the Year."

Sounds absurd, right? Yes, especially considering how seminal both I Am...Sasha Fierce and the self-titled "surprise" album she dropped in 2013 were. Yet the former was trampled by the unstoppable juggernaut that was Taylor Swift's career-making Fearless, and the latter was upset by Beck's Morning Phase. (Bey actually hasn't won Record of the Year yet, either, which may be even crazier.)


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If this isn't Beyoncé's year, then we're not sure—and we're going to guess Bey herself will be at a loss, too—what the Academy means by "artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence.

Source: E!