The59th edition of the Grammy Awards will take place on February 12 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. As every year, "the Oscars of Music" will designate the artists who have marked the year 2016. Retrospective of the categories and artists that will mark this edition…
Beyoncé, announced as the queen of the 2017 ceremony
With 9 nominations, Beyoncé is the artist who is likely to win the most awards (logical…), especially by the range of categories she covers. Approached since the release of the visual album Lemonade as the legitimate winner of the Album of the Year award (flagship category of the Grammy Awards), Beyoncé is also in the running for the best pop performance for her title Hold Up, the song and the title of the year for Formation and especially for the best rock performance (yes rock ) for the song Don't Hurt Yourself, duet and co-written with Jack White of the late The White Stripes.
After this big gender gap, the artists who received the most nominations with a total of 8 are: Drake, Rihanna and Kanye West. Accustomed to the most prestigious awards, only Drake competes for Album of the Year with Views. Chance The Rapper garnered 7 nominations, including Rap Album of the Year with Coloring Book and Rap Song of the Year, Rap Performance of the Year and Rap/Vocals Performance of the Year with No Problem.
Adele followed with 5 nominations including Album of the Year for 25. This category expands with Justin Bieber, first time nominated in the prestigious category for the album Purpose. Country/rock singer Strugill Simpson closes the contenders for album of the year with A Sailor's Guide to Earth.
Expected performances like the messiah and a star presenter…
As usual, the Grammy Awards reserve live performances to make the NRJ Music Awards swoon. If all the greats of music, or almost, have pushed the song at the Grammy Awards ceremony in the previous 58 years, the list of performances may excite more than one … A little more patience!
So that the wait is not eternal, the master of ceremonies has already been unveiled. This is the star presenter/comedian of the moment, the British James Corden, at the initiative of the famous Carpool Karaoke, which enchants as much as it annoys …
But the Grammy Awards are above all 84 categories covering all musical genres from A to Z…
A look back at the nominations for the main categories
Best Album of the Year
Adele – 25
Beyoncé – Lemonade
Justin Bieber – Purpose
Drake – Views
Strugill Simpson – A Sailor's Guide to Earth
Song of the Year
Beyoncé – Lemonade
Adele – Hello
Mike Posner – I Took a Pill in Ibiza
Justin Bieber – Love Yourself
Lukas Graham – 7 Years
Best Newcomer
Kelsea Ballerini
The Chainsmokers
Chance the Rapper
Maren Morris
Anderson.Paak
Best Pop Album
Adele – 25
Jutin Bieber – Purpose
Ariana Grande – Dangerous Woman
Demi Lovato – Confidant
Sia – This Is Acting
Best Dance Album
Flume – Skin
Jean-Michel Jarre – Electronica 1: The Time Machine
Tycho – Epoch
Underworld – Barbara Barbara, We Face a Shining Future
Louie Vega – Louie Vega Starring… XXVIII
Best Rock Album
Blink-182 – California
Cage the Elephant – Tell Me I'm Pretty
Gojira – Magma
Panic! at the Disco – Death of a Bachelor
Weezer – Weezer
Best Alternative Album
Bon Iver – 22, A Million
David Bowie – Blackstar
PJ Harvey – The Hope Six Demolition Project
Iggy Pop – Post Pop Depression
Radiohead – A Moon Shaped Pool
Best Urban Contemporary Album
Beyoncé – Lemonade
Gallant – Ology
KING – We Are King
Anderson.Paak – Malibu
Rihanna – Anti
Best R&B Album
BJ The Chicago Kid – In My Mind
Lalah Hathaway – Lalah Hathaway Live
Terrace Martin – Velvet Portraits
Mint Condition – Healing Season
Mya – Smoove Jones
Best Rap Album
Chance The Rapper – Coloring Book
De La Soul – and the Anonymous Nobody…
DJ Khaled – Major Key
Drake – Views
ScHoolboy Q – Blank Face LP
Kanye West – The Life of Pablo
Contemporary Producer of the Year
Benny Blanco
Greg Kurstin
Max Martin
Nineteen85
Ricky Reed
Best Music Video of the Year
Beyoncé – Training
Leon Bridges – River
Coldplay – Up & Up
Jamie XX – Gosh
OK Go – Upside Down & Inside Out
For a full list of 2017 Grammy nominees, go here.
