Nominations for Grammy Awards 2018

And the nominees are...

The Grammy Awards, the highest honors in the music industry, take place in New York on Sunday.

Following is a list of nominees in key categories. The winners will be announced at a live show on CBS television hosted by James Corden.

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

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24K Magic by Bruno Mars

4:44 by Jay Z

Awaken, My Love! by Childish Gambino

Damn by Kendrick Lamar

Melodrama by Lorde

RECORD OF THE YEAR

CORAL GABLES, FL - APRIL 27: Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee perform onstage at the Billboard Latin Music Awards at Watsco Center on April 27, 2017 in Coral Gables, Florida. (Photo by Sergi Alexander)

24K Magic by Bruno Mars

Despacito by Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee feat. Justin Bieber

Humble by Kendrick Lamar

Redbone by Childish Gambino

The Story of OJ by Jay Z

SONG OF THE YEAR (Songwriters award)

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1-800-273-8255 by Alessia Caracciolo, Sir Robert Bryson Hall II, Arjun Ivatury & Khalid Robinson

4:44 by Shawn Carter & Dion Wilson

Despacito by Ramón Ayala, Justin Bieber, Jason “Poo Bear” Boyd, Erika Ender, Luis Fonsi & Marty James Garton

Issues by Benny Blanco, Mikkel Storleer Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen, Julia Michaels & Justin Drew Tranter

That’s What I Like by Christopher Brody Brown, James Fauntleroy, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Ray Charles McCullough II, Jeremy Reeves, Ray Romulus & Jonathan Yip

BEST NEW ARTIST

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Alessia Cara

Julia Michaels

Khalid

Lil Uzi Vert

SZA 

BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM

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Divide by Ed Sheeran

Evolve by Imagine Dragons

Joanne by Lady Gaga

Kaleidoscope EP by Coldplay

Lust For Life by Lana Del Rey

Rainbow by Kesha

BEST URBAN CONTEMPORARY ALBUM

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American Teen by Khalid

Awaken, My Love! by Childish Gambino

CTRL by SZA

Free 6lack by 6lack

Starboy by The Weeknd

BEST R&B ALBUM

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24K Magic by Bruno Mars

Feel The Real by Musiq Soulchild

Freudian by Daniel Caesar

Gumbo by PJ Morton

Let Love Rule by Ledisi

BEST ROCK ALBUM

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A Deeper Understanding by The War on Drugs

Emperor of Sand by Mastodon

Hardwired...To Self-Destruct by Metallica

The Stories We Tell Ourselves by Nothing More

Villains by Queens of the Stone Age

BEST COUNTRY ALBUM

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Cosmic Hallelujah by Kenny Chesney

From A Room: Volume 1 by Chris Stapleton

Heart Break by Lady Antebellum

Life Changes by Thomas Rhett

The Breaker by Little Big Town

BEST ALTERNATIVE MUSIC ALBUM

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American Dream by LCD Soundsystem

Everything Now by Arcade Fire

Humanz by Gorillaz

Pure Comedy by Father John Misty

Sleep Well Beast by The National

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, NON-CLASSICAL

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Blake Mills

Calvin Harris

Greg Kurstin

No I.D.

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