Nominations for the 56th GRAMMY Awards
were announced tonight by The Recording
Academy and reflected one of the most
diverse years with the Album Of The Year
category alone representing the rap, pop,
country and dance/electronica genres, as
determined by the voting members of The
Academy. Once again, nominations in select
categories for the annual GRAMMY Awards
were announced on primetime television as
part of "The GRAMMY Nominations Concert
Live!! — Countdown To Music's Biggest
Night," a one-hour CBS entertainment
special broadcast live from Nokia Theatre
L.A. Live.

Jay Z tops the nominations with nine;
Kendrick Lamar, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis,
Justin Timberlake, and Pharrell Williams
each garner seven nods; Drake and
mastering engineer Bob Ludwig are up for
five awards.
"This year's nominations reflect the talented
community of music makers who represent
some of the highest levels of excellence and
artistry of the year in their respective fields,"
said Neil Portnow, President/CEO of The
Recording Academy. "
Once again, The
Academy's awards process and its voting
membership have produced an impressive
list of nominations across various genres
promising music fans a spectacular show
filled with stellar performances and unique
'GRAMMY Moments.' We are off to a great
start and look forward to GRAMMY Sunday
as Music's Biggest Night takes the stage."
Following are the nominations in the
General Field categories:

Album Of The Year:
The Blessed Unrest — Sara Bareilles
Random Access Memories — Daft Punk
Good Kid, M.A.A.D City — Kendrick Lamar
The Heist — Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Red — Taylor Swift

Record Of The Year:
"Get Lucky" — Daft Punk & Pharrell
Williams
"Radioactive" — Imagine Dragons
"Royals" — Lorde
"Locked Out Of Heaven" — Bruno Mars
"Blurred Lines" — Robin Thicke Featuring
T.I. & Pharrell Williams

Song Of The Year:
"Just Give Me A Reason" — Jeff Bhasker, Pink
& Nate Ruess, songwriters (Pink Featuring
Nate Ruess)
"Locked Out Of Heaven" — Philip Lawrence,
Ari Levine & Bruno Mars, songwriters
(Bruno Mars)
"Roar" — Lukasz Gottwald, Max Martin,
Bonnie McKee, Katy Perry & Henry Walter,
songwriters (Katy Perry)
"Royals" — Joel Little & Ella Yelich O'Connor,
songwriters (Lorde)
"Same Love" — Ben Haggerty, Mary Lambert
& Ryan Lewis, songwriters (Macklemore &
Ryan Lewis Featuring Mary Lambert)

Best New Artist :
James Blake
Kendrick Lamar
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Kacey Musgraves
Ed Sheeran

Following is a sampling of nominations in
the GRAMMY Awards' other 29 Fields:

For Best Pop Solo Performance, the
nominees are "Brave" by Sara Bareilles;
"Royals" by Lorde; "When I Was Your Man"
by Bruno Mars; "Roar" by Katy Perry; and
"Mirrors" by Justin Timberlake.

The nominees for Best Pop Duo/Group
Performance are "Get Lucky" by Daft Punk &
Pharrell Williams; "Just Give Me A Reason"
by Pink Featuring Nate Ruess; "Stay" by
Rihanna Featuring Mikky Ekko; "Blurred
Lines" by Robin Thicke Featuring T.I. &
Pharrell Williams; and "Suit & Tie" by Justin
Timberlake & Jay Z.

For Best Dance/Electronica Album, the
nominees are Random Access Memories by
Daft Punk; Settle by Disclosure; 18 Months by
Calvin Harris; Atmosphere by Kaskade; and
A Color Map Of The Sun by Pretty Lights.
The Best Rock Performance nominees are
"Always Alright" by Alabama Shakes; "The
Stars (Are Out Tonight)" by David Bowie;
"Radioactive" by Imagine Dragons; "Kashmir
(Live)" by Led Zeppelin; "My God Is The Sun"
by Queens Of The Stone Age; and "I'm
Shakin'" by Jack White.

For Best Alternative Music Album, the
nominees are The Worse Things Get, The
Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I
Love You by Neko Case; Trouble Will Find Me
by The National; Hesitation Marks by Nine
Inch Nails; Lonerism by Tame Impala;
Modern Vampires Of The City by Vampire
Weekend.

The nominees for Best Rap/Sung
Collaboration are "Power Trip" by J.Cole
Featuring Miguel; "Part II (On The Run)" by
Jay Z Featuring Beyoncé; "Holy Grail" by Jay
Z Featuring Justin Timberlake; "Now Or
Never" by Kendrick Lamar Featuring Mary
J. Blige; and "Remember You" by Wiz
Khalifa Featuring The Weeknd.

For Best Rap Album, the nominees are
Nothing Was The Same by Drake; Magna
Carta…Holy Grail by Jay Z; Good Kid,
M.A.A.D City by Kendrick Lamar; The Heist
by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis; and Yeezus
by Kanye West.

The Best Country Album nominees are Night
Train by Jason Aldean; Two Lanes Of
Freedom by Tim McGraw; Same Trailer
Different Park by Kacey Musgraves; Based On
A True Story by Blake Shelton; and Red by
Taylor Swift.

The nominees for Best Americana Album are
Old Yellow Moon by Emmylou Harris &
Rodney Crowell; Love Has Come For You by
Steve Martin & Edie Brickell; Buddy And Jim
by Buddy Miller And Jim Lauderdale; One
True Vine by Mavis Staples; and Songbook by
Allen Toussaint.

This year's Producer Of The Year, Non-
Classical nominations go to Rob Cavallo, Dr.
Luke, Ariel Rechtshaid, Jeff Tweedy, and
Pharrell Williams.

This year's GRAMMY Awards process
registered more than 22,000 submissions
over a 12-month eligibility period (Oct. 1,
2012 – Sept. 30, 2013). GRAMMY ballots for
the final round of voting will be mailed on
Dec. 11 to the voting members of The
Recording Academy. They are due back to
the accounting firm of Deloitte by Jan. 8,
2014, when they will be tabulated and the
results kept secret until the 56th GRAMMY
telecast.
The 56th Annual GRAMMY Awards will be
held Jan. 26, 2014, at Staples Center in Los
Angeles and once again will be broadcast
live in high-definition TV and 5.1 surround
sound on CBS from 8–11:30 p.m. (ET/PT).

The 56th Annual GRAMMY Awards are
produced by AEG Ehrlich Ventures for The
Recording Academy. Ken Ehrlich is executive
producer, and Louis J. Horvitz is director.
to view the complete list,visit www.grammy.com/nominees