2022 Grammy Nominations

By Rachell Carbajal

On November 23, 2021, the Recording Academy released the nominations for the 2022 Grammys, the 64th Annual Grammy Awards, taking place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. There are no announcements yet as to who will host or be at the awards show, however,  as of now here are the main sections and nominees of the 64th Grammy Awards:

1. Record Of The Year: 

• I Still Have Faith In You-ABBA
• Freedom-Jon Batiste
• I Get A Kick Out Of You-Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga
• Peaches-Justin Bieber Featuring Daniel Cesar & Giveon
• Right On Time-Brandi Carlile
• Kiss Me More- Doja Cat Featuring SZA
• Happier Than Ever- Billie Eilish 
• Montero (Call Me By Your Name)-Lil Nas X
• Drivers License-Olivia Rodridgo
• Leave The Door Open-Silk Sonic

2. Album Of The Year:

• We Are-Jon Batiste
• Love For Sale-Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga
• Justice (Triple Chucks Deluxe)-Justin Bieber
• Planet Her (Deluxe)-Doja Cat
• Happier Than Ever-Billie Eilish
• Back Of My Mind-H.E.R.
• Montero-Lil Nas X
• Sour-Olivia Rodrigo
• Evermore-Taylor Swift
• Donda-Kanye West

3. Song Of The Year:

• Bad Habits-Ed Sheeran
• A Beautiful Noise-Alicia Keys & Brandi Carlile
• Drivers License-Olivia Rodrigo
• Fight For You- H.E.R.
• Happier Than Ever-Billie Eilish
• Kiss Me More-Doja Cat Featuring SZA
• Leave The Door Open-Silk Sonic
• Montero (Call Me By Your Name)-Lil Nas X
• Peaches-Justin Bieber Featuring Daniel Cesar & Giveon
• Right On Time-Brandi Carlile

4. Best New Artist:

• Arooj Aftab 
• Jimmie Allen 
• Baby Keem 
• FINNEAS 
• Glass Animals 
• Japanese Breakfast 
• The Kid LAROI 
• Arlo Parks 
• Olivia Rodrigo
• Saweetie

5. Best Pop Solo Performance:

• Anyone-Justin Bieber
• Right On Time-Brandi Carlile
• Happier Than Ever-Billie Eilish
• Positions-Ariana Grande
• Drivers License-Olivia Rodrigo

6. Best Pop Duo/Group Performance:

• I Get A Kick Out Of You- Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga 
• Lonely-Justin Bieber & benny blanco 
• Butter-BTS 
• Higher Power-Coldplay
• Kiss Me More-Doja Cat Featuring SZA

7. Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album:

• Love For Sale-Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga 
• Til We Meet Again (Live)-Norah Jones 
• A Tori Kelly Christmas-Tori Kelly 
• Ledisi Sings Nina-Ledisi 
• That’s Life-Willie Nelson 
• A Holly Dolly Christmas-Dolly Parton

8. Best PopVocal Album:

• Justice (Triple Chucks Deluxe)-Justin Bieber
• Planet Her (Deluxe)-Doja Cat 
• Happier Than Ever-Billie Eilish 
• Positions-Ariana Grande 
• Sour-Olivia Rodrigo

9. Best Dance/Electronic Recording:

• Hero-Afrojack & David Guetta
• Loom-Ólafur Arnalds Featuring Bonobo
• Before-James Blake
• Heartbreak-Bonobo & Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs
• You Can Do It-Caribou
• Alive-Rüfüs Du Sol
• The Business-Tiësto

10. Best Dance/Electronic Music Album:

• Subconsciously-Black Coffee
• Fallen Embers-ILLENIUM 
• Music Is The Weapon (Reloaded)-Major Lazer 
• Shockwave-Marshmello 
• Free Love-Sylvan Esso 
• Judgement-Ten City

11. Best Contemporary Instrumental Album:

• Double Dealin’-Randy Brecker & Eric Marienthal 
• The Garden-Rachel Eckroth
• Tree Falls-Taylor Eigsti
• At Blue Note Tokyo-Steve Gadd Band
• Deep: The Baritone Sessions, Vol. 2-Mark Lettieri

12. Best Rock Performance:

• Shot In The Dark–AC/DC 
• Know You Better (Live From Capitol Studio A)-Black Pumas 
• Nothing Compares 2 U-Chris Cornell
• Ohms-Deftones 
• Making A Fire-Foo Fighters

13. Best Metal Performance:

• Genesis-Deftones
• The Alien-Dream Theater
• Amazonia-Gojira 
• Pushing The Tides-Mastodon
• The Triumph Of King Freak (A Crypt Of Preservation And Superstition)-Rob Zombie

14. Best Rock Song: 

• All My Favorite Songs-Weezer
• The Bandit-Kings Of Leon
• Distance-Mammoth WVH
• Find My Way-Paul McCartney
• Waiting On A War-Foo Fighters

15. Best Rock Album:

• Power Up-AC/DC 
• Capitol Cuts – Live From Studio A-Black Pumas
• No One Sings Like You Anymore Vol. 1-Chris Cornell 
• Medicine At Midnight-Foo Fighters
• McCartney III-Paul McCartney

16. Best Alternative Music Album:

• Shore-Fleet Foxes 
• If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power-Halsey 
• Jubilee-Japanese Breakfast
• Collapsed In Sunbeams-Arlo Parks
• Daddy’s Home-St. Vincent

17. Best R&B Performance:

• Lost You-Snoh Aalegra 
• Peaches-Justin Bieber Featuring Daniel Caesar & Giveon
• Damage-H.E.R.
• Leave The Door Open-Silk Sonic
• Pick Up Your Feelings-Jazmine Sullivan

18. Best Traditional R&B Performance:

• I Need You-Jon Batiste
• Bring It On Home To Me-BJ The Chicago Kid, PJ Morton & Kenyon Dixon Featuring Charlie Bereal 
• Born Again-Leon Bridges Featuring Robert Glasper
• Fight For You-H.E.R. 
• How Much Can A Heart Take-Lucky Daye Featuring Yebba

19. Best R&B Song:

• Damage-H.E.R.
• Good Days-SZA
• Heartbreak Anniversary-Giveon
• Leave the Door Open-Silk Sonic
• Pick Your Feelings Up-Jazmine Sullivan

20. Best Progressive R&B Album:

• New Light-Eric Bellinger 
• Something To Say-Cory Henry
• Mood Valiant-Hiatus Kaiyote
• Table For Two-Lucky Daye
• Dinner Party: Dessert-Terrace Martin, Robert Glasper, 9th Wonder & Kamasi Washington 
• Studying Abroad:Extended Stay-Masego

21. Best R&B Album:

• Temporary Highs In The Violet Skies-Snoh Aalegra
• We Are-Jon Batiste 
• Gold-Diggers Sound-Leon Bridges
• Back Of My Mind-H.E.R. 
• Heaux Tales-Jazmine Sullivan

22. Best Rap Performance:

• Family Ties-Baby Keem Featuring Kendrick Lamar 
• Up-Cardi B 
• M Y . L I F E-J. Cole Featuring 21 Savage & Morray 
• Way 2 Sexy-Drake Featuring Future & Young Thug 
• Thot S***-Megan Thee Stallion

23. Best Melodic Rap Performance:

• P R I D E . I S . T H E . D E V I L-J. Cole Featuring Lil Baby 
• Need To Know-Doja Cat
• Industry Baby-Lil Nas X Featuring Jack Harlow
• Wusyaname-Tyler, The Creator Featuring Youngboy Never Broke Again & Ty Dolla $ign 
• Hurricane-Kanye West Featuring The Weeknd & Lil Baby

24. Best Rap Song: 

• Balt Salts-DMX Featuring Jay-Z & Nas
• Best Friend-Saweetie Featuring Doja Cat
• Family Ties-Baby Keem Featuring Kendrick Lamar
• Jail-Kanye West Featuring Jay-Z
• M Y . L I F E-J. Cole Featuring 21 Savage & Morray

25. Best Rap Album:

• The Off-Season-J. Cole 
• Certified Lover Boy-Drake
• King’s Disease II-Nas 
• Call Me If You Get Lost-Tyler, The Creator 
• Donda-Kanye West

26. Best Country Solo Performance:

• Forever After All-Luke Combs
• Remember Her Name-Mickey Guyton 
• All I Do Is Drive-Jason Isbell
• Camera Roll-Kacey Musgraves 
• You Should Probably Leave-Chris Stapleton

27. Best Country Duo/Group Performance: 

• If I Didn’t Love You-Jason Aldean & Carrie Underwood 
• Younger Me-Brothers Osborne 
• Glad You Exist-Dan + Shay 
• Chasing After You-Ryan Hurd & Maren Morris 
• Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home)-Elle King & Miranda Lambert

28. Best Country Song: 

• Better Than We Found It-Maren Morris
• Camera Roll-Kacey Musgraves
• Cold-Chris Stapleton
• Country Again-Thomas Rhett
• Fancy Like-Walker Hayes
• Remember Her Name-Mickey Guyton

29. Best Country Album:

• Skeletons-Brothers Osborne
• Remember Her Name-Mickey Guyton
• The Marfa Tapes-Miranda Lambert, Jon Randall & Jack Ingram 
• The Ballad Of Dood & Juanita-Sturgill Simpson 
• Starting Over-Chris Stapleton

Here’s the link for the rest of sections and nominees: 

https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/2022-grammys-complete-winners-nominees-nominations-list

Tune in on January 31, 2022 for the live broadcast of the Grammys on CBS Television Network or on demand on Paramount at 8-11:30 pm EST/5-8:30 pm PT.