Two years ago, it was British singer/songwriter Adele who swept the Grammy nominations and later on, the 2013 Grammy Awards. For 2014, the sensational Grammy debutante was Australian singer/songwriter Lorde. If this trend keeps up, then we could be looking at a sweep of the 2015 Grammys by another British singer/songwriter, the soulful balladeer Sam Smith.
Smith, who is also nominated for Best New Artist along with Iggy Azalea, Brandy Clark, Haim and Bastille, tied with Grammy stalwarts Beyoncé and Pharrell Williams. They all got six nominations each, the most garnered by an artist this year. Fellow Brits Beck also made the cut with four calls for his album Morning Phase and troubadour Ed Sheeran got three, including one for I See Fire, his theme for the movie The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.
Here is the list of the other nominees.
Record of the Year: Iggy Azalea’s Fancy feat. Charli XCX; Sia, Chandelier; Sam Smith, Stay With Me; Taylor Swift, Shake It Off; Meghan Trainor, All About That Bass.
Song of the Year: Shake It Off, Taylor Swift; Chandelier, Sia; Stay With Me, Sam Smith; All About That Bass, Meghan Trainor; Take Me To Church, Eric Church.
Album of the Year: Beck, Morning Phase; Beyoncé, Beyoncé; Ed Sheeran, X; Sam Smith, In The Lonely Hour; Pharrell Williams, GIRL.
Pop Vocal Album: Coldplay, Ghost Stories; Miley Cyrus, Bangerz; Ariana Grande, My Everything; Katy Perry, Prism; Ed Sheeran, X; Sam Smith, In The Lonely Hour.
Pop, Duo and Group Vocal Performance: Fancy, Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX; A Sky Full Of Stars, Coldplay; Say Something, Great Big World and Christina Aguilera; Bang Bang, Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj; Dark Horse, Katy Perry feat. Juicy J.
Pop Solo Performance: John Legend, All Of Me; Sia, Chandelier; Sam Smith, Stay With Me; Taylor Swift, Shake It Off; Pharrell Williams, Happy.
Traditional Pop Vocal Album: Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett, Cheek To Cheek; Johnny Mathis, Sending You A Little Christmas; Annie Lennox, Nostalgia; Barbra Streisand, Partners; Barry Manilow, Night Songs.
Rock Song: Paramore, Ain’t It Fun; Beck, Blue Moon; The Black Keys, Fever; Ryan Adams, Gimme Something Good; Jack White, Lazaretto.
Rock Album: Ryan Adams, Ryan Adams; Beck, Morning Phase; The Black Keys, Turn Blue; Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Hypnotic Eye; U2, Songs of Innocence.
Rock Vocal Performance: Ryan Adams, Gimme Something Good; Arctic Monkeys, Do I Wanna Know; Beck, Blue Moon; The Black Keys, Fever; Jack White, Lazaretto.
Metal Vocal Performance: Anthrax, Neon Knights; Mastodon, High Road; Motorhead, Heartbreaker; Slipknot, The Negative One; Tenacious D, The Last In Line.
R&B Performance: Drunk In Love, Beyoncé feat. Jay-Z; New Flame, Chris Brown feat. Usher and Rick Ross; It’s Your World, Jennifer Hudson feat. R.Kelly; Like This, Ledisi; Good Kisser, Usher.
R&B Song: Drunk In Love, Beyoncé feat. Jay-Z; Good Kisser, Usher; New Flame, Chris Brown; Options, Luke James feat. Rick Ross; The Worst, Jhene Aiko.
Urban Contemporary Album: Sail Out, Jhene Aiko; Beyoncé, Beyoncé; X, Ed Sheeran; Mali Is, Mali Music; GIRL, Pharrell Williams.
R&B Album: Islander, Bernhoft; Lift Your Spirit, Aloe Blacc; Love Marriage and Divorce, Toni Braxton and Babyface; Black Radio 2, Robert Glasper Experiment; Give The People What They Want, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings.
Rap Performance: 3005, Childish Gambino; 0 To 100 The Catch Up, Drake; Rap God, Eminem; I, Kendrick Lamar; All I Need Is You, Lecrae.
Rap/Song Collaboration: Blak Majik, Common feat. Jhene Aiko; The Monster, Eminem feat. Rihanna; Tuesday, I Love Makonneri feat. Drake; Studio, Schoolboy Q feat. BJ The Chicago Kid; Bound 2, Kanye West feat. Charlie Wilson.
Rap Song: Anaconda, Nicki Minaj; Bound 2, Kanye West feat. Charlie Wilson; I, Kendrick Lamar; We Dem Boyz, Wiz Khalifa; 0 To 100 The Catch Up, Drake.
Rap Album: The New Classic, Iggy Azalea; Because The Internet, Childish Gambino; Nobody’s Smiling, Common; The Marshall Mathers LP 2, Eminem; Oxymoron, Schoolboy Q; Blacc Hollywood, Wiz Khalifa.
Reggae Album: Fly Rasta, Ziggy Marley; Full Frequency, Sean Paul; Back On The Controls, Lee “Scratch” Perry; Out Of Many One Music, Shaggy; The Reggae Power, Sly and Robbie and Spicy Chocolate.
Compilation Album for Visual Media: American Hustle; Frozen; Get On Up The James Brown Story; Guardians Of The Galaxy — The Awesome Mix Volume I; The Wolf Of Wall Street.
Song Written for Visual Media: Everybody Is Awesome, The Lego Movie; I See Fire, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug; I’m Not Gonna Miss You, Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me; Let It Go, Frozen; The Moon Song, Her.
Score for Visual Media: Frozen; Gone Girl; The Grand Budapest Hotel; Gravity; Saving Mr. Banks.
Musical Theater Album: Aladdin; Beautiful — The Carol King Musical; A Gentleman’s Guide To Love And Murder; Hedwig And The Angry Inch; West Side Story.
Music Video: We Exist, Arcade Fire; Turn Down For What, DJ Smoke and Lil Jon; Chandelier, Sia; Happy, Pharrell Williams; The Golden Age, Woodkid feat. Max Richter.
Music Film: Beyoncé & Jay-Z, On The Run Tour; Coldplay, Ghost Stories; Darlene Love, Merry Clayton, Lisa Fisher and Judith Hill, 20 Feet From Stardom; Metallica, Through The Never; Pink, The Truth About Love Tour Live From Melbourne.