Drake, Chance The Rapper and More Nominated for 2017 Grammy Awards
On Tuesday morning (Dec. 6), CBS began unveiling the nominees for the 2017 Grammy Awards, and Drake and Chance The Rapper are among them.
Nominations for four general field categories were revealed on CBS This Morning, while the entire list of nominations is available on the Grammy website.
Drake's Views is nominated for Album of the Year, while Chance The Rapper is in the running for Best New Artist, as is Anderson .Paak. The top nominees are Beyoncé (nine), Drake (eight), Kanye West (eight), and Chance The Rapper (seven).
Earlier this year, Chance led a successful campaign to make streaming-only projects eligible for consideration by the Recording Academy, hence why Coloring Book is eligible for Best Rap Album. That project is technically a mixtape, though, as just weeks ago Chance revealed that he's working on his official debut album.
Check out the full list of rap-related 2017 Grammy nominations below. Nineteen85 is also nominated for Non-Classical Producer of the Year, while Skrillex and Rick Ross' Suicide Squad cut "Purple Lamborghini" nabs a nomination for Best Song Written for Visual Media.
The 59th annual Grammy Awards air Feb. 12, 2017 on CBS.
Best New Artist
Chance the Rapper
The Chainsmokers
Anderson .Paak
Maren Morris
Kelsea Ballerini
Album of the Year
Beyonce - Lemonade
Justin Bieber - Purpose
Drake - Views
Adele - 25
Sturgill Simpson - A Sailor's Guide to Earth
Best Rap Performance
Chance The Rapper Feat. Lil Wayne and 2 Chainz - "No Problem"
Desiigner - "Panda"
Drake Feat. The Throne - "Pop Style"
Fat Joe & Remy Ma Feat. French Montana & Infared - "All the Way Up"
ScHoolboy Q Feat. Kanye West - "That Part"
Best Rap/Sung Performance
Beyoncé Feat. Kendrick Lamar - "Freedom"
Drake - "Hotline Bling"
D.R.A.M. Feat. Lil Yachty - "Broccoli"
Kanye West Feat. Chance The Rapper, Kelly Price, Kirk Franklin & The-Dream - "Ultralight Beam"
Kanye West Feat. Rihanna - "Famous"
Best Rap Song
Fat Joe & Remy Ma Feat. French Montana & Infared - "All the Way Up"
Kanye West Feat. Rihanna - "Famous"
Drake - "Hotline Bling"
Chance The Rapper Feat. Lil Wayne and 2 Chainz - "No Problem"
Kanye West Feat. Chance The Rapper, Kelly Price, Kirk Franklin & The-Dream - "Ultralight Beam"
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
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
The Chainsmokers Feat. Halsey - "Closer"
Lukas Graham - "7 Years"
Rihanna Feat. Drake - "Work"
Sia Feat. Sean Paul - "Cheap Thrills"
Twenty One Pilots - "Stressed Out"
Best R&B Performance
BJ The Chicago Kid - "Turnin' Me Up"
Ro James - "Permission"
Musiq Soulchild - "I Do"
Rihanna - "Needed Me"
Solange - "Cranes in the Sky"
Best Traditional R&B Performance
William Bell - "The Three of Me"
BJ The Chicago Kid - "Woman's World"
Fantasia - "Sleeping With the One I Love"
Lalah Hathaway - "Angel"
Jill Scott - "Can't Wait"
Best R&B Song
PartyNextDoor Feat. Drake - "Come & See Me"
Bryson Tiller - "Exchange"
Rihanna - "Kiss It Better"
Maxwell - "Lake by the Ocean"
Tory Lanez - "Luv"
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
Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical
Benny Blanco
Greg Kurstin
Max Martin
Nineteen85
Ricky Reed
Best Song Written for Visual Media
"Can't Stop The Feeling!" — Max Martin, Shellback & Justin Timberlake, songwriters (Justin Timberlake, Anna Kendrick, Gwen Stefani, James Corden, Zooey Deschanel, Walt Dohrn, Ron Funches, Caroline Hjelt, Aino Jawo, Christopher Mintz-Plasse & Kunal Nayyar), Track from: Trolls
"Heathens" — Tyler Joseph, songwriter (Twenty One Pilots), Track from: Suicide Squad
"Just Like Fire" — Oscar Holter, Max Martin, P!nk & Shellback, songwriters (P!nk), Track from: Alice Through The Looking Glass
"Purple Lamborghini" — Shamann Cooke, Sonny Moore & William Roberts, songwriters (Skrillex & Rick Ross), Track from: Suicide Squad
"Try Everything" — Mikkel S. Eriksen, Sia Furler & Tor Erik Hermansen, songwriters (Shakira), Track from: Zootopia
"The Veil" — Peter Gabriel, songwriter (Peter Gabriel), Track from: Snowden
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