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Beyonce, Adele Nominated For Top 3 Grammy Awards

NEW YORK (CBS/AP) — Beyonce and Adele are competing in the top three categories at the Grammy Awards.

The Recording Academy announced Tuesday that Beyonce's "Lemonade" and Adele's "25" are nominated for album of the year, along with Drake's "Views," Justin Bieber's "Purpose" and Sturgill Simpson's "A Sailor's Guide to Earth."

For song of the year, Beyonce's "Formation" and Adele's "Hello" will battle Lukas Graham's "7 Years," Mike Posner's "I Took a Pill In Ibiza" and Bieber's "Love Yourself," co-written with Ed Sheeran.

Beyonce, Adele and Lukas Graham's tunes are also nominated for record of the year, competing with Rihanna and Drake's "Work" and twenty one pilots' "Stressed Out."

Best new artist nominees are Chance the Rapper, Maren Morris, the Chainsmokers, Anderson Paak and Kelsea Ballerini.

FULL LIST:

Album Of The Year:

  • 25 — Adele
  • Lemonade — Beyoncé
  • Purpose — Justin Bieber
  • Views — Drake
  • A Sailor's Guide To Earth — Sturgill Simpson

Record Of The Year:

  • "Hello" — Adele
  • "Formation" — Beyoncé
  • "7 Years" — Lukas Graham
  • "Work" — Rihanna Featuring Drake
  • "Stressed Out" — Twenty One Pilots

Song Of The Year:

  • "Formation" — Khalif Brown, Asheton Hogan, Beyoncé Knowles & Michael L. Williams II, songwriters (Beyoncé)
  • "Hello" — Adele Adkins & Greg Kurstin, songwriters (Adele)
  • "I Took A Pill In Ibiza" — Mike Posner, songwriter (Mike Posner)
  • "Love Yourself" — Justin Bieber, Benjamin Levin & Ed Sheeran, songwriters (Justin Bieber)
  • "7 Years" — Lukas Forchhammer, Stefan Forrest, Morten Pilegaard & Morten Ristorp, songwriters (Lukas Graham)

Best New Artist:

  • Kelsea Ballerini
  • The Chainsmokers
  • Chance The Rapper
  • Maren Morris
  • Anderson .Paak

POP FIELD

Best Pop Vocal Album:

  • 25 — Adele
  • Purpose — Justin Bieber
  • Dangerous Woman — Ariana Grande
  • Confident — Demi Lovato
  • This Is Acting — Sia

DANCE/ELECTRONIC MUSIC FIELD

Best Dance/Electric Album:

  • Skin — Flume
  • Electronica 1: The Time Machine — Jean-Michel Jarre
  • Epoch — Tycho
  • Barbara Barbara, We Face A Shining Future — Underworld
  • Louie Vega Starring…XXVIII — Louie Vega

 

ROCK FIELD

Best Rock Album:

  • California — Blink-182
  • Tell Me I'm Pretty — Cage The Elephant
  • Magma — Gojira
  • Death Of A Bachelor — Panic! At The Disco
  • Weezer — Weezer

 

ALTERNATIVE FIELD

Best Alternative Music Album:

  • 22, A Million — Bon Iver
  • Blackstar — David Bowie
  • The Hope Six Demolition Project — PJ Harvey
  • Post Pop Depression — Iggy Pop
  • A Moon Shaped Pool — Radiohead

 

R&B FIELD

Best Urban Contemporary Album:

  • Lemonade — Beyoncé
  • Ology — Gallant
  • We Are King — KING
  • Malibu — Anderson .Paak
  • Anti — Rihanna

 

RAP FIELD

Best Rap Performance:

  • "No Problem" — Chance The Rapper Featuring Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz
  • "Panda" —Desiigner
  • "Pop Style" — Drake Featuring The Throne
  • "All The Way Up" — Fat Joe & Remy Ma Featuring French Montana & Infared
  • "That Part" — ScHoolboy Q Featuring Kanye West

 

COUNTRY FIELD

Best Country Solo Performance:

  • "Love Can Go To Hell" — Brandy Clark
  • "Vice" — Miranda Lambert
  • "My Church" — Maren Morris
  • "Church Bells" — Carrie Underwood
  • "Blue Ain't Your Color" — Keith Urban

 

JAZZ FIELD 

Best Jazz Vocal Album:

  • Sound Of Red — René Marie
  • Upward Spiral — Branford Marsalis Quartet with Special Guest Kurt Elling
  • Take Me To The Alley — Gregory Porter
  • Harlem On My Mind — Catherine Russell
  • The Sting Variations — The Tierney Sutton Band

 

GOSPEL/CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC FIELD 

Best Gospel Album:

  • Listen —Tim Bowman Jr.
  • Fill This House — Shirley Caesar
  • A Worshipper's Heart [Live] —Todd Dulaney
  • Losing My Religion — Kirk Franklin
  • Demonstrate [Live] —William Murphy

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album:

  • Poets & Saints — All Sons & Daughters
  • American Prodigal — Crowder
  • Be One — Natalie Grant
  • Youth Revival [Live] — Hillsong Young & Free
  • Love Remains — Hillary Scott & The Scott Family

 

LATIN FIELD

Best Latin Album

  • Un Besito Mas — Jesse & Joy
  • Ilusión — Gaby Moreno
  • Similares — Laura Pausini
  • Seguir Latiendo — Sanalejo
  • Buena Vida — Diego Torres

 

AMERICAN ROOTS FIELD 

Best Americana Performance:

  • "Ain't No Man" — The Avett Brothers
  • "Mother's Children Have A Hard Time" — Blind Boys Of Alabama
  • "Factory Girl" — Rhiannon Giddens
  • "House Of Mercy" — Sarah Jarosz
  • "Wreck You" — Lori McKenna

 

SPOKEN WORD FIELD

  • Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling):
  • The Girl With The Lower Back Tattoo — Amy Schumer
  • In Such Good Company: Eleven Years Of Laughter, Mayhem, And Fun In The Sandbox — Carol Burnett
  • M Train — Patti Smith
  • Under The Big Black Sun: A Personal History Of L.A.Punk (John Doe With Tom DeSavia) — (Various Artists)
  • Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink — Elvis Costello

 

PRODUCTION, NON-CLASSICAL FIELD

Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical:

  • Benny Blanco
  • Greg Kurstin
  • Max Martin
  • Nineteen85
  • Ricky Reed

MUSIC VIDEO/FILM

Best Music Film:

  • "Formation" — Beyoncé
  • "River" — Leon Bridges
  • "Up & Up" — Coldplay
  • "Gosh" — Jamie XX
  • "Upside Down & Inside Out" — OK Go

The Grammys air live on CBS3, Feb. 12, 2017.

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