The 2018 Grammy Nominees Have Been Announced | Jay-Z, Kendrick Lamar, Cardi B, SZA, Bruno Mars x More Nominated!

It’s about that time of year again! The Recording Academy Have released the nominations for the 2018 Grammys.

Jay-Z and Kendrick Lamar lead the nominations but there’s definitely a lot of new artists up for Grammys and that’s really incredible! Between Hip-Hop and R&B, a lot of our favorite artists have a chance to win. Including nominations in the Record of The Year and Album of The Year categories.

Check out the R&B and Hip-Hop nominations below:

RECORD OF THE YEAR:

“Redbone” Childish Gambino

“Despacito” Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee, Justin Bieber

“The Story of O.J.” Jay-Z

“Humble” Kendrick Lamar

“24K Magic” Bruno Mars

ALBUM OF THE YEAR:

Awaken My Love! Childish Gambino

4:44 Jay-Z

DAMN. Kendrick Lamar

Melodrama Lourde

24K Magic Bruno Mars

SONG OF THE YEAR:

“Despacito” Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee, Justin Bieber

“4:44” Jay-Z

“1-800-273-8255” Logic

“Issues” Julia Micheals

“That’s What I Like” Bruno Mars

BEST NEW ARTIST:

Khalid

Lil Uzi Vert

SZA

Alessia Cara

Julia Micheals

BEST R&B PERFORMANCE:

“Get You” Daniel Caesar

“Distraction” Kehlani

“High” Ledisi

“That’s What I Like” Bruno Mars

“The Weekend” SZA

BEST URBAN CONTEMPORARY ALBUM:

Free 6lack 6lack

Awaken My Love! Childish Gambino

American Teen Khalid

Ctrl SZA

Starboy The Weekend

BEST RAP PERFORMANCE:

“Bounce Back” Big Sean

“Bodak Yellow” Cardi B

“4:44” Jay-Z

“Humble” Kendrick Lamar

“Bad and Boujee ” Migos

SEE THE FULL LIST OF NOMINATIONS HERE: https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/60th-annual-grammy-awards

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