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 Ten-time Grammy winner Taylor Swift, Beyonce, Ariana Grande and
Camila Cabello were among the biggest snubs in top categories
that were dominated by hip-hop and R&B.
Canada's Drake, the most-streamed artist of 2018, won eight
nominations, including album of the year for "Scorpion," and
both song and record of the year for his single "God's Plan."
Five of the expanded eight nominees in the album of the year
race were women - Cardi B's "Invasion of Privacy," Janelle
Monae's "Dirty Computer", folk singer Brandi Carlile's "By the
Way, I Forgive You," country singer Kacey Musgraves' "Golden
Hour" and newcomer H.E.R.'s self-titled "H.E.R".
Rapper Post Malone's "Beerbongs & Bentleys" and the soundtrack
to hit movie "Black Panther," which was produced by Lamar, round
out the album of the year field.
Lamar, the first rapper to win a Pulitzer Prize for music,
Drake, Cardi B and Carlile also garnered nominations for record
of the year.
The Recording Academy, whose members choose the Grammys, this
year expanded to eight from five the number of nominees in the
top four categories - record, song and album of the year, and
best new artist - to allow a more diverse line-up.
The Academy also expanded its membership and set up a diversity
task force after an uproar over the low number of female
nominees, winners and performers on the televised ceremony in
January.
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Six of the eight best new artist nominees on Friday were women,
including H.E.R., Chloe x Halle, British pop star Dua Lipa, and Bebe
Rexha.
Cardi B, coming off a phenomenal year, Lady Gaga, actor Donald
Glover's music moniker Childish Gambino, and country-pop star Maren
Morris each had five nominations overall.
Lady Gaga's nominations came mostly from her single "Shallow" with
actor-director Bradley Cooper from their movie "A Star is Born,"
which won five Golden Globe nods on Thursday.
In the biggest snub, Swift, one of the world's most successful
singers, was shut out of the major awards, getting just one
nomination in the pop category for her best-selling album
"Reputation."
Grande, who on Thursday won Billboard's Woman of the Year accolade,
and Cuban-born Cabello were relegated to two apiece in the pop album
and pop single categories. Beyonce had to make do with just three,
all of which she shared with husband Jay-Z - music video "Apeshit",
R&B performance "Summer" and urban contemporary album "Everything is
Love."
The Grammy Awards will be handed out at a ceremony in Los Angeles on
Feb. 10.
(Reporting by Jill Serjeant; Editing by Franklin Paul and Bernadette
Baum and Tom Brown)
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