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_Published 2018-12-07. The 2019 Grammy nominations for the 2019 Grammy Awards were announced on Friday morning, with Kendrick Lamar and Drake leading the nominations. Other strong nominations include Cardi B, Janelle Monae, H.E.R., Brandi Carlile, and Kacey Musgraves._


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## Transcript

Let's start with the first category and that's best RnB album [ CROSSTALK ] All right, we've got best RnB album, we have the nominees it is Sex and Cigarettes by Tony Braxton, Good thing by Leon Bridges. Honestly, by Lalah Hathaway. And H. E. R. by H. E. R. Gumbo Unplugged Live, by PJ Morton. Wow. Very nice, that's a good category. Okay, Sean thank you. Let's go over to you Nora. Alright, and thank you. And Genelle Monet is here with me to reveal best country album. Genelle. Best country album. And the nominees are Unapologetically Kelsea Ballerini, Port Saint Joe Brothers Osborne, Girl Going Nowhere Ashley McBride, Golden Hour Kasey Musgraves, and From a Room Volume Two Chris Stapleton.

Ooh, nice. And I [ INAUDIBLE ] I have another envelope here. This is for album of the year. And the nominees are Invasion of Privacy Cardi B, By the Way I Forgive You Brandi Carlile, Scorpion Drake, Her by Her. Beer bongs and Bentleys. Dirty computer. Janelle Monae! My God, really? Yes. Aww, Yay. Golden Hour by KC Musgreaves and Black Panther, the The album with Kendrick Lamar as the featured artist and. Next is the record of the year. It recognizes the artist and the production team behind the song. Alessia and Zane, I think you're mixing things up and you're gonna split it here. We trade it.

Yeah, we're gonna try and go one at a time here. After you. All right, first one is I Like It, Cardi B, Bad Bunny, and J Balvin. The Joke, Brandi Carlile. This is America, Childish Gambino. God's Plan, Drake. Shallow, Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper. All the Stars, Kendrick Lama and Sza. Rockstar. Post Malone featuring 21 Savage. And the Middle Zedd, Marren Morris, and Grey. That's my two year olds favorite song. [ CROSSTALK ] Well the next category is song of the year. It rewards the songwriters behind the music. Zane takes a look at the nominees. [ MUSIC ] All the stars. [ MUSIC ] Kendrick Duckworth, Solana Rowe, Al Shuckburgh, Mark Spears, and Anthony Tiffith.

[ MUSIC ] Boo'd Up [ MUSIC ] Larrance Dopson, Joelle James, Ella Mai, and Dijon McFarlane. God's Plan. God's Plan. God's Plan. Aubrey Graham, Daveon Jackson, Brock Korsan, Ron LaTour, Matthew Samuels, and Noah Shebib. In My Blood. [ MUSIC ] Teddy Geiger, Scott Harris, Shawn Mendes and Geoffrey Warburton. [ MUSIC ] The Joke, Brandi Carlile, Dave Cobb, Phil Hanseroth and Tim Hanseroth. The Middle. [ MUSIC ] Sarah Aarons, Jordan K. Johnson, Stefan Johnson, Marcus Lomax, Kyle Trewartha, Michael Trewartha and Anton Zaslavski. [ MUSIC ] Shallow, Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando, and Andrew Wyatt.

[ MUSIC ] This is America, Donald Glover and Ludwig Goransson. [ MUSIC ] Sean, can we talk about how excited we are for Sean? [ APPLAUSE ] For Best New Artist List. All right, here we go. First nominees, Chloe and Halle. Luke Combs, Greta Van Fleet. H. E. R. Dua Lipa, Margo Price, Beba Rexha and Georgia Smith.

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