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The Recording Academy announced Friday that Lamar is the top contender with eight nominations, including seven for his musical companion to the Marvel Studios juggernaut starring Chadwick Boseman and Michael B. Jordan. sa国际传媒淏lack Panther: The Album, Music From and Inspired Bysa国际传媒� is up for album of the year, a category where women make up five of the eight nominees. Cardi B, Kacey Musgraves, Janelle Monae, H.E.R. and Brandi Carlile also are up for the top prize, along with Drake and Post Malone.
The upcoming Grammys is the first where the academy extended its top four categories from five nominees to eight.
The sa国际传媒淧anthersa国际传媒� nomination would give Lamar a chance to win album of the year after losing three times. His most recently loss was in February when his critically acclaimed sa国际传媒淒AMNsa国际传媒� fell short to Bruno Marssa国际传媒� sa国际传媒�24K Magic,sa国际传媒� though Lamarsa国际传媒檚 project would go on to win a Pulitzer Prize for music two months later, making him the first non-classical or jazz artist to win the prestigious honour.
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Drakesa国际传媒檚 frequent collaborator, producer Boi-1Da, earned six nods, as did Carlile, who also scored nominations in the American Roots category.
Cardi B, Gaga, H.E.R., Morris, Gambino, producer Sounwave and engineer Mike Bozzi scored five nominations each.
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The nominees for the 2019 Grammys mark a departure from this yearsa国际传媒檚 show, where women were underrepresented in the top four categories. Of the eight best new artist nominees, six are women, including H.E.R., Chloe x Halle, Dua Lipa, Margo Price, Bebe Rexha and Jorja Smith. Rock band Greta Van Fleet and country singer Luke Combs also earned nominations.
Recording Academy CEO Neil Portnow was criticized earlier this year at the Grammys when he said women need to sa国际传媒渟tep upsa国际传媒� when asked about the lack of women in the top categories, which he later acknowledged was a sa国际传媒減oor choice of words.sa国际传媒� It forced the academy to launch a new task force focused on inclusion and diversity; Portnow also announced he would be leaving the academy in 2019.
sa国际传媒淚n any given year there could be more folks from one area or one gender or one genre or one ethnicity that are making recordings and being successful with them than in another year. So, in many ways wesa国际传媒檙e just a reflection of that,sa国际传媒� Portnow said in an interview with The Associated Press. sa国际传媒淭his year clearly there were many women not only making music but making great music and making music that resonates with our peer voters in terms of excellence, and so that certainly is at the forefront.sa国际传媒�
Another milestone for women is in the non-classical producer of the year category, where songwriting extraordinaire Linda Perry earned a nomination. Shesa国际传媒檚 just the seventh woman ever nominated for prize and first since 2004.
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Perry will compete with Pharrell Williams, Boi-1Da, Larry Klein and Kanye West, the only nomination he earned.
Taylor Swift, a two-time album of the year winner, also only earned one nomination sa国际传媒� her sa国际传媒渞eputationsa国际传媒� album is up best pop vocal album. Justin Timberlake, whose sa国际传媒淢an of the Woodssa国际传媒� albums flopped earlier this year, picked up a nod for sa国际传媒淪ay Something,sa国际传媒� his collaboration with Chris Stapleton.
Beyonce and Jay-Z, billed as The Carters, as well Ariana Grande, didnsa国际传媒檛 earn any of the big nominations. The Carters earned two nods in the R&B category along with best music video, while Grande picked up two nods in pop.
Artists who were completely snubbed include Carrie Underwood, Sam Smith, Migos, Kane Brown, Nicki Minaj, XXXTentacion and Juice WRLD, whose sa国际传媒淟ucid Dreamssa国际传媒� was one of the yearsa国际传媒檚 biggest hits.
Some acts scored their first nominations ever, including Florida Georgia Line, whose megahit sa国际传媒淢eant to Besa国际传媒� with Rexha is up best country duo/group performance. Camila Cabello, Malone, Mendes, Dan + Shay and DJ Mustard are also first-time nominees.
Gaga, who earned acting and music Golden Globe nominations Thursday, picked up four Grammy nominations for sa国际传媒淪hallow,sa国际传媒� while sa国际传媒淛oannesa国际传媒� is up for best pop solo performance. The soundtrack for sa国际传媒淎 Star Is Bornsa国际传媒� was released after Grammy eligibility, though sa国际传媒淪hallowsa国际传媒� was released in time and also earned Cooper two nominations.
Other famous faces outside of music to earn nominations include Tiffany Haddish and former U.S. president Jimmy Carter, both up for best spoken word album. Dave Chappelle, Chris Rock, Fred Armisen, Jim Gaffigan and Patton Oswalt are up for best comedy album.
Mac Miller, who died in September, earned a nomination for best rap album with sa国际传媒淪wimming.sa国际传媒� Chris Cornell, who died last year, is up for best rock performance with sa国际传媒淲hen Bad Does Good.sa国际传媒�
Demi Lovato, who relapsed after six years of sobriety and was hospitalized for an overdose in July, earned a nomination for best pop duo/group performance for sa国际传媒淔all In Line,sa国际传媒� her duet with Christina Aguilera.
Those who earned four nominations are Musgraves, Malone, PJ Morton, Dave Cobb, Ludwig Goransson, Noah Shebib and SZA, who earned a Golden Globe nomination alongside Lamar for sa国际传媒淎ll the Starssa国际传媒� on Thursday.
Lamar has won 12 Grammys throughout his career. Though seven of his eight nominations come from sa国际传媒淏lack Panther,sa国际传媒� he also earned a nod for co-writing Jay Rocksa国际传媒檚 sa国际传媒淲in,sa国际传媒� up for best rap song.
The 2019 Grammys will hand out awards in its 84 categories live from the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Feb. 10, 2019.
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Mesfin Fekadu, The Associated Press
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