Music’s Biggest Night is just around the corner, Sunday, Jan. 31, 2020, to be exact! The 63rd Annual GRAMMY Awards is set to air on CBS in which the Recording Academy will recognize music released in late 2019 and 2020. This year’s nomination list has been revealed and features a plethora of independent artists.
We’ve combed through the major nomination categories to spotlight this year’s independent nominees. To view the simplified list, continue below. Share your thoughts on each nomination in the comment section.
Record Of The Year
COLORS – Black Pumas (ATO Records)
Album Of The Year
BLACK PUMAS (DELUXE EDITION) by Black Pumas (ATO Records)
Best New Artist
D SMOKE (WoodWorks Records/EMPIRE)
Phoebe Bridgers (Dead Oceans)
Best Dance Recording
The Difference by Flume ft. Toro y Moi (Future Classic)
Both Of Us by Jayda G (Ninja Tune)
Best Dance/Electronic Album
Planet’s Mad by Baauer (LuckyMe)
Best Rock Performance
Not by Big Thief (4AD)
Kyoto by Phoebe Bridgers (Dead Oceans)
Stay High by Brittany Howard (ATO Records)
Daylight by Grace Potter (Fantasy Records)
Best Rock Song
Kyoto by Phoebe Bridgers (Dead Oceans)
Not by Big Thief (4AD)
Stay High by Brittany Howard (ATO Records)
Best Rock Album
A Hero’s Death by Fontaines D.C. (Partisan Records)
Daylight by Grace Potter (Fantasy Records)
Best Alternative Music Album
Punisher by Phoebe Bridgers (Dead Oceans)
Jaime by Brittany Howard (ATO Records)
Best R&B Performance
Goat Head by Brittany Howard (ATO Records)
See Me by Emily King (ATO Records)
Best Traditional R&B Performance
Anything For You by Ledisi (Listen Back Entertainment, LLC/BMG)
Let Me Go by Mykeal Kilgore (Affective Music)
Best Progressive R&B Album
Free Nationals by Free Nationals (OBE LLC/EMPIRE)
It Is What It Is by Thundercat (Brainfeeder)
Best R&B Album
HAPPY 2 BE HERE by Ant Clemons (Legion/Human Re Sources)
to feel love/d by Luke James (Culture Collective/Howling Nights)
Best Rap Album
Black Habits by D Smoke (WoodWorks Records/EMPIRE)
Alfredo by Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist (ESGN/ALC/EMPIRE)
Best Gospel Performance/Song
Movin’ On by Jonathan McReynolds & Mali Music (Entertainment ONe US)
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
Sunday Morning by Lecrae (Reach Records)
Best Gospel Album
2ECOND WIND: READY by Anthony Brown & group therAPy
MY TRIBUTE by Myron Butler (MajorMynor Productions)
GOSPEL ACCORDING TO PJ by PJ Morton (Tyscot Records)
Best Latin Pop or Urban Album
YHLQMDLG by Bad Bunny (Rimas Entertainment LLC)
Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album
SOBREVOLANDO by Cultura Profética (Cultura Profética)
Miss Colombia by Lido Pimienta (ANTI-)
Best America Roots Performance
Colors by Black Pumas (ATO Records)
Short and Sweet by Brittany Howard (ATO Records)
I Remember Everything by John Prine (Oh Boy Records)
Best American Roots Song
Cabin by The Secret Sisters (New West Records)
I Remember Everything by John Prine (Oh Boy Records)
Hometown by Sarah Jarosz (Rounder Records)
Man Without A Soul by Lucinda Williams (Highway 20 Records)
Best Americana Album
Old Flowers by Courtney Marie Andrews (Fat Possum Records)
Terms of Surrender by Kiss Golden Messenger (Merge Records)
World On The Ground by Sarah Jarosz (Rounder Records)
El Dorado by Marcus King (Fantasy Records)
Good Souls Better Angels by Lucinda Williams (Highway 20 Records)
Best Folk Album
Bonny Light Horseman by Bonny Light Horseman (37d03d)
Song For Our Daughter by Laura Marling (Partisan Records)
Saturn Return by The Secret Sisters (New West Records)
ALL THE GOOD TIMES by Gillian Welch & David Rawlings (Acony Records)
Best Reggae Album
It All Comes Back To Love by Maxi Priest (S-Curve Records)
Got To Be Tough by Toots & The Maytals (Trojan Jamaica/BMG)
Best Global Music Album
Fu Chronicles by Antibalas (Daptone Records)
AMADJAR by Tinariwen (ANTI-)
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