În topul nominalizărilor se află Beyoncé, cu 9, fiind urmată de Drake, Rihanna și Kanye West. Adele are doar 5 nominalizări, însă acestea sunt la cele mai importante categorii. Şi între băieţi lupta va fi acerbă, Drake şi Kanye West având fiecare câte opt nominalizări.
Pe lista nominalizaţilor se mai regăsesc, printre alţii, David Bowie, Metallica şi Radiohead.
Lista scurtă a nominalizaţilor:
Album of Year
Lemonade – Beyonce
25 – Adele
Views – Drake
Purpose – Justin Bieber
A Sailors Guide To Earth – Sturgill Simpson
Record of the Year
Hello – Adele
Formation – Beyonce
Work – Rihanna & Drake
Stressed Out – 21 Pilots
Seven Years – Lukas Graham
Song of the Year
Formation – Beyonce
Hello – Adele
Took A Pill In Ibiza – Mike Posner
Love Yourself – Justin Bieber
Seven Years – Lukas Graham
Best New Artist
Kelsea Balerini
Chance The Rapper
Anderson Paak
The Chainsmokers
Marina Morris
Album Of The Year:
25 – Adele
Lemonade – Beyoncé
Purpose – Justin Bieber
Views – Drake
A Sailor’s Guide To Earth – Sturgill Simpson
Record of The Year:
“Hello” – Adele
“Formation” – Beyoncé
“7 Years” – Lukas Graham
“Work” – Rihanna Featuring Drake
“Stressed Out” – Twenty One Pilots
Song of The Year:
“Formation” – Khalif Brown, Asheton Hogan, Beyoncé Knowles & Michael L. Williams II (Beyoncé)
“Hello” – Adele Adkins & Greg Kurstin (Adele)
“I Took A Pill In Ibiza” – Mike Posner (Mike Posner)
“Love Yourself” – Justin Bieber, Benjamin Levin & Ed Sheeran (Justin Bieber)
“7 Years” – Lukas Forchhammer, Stefan Forrest, Morten Pilegaard & Morten Ristorp (Lukas Graham)
Best Pop Vocal Album
25 – Adele
Purpose – Justin Bieber
Dangerous Woman – Ariana Grande
Confident – Demi Lovato
This Is Acting – Sia
Best Pop Solo Performance:
“Hello” – Adele
“Hold Up” – Beyonce
“Love Yourself” – Justin Bieber
“Piece By Piece (Idol Version)” – Kelly Clarkson
“Dangerous Woman” – Ariana Grande