Meghan Trainor has exclusively helped to reveal the contenders for the four major categories at the Grammy Awards 2017.
As part of the promotion for this year’s ceremony, which will take place on 12th February 2017, last year’s winner for Best New Artist revealed those in the running for the categories considered to be the best to win. The ‘Big Four’ as they have become coined refer to the Grammy awards for ‘Album of the Year’, ‘Best New Artist’, ‘Record of the Year’ and ‘Song of the Year.’
The list of contenders for each category are as follows:
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, songwriters (Beyoncé)
“Hello” — Adele Adkins & Greg Kurstin, songwriters (Adele)
“I Took A Pill In Ibiza” — Mike Posner, songwriter (Mike Posner)
“Love Yourself” — Justin Bieber, Benjamin Levin & Ed Sheeran, songwriters (Justin Bieber)
“7 Years” — Lukas Forchhammer, Stefan Forrest, Morten Pilegaard & Morten Ristorp, songwriters (Lukas Graham)
Best New Artist:
Kelsea Ballerini
The Chainsmokers
Chance The Rapper
Maren Morris
Anderson .Paak
To see the full list of nominees for every category, click here. The 2017 Grammy Awards Ceremony will take place on 12th February 2017. Check out the highlights from last year below:
