2015 Grammy Nominations Announced: Miley Cyrus, Beyoncé, Ariana Grande and Iggy Azalea Honored!

von Zach Johnson |  Zachary Johnson 5. Dezember 2014 – 07:35

The first batch of nominees for the 57th Annual Grammy Awards were announced Friday.

Ed Sheeran and Pharrell Williams revealed which musicians are in the running on CBS This Morning. “We don’t want to, like, geek out in front of everybody,” Williams, who learned he is a nominee, joked. “This is national TV.” The Grammys will be held on Feb. 8, 2015 at the Staples Center in L.A. and will air live on CBS at 8 p.m. ET.

BEST COUNTRY ALBUM

Dierks Bentley, Riser

Eric Church, The Outsiders

Brandy Clark, 12 Stories

Miranda Lambert, Platinum

Lee Ann Womack, The Way I’m Livin

BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM

Coldplay, Ghost Stories

Miley Cyrus, Bangerz

Ariana Grande, My Everything

Katy Perry, Prism

Ed Sheeran, X

Sam Smith, In the Lonely Hour

BEST URBAN CONTEMPORARY ALBUM

Jhené Aiko, Sail Out

Beyoncé, Beyoncé

Chris Brown, X

Mali Music, Mali Is…

Pharrell Williams, Girl

RECORD OF THE YEAR

Iggy Azalea, “Fancy (feat. Charli XCX)”

Sia, “Chandelier”

Sam Smith, “Stay With Me (Darkchild Version)”

Taylor Swift, “Shake It Off”

Meghan Trainor, “All About That Bass”

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BEST POP SOLO PERFORMANCE

John Legend, “All of Me (Live Version)”

Sia, “Chandelier”

Sam Smith, “Stay With Me”

Taylor Swift, “Shake It Off”

Pharrell Williams, “Happy”

BEST ROCK SONG

Paramore, “Ain’t It Fun”

Beck, “Blue Moon”

The Black Keys, “Fever”

Ryan Adams, “Gimme Something Good”

Jack White, “Lazaretto”

BEST ROCK ALBUM

Ryan Adams, Ryan Adams

Beck, Morning Phase

Black Keys, Turn Blue

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Hypnotic Eye

U2, Songs of Innocence

BEST NEW ARTIST

Bastille

Iggy Azalea

Brandy Clark

Haim

Sam Smith

More Grammy nominations will be announced throughout the day via Twitter. It will culminate with the Album of the Year contenders revealed on A Very Grammy Christmas, airing on CBS Friday at 9 p.m. ET.

In all, there will be 83 categories. The full list will be revealed by 2 p.m. ET.

 (Originally published on Friday, Dec. 5, 2014, at 5:45 a.m. PDT.)

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