The bulk of the Grammy nominees for the 2015 awards will be revealed over the course of five-and-a-half-hours today, before an hour will be devoted to the Album Of The Year reveal during a Grammys Christmas special tonight.
For all the categories that aren't revealed on “CBS This Morning,” The Recording Academy has tapped into the Twitter accounts of popular artists and music personalities to glacially reveal many of the other nominees throughout the morning and early afternoon. At 2 p.m. EST, the curtain will be raised on 82 of the 83 categories on Grammy.com. And at 9 p.m. EST, “A Very Grammy Christmas” will feature that final honor's nods.
Yeah. We don't know why it has to be this way, either.
Regardless, here are the early nominees:
Record Of The Year
Iggy Azalea, “Fancy” featuring Charli XCX
Sia, “Chandelier”
Sam Smith, “Stay With Me”
Taylor Swift, “Shake It Off”
Meghan Trainor, “All About That Bass”
Song of the Year
Sia, “Chandelier”
Sam Smith, “Stay With Me”
Taylor Swift, “Shake It Off”
Meghan Trainor, “All About That Bass”
Hozier, “Take Me To Church”
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Best New Artist
Iggy Azalea
Bastille
Sam Smith
HAIM
Brandy Clark
Best Rap Performance
Childish Gambino, “3005”
Drake, “0 to 100 / The Catch Up”
Eminem “Rap God”
Kendrick Lamar “i”
Lecrae “All I Need Is You”
Best Urban Contemporary Album
Jhene Aiko, “Sail Out”
Beyonce, “Beyonce”
Chris Brown, “X”
Mali Music, “Mali Is…”
Pharrell Williams, “GIRL”
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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 Country Song
Kenny Chesney, “American Kids”
Miranda Lambert, “Automatic”
Eric Church, “Give Me Back My Hometown”
Glen Campbell, “I'm Not Going To Miss You”
Tim McGraw, “Meanwhile Back At Mama's”
Best Americana Album
Roseanne Cash, “The River & The Thread”
John Hiatt, “Terms of My Surrender”
Keb' Mo', “BluesAmericana”
Nickel Creek, “A Dotted Line”
Sturgill Simpson, “Metamodern Sounds In Country Music”
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 Pop Solo Performance
John Legend, “All Of Me”
Sia, “Chandelier”
Sam Smith, “Stay With Me”
Taylor Swift, “Shake It Off”
Pharrell Williams, “Happy”
Best Traditional Pop Album
Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett, “Cheek to Cheek”
Annie Lennox, “Nostalgia”
Barry Manilow, “Night Songs”
Johnny Mathis, “Sending You a Little Christmas”
Barbra Streisand, “Partners”
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
Beck, “Morning Phase”
Ryan Adams, “Ryan Adams”
The Black Keys, “Turn Blue”
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, “Hypnotic Eye”
U2, “Songs of Innocence”
Best Alternative Music Album
alt-J, “This Is All Yours”
Arcade Fire, “Reflektor”
Cage the Elephant, “Melophobia”
St. Vincent, “St. Vincent”
Jack White, “Lazaretto”
Best Reggae Album
Ziggy Marley, “”Fly Rasta”
Lee “Scratch” Perry, “Back on the Controls”
Sean Paul, “Full Frequency”
Shaggy, “Out of Many, One Music”
Sly & Robbie & Spice Chocolate, “The Reggae Power”
Soja, “Amid the Noise and the Haste”