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title: Kendrick Lamar, Drake & Jhené Aiko Top 2015 Grammy Nominations
author: Chris Z
published: 2014-12-07
modified: 2015-01-18
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tags: Drake, jhene aiko, Kendrick Lamar
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# Kendrick Lamar, Drake & Jhené Aiko Top 2015 Grammy Nominations

This week the nominations for the 2015 Grammy Awards were announced. The list for categories like Best Rap performance, Record of the Year, Best R&B Performance, Best New Artist and more were packed with a few surprises, as well as the usual standards.

**Kendrick Lamar**‘s ‘i’ will face off against **Eminem,** **Childish Gambino and Drake**in the Best Rap Performance category and **FKA Twigs**‘s ‘LP’ has been put in the running for Best Recording Package. Below are a few other categories you may be interested in checking out.

**Best New Artist**

Bastille
 Iggy Azalea
 Brandy Clark
 Haim
 Sam Smith

**Record of the Year**

Iggy Azalea ft. Charli XCX – ’Fancy’
 Sia – ‘Chandelier’
 Sam Smith – ‘Stay With Me (Darkchild Version)’
 Taylor Swift – ‘Shake It Off’
 Meghan Trainor – ‘All About That Bass’

**Song of the Year**

Sia – ‘Chandelier’
 Meghan Trainor – ‘All About That Bass’
 Taylor Swift – ‘Shake It Off’
 Sam Smith – ‘Stay With Me (Darkchild Version)’
 Hozier – ‘Take Me to Church’

**Best Rap Album**

Iggy Azalea*– The New Classic*
 Childish Gambino*– Because the Internet*
 Common*– Nobody’s Smiling*
 Eminem*– The Marshall Mathers LP2*,
 Schoolboy Q*– Oxymoron*,
 Wiz Khalifa*– Blacc Hollywood*,

**Best Rap Performance**

Childish Gambino – ‘305’
 Drake – ‘0 to 100/The Catch Up’
 Eminem – ‘Rap God’
 Kendrick Lamar – ’i’
 Lecrae – ‘All I Need Is You’

**Best Rap/Sung Collaboration**

Common ft. Jhené Aiko – ‘Blak Majik’
 Eminem ft. Rihanna – ‘The Monster’
 I Love Makonnen ft. Drake – ‘Tuesday’
 ScHoolboy Q ft. BJ The Chicago Kid – ‘Studio’
 Kanye West & Charlie Wilson – ‘Bound 2″

**Best Rap Song**

Nicki Minaj – ‘Anaconda’
 Kanye West & Charlie Wilson – ‘Bound 2″
 Kendrick Lamar – ‘i’
 Wiz Khalifa – ‘We Dem Boyz’
 Drake – ‘0 to 100/The Catch Up’

**Best Urban Contemporary Album**

Jhene Aiko – *Sail Out*
 Beyonce – *Beyonce*
 Chris Brown*– X*
 Mali Music*–*Mali Is
 Pharrell Williams*– G I R L*

**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 R&B Performance**

Beyoncé ft. Jay Z – ‘Drunk In Love’
 Chris Brown ft. Usher & Rick Ross – ‘New Flame’
 Jennifer Hudson ft. R. Kelly – ‘It’s Your World’
 Ledisi – ‘Like This’
 Usher – ‘Good Kisser’

**Best R&B Song**

Beyonce ft. Jay Z – ‘Drunk In Love’
 Usher – ‘Good Kisser’
 Chris Brown ft. Usher & Rick Ross – ‘New Flame’
 Luke James ft. Rick Ross – ‘Options (Wolfjames Version)’
 Jhené Aiko – ‘The Worst’

**Best R&B Album**

Bernhoft*– Islander*
 Aloe Blacc*–*Lift Your Spirit
 Toni Braxton & Babyface*– Love, Marriage & Divorce*
 Robert Glasper Experiment*– Black Radio 2*
 Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings*– Give The People What They Want*

More:

– [Album Review: Jhené Aiko – Souled Out](https://www.stasheverything.com/lifestyle/album-review-jhene-aiko-souled/)
 – [Nicki Minaj X Drake – Truffle Butter (Jester Twerk Remix)](https://www.stasheverything.com/music/nicki-minaj-x-drake-truffle-butter-jester-twerk-remix/)
 – [TIME Magazine’s 25 Most Influential Teens Of 2014](https://www.stasheverything.com/news/time-magazines-25-influential-teens-2014/)

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