Grammys nominations 2022: Billie Eilish, Doja Cat, Justin Bieber, Olivia Rodrigo and J. Cole lead with most nods » UltimateNaija

The nominations for the 2022 Grammy Awards have been revealed, with Billie Eilish, Doja Cat, Justin Bieber, Olivia Rodrigo, J. Cole, and Jon Batiste leading the way with the most nods.

The official Grammys YouTube hosted a livestream today (November 23) for the announcement, with the ceremony confirmed to be broadcast live via CBS from Los Angeles on January 31, 2022.

J. Cole leads the way with the most rap nominations (in Best Rap Performance, Best Melodic Rap Performance, and Best Rap Song) while Jon Batiste traverses Americana Roots and R&B categories as well as Record of the Year and Album of the Year.

Elsewhere, Billie Eilish’s ‘Happier Than Ever‘ is recognised in the Record, Song and Album of the Year categories. Doja Cat’s ‘Kiss Me More‘ (ft. SZA) gains nods in the Record and Song of the Year categories – and ‘Planet Her’ lands in Album of the Year.

Olivia Rodrigo picked up nods for Album of the Year (‘Sour‘), Best New Artist, and Record of the Year and Song of the Year for ‘Drivers License‘.

Justin Bieber is also nominated multiple times for his single, ‘Peaches’, with Daniel Cesar and Giveon, while ABBA received their first ever Grammy nomination in the Record of the Year category for ‘I Still Have Faith In You’.

Among those in the Best New Artist category are: Finneas, Japanese Breakfast, Glass Animals and Arlo Parks.

See the full list of Grammys 2022 nominations below:

Record of the YearABBA – ‘I Still Have Faith In You’Jon Batiste – ‘Freedom’Tony Bennett, Lady Gaga – ‘I Get A Kick Out of You’Justin Bieber, Daniel Cesar, Giveon – ‘Peaches’Brandi Carlile – ‘Right on Time’Doja Cat, SZA – ‘Kiss Me More’Billie Eilish – ‘Happier Than Ever’Lil Nas X – ‘Montero (Call Me By Your Name)’Olivia Rodrigo – ‘Drivers License’Silk Sonic – ‘Leave The Door Open’

Album of the YearJon Batiste – ‘We Are’Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga – ‘Love For Sale’Justin Bieber – ‘Justice (Triple Chucks Deluxe)’Doja Cat – ‘Planet Her (Deluxe)’Billie Eilish – ‘Happier Than Ever’

Song of the YearEd Sheeran – ‘Bad Habits’Alicia Keys, Brandi Carlile – ‘A Beautiful Noise’Olivia Rodrigo – ‘Drivers License’H.E.R. – ‘Fight For You’Billie Eilish – ‘Happier Than Ever’Doja Cat, SZA – ‘Kiss Me More’Silk Sonic – ‘Leave The Door Open’Lil Nas X – ‘Montero (Call Me by Your Name)’Justin Bieber, Daniel Cesar, Giveon – ‘Peaches’Brandi Carlile – ‘Right On Time’

Best New ArtistArooj AftabJimmie AllenBaby KeemFinneasGlass AnimalsJapanese BreakfastThe Kid LaroiArlo ParksOlivia RodrigoSaweetie

Best Pop Vocal AlbumJustin Bieber – ‘Justice (Triple Chucks Deluxe)’Doja Cat – ‘Planet Her (Deluxe)’Billie Eilish – ‘Happier Than Ever’Ariana Grande – ‘Positions’Olivia Rodrigo – ‘Sour’

Best Dance/Electronic RecordingAfrojack & David Guetta – ‘Hero’Ólafur Arnalds, Bonobo – ‘Loom’James Blake – ‘Before’Bonobo, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs – ‘Heartbreak’Caribou – ‘You Can Do It’Rüfüs du Sol – ‘Alive’Tiësto – ‘The Business’

Best Alternative Music AlbumFleet Foxes – ‘Shore’Halsey – ‘If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power’Japanese Breakfast – ‘Jubilee’Arlo Parks – ‘Collapsed In Sunbeams’St. Vincent – ‘Daddy’s Home’

Best R&B PerformanceSnoh Aalegra – ‘Lost You’Justin Bieber, Daniel Cesar, Giveon – ‘Peaches’H.E.R. – ‘Damage’Silk Sonic – ‘Leave the Door Open’Jazmine Sullivan – ‘Pick Up Your Feelings’

Best Progressive R&B AlbumEric Bellinger – ‘New Light’Cory Henry – ‘Something To Say’Hiatus Kaiyote – ‘Mood Valiant’Lucky Daye – ‘Table For Two’Terrace Martin, Robert Glasper, 9th Wonder & Kamasi Washington – ‘Dinner Party: Dessert’Masego – ‘Studying Abroad: Extended Stay’

Best Rap PerformanceBaby Keem, Kendrick Lamar – ‘Family Ties’Cardi B – ‘Up’J. Cole, 21 Savage & Morray – ​​’My Life’Drake, Future, Young Thug – ‘Way Too Sexy’Megan Thee Stallion – ‘Thot Shit’

Best Traditional R&B PerformanceJon Batiste – ‘I Need You’BJ the Chicago Kid, PJ Morton, Kenyon Dixon, Charlie Bereal – ‘Bring It On Home’Leon Bridges, Robert Glasper – ‘Born Again’H.E.R. – ‘Fight for You’Lucky Dave, Yebba – ‘How Much Can A Heart Take’

Best Rap AlbumJ. Cole – ‘The Off-Season’Drake – ‘Certified Lover Boy’Nas – ‘King’s Disease 2’Tyler, the Creator – ‘Call Me If You Get Lost’Kanye West – ‘Donda’

Best Melodic Rap PerformanceJ. Cole, Lil Baby – ‘Pride Is The Devil’Doja Cat – ‘Need to Know’Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow – ‘Industry Baby’Tyler, the Creator Featuring YoungBoy Never Broke Again, Ty Dolla $ign – ‘WusYaName’Kanye West, The Weekend, Lil Baby – ‘Hurricane’

Best Rap SongDMX, Jay-Z, Nas – ‘Bath Salts’Saweetie, Doja Cat – ‘Best Friend’Baby Keem, Kendrick Lamar – ‘Family Ties’Kanye West, Jay-Z – ‘Jail’J. Cole, 21 Savage & Morray – ‘​​My Life’

Best Latin Pop or Urban AlbumPablo Alborán – ‘Vértigo’Paula Arenas – ‘Mis Amores’Ricardo Arjona – ‘Hecho A La Antigua’Camilo – ‘Mis Manos’Alex Cuba – ‘Mendó’Selena Gomez – ‘Revelación’

Best American Roots PerformanceJon Batiste – ‘Cry’Billy Strings – ‘Love and Regret’The Blind Boys of Alabama and Bela Fleck – ‘I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to be Free’Brandy Clark Featuring Brandi Carlile – ‘Same Devil’Allison Russell – ‘Nightflyer’

Best American Roots SongRhiannon Giddens, Francesco Turrisi – ‘Avalon’Valerie June Featuring Carla Thomas – ‘Call Me A Fool’Jon Batiste – ‘Cry’Yola – ‘Diamond Studded Shoes’Allison Russell – ‘Nightflyer’

Best Americana AlbumJackson Browne – ‘Downhill From Everywhere’John Hiatt with the Jerry Douglas Band – ‘Leftover Feelings’Los Lobos – ‘Native Sons’Allison Russell – ‘Outside Child’Yola – ‘Stand for Myself’

Best Bluegrass AlbumBilly Strings – ‘Renewal’Béla Fleck – ‘My Bluegrass Heart’The Infamous Stringdusters – ‘A Tribute To Bill Monroe’Sturgill Simpson – ‘Cuttin’ Grass Vol. 1 (Butcher Shoppe Sessions)’Rhonda Vincent – ‘Music Is What I See’

Best Traditional Blues AlbumElvin Bishop and Charlie Musselwhite – ‘100 Years of Blues’Blues Traveler – ‘Traveler’s Blues’Cedric Burnside – ‘I Be Trying’Guy Davis – ‘Be Ready When I Call You’Kim Watson – ‘Take Me Back’

Best Contemporary Blues AlbumThe Black Keys Featuring Eric Deaton and Kenny Brown – ‘Delta Kream’Joe Bonamassa – ‘Royal Tea’Shemekia Copeland – ‘Uncivil War’Steve Cropper – ‘Fire It Up’Christone “Kingfish” Ingram – ‘662’

Best Folk AlbumMary Chapin Carpenter – ‘One Night Lonely (Live)’Tyler Childers – ‘Long Violent History’Madison Cunningham – ‘Wednesday (Extended Edition)’Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi – ‘They’re Calling Me Home’Sarah Jarosz – ‘Blue Heron Suite’

Best Regional Roots Music AlbumSean Ardoin and Kreole Rock and Soul – ‘Live In New Orleans!’Big Chief Monk Boudreaux – ‘Bloodstains and Teardrops’Chia Wa – ‘My People’Corey Ledet Zydaco – ‘Corey Ledet Zydaco’Kalani Pe’a – ‘Kau Ka Pe’a’

Best Reggae AlbumEtana – ‘Pamoja’Gramps Morgan – ‘Positive Vibration’Sean Paul – ‘Live N Livin’Jesse Royal – Royal Soja – ‘Beauty In the Silence’Spice – ’10’

Best Global Music AlbumRocky Dawuni – ‘Voice of Bunbon Vol. 1.’Daniel Ho & Friends – ‘East West Players Presents: Daniel Ho & Friends Live In Concert’Angélique Kidjo – ‘Mother Nature’Femi Kuti, Made Kuti – ‘Legacy +’Wizkid – ‘Made in Lagos: Deluxe Edition’

Best New Age AlbumWill Ackerman, Jeff Oster, Tom Eaton – ‘Brothers’Stewart Copeland, Ricky Kej – ‘Divine Tides’Wouter Kellerman, David Arkenstone – ‘Pangaea’Opium Moon – ‘Night + Day’Laura Sullivan – ‘Pieces of Forever’

Best Engineered Album, Non-ClassicalThe Marías – ‘Cinema’Yebba – ‘Dawn’Low – ‘Hey What’Tony Bennet, Lady Gaga – ‘Love For Sale’Pino Palladino, Blake Mills – ‘Notes With Attachments’

Producer of the Year, Non-ClassicalJack AntonoffRogét ChahayedMike ElizondoHit-BoyRicky Reed

Best Remixed RecordingSoul II Soul – ‘Back to Life (Booka T Kings of Soul Satta Dub)’Papa Roach – ‘Born for Greatness (Cymek Remix)’K. D. Lang – ‘Constant Craving (Fashionably Late Remix)’Zedd, Griff – ‘Inside Out (3Scape Drm Remix)’Demi Lovato, Ariana Grande – ‘Met Him Last Night (Dave Audé Remix)’Deftones – ‘Passenger (Mike Shinoda Remix)’PVA – ‘Talks (Mura Masa Remix)’

Best Immersive Audio Album (63rd Grammy)Stemmeklang – ‘Bolstad: Tomba Sonora’Booka Shade – ‘Dear Future Self (Dolby Atmos Mixes)’Tove Ramio-Ystad, Cantus – ‘Fryd’Alain Mallet – ‘Mutt Slang II: A Wake of Sorrows Engulfed in Rage’Jim R. Keene, the United States Army Field Band – ‘Soundtrack of the American Soldier’

Best Immersive Audio AlbumAlicia Keys – ‘Alicia’Patricia Barber – ‘Clique’Harry Styles – ‘Fine Line’Steven Wilson – ‘The Future Bites’Anne Karin Sundal-Ask, Det Norske Jentekor – ‘Stille Grender’

Best Engineered Album, ClassicalSérgio Assad, Clarice Assad, Third Coast Percussion – ‘Archetypes’Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax – ‘Beethoven Cello Sonatas: Hope Amid Tears’Manfred Honeck, Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra – ‘Beethoven Symphony No. 9’Chanticleer – ‘Chanticleer Sings Christmas’Gustavo Dudamel, Fernando Malvar-Ruiz, Luke McEndarfer, Robert Istad, Grant Gershon, Los Angeles Children’s Chorus, Los Angeles Master Chorale, National Children’s Chorus, Pacific Chorale, Los Angeles Philharmonic – ‘Mahler: Symphony No. 8, Symphony of a Thousand’

Best Contemporary Instrumental AlbumRandy Brecker, Eric Marienthal – ‘Double Dealin’’Rachel Eckroth – ‘The Garden’Taylor Eigsti – ‘Tree Falls’Steve Gadd Band – ‘At Blue Note Tokyo’Mark Lettieri – ‘Deep: The Baritone Sessions, Vol. 2’

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