The nominees for the 56th Annual Grammy Awards, set for January 26, were announced Friday night during a live concert on CBS.

The nominees for the 56th Annual Grammy Awards, set for January 26, were announced Friday night during a live concert on CBS.

Sara Bareilles landed the biggest surprise of the night with an Album of the Year nomination.
Also... Daft Punk, Lorde and Kendrick Lamar did good. The other big news was that Justin Timberlake, thought to be a sure thing in the major categories, was shut out of the big four.
Timberlake did score seven nominations, however, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, and Kendrick Lamar. Jay Z led everyone with nine nominations.

Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, Robin Thicke and other big names performed. However, the nominations were front and center with Macklemore & Ryan Lewis coming up huge with nominations in three of the four big categories. It's an amazing achievement for an album the duo put out independently.
 Best Country Album nominees:

• Jason Aldean, "Night Train"

• Tim McGraw, "Two Lanes of Freedom"

• Kacey Musgraves, "Same Trailer Different Park"

• Blake Shelton, "Based on a True Story"

• Taylor Swift, "Red"

Album of the Year

• Sara Bareilles, "The Blessed Unrest"
• Kendrick Lamar, "good kid, m.A.A.d. city"
• Taylor Swift, "Red"
• Daft Punk, "Random Access Memories"
• Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, "The Heist"

Record of the Year

• Bruno Mars, "Locked Out of Heaven"
• Imagine Dragons, "Radioactive"
• Robin Thicke, "Blurred Lines"
• Daft Punk, "Get Lucky"
• Lorde, "Royals"

Best Rap Album nominees:

• Drake, "Nothing Was The Same"

• Jay Z, "Magna Carta...Holy Grail"

• Kanye West, "Yeezus"

• Kendrick Lamar, "good kid M.A.A.D city"

• Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, "The Heist"

Best New Artist

• Ed Sheeran
• Kasey Musgraves
• Mackelmore & Ryan Lewis
• James Blake
• Kendrick Lamar

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