Grammy Awards 2014 Nominations List: Jay Z, Kanye West Lead

7 December 2013, 11:34

Kanye West holding Grammy Awards

See all the nominees for the ceremony in Los Angeles in January.

If the nominations are anything to go by, the 2014 Grammy Awards will be all about one man - Jay Z. The rapper leads this year's nominations with nine nods, including Best Rap Album for 'Magna Carta Holy Grail' and Best Rap Song for 'Holy Grail'.

Next up, Kendrick Lamar, Justin Timberlake, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis and Justin Timberlake all have seven nominations, which means they'll look set to challenge Jay Z when the ceremony takes place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on 26th January 2014.

Both Drake and Daft Punk, who returned this year with the critically-acclaimed album 'Random Access Memories', each recieved five nominations.

The full list of nominees is below:

Album of the Year

  • Sara Bareilles – 'The Blessed Unrest'
  • Daft Punk – 'Random Access Memories'
  • Kendrick Lamar – 'Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City'
  • Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – 'The Heist'
  • Taylor Swift – 'Red'

Record of the Year

  • Daft Punk feat. Pharrell Williams – 'Get Lucky'
  • Imagine Dragons – 'Radioactive'
  • Lorde – 'Royals'
  • Bruno Mars – 'Locked Out of Heaven'
  • Robin Thicke feat. Pharrell Williams & T.I. – 'Blurred Lines'

Song of the Year

  • Pink feat. Nate Reuss – 'Just Give Me a Reason'
  • Bruno Mars – 'Locked Out of Heaven'
  • Katy Perry – 'Roar'
  • Lorde – 'Royals'
  • Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Mary Lambert – 'Same Love'

Best New Artist

  • James Blake
  • Kendrick Lamar
  • Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
  • Kacey Musgraves
  • Ed Sheeran

Best Pop Solo Performance

  • Sara Bareilles – 'Brave'
  • Lorde – 'Royals'
  • Bruno Mars – 'When I Was Your Man'
  • Katy Perry – 'Roar'
  • Justin Timberlake - 'Mirrors'

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

  • Daft Punk feat. Pharrell Williams – “Get Lucky'
  • Pink feat. Nate Reuss – 'Just Give Me a Reason'
  • Rihanna feat. Mikky Eiko – 'Stay'
  • Robin Thicke feat. Pharrell Williams & T.I. – 'Blurred Lines'
  • Justin Timberlake feat. Jay Z – 'Suit & Tie'

Best Dance Recording

  • Duke Dumont feat. AME & MNEK – 'Need U'
  • Calvin Harris feat. Florence Welch – 'Sweet Nothing'
  • Kaskade – 'Atmosphere'
  • Armin Van Buuren feat. Trevor Guthrie – 'This Is What It Feels Like'
  • Zedd feat. Foxes – 'Clarity'

Best Dance Album

  • Daft Punk – 'Random Access Memories'
  • Disclosure – 'Settle'
  • Calvin Harris – '18 Months'
  • Kaskade – 'Atmosphere'
  • Pretty Lights – 'A Color Map of the Sun'

Best R&B Performance

  • Tamar Braxton – 'Love and War'
  • Anthony Hamilton – 'Best of Me'
  • Hiatus Kaiyote feat. Q-Tip – 'Nakamarra'
  • Miguel feat. Kendrick Lamar – 'How Many Drinks?'
  • Snark Puppy with Lalah Hathaway – 'Something'

Best R&B Song

  • Anthony Hamilton – 'Best of Me'
  • Tamar Braxton – 'Love and War'
  • PJ Morton feat. Stevie Wonder – 'Only One'
  • Justin Timberlake – 'Pusher Love Girl'
  • Fantasia feat. Kelly Rowland and Missy Elliot – 'Without Me'

Best Urban Contemporary Album

  • Tamar Braxton – 'Love and War'
  • Fantasia – 'Side Effects of You'
  • Salaam Remi – 'One: In the Chamber'
  • Rihanna – 'Unapologetic'
  • Mack Wilds – 'New York: A Love Story'

Best R&B Album

  • Faith Evans – 'R&B Divas'
  • Alicia Keys – 'Girl on Fire'
  • John Legend – 'Love in the Future'
  • Chrisette Michele – 'Better'
  • TGT – 'Three Kings'

Best Rap Performance

  • Drake – 'Started From the Bottom'
  • Eminem – 'Berzerk'
  • Jay Z – 'Tom Ford'
  • Kendrick Lamar – 'Swimming Pools (Drank)'
  • Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz – 'Thrift Shop'

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration

  • J. Cole feat Miguel – 'Power Trip'
  • Jay Z feat. Beyonce – 'Part II (On the Run)'
  • Jay Z feat. Justin Timberlake – 'Holy Grail'
  • Kendrick Lamar feat. Mary J. Blige – 'Now or Never'
  • Wiz Khalifa feat. The Weeknd – 'Remember You'

Best Rap Song

  • ASAP Rocky feat. Drake, 2 Chainz, and Kendrick Lamar – 'F***in’ Problems'
  • Jay Z feat. Justin Timberlake – 'Holy Grail'
  • Kanye West – 'New Slaves'
  • Drake – “Started From the Bottom'
  • Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – 'Thrift Shop'

Best Rap Album

  • Drake – 'Nothing Was the Same'
  • Jay Z – 'Magna Carta… Holy Grail'
  • Kendrick Lamar – 'Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City'
  • Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – 'The Heist'
  • Kanye West – 'Yeezus'