Announced last week, Brandi Carlile, Kasey Musgraves, and Maren Morris lead in Country/Americana Grammy Nominations for 2019. Brandi Carlile came out on top of the genre with seven total nominations including those for the cross-genre Record Of The Year, Song Of The Year, and Album Of The Year. Kasey Musgraves raked in six total nominations including one for the cross-genre Album Of The Year. Morris dominated with 5 total nominations due to the success of her collaborations with Zedd on the pop hit ‘The Middle’ and on ‘Dear Hate’ with Vince Gill.
Maren, however, was just the start of country artists receiving nominations in categories for other genres. Chris Stapleton was recognized for his collaboration with Justin Timberlake on ‘Say Something’ for the Best Pop Duo/Group Performance and Willie Nelson received a nomination for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album for ‘My Way.’ Other noteworthy nominations include Luke Combs and Margo Price for Best New Artist.
Women continued to represent in all country nominations, a refreshing change in comparison to the male dominated award shows our genre has come to know. Women were contributing artists in at least 3 of 5 nominations for every award in the country genre. Below are the awards that included a predominately country artist as a nominee.
Record Of The Year– Award to the Artist and to the Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s) and/or Mixer(s) and mastering engineer(s), if other than the artist.
- ‘I Like It’- Cardi B,
Bad Bunny, and J Balvin Invincible, JWhiteDidIt, Craig Kallman & Tainy, producers; Leslie Brathwaite & Evan LaRay, engineers/mixers; Colin Leonard, mastering engineer. - ‘The Joke’ – Brandi Carlile
Dave Cobb & Shooter Jennings, producers; Tom Elmhirst & Eddie Spear,engineers/mixers; Pete Lyman, mastering engineer. - ‘This Is America’ – Childish Gambino
Donald Glover & Ludwig Goransson, producers; Derek “MixedByAli” Ali & Riley Mackin, engineers/mixers; Mike Bozzi, mastering engineer - ‘God’s Plan’ – Drake
Boi-1Da, Cardo & Young Exclusive, producers; Noel Cadastre, Noel “Gadget” Campbell & Noah Shebib, engineers/mixers; Chris Athens, mastering engineer - ‘All The Stars’ – Kendrick Lamar & SZA
Al Shux & Sounwave, producers; Sam Ricci & Matt Schaeffer, engineers/mixers; Mike Bozzi, mastering engineer - ‘Shallow’ – Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
Lady Gaga & Benjamin Rice, producers; Tom Elmhirst, engineer/mixer; Randy Merrill, mastering engineer - ‘Rockstar’ – Post Malone Featuring 21 Savage
Louis Bell & Tank God, producers; Louis Bell & Manny Marroquin, engineers/mixers; Mike Bozzi, mastering engineer - ‘The Middle’ – Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey
Grey, Monsters & Strangerz & Zedd, producers; Grey, Tom Morris, Ryan Shanahan & Zedd, engineers/mixers; Mike Marsh, mastering engineer
Album Of The Year – Award to Artist(s) and to Featured Artist(s), Songwriter(s) of new material, Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s), Mixer(s) and Mastering Engineer(s) credited with at least 33% playing time of the album, if other than Artist.
- ‘Invasion Of Privacy‘ – Cardi B
Leslie Brathwaite & Evan LaRay, engineers/mixers; Belcalis Almanzar & Jorden Thorpe, songwriters; Colin Leonard, mastering engineer - ‘By The Way, I Forgive You’ – Brandi Carlile
Dave Cobb & Shooter Jennings, producers; Dave Cobb &Eddie Spear, engineers/mixers; Brandi Carlile, Phil Hanseroth & Tim Hanseroth, songwriters; Pete Lyman, mastering engineer - ‘Scorpion‘ – Drake
Noel Cadastre, Noel “Gadget” Campbell & Noah Shebib, engineers/mixers; Aubrey Graham & Noah Shebib, songwriters; Chris Athens, mastering engineer - ‘H.E.R.’ – H.E.R.
Darhyl “Hey DJ” Camper Jr, H.E.R. & Jeff Robinson, producers; Miki Tsutsumi, engineer/mixer; Darhyl Camper Jr & H.E.R., songwriters; Dave Kutch, mastering engineer - ‘Beerbongs & Bentleys‘ – Post Malone
Louis Bell & Post Malone, producers; Louis Bell & Manny Marroquin, engineers/mixers; Louis Bell & Austin Post, songwriters; Mike Bozzi, mastering engineer - ‘Dirty Computer’ – Janelle Monáe
Chuck Lightning & Janelle Monáe Robinson & Nate “Rocket” Wonder, producers; Mick Guzauski, Janelle Monáe Robinson & Nate “Rocket” Wonder, engineers/mixers; Nathaniel Irvin III, Charles Joseph II, Taylor Parks & Janelle Monáe Robinson, songwriters; Dave Kutch, mastering engineer - ‘Golden Hour’ – Kacey Musgraves
Ian Fitchuk, Kacey Musgraves & Daniel Tashian, producers; Craig Alvin & Shawn Everett, engineers/mixers; Ian Fitchuk, Kacey Musgraves & Daniel Tashian, songwriters; Greg Calbi & Steve Fallone, mastering engineers - ‘Black Panther : The Album, Music From And Inspired By ‘ – (Various Artists)
Kendrick Lamar, featured artist; Kendrick Duckworth & Sounwave, producers; Matt Schaeffer, engineer/mixer; Kendrick Duckworth & Mark Spears, songwriters; Mike Bozzi, mastering engineer
Song Of The Year – A Songwriter(s) Award. A song is eligible if it was first released or if it first achieved prominence during the Eligibility Year. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.
- ‘All The Stars’ – Kendrick Duckworth, Solána Rowe, Al Shuckburgh, Mark Spears & Anthony Tiffith, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar & SZA)
- ‘Boo’d Up’- Larrance Dopson, Joelle James, Ella Mai & Dijon McFarlane, songwriters (Ella Mai)
- ‘God’s Plan’ – Aubrey Graham, Daveon Jackson, Brock Korsan, Ron LaTour, Matthew Samuels & Noah Shebib, songwriters (Drake)
- ‘In My Blood’ -Teddy Geiger, Scott Harris, Shawn Mendes & Geoffrey Warburton, songwriters (Shawn Mendes)
- ‘The Joke’– Brandi Carlile, Dave Cobb, Phil Hanseroth & Tim Hanseroth,songwriters (Brandi Carlile)
IN MY BLOOD - ‘The Middle’– Sarah Aarons, Jordan K. Johnson, Stefan Johnson, Marcus Lomax, Kyle Trewartha, Michael Trewartha & Anton Zaslavski, songwriters (Zedd,Maren Morris & Grey)
- ‘Shallow’ – Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando & Andrew Wyatt, songwriters (Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper)
- ‘This Is America’ – Donald Glover & Ludwig Goransson, songwriters (Childish Gambino)
Best New Artist – An artist will be considered for Best New Artist if their eligibility year release/s achieved a breakthrough into the public consciousness and notably impacted the musical landscape.
- Chloe X Halle
- Luke Combs
- Greta Van Fleet
- H.E.R.
- Dua Lipa
- Margo Price
- Bebe Rexha
- Jorja Smith
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance – For new vocal or instrumental duo/group or collaborative pop recordings. Singles or Tracks only.
- ‘Fall In Line’ – Christina Aguilera Featuring Demi Lovato
- ‘Don’t Go Breaking My Heart’ – Backstreet Boys
- ‘S Wonderful’ – Tony Bennett & Diana Krall
- ‘Shallow’ – Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
- ‘Girls Like You’- Maroon 5 Featuring Cardi B
- ‘Say Something’ – Justin Timberlake Featuring Chris Stapleton
- ‘The Middle’ – Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album – For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new traditional pop recordings.
- ‘Love Is Here To Stay’ – Tony Bennett & Diana Krall
- ‘My Way’ – Willie Nelson
- ‘Nat “King” Cole & Me’ – Gregory Porter
- ‘Standards (Deluxe)’ – Seal
- ‘The Music…The Mem’ries…The Magic!’ – Barbra Streisand
Best Country Solo Performance – For new vocal or instrumental solo country recordings.
- ‘Wouldn’t It Be Great?’ – Loretta Lynn
- ‘Mona Lisas And Mad Hatters’ – Maren Morris
- ‘Butterflies’ – Kacey Musgraves
- ‘Millionaire’ – Chris Stapleton
- ‘Parallel Line’ – Keith Urban
Best Country Duo/Group Performance – For new vocal or instrumental duo/group or collaborative country recordings.
- ‘Shoot Me Straight’- Brothers Osborne
- ‘Tequila’ – Dan + Shay
- ‘When Someone Stops Loving You’ – Little Big Town
- ‘Dear Hate’ – Maren Morris Featuring Vince Gill
- ‘Meant To Be’ – Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line
Best Country Song – A Songwriter(s)Award. A song is eligible if it was first released or if it first achieved prominence during the Eligibility Year. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.
- ‘Break Up In The End’ – Jessie Jo Dillon, Chase McGill & Jon Nite, songwriters (Cole Swindell)
- ‘Dear Hate’ – Tom Douglas, David Hodges & Maren Morris, songwriters (Maren Morris Featuring Vince Gill)
- ‘I Lived It’ – Rhett Akins, Ross Copperman, Ashley Gorley & Ben Hayslip, songwriters (Blake Shelton)
- ‘Space Cowboy’ – Luke Laird, Shane McAnally & Kacey Musgraves, songwriters (Kacey Musgraves)
- ‘Tequila’ – Nicolle Galyon, Jordan Reynolds & Dan Smyers, songwriters (Dan + Shay)
- ‘When Someone Stops Loving You’ – Hillary Lindsey, Chase McGill & Lori McKenna, songwriters (Little Big Town)
Best Country Album – For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new country recordings.
- ‘Unapologetically’ – Kelsea Ballerini
- ‘Port Saint Joe’ – Brothers Osborne
- ‘Girl Going Nowhere’ – Ashley McBryde
- ‘Golden Hour‘- Kacey Musgraves
- ‘From A Room: Volume 2’ – Chris Stapleton
Best American Roots Performance – For new vocal or instrumental American Roots recordings. This is for performances in the style of any of the sub genres encompassed in the American Roots Music field including Americana, bluegrass, blues, folk or regional roots. Award to the artist(s).
- ‘Kick Rocks’ – Sean Ardoin
- ‘Saint James Infirmary Blues’ – Jon Batiste
- ‘The Joke’ – Brandi Carlile
- ‘All On My Mind’ – Anderson East
- ‘Last Man Standing’ – Willie Nelson
Best American Roots Song – A Songwriter(s) Award. Includes Americana, bluegrass, traditional blues,contemporary blues, folk or regional roots songs. A song is eligible if it was first released or if it first achieved prominence during the Eligibility Year. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.
- ‘All The Trouble’ – Waylon Payne, Lee Ann Womack & AdamWright, songwriters (Lee Ann Womack)
- ‘Build A Bridge’– Jeff Tweedy, songwriter (Mavis Staples)
- ‘The Joke’ – Brandi Carlile, Dave Cobb, Phil Hanseroth & Tim Hanseroth,songwriters (Brandi Carlile)
- ‘Knockin’ On Your Screen Door’ – Pat McLaughlin & John Prine, songwriters (John Prine)
- ‘Summer’s End’ – Pat McLaughlin & John Prine, songwriters (John Prine)
Best Americana Album – For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new vocal or instrumental Americana recordings.
- ‘By The Way, I Forgive You’– Brandi Carlile
- ‘Things Have Changed’ – Bettye LaVette
- ‘The Tree Of Forgiveness’ – John Prine
- ‘The Lonely, The Lonesome & The Gone’ – Lee Ann Womack
- ‘One Drop Of Truth’ – The Wood Brothers
Best Bluegrass Album – For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new vocal or instrumental bluegrass recordings.
- ‘Portraits In Fiddles’ – Mike Barnett
- ‘Sister Sadie II’ – Sister Sadie
- ‘River And Roads’ – Special Consensus
- ‘The Travelin’ McCourys’– The Travelin’ McCourys
- ‘North Of Despair’ – Wood & Wire
The full list of Grammy nominations for 2019 can be found here. The Grammy Awards will air Sunday February 10th at 8:00 PM on CBS.