Every 2020 Rock + Metal Grammy Award Nominee Announced
It's Grammy nominations day in America. The nominations for the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards were revealed early Wednesday morning (Nov. 20), with a handful of the major categories announced during a live stream, while the other categories were revealed moments later via the Grammy website.
On the rock front, the big names this year include Tool, I Prevail and Rival Sons. Tool were doubly nominated for Best Rock Song for "Fear Inoculum," while "7empest" received a Best Metal Performance nomination. I Prevail also scored a pair of nods with Best Rock Album for Trauma and Best Metal Performance for "Bow Down." The other double nominee was Rival Sons, who are up for Best Rock Performance with "Too Bad" and Best Rock Album with Feral Roots. Check out all of the rock and metal categories below and see who's up for Best Metal Performance here.
The 62nd Annual Grammy Awards will take place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles with host Alicia Keys on Jan. 26. CBS will air the Grammy Awards broadcast, while Grammy.com will also stream the ceremony for awards given out prior to the broadcast.
See the nominees in some of the key categories below, and to check out all of the nominees, head here.
Record of the Year
Hey Ma - Bon Iver
Bad Guy - Billie Eilish
7 Rings - Ariana Grande
Hard Place - H.E.R.
Talk - Khalid
Old Town Road - Lil' Nas X Featuring Billy Ray Cyrus
Truth Hurts - Lizzo
Sunflower - Post Malone & Swae Lee
Album of the Year
I, I - Bon Iver
Norman Fucking Rockwell - Lana Del Rey
When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go - Billie Eilish
Thank You Next - Ariana Grande
I Used To Know Her - H.E.R.
7 - Lil' Nas X
Cause I Love You - Lizzo
Father of the Bride - Vampire Weekend
Song of the Year
Always Remember Us This Way - Lady Gaga
Bad Guy - Billie Eilish
Bring My Flowers Now - Brandi Carlile
Hard Place - H.E.R.
Lover - Taylor Swift
Norman Fucking Rockwell - Lana Del Rey
Someone You Loved - Lewis Capaldi
Truth Hurts - Lizzo
Best New Artist
Black Pumas
Billie Eilish
Lil Nas X
Lizzo
Maggie Rogers
Rosalia
Tank and the Bangas
Yola
Best Rock Performance
Pretty Waste - Bones UK
This Land - Gary Clark Jr.
History Repeats - Brittany Howard
Woman - Karen O. and Danger Mouse
Too Bad - Rival Sons
Best Metal Performance
Astorlus - The Great Octopus - Candlemass featuring Tony Iommi
Humanicide - Death Angel
Bow Down - I Prevail
Unleashed - Killswitch Engage
7empest - Tool
Best Rock Song
Fear Inoculum - Tool
Give Yourself a Try - The 1975
Harmony Hall - Vampire Weekend
History Repeats - Brittany Howard
This Land - Gary Clark Jr.
Best Rock Album
Amo - Bring Me the Horizon
Social Cues - Cage the Elephant
In the End - The Cranberries
Trauma - I Prevail
Feral Roots - Rival Sons
Best Alternative Music Album
U.F.O.F. - Big Thief
Assume Form - James Blake
I,I - Bon Iver
Father of the Bride - Vampire Weekend
Anima - Thom Yorke
Best Recording Package
Anonimos & Resilientes - Voces Del Bullerengue
Chris Cornell - Chris Cornell
Hold That Tiger - The Muddy Basin Ramblers
I,I - Bon Iver
Intellexual - Intellexual
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