![]() Jon Hopkins and SOPHIE were recognised in best dance/electronic album. ![]() Seal is nominated for best traditional pop vocal album, and Arctic Monkeys for best rock performance and best alternative music album. Dua Lipa and Jorja Smith are nominated for best new artist. R&B newcomer Ella Mai has found greater success in the US than her home country, and received two nominations for her breakout single, Boo’d Up. Strong showings for Cardi B, Drake, Kendrick Lamar and Post Malone could change that this year. The 2018 Grammys also sparked controversy for nominating a number of hip-hop stars yet sending few of them home with trophies. In response to the outcry, the Recording Academy announced a taskforce to tackle anti-woman bias in the music industry, led by Michelle Obama’s former chief of staff, Tina Tchen.īritish producer SOPHIE, who is nominated for best dance/electronic album Portnow compounded the issue when he said women artists needed to “step up” if they wanted to be recognised, comments he said he later regretted. Only four women were nominated across all four major categories at the 2018 Grammys. Female artists also dominate the country categories – a trend that flies in the face of the genre’s male dominance. More than half of the 2019 nominees in each of the four major categories (album of the year, best new artist, song of the year and record of the year) are women, with songwriter Brandi Carlile and R&B singer HER among the lesser-known. Kanye West received one nomination as producer of the year. ![]() The Carters, AKA Beyoncé and Jay-Z, as well as Ariana Grande and Travis Scott, were also left out of major categories, receiving nods in genre categories. Taylor Swift, who received seven Grammy nominations for her previous album, 1989, received just one for Reputation, and in best pop album, a minor category. ![]() Many of pop’s biggest acts will be disappointed. ![]()
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