Date 06/12/2016 - News People
The nominees for the 59th Grammy Awards have been announced. Beyonce led all artists with nine nominations, followed by Drake, Rihanna and Kanye West who each had eight a piece. Queen Bey faces off with Adele, Justin Beiber and Drake for the Album Of The Year award. Adele and Beyonce are also fighting for the record of the year award. Chance The Rapper and Anderson Paak are two of the five artists up for the Best New Artist award. Chance is the first artist to have a streaming-only record be recognized by the Recording Academy. The Chicago-born artist earned a total of seven nominations for the 2017 Grammys.
