Grammy Noms: Jay Z Grabs Nine, Macklemore & Lewis, Justin Timberlake, Kendrick Lamar, Pharrell Williams All Up For Seven Awards

And The Nominations Are ...

A huge night for JAY Z who scored the most with nine GRAMMY nominations, as announced last night (12/6) during a TV special at the NOKIA THEATER in LOS ANGELES that featured performances by nominees TAYLOR SWIFT, KATY PERRY, LORDE, ROBIN THICKE and MACKLEMORE & LEWIS.

It was also a big night for MACKLEMORE & LEWIS, JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE, KENDRICK LAMAR and PHARRELL WILLIAMS each earning seven nods; DRAKE and mastering engineer BOB LUDWIG were nominated for five awards, while LORDE, DAFT PUNK, BRUNO MARS, and KACEY MUSGRAVES are all up for four GRAMMYS.

The 56th GRAMMY AWARDS telecast will be on CBS-TV on JANUARY 26th, 2014 at STAPLES CENTER in LOS ANGELES.

Here's how the GRAMMY nominations shaped up:

Record Of The Year
"Get Lucky" DAFT PUNK & PHARRELL WILLIAMS (COLUMBIA)
"Radioactive" IMAGINE DRAGONS (KIDINAKORNER/INTERSCOPE)
"Royals" LORDE (REPUBLIC/UNIVERSAL MUSIC)
"Locked Out Of Heaven" BRUNO MARS (ATLANTIC)
"Blurred Lines" ROBIN THICKE F/ T.I. & PHARRELL (STAR TRAK/INTERSCOPE)

Album Of The Year
"The Blessed Unrest" SARA BAREILLES (EPIC)
"Random Access Memories" DAFT PUNK (COLUMBIA)
"Good Kid, M.A.A.D City" KENDRICK LAMAR (TDE/AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE)
"The Heist" MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS (MACKLEMORE LLC)
"Red" TAYLOR SWIFT (BIG MACHINE RECORDS)

Song Of The Year
"Just Give Me A Reason" JEFF BHASKER, PINK & NATE RUESS, songwriters (PINK f/ NATE RUESS) (RCA)
"Locked Out Of Heaven" PHILIP LAWRENCE, ARI LEVINE & BRUNO MARS, songwriters (BRUNO MARS) (ATLANTIC)
"Roar" LUKASZ GOTTWALD, MAX MARTIN, BONNIE MCKEE, KATY PERRY & HENRY WALTER, songwriters (KATY PERRY) (CAPITOL)
"Royals" JOEL LITTLE & ELLA YELICH O'CONNOR, songwriters (LORDE) (REPUBLIC/UNIVERSAL MUSIC)
"Same Love" BEN HAGGERTY, MARY LAMBERT & RYAN LEWIS, songwriters (MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS f/ MARY LAMBERT) (MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS LLC)

Best New Artist
JAMES BLAKE
KENDRICK LAMAR
MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS
KACEY MUSGRAVES
ED SHEERAN

And to see a list of all the GRAMMY nominations, just click here.

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