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Key nominees for the 2022 Grammy Awards

Jazzman and bandleader Jon Batiste leads the pack with 11 nominations

Updated 4 years ago · Published on 03 Apr 2022 8:00PM

Key nominees for the 2022 Grammy Awards — US rapper Doja Cat. – AFP pic, April 3, 2022

HERE is a list of nominees in the major categories for the 64th annual Grammy Awards, which will be handed out on Sunday in Las Vegas.

Jazzman and bandleader Jon Batiste leads the pack with 11 nominations, followed by Justin Bieber, H.E.R. and Doja Cat with eight, as Billie Eilish and Olivia Rodrigo nabbed seven.

This year the Recording Academy, the body behind the gala, expanded the top four categories from eight nominees to 10, offering music's brightest even more chances at Grammy gold.

Album of the Year

'We Are' - Jon Batiste
'Love For Sale' - Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga
'Justice (Triple Chucks Deluxe)' - Justin Bieber
'Planet Her (Deluxe)' - Doja Cat
'Happier Than Ever' - Billie Eilish
'Back Of My Mind' - H.E.R.
'Montero' - Lil Nas X
'Sour' - Olivia Rodrigo
'Evermore' - Taylor Swift
'Donda' - Kanye West

Record of the Year, recognising overall performance on a song

'I Still Have Faith In You' - ABBA
'Freedom' - Jon Batiste
'I Get A Kick Out Of You' - Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga
'Peaches' - Justin Bieber featuring Daniel Caesar and Giveon
'Right On Time' - Brandi Carlile
'Kiss Me More' - Doja Cat featuring SZA
'Happier Than Ever' - Billie Eilish
'Montero (Call Me By Your Name)' - Lil Nas X
'drivers license' - Olivia Rodrigo
'Leave The Door Open' - Silk Sonic

Song of the Year, recognising songwriting

'Bad Habits' - Fred Gibson, Johnny McDaid and Ed Sheeran, songwriters (Ed Sheeran)
'A Beautiful Noise' - Ruby Amanfu, Brandi Carlile, Brandy Clark, Alicia Keys, Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna, Linda Perry and Hailey Whitters, songwriters (Alicia Keys and Brandi Carlile)
'drivers license' - Daniel Nigro and Olivia Rodrigo, songwriters (Olivia Rodrigo)
'Fight For You' - Dernst Emile II, H.E.R. and Tiara Thomas, songwriters (H.E.R.)
'Happier Than Ever' - Billie Eilish O'Connell and Finneas O'Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish)
'Kiss Me More' - Roget Chahayed, Amala Zandile Dlamini, Lukasz Gottwald, Carter Lang, Gerard A. Powell II, Solana Rowe and David Sprecher, songwriters (Doja Cat featuring SZA)
'Leave The Door Open' - Brandon Anderson, Christopher Brody Brown, Dernst Emile II and Bruno Mars, songwriters (Silk Sonic)
"Montero (Call Me By Your Name)' - Denzel Baptiste, David Biral, Omer Fedi, Montero Hill and Roy Lenzo, songwriters (Lil Nas X)
'Peaches' - Louis Bell, Justin Bieber, Giveon Dezmann Evans, Bernard Harvey, Felisha "Fury" King, Matthew Sean Leon, Luis Manual Martinez Jr., Aaron Simmonds, Ashton Simmonds, Andrew Wotman and Keavan Yazdani, songwriters (Justin Bieber featuring Daniel Caesar and Giveon)
'Right On Time' - Brandi Carlile, Dave Cobb, Phil Hanseroth and Tim Hanseroth, songwriters (Brandi Carlile)

Best New Artist