Grammy nominations 2018 - live updates: Kendrick Lamar and Jay-Z dominate top categories

Surprise snubs for Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran in major categories suggest academy is attempting to improve its record on diversity

Grammy Award nominations for 2018

The Recording Academy has announced nominees for the 60th Grammy Awards with Kendrick Lamar and Jay-Z dominating a male-heavy list of nominees.

Jay-Z leads with eight nominations including for Album, Song and Record of the Year.

Kendrick follows closely with seven nominations, while Ed Sheeran, despite being one of the hottest predictions for Album of the Year, was only nominated in two categories: Best Pop Vocal Album and Best Pop Vocal Performance ("Shape of You"). Sheeran released his third album ÷ [Divide] in March and broke several music industry records for sales and streaming.

Lorde received a nomination for Album of the Year for her record Melodrama, competing with Kendrick, Jay-Z, Childish Gambino and Bruno Mars.

See the complete list of nominations here.

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Taylor Swift appeared to be snubbed for her song "Look What You Made Me Do", but did receive a nod alongside Zayn Malik for "I Don't Wanna Live Forever", which featured in the film Fifty Shades of Grey. "Better Man", the song she penned for Little Big Town, also received a nomination for Best Country Song.

Artists reacted to the nominations on social media, with one of 2017's biggest new artists Khalid tweeting his delight at receiving five nominations. He noted how three years ago he had written about wanting to go to the Grammys in the future.

The 60th Grammy Awards take place in precisely two months time, on 28 January 2018.

Key Points

• Nominations appear to be an improvement on diversity from last year, with several major nods for Kendrick Lamar, Jay Z, Bruno Mars and Childish Gambino
• Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran both snubbed in the bigger categories
• ​Reminder of what took place at the 59th Grammy Awards

[28 November 2017 13:49 · Steve Anderson]

Best Pop Vocal Album:

Coldplay

Lana Del Rey

Imagine Dragons

Kesha 

Lady Gaga 

Ed Sheeran

[28 November 2017 13:51 · Steve Anderson]

Best Rock Album:

Mastodon - Emperor of Sand

Metallica - Hardwired... To Self-Destruct

Nothing More - The Stories We Tell Ourselves

Queens of the Stone Age - Villains

War On Drugs - A Deeper Understanding

[28 November 2017 13:52 · Steve Anderson]

Best Rap Album:

Jay-Z - 4:44

Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.

Migos - Culture

Rapsody - Laila's Wisdom

Tyler, The Creator - Flower Boy

[28 November 2017 13:54 · Steve Anderson]

Best Urban Contemporary Album: 

6Black - Free Black

Childish Gambino - Awaken, My Love!

Khalid - American Teen

SZA - Ctrl

The Weeknd - Starboy

[28 November 2017 13:55 · Steve Anderson]

Best Alternative Music Album:

Arcade Fire - Everything Now

Gorillaz - Humanz

LCD Soundsystem - American Dream

Father John Misty - Pure Comedy

The National - The National

[28 November 2017 13:57 · Steve Anderson]

Best Country Album:

Kenny Chesney - Cosmic Hallelujah 

Lady Antebellum - Heart Break

Little Big Town - The Breaker

Thomas Rhett - Life Changes

Chris Stapleton - From A Room: Volume 1

[28 November 2017 14:00 · Steve Anderson]

Here are the nominees in full:

[28 November 2017 14:08 · Steve Anderson]

Artists have begun reacting to the news that their work has been nominated for a Grammy at the 60th awards ceremony in 2018

[28 November 2017 14:12 · Steve Anderson]

Khalid, who released his debut album American Teen this year, has been nominated for a whopping 5 Grammys including Best New Artist 

[28 November 2017 14:16 · Steve Anderson]

Lorde has been nominated for Album of the Year with Melodrama, here's our review