On Friday, December 5, The Recording Academy® kicked off the 57th Annual GRAMMY Awards® nominations on “CBS This Morning,” with Pharrell Williams and Ed Sheeran announcing nominees for Record Of The Year, Best Country Album, Best Pop Vocal Album, and Best Urban Contemporary Album. Following was a series of additional nominations announced via Twitter video made by artists and celebrities, including Jake Owen, watch here: https://twitter.com/jakeowen.
For the latest list of nominations in 82 out of 83 categories, go to www.grammy.com/nominees, and follow @theGRAMMYs to see the artist announcements and join the #GRAMMYs conversation.
Country Music GRAMMY Nominees
Best New Artist
Iggy Azalea
Label: Def Jam Recordings
Bastille
Label: Virgin Records
Brandy Clark
Label: Slate Creek Records
Haim
Label: Columbia Records
Sam Smith
Label: Capitol Records
Best Country Solo Performance
Give Me Back My Hometown
Eric Church
Track from: The Outsiders
Label: EMI Nashville
Invisible
Hunter Hayes
Track from: Storyline
Label: Atlantic Records
Automatic
Miranda Lambert
Track from: Platinum
Label: RCA Nashville
Something In The Water
Carrie Underwood
Label: Sony Nashville
Cop Car
Keith Urban
Track from: Fuse
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
Gentle On My Mind
The Band Perry
Track from: Glen Campbell, I’ll Be Me Soundtrack EP
Label: Big Machine Records
Somethin’ Bad
Miranda Lambert With Carrie Underwood
Track from: Platinum
Label: RCA Nashville
Day Drinking
Little Big Town
Label: Capitol Nashville
Meanwhile Back At Mama’s
Tim McGraw Featuring Faith Hill
Track from: Sundown Heaven Town
Label: Big Machine Records
Raise ‘Em Up
Keith Urban Featuring Eric Church
Track from: Fuse
Label: Capitol Nashville
Best Country Song
American Kids
Rodney Clawson, Luke Laird & Shane McAnally, songwriters (Kenny Chesney)
Label: Blue Chair Records, LLC / Columbia Nashville
Automatic
Nicolle Galyon, Natalie Hemby & Miranda Lambert, songwriters (Miranda Lambert)
Track from: Platinum
Label: RCA Nashville; Publishers: Sony/ATV Tree Publishing/Pink Dog Publishing admin. by Sony/ATV Music Publishing, LLC/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp./EMI Blackwood Music Inc./Wruckestrike
Give Me Back My Hometown
Eric Church & Luke Laird, songwriters (Eric Church)
Track from: The Outsiders
Label: EMI Nashville; Publishers: Sony/ATV Tree Publishing/Longer And Louder Music, admin. by Sony/ATV Music PublishingLLC/Songs Of Universal , Inc./Creative Nation Music/Twangin And Slangin, admin. by Songs Of Universal, Inc.
I’m Not Gonna Miss You
Glen Campbell & Julian Raymond, songwriters (Glen Campbell)
Track from: Glen Campbell, I’ll Be Me Soundtrack
Label: Big Machine Records
Meanwhile Back At Mama’s
Tom Douglas, Jaren Johnston & Jeffrey Steele, songwriters (Tim McGraw Featuring Faith Hill)
Label: Big Machine Records
Best Country Album
Riser
Dierks Bentley
Label: Capitol Records
The Outsiders
Eric Church
Label: EMI Nashville
12 Stories
Brandy Clark
Label: Slate Creek Records
Platinum
Miranda Lambert
Label: RCA Nashville
The Way I’m Livin’
Lee Ann Womack
Label: Sugar Hill Records