Country Artists Score Highly in 2019 Grammy Nominations

    Kacey Musgraves and Luke Combs in meansteam categories as well as country!

    Luke Combs and Kacey Musgraves are among the country artists who have appeared in the all-genre categories in the 2019 Grammy Nominations.

    Margo Price is alongside Luke Combs in the Best New Artist category, while Golden Hour, Kacey Musgraves' third studio album is up for best album, rubbing shoulders with Drake and Post Malone.

    Here are the country categories, plus the all-genre categories that have country artists in the lists...

     

     

    Best Country Album

    Unapologetically, Kelsea Ballerini
    Port Saint Joe, Brothers Osborne
    Girl Going Nowhere, Ashley McBryde
    Golden Hour, Kacey Musgraves
    From A Room: Vol. 2, Chris Stapleton

     

    Best Country Song (Awarded to Songwriters)

    "Break Up in the End," Cole Swindell (Jessie Jo Dillon, Chase McGill and Jon Nite)
    "Dear Hate," Maren Morris feat. Vince Gill (Tom Douglas, David Hodges and Maren Morris)
    "I Lived It," Blake Shelton (Rhett Akins, Ross Copperman, Ashley Gorley and Ben Hayslip)
    "Space Cowboy," Kacey Musgraves (Luke Laird, Shane McAnally and Kacey Musgraves)
    "Tequila," Dan + Shay (Nicolle Galyon, Jordan Reynolds and Dan Smyers)
    "When Someone Stops Loving You," Little Big Town (Hillary Lindsey, Chase McGill and Lori McKenna)

     

    Best Country Solo Performance

    "Wouldn't It Be Great?" Loretta Lynn
    "Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters," Maren Morris
    "Butterflies," Kacey Musgraves
    "Millionaire," Chris Stapleton
    "Parallel Line," Keith Urban

     

    Best Country Duo / Group Performance

    "Shoot Me Straight," Brothers Osborne
    "Tequila," Dan + Shay
    "When Someone Stops Loving You," Little Big Town
    "Dear Hate," Maren Morris feat. Vince Gill
    "Meant to Be," Florida Georgia Line and Bebe Rexha

     

    Album of the Year

    Invasions of Privacy, Cardi B
    By the Way, I Forgive You, Brandi Carlile
    Scorpion, Drake
    H.E.R., H.E.R.
    Beer Bongs & Bentleys, Post Malone
    Dirty Computer, Janelle Monae
    Golden Hour, Kacey Musgraves
    Black Panther: The Album, Kendrick Lamar

     

    Record of the Year

    "I Like It," Cardi B
    "The Joke," Brandi Carlile
    "This Is America," Childish Gambino
    "God's Plan," Drake
    "Shallow," Lady Gaga
    "All the Stars," Kendrick Lamar and SZA
    "Rockstar," Post Malone feat. 21
    "The Middle," Maren Morris, Zedd and Grey

     

    Song of the Year

    "All The Stars" — Kendrick Duckworth, Solána Rowe, Al Shuckburgh, Mark Spears & Anthony Tiffith, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar & SZA)
    "Boo'd Up" — Larrance Dopson, Joelle James, Ella Mai & Dijon McFarlane, songwriters (Ella Mai)
    "God's Plan" — Aubrey Graham, Daveon Jackson, Brock Korsan, Ron LaTour, Matthew Samuels & Noah Shebib, songwriters (Drake)
    "In My Blood" — Teddy Geiger, Scott Harris, Shawn Mendes & Geoffrey Warburton, songwriters (Shawn Mendes)
    "The Joke" — Brandi Carlile, Dave Cobb, Phil Hanseroth & Tim Hanseroth, songwriters (Brandi Carlile)
    "The Middle" — Sarah Aarons, Jordan K. Johnson, Stefan Johnson, Marcus Lomax, Kyle Trewartha, Michael Trewartha & Anton Zaslavski, songwriters (Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey)
    "Shallow" — Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando & Andrew Wyatt, songwriters (Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper)
    "This Is America" — Donald Glover & Ludwig Goransson, songwriters (Childish Gambino)

     

    Best New Artist

    Chloe x Halle
    Luke Combs
    Greta Van Fleet
    H.E.R.
    Dua Lipa
    Margo Price
    Bebe Rexha
    Jorja Smith

     

     

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