2014 Grammy Award Nominees Revealed; Kendrick Lamar, Pharrell and Jay Z Lead The Way

Last night, the Grammy Nominations Concert was held and, as you can tell from its name, the event included the revealing of all the nominees for the 2014 award show that takes place on Sunday, Jan. 26. And for those unfamiliar with how they choose what to nominate, the committee looks at albums and songs released between October 2012 through September 2013.

Now that we have the specifics out of the way, we can take a look at the artists up for the most awards. Several acts we cover regularly are up for a bunch: Jay Z is nominated for nine; Kendrick Lamar, Pharrell, and Justin Timberlake for seven; and Drake and Daft Punk for five. Not bad, eh? OK, I know most people (myself included!) like to poop on the Grammys, but I can always get behind artists like these getting recognized for their work on such a huge stage.

I have shared the categories we care about the most here at Potholes below, though you can peep the full lineup at the Grammy website.

Song of the Year

• “Just Give Me A Reason,” Pink f/ Nate Ruess
• “Locked Out Of Heaven,” Bruno Mars
• “Roar,” Katy Perry
• “Royals,” Lorde
• “Same Love,” Macklemore & Ryan Lewis f/ Mary Lambert

Record Of The Year

• “Get Lucky” Daft Punk & Pharrell Williams
• “Radioactive” Imagine Dragons
• “Royals” Lorde
• “Locked Out Of Heaven” Bruno Mars
• “Blurred Lines” Robin Thicke f/ T.I. & Pharrell Williams

Album of the Year

• The Blessed Unrest, Sara Bareilles
• Random Access Memories, Daft Punk
• good kid m.A.A.d. city, Kendrick Lamar
• The Heist, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
• Red, Taylor Swift

Best New Artist

• James Blake
• Kendrick Lamar
• Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
• Kacey Musgraves
• Ed Sheeran

Best Rap Performance

• “Started From The Bottom” Drake
• “Berzerk” Eminem
• “Tom Ford” Jay Z
• “Swimming Pools (Drank)” Kendrick Lamar
• “Thrift Shop” Macklemore & Ryan Lewis f/ Wanz

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration

• “Power Trip” J. Cole f/ Miguel
• “Part II (On The Run)” Jay Z f/ Beyoncé
• “Holy Grail” Jay Z f/ Justin Timberlake
• “Now Or Never” Kendrick Lamar f/ Mary J. Blige
• “Remember You” Wiz Khalifa f/ The Weeknd

Best Rap Song

• “F***in’ Problems” Tauheed Epps, Aubrey Graham, Kendrick Lamar, Rakim Mayers & Noah Shebib, songwriters (ASAP Rocky Featuring Drake, 2 Chainz & Kendrick Lamar)
• “Holy Grail” Shawn Carter, Terius Nash, J. Harmon, Timothy Mosley, Justin Timberlake & Ernest Wilson, songwriters (Kurt Cobain, Dave Grohl & Krist Novoselic, songwriters) (Jay Z Featuring Justin Timberlake)
• “New Slaves” Christopher Breaux, Ben Bronfman, Mike Dean, Louis Johnson, Malik Jones, Elon Rutberg, Sakiya Sandifer, Che Smith, Kanye West & Cydell Young, songwriters (Anna Adamis & Gabor Presser, songwriters) (Kanye West)
• “Started From The Bottom” W. Coleman, Aubrey Graham & Noah Shebib, songwriters (Bruno Sanfilippo, songwriter) (Drake)
• “Thrift Shop” Ben Haggerty & Ryan Lewis, songwriters (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Wanz)

Best Rap Album

• Nothing Was The Same, Drake
• Magna Carta…Holy Grail, Jay Z
• good kid, m.A.A.d. city, Kendrick Lamar
• The Heist, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
• Yeezus, Kanye West

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

• “Get Lucky,” Daft Punk & Pharrell Williams
• “Just Give Me A Reason,” Pink f/ Nate Ruess
• “Stay,” Rihanna f/ Mikky Ekko
• “Blurred Lines,” Robin Thicke f/ T.I. & Pharrell Williams
• “Suit & Tie,” Justin Timberlake & Jay-Z

Best Dance/Electronica Album

• Random Access Memories, Daft Punk
• Settle, Disclosure
• 18 Months, Calvin Harris
• Atmosphere, Kaskade
• A Color Map Of The Sun, Pretty Lights

Best Dance Recording

• “Need U (100%)” Duke Dumont f/ A*M*E & MNEK
• “Sweet Nothing” Calvin Harris f/ Florence Welch
• “Atmosphere” Kaskade
• “This Is What It Feels Like” Armin Van Buuren f/ Trevor Guthrie
• “Clarity” Zedd f/ Foxes

Best R&B Performance

• “Love And War” Tamar Braxton
• “Best Of Me” Anthony Hamilton
• “Nakamarra” Hiatus Kaiyote Featuring Q-Tip
• “How Many Drinks?” Miguel Featuring Kendrick Lamar
• “Something” Snarky Puppy With Lalah Hathaway

Best Urban Contemporary Album

• Love And War, Tamar Braxton
• Side Effects Of You, Fantasia
• One: In The Chamber, Salaam Remi
• Unapologetic, Rihanna
• New York: A Love Story, Mack Wilds

Best R&B Album

• R&B Divas ,Faith Evans
• Girl On Fire, Alicia Keys
• Love In The Future, John Legend
• Better, Chrisette Michele
• Three Kings, TGT

Best Traditional R&B Performance

• “Please Come Home” Gary Clark Jr.
• “Get It Right” Fantasia
• “Quiet Fire” Maysa
• “Hey Laura” Gregory Porter
• “Yesterday” Ryan Shaw

Best R&B Song

• “Best Of Me” Anthony Hamilton & Jairus Mozee, songwriters (Anthony Hamilton)
• “Love And War” Tamar Braxton, Darhyl Camper, Jr., LaShawn Daniels & Makeba Riddick, songwriters (Tamar Braxton)
• “Only One” PJ Morton, songwriter (PJ Morton Featuring Stevie Wonder)
• “Pusher Love Girl” James Fauntleroy, Jerome Harmon, Timothy Mosley & Justin Timberlake, songwriters (Justin Timberlake)
• “Without Me” Fantasia Barrino, Missy Elliott, Al Sherrod Lambert, Harmony Samuels & Kyle Stewart, songwriters (Fantasia Featuring Kelly Rowland & Missy Elliot)

Producer of the Year, Non-classical

• Rob Cavallo
• Dr. Luke
• Ariel Rechtshaid
• Jeff Tweedy
• Pharrell Williams