Beyoncé Dominates The 2017 Grammy Awards Nominations With Drake, Kanye & RiRi Close Behind

When life hands you lemons, make Lemonade and then collect a butt-tonne of awards. Beyoncé is UNSTOPPABLE having just topped the 2017 Grammy Awards nominations with nine nods, followed closely by Drake, Kanye West, Rihanna who are all nominated for eight.

Revealed earlier by Meghan Trainor, facing off for Album Of The Year are Adele's 25, Beyoncé's Lemonade, Justin Bieber's Purpose, Drake's Views and Sturgill Simpson's A Sailor's Guide To Earth, while Queen Bey and Adele both go head-to-head once more in the Record Of The Year and Song Of The Year categories too.

Can we take a minute to highlight Chance The Rapper's seven nominations too, please? He's up for Best New Artist, Best Rap Song ('No Problem') Best Rap Album (Coloring Book) and more. Fun fact: Coloring Book is the first streaming-only record to be recognised by the academy having not physical or digital download copies made available.

Elsewhere other congrats among the many categories go to twenty one pilots who grabbed five nominations and Justin Bieber with four. Plus there were posthumous nods for David Bowie and Prince.

But where are Frank Ocean's nominations we hear you cry? You can read why Blond wasn't eligible here.

2017 Grammy Awards Nominations:

In the main categories:

Album Of The Year

Adele - 25
Beyoncé - Lemonade
Justin Bieber - Purpose
Drake - Views
Sturgill Simpson - A Sailor's Guide To Earth

Record Of The Year

Adele - Hello
Beyoncé - Formation
Lukas Graham - 7 Years
Rihanna - Work
Twenty One Pilots - Stressed Out

Song Of The Year

Adele - Hello
Beyonce - Formation
Justin Bieber - Love Yourself
Lukas Graham - 7 Years
Mike Posner - I Took A Pill In Ibiza

Best New Artist

Kelsea Ballerini
The Chainsmokers
Chance The Rapper
Maren Morris
Anderson .Paak

And in some of the others...

Best Music Video 

Beyoncé - Formation
Leon Bridges - River
Coldplay - Up & Up
Jamie XX - Gosh
OK Go - Upside Down & Inside Out

Best Pop Vocal Album

Adele - 25
Justin Bieber - Purpose
Ariana Grande - Dangerous Woman
Demi Lovato - Confident
Sia - This Is Acting

Best Dance/Electronic Album 

Flume - Skin
Jean-Michel Jarre - Electronica 1: The Time Machine
Tycho - Epoch
Underworld - Barbara Barbara, We Face A Shining Future by
Louie Vega - Louie Vega Starring…XXVIII

Best Rock Album

Blink-182 - California
Cage The Elephant - Tell Me I'm Pretty 
Gojira - Magma
Panic! At The Disco - Death Of A Bachelor
Weezer - Weezer

Best Alternative Music Album 

Bon Iver - 22, A Million
David Bowie - Blackstar
PJ Harvey - The Hope Six Demolition Project
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression
Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool 

Best Urban Contemporary Album

Beyoncé - Lemonade 
Gallant - Ology 
King - We Are King 
Anderson .Paak - Malibu
Rihanna - ANTI

The 2017 Grammy Awards will take place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Sunday, 12th February hosted by our very own James Corden.

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