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Find Out Who's Nominated For Best Pop Vocal Album | 2020 GRAMMY Awards

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Some of music's biggest names, including Beyoncé, Billie Eilish, Ariana Grande, Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift will be vying for top pop vocal honors
Nate Hertweck
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Nov 20, 2019 - 6:18 am

This year's pop field of GRAMMY nominees is stacked some of the heaviest hitters in the music world today. Let's take a closer look at the five artists and albums up for Best Pop Vocal Album at the 62nd GRAMMY Awards.  

The Lion King: The Gift – Beyoncé

Reigning supreme as Queen B, Beyoncé continued to expand her horizons with the soundtrack to one of the year's biggest films, showing the world how much "Spirit" she still has inside to share. In all, Bey earned four noms at the 62nd GRAMMY Awards including three for her work on The Lion King: The Gift plus a nod for Best Music Film for her fan favorite Homecoming. 

When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? - Billie Eilish

It was difficult to go anywhere in the music-sphere this year without being drawn into the web of Billie Eilish. After amassing a cavalcade of fans from her pair of 2017 EPs, when her debut album WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? finally arrived, it delivered. Still a teenager, Eilish earned an impressive six nominations this year for the 62nd GRAMMY Awards. 

thank u, next - Ariana Grande

Pop powerhouse Ariana Grande has been on a prolific tear through the music world of late, releasing two GRAMMY nominated albums in just a six month span. Her 2018 effort, Sweetener, won Best Pop Vocal Album at last year's GRAMMY Awards, will the "7 rings" singer score repeat victory in the category this year? 

No.6 Collaborations Project - Ed Sheeran

Proving he can do it all, acoustic pop darling Ed Sheeran released a different kind of LP in 2019, a staggering lineup of collaborations aptly called No.6 Collaborations Project. The album earned Sheeran the 14th GRAMMY nomination of his career. In fact, he won in this same category just two years ago for ÷ (Divide).

Lover - Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift filled her seventh studio album, Lover, with pure pop bliss. Now Swift looks to add another GRAMMY to her trophy shelf. No stranger to this category, Swift was nominated for Best Pop Vocal Album last year for Reputation and won in this category four years ago for 1989, which also earned her the second Album Of The Year GRAMMY of her career. 

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Here Are The Nominees For Best Rock Album | 2020 GRAMMYs

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Massive moments in rock from Bring Me The Horizon, Cage The Elephant, The Cranberries, I Prevail and Rivals Sons made the cut this year
Nate Hertweck
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Nov 20, 2019 - 6:05 am

Simply put, rock rocks. But with that cold hard fact in mind, this year's crop of rock nominees each rock in their own special way, representing a wide swath of styles, influences and followings. With the 62nd GRAMMY nominations now turned up loud for all to hear, let's take a deeper look at the fierce five LPs up for Best Rock Album.

amo - Bring Me The Horizon

Few bands in this (or any) category have covered as much stylistic ground as Bring Me The Horizon. And with their sixth album, amo, BMTH boldly infused their aggressive, emotional sound with electro-pop, hip-hop and EDM elements, with stunning results. The album's lead single "MANTRA" received a nomination last year, the first of the band's career, for Best Rock Song.

Social Cues - Cage The Elephant

On their fifth studio effort, Cage the Elephant dug deep, using music to cope with some serious life challenges, breaking new ground musically in the process. Social Cues seeks a repeat win in the category, as their previous album, Tell Me I'm Pretty, earned the band Best Rock Album three years ago, the first GRAMMY of their career 

In The End - The Cranberries

The bittersweet arrival of In The End marks the Cranberries' final album following the death of influential lead singer Dolores O'Riordan, who is featured posthumously on the album. The eighth album of the band's long career earns them their first career GRAMMY nomination. 

Trauma - I Prevail

Persevering through a serious vocal chord injury to vocalist Brian Burkeiser, Detroit's I Prevail triumph on Trauma, their sophomore LP. On the brink of falling apart, the band rallied instead, emerging to make the album they wanted to hear without outside input. They've been rewarded for their efforts with their first career GRAMMY nominations, Best Rock Album as well as Best Metal Performance for Trauma's "Bow Down."  

Feral Roots - Rival Sons

This has been a breakout year for Rival Sons, co-headlining a tour with Stone Temple Pilots, paying tribute to Black Sabbath on "GRAMMY Salute to Music Legends" and dropping a game-changing Dave Cobb-produced LP, Feral Roots. Their sixth studio album shows off the band's raw, dangerous side and has now earned the group its first two career GRAMMY nominations, Best Rock Album plus Best Rock Performance for "Too Bad." 

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(L-R) Timothy B. Schmit, Vince Gill, Don Henley, Decon Frey and Joe Walsh
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Eagles & The Doobie Brothers Announce Cabo San Lucas Luxury Concert Experience

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Cabo en Vivo unveils plans for a high-end Memorial Day 2020 destination concert featuring two musical legends performing on the Cabo beachfront
Nate Hertweck
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Dec 3, 2019 - 2:10 pm

In a double bill for the ages, the Eagles and the Doobie Brothers team up to play back-to-back nights during a luxury destination getaway to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, over Memorial Day weekend.

On Saturday, May 23, The Doobies, featuring Tom Johnston, Michael McDonald, Pat Simmons and John McFee, will take the stage. The following night on Sunday, May 24, the Eagles, Don Henley, Joe Walsh and Timothy B. Schmit, with Deacon Frey and Vince Gill, will delight the intimate Cabo crowd. Each band will be performing a set of their biggest hits, according to presenters Cabo en Vivo

The Eagles won their first of six career GRAMMY Awards for 1975 for Best Pop Vocal Performance By A Duo, Group Or Chorus for "Lyin' Eyes." Since, they've been nominated for a GRAMMY a whopping 18 times. The Doobie Brothers have won two GRAMMYs, both for 1979, where they took home the award for Record Of The Year for "What A Fool Believes."

Both of these musical legends will bring their impressive catalog of hits for intimate beachfront performances in the beautiful Cabo Corridor. The event is limited to 5,000 attendees.

Tickets go on sale to the general public on Dec. 20. For more information on ticket packages and experiences, visit Cabo en Vivo's website.

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"WE ARE ALL WINNERS": 2020 GRAMMY Award Nominees React On Social Media

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From first-time nominees Lizzo, Billie Eilish and Lil Nas X to GRAMMY winners James Blake, H.E.R., Ariana Grande and The Chemical Brothers, current nominees are filling their social media with messages of gratitude and joy
Ana Yglesias
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Nov 20, 2019 - 1:06 pm

With the full 62nd GRAMMY Award nominations dropping bright and early this morning, the music industry is now wide awake and celebrating on social media.

Read on to share in the excitement with some of the 2020 GRAMMY nominees: Lizzo, James Blake, Billie Eilish, H.E.R., Yola, Lil Nas X, Ariana Grande and more!

First-time nominee Lizzo is "feelin' good as hell" about her momentous eight nods, which include Record Of The Year, Album Of The Year and Best New Artist. She took to her Twitter bright and early, not long after the news went live to share the big mood. "THIS HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE YEAR FOR MUSIC AND IM JUST SO THANKFUL TO EVEN BE PART OF IT," she beamed in her second tweet, followed by "WE ARE ALL WINNERS." Congrats, queen!

Billie Eilish is another first-time nominee who's also up for Record Of The Year, Album Of The Year Best New Artist and more. The young anti-pop star, whose older brother FINNEAS produces her music, wrote "BETWEEN ME & MY BROTHER ITS 11 NOMINATIONS thank u grammyyys this is an honor." Talk about a sibling power duo!

Another first-time nominee and Best New Artist contender, Yola, is reveling in this big day. "I'm trying to find the right words for the @RecordingAcad nominations this morning, this is an absolute dream!!" the rising Queen of Country Soul first wrote on Twitter this morning.

Two hours later, the British songstress came up with a few more words to summarize her joy: "To be be nominated for four @RecordingAcad #GRAMMYs in the 10th month of my debut year is beyond a dream come true. Thank you to my incredible team and everyone who has supported and believed in me along the way. I'm truly honoured to be in the category with every artist nominated."

Country/trap king Lil Nas X also joined the first-time nominee rodeo with six nods, including for Best New Artist, Album Of The Year—for his debut EP, 7—and Record Of The Year for "Old Town Road."

"NO F***ING WAY" he wrote on Twitter. Yee-haw indeed, cowboy.

GRAMMY-winning alt-electro crooner James Blake, who was a Best New Artist nominee back at the 56th GRAMMY Awards, also took to social media to share the weight of this prestigious peer recognition. "Assume Form nominated for best alternative album! This one meant a huge amount to me. ahhhhhhhhh! LOVE YOU ALL," he wrote on Instagram.

Rising R&B powerhouse H.E.R., won her first two GRAMMYs at the 61st GRAMMY Awards, where she was a Best New Artist nominee. She is understandably thrilled about her five nominations this year, and gave her tweet the all-caps, multiple-exclamation-point treatment: "5 NOMINATIONS!!!! WHAAAAAT. THATS CRAZY!!!! AGAAAAAINNNNNN. AAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. GOD IS GREAT."

Pop queen Ariana Grande may have won her first GRAMMY earlier this year, for Sweetener, but she was still blown away by today's news. She is up for five awards this year, including for Album Of The Year and Best Pop Vocal Album (the gramophone she snagged in 2019) for her 2019 follow-up, thank u, next.

In one of her excited tweets this morning she wrote, "thank u for acknowledging this music my beautiful best friends and i created in just a few weeks together. the acknowledgement is truly enough on its own for me and my heart."

GRAMMY-winning alt-rock stalwarts Cage The Elephant were stoked to earn another Best Rock Album nod, the category they won at the 59th GRAMMY Awards. The band wrote, "Such a blessing and honor to wake up this morning and see we're nominated for a GRAMMY!!! BIG LOVE!!!! @RecordingAcad #GRAMMYs2020 #GrammyNominations #GRAMMYs."

First-time nominees and Brit-rock experimenters The 1975 are celebrating their Best Rock Song nomination, sharing, "// B E S T R O C K S O N G - N O M I N A T I O N // @RecordingAcad L O V E #GRAMMYs," along with a picture featuring lyrics from the nominated song, "Give Yourself A Try."

Nigerian Afro-fusion artist Burna Boy also received his first GRAMMY nomination this year, as his major 2019 album, African Giant, is up for Best World Music Album. He joined in the conversation, retweeting a plethora of fan congrats, as well as his own post, which simply read, "African Giant #GRAMMYs @RecordingAcad!!"

Young rapper YBN Cordae officially joins the ranks of GRAMMY-nominated artists with his two first-ever nods (Best Rap Song and Best New Rap Album) for his 2019 debut LP, The Lost Boy. He shared his excitement with a tearful video of gratitude on his IG stories, as well as several tweets, one of which read, "Bro my DEBUT album got nominated for BEST RAP ALBUM..... this sh*t crazy."

He also tweeted a video of himself from just two years ago, prophesizing more was on the horizon ("This is just the beginning…give me two years"). "Don't let nobody tell you can't do whatever the f**k you put your mind too," this tweet read. Dayum, word.

While there are far too many nominees to share in this article, let's go out with pivotal U.K. electronic duo The Chemical Brothers, who are up for three GRAMMYs this year, including Best Dance/Electronic Album. They were first nominated (and won) back at the 40th GRAMMY Awards, for their classic 1997 track "Block Rockin' Beats."

"Joyful about today's 3 Grammy @RecordingAcad nominations for Best Dance/Electronic Album (No Geography), Best Dance Recording (Got To Keep On) & Best Music Video (We've Got To Try)! Love & gratitude to all that made it possible! #NoGeography #GRAMMYNoms #GRAMMYs #ChemicalBrothers," they shared.

Stay tuned to GRAMMY.com, our YouTube page, our social channels (follow us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter) and our newsletter (sign up below) for the latest on all things 62nd GRAMMY Awards. And don't forget to tune in on Jan. 26, 2020 to catch the Biggest Night In Music to find out who takes home the golden gramophones!

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:NEXT With Sierra Lever: The Rising Music Marketer Talks Artist Storytelling, Kendrick Lamar & More

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The future industry leader and Associate Marketing Director at Columbia Records opens up about how 'Good Kid, M.A.A.D City' inspired her to champion artists' stories and pursue a career in music
Nate Hertweck
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Nov 11, 2019 - 1:31 pm

Meet Sierra Lever, a young music professional primed to make waves in the industry. As Associate Marketing Director at Columbia Records, she already has worked on such major releases as Tyga, Polo G, Chloe X Halle, Chase B, and previously at Motown Records on Migos, Stefflon Don, Zaytoven, and more. She's also featured in the latest episode of :NEXT, the Recording Academy’s new digital short-run series featuring the future of the music industry.

Music Marketer Sierra Lever Is :NEXT

Her journey began back home in Portland, where she put on parties to showcase local talent. She began booking more artists, big artists, such as Too $hort and Big Krit on her college campus. Her DIY spirit and interest in the behind-the-scenes workings of the music business led to her joining GRAMMY U and eventually taking an internship in the Recording Academy, where she worked in the Awards department and the Executive Office.

This wide range of experience helped illuminate Sierra's path into marketing, where she could learn how to tell artists' stories in a way that helps spread the word about their music. And while going to a Spice Girls concert as a little girl that lit the initial spark of Sierra's interest in music, it was a seminal hip-hop album that showed her the way to a career in the industry.

"Kendrick Lamar's Good Kid, M.A.A.D City was the album that really inspired me to enter into the music industry," she said. "[It] really tells his story. And it connected to me, and it connected to so many, It really represented the pressures of our environment that we live in… the minute I listened to it, it was on repeat. There's really no skips for this album. It's very thematic. It has all these different themes from the Bible to street violence to love and lust, all those different elements."

Sierra felt she was part of something when she listened to that album. Not content to be just a fan, she wanted to share that sense of belonging. She drew inspiration from the artists she loved and channeled those storytelling concepts into her own career on the business side of music.

"You have to be a student of the game," she said. "That is what really shows. You see these artists and you see how them studying the game really translates to their evolution over time, and I feel like that's the same for me working as a professional in music, [finding my] individuality [and] really taking risks."

Sierra first heard about :NEXT as an intern at the Academy. As her eligibility for GRAMMY U was coming to a close, Lever thought it'd be the perfect segue into a professional career. She was right.

"The best part about being a 'Nexter' is really being able to connect with your peers and see your peers evolve. That is a big thing for me, to be able to support each other, to know that you do have a support system," she said, adding, "We have panels, we have these industry vets that we get to have that face time with and connection with."

Sierra also talks fondly of her mentor, Recording Academy Washington D.C. Chapter Executive Director Jeriel Johnson. "He is someone who is really connected in the urban [music] space, someone who is a leader within it. I identified with him in the sense of, this is where I want to go and where I want to grow," she said.

"The most valuable lesson I learned from him is to always try," Sierra said. "Always go with your foot forward in the sense of, 'I'm learning and I'm going to be successful.'"

Now, Lever is striving to pursue her dreams in the music industry, and being a part of :NEXT has helped her stay on course. She compares the support she's received—and given to her fellow young music professionals—to that of a family.

"I will say this: The GRAMMYs, they are a family to me. There are so many people who have seen me evolve over time," Sierra says.

Her long-term vision is to continue to tell artists' stories, and she's off to a great start. She puts it best when asked what else she's learned from Johnson,  her :NEXT mentor, about being successful in music:

"When you strive for success, you never fail, you just learn."

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