The big-voiced singer will battle Ed Sheeran, Miley Cyrus, Ariana Grande, Katy Perry and Coldplay in the latter category. Sam's six nominations include best pop solo performance and pop vocal album for his debut, In the Lonely Hour, one of the year's top-selling albums. Sia, who also earned four nominations, had a breakthrough this year with Chandelier after writing songs for other singers, from Rihanna to Beyonce to Katy Perry.
Eric Church and Miranda Lambert, both nominated in all four country categories, will compete for best country album, along with Clark, Dierks Bentley and Lee Ann Womack. Iggy Azalea's Fancy is nominated for record of the year, while Hozier's Take Me to Church is up for song of the year, a songwriter's award.Īzalea, the Australian newcomer, earned four nominations, including best rap album for "The New Classic," best pop duo/group performance for "Fancy" with Charli XCX and best new artist, pitting her and Smith against pop-rock trio HAIM, English band Bastille and country singer Brandy Clark.īeck, Jack White, Usher, Drake, Jay-Z, composer Gordon Goodwin and mastering engineer Tom Coyne also earned four nominations each. For song and record of the year, Sam's Stay With Me will battle Taylor Swift's Shake It Off, Meghan Trainor's All About That Bass and Sia's Chandelier. Her nominations include best urban contemporary album as well as R&B song and R&B performance for Drunk in Love featuring Jay-Z. Beyonce, surprisingly, was not up for song or record of the year.
Sam is up for key honors such as best new artist and song and record of the year for his hit Stay With Me.
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