Childish Gambino (Donald Glover), Jay-Z, Kendrick Lamar, Lorde and Bruno Mars all got nominated for their incredible work this year.
For the first time in nineteen years the Grammys’ best album category, there have been no white men nominated. The nominees are “Awaken my Love” by Childish Gambino, ‘Melodrama’ by Lorde, '4:44' by Jay-Z, 'Damn' by Kendrick Lamar, and ‘24K Magic’ by Bruno Mars. Also of note: all these albums are really really great. Has that ever happened before? Redbone was one of the best songs of the year, and “Damn”? What is that a title, or the reaction I have to hearing the songs from it?? Yeah, we make the jokes, here.
Other notable nominations include R+B artist Khalid — whose reaction to being nominated for a Grammy was adorably chronicled by him on Twitter in absolutely the best way—