[Shaun]

The cut-off period for nominations was October 31, 2018-August 31, 2019. Which would explain the absence of big hitters like Kanye, Post Malone, fka twigs and, erm, Charli XCX in the album categories.

The big ones:

Album of the Year
Ariana Grande (Thank U, Next)
Billie Eilish (WWAFAWDWG)
Bon Iver (i, i)
H.E.R. (I Used to Know Her)
Lana Del Rey (Norman ****ing Rockwell!!)
Lil Nas X (7)
Lizzo (Cuz I Love You)
Vampire Weekend (Father of the Bride)

Record of the Year
Ariana Grande - 7 rings
Billie Eilish - Bad Guy
Bon Iver - Hey, Ma
H.E.R. - Hard Place
Khalid - Talk
Lil Nas X - Old Town Road
Lizzo - Truth Hurts
Post Malone - Sunflower

Song of the Year
Billie Eilish - Bad Guy
H.E.R. - Hard Place
Lady Gaga - Always Remember Us This Way
Lana Del Rey - Norman ****ing Rockwell
Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved
Lizzo - Truth Hurts
Tanya Tucker - Bring My Flowers Now
Taylor Swift - Lover

Best New Artist
Black Pumas
Billie Eilish
Lil Nas X
Lizzo
Maggie Rogers
Rosalía
Tank and the Bangas
Yola

Best Music Video
The Chemical Brothers - We’ve Got to Try
Gary Clark Jr. - This Land
FKA Twigs - Cellophane
Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus - Old Town Road (Official Movie)
Tove Lo - Glad He’s Gone

-----------other major ones-------------

Best Pop Solo Performance
Beyoncé - Spirit
Billie Eilish - Bad Guy
Ariana Grande - 7 rings
Lizzo - Truth Hurts
Taylor Swift - You Need to Calm Down

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Ariana Grande & the Social House - Boyfriend
The Jonas Brothers - Sucker
Lil Nas X - Old Town Road [ft. Billy Ray Cyrus]
Post Malone - Sunflower [ft. Swae Lee]
Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello - Señorita

Best Pop Vocal Album
Beyoncé - The Lion King: The Gift
Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
Ariana Grande - thank u, next
Ed Sheeran - No.6 Collaborations Project
Taylor Swift - Lover

Best Rap Album
Dreamville - Revenge of the Dreamers III
Meek Mill - Championships
21 Savage - I Am > I Was
Tyler, the Creator - IGOR
YBN Cordae - The Lost Boy

Best Rap Song
YBN Cordae - Bad Idea [ft. Chance the Rapper]
Rick Ross - Gold Roses [ft. Drake]
21 Savage - A Lot [ft. J. Cole]
Nipsey Hussle - Racks in the Middle [ft. Roddy Ricch and Hit-Boy]
DaBaby - Suge

Best Rock Album
Bring Me the Horizon - amo
Cage the Elephant - Social Cues
The Cranberries - In the End
I Prevail - Trauma
Rival Sons - Feral Roots

Best Rock Song
Tool - Fear Inoculum
The 1975 - Give Yourself a Try
Vampire Weekend - Harmony Hall
Brittany Howard - History Repeats
Gary Clark Jr. - This Land

Best Alternative Music Album
Big Thief - U.F.O.F.
James Blake - Assume Form
Bon Iver - i,i
Vampire Weekend - Father of the Bride
Thom Yorke - ANIMA

Best Urban Contemporary Album
Steve Lacy - Apollo XXI
Lizzo - Cuz I Love You
Georgia Anne Muldrow - Overload
Nao - Saturn
Jessie Reyez - Being Human in Public

Best R&B Album
BJ the Chicago Kid - 1123
Lucy Daye - Painted
Ella Mai - Ella Mai
PJ Morton - Paul
Anderson .Paak - Ventura

Best Dance Recording
Bonobo - Linked
The Chemical Brothers - Got to Keep On
Medusa - Piece of Your Heart [ft. Goodboys]
RÜFÜS DU SOL - Underwater
Skrillex and Boys Noize - Midnight Hour [ft. Ty Dolla $ign]

It's been a rough year for music so there's only a handful of smaller artists I'm sad not to score a nod or two (Weyes Blood, slowthai, Nilufer Yanya, Sharon van Etten, Foals, James Blake).

But only three nominations for Taylor Lizzo has the most (eight), followed by Lil Nas X and Billie Eilish (six).

[MB.]

Why am I finding it so funny that Tanya Tucker is nominated in the same category as Billie Eilish and Lizzo

[Shaun]

she's come a long way since Footballers' Wives

[Nicky91]

well Lizzo is the new big thing within music, Taylor is old news now