Canadians Drake, Justin Bieber, Bob Moses, and Tory Lanez nab nominations for 2017 Grammys

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      The Recording Academy unveiled the full list of nominees for the 59th annual Grammy Awards this morning (December 6) and among them is a healthy showing of Canadian artists.

      Toronto rapper and self-proclaimed “6ix god” Drake earned nominations in the album of the year and rap of album of the year categories for his fourth studio effort, Views, as well as record of the year and best pop duo/group performance nods for his collaboration with Rihanna, “Work”.

      He also appears in the best R&B song, best rap performance, and best rap/sung performance classes for his work on fellow GTA rapper PartyNextDoor’s “Come and See Me”—which will face off with Toronto rapper Tory Lanez’s “Luv”—“Pop Style”, and “Hotline Bling”, respectively. “Hotling Bling” also made the list for best rap song.

      Drake received the second-most nominations for 2017’s awards, tying with Rihanna and Kanye West, who all trail behind Beyonce’s nine nominations.

      Wrapping up what has arguably been his comeback year, Justin Bieber earned nominations in the album of the year and best pop vocal album categories for Purpose. The Stratford, Ontario, native’s “Love Yourself” also appears in the song of the year and best pop solo performance groups.

      Representing Vancouver are downtempo electro duo Bob Moses, who got ups in the best dance recording category for “Tearing Me Up”, and Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society, an 18-piece jazz band led by Vancouver-born composer Darcy James Argue, whose Real Enemies made the shortlist for best large jazz ensemble album. 

      Also of note is Chance the Rapper, who received seven nominations—the third-most among all artists—thanks to a wildly successful year marked by the release of his critically acclaimed mixtape, Coloring Book.

      Rock legend Davie Bowie received five posthumous nods: best alternative music album, best recording package, and best engineered album, non-classical, for Blackstar; and best rock performance and best rock song for his track of the same name.

      The 59th annual Grammy Awards takes place on February 12, 2017 in Los Angeles.

      Check out the nominees for the major and aforementioned categories below. Visit the Recording Academy’s website to see the full list of nominees in all 84 categories.

      Album of the year

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

      Record of the year

      "Hello" — Adele
      "Formation" — Beyoncé
      "7 Years" — Lukas Graham
      "Work" — Rihanna featuring Drake
      "Stressed Out" — Twenty One Pilots

      Song of the year

      "Formation" — Khalif Brown, Asheton Hogan, Beyoncé Knowles & Michael L. Williams II, songwriters (Beyoncé)
      "Hello" — Adele Adkins & Greg Kurstin, songwriters (Adele)
      "I Took A Pill In Ibiza" — Mike Posner, songwriter (Mike Posner)
      "Love Yourself" — Justin Bieber, Benjamin Levin & Ed Sheeran, songwriters (Justin Bieber)
      "7 Years" — Lukas Forchhammer, Stefan Forrest, Morten Pilegaard & Morten Ristorp, songwriters (Lukas Graham)

      Best new artist

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

      Best pop vocal album

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

      Best pop solo performance

      "Hello" — Adele
      "Hold Up" — Beyonce
      "Love Yourself" — Justin Bieber
      "Piece By Piece (Idol Version)" — Kelly Clarkson
      "Dangerous Woman" — Ariana Grande

      Best pop duo/group performance

      "Closer" — The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey
      "7 Years" — Lukas Graham
      "Work" — Rihanna featuring Drake
      "Cheap Thrills" — Sia featuring Sean Paul
      "Stressed Out" — Twenty One Pilots

      Best R&B song

      "Come and See Me" — J. Brathwaite, Aubrey Graham & Noah Shebib, songwriters (PartyNextDoor featuring Drake)
      "Exchange" — Michael Hernandez & Bryson Tiller, songwriters (Bryson Tiller)
      "Kiss It Better" — Jeff Bhasker, Robyn Fenty, John-Nathan Glass & Natalia Noemi, songwriters (Rihanna)
      "Lake By the Ocean" — Hod David & Musze, songwriters (Maxwell)
      "Luv" — Magnus August Høiberg, Benjamin Levin & Daystar Peterson, songwriters (Tory Lanez)

      Best rap performance

      "No Problem" — Chance the Rapper featuring Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz
      "Panda" —Desiigner
      "Pop Style" — Drake featuring The Throne
      "All The Way Up" — Fat Joe & Remy Ma featuring French Montana & Infared
      "That Part" — ScHoolboy Q featuring Kanye West 

      Best rap/sung performance

      "Freedom" — Beyoncé featuring Kendrick Lamar
      "Hotline Bling" — Drake
      "Broccoli" — D.R.A.M. featuring Lil Yachty
      "Ultralight Beam" — Kanye West featuring Chance the Rapper, Kelly Price, Kirk Franklin & The-Dream
      "Famous" — Kanye West featuring Rihanna

      Best rap song

      "All The Way Up" — Joseph Cartagena, Edward Davadi, Shandel Green, Karim Kharbouch, Andre Christopher Lyon, Reminisce Mackie & Marcello Valenzano, songwriters (Fat Joe & Remy Ma featuring French Montana & Infared)
      "Famous" — Chancelor Bennett, Ross Birchard, Ernest Brown, Andrew Dawson, Kasseem Dean, Mike Dean, Noah Goldstein, Kejuan Muchita, Patrick Reynolds, Kanye West & Cydel Young, songwriters (Kanye West featuring Rihanna)
      "Hotline Bling" — Aubrey Graham & Paul Jefferies, songwriters (Drake)
      "No Problem" — Chancelor Bennett, Dwayne Carter & Tauheed Epps, songwriters (Chance the Rapper featuring Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz)
      "Ultralight Beam" — Chancelor Bennett, Kasseem Dean, Mike Dean, Kirk Franklin, Noah Goldstein, Samuel Griesemer, Terius Nash, Jerome Potter, Kelly Price, Nico "Donnie Trumpet" Segal, Derek Watkins, Kanye West & Cydel Young, songwriters (Kanye West featuring Chance the Rapper, Kelly Price, Kirk Franklin & The-Dream)

      Best dance recording

      "Tearing Me Up" — Bob Moses
      "Don't Let Me Down" — The Chainsmokers featuring Daya
      "Never Be Like You" — Flume featuring Kai
      "Rinse & Repeat" — Riton featuring Kah-Lo
      "Drinkee" — Sofi Tukker

      Best large jazz ensemble album

      Real Enemies — Darcy James Argue's Secret Society
      Presents Monk'estra, Vol. 1 — John Beasley
      Kaleidoscope Eyes: Music of the Beatles — John Daversa
      All L.A. Band — Bob Mintzer
      Presidential Suite: Eight Variations On Freedom — Ted Nash Big Band

      Best rock performance

      "Joe (Live From Austin City Limits)" — Alabama Shakes
      "Don't Hurt Yourself" — Beyoncé Featuring Jack White
      "Blackstar" — David Bowie
      "The Sound Of Silence" — Disturbed
      "Heathens" — Twenty One Pilots

      Best rock song

      "Blackstar" — David Bowie, songwriter (David Bowie)
      "Burn the Witch"  —Radiohead, songwriters (Radiohead)
      "Hardwired" — James Hetfield & Lars Ulrich, songwriters (Metallica
      "Heathens" — Tyler Joseph, songwriter (Twenty One Pilots)
      "My Name Is Human" — Rich Meyer, Ryan Meyer & Johnny Stevens, songwriters (Highly Suspect)

      Best alternative music album

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

      Best recording package

      Anti (Deluxe Edition) — Ciarra Pardo & Robyn Fenty, art directors (Rihanna)
      Blackstar — Jonathan Barnbrook, art director (David Bowie)
      Human Performance — Andrew Savage, art director (Parquet Courts)
      Sunset Motel — Sarah Dodds & Shauna Dodds, art directors (Reckless Kelly)
      22, A Million — Eric Timothy Carlson, art director (Bon Iver)

      Best engineered album, non-classical

      Are You Serious — Tchad Blake & David Boucher, engineers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer (Andrew Bird)
      Blackstar — David Bowie, Tom Elmhirst, Kevin Killen & Tony
      Dig In Deep — Ryan Freeland, engineer; Kim Rosen, mastering engineer (Bonnie Raitt)
      Hit N Run Phase Two — Booker T., Dylan Dresdow, Chris James, Prince & Justin Stanley, engineers; Dylan Dresdow, mastering engineer (Prince)
      Undercurrent — Shani Gandhi & Gary Paczosa, engineers; Paul Blakemore, mastering engineer (Sarah Jarosz)

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