EXCLUSIVE UPDATE: Kendrick Lamar, Lady Gaga And Bradley Cooper Make A Splash With 2019 Grammy Nominations

The 2019 Grammys are getting a heavy dose of cinematic inspiration.

On Friday, the nominees for the 61st Grammy Awards were announced.

Coming out ahead is Kendrick Lamar with a total of seven nominations, including Album of the Year for the Black Panther soundtrack, as well as Record of the Year for the album’s song “All the Stars” by Lamar and SZA.

But Black Panther wasn’t the only soundtrack to get in on the love. Though not the full soundtrack was eligible, the song “Shallow” by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper from “A Star is Born” received an impressive four nominations, including Record of the Year and Song of the Year.

Other big nominees include Toronto’s own Drake, who earned seven nominations, including Record of the Year for “God’s Plan”, as well as Boi-1Da and Brandi Carlile, who each got six nominations.

Mike Bozzi, Cardi B, Childish Gambino, H.E.R., Maren Morris and Sounwave are all nominated for five awards, while Chloe x Halle, Luke Combs, Greta van Fleet, H.E.R., Dua Lipa, Margo Price, Bebe Rexha and Jorja Smith will vie for the title of Best New Artist.

The 61st Grammy Awards will air live from the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Sunday, Feb. 10, at 8 p.m. ET/5:30 p.m. PT.

See the list of major nominees below:

Album of the Year
Invasion Of Privacy, Cardi B
By the Way, I Forgive You, Brandi CarlileScorpion, Drake
H.E.R., H.E.R.
Beerbongs & Bentleys, Post Malone
Dirty Computer, Janelle Monae
Golden Hour, Kacey Musgraves
Black Panther: The Album, Music From and Inspired By, (Various Artists)

Record of the Year
“I Like It,” Cardi B
“The Joke,” Brandi Carlile
“This Is America,” Childish Gambino
“God’s Plan,” Drake
“Shallow,” Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
“All the Stars,” Kendrick Lamar & SZA
“Rockstar,” Post Malone Featuring 21 Savage
“The Middle,” Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey

Song of the Year
“All the Stars”
Kendrick Duckworth, Solana Rowe, Al Shuckburgh, Mark Spears & Anthony Tiffith, songwriters
(Kendrick Lamar & SZA)

“Boo’d Up”
Larrance Dopson, Joelle James, Ella Mai & Dijon McFarlane, songwriters
(Ella Mai)

“God’s Plan”
Aubrey Graham, Daveon Jackson, Brock Korsan, Ron LaTour, Matthew Samuels & Noah Shebib, songwriters
(Drake)

“In My Blood”
Teddy Geiger, Scott Harris, Shawn Mendes & Geoffrey Warburton, songwriters
(Shawn Mendes)

“The Joke”
Brandi Carlile, Dave Cobb, Phil Hanseroth & Tim Hanseroth, songwriters
(Brandi Carlile)

“The Middle”
Sarah Aarons, Jordan K. Johnson, Stefan Johnson, Marcus Lomax, Kyle Trewartha, Michael Trewartha & Anton Zaslavski, songwriters
(Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey)

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