2019 Grammy Nominations: Kendrick Lamar, Drake Top List As Nigeria's Seun Kuti Gets Nominated For Best World Music Album

Drake and Kendrick Lamar, stand the chance of grapping most awards at the 61th annual Grammy Awards ceremony as they both come atop in nominations followed by "Bodak Yellow" rapper Cardi B and Brandi Carlile with 5 nominations each.
Also with five nods is H.E.R. and Kacey Musgraves. Chidish Gambino was not left out as his hit song "This is America" was nominated for Songs of the Year and Best Rap/Sung Performance.
Amongst African artists who got a slot in the list is the late Afrobeat Legend Fela Kuti's son Seun Kuti in Best World Best Music category.
This iconic music event will be held at the Staples Centre in Los Angeles, California on February 10.
See below for full list of nominees
Record of the Year
'I Like It' Cardi B Ft Bad Bunny and J Balvin
'The Joke' Brandi Carlie
'This Is America' Childish Gambino
'God's Plan' Drake
'Shallow' Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper
'All the Stars' Kendrick Lamar and SZA
'Rockstar' Post Malone ft 21 Savage
'The Middle' Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey

Album of the Year
'Invasion of Privacy' Cardi B
'By The Way, I Forgive You' Brandi Carlile
'Scorpion' Drake
'H.E.R.' H.E.R
'Beerbongs & Bentley' Post Malone
'Dirty Computer' Janelle Monae
'Golden Hour' Kacey Musgraves

Song of the Year
'All the Stars' Kendrick Lamar and SZA
'Boo'd Up' Ella Mai
'God's Plan' Drake 
'In My Blood' Shawn Mendes 
'The Joke' Brandi Carlie

'The Middle' Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey

'Shallow' Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper
'This Is America' Childish Gambino

Best New Artist
Chloe x Halle
Luke Combs
Greta Van Fleet
H.E.R.
Dua Lipa
Margo Price
Bebe Rexa
Jorpa Smith

Best Pop Solo Performance
'Colors' Beck
'Havana (Live)' Camila Cabello
'God Is a Woman' Ariana Grande
'Joanne (Where Do You Think You're Goin?' Lady Gaga
'Better Now' Post Malone

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance 
'Fall In Line' Christina Aguilera ft. Demi Lovato
'Don't Go Breaking My Heart' Backstreet Boys
'S Wonderful' Tony Bennett and Dianna Krall
'Shallow' Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper
'Girls Like You' Maroon 5 ft. Cardi B
'Say Something' Justin Timberlake ft. Chris Stapleton
'The Middle' Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
'Love Is Here To Stay' Tony Bennett and Dianna Krall
'My Way' Willie Nelson
'Nat 'King' Cole & Me' Gregory Porter
'Standard (Deluxe)' Seal
'The Music...The Mem'ries...The Magic!' Barbra Streisand

Best Pop Vocal Album
'Camila, Camila' Cabello
'Meaning of Life' Kelly Clarkson
'Sweetener' Ariana Grande
'Shawn Mendes' Shawn Mendes
'Beautiful Trauma' P!nk
'Reputation' Taylor Swift

Best Urban Contemporary Album
'Everything Is Love' The Carters
'The Kids Are Alright' Chloe x Halle
'Chris Dave and the Drumhedz' Chris Dave and The Drumhedz
'War & Leisure' Miguel
'Ventriloquism' Meshell Ndegeocello

Best Rap Performance 
'Be Careful' Cradi B
'Nice For What' Drake
'King's Dead' Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, Future and James Blake
'Bubblin' Anderson Paak
'Sicko Mode' Travis Scott, Drake, Big Hawk and Swae Lee

Best Rap/Sung Performance 
'Like I Do' Christiana Aguilera ft. Goldlink
'Pretty Little Fears' 6lack ft. J. Cole
'This Is America' Childish Gambino
'All the Stars' Kendrick Lamar and SZA
'Rockstar' Post Malone ft. 21 Savage

Best Rap Song
'God's Plan' Drake
'King's Dead' Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, Future and James Blake
'Sicko Mode' Travis Scott, Drake, Big Hawk and Swae Lee
'Win' Jay Rock 
'Lucky You' Eminem ft. Joyner Lucas 

Best Rap Album
Invasion of Privacy, Cardi BS
Swimming, Mac Miller
Victory Lap, Nipsey Hussle
Daytona, Pusha T
Astroworld, Travis Scott

Best Country Album
Unapologetically, Kelsea Ballerini
Port Saint Joe, Brothers Osbourne
Girl Going Nowhere, Ashley McBryde
Golden Hour, Kacey Musgraves
From A Room: Volume 2, Chris Stapleton

Best Country Solo Performance 
Wouldn't It Be Great?, Loretta Lynn
Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters, Maren Morris
Butterflies, Kacey Musgraves
Millionaire, Chris Stapleton
Parallel Line, Keith Urban

Best Country Duo/Performance
Shoot Me Straight, Brothers Osborne
Tequila, Dan + Shay
When Someone Stops Loving You, Little Big Town
Dear Hate, Maren Morris ft. Vince Gill
Meant To Be, Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line

Best Country Song
Break Up in the End, Cole Swindell
Dear Hate, Maren Morris ft. Vince Gill)
I Lived It, Blake Shelton
Space Cowboy, Kacey Musgraves
Tequila, Dan + Shay
When Somebody Stops Loving You, Little Big Town

Best R&B Album
Sex & Cigarettes, Toni Braxton
Good Thing, Leon Bridges
Honestly, Lalah Hathaway
H.E.R., H.E.R
Gumbo Unplugged (Live), PJ Morton

Best R&B Performance
Long As I Live, Toni Braxton
Summer, The Carters
OY, Lalah Hathaway
Best Part, H.E.R. ft. Daniel Caesar
First Began, PJ Morgan

Best Traditional R&B Performance
Bet Ain't Worth the Hand, Leon Bridges
Don't Fall Apart on Me Tonight, Bettye LaVette
Honest, MAJOR.
How Deep Is Your Love, PJ Morton ft. Yebba
Made For Love, Charlie Wilson ft. Lalah Hathaway

Best R&B Song
Boo'd Up, Ella Mai
Come Through and Chill, Miguel ft. J. Cole and Salaam Remi
Feels Like Summer, Childish Gambino
Focus, H.E.R.
Long As I Live, Toni Braxton

Best Dance Recording 
Northern Soul, Above & Beyond
Ultimatum, Disclosure
Losing It, Fisher
Electricity, Silk City and Dua Lipa ft. Diplo and Mark Ronson
Ghost Voices, Virtual Self

Best Dance/Electronic Album
Singularity, Jon Hopkins
Woman Worldwide, Justice
Treehouse, Sofi Tuller
Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides, Sophie
Lune Rouge, Tokimonsta

Producer of the Year Non-Classical
Boi-1da
Lary Klein
Linda Perry
Kanye West,
Pharrell Williams

Best Music Video
APES***, The Carters
The Is America, Childish Gambino
I'm Not Racist, Joyner Lucas
Pynk, Janelle Monáe
Mumbo Jumbo, Tierra Whack

Best Music Film 
Life In 12 Bars, Eric Clapton
Whitney, Whitney Houston
Quincy, Quincy Jones
Itzhak, Itzhak Perlman
The King, Elvis Presley

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
The Emancipation Procrastination, Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah
Steve Gadd Band, Steve Gadd Band
Moderl Lore, Julian Lage
Laid Black, Marcus Miller
Protocol 4, Simon Phillips

Best Rock Performance 
Condemned to the Gallows, Between The Buried And Me
Honeycomb, Deafheaven
Electric Messiah, High On Fire
Betrayer, Trivium
On My Teeth, Underoath

Best Rock Song
Black Smoke Rising, Greta Van Fleet
Jumpsuit, Twenty One Pilots
Mantra, Bring Me The Horizon
Masseduction, St. Vincent
Rats, Ghost

Best Rock Album
Rainier Fog, Alice In Chains
Mania, Fall Out Boy
Prequelle, Ghost
From the Fires, Greta Van Fleet
Pacific Daydream, Weezer

Best Alternative Music Album
Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino, Arctic Monkeys
Colors, Beck
Utopia, Björk
American Utopia, David Byrne
Masseduction, St. Vincent

Best Latin Pop Album
Prometo, Pablo Alboran
Sincera, Claudia Brant
Musas, Vol. 2, Natalia Lafourcade
2:00 AM, Raquel Sofía
Vives, Carlos Vives

Best Recording Package
Be the Cowboy, Mitski
Love Yourself: Tear, BTS
Masseduction, St. Vincent
The Offering, The Chairman
Well Kept Thing, Foxhole

Best World Music Album
Seun Kuti 'Black Times' (Nigeria)
Bombino 'Deran'
Fatoumata Diawara 'Fento'
Yiddish Glory 'The Lost Songs of World War II'
Soweto Gospel Choir 'Freedom'