Beyonce became the most-nominated female artist in Grammy award history on Tuesday as she received a leading nine nods this year, followed closely by Drake, Rihanna and Kanye West with eight nominations each.
Beyonce's haul of nine included album, song and record of the year, the top three Grammy accolades, for her hit song Formation and visual album ‘Lemonade’, a collection of songs about race, feminism and empowerment.
The R&B singer, 35, has been nominated 62 times in Grammy history and has won 20 Grammy awards over her career spanning two decades. Rapper Kanye West, who has eight nominations this year for his ‘The Life of Pablo’ album, has notched 68 Grammy nominations over his career, and won 21 awards.
British singer Adele is also up for the top three awards with her hit ballad Hello and album ‘25’ and has a total of five nominations. The singer previously swept all three top categories in 2012 with her ‘21’ album.
Canadian pop star Justin Bieber's ‘Purpose’, Canadian hip hop star Drake's ‘Views’ and country music singer-songwriter Sturgill Simpson's ‘A Sailor's Guide To Earth’ rounded out the contenders of album of the year.
The Grammy Awards are the top US music honours, and each year, members of the music industry choose nominees and winners across more than 80 categories.
This year's winners will be announced at a star-studded televised ceremony in Los Angeles on 12 February.
Late British singer David Bowie, who died in January two days after the release of his final album ‘Blackstar’, received four nominations including best alternative album.
Late music star Prince, who died in April, also landed one Grammy nomination for his final record, ‘Hit n Run Phase Two’, in the best engineered non-classical album category alongside Bowie's ‘Blackstar’.
(With inputs from Reuters.)
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