Ryan Adams, Sam Smith, Iggy Azalea and more up for gongs at the 57th GRAMMY Awards

05 December 2014, 18:24 | Written by Laurence Day

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It's GRAMMY season everyone. This year, the likes of Iggy Azalea, Sam Smith, Bastille, Ed Sheeran, Ariana Grande, Taylor Swift and Ryan Adams have been nominated in various categories, alongside hundreds of others.

Beyoncé has now also recevied 79 nominations during her career, meaning she is the most nominated artist of all time.

Below are a few of the categories that have been revealed early. Nominees in 82 of the 83 categories can be found here from 7pm GMT (2pm ET), with the final category - Album Of The Year - revealed on A Very GRAMMY® Christmas which will air on CBS at 9/10pm ET/PT.

Record Of The Year

Iggy Azalea - “Fancy (feat. Charli XCX)"
Sia - "Chandelier"
Sam Smith - "Stay With Me (Darkchild Version)"
Taylor Swift - "Shake It Off"
Meghan Trainor - "All About That Bass"

Best Urban Contemporary Album

Jhené Aiko - Sail Out
Beyoncé - Beyoncé
Chris Brown - X
Mali Music - Mali Music
Pharrell - G I R L

Best Pop Vocal Album

Coldplay - Ghost Stories
Miley Cyrus - Bangerz
Ariana Grande - My Everything
Katy Perry - Prism
Ed Sheeran - X
Sam Smith - In The Lonely Hour

Best Country Album

Dierks Bentley - Riser
Eric Church - The Outsiders
Brandy Clark - Twelve Stories
Miranda Lambert - Platinum
Lee Ann Womack - The Way I’m Livin’

Best Pop Solo Performance

John Legend
Sia
Sam Smith
Taylor Swift
Pharrell

Best Rock Song

Hayley Williams and Taylor York - "Ain’t It Fun" (Paramore)
Beck Hansen - "Blue Moon" (Beck)
Dan Auerbach, Brian Burton & Patrick Carney - "Fever" (The Black Keys)
Ryan Adams - "Gimme Something Good" (Ryan Adams)
Jack White III - "Lazaretto" (Jack White)

Best Rock Album

Ryan Adams - Ryan Adams
Beck - Morning Phase
The Black Keys - Turn Blue
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Hypnotic Eye
U2 - Songs of Innocence

Best New Artist

Iggy Azalea
Bastille
Brandy Clark
Haim
Sam Smith