Nominees for 56th Grammy Awards

Imagine Dragons. AP FILE PHOTO

LOS ANGELES – Here are nominees in the main categories at the 56th annual Grammy Awards, to be handed out in Los Angeles on Sunday:

Record of the Year (for performers):

– “Get Lucky” by Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers

– “Radioactive” by Imagine Dragons

– “Royals” by Lorde

– “Locked Out Of Heaven” by Bruno Mars

– “Blurred Lines” by Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell

Album of the Year:

– “The Blessed Unrest” by Sara Bareilles

– “Random Access Memories” by Daft Punk

– “Good Kid, M.A.A.D City” by Kendrick Lamar

– “The Heist” by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

– “Red” by Taylor Swift

Song of the Year (for songwriters):

– “Just Give Me A Reason” by Jeff Bhasker, Pink and Nate Ruess

– “Locked Out Of Heaven” by Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine and Bruno Mars

– “Roar” by Lukasz Gottwald, Max Martin, Bonnie McKee, Katy Perry and Henry Walter.

– “Royals” by Joel Little and Ella Yelich O’Connor

– “Same Love” by Ben Haggerty, Mary Lambert and Ryan Lewis

Best New Artist:

– James Blake

– Kendrick Lamar

– Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

– Kacey Musgraves

– Ed Sheeran

Best Pop Solo Performance:

– “Brave” by Sara Bareilles

– “Royals” by Lorde

– “When I Was Your Man” by Bruno Mars

– “Roar” by Katy Perry

– “Mirrors” by Justin Timberlake

Best Pop Vocal Album:

– “Paradise” by Lana Del Rey

– “Pure Heroine” by Lorde

– “Unorthodox Jukebox” by Bruno Mars

– “Blurred Lines” by Robin Thicke

– “The 20/20 Experience – The Complete Experience” by Justin Timberlake

Best Rock Album:

– “13” by Black Sabbath

– “The Next Day” by David Bowie

– “Mechanical Bull” by Kings Of Leon

– “Celebration Day” by Led Zeppelin

– “…Like Clockwork” by Queens of the Stone Age

– “Psychedelic Pill” by Neil Young with Crazy Horse

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