Beyoncé leads the field, with nine nominations overall, including four for Black Parade, a protest anthem released at the height of the Black Lives Matter protests this summer.
Taylor Swift, received 6 nominations with her album Folklore.
Dua Lipa also received six nominations for the disco-tinged Future Nostalgia.
Rapper Roddy Ricch tied with Taylor Swift and Dua Lipa with six nominations, the majority of which recognized his hit single The Box, which spent 11 weeks at number one earlier this year.
Fans were shocked and disappointed for R&B star The Weeknd, who was completely shut out, despite having the biggest-selling album of 2020 in the US with After Hours.
The nominees in those categories for 2021 are:
Record of the year
- Black Parade – Beyoncé
- Colors – Black Pumas
- Rockstar – DaBaby ft Roddy Ricch
- Say So – Doja Cat
- Everything I Wanted – Billie Eilish
- Don’t Start Now – Dua Lipa
- Circles – Post Malone
- Savage (Remix) – Megan Thee Stallion ft Beyoncé
Song of the year
- Black Parade – Beyoncé
- The Box – Roddy Ricch
- Cardigan – Taylor Swift
- Circles – Post Malone
- Everything I Wanted – Billie Eilish
- Don’t Start Now – Dua Lipa
- I Can’t Breathe – H.E.R.
- If The World Was Ending – JP Saxe ft Julia Michaels
Album of the year
- Chilombo – Jhené Aiko
- Black Pumas – Black Pumas
- Everyday Life – Coldplay
- Djesse vol. 3 – Jacob Collier
- Women In Music Pt III – Haim
- Future Nostalgia – Dua Lipa
- Hollywood’s Bleeding – Post Malone
- Folklore – Taylor Swift
Best new artist
- Ingrid Andress
- Phoebe Bridgers
- Chika
- Noah Cyrus
- D Smoke
- Doja Cat
- Kaytranada
- Megan Thee Stallion
