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Sam Scores Again

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8 December 2014

By NEBeep

The short list for the grammy awards was announced last Friday, with British acts scoring quite a few nominations.

Sam Smith who topped the BBC’s Sound of 2014 in January has been nominated for six categories including Best Artist.

His single ‘Stay With Me’ is up for Best Pop Performance and Record of the Year and the ceremony taking place in Los Angeles in early February.

Sam will be hoping to follow in the foot steps of Adele, who won all six awards that she was nominated for in 2013, including the top three awards.

Other artists who will be against the singing sensation are as follows:

 

Record of the year:
Iggy Azalea – Fancy (feat Charli XCX)
Sia – Chandelier
Sam Smith – Stay With Me (Darkchild version)
Taylor Swift – Take It Off
Meghan Trainor – All About The Bass

 

Album of the Year:
Sam Smith – In The Lonely Hour
Beyonce – Self Titled Album
Pharrell Williams – Girl
Beck – Morning Phase
Ed Sheeran – X

 

Song of the Year:
Megan Trainor – All About The Bass
Sia – Chandelier
Taylor Swift – Shake It Off
Sam Smith – Stay With Me (DarkChild version)
Hozier – Take Me to Church

 

Best New Artist:
Sam Smith
Bastille
Haim
Brandy Clark
Iggy Azalea

 

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 Pop Solo Performance: 
John Legend – All of Me (Live Version)
Sia – Chandelier
Sam Smith – Stay With Me
Taylor Swift – Shake it Off
Pharrell Williams – Happy

 

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