The Top New Videos list is always full of interesting, current videos. If the sifted video is in a play list, have a look at the play list to see other interesting videos the Sift users have linked together.Įnter the Sift Lounge to chat with online sifters about anything and everything, or read interesting posts in the Sift Talk forum. When browsing sifts you like, have a look at the Related Posts list to see other related videos, click the tags under the video title to see more sifts tagged with the same tags or have a look at other sifts from the same user in the More Posts By list. Timberlake, 32, who made a return to the musical spotlight this year after a five-year hiatus with the two-part release of “The 20/20 Experience,” picked up seven nominations in the pop, R&B and rap categories, but failed to make the top three categories.Try clicking on the various channels to see videos posted to that channel - if you're into music you can click the Music channel to get more music sifts - go on and explore! Use the "hotness" when you have opened the channel link to get videos that have gotten a lot of votes, or use "newness" to have a look at the new sifts. “This isn’t the kind of thing that happens to people from New Zealand, so it feels good,” the singer said backstage.Īlso nominated with Lorde for song of the year, a songwriters’ award, are “Just Give Me a Reason” by Pink and FUN.’s Nate Ruess, Mars’ “Locked Out of Heaven,” Katy Perry’s “Roar” and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’ “Same Love.” Lorde, the 17-year-old New Zealand newcomer whose real name is Ella Yelich O’Connor, is notable for writing her own songs, including the hit “Royals,” which picked up nods for record and song of the year, as well as best pop solo performance. 26 at a live televised ceremony in Los Angeles.įor the second year running, male artists dominated the nominees for the 2014 awards, while Lorde, Musgraves and Swift led the female artists with four nominations each. The nominations for the top awards and main categories were announced during an hour-long televised concert on Friday from Los Angeles. To be eligible for nominations this year, artists had to release their music between Oct. The Grammy Awards are the music industry’s top accolades and are voted on by members of the Recording Academy for more than 80 categories spanning all genres. The record of the year category featured five songs that all achieved commercial and chart success this year: “Get Lucky” by Daft Punk, “Radioactive” by alt-rockers Imagine Dragons, “Royals” by Lorde, Bruno Mars’ “Locked Out of Heaven” and “Blurred Lines” by Thicke, featuring T.I. Singer-producer Pharrell scored seven nods, including for album, record and song of the year for his work as a featured artist on Daft Punk’s “Random Access Memories” and Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines.” in recent years.Ĭalifornia rapper Lamar, 26, also picked up five nominations in the R&B and rap categories. The duo will be facing off with Lamar, country music singer Kasey Musgraves and British singers James Blake and Ed Sheeran for the best new artist accolade, which has been won by Adele and FUN. It’s something that we never ever thought was possible when we were making this album,” Macklemore, whose real name is Ben Haggerty, said backstage. I don’t think it’s ever going to feel normal. Seattle rapper-producer duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis capped their stellar rise over the past year from the independent music scene into mainstream pop with seven nominations, including song of the year for “Same Love,” featuring Mary Lambert, and the coveted best new artist category. Lamar’s album will face off against Sara Barielles’ “The Blessed Unrest,” French electro-dance duo Daft Punk’s “Random Access Memories,” Taylor Swift’s “Red” and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’ “The Heist” for album of the year. Jay Z picked up nominations in nine categories across pop and rap, including best pop duo performance for “Suit & Tie” with Justin Timberlake, and best rap album for his July release, “Magna Carta.Holy Grail.”īut the 44-year-old Brooklyn, New York-born rapper failed to land solo nods in the top Grammy categories for record, song, and album of the year, scoring only one as a producer on Lamar’s “Good Kid, M.A.A.D City” record, nominated in the album of the year category. LOS ANGELES, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Rapper Jay Z led all artists with nine Grammy nominations on Friday, but newcomers Lorde, Kendrick Lamar, and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis edged out industry heavyweights for nods in the top categories of the annual music awards.
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