Australia’s own Amethyst Amelia ‘Iggy Azalea’ Kelly – that’s Igloo Australia if you’re nasty – is one of the front runners at the 2015 Grammy Awards, with nominations in most of the major categories.
The rapper, recently the subject of some shady Tweets by Azealia Banks, picked up nominations for Best New Artist, Record Of The Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance (for ‘Fancy’), and Rap Album Of The Year (for her new classic The New Classic).
congrats @charli_xcx its been amazing doing this song with you … now nominations at the @TheGRAMMYs !!!
— IGGY AZALEA (@IGGYAZALEA) December 5, 2014
Large chunks of Twitter have promised to boycott the Grammys if she wins, presumably by means of time travel. Disappointingly, Banks has taken the high road for now:
Congratulations to @donaldglover for being nominated for best rap album at the grammys!!!!!!! im so happy to have been a part of your record
— CATTY NOIR (@AZEALIABANKS) December 5, 2014
Fellow Aussie Sia has also picked up four nominations – Record Of The Year, Song Of The Year, Best Music Video and Best Pop Solo Performance – for the all-conquering ‘Chandelier’.
Top bloke and confusingly soft and silky hair-haver Keith Urban is also up for two awards in the country categories.
If you’re keen to pretend that awards shows actually matter for a few more minutes, you can check out a full list of nominees on Billboard, or peruse some of the highlights here:
Best New Artist
Bastille
Iggy Azalea
Brandy Clark
Haim
Sam Smith
Record of the Year
“Fancy,” Iggy Azalea ft. Charli XCX
“Chandelier,” Sia
“Stay With Me (Darkchild Version),” Sam Smith
“Shake It Off,” Taylor Swift
“All About That Bass,” Meghan Trainor
Song of the Year
“Chandelier,” Sia
“All About That Bass,” Meghan Trainor
“Shake It Off,” Taylor Swift
“Stay With Me (Darkchild Version),” Sam Smith
“Take Me to Church,” Hozier
Best Rap Album
The New Classic, Iggy Azalea
Because the Internet, Childish Gambino
Nobody’s Smiling, Common
The Marshall Mathers LP2, Eminem
Oxymoron, ScHoolboy Q
Blacc Hollywood, Wiz Khalifa
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
“Fancy,” Iggy Azalea ft. Charli XCX
“A Sky Full of Stars,” Coldplay
“Say Something,” A Great Big World ft. Christina Aguilera
“Bang Bang,” Ariana Grande, Jessie J & Nicki Minaj
“Dark Horse,” Katy Perry ft. Juicy J
Best Rap Performance
“305,” Childish Gambino
“0 to 100/The Catch Up,” Drake
“Rap God,” Eminem
“i,” Kendrick Lamar
“All I Need Is You,” Lecrae
Best Pop Vocal Album
Ghost Stories, Coldplay
Bangerz, Miley Cyrus
My Everything, Ariana Grande
Prism, Katy Perry
x, Ed Sheeran
In the Lonely Hour, Sam Smith
Best Music Video
“We Exist,” Arcade Fire
“Chandelier,” Sia
“Happy,” Pharrell Williams
“The Golden Age,” Woodkid ft. Max Richter
Best Pop Solo Performance
“All of Me,” John Legend
“Chandelier,” Sia
“Stay With Me,” Sam Smith
“Shake It Off,” Taylor Swift
“Happy,” Pharrell Williams
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Morning Phase, Beck
Beyoncé, Beyoncé
In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith
x, Ed Sheeran
Girl, Pharrell Williams
Photo: Frazer Harrison via Getty Images
