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Vince Mendoza, Pascal Le Boeuf, Chuck Owen, Nate Smith, Arturo O'Farrill

(l -r) Vince Mendoza, Pascal Le Boeuf, Chuck Owen, Nate Smith, Arturo O'Farrill
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2018 GRAMMY Nominations: Meet The Best Instrumental Composition Nominees

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Comprising 5 innovative musical works of art, the nominees for Best Instrumental Composition at the 60th GRAMMYs deserve a closer look
Philip Merrill
GRAMMYs
Dec 21, 2017 - 7:30 am

As the 60th GRAMMY Awards approach, the five musical maestros who have received nominations for Best Instrumental Composition merit a closer look. Prior GRAMMY winners Vince Mendoza and Arturo O'Farrill are back with masterfully crafted pieces. Previously nominated, Chuck Owen and Nate Smith have composed memorable musical explorations once again, while first-time nominee Pascal Le Boeuf's chamber-jazz pops with avant-garde urgency.

Open your ears and your heart to this year's GRAMMY nominations with a closer look at the Best Instrumental Composition nominees, whose musical minds blend styles with zest into combinations unimagined.

(Editor's Note: Best Instrumental Composition is a composer's award for an original composition. Performer names appear in parentheses.)

"Alkaline"

Pascal Le Boeuf, composer (Le Boeuf Brothers & JACK Quartet)

Pianist Pascal Le Boeuf teamed up with his twin brother, jazz saxophonist Remy Le Boeuf, and a classical music quartet to create the album Imaginist, influenced by the Imaginist movement in Russian poetry. Sometimes called "chamber-jazz," the group's vivid results are exemplified by their GRAMMY-nominated track "Alkaline."

Pascal's driving piano is surrounded by assertive musical ideas from ensemble instruments making their points and weaving surging phrases as expressively as spoken language. The brothers began performing together while teens and had opened for jazz greats such as Chic Corea and Kurt Elling by the time they were 18.

"Choros #3"

Vince Mendoza, composer (Vince Mendoza & WDR Big Band Cologne)

Germany's WDR Big Band with Brazilian vocalist Luciana Souza bring Vince Mendoza's "Choros #3" to life from his album Homecoming, also nominated for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album.

A conductor and arranger with strong pop chops and masterful jazz sophistication, Mendoza also conducted and arranged Björk's 2000 film, Dancer In The Dark. Having moved to Los Angeles after music school, Mendoza's studio work led to collaboration with drummer Peter Erskine, who helped him break into his recording career. Erskine, Mendoza and Souza later won a GRAMMY together for their work on Michael and Randy Brecker's Some Skunk Funk, which earned Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album at the 49th GRAMMY Awards.

"Home Free (For Peter Joe)"

Nate Smith, composer (Nate Smith)

Jazz drummer, educator and bandleader/arranger Nate Smith shared his previous nomination for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album with frequent collaborators Dave Holland and Chris Potter on Holland's Pathways. This year, "Home Free (For Peter Joe)," off Smith's first album as a bandleader, Kinfolk: Postcards From Everywhere, is also up for Best Arrangement, Instrumental Or A Cappella.

With Jaleel Shaw on tenor sax, the track was initially intended to be a tribute to Smith's grandfather Peter Joe, but it became even more loaded with sentiment when Smith's father passed while Kinfolk … was being written and recorded. Smith said his piece "felt like a befitting tribute to both of them," and it refers back to the kind of music his parents would play when they hosted parties at home.

"Three Revolutions"

Arturo O'Farrill, composer (Arturo O'Farrill & Chucho Valdés)

Pianist/bandleader Arturo O'Farrill and Chucho Valdés, sons of Chico O'Farrill and Bebo Valdés, are two of the leading Afro-Cuban Jazz artists, just as their fathers were before them.

Their 2017 album, Familia: Tribute To Bebo & Chico, pays tribute to their fathers while also showcasing their respective children — trumpeter Adam O'Farrill, drummer Zack O'Farrill, pianist Leyanis Valdés, and drummer Jessie Valdés — as top-flight instrumentalists in their own right. The LP includes compositions by their fathers as well as Arturo O'Farrill and Chucho Valdés. The title of O'Farrill's "Three Revolutions" invites us ponder whether the new generation will be musically revolutionary as well.

While  O'Farrill and Valdés have worked together since 1995, this is their first shared GRAMMY nomination.

"Warped Cowboy"

Chuck Owen, composer (Chuck Owen And The Jazz Surge)

For more than two decades, Chuck Owen has educated next-generation jazz artists at the University of South Florida, where he leads the innovative USF Center for Jazz Composition as well as his own ensemble the Jazz Surge, which he founded in 1995.

His latest album, Whispers On The Wind, is nominated this year for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album, and the track "All Hat, No Saddle" is also nominated for Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella. As suggested by the Wild West wording in his track titles, "Warped Cowboy" is infused with a sense of the American landscape and its varied grandeur. As an avid outdoorsman, Owen's previously nominated tracks, from River Runs, A Concerto for Jazz Guitar, Saxophone, & Orchestra, were inspired by his personal outdoor adventures.

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Recording Academy Remembers Those We Lost In 2017 | GRAMMY In Memoriam

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Take a moment to reflect and salute the members of the music community who we lost in 2017–2018
Philip Merrill
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Jan 28, 2018 - 7:48 pm

(The following is a list of artists and industry professionals the music community lost in 2017–2018. The 60th GRAMMY Awards telecast on CBS will feature an In Memoriam segment highlighting some of these individuals via a video tribute, and all of these individuals who died prior to Dec. 20, 2017 are included in the official 60th GRAMMY Awards program book. The Recording Academy salutes each individual for their respective talents and contributions to our culture and community.)

John Abercrombie
Paul James Abler
Muhal Richard Abrams
Ken Ackerman
Gustav Åhr aka Lil Peep
Martin Ain
Alan Aldridge
Alessandro Alessandroni
Geri Allen
Ronnie Allen
Gregg Allman
Tommy Allsup
Joey Alves
Kishori Amonkar
Herb Oscar Anderson
David Angel
Harry Anger
David Arben
Gary Arnold
Svend Asmussen
José Vicente Asuar
Xavier "X" Atencio
George Avakian
David Axelrod
Luis Enriquez Bacalov
Margie Balter
Junior Barber
Mike Barhorst
Chuck Barris
Mahi Beamer
Kenny Beard
Jimmy Beaumont
Walter Becker
Belchior
Émile Belcourt
Melissa Bell
Jiří Bělohlávek
Chester Bennington
Pierre Bergé
Shelley Berman
Ilene Berns
Chuck Berry
Chris Bevington
Kalika Prasad Bhattacharya
Hayward Sherman Bishop Jr.
John Blackwell Jr.
Kimble Blair
Lee Blakeley
William Blankenship
Edward Blau
Arthur Blythe
Black Bo
Andre "L.A. Dre" Bolton
Sheila Bond
Helen Borgers
Bimba Bosé
John Boudreaux Jr.
Géori Boué
Derek Bourgeois
Patrick Bourgeois
Jesse Boyce
Jack Boyle
Charles Bradley
José Bragato
Thomas Brandis
Loalwa Braz
Daniel Brewbaker
Fletcher Bright
William David Brohn
Lonnie Brooks
Mar Brown
Tammy Brown
Jason Browning
Colin Brumby
Eduard Brunner
Anshel Brusilow
Dave Bry
Bill Bryson
Paul Buckmaster
Sonny Burgess
Jim Burns
Charles "Chuckie" Bush II
Ronnie Butler
Joy Byers
Tony Calder
Eamonn Campbell
Glen Campbell
Jeffrey Campbell aka Educated Rapper
Ralph Carney
Barbara Carroll
Howard Carroll
Mel Carter
Valerie Carter
Erik Cartwright
Kathleen Cassello
David Cassidy
Roland Cazimero
Manno Charlemagne
Sheila Raye Charles
Jacques Charpentier
Rick Chavez
Elisabeth Chojnacka
Dave Christenson
Earl Clark
"Fast" Eddie Clarke
José Miguel Class
John Coates Jr.
Kurt Cochran
Wayne Cochran
Kelan Phil Cohran
Fred Cole
Bill Collings
Benny Collins
Dick Contino
Fiora Corradetti Contino
Barbara Cook
Eric Cook
John Byrne Cooke
Jimmy Copley
Kenny Cordray
Chris Cornell
Joey Corpus
Frank Corsaro
Jason Corsaro
Larry Coryell
James Cotton
Tom Coyne
John Critchinson
Dub Crouch
Willy Cruz
Salvador "Sal" Cuevas
Bob Cunningham
Clem Curtis
Holger Czukay
Steve Dahl
Bill Dana
Warrel Dane
Enzo Dara
Donna Darlene
Wilson das Neves
Michael "DikMik" Davies
CeDell Davis
Ronnie Davis
Tony Davis
Robert De Cormier
Henry-Louis de La Grange
Laudir de Oliveira
Gervase de Peyer
Gary DeCarlo
Alvin DeGuzman
Refugio "Cuco" Del Cid
Jonathan Demme
André Di Cesare
Magín Díaz
Rob "Apex" Dickeson
Philip Dikeman
Pat DiNizio
Richard Divall
Lorenzo Dixon aka Zoe Realla
Trish Doan
Richard Dobson
Fats Domino
Jimmy Dotson
Bill Dowdy
Gord Downie
George Dreyfus
Carlo Driggs
Paul Lustig Dunkel
Errol Dyers
Tom Edwards
Pavel Egorov
Terry Elam
Halim El-Dabh
Larry Elgart
Martín Elías
Jan Elliott
Kitty Moon Emery
Calep Emphrey Jr.
Wendell Eugene
Dave Evans
Eric Eycke
Vincent Falcone
Huang Feili
Jordan Feldstein
Joe Fields
Seth Firkins
Mark Fisher aka k-punk
Robert Fisher
Roy Fisher
Pat "Fitzy" Fitzpatrick
Edi Fitzroy
Laura Flax
June Foray
Rev. Jim Forrester
Bob Forshee
Bruce Forsyth
Robert Fraker
Bobby Freeman
Evelyn Freeman Roberts
Kaleb Freitas
Louis Frémaux
Michael Friedman
Dominic Frontiere
Mikio Fujioka
Jim Fuller
Martin Funderud
Thomas Füri
France Gall
Brian Gallagher
Brian Galliford
Sandy Gallin
Vin Garbutt
Kevin Garcia
Landy Gardner
Phil Garland
Tibério Gaspar
Dick Gautier
Nicolai Gedda
John Maxwell Geddes
John Warren Geils Jr. aka J. Geils
Troy Gentry
Sonny Geraci
Caesar Giovannini
Pentti "Whitey" Glan
Harold Goad
Melly Gomez
Otoniel Gonzaga
Jack Good
Cuba Gooding Sr.
Philip Gossett
Scott Gould
Nigel Grainge
Kyla Greenbaum
Ed Greene
Dick Gregory
Don Grilley
Edward Grimes
Horacio Guarany
Robert Guillaume
Peter Hall
Rick Hall
Johnny Hallyday
Stuart Hamilton
Rosie Hamlin
Bruce Hampton
Chad Hanks
Gary Harris
Larry Harris
Grant Hart
Keith Harvey
John "Sib" Hashian
Walter Hautzig
Edwin Hawkins
Peggy Hayama
Skip Haynes
Bill Hearn
Bob Heatherly
Jon Hendricks
Karl Hendricks
Pierre Henry
Bob Higgins
Buck Hill
Dave Hlubek
Robbie Hoddinott
William M. Hoffman
Allan Holdsworth
Aubrey Holt
Matt Holt
Randy Hongo
Linda Hopkins
Virgil Howe
Mike Hudson
Don Hunstein
Al Hurricane Sr.
Dmitri Hvorostovsky
Benard Ighner
Madalena Iglésias
Richie Ingui
Glen "Cookie" Inman
Alan Jabbour
Jay "Icepick" Jackson
Al Jarreau
Anne Jeffreys
James J.J. Jenkins
Kristine Jepson
Shelby Jewell
Tzipora Jochsberger
Evan Johns
Blake Johnson
Michael Johnson
Robert "P-Nut" Johnson
Brenda Jones
Hedley Jones
Melvyn "Deacon" Jones
Shawn Jones
Warren "Rhubarb" Jones
Kim Jong-Hyun
Manfred Jung
Ikutaro Kakehashi
Hiroshi "Monsieur " Kamayatsu
David Kapralik
Marcus "Intalex " Kaye aka Trevino
Tommy Keene
Mike Kellie
Leonid Kharitonov
Maxx Kidd
Wilhelm Killmayer
Thandi Klaasen
Roberta Knie
Robert Knight
Tom Knox
Dmitri Kogan
Siegfried Köhler
Péter Komlós
Aloys Kontarsky
Leo Kristi
Joan Krueger
Rainer Kussmaul
Pete Kuykendall
Helen Kwalwasser
Vincent La Selva
Fredell Lack
Marty Lacker
Gerry Lacoursiere
Jimmy LaFave
Deborah Lamprell
Martin Landau
Rosemarie Lang
Steve Lang
Gordon Langford
Bruce Langhorne

Denise LaSalle
James Laurence
Reggie Lavong
June LeBell
Katie Lee
Mike Leech
Deke Leonard
Murray Lerner
John Lever
Walter Levin
Brenda Lewis
Jerry Lewis
Miggie Lewis
Ralph Lewis
David Lewiston
Daniel Licht
Harvey Lichtenstein
Nona Liddell
Ingvar Lidholm
Jaki Liebezeit
Earl "Wya" Lindo
Thor Lindsay
Malcolm Lipkin
Tommy LiPuma
Carol Lloyd
Chuck Loeb
Tony Lorenzo
Mundell Lowe
Jay S. Lowy
Nora Mae Lyng
Geoff Mack
Gabriel "Negru" Mafa
Mario Maglieri
Kevin Mahogany
Robbie Malinga
Mitch Margo
Rose Marie
William "Bill" Marín
Don Markham
Ric Marlow
Naomi Martin
Lionel Augustus Martin aka Saxa
Eddie Mascolo
Hugh Masekela
Yuushi Matsuyama
Ralphie May
William Mayer
Yung Mazi
Tom McClung
Goldy McJohn
Reggie Joseph "Mac" McLaughlin
Stuart McLean
Vernon McQueen
Thomas Meehan
Luiz Melodia
Thara Memory
D.L. Menard
Misha Mengelberg
Heather Menzies-Urich
Robert Miles
Eric Miller
Frank Miller
Phil Miller
Donald Mitchell
Keith Mitchell
Billy Mize
Ivan Mogull
Kurt Moll
Jonathan Moore
Pete Moore
Bennett Morgan
Jay R. Morgenstern
Alfred Morris III
Walter "Junie" Morrison
Margaret Moser
Chuck Mosley
Sylvia Moy
Ronald "Bingo" Mundy
David Murph
Sunny Murray
Chris Murrell
Melton Mustafa
Jim Nabors
Toshio Nakanishi
Jimmy Nalls
Carol Neblett
Vincent Nguini
Geoff Nicholls
Abby Nicole
Steve "Grizzly" Nisbett
Bern Nix
Dick Noel
Shea Norman
Corki Casey O'Dell
Lee O'Denat aka Q
Rory O'Donoghue
Paul O'Neill
Dolores O'Riordan
William Onyeabor
Reggie Ossé aka Combat Jack
Ernst Ottensamer
Bert Padell
Tommy Page
Ralph Paige
Tom Paley
Marlene Palmer
Judy Parker
Kirby Parker
Horace Parlan
Angel Parra
Frankie Paul
Skipp Pearson
David Peel
Dave Pell
Buddy Pendleton
Harry Pendleton
Jerry Perenchio
Maurice Peress
Carol Peters
Roberta Peters
Marilyn Petrone
Tom Petty
Eugene Phillips
Ray Phiri
Willie Pickens
David B. Pigg
Wally Pikal
Tulsa Pittaway
Kim Plainfield
Derek Poindexter
Robert "Pops" Popwell
Miles Porcaro
Rob Potts
Joey Powers
John Preston
Norma Procter
Prodigy
Skip Prokop
Michael Prophet
Scott Putesky aka Daisy Berkowitz
Janet Rains aka Jane Train
Elkin Ramírez
Joseph Rascoff
Gil Ray
Larry Ray
Sandra Reemer
Della Reese
Garnet Reid
George Reiff
Ludger Rémy
Cel Revuelta
Leon Rhodes
Fernando Riba
Belton Richard
Denis Richard
Keni Richards
Don Rickles
Paquita Rico
Ben Riley
Nic Ritter
Lyle Ritz
Kayton Roberts
Jimmy Robinson
Maggie Roche
Jim Rodford
Helmut Roehrig
Mickey Roker
Jim Rollins
Juan Romero
Louis Roney
Clotilde Rosa
Jerry Ross
Dave Rosser
Sidney Rothstein
Elliot "Dean" Rubinson
Roswell Rudd
David Rumsey
Zuzana Ruzickova
Chingiz Sadykhov
Eric Salzman
Harry Sandler
Johnny Sandlin
Ben Sandoval
Fredo Santana
Carles Santos
Tony "It" Särkkä
Josh Schwartz
Joey Scinta
David Sebring
Curly Seckler
Janet Seidel
Bob Seidemann
Mark Selby
María Martha Serra Lima
Jessy Serrata
Shadia
Natalia Shakhovskaya
Preston Shannon
Charles "Bobo" Shaw
Iain Shedden
Kenny Shields
John Shifflett
Pete Shotton
Walter "Bunny" Sigler
George Silfies
Noel "Scully" Simms
Ted Simons
Dudley Simpson
John Sippel
Peter Skellern
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski
Heather Slade-Lipkin
Joni Sledge
Tzvi Small
Barry "Frosty" Smith
Fenwick Smith
Keely Smith
Toby Smith
Barbara Smith Conrad
Dmitry Smolsky
Kelley Sallee Snead
Ann Sneed
Ted Sommer
Rosalie Sorrels
Zurab Sotkilava
Harry Sparnaay
Ben Speer
Rosa Nell Speer Powell
Jerome Spence
Thornton Spencer
Marc Spitz
Irwin Stambler
Kevin Stanton
Orrin Star
Howard Stark
Cameron Spencer Starnes
Larry Steinbachek
Elyse Steinman
Rick Stevens
Chuck Stewart
Buster Stiggs
Ken Stilts
Robert Strängen Dahlqvist
Jonathan Strasser
Clyde Stubblefield
Tammy Sullivan
Daisy Sweeney
Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini
Grady Tate
Jeffrey Tate
Bobby Taylor
Morriss Taylor
Tony Terran
Ammon Tharp
Wendy Thatcher
Banner Thomas
Marvell Thomas
Ray Thomas
Stuart Thompson
Francis Thorne
Mel Tillis
William Tolley
Richard Toop
Veljo Tormis
Fernando Toussaint
Doreen Tracey
Vlastimir Trajković
Gilles Tremblay
Greg Trooper
Butch Trucks
Chris Tsangarides
Hal Tulchin
Kerry Turman
Avo Uvezian
Mika Vainio
Dave Valentin
Marián Varga
Alexander Vedernikov
Marlene VerPlanck
Daniel Viglietti
Guy Villari
Bea Wain
Robert "Bilbo" Walker
Billy Joe Walker Jr.
Jo Walker-Meador
Evan Sewell Wallace aka E-Dubble
Don Warden
Leon Ware
Pam Warren aka Pam The Funkstress
A.D. Washington
James Watson
Elaine Hoffman Watts
Peter Overend Watts
Fred Weintraub
Leo "Bud" Welch
Barbara Weldens
Red West
John Wetton
Lari White
Chris Whorf
Hurshel Wiginton
Max Wilcox
Keith Wilder
Don Williams
Phil Williams
Betty Jane Willis
Norro Wilson
Keith Wissmar
Curtis Womack
Christopher Wong Won aka Fresh Kid Ice
Graham Wood
Ed Woods
Bob Wootton
Endrik Wottrich
Gil Wright
Steve Wright
Greg Yates
Rodney Yeargin aka Doughboy Roc
Ritchie York
George Young
Malcolm Young
Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu
David Zablidowksy aka David Z
Aamir Zaki
Jessi Zazu
Alberto Zedda
Luis Zett
Z'ev
Grigori Zhislin
Paul Zukofsky

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Lisa Loeb Nominated With Her Friends From "The Office"

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Singer/songwriter's second career nomination is for songs that just happen to be for kids
Philip Merrill
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Jan 27, 2018 - 1:17 pm

Lisa Loeb's single "Stay (I Missed You)" was nominated for Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal at the 37th GRAMMY Awards and now she's back for the 60th GRAMMYs with Feel What U Feel, nominated for Best Children's Album.

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Feel What U Feel comprises 12 tracks geared toward passing along valuable messages to kids. She did this with a little help from her friends. Craig Robinson from "The Office" makes a guest appearance on her album, singing a cover of "It's All Right To Cry," which Loeb says had been "one of her favorites" from Marlo Thomas' Free To Be … You And Me album.. Ed Helms from "The Office" guest-starred, playing banjo on a song too. Loeb says she felt her "great group of collaborators" succeeded in making an album that worked both as songs and messages.

In addition to the gratitude she feels for the collaborators on her own album, she's also excited to be in a category of other high-level talents.

"I'm so happy to be in a category where there are so many other people who I really respect," she says, calling out Alphabet Rockers, Gustafer Yellowgold, featuring Morgan Taylor who was Loeb's co-writer on her song "Matches," Ladysmith Black Mambazo, and Justin Roberts.

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With her usual knack for the unexpected, if Loeb wins on Music's Biggest Night, her intention regarding where to exhibit her GRAMMY statuette in her home is "probably next to the pink Darth Vader face on the bookshelf."

Although her humor is real, the messages on her latest album are serious because parents care about getting good messages to their kids, Loeb explained, such as "appreciating things in your daily life, respecting other people, respecting your own feelings."

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2018 GRAMMY Nominations: Best Contemporary Christian Music Album Roundup

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These five uplifting albums are the 60th GRAMMY nominees for Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
Philip Merrill
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Jan 18, 2018 - 4:50 pm

As the 60th GRAMMY Awards approach, the five nominees for Best Contemporary Christian Music Album are exceptional representatives of how faith and music can come together spiritually.

Scott Family win Best Cont. Christian Music Album

While none have yet to win a GRAMMY Award, almost all have been nominated previously, with the exception of first-timer Danny Gokey. Looking at previous nominations in order, Matt Maher has received eight, MercyMe has three, Tauren Wells has two from his efforts with Royal Tailor, and Zach Williams earned his first nomination last year for the title track to his 2016 album Chain Breaker.

Let's take a closer look at the diversity of styles and scriptural messages conveyed by this year's Best Contemporary Christian Music Album nominees.

Danny Gokey, Rise

The fifth album from "American Idol" alum Danny Gokey identifies with the trajectory he defines through words and music — rising from darkness and hopelessness into a powerful brightness that causes one to shine. This Milwaukee native grew up singing in church and to his parents' Motown albums. As an adult, he drove a semi truck for a living and married his high school sweetheart, Sophia. After Sophia died tragically due to medical complications arising during a surgical procedure, Gokey fulfilled her wish that he audition for "American Idol." Finishing the 2008–2009 season in third place behind Adam Lambert and Kris Allen, Gokey found himself with an international following that had cheered him on all season. Since then, through remarriage, children, mission work, charitable efforts – including founding the Sophia's Heart Foundation – and strong chart support for his musical explorations up to and including Rise, he has tried to be a house on a hill, illuminating a pathway for others. Receiving his first GRAMMY nomination for Rise, Gokey's ambition to be "a voice that connects, a voice that unifies, a voice that finds common ground" has reached a higher position to send his message out into the world.

Matt Maher, Echoes (Deluxe Edition)

Matt Maher's album title responds to his challenge, "How do we echo our faith?" Culminating in Maher's ninth GRAMMY nomination since 2011, the growing audience for his music has included faithful listeners around the world, and even Pope Francis. A jazz piano prodigy first raised Catholic in Canada, Maher's family later moved to Arizona, where his ability to play message-rich music topped a jazz scholarship with invitations to share his reverberations. His first GRAMMY nomination was for "I Lift My Hands," a track co-written with Chris Tomlin, appearing on Lullaby Tribute To Chris Tomlin in 2011.

MercyMe, Lifer

Now a quintet, praise rockers MercyMe grew from a trio first founded in 1994 around lead singer Bart Millard. After ankle injuries sidelined Millard's high school football ambitions, he took a choir elective, and after the death of his father during Millard's freshman year of college, he accepted his former youth minister's invitation to assist with music ministry in Florida. There, with "a local youth group who played for a Wednesday night service," Millard fell in love with Christian music performance and learned to translate football's fast-paced energy into praise. After moving to Texas, the band's opportunities to spread their message grew steadily, including artistic fellowship with Steven Curtis Chapman. GRAMMY nominations began with their 2006 album Coming Up To Breathe, and Millard's solo album Hymned Again netted him two solo artist nods for 2008.

Tauren Wells, Hills And Valleys

Tauren Wells received his first two GRAMMY nominations at the 54th and 57th GRAMMY Awards, respectively for Royal Tailor's 2011 debut Black & White and their 2013 self-titled follow-up. That makes this year's nomination for Best Contemporary Christian Music Album Wells' third in a row (No pressure on that next album!). Now, in addition to performing, Wells and his wife manage the Prisma Worship Arts School in Houston, centered at her father's Royalwood Church. Piano, drums, guitar, bass, voice, violin, viola, and cello are on the curriculum with the objective "to fuel dreams, empower creatives, and refine gifts to illuminate the world with God's glory." The title track from Hills And Valleys is also nominated this year for Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song.

Zach Williams, Chain Breaker

In 2012, Zach Williams turned aside from years leading Southern rock bands to settle down in his native Jonesboro, Ark., as a worship leader while he considered a potential future as a solo artist. In 2016, his single "Chain Breaker" went to No. 1 on the Billboard Top Country Songs chart and received a GRAMMY nomination for Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song. Now, Chain Breaker the album follows with a solid rack of soulful tracks that has listeners testifying that each one has reached their hearts. As a high school and college basketball player, drugs, alcohol and an eventual ankle injury cut his dreams of sports stardom short. But then, alone in his college dorm room with his roommate's guitar, Williams set out on the self-taught road and says it was then that, "I knew what I wanted to do with my life." While he loved touring, drugs and alcohol were constant companions on the road, until a new marriage, a new church, and feeling touched by the Holy Spirit while listening to Big Daddy Weave's "Redeemer" inspired him to turn his life around. Now his outreach to others shares both the pain of his own history and his turning point, when he allowed Christ in, breaking the chains of addiction.

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From Luis Fonsi, Bruno Mars, SZA, and Childish Gambino to Rapsody, Lady Gaga, Shakira, and Taylor Swift, get forensic with 60 interesting facts about the 60th GRAMMY nominees
Paul Grein
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Looking for a different kind of New Year's resolution? How about pledging to become an expert on this year's nominees for the 60th GRAMMY Awards? We can help you do just that.

From first-time nominees and top nominees to GRAMMY history and potential records at stake, we've sliced and diced the 84 categories to bring you 60 delectable factoids about the 60th nominee class.

Make sure to read all 60 facts below and follow all the storylines during Music's Biggest Night at Madison Square Garden in New York on Sunday, Jan. 28.

1. Jay-Z

Jay-Z is this year's leading GRAMMY nominee with eight nominations. This is the third time the rapper has been the year's leading nominee (or at least tied for the lead). He tied for the lead for 2003 with Beyoncé, OutKast and Pharrell Williams. He held the lead outright for 2013.

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2. SZA

SZA is this year's top female nominee with five nominations, including Best New Artist.

3. Childish Gambino

Childish Gambino is nominated for five GRAMMYs, including Record and Album Of The Year. The versatile performer, aka Donald Glover, won two Emmy Awards in September for his work on the FX series Atlanta. (He won Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series and Outstanding Directing For A Comedy Series.)

4. "Despacito"

"Despacito" by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber is this year's only work to be nominated for both Record and Song Of The Year. It's the first foreign-language hit to be nominated in both categories since "La Bamba," recorded by Los Lobos, 30 years ago.

5. "The Story Of O.J."

"The Story Of O.J." is Jay-Z's fourth single to receive a Record Of The Year nomination. It follows Beyoncé's "Crazy In Love," on which he was featured; Rihanna's "Umbrella," on which he was featured; and "Empire State Of Mind," a collaboration with Alicia Keys. Jay-Z is the first rapper to amass four Record Of The Year nominations.

6. Bruno Mars, Record Of The Year

Bruno Mars' "24K Magic" is nominated for Record Of The Year. It's Mars' fifth nomination in that category since 2010. That's more than any other artist in this decade. Mars and Beyoncé are the only artists to amass five nominations since 2000.

7. Kendrick Lamar

DAMN. is Kendrick Lamar's third consecutive studio album to be nominated for Album Of The Year. Kanye West is the only other rapper to receive nominations in this category for three consecutive studio albums.

8. Lorde

Lorde is among the nominees for Album Of The Year for her sophomore release, Melodrama. The young star has now been nominated in three of the General Field categories. Four years ago, her breakthrough hit, "Royals" was nominated for Record Of The Year and won for Song Of The Year.

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9. Alessia Cara, Khalid, Julia Michaels: Song Of The Year

Three of this year's Best New Artist nominees — Alessia Cara, Khalid and Julia Michaels — are up for Song Of The Year. Cara and Khalid co-wrote "1-800-273-7255," the Logic hit on which they are featured. Michaels co-wrote her hit "Issues." This is only the second time in GRAMMY history that three Best New Artist nominees have also been nominated for Song Of The Year in the same year. It first happened 16 years ago with Alicia Keys ("Fallin'"), India.Arie ("Video") and Nelly Furtado ("I'm Like A Bird").

10. Alessia Cara, Best New Artist

Alessia Cara is the first artist who was born in Canada to receive a Best New Artist nomination since 2010, when both Justin Bieber and Drake were nominated.

11. Khalid, Best New Artist

Khalid, 19, is the first teenager to receive a Best New Artist nomination since Justin Bieber, who was 16 when he was a finalist for the 2010 award. Khalid will turn 20 on Feb. 11.

12. Michael Bublé

Michael Bublé lands his eighth nomination for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album for Nobody But Me (Deluxe Version). He is a four-time winner in the category.

13. Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan is nominated for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album for Triplicate. This gives the music legend a 55-year span of GRAMMY nominations. He received his first nomination for 1962, when his debut album was up for Best Folk Recording. Dylan received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Recording Academy in 1991.

14. Lady Gaga

Lady Gaga's Joanne is among the nominees for Best Pop Vocal Album. She won in this category seven years ago for The Fame Monster. Gaga is vying to become the third two-time winner in the category's history, following Kelly Clarkson and Adele.

15. Kraftwerk

Electronic music pioneers Kraftwerk are nominated for Best Dance/Electronic Album for the second time for 3-D The Catalogue. The German group was first nominated in this category 12 years ago for Minimum-Maximum. 3-D The Catalogue is also nominated for Best Surround Sound Album. Electronic music pioneers Kraftwerk are nominated for Best Dance/Electronic Album for the second time for 3-D The Catalogue. The German group was first nominated in this category 12 years ago for Minimum-Maximum. 3-D The Catalogue is also nominated for Best Surround Sound Album. Kraftwerk received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Recording Academy in 2014.

16. Leonard Cohen, Chris Cornell

Leonard Cohen and Chris Cornell are posthumously nominated for Best Rock Performance. Another late, great artist, David Bowie, won the award posthumously last year for "Blackstar."

17. Body Count

Body Count are vying for Best Metal Performance for "Black Hoodie." Bandleader Ice-won a GRAMMY 27 years ago for Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group, for his featured role on the title song from Quincy Jones' album, Back On The Block. He's vying to become the first artist to win in both of these categories.

18. Best Metal Performance

Each of the five bands vying for Best Metal Performance — August Burns Red, Body Count, Code Orange, Mastodon, and Meshuggah — is looking to bring home their first GRAMMY Award.

19. Foo Fighters

Foo Fighters are nominated for Best Rock Song for "Run." The group won in the category six years ago for their similarly titled song "Walk." In addition, group members Dave Grohl and Pat Smear shared the 2013 award in that category for "Cut Me Some Slack," a collaboration with Paul McCartney and Krist Novoselic.

20. Arcade Fire

Arcade Fire lands their fifth nomination for Best Alternative Music Album for Everything Now. Only one other group or duo has amassed five or more nominations in this category. Radiohead have had eight.

21. LCD Soundsystem

LCD Soundsystem's American Dream is nominated for Best Alternative Music Album. The group's first two albums, LCD Soundsystem and Sound Of Silver, were nominated for Best Dance/Electronic Album.

22. Kali Uchis

Kali Uchis receives her first GRAMMY nomination for Best R&B Performance for her featured role on Daniel Caesar's "Get You." At the recent Latin GRAMMY Awards, she received a Record Of The Year nod for "El Ratico," a collaboration with Juanes, who is also a current GRAMMY nominee.

23. The Weeknd

The Weeknd's Starboy is among the nominees for Best Urban Contemporary Album. The Weeknd's previous album, Beauty Behind The Madness, won in the category two years ago. He is vying to become the first two-time winner in the category.

24. Ledisi

Ledisi's Let Love Rule is nominated for Best R&B Album. This is Ledisi's fourth nomination in this category. She was previously nominated for Lost & Found, Turn Me Loose and Pieces Of Me. Ledisi was nominated for Best New Artist 10 years ago.

25. Bruno Mars, Best R&B Album

Bruno Mars' 24K Magic is nominated for Best R&B Album. Mars won Best Pop Vocal Album four years ago for Unorthodox Jukebox. He is vying to become the first artist to win in both of these categories.

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26. Cardi B

"Bodak Yellow" brings Cardi B her first GRAMMY nominations for Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song. The title is a play on its musical inspiration: Kodak Black's 2014 hip-hop hit "No Flockin."

27. Jay-Z, Best Rap Album

Jay-Z's 4:44 is nominated for Best Rap Album. Jay-Z won in that category 19 years ago for Vol. 2…Hard Knock Life. If he wins, he'll have the longest span of wins in the category's history. Eminem currently holds that distinction, with a 15-year span of wins in the category.

28. Rapsody

Rapsody's Laila's Wisdom is nominated for Best Rap Album. Rapsody is the fifth female solo artist to be nominated in this category, following Missy Elliott (who has had four nominations in the category), Nicki Minaj (two) and Eve and Iggy Azalea (one each).

29. Tyler, The Creator

Tyler, The Creator's Flower Boy is up for Best Rap Album. It's his second GRAMMY nomination. He was nominated as a featured artist on Frank Ocean's Channel Orange, which was an Album Of The Year contender five years ago.

30. Alison Krauss

Alison Krauss is nominated for Best Country Solo Performance for "Losing You" and Best American Roots Performance for "I Never Cared For You." Krauss is currently tied with Quincy Jones for the second most wins in GRAMMY history with 27. The late classical conductor Sir Georg Solti is the long-time GRAMMY leader, with 31 awards.

31. Little Big Town

Little Big Town are seeking their third win for Best Country Duo/Group Performance for "Better Man." The group won for "Pontoon" (2012) and "Girl Crush" (2015).

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32. Taylor Swift, Best Country Song

Taylor Swift is vying to win for her third GRAMMY for Best Country Song. She is nominated for writing the Little Big Town hit, "Better Man." Swift previously won for co-writing "White Horse" and writing "Mean." She would become only the second three-time winner in the category. Josh Kear won for co-writing the Carrie Underwood hits "Before He Cheats" and "Blown Away" and the Lady Antebellum hit "Need You Now."

33. Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne

Shane McAnally and Josh Osborne are among the writers of two of this year's nominees for Best Country Song. They co-wrote Sam Hunt's "Body Like A Back Road" and Midland's "Drinkin' Problem." McAnally and Osborne won in this category four years ago for co-writing Kacey Musgraves' "Merry Go 'Round."

34. Chris Stapleton

Chris Stapleton is nominated for Best Country Album for From A Room: Volume 1. He won in the category two years ago for Traveller. Stapleton is vying to become the first male solo artist to win two awards in this category since the late Roger Miller did it more than 50 years ago.

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35. Indie.Arie

Indie.Arie's SongVersation: Medicine is nominated for Best New Age Album. She won Best R&B Album 15 years ago for Voyage To India. India.Arie is vying to become the first artist to win in both of these categories.

36. Jazzmeia Horn, Alex Han, Pascal Le Boeuf

Three alumni of the GRAMMY Camp — Jazz Session receive their first GRAMMY nominations. Jazzmeia Horn is nominated for Best Jazz Vocal Album, Alex Han for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album and Pascal Le Boeuf for Best Instrumental Composition. The GRAMMY Museum program is designed for outstanding high school jazz musicians.

37. CeCe Winans

CeCe Winans lands two nominations for Best Gospel Album for Let Them Fall In Love and Best Gospel Performance/Song for "Never Have To Be Alone." These are Winans' first nominations in seven years. The gospel great is a 10-time GRAMMY winner.

38. Reba McEntire

Reba McEntire's Sing It Now: Songs Of Faith & Hope is among the nominees for Best Roots Gospel Album. This marks her first nod in the Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Field. She has 13 previous Country Field nominations and one prior Music Video/Film Field nod.

39. Shakira

Shakira's El Dorado is among the nominees for Best Latin Pop Album. Shakira won in that category 17 years ago for Shakira — MTV Unplugged. She is vying to become the first female artist to win twice in this category.

40. Glen Campbell

Glen Campbell is nominated for Best American Roots Performance for "Arkansas Farmboy." This gives the late music legend a 50-year span of GRAMMY nominations. He received six nominations (including four awards) for 1967 for his classic hits "By The Time I Get To Phoenix" and "Gentle On My Mind." Campbell received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Recording Academy in 2012.

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41. Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit

Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit's The Nashville Sound is nominated for Best Americana Album. Isbell won in this category two years ago for his previous album, Something More Than Free. Isbell is vying to become the second two-time winner in this category, following Levon Helm.

42. The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones are nominated for Best Traditional Blues Album for Blue & Lonesome. They won Best Rock Album 23 years ago for Voodoo Lounge. They are vying to become the first artist to win in both of these categories.

43. Yusuf/Cat Stevens

Yusuf/Cat Stevens lands his first GRAMMY nomination, more than 50 years after he released his first album. He is nominated for Best Folk Album for The Laughing Apple.

44. Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley

Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley is among the nominees for Best Reggae Album for Stony Hill. With two prior category wins, he's looking to join his brother Stephen Marley as a three-time Best Reggae Album winner. Another brother, Ziggy Marley, has the most wins in the category with seven.

45. Ladysmith Black Mambazo

Ladysmith Black Mambazo is nominated in two categories with different albums. Shaka Zulu Revisited: 30th Anniversary Celebration is nominated for Best World Music Album. Songs Of Peace & Love For Kids & Parents Around The World is nominated for Best Children's Album.

46. Lisa Loeb

Lisa Loeb is nominated for Best Children's Album for Feel What U Feel. It's her second GRAMMY nomination. She was nominated 23 years ago for Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal for "Stay (I Missed You)," a chart-topping hit with her group, Nine Stories.

47. Carrie Fisher

The late Carrie Fisher scores her second GRAMMY nomination for Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Story Telling) for The Princess Diarist. The Star Wars actress was nominated in the same category eight years ago for Wishful Drinking.

48. Bernie Sanders

Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.) earns his first GRAMMY nomination alongside actor Mark Ruffalo for Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling) for the audio version of his book, Our Revolution: A Future To Believe In. Sanders is the fourth politician to be nominated in this category this decade, following fellow Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and former presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter (the 2015 winner).

49. Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Springsteen receives his 50th GRAMMY nomination for Born To Run, which is among the nominees for Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling). The audiobook shares its title with Springsteen's classic 1975 album, which was voted into the GRAMMY Hall Of Fame in 2003.

50. Sarah Silverman

Sarah Silverman is nominated for Best Comedy Album for A Speck Of Dust. She is vying to become the fifth female comic to win in this category, following Elaine May (who won for a collaboration with Mike Nichols), Lily Tomlin, Whoopi Goldberg, and Kathy Griffin.

51. Benj Pasek, Justin Paul

Benj Pasek and Justin Paul are nominated for Best Musical Theater Album as composers/lyricists and co-producers of Dear Evan Hansen. They're also nominated for Best Song Written for Visual Media for "City Of Stars" from La La Land (which they co-wrote with Justin Hurwitz). They previously won a Tony Award for Dear Evan Hansen and an Academy Award for "City Of Stars."

52. Hello, Dolly!

The New Broadway Cast Recording of Hello, Dolly!, starring Bette Midler, is nominated for Best Musical Theater Album. It's the third time a cast album from this durable show has been nominated. An album from the original production, starring Carol Channing, was nominated for 1964. An album from a previous revival, also starring Channing, was nominated for 1995.

53. Justin Hurwitz

Composer Justin Hurwitz's four nominations stemming from the hit film La La Land mark his second try for GRAMMY gold. He was up for Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media for his work on Whiplash two years ago. Hurwitz worked with director Damien Chazelle on both films.

54. Game Of Thrones: Season 7

Game Of Thrones: Season 7 is nominated for Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media. It's vying to become the first TV soundtrack to win in this category since Mission: Impossible won 50 years ago. Ramin Djawadi is the composer of Game Of Thrones. Lalo Schifrin did the honors on Mission: Impossible.

55. Common, Diane Warren

Common and Diane Warren are nominated for Best Song Written For Visual Media for their collaboration, "Stand Up For Something," from Marshall. Both songwriters are past winners in the category. Common won two years ago for co-writing "Glory" from Selma. Warren won 21 years ago for writing "Because You Loved Me" from Up Close & Personal.

56. Taylor Swift, Best Song Written For Visual Media

Taylor Swift, another nominee for Best Song Written For Visual Media, is also a past winner in that category. Swift, nominated this year for co-writing "I Don't Wanna Live Forever (Fifty Shades Darker)," won five years ago for co-writing "Safe And Sound" from The Hunger Games.

57. Calvin Harris

Calvin Harris receives his first Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical nomination. Harris won his first GRAMMY five years ago for "We Found Love," his smash collaboration with Rihanna. They shared the award for Best Short Form Music Video.

58. Greg Kurstin

Greg Kurstin, last year's winner for Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical, is nominated in that category again this year. He's vying to become the first producer to win it two years in a row since Babyface won it three years running from 1995 through 1997.

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59. Producer Of The Year, Classical

The Producer Of The Year, Classical category comprises five producers with previous nods in the category. Morten Lindberg, who now has 24 total GRAMMY nominations, is seeking his first win. Blanton Alspaugh, Manfred Eicher, David Frost, and Judith Sherman have each won the category previously.

60. Jay-Z, Kendrick Lamar: Best Music Video

Jay-Z and Kendrick Lamar are each vying for their second award in the Best Music Video category. Jay-Z, who is nominated for "The Story Of O.J.," won four years ago for "Suit & Tie," a collaboration with Justin Timberlake. Lamar, nominated for "HUMBLE.," won two years ago for "Bad Blood," a collaboration with Taylor Swift. To date, just four artists have won twice in this category: Peter Gabriel, Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, and Johnny Cash.

The 60th GRAMMY Awards will take place at Madison Square Garden in New York on Jan. 28, 2018, airing live on CBS from 7:30–11 p.m. ET/4:30–8 p.m. PT.

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(Paul Grein is a veteran music journalist and historian whose work appears regularly at Yahoo.com and Hitsdailydouble.com.)

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