Bryan Adams, Ozzy Osbourne and More Earn Grammy Nominations
Canadian rocker Bryan Adams is up for a Grammy Award in the category of “Best Rock Performance” for his song, “So Happy It Hurts.”
Adams now has a total of 16 Grammy Award nominations including a win for Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television for “(Everything I Do) I Do It for You” at the Grammy Awards in 1992.
Adams is up against some heavy hitters, including Ozzy Osbourne and Jeff Beck for their pairing on “Patient Number 9,” Beck (“Old Man), The Black Keys (“Wild Child”), Brandi Carlile (“Broken Horses”), Turnstile (“Holiday”), and Idles (“Crawl”).
Idles -who are also up for Best Rock Album–made an appearance in September on the beach in Asbury Park at the Sea. Hear. Now festival, as did Wet Leg, who are up for three Grammy Awards in both Alternative Rock categories and Best New Artist, up against Italian rockers Maneskin.
Osbourne is also up for Best Rock Album for “Patient Number 9”, Best Metal Performance with Tony Iommi (“Degradation Rules”) and Best Rock Song (“Patient Number 9). The Red Hot Chili Peppers are also nominated for Best Rock Song for “Black Summer”).
For a full list, look HERE.
Field 4 – Rock
Best Rock Performance
1. So Happy It Hurts
Bryan Adams
2. Old Man
Beck
3. Wild Child
The Black Keys
4. Broken Horses
Brandi Carlile
5. Crawl!
Idles
6. Patient Number 9
Ozzy Osbourne Featuring Jeff Beck
7. Holiday
Turnstile
Best Metal Performance
1. Call Me Little Sunshine
Ghost
2. We’ll Be Back
Megadeth
3. Kill or Be Killed
Muse
4. Degradation Rules
Ozzy Osbourne Featuring Tony Iommi
5. Blackout
Turnstile
Best Rock Album
1. Dropout Boogie
The Black Keys
2. The Boy Named If
Elvis Costello & the Imposters
3. Crawler
Idles
4. Mainstream Sellout
Machine Gun Kelly
5. Patient Number 9
Ozzy Osbourne
6. Lucifer On The Sofa
Spoon
Best Rock Song
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1. Black Summer
Flea, John Frusciante, Anthony Kiedis & Chad Smith, songwriters (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
2. Blackout
Brady Ebert, Daniel Fang, Franz Lyons, Pat McCrory & Brendan Yates, songwriters (Turnstile)
3. Broken Horses
Brandi Carlile, Phil Hanseroth & Tim Hanseroth, songwriters (Brandi Carlile)
4. Harmonia’s Dream
Robbie Bennett & Adam Granduciel, songwriters (The War On Drugs)
5. Patient Number 9
John Osbourne, Chad Smith, Ali Tamposi, Robert Trujillo & Andrew Wotman, songwriters (Ozzy Osbourne Featuring Jeff Beck)
Field 5 – Alternative
Best Alternative Music Performance
1. There’d Better Be a Mirrorball
Arctic Monkeys
2. Certainty
Big Thief
3. King
Florence + The Machine
4. Chaise Longue
Wet Leg
5. Spitting Off the Edge of the World
Yeah Yeah Yeahs Featuring Perfume Genius
Best Alternative Music Album
1. WE
Arcade Fire
2. Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
Big Thief
3. Fossora
Björk
4. Wet Leg
Wet Leg
5. Cool It Down
Yeah Yeah Yeahs