Beyonce leads Grammy nominations with 9 followed by Drake, Rihanna and Kanye with 8
buzzz worthy. . . BEYONC É LEADS GRAMMY ® NOMINATIONS WITH NINE; DRAKE, RIHANNA, AND KANYE WEST EACH GARNER EIGHT ADELE, BEYONCÉ, JUSTIN BIEBER, DRAKE, AND STURGILL SIMPSON VIE FOR ALBUM OF THE YEAR AT THE 59TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS ® ON FEB. 12, 2017, LIVE ON CBS SANTA MONICA (Dec. 6, 2016) — The Recording Academy ® welcomes the class of nominees for the 59th Annual GRAMMY Awards ® . Top nominees are Beyoncé (9), Drake (8), Rihanna (8), Kanye West (8), and Chance The Rapper (7). Selected from nearly 22,000 submissions across 84 categories, the nominations reflect the range of artistic innovation that defined the year in music. As the only peer-selected music award, the GRAMMY ® is voted on by The Recording Academy's membership body of music makers, who represent all genres and creative disciplines, including recording artists, songwrit...