Nearly a year to the day after COVID -19 grounded tours and forced performance venues to close , the music world will celebrate its stars at the Grammys , and try to move past a crushing 2020 .

Beyoncé leads the pack of 2021 Grammy Awards nominees with nine nominations, followed by Taylor Swift , Dua Lipa and rapper Roddy Ricch with six each.

Here is a list of nominees in the major categories for the 63 rd annual Grammy Awards, which will be handed out on Sunday .

Album of the Year

Jhene Aiko, “Chilombo ”

Black Pumas , “Black Pumas (Deluxe Edition)”

Coldplay , “Everyday Life”

Jacob Collier , “Djesse Vol . 3 ”

Haim, “Women In Music Pt. III”

Dua Lipa, “Future Nostalgia ”

Post Malone, “Hollywood’ s Bleeding ”

Taylor Swift , “ folklore ”

Song of the Year , recognizing overall performance on a song

Beyonce , Denisia Andrews, Stephen Bray, Shawn Carter, Brittany Coney, Derek James Dixie , Akil King , Kim “ Kaydence” Krysiuk and Rickie “Caso ” Tice, “ Black Parade ”

Roddy Ricch and Samuel Gloade , “The Box”

Taylor Swift and Aaron Dessner, “Cardigan”

Post Malone, Louis Bell, Adam Feeney, Kaan Gunesberk and Billy Walsh , “ Circles ”

Dua Lipa, Caroline Ailin, Ian Kirkpatrick and Emily Warren, “ Don’t Start Now ”

Billie Eilish and Finneas O ’Connell, “ Everything I Wanted”

H .E .R . , Dernst Emile II and Tiara Thomas, “ I Can’ t Breathe”

Julia Michaels and JP Saxe , “ If The World Was Ending ”

Best New Artist

Ingrid Andress

Phoebe Bridgers

Chika

Noah Cyrus

D Smoke

Doja Cat

Kaytranada

Megan Thee Stallion

Best Music Video

Beyonce , “ Brown Skin Girl”

Future featuring Drake, “Life Is Good”

Anderson .Paak , “Lockdown ”

Harry Styles, “Adore You”

Woodkid, “ Goliath”

Best Rap Album

D Smoke , “Black Habits”

Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist , “ Alfredo”

Jay Electronica, “ A Written Testimony ”

Nas, “King ’s Disease”

Royce Da 5’ 9″ , “ The Allegory ”

Best Rock Album

Fontaines DC , “ A Hero ’s Death”

Michael Kiwanuka, “ Kiwanuka”

Grace Potter, “Daylight ”

Sturgill Simpson , “ Sound & Fury”

The Strokes , “ The New Abnormal ”

Best Pop Vocal Album

Justin Bieber, “ Changes”

Lady Gaga , “Chromatica ”

Dua Lipa, “Future Nostalgia ”

Harry Styles, “Fine Line”

Taylor Swift , “folklore ”

Best Alternative Music Album

Fiona Apple, “ Fetch the Bolt Cutters”

Beck , “ Hyperspace ”

Phoebe Bridgers, “ Punisher”

Brittany Howard , “ Jaime

Tame Impala , “ The Slow Rush ”

Best Global Music Album

Antibalas, “ Fu Chronicles ”

Burna Boy, “Twice as Tall”

Bebel Gilberto, “Agora ”

Anoushka Shankar , “ Love Letters”

Tinariwen , “ Amadjar ”