2015 Country & Roots Music Grammy Nominees

The Grammy Nominees for 2014 have been revealed and a few country stars are all up for major awards in addition to the main country award categories. The leaders in the clubhouse are Eric Church with four nominations (Album, Song, solo and group/duo/duet). Miranda Lambert also has four while Dierks Bentley, Carrie Underwood and Brandy Clark scored a pair of nominations each. Taylor Swift scored multiple nominations for her single "Shake It Off."  Producer Jay Joyce was honored for his work with Eric Church, Little Big Town, Cage The Elephant and Thomas Rhett (among others) in the Producer of the Year Category along with pop/rock producers Max Martin, Paul Epworth, John Hill and Greg Kurtsin. In the Best New Artist category, Brandy Clark took home a nomination and will battle HAIM, Bastille, Sam Smith and Iggy Azalea.

The Nominees for Best Country Song include Glen Campbell’s “I’m Not Gonna Miss You,” a touching recording that serves as the final single of his career. It’s up against Tim McGraw’s “Meanwhile, Back At Mama’s,” Miranda Lambert’s “Automatic,” Eric Church’s “Give Me Back My Hometown” and Kenny Chesney’s “American Kids.”

The Best Country Album features Dierks Bentley’s RISER, Brandy Clark’s 12 Stories, Eric Church’s The Outsiders, Lee Ann Womack’s The Way I’m Livin’ and Miranda Lambert’s Platinum. The Best Americana Album nominees are Rosanne Cash’s The River And The Thread, Nickel Creek’s A Dotted Line, Keb’ Mo’s Bluesamericana, John Hiatt’s Terms of My Surrender and Sturgill Simpson’s Metamodern Sounds In Country Music.

Best Country Solo Performance nominations were handed out to Keith Urban, Hunter Hayes, Eric Church, Miranda Lambert and Carrie Underwood while the Best Country Duo/Group Performance includes Little Big Town, Miranda Lambert & Carrie Underwood, Tim McGraw & Faith Hill, Keith Urban & Eric Church and The Band Perry.

57th Annual Grammy Nominations (Selected Categories)
Producer of the Year

• Jay Joyce
• Max Martin
• Paul Epworth
• John Hill
• Greg Kurstin

Best Country Album

• Miranda Lambert - Platinum
• Brandy Clark - 12 Stories
• Dierks Bentley - RISER
• Eric Church - The Outsiders
• Lee Ann Womack - The Way I'm Livin'

Best Country Duo/Group Performance

• “Gentle On My Mind,” The Band Perry
• “Meanwhile, Back at Mama’s,” Tim McGraw featuring Faith Hill
• “Raise ‘Em Up,” Keith Urban featuring Eric Church
• “Day Drinking,” Little Big Town
• “Somethin’ Bad,” Miranda Lambert featuring Carrie Underwood

Best Country Solo Performance

• “Give Me Back My Hometown,” Eric Church
• “Invisible,” Hunter Hayes
• “Automatic,” Miranda Lambert
• “Something In The Water,” Carrie Underwood
• “Cop Car,” Keith Urban

Best Americana Album

• Rosanne Cash, The River and the Thread
• John Hiatt, Terms of My Surrender
• Keb’ Mo’, Bluesamericana
• Nickel Creek, A Dotted Line
• Sturgill Simpson, Metamodern Sounds in Country Music

Best Country Song

• “American Kids,” Kenny Chesney (Songwriters: Rodney Clawson, Luke Laird, Shane McAnally)
• “Automatic,” Miranda Lambert (Songwriters: Lambert, Nicolle Galyon, and Natalie Hemby)
• “Give Me Back My Hometown,” Eric Church (Songwriters: Eric Church, Luke Laird)
• “I’m Not Gonna Miss You,” Glen Campbell (Songwriters: Glen Campbell, Julian Raymond)
• “Meanwhile, Back at Mama’s,” Tim McGraw ft. Faith Hill (Songwriters: Tom Douglas, Jaren Johnston, Jeffrey Steele)

Best New Artist

• Brandy Clark
• HAIM
• Sam Smith
• Iggy Azalea
• Bastille

American Roots Performance

• "Statesboro Blues," Gregg Allman & Taj Mahal
• "A Feather's Not A Bird," Rosanne Cash
• "And When I Die," Billy Childs Featuring Alison Krauss & Jerry Douglas
• "The Old Me Better," Keb' Mo' Featuring The California Feet Warmers
• "Destination," Nickel Creek

American Roots Song

• "A Feather's Not A Bird," Rosanne Cash & John Leventhal (Rosanne Cash)
• "Just So Much," Jesse Winchester (Jesse Winchester)
• "The New York Trains," Woody Guthrie & Del McCoury (The Del McCoury Band)
• "Pretty Little One," Edie Brickell & Steve Martin, songwriters (Steve Martin And The Steep Canyon Rangers Featuring Edie Brickell)
• "Terms Of My Surrender," John Hiatt (John Hiatt)

Bluegrass Album

• The Earls Of Leicester - The Earls Of Leicester
• Noam Pikelny - Noam Pikelny Plays Kenny Baker Plays Bill Monroe
• Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen - Cold Spell
• Bryan Sutton - Into My Own
• Rhonda Vincent - Only Me

Folk Album

• Mike Auldridge, Jerry Douglas & Rob Ickes - The Three Bells
• Alice Gerrard - Follow The Music
• Eliza Gilkyson - The Nocturne Diaries
• Old Crow Medicine Show - Remedy
• Jesse Winchester - A Reasonable Amount Of Trouble

The rest of the list of nominees for the 2015 Grammy Awards ceremony can be viewed here.