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Beyoncé and Adele lead Grammy nominations

Rihanna, Drake and Kanye West are also up for a number of awards

The Grammy nominations were announced this morning, and it looks like we’re in for an Adele and Beyoncé showdown.

The pair will go head-to-head in some of the biggest categories on the night, including Best Album.

Drake, Rihanna and Kanye West respectively earned an incredible eight nominations each. Justin Bieber also received a number of nominations in major categories, including Album of the Year.

James Corden will host the awards, which will air Sunday, February 12 on CBS.

Check out the list of nominees below:

Record of the Year

Hello, Adele
Formation, Beyonce
7 Years, Lukas Graham
Work, Rihanna
Stressed Out, Twenty One Pilots

Album of the Year

25, Adele
Lemonade, Beyonce
Purpose, Justin Bieber
Views, Drake
A Sailor’s Guide to Earth, Sturgill Simpson

Song of the Year

Formation, Beyonce (Songwriters: Khalif Brown, Asheton Hogan, Beyonce KNowles & Michael L. Williams II)
Hello, Adele (Songwriter: Adele)
I Took a Pill in Ibiza, Mike Posner (Songwriter: Mike Posner)
Love Yourself, Justin Bieber (Songwriters: Justin Bieber, Benjamin Levin & Ed Sheeran)
7 Years, Lukas Graham (Songwriters: Lukas Forchhammer, Stefan Forrest, Morten Pilegaard & Morten Ristorp)

Best New Artist

Kelsea Ballerini
The Chainsmokers
Chance the Rapper
Maren Morris
Anderson .Paak

Best Pop Solo Performance

Hello, Adele
Hold Up, Beyonce
Love Yourself, Justin Bieber
Piece By Piece (Idol Version), Kelly Clarkson
Dangerous Woman, Ariana Grande

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

Closer, The Chainsmokers Featuring Halsey
7 Years, Lukas Graham
Work, Rihanna Featuring Drake
Cheap Thrills, Sia Featuring Sean Paul
Stressed Out, Twenty One Pilots

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

Cinema, Andrea Bocelli
Fallen Angels, Bob Dylan
Stages Live, Josh Groban
Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin, Willie Nelson
Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway, Barbra Streisand

Best Pop Vocal Album

25, Adele
Purpose, Justin Bieber
Dangerous Woman, Ariana Grande
Confident, Demi Lovato
This Is Acting, Sia

Best Dance Recording

Tearing Me Up, Bob Moses
Don’t Let Me Down, The Chainsmokers Featuring Daya
Never Be Like You, Flume Featuring Kai
Rinse & Repeat, Riton Featuring Kah-Lo
Drinkee, Sofi Tukker

Best Dance/Electronic Album

Skin, Flume
Electronica 1: The Time Machine, Jean-Michel Jarre
Epoch, Tycho
Barbara Barbara, We Face A Shining Future, Underworld
Louie Vega Starring…XXVIII, Louie Vega

Best Rock Performance

Joe (Live From Austin City Limits), Alabama Shakes
Don’t Hurt Yourself, Beyonce Featuring Jack White
Blackstar, David Bowie
The Sound Of Silence, Disturbed
Heathens, Twenty One Pilots

Best Rock Song

Blackstar, David Bowie (Songwriter: David Bowie)
Burn the Witch, Radiohead (Songwriter: Radiohead)
Hardwired, Metallica (Songwriters: James Hetfield & Lars Ulrich)
Heathens, Twenty One Pilots (Songwriter: Tyler Joseph)
My Name Is Human, Highly Suspect (Songwriters: Rich Meyer, Ryan Meyer & Johnny Stevens)

Best Rock Album

California, Blink-182
Tell Me I’m Pretty, Cage the Elephant
Magma, Gojira
Death Of A Bachelor, Panic! At The Disco
Weezer, Weezer

Best Alternative Music Album

22, A Million, Bon Iver
Blackstar, David Bowie
The Hope Six Demolition Project, PJ Harvey
Post Pop Depression, Iggy Pop
A Moon Shaped Pool, Radiohead

Best R&B Performance

Turnin’ Me Up, BJ The Chicago Kid
Permission, Ro James
I Do, Musiq Soulchild
Needed Me, Rihanna
Cranes In The Sky, Solange

Best R&B Song

Come See Me, Party Next Door Featuring Drake (Songwriters: J. Brathwaite, Aubrey Graham & Noah Shebib)
Exchange, Bryson Tiller (Songwriters: Michael Hernandez & Bryson Tiller)
Kiss It Better, Rihanna (Songwriters: Jeff Bhasker, Robyn Fenty, John-Nathan Glass & Natalia Noemi)
Lake By The Ocean, Maxwell (Songwriters: Hod David & Musze)
Luv, Troy Lanez (Songwriters: Magnus August Høiberg, Benjamin Levin & Daystar Peterson)

Best Urban Contemporary Album

Lemonade, Beyonce
Ology, Gallant
We Are King, King
Malibu, Anderson .Paak
Anti, Rihanna

Best R&B Album

In My Mind, BJ The Chicago Kid
Lalah Hathaway Live, Lalah Hathaway
Velvet Portraits, Terrace Martin
Healing Season, Mint Condition
Smoove Jones, Mya

Best Rap Performance

No Problem, Chance The Rapper Featuring Lil wayne & 2 Chainze
Panda, Desiigner
Pop Style, Drake Featuring The Throng
All The Way Up, Fat Joe & remy Ma Featuring French Montana & Infared
That Part, ScHoolboy Q Featuring Kanye West

Best Rap/Sung Performance

Freedom, Beyoncé Featuring Kendrick Lamar
Hotline Bling, Drake
Broccoli, D.R.A.M. Featuring Lil Yachty
Ultralight Beam, Kanye West Featuring Chance The Rapper, Kelly Price, Kirk Franklin & The-Dream
Famous, Kanye West Featuring Rihanna

Best Rap Song

All the Way Up, Fat Joe & Remy Ma featuring French Montana & Infared (Songwriters: Joseph Cartagena, Edward Davadi, Shandel Green, Karim Kharbouch, Andre Christopher Lyon, Reminisce Mackie & Marcello Valenzano_
Famous, Kanye West Featuring Rihanna (Songwriters: Chancelor Bennett, Ross Birchard, Ernest Brown, Andrew Dawson, Kasseem Dean, Mike Dean, Noah Goldstein, Kejuan Muchita, Patrick Reynolds, Kanye West & Cydel Young)
Hotline Bling, Drake (Songwriters: Aubrey Graham & Paul Jefferies)
No Problem, Chance the Rapper Featuring Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz (Songwriters: Chancelor Bennett, Dwayne Carter & Tauheed Epps)
Ultralight Beam, Kanye West featuring Chance the Rapper, Kelly Price, Kirk Franklin & the-Dream (Songwriters: Chancelor Bennett, Kasseem Dean, Mike Dean, Kirk Franklin, Noah Goldstein, Samuel Griesemer, Terius Nash, Jerome Potter, Kelly Price, Nico “Donnie Trumpet” Segal, Derek Watkins, Kanye West & Cydel Young)

Best Rap Album

Coloring Book, Chance the Rapper
And the Anonymous Nobody, De La Soul
Major Key, DJ Khaled
Views, Drake
Blank Face LP, ScHoolboy Q
The Life of Pablo, Kanye West

Best Country Solo Performance

Love Can Go To Hell, Brandy Clark
Vice, Miranda Lambert
My Church, Maren Morris
Church Bells, Carrie Underwood
Blue Ain’t Your Color, Keith Urban

Best Country Duo/Group Performance

Different for Girls, Dierks Bentley Featuring Elle King
21 Summer, Brothers Osbourne
Setting The World on Fire, Kenny Chesney & P!nk
Jolene, Pentatonix Featuring Dolly Parton
Think Of You, Chris Young With Cassadee Poper

Best Country Song

Blue Ain’t Your Color, Keith Urban (Songwriters: Clint Lagerberg, Hillary Lindsey & Steven Lee Olsen)
Die A Happy Man, Thomas Rhett (Songwriters: Sean Douglas, Thomas Rhett & Joe Spargur)
Humble And Kind, Tim McGraw (Songwriter: Lori McKenna)
My Church, Maren Morris (Songwriters: busbee & Maren Morris)
Vice, Miranda Lambert (Songwriters: Miranda Lambert, Shane McAnally & Josh Osborne)

Best Country Album

Big Day In A Small Town, Brandy Clark
Full Circle, Loretta Lynn
Hero, Maren Morris
A Sailor’s Guide To Earth, Sturgill Simpson
Ripcord, Keith Urban

Best Comedy Album

…America…Great…, David Cross
American Myth, Margaret Cho
Boying Girl Interrupted, Tig Notago
Live At The Apollo, Amy Schumer
Talking For Clapping, Patton Oswalt

Best Compilation Sountrack for Visual Media

Amy
Miles Ahead
Straight Outta Compton
Suicide Squad
Vinyl

Best Music Video

Formation, Beyonce
River, Leon Bridges
Up & Up, Coldplay
Gosh, Jamie XX
Upside Down & Inside Out, OK Go

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