Did the 2020 Grammys just snub South Korean band BTS? Here's everything you need to know

It’s that time of the year again! Music industry’s biggest event – the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards – are upon us, and already there seems to have been a few snubs and surprises.

Known for acknowledging the best of best in music, the Grammys announced their elaborate list of nominations on Wednesday, stirring quite a furore for its unexpected shutout of South Korean boy band BTS. 

While newcomers and first-time Grammy nominees like Lizzo, Billie Eilish, and Lil Nas X led the nominations with maximum nods, artists such as Ariana Grande, Bon Iver, Lana Del Rey followed close behind. What came as a surprise, however, to most music fans across the globe was the oversight on part of Grammys, by shutting out BTS absolutely from the 2020 nominations’ list.

Check out some of the nominees from some of the popular categories below, or visit here for the full list. The 62nd Grammy Awards are scheduled to air on Sunday, January 26, 2020.

Record of the Year

Hey, Ma — Bon Iver

Bad Guy — Billie Eilish

7 Rings — Ariana Grande

Hard Place — H.E.R.

Talk — Khalid

Old Town Road — Lil Nas X Featuring Billy Ray Cyrus

Truth Hurts — Lizzo

Sunflower — Post Malone & Swae Lee

Album of the Year

I, I — Bon Iver

Norman F—ing Rockwell! — Lana Del Rey

When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? — Billie Eilish

Thank U, Next — Ariana Grande

I Used To Know Her — H.E.R.

7 — Lil Nas X

Cuz I Love You (Deluxe) — Lizzo

Father of the Bride — Vampire Weekend

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Song of the Year

Always Remember Us This Way — Natalie Hemby, Lady Gaga, Hillary Lindsey & Lori McKenna, songwriters (Lady Gaga)

Bad Guy — Billie Eilish O’Connell & Finneas O’Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish)

Bring My Flowers Now — Brandi Carlile, Phil Hanseroth, Tim Hanseroth & Tanya Tucker, songwriters (Tanya Tucker)

Hard Place — Ruby Amanfu, Sam Ashworth, D. Arcelious Harris. H.E.R. & Rodney Jerkins, songwriters (H.E.R.)

Lover — Taylor Swift, songwriter (Taylor Swift)

Norman F***ing Rockwell — Jack Antonoff and Lana Del Rey, songwriters (Lana Del Rey)

Someone You Loved — Tom Barnes, Lewis Capaldi, Pere Kelleher, Benjamin Kohn & Sam Roman, songwriters (Lewis Capaldi)

Truth Hurts — Steven Cheung, Eric Frederic, Melissa Jefferson & Jesse Saint John, songwriters (Lizzo)

Best New Artist

Black Pumas

Billie Eilish

Lil Nas X

Lizzo

Maggie Rogers

Rosalía

Tank and the Bangas

Yola

POP

Best Pop Solo Performance

Spirit — Beyoncé

Bad Guy — Billie Eilish

7 Rings — Ariana Grande

Truth Hurts — Lizzo

You Need To Calm Down — Taylor Swift

Best Pop Vocal Album

The Lion King: The Gift — Beyoncé

When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go — Billie Eilish

Thank U, Next — Ariana Grande

No. 6 Collaborations Project — Ed Sheeran

Lover — Taylor Swift

ROCK

Best Rock Performance

Pretty Waste — Bones UK

This Land — Gary Clark Jr.

History Repeats — Brittany Howard

Woman — Karen O and Danger Mouse

Too Bad — Rival Sons

Best Metal Performance

Astorolus – The Great Octopus — Candlemass ft. Tony Iommi

Humanicide — Death Angel

Bow Down — I Prevail

Unleashed — Killswitch Engage

7empest — Tool

Best Rock Song

Fear Inoculum — Danny Carey, Justin Chancellor, Adam Jones & Maynard James Keenan, Songwriters (Tool)

Give Yourself A Try — George Daniel, Adam Hann, Matthew Healy & Ross Macdonald, Songwriters (The 1975)

Harmony Hall — Ezra Koenig, Songwriter (Vampire Weekend)

History Repeats — Brittany Howard, Songwriter (Brittany Howard)

This Land — Gary Clark Jr., Songwriter (Gary Clark Jr.)

Alternative

Best Alternative Music Album

U.F.O.F. — Big Thief

Assume Form — James Blake

i,i — Bon Iver

Father of the Bride — Vampire Weekend

Anima — Thom Yorke

R&B

Best R&B Performance

Love Again — Daniel Caesar & Brandy

Could’ve Been — H.E.R. & Bryson Tiller

Exactly How I Feel — Lizzo & Gucci Mane

Roll Some Mo — Lucky Daye

Come Home — Anderson .Paak & André 300

RAP

Best Rap Performance

Middle Child — J.Cole

Suge — DaBaby

Down Bad — Dreamville ft. J.I.D, Bas, J. Cole, Earthgang & Young Nudy

Racks In The Middle — Nipsey Hussle ft. Roddy Ricch and Hit-boy

Clout — Offset ft. Cardi B

Country

Best Country Solo Performance

All Your’n — Tyler Childers

Girl Goin’ Nowhere — Ashley McBryde

Ride Me Back Home — Willie Nelson

God’s Country — Blake Shelton

Bring My Flowers Now — Tanya Tucker

World Music

Best World Music Album

Gece — Altin Gün

What Heat — Bokanté & Metropole Orkest Conducted By Jules Buckley

African Giant — Burna Boy

Fanm D’ayiti — Nathalie Joachim With Spektral Quartet

Celia — Angelique Kidjo

Comedy

Best Comedy Album

Quality Time — Jim Gaffigan

Relatable — Ellen Degeneres

Right Now — Aziz Ansari

Son Of Patricia — Trevor Noah

Sticks & Stones — Dave Chappelle

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