Congrats to all the 2017 Nominees for this year's Grammy Awards! We've put together a Spotify playlist & list of all these talented Asian & Asian American artists.
Album Of The Year
Drake - Views
Production by: Dwayne "Supa Dups" Chin-Quee
Best New Artist
Anderson .Paak
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Sia Featuring Sean Paul - Cheap Thrills
Best Dance Recording
*The Chainsmokers Featuring Daya - Don't Let Me Down
Best Rock Song
Metallica - Hardwired
Guitarist: Kirk Hammett
Best Urban Contemporary Album
Anderson .Paak - Malibu
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
Dierks Bentley Featuring Elle King - Different For Girls
Best New Age Album
Peter Kater & Tina Guo - Inner Passion
*White Sun - White Sun II (Harijiwan)
Best Improvised Jazz Solo
Joey Alexander - Countdown
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Kenny Barron Trio - Book Of Intuition
Bass: Kiyoshi Kitagawa
Best World Music Album
*Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble - Sing Me Home
Best Comedy Album
Margaret Cho - American Myth
Best Musical Theater Album
*The Color Purple - Jhett Tolentino, producer
Fiddler On The Roof - David Lai, producer
Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media
The Revenant - Ryuichi Sakamoto, composer
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
Lang Lang Featuring Lisa Fischer & Jeffrey Wright - Somewhere (Dirty Blvd) (Extended Version)
Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package
401 Days
J.Views, art director
Best Remixed Recording
The Silver Lake Chorus - Heavy Star Movin' (starRo Remix)
staRo, remixer
Best Opera Recording
*Corigliano: The Ghosts Of Versailles - Guanqun Yu, soloist
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Schumann & Berg - Mitsuko Uchida, accompanist
Best Music Video
Coldplay - Up & Up
Vania Heymann (Israel) & Gal Muggia (Israel), video directors
Best Music Film
Steve Aoki - I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
The Music Of Strangers - Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble
*If there are any that we missed, please let us know!
Listen to our other TRAKTIVIST playlists on Spotify!