Sam Smith, Ed Sheeran, Sia & Charli XCX amongst Grammy 2015 nominees

Sam Smith, Ed Sheeran and Charli XCX are flying the British flag in the nominations for 2015’s Grammy Awards, organisers have confirmed.

Announced on US TV earlier today, The Grammy Awards 2015 sees Smith nominated for Record Of The Year and Best Pop Solo Performance (both for Stay With Me) alongside Best Pop Vocal Album for his huge debut, In The Lonely Hour. Sheeran, meanwhile, sees his sophomore record X also in the Best Pop Vocal Album category, whilst Charli XCX’s collaboration with Iggy Azalea on Fancy goes up against Sam Smith (alongside Taylor Swift, Sia and Meghan Trainor) for the Record Of The Year.

Sia’s Chandelier, meanwhile, is up for the aforementioned Record of The Year and Best Pop Solo Performance. Check the latest nominations below; we’ll be updating this post throughout the day.

Best New Artist

Bastille
Iggy Azalea
Brandy Clark
Haim
Sam Smith

Song Of The Year

“Chandelier,” Sia
“All About That Bass,” Meghan Trainor
“Shake It Off,” Taylor Swift
“Stay With Me (Darkchild Version),” Sam Smith
“Take Me to Church,” Hozier

Best Rap Albumr

The New Classic, Iggy Azalea
Because the Internet, Childish Gambino
Nobody’s Smiling, Common
The Marshall Mathers LP2, Eminem
Oxymoron, ScHoolboy Q
Blacc Hollywood, Wiz Khalifa

Record of the Year

Iggy Azalea ft. Charli XCX – “Fancy”
Sia – “Chandelier”
Sam Smith – “Stay With Me” (Darkchild Remix)
Taylor Swift – “Shake It Off”
Meghan Trainor – “All About That Bass”

Best Country Album

Dierks Bentley – Riser
Eric Church – The Outsiders
Brandy Clark – 12 Stories
Miranda Lambert – Platinum
Lee Ann Womack – The Way I’m Livin’

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance/h2>
“Fancy,” Iggy Azalea ft. Charli XCX
“A Sky Full of Stars,” Coldplay
“Say Something,” A Great Big World ft. Christina Aguilera
“Bang Bang,” Ariana Grande, Jessie J & Nicki Minaj
“Dark Horse,” Katy Perry ft. Juicy J

Best Rap Performance/h2>
“305,” Childish Gambino
“0 to 100/The Catch Up,” Drake
“Rap God,” Eminem
“i,” Kendrick Lamar
“All I Need Is You,” Lecrae

Best Alternative Music Album/h2>
This Is All Yours, alt-J
Reflektor, Arcade Fire
Melophobia, Cage the Elephant
St. Vincent, St. Vincent
Lazaretto, Jack White

Best Rock Album/h2>
Ryan Adams, Ryan Adams
Morning Phase, Beck
Turn Blue, The Black Keys
Hypnotic Eye, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Songs of Innocence, U2

Best Pop Vocal Album

Coldplay – Ghost Stories
Miley Cyrus- Bangerz
Ariana Grande – My Everything
Katy Perry – Prism
Ed Sheeran – X
Sam Smith – In The Lonely Hour

Best Urban Contemporary Album

Jhené Aiko – Sail Out
Beyoncé – Beyoncé
Chris Brown – X
Mali Music – Mali Is
Pharrell Williams – G I R L

Best Pop Solo Performance

John Legend, “All of Me (Live Version)”
Sia, “Chandelier”
Sam Smith, “Stay With Me”
Taylor Swift, “Shake It Off”
Pharrell Williams, “Happy”