Beyonce, Drake, Rihanna, Chance The Rapper, Kanye Lead Grammy Nods

Let the debates begin, the 2017 Grammy nominations list has been revealed and the usual suspects are all there, multiple times.

In 2016 it seemed like we heard the same five names in Urban music all year and those five names are dominating that Grammy nomination pool.

Beyonce leads all artists with nine nominations. Drake, Rihanna and Kanye West each earned eight nominations. Then, with the biggest surprise, Chance The Rapper and all of his campaigning for streaming music to recognized got himself seven nominations.

Beyonce and Drake are both up for Album of the Year and will be up against Justin Bieber, Adele and Sturgill Simpson. Should Black folks or Hip-Hop fans even bother getting their hopes up?

Chance the Rapper and Anderson .Paak both got nods for New Artist of the Year. Schoolboy Q, Desiigner, Fat Joe and Remy Ma, Chance the Rapper and Drake are each up for Rap Performance of the Year.

Check out the entire list of nominations relevant to our interests below. The see the full list that includes Jazz, Gospel and Country click here.

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 rap performance:

“No Problem” — Chance the Rapper featuring Lil Wayne and 2 Chainz

“Panda” — Desiigner

“Pop Style” — Drake Featuring the Throne

“All the Way Up” — Fat Joe and Remy Ma feat. French Montana

“That Part” — Schoolboy Q featuring Kanye West

Album Of the Year

“25” — Adele

“Lemonade” — Beyoncé

“Purpose” — Justin Bieber

“Views” — Drake

“A Sailor’s Guide to Earth” — Sturgill Simpson

Record of the year:

“Hello” — Adele

“Formation” — Beyoncé

“7 Years” — Lukas Graham

“Work” — Rihanna featuring Drake

“Stressed Out” — Twenty One Pilots

Song of the year:

“Formation” — Khalif Brown, Asheton Hogan, Beyoncé Knowles & Michael L. Williams II, songwriters (Beyoncé)

“Hello” — Adele Adkins & Greg Kurstin, songwriters (Adele)

“I Took a Pill In Ibiza” — Mike Posner, songwriter (Mike Posner)

“Love Yourself” — Justin Bieber, Benjamin Levin Ed Sheeran, songwriters (Justin Bieber)

“7 Years” — Lukas Forchhammer, Stefan Forrest, Morten Pilegaard & Morten Ristorp, songwriters (Lukas Graham)

Best new artist:

Kelsea Ballerini

The Chainsmokers

Chance the Rapper

Maren Morris

Anderson .Paak

Best urban contemporary album:

“Lemonade” — Beyoncé

“Ology” — Gallant

“We Are King” — King

“Malibu” — Anderson .Paak

“Anti” — Rihanna

Best music video:

“Formation” — Beyoncé

“River” — Leon Bridges

“Up & Up” — Coldplay

“Gosh” — Jamie XX

“Upside Down & Inside Out” — OK Go

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

“Culcha Vulcha” — Snarky Puppy