The 4th Annual Awards Psychic Music Award Nominations

Another year, another great set of albums and songs. I am proud to announce the nominees for the 4th Annual Award Psychic Music Awards. It was a great batch of contenders, and it was hard to narrow all of them down, but I was, as always, glad to do it. Starting tonight, maybe tomorrow, I will do my pre-pre-cursor November Oscar Predictions, and the nominations for the Grammy Awards will be announced on December 7th. This is always my favorite time of year. It's not just because I love Thanksgiving and Christmas, with family and friends, and the decorations and the food. But I love what I do here at The Awards Psychic, and the Oscar and Grammy season are about to heat up. As always, we'll have to wait and see...

Album of the Year
Alabama Shakes "Sound & Color"
D'Angelo and the Vanguard "Black Messiah"
Dr. Dre "Compton"
Florence + The Machine "How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful"
Kendrick Lamar "To Pimp a Butterfly"
Sleater-Kinney "No Cities to Love"
Sufjan Stevens "Carrie & Lowell"
Taylor Swift "1989"
Wilco "Star Wars"

Single of the Year
Alabama Shakes "Don't Wanna Fight"
Common and John Legend "Glory"
George Ezra "Budapest"
Florence + The Machine "Ship to Wreck"
Kendrick Lamar "Alright"
Rihanna, Kanye West, and Paul McCartney "FourFiveSeconds"
Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars "Uptown Funk"
Sia "Elastic Heart"
Taylor Swift "Blank Space"

Best New Artist
Leon Bridges
George Ezra
FKA Twigs
Hozier
Sam Hunt
Vance Joy
Maddie and Tae
Meghan Trainor

Best Pop Album
Charli XCX "Sucker"
George Ezra "Wanted on Voyage"
Florence + The Machine "How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful"
Tori Kelly "Unbreakable Smile"
Lana Del Rey "Honeymoon"
Taylor Swift "1989"
Meghan Trainor "Title"

Best Rap Album
Azealia Banks "Broke With Expensive Taste"
Big Sean "Dark Sky Paradise"
Dr. Dre "Compton"
Drake and Future "What a Time to Be Alive"
Drake "If You're Reading This You're Too Late"
J. Cole "2014 Forest Hills Drive"
Kendrick Lamar "To Pimp A Butterfly"
Nicki Minaj "The Pinkprint"

Best Rock/Alternative Album
Ryan Adams "1989"
Alabama Shakes "Sound & Color"
Fall Out Boy "American Beauty/American Psycho"
Foo Fighters "Sonic Highways"
Hozier "Hozier"
Sleater-Kinney "No Cities to Love"
Sufjan Stevens "Carrie & Lowell"
Wilco "Star Wars"

Best R&B Album
Leon Bridges "Coming Home"
D'Angelo and the Vanguard "Black Messiah"
K. Michelle "Anybody Wanna Buy a Heart"
Miguel "Wildheart"
Ne-Yo "Nonfiction"
Jazmine Sullivan "Reality Show"
Tinashe "Aquarius"
The Weeknd "Beauty Behind the Madness"

Best Country Album
Sam Hunt "Montevallo"
Little Big Town "Pain Killer"
Maddie & Tae "Start Here"
Reba McEntire "Love Somebody"
Kacey Musgraves "Pageant Material"
Darius Rucker "Southern Style"
Chris Stapleton "Traveller"
Zac Brown Band "Jekyll + Hyde"

Best Pop Performance
George Ezra "Budapest"
Florence + The Machine "Ship to Wreck"
Rihanna, Kanye West, and Paul McCartney "FourFiveSeconds"
Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars "Uptown Funk"
Ed Sheeran "Thinking Out Loud"
Sia "Elastic Heart"
Taylor Swift "Blank Space"
Taylor Swift feat. Kendrick Lamar "Bad Blood"
Meghan Trainor feat. John Legend "Like I'm Gonna Lose You"

Best Rock Performance
Ryan Adams "Bad Blood"
Alabama Shakes "Don't Wanna Fight"
Fall Out Boy "Uma Thurman"
Foo Fighters "Something From Nothing" 
Mumford & Sons "Believe"
Sleater-Kinney "Bury Our Friends"
Sufjan Stevens "Should Have Known Better"
Wilco "Random Name Generator"

Best R&B Performance
Beyonce "7/11"
Leon Bridges "Coming Home"
D'Angelo and the Vanguard "Really Love"
Janet Jackson "Unbreakable"
K. Michelle "Hard to Do"
Miguel feat. Wale "Coffee"
Jazmine Sullivan "Let it Burn"
Tinashe feat. Iggy Azalea "All Hands on Deck"
The Weeknd "Can't Feel My Face"

Best Rap Performance
Big Sean feat. Drake and Kanye West "Blessings"
Common and John Legend "Glory"
Drake "Emergy"
Flying Lotus feat. Kendrick Lamar "Never Catch Me"
Kendrick Lamar "Alright"
Nicki Minaj "The Night is Still Young"
Nicki Minaj feat. Drake and Lil Wayne "Truffle Butter"
Wiz Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth "See You Again"

Best Country Performance
Sam Hunt "Take Your Time"
Maddie & Tae "Fly"
Miranda Lambert "Little Red Wagon"
Little Big Town "Girl Crush"
Kacey Musgraves "Biscuits"
Chris Stapleton "Nobody to Blame"
Carrie Underwood "Little Toy Guns"
Zac Brown Band "Homegrown"