Taylor Swift seems to write a song about every breakup she goes through and celeb she beefs with, so maybe she’s penning an angry Grammy-themed song right now.

By she I mean her writing team and PR specialists, because we all know she doesn’t write her own songs.

Swift and Ed Sheeran are two of the more high-profile snubs from this year’s Grammy nominations. Ed did get a nod in the best pop vocal album category (alongside Coldplay, so you know they’re scraping the barrel), as well as best pop solo performance, but he usually fairs much better.

Taylor’s lone nod came in the Best Song Written for Visual Media category.

We’ll get to the full list of nominees soon enough, but for now here’s Rolling Stone with a few things we learned:

Grammy voters finally paid attention to streaming numbers.

The most prestigious Grammy categories (Song/Record/Album of the Year) were dominated by streaming success stories, whether it was Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee’s “Despacito” (over 4 billion views on YouTube) or Childish Gambino’s “Redbone” (338 million streams on Spotify).

Pop suffered.

Though Katy Perry has earned a Grammy nomination in at least one category for every album since One of the Boys, Witness received none. Jack Antonoff, who produced for Lorde, Pink, Swift, Fifth Harmony and more, was not nominated in the Producer of the Year category. Neither was Max Martin (2015 winner, 2017 nominee, credited this year on albums by Swift and Katy Perry) or Jeff Bhasker (2016 winner, 2013 nominee, credited this year on albums by Harry Styles and Perry).

The Academy nominated four minority performers for Album of the Year, tying a record.

The Album of the Year contenders this year include Kendrick Lamar, Jay-Z, Bruno Mars and Childish Gambino…

A big part of the shift this year is due to a change in the reception of R&B.

Grammy voters still love Jay-Z.

Jay-Z has 21 Grammys to date, a figure that ties him for seventh on the list of most Grammy wins of all time. He leads the field at the 2018 Grammys with eight nominations.

So Grammy voters love him and Beyoncé loves him? Sheesh bud, give it a rest.

Right, let’s get stuck into that list of nominees we promised earlier.

This via the Guardian – come on, Portugal. The Man.

Album of the year

Awaken, My Love! – Childish Gambino
4:44 – Jay-Z
Damn – Kendrick Lamar
Melodrama – Lorde
24K Magic – Bruno Mars

Record of the year

Redbone – Childish Gambino
Despacito – Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee feat Justin Bieber
The Story of OJ – Jay-Z
Humble. – Kendrick Lamar
24K Magic – Bruno Mars

Song of the year

Despacito – Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee feat Justin Bieber
4:44 – Jay-Z
Issues – Julia Michaels
1-800-273-8255 – Logic feat Alessia Cara and Khalid
That’s What I Like – Bruno Mars

New artist

Alessia Cara
Khalid
Lil Uzi Vert
Julia Michaels
SZA

Pop solo performance

Love So Soft – Kelly Clarkson
Praying – Kesha
Million Reasons – Lady Gaga
What About Us – Pink
Shape of You – Ed Sheeran

Pop duo/group performance

Something Just Like This – The Chainsmokers and Coldplay
Despacito – Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee feat Justin Bieber
Thunder – Imagine Dragons
Feel It Still – Portugal The Man
Stay – Zedd & Alessia Cara

Traditional pop vocal album

Nobody But Me (Deluxe Version) – Michael Bublé
Triplicate – Bob Dylan
In Full Swing – Seth MacFarlane
Wonderland – Sarah McLachlan
Tony Bennett Celebrates 90 – Various Artists

Pop vocal album

Kaleidoscope EP – Coldplay
Lust for Life – Lana Del Rey
Evolve – Imagine Dragons
Rainbow – Kesha
Joanne – Lady Gaga
÷ (Divide) – Ed Sheeran

Dance recording

Bambro Koyo Ganda – Bonobo feat Innov Gnawa
Cola – Camelphat and Elderbrook
Andromeda – Gorillaz feat Dram
Tonite – LCD Soundsystem
Line of Sight – Odesza feat Wynne and Mansionair

Dance/electronic album

Migration – Bonobo
3-D the Catalogue – Kraftwerk
Mura Masa – Mura Masa
A Moment Apart – Odesza
What Now – Sylvan Esso

Rock performance

You Want It Darker – Leonard Cohen
The Promise – Chris Cornell
Run – Foo Fighters
No Good – Kaleo
Go to War – Nothing More

Rock song

Atlas, Rise! – Metallica
Blood in the Cut – K.Flay
Go to War – Nothing More
Run – Foo Fighters
The Stage – Avenged Sevenfold

Rock album

Emperor of Sand – Mastodon
Hardwired … to Self-Destruct – Metallica
The Stories We Tell Ourselves – Nothing More
Villains – Queens of the Stone Age
A Deeper Understanding – The War on Drugs

R&B performance

Get You – Daniel Caesar feat Kali Uchis
Distraction – Kehlani
High – Ledisi
That’s What I Like – Bruno Mars
The Weekend – SZA

Traditional R&B performance

Laugh and Move on – the Baylor Project
Redbone – Childish Gambino
What I’m Feelin’ – Anthony Hamilton feat the Hamiltones
All the Way – Ledisi
Still – Mali Music

R&B song

First Began – PJ Morton
Location – Khalid
Redbone – Childish Gambino
Supermodel – SZA
That’s What I Like – Bruno Mars

Urban contemporary album

Free 6lack – 6lack
Awaken, My Love! – Childish Gambino
American Teen – Khalid
Ctrl – SZA
Starboy – the Weeknd

R&B album

Freudian – Daniel Caesar
Let Love Rule – Ledisi

24K Magic – Bruno Mars

Gumbo – PJ Morton

Feel the Real – Musiq Soulchild

Rap performance

Bounce Back – Big Sean
Bodak Yellow – Cardi B
4:44 – Jay-Z
Humble – Kendrick Lamar
Bad and Boujee – Migos feat Lil Uzi Vert

Rap/sung performance

Prblms – 6lack
Crew – Goldlink feat Brent Faiyaz and Shy Glizzy
Family Feud – Jay-Z feat Beyoncé
Loyalty. – Kendrick Lamar feat Rihanna
Love Galore – SZA feat Travis Scott

Rap song

Bodak Yellow – Cardi B
Chase Me – Danger Mouse feat Run the Jewels and Big Boi
Humble – Kendrick Lamar
Sassy – Rapsody
The Story of OJ – Jay-Z

Rap album

4:44 – Jay-Z
Damn – Kendrick Lamar
Culture – Migos
Laila’s Wisdom – Rapsody
Flower Boy – Tyler, the Creator

Country solo performance

Body Like a Back Road – Sam Hunt
Losing You – Alison Krauss
Tin Man – Miranda Lambert
I Could Use a Love Song – Maren Morris
Either Way – Chris Stapleton

Country album

Cosmic Hallelujah – Kenny Chesney
Heart Break – Lady Antebellum
The Breaker – Little Big Town
Life Changes – Thomas Rhett
From a Room: Volume 1 – Chris Stapleton

Jazz vocal album

The Journey – The Baylor Project
A Social Call – Jazzmeia Horn
Bad Ass and Blind – Raul Midón
Porter Plays Porter – Randy Porter Trio with Nancy King
Dreams and Daggers – Cécile McLorin Salvant

World music album

Memoria de los Sentidos – Vicente Amigo
Para Mi – Buika
Rosa Dos Ventos – Anat Cohen and Trio Brasileiro
Shaka Zulu Revisited: 30th Anniversary Celebration – Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Elwan – Tinariwen

Producer of the year, non-classical

Calvin Harris
Greg Kurstin
Blake Mills
No ID
The Stereotypes

Folk album

Mental Illness – Aimee Mann
Semper Femina – Laura Marling
The Queen of Hearts – Offa Rex
You Don’t Own Me Anymore – the Secret Sisters
The Laughing Apple – Yusuf/Cat Stevens

[sources:rollingstone&guardian]