Hip-hop duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
have received 7 Grammy nominations, including best song for the gay
marriage anthem Same Love.
Scoring the most nominations was Jay Z
with nine. Three artists – Justin Timberlake, Kendrick Lamar and
Pharrell Williams – tied Macklemore & Ryan Lewis with seven
nominations.
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis are
nominated for best new artist and best rap performance. Their second
studio album The Heist is up for album of the year and best
rap album. The single Thrift Shop is
up for best rap song, while the video for Can't Hold Us
is nominated for best music video.
Same Love
competes in the Song of the Year category against Just Give
Me a Reason (Pink, featuring
Nate Ruess), Locked Out of Heaven
(Bruno Mars), Roar
(Katy Perry) and Royals
(Lorde).
(Related:
Jennifer
Hudson joins Macklemore, Mary Lambert during MTV Same
Love performance.)