Jay-Z top the list for Nominations for 2014 Grammy Awards

The full nominations of the 2014 Grammy Awards have been announced. Jay-Z leads the pack with 9 nominations in various categories that include Best Rap Performance for his "Tom Ford", Best Rap Album for his chart-topping "Magna Carta... Holy Grail" and Best Rap Song for his collaboration with Justin Timberlake, "Holy Grail".

Meanwhile, Timberlake himself is set to battle against other musicians in 7 categories. He's up for awards like Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for his "Suit & Tie" and Best Pop Solo Performance for "Mirrors". Shockingly, his double album "The 20/20 Experience" and "The 20/20 Experience - 2 of 2" are not nominated for Album of the Year.

Instead, the prestigious category will feature a tough competition among Taylor Swift's "Red", Kendrick Lamar's "Good Kid, M.A.A.D City", Daft Punk's "Random Access Memories", Drake's "Nothing Was the Same", Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' "The Heist" and Sara Bareilles' "The Blessed Unrest".

Swift's "Red" is also vying for Best Country Album award, while none of the album's mega hits like "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" and "I Knew You Were Trouble" are nominated. However, the 23-year-old singer scores nominations in Best Country Duo/Group Performance for her collaboration with Keith Urban and Tim McGraw "Highway Don't Care" and Best Country Song for "Begin Again".

Other nominees include Lorde, whose breakthrough single "Royals" is up for Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance, Katy Perry, Bruno Mars, Kacey Musgraves, Ed Sheeran, Robin Thicke, Rihanna, Lana Del Rey and Imagine Dragons.

The 26th Annual Grammy Awards will be aired live from Los Angeles' Staples Center on January 26, 2014. Fans can head to Grammy's official website to find out the full nominations.

Song of The Year:

• "Just Give Me a Reason" - Pink
• "Locked Out of Heaven" - Bruno Mars
• "Roar" - Katy Perry
• "Royals" - Lorde
• "Same Love" - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

Record of The Year:

• "Get Lucky" - Daft Punk ft. Pharrell Williams
• "Radioactive" - Imagine Dragons
• "Royals" - Lorde
• "Locked Out of Heaven" - Bruno Mars
• "Blurred Lines" - Robin Thicke ft. T.I. and Pharrell Williams

Album of The Year:

• "The Blessed Unrest" - Sara Bareilles
• "Random Access Memories" - Daft Punk
• "Good Kid, M.A.A.D City" - Kendrick Lamar
• "The Heist" - Macklemore & cRyan
• "Red" - Taylor Swift

Best New Artist:

• James Blake
• Kendrick Lamar
• Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
• Kacey Musgraves
• Ed Sheeran

Pop Performance of the Year: :

• "Get Lucky" - Daft Punk & Pharrell Williams
• "Just Give Me a Reason" - Pink ft. Nate Ruess
• "Stay" - Rihanna
• "Blurred Lines" - Robin Thicke
• "Suit & Tie" - Justin Timberlake ft. Jay-Z

Country Album of the Year: :

• "Night Train" - Jason Aldean
• "Two Lanes of Freedom" - Tim McGraw
• "Same Trailer Different Park" - Kacey Musgraves
• "Based on a True Story..." - Blake Shelton
• "Red" - Taylor Swift

Rock Album of the Year: :

• "13" - Black Sabbath
• "The Next Day" - David Bowie
• "Mechanical Bull" - Kings of Leon
• "Celebration Day" - Led Zeppelin
• "...Like Clockwork" - Queens Of The Stone Age
• "Psychedelic Pill" - Neil Young and Crazy Horse

R&B Album of the Year: :

• "R&B Divas" - Faith Evans
• "Girl On Fire" - Alicia Keys
• "Love In The Future" - John Legend
• "Better" - Chrisette Michele
• "...Like Clockwork" - Queens Of The Stone Age
• "3 Kings" - TGT

Rap Album of the Year: :

• "Nothing Was The Same" - Drake
• "Magna Carta... Holy Grail" - Jay-Z
• "Good Kid, M.A.A.D City" - Kendrick Lamar
• "The Heist" - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
• "Yeezus" - Kanye West