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Grammy Noms Include Perlman, Barbra, ‘Band’s Visit’

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December 7, 2018

Rapper Drake, music legend Barbra Streisand and the late rapper Mac Miller are among the nominees for the 61st Annual Grammy Awards, which will be presented Feb. 10 and broadcast live from The Staples Center on CBS.

Drake received seven nominations, including best rap song, record and song of the year for “God’s Plan,” album of the year for “Scorpion,” and best rap performance for “Nice for What.”

Streisand was nominated for her album “The Music…The Mem’ries…The Magic!”; Miller was recognized in the best rap album category for “Swimming.”

Maroon 5, led by Adam Levine, was nominated for its collaboration with Cardi B “Girls Like You” in the best duo/group performance category.

The Itzhak Perlman documentary “Itzhak” from filmmaker Alison Chernick and “Quincy,” the Quincy Jones bio from his daughter Rashida Jones, will vie for best music film.

“The Band’s Visit,” the soundtrack from the Broadway musical about an Egyptian orchestra stranded in an Israeli desert town, is up for best musical theater album. It’s from producers/composers Dean Sharenow and David Yazbek.

Benj Pasek is nominated with his songwriting partner Justin Paul for “This is Me” from “The Greatest Showman” in the song for visual media category; and “Yiddish Glory: The Lost Songs of World War II” was nominated for best world music album.

Vying for producer of the year, Larry Klein is in the mix on the non-classical side and Judith Sherman and Elizabeth Ostrow were recognized for classical production.

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