WASHINGTON — Kendrick Lamar led the Grammy nominations with nine nominations, followed by Lady Gaga, Bad Bunny and Sabrina Carpenter as the top nominees.

The announcements were made on Friday during a video livestream, available on the Grammy website and the Recording Academy's YouTube channel.

Gayle King, Doechii, Karol G, Lizzo, Mumford & Sons, Nicole Scherzinger, Sabrina Carpenter, Sam Smith, Angélique Kidjo, Brandi Carlile, CeCe Winans, David Foster, Jon Batiste, Little Big Town, Masaki Koike and last year's best new artist winner, Chappell Roan, all tapped in to announce the nominees.

To be considered, recordings had to be released commercially in the U.S. between Aug. 31 and Aug. 30. For the Swifties, this means that Taylor Swift's latest album, "The Life of a Showgirl," wasn't on

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