Nominations for the 2022 Grammy Awards were revealed on Tuesday by the Recording Academy via a Livestream from Los Angeles, and the Foo Fighters, AC/DC, and Mammoth WVH are among those nominated in the rock categories. Nominees also include Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Jimi Hendrix and Chris Cornell, among others.
The Best Rock Album category includes AC/DC’s Power Up, Foo Fighters’ Medicine at Midnight, McCartney’s McCartney III, the posthumous Cornell covers LP No One Sings Like You Anymore Vol. 1 and Black Pumas’ Capitol Cuts – Live From Studio A.
McCartney and Foo Fighters are also nominated for Best Rock Song, the former recognized for “Find My Way” and the latter for “Waiting on a War.” The category also features Wolfgang Van Halen’s Mammoth WVH (“Distance”), Kings of Leon “(The Bandit”) and Weezer (“All My Favorite Songs”).
AC/DC’s “Shot in the Dark” is up for Best Music Video and Best Rock Performance. The latter category also includes Foo Fighters’ “Making a Fire,” Cornell’s cover of “Nothing Compares 2 U,” Deftones’ “Ohms” and Black Pumas’ live version of “Know You Better.”
You can see the full list of nominees here. The 64th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony will be held on January 31, 2022, live on CBS.
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