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THE LAST GRAMMY SHOE DROPS: Sam Smith crooned "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" from atop the Capitol Tower on CBS' A Very Grammy Christmas special tonight, and the nominees for Album of the Year were announced. They were:

In the Lonely Hour, Sam Smith
BEYONCÉ
, Beyoncé
X, Ed Sheeran
G I R L, Pharrell
Morning Phase
, Beck

Congrats to all the nominees. We must now spark an enormous blunt and call it a night. (12/5p)




GETTING THE NODS: As the dust settles on the Grammy marathon, clear winners include multi-nominees Sam Smith, Beyoncé, Sia, Iggy Azalea, Pharrell and Miranda Lambert; we’re also gratified to see Beck among those earning kudos. (12/5p)




NOM-A-PALOOZA: We’ve attempted to transform the insanity of this morning’s Grammy rollout into a tidy little story later today; check out our list of nominees here. Quintuple nominee Sam Smith expressed his incredulity in this Instagram pic today. (12/5p)





CIGARS ALL AROUND: Sony/ATV chieftain Marty Bandier has chimed in on today's Grammy noms. “As the world’s leading music publishing company, Sony/ATV is proud that so many of its songwriters have received Grammy nominations," reads his statement. "We’re especially thrilled that our new stars, including Sam Smith, Iggy Azalea and Hozier, are sharing a platform with our long-time superstars such as Taylor Swift, and that Sony/ATV writers have achieved the incredible accomplishment of being represented on all five nominations for both Record of the Year and Song of the Year.” Now if you'll excuse us, we have a cohiba of our own to roll. (12/5p)




IN CASE YOU THOUGHT TODAY WAS CRAZY: "Despite the upheaval—the drinking, the fighting, the insane deadlines, the insomnia, the anxiety attacks, the ad cancellations, the threats, the partners’ mutually assured destructiveness, the pressure to generate profits from the flimsiest Special Issues—working at Record World in the early ’70s was a blast." So writes Michael Sigman in the latest dazzlingly entertaining installment from his  Field Notes From a Music Biz, which you'll find right here. (12/5p)




A GLIMPSE OF THE RADIO FUTURE: A bevy of Grammy nominees are among the artists and tracks surveyed in our latest Radio Chart Preview, including Pop Greatest Gainer Taylor Swift, Top 10 arrival Sam Smith and Top 15 comer Hozier; Rhythm Top 10 ballers Ariana Grande and I Love Makonnen f/Drake and plenty more besides. Meanwhile, Big Sean rules Rhythm and Foo Fighters dominate at Alternative. Get the whole rundown of upcoming action at three key Mediabase formats here, and remember that it's an honor just to be nominated. (12/5p)




HEADS UP: Catch up with all the noms on Grammy.com. (12/5a)





DECLASSIFIED DOCUMENT: Jimmy Jam explains it all for you. (12/5a)




GIVE THAT DOG A BONE: RCA will release the 2015 Grammy Nominees album on Jan. 20. It’ll be the 21st installment of the series, and a portion of the proceeds will be earmarked for the Grammy Foundation and MusiCares Foundation. Nipper Prexy/COO Tom Corson called it "an absolute honor to work with the Recording Academy on the 2015 Grammy Nominees album and celebrate Music's Biggest Night. We are also proud to participate in the Academy's charitable endeavors, which include the continuing support of music education across the country." Neil Portnow said something as well. (12/5a)




LIST LEADS TO BREAKING NEWS: BBC Radio 1 star DJ Zane Lowe busted out his 100 Hottest Records of 2014 last night on the cleverly named The Zane Lowe show on BBC Radio 1. Here’s Zane’s decidedly rock-leaning Top 10:

1. Coldplay, “Magic”
2. The 1975, “Medicine”
3. Eminem, “Guts Over Fear (feat. Sia)”
4. Hozier, “Take Me to Church”
5. Slipknot, “The Negative One”
6. Bring Me the Horizon, “Drown”
7. Ben Howard, “I Forget Where We Were”
8. Ed Sheeran, “Sing”
9. Royal Blood, “Little Monster”
10. Bastille, “The Driver”

Some news was broken on the air, as guest Chris Martin revealed that Coldplay’s seventh album will be titled A Head Full of Dreams. He then said—and get this—“It’s our seventh thing and the way we look at it is like the last Harry Potter book or something. Not to say that there might not be another thing one day but this is the completion of something.” The audio of Martin’s surprise announcement can be accessed on SoundCloud. (12/5a)