Macklemore Ryan Lewis: Justin Timberlake

Justin Timberlake: Sure, the Toronto rapper has five nominations at this Sundays gala trailing leader Jay Z as well as Justin Timberlake, Kendrick Lamar, Pharrell Williams and Macklemore Ryan Lewis but once again, the 27-year-old star was left out of the shows three marquee categories: record, song and album of the year. Drake did technically receive a nod for album of the year, but only as a featured performer on Lamars Good Kid, M.A.A.D City, according to 660 News. Hes thus now been nominated for his own music 15 times but only once outside of the rap categories, when he ceded best new artist to Esperanza Spalding in 2011. He has one win, for best rap album at last years bash and TORONTO As strange as it is to say that one of the top nominees at the Grammys is also one of its most prominent snubs, a case could be made for Drake. This despite the fact that his nuanced, forward-thinking Nothing Was the Same was the years seventh-bestselling album in the U.S. after moving 1.34 million copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The album was hailed by critics too, receiving high placement on lists of the best albums of the year by Billboard, Rolling Stone and Entertainment Weekly. His singles were just as broadly acclaimed either the hypnotic origin tale Started From the Bottom or power-puff stunner Hold On, We re Going Home placed on the year-end Top 10 lists by Billboard, Rolling Stone, Time Magazine and Pitchfork. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.