Grammy nominations 2014: Jay Z, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis among nominees

Williams, who seemed to be everywhere in 2013, is up for producer of the year and faces himself in three categories, including record of the year for "Get Lucky" with Daft Punk and "Blurred Lines" with Robin Thicke, and album of the year entries "Random Access Memories" by Daft Punk and Lamar's "good kid." Drake and sound engineer Bob Ludwig were next on the nominees list with five apiece.

Joining Lamar, Macklemore and Lewis and Daft Punk in the album of the year category were Sara Bareilles' "The Blessed Unrest" and Taylor Swift's "Red." Swift is among five acts with four nominations apiece along with Daft Punk, Bruno Mars, Lorde and Kacey Musgraves. 

 

 British musicians James Blake and Ed Sheeran round out the best new artist category with Musgraves, Lamar and Macklemore and Lewis.

Imagine Dragons' "Radioactive," Lorde's "Royals" and Mars' "Locked Out of Heaven" join "Get Lucky" and "Blurred Lines" are up for record of the year. Competing with "Same Love" in the song of the year category are Pink's "Just Give Me a Reason" featuring Nate Ruess, "Locked Out of Heaven" by Mars, "Roar" by Katy Perry and "Royals" by Lorde.

Perry said of "Roar" in an emotional moment before a pre-taped performance: "I didn't think that it would take on such a life of its own, and so I hope that the song has inspired you guys and it will bring out that kind of self-strength that you need a little bit to go through your days when they get a little bit hard."

Other performances came from Lorde, Keith Urban and Miguel, Swift (who sang "I Knew You Were Trouble" in a pre-taped performance from Australia) and Robin Thicke, who closed the show with "Blurred Lines" with the help of rapper T.I. and members of Earth, Wind and Fire.

 Nominees for pop duo/group performance and country album were also announced during the live special, by presenters including Sheeran, Enrique Iglesias and Melissa Etheridge.

Jay Z and Timberlake teamed for two nominations: best rap/sung collaboration for Jay Z's "Holy Grail" and best video entry "Suit & Tie." Jay Z is competing against himself in the rap/sung category with "Part II (On the Run)," featuring his wife, Beyonce, which is also nominated. And he's up for best rap performance for "Tom Ford." He also grabbed a best music video nomination for "Picasso Baby: A Performance Art Film" and again teamed with Timberlake in that category for their video for "Suit & Tie."

Timberlake picked up a handful of nominations in pop categories, including pop vocal album of the year for "The 20/20 Experience." Other nominees in that category include Lana Del Rey's "Paradise," Lorde's "Pure Heroine," Mars' "Unorthodox Jukebox" and Thicke's "Blurred Lines."

"The Heist," ''good kid" and "Magna Carta" are also on the best rap album list with Drake's "Nothing Was the Same" and Kanye West's "Yeezus," which was mostly shut out of the nominations. West also got a nomination for best rap song for "New Slaves."

There were six rock album of the year nominations, meaning there was a tie in the category. Nominees were Black Sabbath's "13," David Bowie's "Next Day," Kings of Leon's "Mechanical Bull," Led Zeppelin live album "Celebration Day," Queens of the Stone Age's "... Like Clockwork" and Neil Young and Crazy Horse's "Psychdelic Pill."

Swift's "Red" is up for country album of the year with Jason Aldean's "Night Train," Tim McGraw's "Two Lanes of Freedom," Blake Shelton's "Based on a True Story ...," and Musgraves' "Same Trailer Different Park." The country newcomer also faces herself in the country song of the year category where she helped pen her own "Merry Go 'Round" and Miranda Lambert's "Mama's Broken Heart."

The major nominations were an acknowledgement of 2013's top hit-makers. "Get Lucky," ''Blurred Lines" and "Royals" took turns ruling the pop radio airwaves this year. Macklemore and Lewis had two hits -- "Same Love" and "Thrift Shop" -- that led to nominations.

And Lamar seemed like he was everywhere, managing to keep his profile high with a number of hits, guest appearances and moments of bravado that helped voters forget his album came out 14 months ago. Lamar called himself the greatest rapper in the game earlier this year, calling out Drake and several others in verse, and voters mostly backed him up.

 West may have suffered the most from the large hauls of Lamar and Macklemore and Lewis. His "Yeezus" is already making many year-end lists, but had no hits and spawned controversy among some listeners. Others who might consider themselves snubbed are 2013's most visible country stars Luke Bryan and Florida Georgia Line, who were both shut out.

Friday's broadcast also included a tribute to Nelson Mandela, who died Thursday at the age of 95.

"Mr. Mandela taught us what a difference one person can make,” LL Cool J said. “May this brave man rest in peace."

The 56th annual Grammy Awards on CBS will take place on Sunday, Jan. 26, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. CBS.com will live stream the event.