Adele and the late David Bowie will lead the British charge for awards at the 2017 Grammys, where a host of UK artists are hoping for success.
The Someone Like You singer has received five nominations including nods for album of the year and best pop vocal album for 25.
Her smash-hit single Hello is also nominated for record of the year, song of the year and best pop solo performance.
Bowie, who died of cancer in January 2016 at 69, has earned four posthumous nominations following the release of his last album Blackstar.
He is nominated for best alternative music album, best rock performance, best rock song for the single Blackstar and best engineered non-classical album.
Neil Portnow, president of the Recording Academy, which hands out the awards, insisted Bowie’s nominations were beyond a “sympathy vote”.
“Listen to his album – it’s quite extraordinary,” he said.
The best alternative music album category also includes nominations for British artists Radiohead and PJ Harvey.
Radiohead are recognised for their album A Moon Shaped Pool, while the band’s track Burn The Witch is nominated for best rock song.
Harvey is nominated for best alternative music album for her release The Hope Six Demolition Project.
Ed Sheeran – who took a break from music in 2016 – is nominated for song of the year as a co-writer of Justin Bieber’s track Love Yourself.
The video of the year category includes two British artists, Coldplay and Jamie XX, who are recognised for Up And Up and Gosh respectively.
Other British nominees include dance producers Underworld, who are nominated for best dance/electronic album for Barbara Barbara, We Face A Shining Future.
Former Genesis singer Peter Gabriel is nominated for best song written for visual media for his track The Veil.
Meanwhile, a 22-year-old music producer from Rochdale will be keeping a keen eye on the Grammys this year.
Adnan Khan, known as Menace, helped produce a track on Kanye West’s release The Life Of Pablo, which is nominated for best rap album.
