Ernie Ball Artists Nominated for 2018 GRAMMY Awards

Song Of The Year:
“That’s What I Like” — Christopher Brody Brown, James Fauntleroy, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Ray Charles McCullough II, Jeremy Reeves, Ray Romulus & Jonathan Yip, songwriters (Bruno Mars)

Best Dance Recording:
“Tonite” — LCD Soundsystem (Regular and Power Slinky guitar strings, Hybrid Slinky bass strings)

Best Rock Performance:
“The Promise” — Chris Cornell (Earthwood Light acoustic strings, Regular Slinky electric strings)
“Go To War” — Nothing More (Nickel Medium Light guitar strings, Power Slinky 5-string bass strings, 80/20 Paradigm acoustic strings, Ernie Ball Music Man Bongo 5-string bass)

Best Metal Performance:
“Black Hoodie” — Body Count (Custom bass string sets)
“Forever” — Code Orange (Not Even Slinky and Skinny Top Heavy Bottom electric strings, Regular Slinky 5-String bass strings)

Best Rock Song:
“Atlas, Rise!” — James Hetfield & Lars Ulrich, songwriters (Metallica) (Paradigm Power and Regular Slinky electric guitar strings and Everlast Phosphor Bronze Medium acoustic guitar strings)
“Go To War” — Ben Anderson, Jonny Hawkins, Will Hoffman, Daniel Oliver, David Pramik & Mark Vollelunga, songwriters (Nothing More)
“The Stage” — Zachary Baker, Brian Haner, Matthew Sanders, Jonathan Seward & Brooks Wackerman, songwriters (Avenged Sevenfold) (Paradigm Skinny Top Heavy Bottom electric strings, Power Slinky bass strings plus .125 Bass Single)

Best Rock Album:
Hardwired…To Self-Destruct — Metallica
The Stories We Tell Ourselves — Nothing More
A Deeper Understanding — The War On Drugs (Power Slinky electric guitar strings + Custom Singles 11,14,18p,26,36,46, Earthwood Medium Light acoustic strings)

Best Alternative Music Album:
American Dream — LCD Soundsystem

Best R&B Performance:
“That’s What I Like” — Bruno Mars

Best R&B Song:
“That’s What I Like” — Christopher Brody Brown, James Fauntleroy, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Ray Charles McCullough II, Jeremy Reeves, Ray Romulus & Jonathan Yip, songwriters (Bruno Mars)

Best R&B Album:
24K Magic — Bruno Mars

Best Country Duo/Group Performance:
“My Old Man” — Zac Brown Band (Regular Slinky electric guitar strings, Hybrid Slinky bass strings, Earthwood Phosphor Bronze Medium acoustic strings)

Best Country Song:
“Drinkin’ Problem” — Jess Carson, Cameron Duddy, Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne & Mark Wystrach, songwriters (Midland)

Best Country Album:

Cosmic Hallelujah — Kenny Chesney (Regular Slinky electric guitar strings, Earthwood Phosphor Bronze Medium acoustic strings)

Best Roots Gospel Album:
The Best Of The Collingsworth Family – Volume 1 — The Collingsworth Family
Give Me Jesus — Larry Cordle
Resurrection — Joseph Habedank
Sing It Now: Songs Of Faith & Hope — Reba McEntire
Hope For All Nations — Karen Peck & New River

Best American Roots Song:
“If We Were Vampires” — Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit
“It Ain’t Over Yet” — Rodney Crowell Featuring Rosanne Cash & John Paul White (Everlast Phosphor Bronze Medium Light acoustic guitar strings)

Best Americana Album:

The Nashville Sound — Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit

Best Traditional Blues Album:

Blue & Lonesome — The Rolling Stones (Keith Richards) (Paradigm Regular Slinky electric guitar strings)

Best Children’s Album:
Feel What U Feel — Lisa Loeb (Earthwood Medium Light acoustic guitar strings)