Hip-hop superstar Cardi B retains her position atop the twelfth annual countdown of the Celebrity Bug's Top 10 Hip-Hop Artists of the Year for the second consecutive year, while Drake, Kendrick Lamar, Kanye West and Travis Scott are among the other occupants.

The yearly list, which takes into account chart performance, touring, publicity, endorsements, business endeavors and lyrical skill, features the top performers in the genre.

CELEBRITY BUG'S TOP 10 HIP-HOP ARTISTS OF 2019

01. Cardi B
02. Post Malone
03. Drake
04. Travis Scott
05. Nipsey Hussle
06. Kendrick Lamar
07. J. Cole
08. Lil Nas X
09. Kanye West
10. Jay Z

Hip-hop heavyweights Cardi B, Drake, Kendrick Lamar and Travis Scott all occupy a spot on the eleventh annual countdown of the Celebrity Bug's Top 10 Hip-Hop Artists of the Year, but unfortunately, only one superstar can take top honors.

The list, which takes into account chart performance, touring, publicity, endorsements, business endeavors and lyrical skill, features the top performers in the genre.

CELEBRITY BUG'S TOP 10 HIP-HOP ARTISTS OF 2018

01. Cardi B
02. Drake
03. Kendrick Lamar
04. Travis Scott
05. J. Cole
06. Post Malone
07. Jay Z
08. Pusha T
09. Eminem
10. Lil' Wayne

2017 is gone, but the nominees for the 10th Annual Celebrity Bug Awards, which honors the best of the year specifically in music, have arrived.

Kendrick Lamar leads the pack with 12 nominations including Album and Entertainer of the Year, followed by Bruno Mars with 11 nominations, Jay Z with 9 nominations, newcomer SZA with 8 nominations and country star Miranda Lambert with 7 nominations.

2017 CELEBRITY BUG AWARDS : NOMINATIONS

Most Talked About Star of 2017
Beyonce
Donald Trump
Kendrick Lamar
Kim Kardashian West
The Silence Breakers

Most Wanted Return in 2018
Beyonce
Janet Jackson
Lauryn Hill
Rihanna
Usher

Entertainer of the Year
Bruno Mars
Jay Z
Kendrick Lamar
Lady GaGa
Viola Davis

Album of the Year
Bruno Mars, ‘24K Magic’
Kendrick Lamar, ‘DAMN.’
Jay Z, ‘4:44’
Miranda Lambert, ‘The Weight of These Wings’
SZA, ‘Ctrl’

Song of the Year
Bruno Mars, “That’s What I Like”
Jay Z, “The Story of O.J.”
Kendrick Lamar, “HUMBLE.”
Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee Featuring Justin Bieber, “Despacito”
Miranda Lambert, “Tin Man”

Single of the Year
Bruno Mars, “24K Magic”
Ed Sheeran, “Shape of You”
Jay Z, “The Story of O.J.”
Kendrick Lamar, “HUMBLE.”
Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee Featuring Justin Bieber, “Despacito”

Collaboration of the Year
DJ Khaled featuring Rihanna & Bryson Tiller, “Wild Thoughts”
Keith Urban featuring Carrie Underwood, “The Fighter”
Kendrick Lamar featuring Rihanna, “LOYALTY.”
Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee Featuring Justin Bieber, “Despacito”
SZA featuring Travis Scott, “Love Galore”

Video of the Year
Bruno Mars, “24K Magic”
Bruno Mars, “That’s What I Like”
DJ Khaled featuring Rihanna & Bryson Tiller, “Wild Thoughts”
Kendrick Lamar, “HUMBLE.”
Jay Z, “The Story of O.J.”

Performer of the Year
Bruno Mars
Carrie Underwood
Kendrick Lamar
Lady GaGa
Miranda Lambert

Best New Artist
Alessia Cara
Harry Styles
Khalid
SZA

Best Female Artist
Kesha
Lady GaGa
Lorde
Miranda Lambert
SZA

Best Male Artist
Bruno Mars
Chris Stapleton
Ed Sheeran
Jay Z
Kendrick Lamar

Best Group/Duo
The Chainsmokers
Fifth Harmony
Florida Georgia Line
Imagine Dragons
Little Big Town

Pop Artist of the Year
Ed Sheeran
Imagine Dragon
Kesha
Lady GaGa
Lorde

Pop Album of the Year
Ed Sheeran, ‘÷’
Imagine Dragons, ‘Evolve’
Kesha, ‘Rainbow’
Lady GaGa, ‘Joanne’
Lorde, ‘Melodrama’

Pop Single of the Year
Ed Sheeran, “Shape of You”
Imagine Dragons, “Thunder”
Kesha, “Praying”
Lady GaGa, “Million Reasons”
Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber, “Despacito”

R&B Artist of the Year
Bruno Mars
Childish Gambino
Khalid
SZA
The Weeknd

R&B Album of the Year
Bruno Mars, ‘24K Magic’
Childish Gambino, ‘Awaken, My Love!’
Khalid, ‘American Teen’
SZA, ‘Ctrl’
Tamar Braxton, ‘Blue Bird of Happiness’

R&B Single of the Year
Bruno Mars, “That’s What I Like”
Childish Gambino, “Redbone”
Khalid, “Location”
SZA featuring Travis Scott, “Love Galore”
SZA, “The Weekend”

Country Artist of the Year
Chris Stapleton
Little Big Town
Miranda Lambert
Sam Hunt
Thomas Rhett

Country Album of the Year
Chris Stapleton, ‘From a Room: Volume 1’
Lady Antebellum, “Heart Break”
Little Big Town, ‘The Breaker’
Miranda Lambert, ‘The Weight of These Wings’
Thomas Rhett, ‘Life Changes’

Country Single of the Year
Chris Stapleton, “Broken Halos”
Little Big Town, “Better Man”
Maren Morris, “I Could Use A Love Song”
Miranda Lambert, “Tin Man”
Sam Hunt, “Body Like A Back Road”

Rap Artist of the Year
Big Sean
Cardi B
Jay Z
Kendrick Lamar
Migos

Rap Album of the Year
Big Sean, ‘I Decided’
Drake, ‘More Life’
Jay Z, ‘4:44’
Kendrick Lamar, ‘DAMN.’
Migos, ‘Culture’

Rap Single of the Year
Big Sean, “Bounce Back”
Cardi B, “Bodak Yellow”
Jay Z, “The Story of O.J.”
Kendrick Lamar, “HUMBLE.”
Migos featuring Lil Uzi Vert, “Bad and Boujee”

Rock/Alternative/Dance Artist of the Year
Calvin Harris
Foo Fighters
Harry Styles
Metallica
Nothing More

Rock/Alternative/Dance Album of the Year
Calvin Harris, ‘Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1’
Harry Styles, ‘Harry Styles’
Metallica, ‘Hardwired... to Self-Destruct’
Nothing More, “The Stories We Tell Ourselves”
Queens of the Stone Age, ‘Villains’

Rock/Alternative/Dance Single of the Year
Calvin Harris featuring Pharrell Williams & Katy Perry, “Feels”
Chris Cornell, “The Promise”
Foo Fighters, “Run”
Harry Styles, ‘Sign of the Times”
Metallica, “Atlas, Rise!”

The winners will be revealed on Saturday, January 27th.

The music nominees are compiled based on releases during the October 1 to September 31 eligibility period. To vote for your favorites and have a hand in determine the winners, please email your choices to celebritybug@gmail.com by Friday, January 26th.

Hip-hop heavyweights Drake, Jay Z, Kendrick Lamar and Nicki Minaj all occupy a spot on the tenth annual countdown of the Celebrity Bug's Top 10 Hip-Hop Artists of the Year, but unfortunately, only one superstar can take top honors.

The list, which takes into account chart performance, touring, publicity, endorsements, business endeavors and lyrical skill, features the top performers in the genre.

CELEBRITY BUG'S TOP 10 HIP-HOP ARTISTS OF 2017

01. Kendrick Lamar
02. Jay Z
03. Drake
04. J. Cole
05. Cardi B
06. Migos
07. Future
08. Big Sean
09. Remy Ma
10. Nicki Minaj

The nominations for the 2018 Grammy Awards are in and Jay Z leads the pack with a staggering 8 nominations including Album of the Year ('4:44'), Song of the Year ("4:44") and Record of the Year ("The Story of O.J."), while fellow rap god Kendrick Lamar follows closely behind with 7 Nominations and Bruno Mars scores 6 nominations. Full list beneath:

2018 GRAMMY AWARDS : NOMINATIONS

Album Of The Year:
Awaken, My Love! (Childish Gambino)
4:44 (JAY-Z)
DAMN. (Kendrick Lamar)
Melodrama (Lorde)
24K Magic (Bruno Mars)

Record Of The Year:
"Redbone" (Childish Gambino)
"Despacito" (Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee Featuring Justin Bieber)
"The Story Of O.J." (JAY-Z)
"HUMBLE." (Kendrick Lamar)
"24K Magic" (Bruno Mars)

Song Of The Year:
"Despacito" (Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee Featuring Justin Bieber)
"4:44" (JAY-Z)
"Issues" (Julia Michaels)
"1-800-273-8255" (Logic Featuring Alessia Cara & Khalid)
"That’s What I Like" (Bruno Mars)

Best New Artist:
Alessia Cara
Khalid
Lil Uzi Vert
Julia Michaels
SZA

Best Pop Vocal Album:
Kaleidoscope EP (Coldplay)
Lust For Life (Lana Del Rey)
Evolve (Imagine Dragons)
Rainbow (Kesha)
Joanne (Lady Gaga)
÷ (Ed Sheeran)

Best Pop Solo Performance:
"Love So Soft" (Kelly Clarkson)
"Praying" (Kesha)
"Million Reasons" (Lady Gaga)
"What About Us" (P!nk)
"Shape Of You" (Ed Sheeran)

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance:
"Something Just Like This" (The Chainsmokers & Coldplay)
"Despacito" (Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee Featuring Justin Bieber)
"Thunder" (Imagine Dragons)
"Feel It Still" (Portugal. The Man)
"Stay" (Zedd & Alessia Cara)

Best Dance/Electronic Album:
Migration (Bonobo)
3-D The Catalogue (Kraftwerk)
Mura Masa (Mura Masa)
A Moment Apart (Odesza)
What Now (Sylvan Esso)

Best Dance Recording:
"Bambro Koyo Ganda" (Bonobo Featuring Innov Gnawa)
"Cola" (Camelphat & Elderbrook)
"Andromeda" (Gorillaz Featuring DRAM)
"Tonite" (LCD Soundsystem)
"Line Of Sight" (Odesza Featuring WYNNE & Mansionair)

Best Rock Album:
Emperor Of Sand (Mastodon)
Hardwired...To Self-Destruct (Metallica)
The Stories We Tell Ourselves (Nothing More)
Villains (Queens Of The Stone Age)
A Deeper Understanding (The War On Drugs)

Best Rock Performance:
"You Want It Darker" (Leonard Cohen)
"The Promise" (Chris Cornell)
"Run" (Foo Fighters)
"No Good" (Kaleo)
"Go To War" (Nothing More)

Best Rock Song:
"Atlas, Rise!" (Metallica)
"Blood In The Cut" (K.Flay)
"Go To War" (Nothing More)
"Run" (Foo Fighters)
"The Stage" (Avenged Sevenfold)

Best R&B Album:
Freudian (Daniel Caesar)
Let Love Rule (Ledisi)
24K Magic (Bruno Mars)
Gumbo (PJ Morton)
Feel The Real (Musiq Soulchild)

Best Urban Contemporary Album:
Free 6lack (6lack)
Awaken, My Love! (Childish Gambino)
American Teen (Khalid)
Ctrl (SZA)
Starboy (The Weeknd)

Best R&B Performance:
"Get You" (Daniel Caesar Featuring Kali Uchis)
"Distraction" (Kehlani)
"High" (Ledisi)
"That’s What I Like" (Bruno Mars)
"The Weekend" (SZA)

Best Traditional R&B Performance:
"Laugh And Move On" (The Baylor Project)
"Redbone" (Childish Gambino)
"What I’m Feelin'" (Anthony Hamilton Featuring The Hamiltones)
"All The Way" (Ledisi)
"Still" (Mali Music)

Best R&B Song:
"First Began" (PJ Morton)
"Location" (Khalid)
"Redbone" (Childish Gambino)
"Supermodel" SZA)
"That’s What I Like" (Bruno Mars)

Best Rap Album:
4:44 (JAY-Z)
DAMN. (Kendrick Lamar)
Culture (Migos)
Laila’s Wisdom (Rapsody)
Flower Boy (Tyler, The Creator)

Best Rap Performance:
"Bounce Back" (Big Sean)
"Bodak Yellow" (Cardi B)
"4:44" (Jay-Z)
"HUMBLE." (Kendrick Lamar)
"Bad And Boujee" (Migos Featuring Lil Uzi Vert)

Best Rap/Sung Performance:
"PRBLMS" (6LACK)
"Crew" (Goldlink Featuring Brent Faiyaz & Shy Glizzy)
"Family Feud" (Jay-Z Featuring Beyoncé)
"LOYALTY." (Kendrick Lamar Featuring Rihanna)
"Love Galore" (SZA Featuring Travis Scott)

Best Rap Song:
"Bodak Yellow" (Cardi B)
"Chase Me" (Danger Mouse Featuring Run The Jewels & Big Boi)
"HUMBLE." (Kendrick Lamar)
"Sassy" (Rapsody)
"The Story Of O.J." (Jay-Z)

Best Country Album:
Cosmic Hallelujah (Kenny Chesney)
Heart Break (Lady Antebellum)
The Breaker (Little Big Town)
Life Changes (Thomas Rhett)
From A Room: Volume 1 (Chris Stapleton)

Best Country Solo Performance:
"Body Like A Back Road" (Sam Hunt)
"Losing You" (Alison Krauss)
"Tin Man" (Miranda Lambert)
"I Could Use A Love Song" (Maren Morris)
"Either Way" (Chris Stapleton)

Best Country Duo/Group Performance:
"It Ain’t My Fault" (Brothers Osborne
"My Old Man" (Zac Brown Band
"You Look Good" (Lady Antebellum
"Better Man" (Little Big Town)
"Drinkin' Problem" (Midland)

Best Country Song:
"Better Man" (Little Big Town)
"Body Like A Back Road" (Sam Hunt)
"Broken Halos" (Chris Stapleton)
"Drinkin' Problem" (Midland)
"Tin Man" (Miranda Lambert)

Best Comedy Album:
The Age Of Spin & Deep In The Heart Of Texas (Dave Chappelle)
Cinco (Jim Gaffigan)
Jerry Before Seinfeld (Jerry Seinfeld)
A Speck Of Dust (Sarah Silverman)
What Now? (Kevin Hart)

Best Song Written For Visual Media:
"City Of Stars" from La La Land (Ryan Gosling & Emma Stone)
"How Far I’ll Go" from Moana (Auli'i Cravalho)
"I Don’t Wanna Live Forever" from Fifty Shades Darker (Taylor Swift & Zayn)
"Never Give Up" from Lion (Sia)
"Stand Up For Something" from Marshall (Andra Day Featuring Common)

Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical:
Calvin Harris
No I.D.
Greg Kurstin
Blake Mills
The Stereotypes

Click Here To View the Complete List of Nominees

Hip-hop superstar Kendrick Lamar is coming off great reviews for his 'DAMN.' album, which spent three week at the summit of the Billboard 200, and as the rapper gets set to launch an accompanying tour, he earns the honor of becoming Featured Artist of the Month for May 2017.

Hip-hop superstar Kendrick Lamar unveiled the epic video for "HUMBLE.", the first single from his third major label studio album 'DAMN.', which hit stores this past Friday and is expected to debut at the top of the charts with nearly a half a million sales in its first week. Watch it beneath:

Hip-hop heavyweights Kanye West, Drake, Chance the Rapper and Future all occupy a spot on the ninth annual countdown of the Celebrity Bug's Top 10 Hip-Hop Artists of the Year, but unfortunately, only one superstar can take top honors.

The list, which takes into account chart performance, touring, publicity, endorsements, business endeavors and lyrical skill, features the top performers in the genre. Peep the list beneath:

CELEBRITY BUG'S TOP 10 HIP-HOP ARTISTS OF 2016

01. Kanye West
02. Drake
03. Chance the Rapper
04. Future
05. Travis Scott
06. Kendrick Lamar
07. YG
08. Young Thug
09. 21 Savage
10. ScHoolboy Q

It was a history-making night for Taylor Swift at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards!!! The pop superstar became the first woman to win Album of the Year twice collecting three trophies, while rap superstar Kendrick Lamar walked away with five trophies.

Other winners included Ed Sheeran, who won Song of the Year, Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars, who collected Record of the Year, and The Weeknd. Peep the list of winners beneath:

2016 GRAMMY AWARDS : NOMINATIONS

Album of the Year
'1989', Taylor Swift

Record of the Year
“Uptown Funk”, Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars

Song of the Year
“Thinking Out Loud”, Ed Sheeran

Best New Artist
Meghan Trainor

Best Pop Solo Performance
“Thinking Out Loud”, Ed Sheeran

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
“Uptown Funk”, Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars

Best Pop Vocal Album
'1989', Taylor Swift

Best Dance Recording
“Where Are Ü Now”, Skrillex and Diplo with Justin Bieber

Best Dance Album
Skrillex and Diplo Present Jack Ü, Skrillex and Diplo

Best Rock Performance
“Don’t Wanna Fight”, Alabama Shakes

Best Rock Song
“Don’t Wanna Fight”, Alabama Shakes

Best Rock Album
'Drones', Muse

Best Alternative Music Album
'Sound & Color', Alabama Shakes

Best R&B Performance
“Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey)”, The Weeknd

Best R&B Song
“Really Love”, D’Angelo and the Vanguard

Best Urban Contemporary Album
'Beauty Behind the Madness', The Weeknd

Best R&B Album
'Black Messiah', D’Angelo and the Vanguard

Best Rap Performance
“Alright”, Kendrick Lamar

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
“These Walls”, Kendrick Lamar feat. Bilal, Anna Wise & Thundercat

Best Rap Song
“Alright”, Kendrick Lamar

Best Rap Album
'To Pimp a Butterfly', Kendrick Lamar

Best Country Solo Performance
“Traveller”, Chris Stapleton

Best Country Duo/Group Performance
“Girl Crush”, Little Big Town

Best Country Song
“Girl Crush”, Little Big Town

Best Country Album
'Traveller', Chris Stapleton

Best Musical Theater Album
'Hamilton', Original Broadway Cast

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
'Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me', Various Artists

Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
'Birdman', Antonio Sanchez

Best Song Written for Visual Media (awarded to songwriters)
“Glory”, Common and John Legend

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
Jeff Bhaskar

Best Music Video
“Bad Blood,” Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar

Best Music Film
'Amy'

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