11 Grammy facts: Beyonce's a rock star, Amy Schumer gets nod

NEW YORK (AP) — A look at interesting factoids during the Grammy nominations, announced Tuesday:

Though Beyonce earned a whopping nine nominations, it's a surprise her name didn't pop up in the best R&B song and R&B performance categories, which she has dominated in the past.

Speaking of R&B, Solange's epic "A Seat at the Table" was surprisingly snubbed in the best urban contemporary album category, as was Bryson Tiller's "Trapsoul" and Chris Brown's "Royalty," which didn't earn the singer a single nod.

Fantasia and Maxwell earned nominations for their singles, but didn't make the best R&B album cut, losing to Mya and a live Lalah Hathaway album.

Other snubs include Shawn Mendes, who was a shoo-in for best new artist, and Coldplay, who only earned one nomination for best music video and was shut out of the rock honors.

Beyonce's album of the year nomination also gives nominations to producers and featured guests like the Weeknd, Jack White, Kendrick Lamar, Mike Will Made-It and James Blake.

More and more, performers submit live performances of older songs and earn Grammy nominations.

Alabama Shakes, who won three Grammys earlier this year, is nominated for a live version of "Joe" from Austin City Limits in the best rock performance category, where Disturbed's performance on the "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" show of "The Sound of Silence" is also nominated.

FIRST TIME AROUND THE BLOCK

A number of acts who have released multiple albums are finally earning their first Grammy nomination, including Demi Lovato, Solange, Blink-182, twenty one pilots, Chance the Rapper, Baroness, Mike Posner, Gojira and Periphery.