L.A. Times - Entertainment — You’d be hard-pressed to find anyone more surprised by the general album of the year Grammy nomination for Sturgill Simpson’s “A Sailor’s Guide to Earth” than Simpson himself. “In terms of what happened today... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — You’d be hard-pressed to find anyone more surprised by the general album of the year Grammy nomination for Sturgill Simpson’s “A Sailor’s Guide to Earth” than Simpson himself. “In terms of what happened today... more info

New York Times — The country singer joined Adele, Beyoncé, Drake and Justin Bieber in the category for Album of the Year. more info

New York Post — When the Grammy nominations for Album of the Year were announced one-by-one on Tuesday morning, everything seemed to be going as expected. Blockbuster albums from Adele, Beyoncé, Drake and Justin Bieber all appeared on cue, but bringing up the rear ... more info

JamBase — The nominees for the 59th annual Grammy Awards have been revealed. more info

MSN Music — Sturgill Simpson for Album of the Year? No Alessia Cara for Best New Artist? more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Sturgill Simpson is up for Album of the Year! Also, Chance the Rapper and Anderon Paak are up for Best New Artist. It's Beyonce vs Adele in tons of categories, plus there's Bowie, Radiohead, Iggy Pop, Underworld, PJ Harvey, Gojira, and much... more info

USA Today Music — The country singer nabbed a surprise Album of the Year nomination.             more info

Detroit Free Press — Adele, Justin Bieber, Rihanna and Sturgill Simpson will also contend for top prizes.             more info

USA Today Music — Adele, Justin Bieber, Rihanna and Sturgill Simpson will also contend for top prizes.             more info