The Internet reacts to the NZ superstar is up for one of music's biggest awards!

Publish Date: Wednesday, 29 November 2017, 1:36PM

The Oscars took some heat for whitewashing this year but it seems like the Grammy's may have balanced out the universe!

The Internet is applauding quite a momentous occasion, at least in Grammy's history, as it reveals that a white male is not in the running for music's biggest award, Album of the year. In that list happens to be arguably one of New Zealand's greatest music talents, Lorde. There's a lot of controversy around this year's nominees and for all the good reasons!

The nominees are:

Kendrick Lamar, 'DAMN'
Jay-Z, '4:44'
Bruno Mars, '24K Magic'
Childish Gambino, 'Awaken my love!'
And New Zealand's own Lorde, 'Melodrama'

There seems to be a heck of a lot of positivity with the naming of the Grammy nominees:

Notice anything about the 2018 Grammy nominations for album of the year?

Childish Gambino: Awaken, My Love
Jay Z: 4:44
Kendrick Lamar: Damn
Lorde: Melodrama
Bruno Mars: 24K Magic

This is the FIRST TIME EVER no white guys have been nominated. EVER.#GRAMMYs #GrammyNominations
— Dani Deahl (@danideahl) November 28, 2017

Album of the Year category is super interesting. All minorities (4 POC males and 1 female), 3 rap albums and 2 pop albums #GrammyNominations #GRAMMYs
— Brittny Pierre (@sleep2dream) November 28, 2017

The #Grammys' Album of the Year nominations are white dude-free for the first time since 1999 https://t.co/K5iX4EgMJT pic.twitter.com/PCu9EECtBD
— Complex (@Complex) November 28, 2017

What a time for music for the minorities!

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