Aussies Iggy Azalea, Sia score big at Grammys

Iggy Azalea and Sia have capped off a phenomenal 2014 with multiple Grammy nominations in major categories, including both Australians scoring nods for Record of the Year.

Iggy Azalea performs on stage at the 42nd annual American Music Awards at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles. (Matt Sayles/Invision/AP, File)

NSW north coast rapper Azalea will also compete for the New Artist award.

Sia, for her hit Chandelier, is also in the running for Song of the Year and Pop Solo Performance.

"I don't know what to say so thank you," Sia, the publicity shy, Adelaide-born singer-songwriter wrote in a tweet to fans.

Sia (File: AAP)

The Grammys are the most prestigious music awards night of the year and this year, instead of a traditional nomination ceremony the organisation behind the event, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, opted to gradually reveal the nominees throughout Friday (Saturday AEDT).

The final announcement will be the Album of the Year nominees on Friday evening (2pm Saturday AEDT).

Record of the Year will be a tantalising battle between Azalea for Fancy, her global hit with Charli XCX, Sia's Chandelier, Sam Smith's Stay With Me, Taylor Swift's Shake it Off and Meghan Trainor's All About That Bass.

For Song of the Year, Sia and her American co-producer Jesse Shatikin, are up against Swift's Shake it Off, Trainor's All About That Bass, Smith's Stay With Me and Andrew Hozier-Byrne's Take Me to Church.

 

Azalea's competition for New Artist are Bastille, Brandy Clark, Haim and Smith.

 

The Grammy Awards winners will be announced on February 8.