Ella Yelich-O'Connor better known as Lorde at the Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards 2017
Lorde is joined in the Album of The Year category by Jay-Z ('4:44'), Kendrick Lamar ('DAMN'), Bruno Mars ('24K Magic') and Childish Gambino, ('"Awaken, My Love!"').
Lorde has refused to perform at today's Grammys ceremony and may not walk the red carpet, according to reports.
Everyone in the best album category will perform at the ceremony apart from Lorde and Jay-Z, who also declined.
And now it's been claimed that singer Lorde also refused to do the red carpet at music's night of nights in NY on Sunday after growing frustrated with event organisers.
The plot thickens in that four other singers were offered solo performances at the 60th annual Grammy Awards, all males.
She circled a section which reads: "Of the 899 people nominated in the last six Grammy Awards, 9 percent were women".
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"Lorde's snub comes amid speculation about how the Grammys will handle its own "#MeToo" moment.
"This says it all", she wrote.
Don't mess with mama bear!
Citing "sources close to Lorde", TMZ reports the singer was only offered the option to sing as part of a tribute to the late Tom Petty - a version of events backed by a Variety story.
Lorde is now the second nominee out of 5 for Album of the Year who won't be performing at the Grammys Sunday, and it's all because the offer she got from producers was a slap in the face, TMZ has learned.
Daily Mail Australia has reached out to Sonja for comment.
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