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3 Reasons Lil Uzi Vert Could be Headed for Album of the Year Grammy Nomination

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Kanye West, Eminem & Kendrick Lamar are the only rappers to land three album of the year nominations as lead artists. There are three reasons to think that Lil Uzi Vert's Eternal Atake, which tops the Billboard 200 for the second straight week, could wind up with a Grammy nomination for album of the year.

The first is its huge commercial success. As my colleague Keith Caulfield reported on Sunday, the album earned 247,000 equivalent album units in the U.S.

in its second week, down a mere 14% compared to its debut week. The album also has a high score (88) at Metacritic.com, a review aggregation site.

Finally, there's Lil Uzi Vert's Grammy track record: He was a double nominee three years ago: for best new artist and best rap performance

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