12.07.2015

Kendrick Lamar, Taylor Swift and The Weeknd Lead 2016 Grammy Nominations


The nominations for the 2016 Grammys have been revealed today! Alicia Keys announced four major nominations on CBS this morning: Best New Artist, Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Album of the Year. Kendrick Lamar lead the pack with 11 nominations, with Taylor Swift and The Weeknd snagging seven nominations each. Of course, the Grammys is so huge that there are many different categories for various genres, so we have a shorter list of some of the major categories for you!

See the list below (all nominations can be seen on the Grammys' website)!

Best New Artist
Courtney Barnett
James Bay
Sam Hunt
Tori Kelly
Meghan Trainor

Record of the Year
"Really Love"-D'Angelo and the Vanguard
"Uptown Funk"-Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars
"Thinking Out Loud"-Ed Sheeran
"Blank Space"-Taylor Swift
"Can't Feel My Face"-The Weeknd

Song of the Year
"Alright"-Kendrick Lamar
"Blank Space"-Taylor Swift
"Girl Crush"-Little Big Town
"See You Again"-Wiz Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth
"Thinking Out Loud"-Ed Sheeran

Album of the Year
Sound & Color-Alabama Shakes
To Pimp a Butterfly-Kendrick Lamar
Traveller-Chris Stapleton
1989-Taylor Swift
Beauty Behind The Madness-The Weeknd

Best Rap Album
2014 Forest Hills Drive-J. Cole
Compton-Dr. Dre
If You're Reading This, It's Too Late-Drake
To Pimp a Butterfly-Kendrick Lamar
The Pinkprint-Nicki Minaj

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
"Ship To Wreck"-Florence + the Machine
"Sugar"-Maroon 5
"Uptown Funk"-Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars
"Blank Space"-Taylor Swift
"See You Again"-Wiz Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth

Best Rap Performance
"Apparently"-J. Cole
"Back to Back"-Drake
"Trap Queen"-Fetty Wap
"Alright"-Kendrick Lamar
"Truffle Butter"-Nicki Minaj feat. Drake & Lil Wayne
"All Day"-Kanye West feat. Theophilus London, Allan Kingdom & Paul McCartney

Best Alternative Music Album
Sound & Color-Alabama Shakes
Vulnicura-Björk
The Waterfall-My Morning Jacket
Currents-Tame Impala
Star Wars-Wilco

Best Rock Album
Chaos and the Calm-James Bay
Kintsugi-Death Cab For Cutie
Mister Asylum-Highly Suspect
Drones-Muse
The Gray Chapter-Slipknot

Best Rock Song
"Don't Wanna Fight"-Alabama Shakes
"Ex's & Oh's"-Elle King
"Hold Back The River"-James Bay
"Lydia"-Highly Suspect
"What Kind of Man"-Florence + The Machine

Best Country Album
Montevallo-Sam Hunt
Pain Killer-Little Big Town
The Blade-Ashley Monroe
Pageant Material-Kacey Musgraves
Traveller-Chris Stapleton

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
"One Man Can Change The World"-Big Sean feat. Kanye West & John Legend
"Glory"-Common & John Legend
"Classic Man"-Jidenna feat. Roman GianArthur
"These Walls"-Kendrick Lamar feat. Bilal, Anna Wise & Thundercat
"Only"-Nicki Minaj feat. Drake, Lil Wayne & Chris Brown

Best Rap Song
"All Day"-Kanye West feat. Theophilus London, Allan Kingdom & Paul McCartney
"Alright"-Kendrick Lamar
"Energy"-Drake
"Glory"-Common & John Legend
"Trap Queen"-Fetty Wap

Best Country Song
"Chances Are"-Lee Ann Womack
"Diamond Rings and Old Barstools"-Tim McGraw
"Girl Crush"-Little Big Town
"Hold My Hand"-Brandy Clark
"Traveller"-Chris Stapleton

Best Country Duo/Group Performance
"Stay a Little Longer-Brothers Osborne
"If I Needed You"-Joey + Rory
"The Driver"-Charles Kelley, Dierks Bentley & Eric Paslay
"Girl Crush"-Little Big Town
"Lonely Tonight"-Blake Shelton feat. Ashley Monroe

Best Country Solo Performance
"Burning House"-Cam
"Traveller"-Chris Stapleton
"Little Toy Guns"-Carrie Underwood
"John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16"-Keith Urban
"Chances Are"-Lee Ann Womack

Best Pop Vocal Album
Piece By Piece-Kelly Clarkson
How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful-Florence + The Machine
Uptown Special-Mark Ronson
1989-Taylor Swift
Before This World-James Taylor

Best Dance/Electronic Album
Our Love-Caribou
Born In The Echoes-The Chemical Brothers
Caracal-Disclosure
In Colour-Jamie XX
Skrillex and Diplo Present Jack Ü-Skrillex and Diplo

Best Latin Pop Album
Terral-Pablo Alborán
Healer-Alex Cuba
A Quien Quiera Eschuchar (Deluxe Edition)-Ricky Martin
Sirope-Alejandro Sanz
Algo Sucede-Julieta Venegas

Best Music Video
"LSD"-A$AP Rocky
"I Feel Love (Every Million Miles)-The Dead Weather
"Alright"-Kendrick Lamar
"Bad Blood"-Taylor Swift
"Freedom"-Pharrell Williams

Best Pop Solo Performance
"Heartbeat Song"-Kelly Clarkson
"Love Me Like You Do"-Ellie Goulding
"Thinking Out Loud"-Ed Sheeran
"Blank Space"-Taylor Swift
"Can't Feel My Face"-The Weeknd

Best Reggae Album
Branches of the Same Tree-Rocky Dawuni
The Cure-Jah Cure
Acousticalevy-Barrington Levy
Zion Awake-Luciano
Strictly Roots-Morgan Heritage

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
The Silver Lining: The Songs of Jerome Kern-Tony Bennett & Bill Charlap
Shadows in the Night-Bob Dylan
Stages-Josh Groban
No One Ever Tells You-Seth MacFarlane
My Dream Duets-Barry Manilow (with Various Artists)

Best Gospel Album
Destined To Win [Live]-Karen Clark Sheard
Living It-Dorinda Clark-Cole
One Place Live-Tasha Cobbs
Covered: Alive in Asia [Live] (Deluxe)-Israel & New Breed
Life Music: Stage Two-Jonathan McReynolds

Best Rock Performance
"Don't Wanna Fight"-Alabama Shakes
"What Kind of Man"-Florence + The Machine
"Something from Nothing"-Foo Fighters
"Ex's & Oh's"-Elle King
"Moaning Lisa Smile"-Wolf Alice

Best R&B Performance
"If I Don't Have You"-Tamar Braxton
"Rise Up"-Andra Day
"Breathing Underwater"-Hiatus Kaiyote
"Planes"-Jeremih feat. J.Cole
"Earned It"-The Weeknd

Best R&B Song
"Coffee"-Miguel
"Earned It"-The Weeknd
"Let it Burn"-Jazmine Sullivan
"Really Love"-D'Angelo and the Vanguard
"Shame"-Tyrese

Best Urban Contemporary Album
Ego Death-The Internet
You Should Be Here-Kehlani
Blood-Lianne La Havas
Wildheart-Miguel
Beauty Behind The Madness-The Weeknd

Best R&B Album
Coming Home-Leon Bridges
Black Messiah-D'Angelo and the Vanguard
Cheers To The Fall-Andra Day
Reality Show-Jazmine Sullivan
Forever Charlie-Charlie Wilson

The 2016 Grammy Awards will be held on Monday, February 15, 2016 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Give us your predictions on the Grammys below!

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