LOS ANGELES – December 7, 2015 — (UPI) — The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences released their nominations for the upcoming 2016 Grammy Awards Monday.
Singer and 15-time Grammy Award winner Alicia Keys appeared on CBS This Morning to announce the nominees which included hip-hop recording artist Kendrick Lamar earning an industry leading 11 nominations with pop star Taylor Swift and singer The Weeknd coming in second place with seven nominations each.
Lamar’s 11 nominations range from Album of the Year and Song of the Year to Best Rap Album, Best Rap Collaboration and Best Music Video. Swift meanwhile took home noms for Record of the Year, Song of the Year and shares nominations with Lamar for their hit collaboration “Bad Blood” which earned recognition in the Best Pop Duo/Group Performance and Best Music Video categories.
Artists such as singer Ed Sheeran and John Legend also received nominations and expressed their gratitude towards the Academy afterwards on social media. “I wasn’t expecting the Grammy noms, thank you,” Sheeran wrote on Twitter showing his surprise.
“4 Grammy Nominations! Thank you! @TheGRAMMYs,” Legend wrote with his wife Christine Teigen joking “and I just barely made it to the bathroom in time. big day.”
Here are the nominees for some of the Grammy Awards’ biggest categories. Click here to see the complete list.
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 featuring Bruno Mars
“Thinking Out Loud,” Ed Sheeran
“Blank Space,” Taylor Swift
“Can’t Feel My Face,” The Weeknd
Song of the Year (songwriter’s award):
“Alright,” Kendrick Duckworth, Mark Anthony Spears and Pharrell Williams
“Blank Space,” Max Martin, Shellback and Taylor Swift
“Girl Crush,” Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna and Liz Rose
“See You Again,” Andrew Cedar, Justin Franks, Charles Puth and Cameron Thomaz
“Thinking Out Loud,” Ed Sheeran and Amy Wadge
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 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 Pop Duo/Group Performance:
“Ship to Wreck,” Florence + The Machine
“Sugar,” Maroon 5
“Uptown Funk,” Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars
“Bad Blood,” Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar
“See You Again,” Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth
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
Best Rock Album:
Chaos and the Calm,James Bay
Kintsugi, Death Cab for Cutie
Mister Asylum, Highly Suspect
Drones, Muse
.5: The Gray Chapter, Slipknot
Best Alternative Music Album:
Sound & Color, Alabama Shakes
Vulnicura, Bjork
The Waterfall, My Morning Jacket
Currents, Tame Impala
Star Wars, Wilco
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
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 Country Album:
Montevallo, Sam Hunt
Pain Killer, Little Big Town
The Blade, Ashley Monroe
Pageant Material, Kacey Musgraves
Traveller, Chris Stapleton
