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2016 Grammy Awards nominees (Kendrick Lamar, Alabama Shakes, The Weeknd, Tame Impala, Caribou, MMJ, Bjork, Wilco, Dr. Dre, Drake, Flying Lotus, Courtney Barnett, more)

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The 58th Annual Grammy Awards nominees have been announced. Album of the Year nominees include Alabama Shakes for Sound & Color, Kendrick Lamar for To Pimp A Butterfly, Chris Stapleton for Traveller, Taylor Swift for 1989 and The Weeknd for Beauty Behind The Madness. Record of the Year also includes Taylor (“Blank Space”) and The Weeknd (“Can’t Feel My Face”), plus D’Angelo (“Really Love”), Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars (“Uptown Funk”) and Ed Sheeran (“Thinking Out Loud”). Song of the Year has those same Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran songs against Kendrick’s “Alright,” Little Big Town‘s “Girl Crush,” and Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth‘s “See You Again.”

Alabama Shakes’ album is also up for Best Alternative Music Album, along with Bjork, My Morning Jacket, Tame Impala and Wilco. Kendrick’s album is also up for Best Rap Album, along with J. Cole, Dr. Dre, Drake and Nicki Minaj.

Other nominees include Courtney Barnett (up for Best New Artist), Florence + the Machine, Bob Dylan, The Chemical Brothers, Flying Lotus, Skrillex & Diplo, Caribou, Disclosure, Jamie xx, Bill Frisell, Ghost, Death Cab For Cutie (Best Rock Album), Jeremih, Jazmine Sullivan, Miguel, The Internet, Kehlani, Leon Bridges, Fetty Wap, Kanye West, Big Sean, Common, Jidenna, Kacey Musgraves, Robert Glasper, Punch Brothers, Mavis Staples, Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell, Jason Isbell, Buddy Guy, Bettye LaVette, Glen Hansard, Patti Smith, Amy Poehler, Wyatt Cenac, Louis C.K., the Hamilton soundtrack, David Bowie, Snoop Dogg, Elvis Presley, Father John Misty, The Rolling Stones, Grateful Dead, The Decemberists, Joni Mitchell, The Bird and The Bee, Blake Mills (Producer of The Year for Alabama Shakes’ Sound & Color), A$AP Rocky, The Dead Weather, Pharrell Williams, Amy Winehouse doc Amy, and many more.

Kendrick Lamar picked up 11 total nominations, and The Weeknd picked up seven. The ceremony will happen February 15 at the Staples Center in LA, and air live on CBS.

Check out a fuller list of nominees below and the whole thing here.

Record Of The Year
D’Angelo & The Vanguard Really Love
Mark Ronson Feat. Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk
Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud
Taylor Swift – Blank Space
The Weeknd – Can’t Feel My Face

Album Of The Year
Alabama Shakes – Sound & Color
Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp A Butterfly
Chris Stapleton – Traveller
Taylor Swift – 1989
The Weeknd – Beauty Behind The Madness

Song Of The Year
Kendrick Lamar – Alright
Taylor Swift – Blank Space
Little Big Town – Girl Crush
Wiz Khalifa Feat. Charlie Puth – See You Again
Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud

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

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

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Florence + the Machine – Ship To Wreck
Maroon 5 – Sugar
Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk
Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar – Bad Blood
Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth – See You Again

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

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

Best Dance Recording
Above & Beyond Feat. Zoë Johnston – We’re All We Need
The Chemical Brothers – Go
Flying Lotus Feat. Kendrick Lamar – Never Catch Me
Galantis – Runaway (U & I)
Jack U Feat. Justin Bieber – Where Are U Now

Best Dance/Electronic Album
Caribou – Our Love
The Chemical Brothers – Born In The Echoes
Disclosure – Caracal
Jamie xx – In Colour
Skrillex And Diplo – Skrillex And Diplo Present Jack Ü

Best Rock Performance
Alabama Shakes – Don’t Wanna Fight
Florence + The Machine – What Kind Of Man
Foo Fighters – Something From Nothing
Elle King – Ex’s & Oh’s
Wolf Alice – Moaning Lisa Smile

Best Metal Performance
August Burns Red – Identity
Ghost – Cirice
Lamb of God – 512
Sevendust – Thank You
Slipknot – Custer

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

Best Rock Album
James Bay – Chaos And The Calm
Death Cab For Cutie – Kintsugi
Highly Suspect – Mister Asylum
Muse – Drones
Slipknot – .5: The Grey Chapter

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

Best R&B Performance
Tamar Braxton – If I Don’t Have You
Andra Day – Rise Up
Hiatus Kaiyote – Breathing Underwater
Jeremih Feat. J. Cole – Planes
The Weeknd – Earned It (Fifty Shades Of Grey)

Best Traditional R&B Performance
Faith Evans – He Is
Lalah Hathaway – Little Ghetto Boy
Jazmine Sullivan – Let It Burn
Tyrese – Shame
Charlie Wilson – My Favorite Part of You

Best R&B Song
Miguel – Coffee
The Weeknd – Earned It (Fifty Shades Of Grey)
Jazmine Sullivan – Let It Burn
D’Angelo & The Vanguard – Really Love
Tyrese – Shame

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

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

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

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

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

Best Rap Album
J. Cole – 2014 Forest Hills Drive
Dr. Dre – Compton
Drake – If Youre Reading This Its Too Late
Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp A Butterfly
Nicki Minaj – The Pinkprint

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

Best Americana Album
Brandi Carlile – The Firewatcher’s Daugher
Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell – The Traveling Kind
Jason Isbell – Something More Than Free
The Mavericks – Mono
Punch Brothers – The Phosphorescent Blues

Best Blues Album
Cedric Burnside Project – Descendants of Hill Country
Shemekia Copeland – Outskirts of Love
Buddy Guy – Born To Play Guitar
Bettye LaVette – Worthy
John Primer & Various Artists – Muddy Waters 100

Best Folk Album
Norman Blake – Wood, Wire & Words
Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn – Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn
Rhiannon Giddens – Tomorrow Is My Turn
Patty Griffin – Servant Of Love
Glen Hansard – Didn’t He Ramble

Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical
Jeff Bhasker
Dave Cobb
Diplo
Larry Klein
Blake Mills