Nominees for the 58th annual Grammy Awards have been announced in the build-up to the ceremony coming up in 2016's Award Season.
It's all happening on Monday, 15 February at the Staples Centre in Los Angeles and will air on DStv as per usual. We'll keep you posted on the broadcast details once they've been confirmed closer to the time.
Kendrick Lamar leads the nominations with a total of 11 nods, followed by Taylor Swift and The Weeknd, who each earned seven. Music producer/songwriter Max Martin received six and mastering engineer Tom Coyne, rapper Drake, and engineers/mixers Serban Ghenea and
John Hanes each earned five.
These are the nominees in the headline-grabbing categories (followed by a link to more):
General Field
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
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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
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Song Of The Year
Alright - Kendrick Duckworth, Mark Anthony Spears & Pharrell Williams, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar)
Blank Space - Max Martin, Shellback & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift)
Girl Crush - Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna & Liz Rose, songwriters (Little Big Town)
See You Again - Andrew Cedar, Justin Franks, Charles Puth & Cameron Thomaz, songwriters (Wiz Khalifa Featuring Charlie Puth)
Thinking Out Loud - Ed Sheeran & Amy Wadge, songwriters (Ed Sheeran)
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Best New Artist
Courtney Barnett
James Bay
Sam Hunt
Tori Kelly
Meghan Trainor
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Pop Field
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Ship To Wreck - Florence + The Machine
Sugar - Maroon 5
Uptown Funk - Mark Ronson Featuring Bruno Mars
Bad Blood - Taylor Swift Featuring Kendrick Lamar
See You Again - Wiz Khalifa Featuring Charlie Puth
Dance/Electronic Music Field
Best Dance Recording
We're All We Need - Above & Beyond Featuring Zoë Johnston
Go - The Chemical Brothers
Never Catch Me - Flying Lotus Featuring Kendrick Lamar
Runaway (U & I) - Galantis
Where Are Ü Now - Skrillex And Diplo With Justin Bieber
Rock Field
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
Alternative Field
Best Alternative Music Album
Sound & Color - Alabama Shakes
Vulnicura - Björk
The Waterfall - My Morning Jacket
Currents - Tame Impala
Star Wars - Wilco
R&B Field
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
Rap Field
Best Rap Album
2014 Forest Hills Drive - J. Cole
Compton - Dr. Dre
If Youre Reading This Its Too Late - Drake
To Pimp A Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar
The Pinkprint - Nicki Minaj
Country Field
Best Country Album
Montevallo - Sam Hunt
Pain Killer - Little Big Town
The Blade - Ashley Monroe
Pageant Material - Kacey Musgraves
Traveller - Chris Stapleton
Jazz Field
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
My Favorite Things - Joey Alexander
Breathless - Terence Blanchard Featuring The E-Collective
Covered Recorded Live At Capitol Studios - Robert Glasper & The Robert Glasper Trio
Beautiful Life - Jimmy Greene
Past Present - John Scofield
Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Field
Best Gospel Album
Destined To Win (Live) - Karen Clark Sheard
Living It - Dorinda Clark-Cole
One Place Live - Tasha Cobbs
Covered Alive Is Asia [Live] (Deluxe) - Israel & Newbreed
Life Music Stage Two - Jonathan McReynolds
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
Whatever The Road - Jason Crabb
How Can It Be - Lauren Daigle
Saints And Sinners - Matt Maher
This Is Not A Test - Tobymac
Love Ran Red - Chris Tomlin
Latin Field
Best Latin Pop Album
Terral - Pablo Alborán
Healer - Alex Cuba
A Quien Quiera Escuchar (Deluxe Edition) - Ricky Martin
Sirope - Alejandro Sanz
Algo Sucede - Julieta Venegas
American Roots Field
Best Americana Album
The Firewatcher's Daughter - Brandi Carlile
The Traveling Kind - Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell
Something More Than Free - Jason Isbell
Mono - The Mavericks
The Phosphorescent Blues - Punch Brothers
Spoken Word Field
Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling)
Blood On Snow (Jo Nesbø) - Patti Smith
Brief Encounters Conversations, Magic Moments, And Assorted Hijinks - Dick Cavett
A Full Life Reflections At Ninety - Jimmy Carter
Patience And Sarah (Isabel Miller) - Janis Ian & Jean Smart
Yes Please - Amy Poehler (& Various Artists)
Production, Non-Classical Field
Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical
Jeff Bhasker
Dave Cobb
Diplo
Larry Klein
Blake Mills
Music Video/Film
Best Music Film
Mr. Dynamite The Rise Of James Brown - James Brown
Sonic Highways - Foo Fighters
What Happened, Miss Simone? - Nina Simone
The Wall - Roger Waters
Amy - Amy Winehouse
For the full listing of noms, see:
2016 Grammy nominees