LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Recording Academy® announced nominations for the 58th Annual GRAMMY Awards® in all 83 categories this morning. Reflecting a diverse blend of talented music makers, this year's nominees were selected from more than 21,000 submissions entered. As the only peer-based music award, the GRAMMY Awards are voted on by The Academy's membership body of creators across all disciplines of music, including recording artists, songwriters, producers, and engineers. Final-round GRAMMY® ballots will be mailed Dec. 16 and the preeminent award for excellence in music will be presented Monday, Feb. 15, 2016, live from STAPLES Center in Los Angeles and broadcast on the CBS Television Network from 8 – 11:30 p.m. (ET/PT).
This year, Kendrick Lamar leads nominations with 11, followed by Taylor Swift and The Weeknd, who each earn seven. Additionally, music producer/songwriter Max Martin receives six nominations and mastering engineer Tom Coyne, rapper Drake, and engineers/mixers Serban Ghenea and John Hanes each earn five nominations.
"The diversity in the creative community is what makes music a universal language, and it's gratifying to see the vibrancy of today's artistic landscape reflected in this year's nominations — a testament to The Academy's voting members," said Neil Portnow, President/CEO of The Recording Academy. "Artists are pushing boundaries in exciting ways, making it an exceptionally strong year for music."
The eclectic nature of this year's nominations is perhaps best exemplified in the Album Of The Year category, where nominees range from the alternative and soulful rock of Alabama Shakes to Lamar's thought-provoking jazz-infused rap, the classic country sounds of Chris Stapleton, the pop emergence of Swift, and the genre-bending R&B style of The Weeknd.
Following is a sampling of nominations from the GRAMMY Awards' 30 Fields and 83 categories. For a complete nominations list, visit www.grammy.com. Congratulate nominees and catch exclusive videos and content on Facebook. Join @theGRAMMYs Twitter Moments conversation using #GRAMMYs.
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
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