Hip Hop star Kendrick Lamar led the 58th Grammy nominations with a massive 11 nominations in nine categories, while Taylor Swift and Canadian ‘The Weeknd’ followed closely behind with seven each.
As a precursor to the 58th Grammy ceremony coming up on February 15 in 2016 the categories were released on Monday.
Kendrick, 28, who already has two Grammy awards in his kitty, was mentioned in the top categories including Album Of The Year for To Pimp A Butterfly and Song Of The Year for Alright.
Superstar Taylor Swift, 25, got seven nominations as the prestigious list was released, including Album of the Year and Song of the Year.
The acclaimed star competed against Taylor for Album Of The Year in 2014, so not doubt she will be keen to claw back a win.
Swift’s five-time platinum selling album 1989 proved to be a huge success, alongside her major hit, Blank Space.
Canadian pop singer The Weeknd, 25, real name is Abel Tesfaye, equally has seven nominations and worked with some of the same producers as Taylor for his album Beauty Behind the Madness.
His song Can’t Feel My Face was a huge success that catapulted his album up through the charts.
Three of his nominations are for his hit, Earned It, which featured on the Fifty Shades Of Grey soundtrack.
British singer Ed Sheeran also performed well with multiple nods with three nods, with Best Record, Song and Solo Pop, receiving a fourth mention for writing on The Weeknd’s album.
He tweeted his glee on Monday shortly after, in typical coy fashion, writing: ‘I wasn’t expecting the Grammy noms, thank you.
Rapper Drake was nominated for Best Rap performance, Best Rap Song and Best Rap album.
Four of the categories were announced on a live stream on the Grammy’s website by 15-time winner, Alicia Keys, who revealed that Taylor had won three out of the Big Four categories. The only one she was not mentioned in was Best New Artist.
GRAMMY NOMINATIONS 2016
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
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:
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)
Best New Artist:
Courtney Barnett
James Bay
Sam Hunt
Tori Kelly
Meghan Trainor
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
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
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 Alternative Music Album:
Sound & Color — Alabama Shakes
Vulnicura — Björk
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 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
Best Country Album:
Montevallo — Sam Hunt
Pain Killer — Little Big Town
The Blade — Ashley Monroe
Pageant Material — Kacey Musgraves
Traveller — Chris Stapleton
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
