2016 Grammy Nominations Include Kendrick Lamar, The Weeknd, Drake and More
Rapper Kendrick Lamar nabbed a whopping 11 nominations for the 2016 Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year for To Pimp a Butterfly. The Weeknd and Drake also scored multiple nominations as well.
The Weeknd received seven mentions, including Best Urban Contemporary for his stellar effort, Beauty Behind the Madness. Fellow Canadian artist Drake racked up five nods, including one for Best Rap Performance for the song, "Back to Back." Drizzy also stays winning this year as "Energy" is nominated for Best Rap Song and If You're Reading This Its Too Late gets a nod in the Best Rap Album category.
D'Angelo and Nicki Minaj tied with three nominations each. Minaj didn't get a nod for "Feeling Myself" -- much to the disapproval of her fans -- but the Queen Barbz grabbed a nod for Best Rap Album with The Pinkprint, as well as "Truffle Butter" for Best Rap Performance. Meanwhile, D'Angelo's comeback album, Black Messiah, was nominated for Best R&B Album and his song, "Really Love," scored a nod for Record of the Year.
Lamar is facing some stiff competition in the Album of the Year category as he goes up against the Weeknd's Beauty Behind the Madness, Taylor Swift's 1989, Chris Stapleton's Traveller and Alabama Shakes' Sound & Color.
The 2016 Grammy Awards will air live from Los Angeles on Feb. 15 at 8PM ET on CBS.
See the full list of nominees below.
Album of the Year
Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp A Butterfly
Taylor Swift – 1989
The Weeknd – Beauty Behind the Madness
Chris Stapleton – Traveller
Alabama Shakes – Sound & Color
Record of the Year
Mark Ronson Featuring Bruno Mars — "Uptown Funk"
Ed Sheeran — "Thinking Out Loud"
Taylor Swift – "Blank Space"
The Weeknd – "Can’t Feel My Face"
D’Angelo – "Really Love"
Song of the Year
Kendrick Lamar – "Alright"
Taylor Swift – "Blank Space"
Little Big Town – "Girl Crush"
Wiz Khalifa Featuring Charlie Puth — "See You Again"
Ed Sheeran — "Thinking Out Loud"
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 Featuring Bruno Mars — "Uptown Funk"
Taylor Swift Featuring Kendrick Lamar — "Bad Blood"
Wiz Khalifa Featuring Charlie Puth — "See You Again"
Best Pop Vocal Album
Kelly Clarkson — 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 Featuring Zoë Johnston — "We’re All We Need"
The Chemical Brothers — "Go"
Flying Lotus Featuring Kendrick Lamar — "Never Catch Me"
Gallants — "Runaway (U & I)"
Skrillex And Diplo With Justin Bieber — "Where Are Ü Now"
Best R&B Album
Leon Bridges — Coming Home
D’Angelo And The Vanguard — Black Messiah
Andra Day — Cheers to the Fall
Jazmine Sullivan — Reality Show
Charlie Wilson — Forever Charlie
Best R&B Performance
Tamar Braxton — "If I Don’t Have You"
Andra Day — "Rise Up"
Hiatus Kaiyote — "Breathing Underwater"
Jeremih Featuring J. Cole — "Planes"
The Weeknd — "Earned It (Fifty Shades Of Grey) "
Best R&B Song
Miguel — "Coffee"
The Weeknd — "Earned It"
Jazmine Sullivan — "Let It Burn"
D’Angelo — "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 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 Rap Performance
J. Cole -- "Apparently"
Drake -- "Back to Back"
Fetty Wap -- "Trap Queen"
Kendrick Lamar -- "Alright"
Nicki Minaj Featuring Drake & Lil Wayne -- "Truffle Butter"
Kanye West Featuring Theophilus London, Allan Kingdom & Paul McCartney -- "All Day"
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
Big Sean Featuring Kanye West & John Legend -- "One Man Can Change The World"
Common & John Legend -- "Glory"
Jidenna Featuring Roman GianArthur -- "Classic Man"
Kendrick Lamar Featuring Bilal, Anna Wise & Thundercats -- "These Walls"
Nicki Minaj Featuring Drake, Lil Wayne & Chris Brown -- "Only"
Best Rap Song
Kanye West -- "All Day"
Kendrick Lamar -- "Alright"
Drake -- "Energy"
Common & John Legend -- "Glory"
Fetty Wap -- "Trap Queen"
Best Gospel Album
Karen Clark Sheard -- Destined To Win (Live)
Dorinda Clark-Cole -- Living It
Tasha Cobbs -- One Place Live
Israel & Newbreed -- Covered: Alive Is Asia [Live] (Deluxe)
Jonathan McReynolds -- Life Music: Stage Two
Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical
Jeff Bhasker
Dave Cobb
Diplo
Larry Klein
Blake Mills
Best Music Film
James Brown -- Mr. Dynamite: The Rise Of James Brown
Foo Fighters -- Sonic Highways
Nina Simone -- What Happened, Miss Simone?
Roger Water -- The Wall