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2016 Grammy Nominations Include Taylor Swift, But Prove '1989' Isn't The Only Album To Pay Attention To
She's taken over the Billboard charts, Instagram, and your Spotify account, so why wouldn't she take over the Grammys as well? Yes, it was inevitable that Taylor Swift's 2016 Grammy nominations would be numerous following the release of 1989, an album that sold a whopping 1.2 million copies in its first week. But the list of nominees, announced by Alicia Keys on CBS Monday, also proves there is plenty of competition for T-Swift, no matter how much you simply cannot get "Shake It Off," "Bad Blood," and literally every other song she's ever written out of her head. Including from Kendrick Lamar, the artist leading the nominations with 11 nods.
Though we couldn't count on the world's current obsession, Adele, to be a big nominee this year (her 25 did not qualify this go-round), there was still plenty of reason to tune in to Good Morning America Monday morning to check out the nominees in the big categories, like Best New Artist and Song Of The Year. So who has made the cut for the 2016 awards? See below for the full list, which will be updated as the nominees are announced live. And, Taylor, you might as well start making room on your trophy shelf now.
Best New Artist
Courtney Barnett
James Bay
Sam Hunt
Tori Kelly
Meghan Trainor
Record Of The Year
"Really Love," D'Angelo and the Vanguard
"Uptown Funk," Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars
"Thinking Out Loud," Ed Sheeran
"Blank Space," Taylor Swift
"Can't Feel My Face," The Weeknd
Song Of The Year
"Alright," Kendrick Lamar
"Blank Space," Taylor Swift
"Big Crush," Little Big Town
"See You Again," Wiz Kalifa feat. Charlie Puth
"Thinking Out Loud," Ed Sheeran
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
Pop Solo Performance
"Heartbeat Song," Kelly Clarkson
"Love Me Like You Do," Ellie Goulding
"Thinking Out Loud," Ed Sheeran
"Blank Space," Taylor Swift
"Can't Feel My Face," the Weeknd
Pop Duo/Group Performance
"Ship to Wreck," Florence + the Machine
"Sugar," Maroon 5
"Uptown Funk," Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars
"Bad Blood," Taylor Swift feat. Kendrick Lamar
"See You Again," Wiz Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth
Pop Vocal Album
"Piece by Piece," Kelly Clarkson
"How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful," Florence + the Machine
"Uptown Special," Mark Ronson
"1989," Taylor Swift
"Before This World," James Taylor
Traditional Pop Vocal Album
"The Silver Lining: The Songs of Jerome Kern," Tony Bennett and Bill Charlap
"Shadows in the Night," Bob Dylan
"Stages," Josh Groban
"No One Ever Tells You," Seth MacFarlane
"My Dream Duets," Barry Manilow (and Various Artists)
Dance Recording
"We're All We Need," Above & Beyond feat. Zoe Johnston
"Go," the Chemical Brothers
"Never Catch Me," Flying Lotus feat. Kendrick Lamar
"Runaway (U & I)," Galantis
"Where Are U Now," Skrillex and Diplo with Justin Bieber
Dance/Electronic Album
"Our Love," Caribou
"Born in the Echoes," the Chemical Brothers
"Caracal," Disclosure
"In Colour," Jamie XX
"Skrillex and Diplo Present Jack U," Skrillex and Diplo
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
Metal Performance
"Identity," August Burns Red
"Cirice," Ghost
"512," Lamb Of God
"Thank You," Sevendust
"Custer," Slipknot
Rock Song
"Don't Wanna Fight," Alabama Shakes, songwriters (Alabama Shakes)
"Ex's & Oh's," Dave Bassett and Elle King, songwriters (Elle King)
"Hold Back the River," Iain Archer and James Bay, songwriters (James Bay)
"Lydia," Richard Meyer, Ryan Meyer and Johnny Stevens, songwriters (Highly Suspect)
"What Kind of Man," John Hill, Tom Hull and Florence Welch, songwriters (Florence + the Machine)
Rock Album
Chaos and the Calm, James Bay
Kintsugi, Death Cab for Cutie
Mister Asylum, Highly Suspect
Drones, Muse
.5: The Gray Chapter, Slipknot
Alternative Music Album
Sound & Color, Alabama Shakes
Vulnicura, Björk
The Waterfall, My Morning Jacket
Currents, Tame Impala
Star Wars, Wilco
R&B Performance
"If I Don't Have You," Tamar Braxton
"Rise Up," Andra Day
"Breathing Underwater," Hiatus Kaiyote
"Planes," Jeremih feat. J. Cole
"Earned It (Fifty Shades Of Grey)," the Weeknd
Traditional R&B Performance
"He Is," Faith Evans
"Little Ghetto Boy," Lalah Hathaway
"Let It Burn," Jazmine Sullivan
"Shame," Tyrese
"My Favorite Part of You," Charlie Wilson
R&B Song
"Coffee," Brook Davis and Miguel Pimentel, songwriters (Miguel)
"Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey)," Ahmad Balshe, Stephan Moccio, Jason Quenneville and Abel Tesfaye, songwriters (the Weeknd)
"Let It Burn," Kenny B. Edmonds, Jazmine Sullivan and Dwane M. Weir II, songwriters (Jazmine Sullivan)
"Really Love," D'Angelo and Kendra Foster, songwriters (D'Angelo and the Vanguard)
"Shame," Warryn Campbell, Tyrese Gibson and DJ Rogers Jr., songwriters (Tyrese)
Urban Contemporary Album
Ego Death, the Internet
You Should Be Here, Kehlani
Blood, Lianne La Havas
Wildheart, Miguel
Beauty Behind the Madness, the Weeknd
R&B Album
Coming Home, Leon Bridges
Black Messiah, D'Angelo and the Vanguard
Cheers to the Fall, Andra Day
Reality Show, Jazmine Sullivan
Forever Charlie, Charlie Wilson
Rap Performance
"Apparently," J. Cole
"Back to Back," Drake
"Trap Queen," Fetty Wap
"Alright," Kendrick Lamar
"Truffle Butter," Nicki Minaj feat. Drake and Lil Wayne
"All Day," Kanye West feat. Theophilus London, Allan Kingdom and Paul McCartney
Rap/Sung Collaboration
"One Man Can Change the World," Big Sean feat. Kanye West and John Legend
"Glory," Common and John Legend
"Classic Man," Jidenna featuring Roman GianArthur
"These Walls," Kendrick Lamar featuring Bilal, Anna Wise and Thundercat
"Only," Nicki Minaj featuring Drake, Lil Wayne and Chris Brown
Rap Song
"All Day," Ernest Brown, Tyler Bryant, Sean Combs, Mike Dean, Rennard East, Noah Goldstein, Malik Yusef Jones, Karim Kharbouch, Allan Kyariga, Kendrick Lamar, Paul McCartney, Victor Mensah, Charles Njapa, Che Pope, Patrick Reynolds, Allen Ritter, Kanye West, Mario Winans and Cydel Young (Kanye West featuring Theophilus London, Allan Kingdom and Paul McCartney)
"Alright," Kendrick Duckworth, Mark Anthony Spears and Pharrell Williams (Kendrick Lamar)
"Energy," Richard Dorfmeister, A. Graham, Markus Kienzl, M. O'Brien, M. Samuels and Phillip Thomas (Drake)
"Glory," Lonnie Lynn, Che Smith and John Stephens (Common and John Legend)
"Trap Queen," Tony Fadd and Willie J. Maxwell (Fetty Wap)
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 Solo Performance
"Burning House," Cam
"Traveller," Chris Stapleton
"Little Toy Guns," Carrie Underwood
"John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16," Keith Urban
"Chances Are," Lee Ann Womack
Country Duo/Group Performance
"Stay a Little Longer," Brothers Osborne
"If I Needed You," Joey+Rory
"The Driver," Charles Kelley, Dierks Bentley, and Eric Paslay
"Girl Crush," Little Big Town
"Lonely Tonight," Blake Shelton feat. Ashley Monroe
Country Song
"Chances Are," Hayes Carll (Lee Ann Womack)
"Diamond Rings and Old Barstools," Barry Dean, Luke Laird, and Jonathan Singleton (Tim McGraw)
"Girl Crush," Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna, and Liz Rose (Little Big Town)
"Hold My Hand," Brandy Clark and Mark Stephen Jones (Brandy Clark)
"Traveller," Chris Stapleton (Chris Stapleton)
Country Album
Montevallo, Sam Hunt
Pain Killer, Little Big Town
The Blade, Ashley Monroe
Pageant Material, Kacey Musgraves
Traveller, Chris Stapleton
And check out the rest of the nominees in additional categories here!
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