This morning, the nominees for the 2016 GRAMMY Awards were announced. With his newest nods, Kendrick Lamar is now a 20-time GRAMMY Award nominee! This marks his second Album Of The Year album now as well with To Pimp A Butterfly, and competes against himself in both the Best Rap Song category and the Best Music Video category. Check out some of the nominees below!
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Record Of The Year
D’Angelo And The Vanguard – Really Love
Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk
Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud
Taylor Swift – Blank Space
The Weeknd – Can’t Feel My Face
Album Of The Year
Alabama Shakes – Sound & Color
Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp A Butterfly
Chris Stapleton – Traveller
Taylor Swift – 1989
The Weeknd – Beauty Behind The Madness
Song Of The Year
Kendrick Lamar – Alright
Taylor Swift – Blank Space
Little Big Town – Girl Crush
Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth – See You Again
Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud
Best New Artist
Courtney Barnett
James Bay
Sam Hunt
Tori Kelly
Meghan Trainor
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 ft. Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk
Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar – Bad Blood
Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth – See You Again
Best Dance Recording
Above & Beyond ft. Zoë Johnston – We’re All We Need
The Chemical Brothers – Go
Flying Lotus ft. Kendrick Lamar – Never Catch Me
Galantis – Runaway (U & I)
Skrillex & Diplo With Justin Bieber – Where Are Ü Now
Best R&B Performance
Tamar Braxton – If I Don’t Have You
Andra Day – Rise Up
Hiatus Kaiyote – Breathing Underwater
Jeremih ft. J. Cole – Planes
The Weeknd – Earned It (Fifty Shades Of Grey)
Best Traditional R&B Performance
Faith Evans – He Is
Lalah Hathaway – Little Ghetto Boy
Jazmine Sullivan – Let It Burn
Tyrese – Shame
Charlie Wilson – My Favorite Part Of You
Best R&B Song
Miguel – Coffee
The Weeknd – Earned It (Fifty Shades Of Grey)
Jazmine Sullivan – Let It Burn
D’Angelo And The Vanguard – 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 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 Rap Performance
J. Cole – Apparently
Drake – Back To Back
Fetty Wap – Trap Queen
Kendrick Lamar – Alright
Nicki Minaj ft. Drake & Lil Wayne – Truffle Butter
Kanye West ft. Theophilus London, Allan Kingdom & Paul McCartney – All Day
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
Big Sean ft. Kanye West & John Legend – One Man Can Change The World
Common & John Legend – Glory
Jidenna ft. Roman GianArthur – Classic Man
Kendrick Lamar ft. Bilal, Anna Wise & Thundercat – These Walls
Nicki Minaj ft. 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 Rap Album
J. Cole – 2014 Forest Hills Drive
Dr. Dre – Compton
Drake – If You’re Reading This Its Too Late
Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp A Butterfly
Nicki Minaj – The Pinkprint
Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media
Empire: Season 1
Fifty Shades Of Grey
Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me
Pitch Perfect 2
Selma
Best Song Written For Visual Media
The Weeknd – Earned It (Fifty Shades Of Grey)
Common & John Legend – Glory
Ellie Goulding – Love Me Like You Do
Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth – See You Again
Lady Gaga – Til It Happens To You
Best Music Video
A$AP Rocky – L$D
The Dead Weather – I Feel Love (Every Million Miles)
Kendrick Lamar – Alright
Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar – Bad Blood
Pharrell Williams – Freedom
For the full list of nominations, head here. The 2016 Grammys air February 15, 2016 at 8pm EST on CB
