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The 58th Grammy Nominees Announced, Kendrick Lamar Leads With 11

Music NewsWeston PaganoComment

The annual music industry achievement / popularity contest extravaganza that is the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences' Grammy Awards has revealed its list of nominees today.

In the wake of his ubiquitous To Pimp a Butterfly, Kendrick Lamar leads the pack with 11 nominations for the shiny gold gramophones that will be passed out in the second latest ever ceremony in LA on February 15, narrowly missing out on matching Michael Jackson's all-time record of 12 in 1984. Taylor Swift and The Weeknd trail behind in second place with 7 each.

Check out the nominee lists of select categories below.

GENERAL

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

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

SONG OF THE YEAR

  • "Alright" - Kendrick Lamar
  • "Blank Space" - Taylor Swift
  • "Girl Crush" - Little Big Town
  • "See You Again" - Wiz Khalifa Featuring Charlie Puth
  • "Thinking Out Loud" - Ed Sheeran

BEST NEW ARTIST

  • Courtney Barnett
  • James Bay
  • Sam Hunt
  • Tori Kelly
  • Meghan Trainor

ALTERNATIVE

BEST ALTERNATIVE ALBUM

BEST DANCE / ELECTRONIC ALBUM

  • Our Love - Caribou
  • Born in the Echoes - The Chemical Brothers
  • Caracal - Disclosure
  • In Colour - Jamie XX 
  • Skrillex and Diplo Present Jack Ü - Skrillex and Diplo

ROCK

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 ROCK SONG

  • "Don't Wanna Fight" - Alabama Shakes
  • "Ex's & Oh's" - Elle King
  • "Hold Back the River" - James Bay
  • "Lydia" - Highly Suspect
  • "What Kind of Man" - Florence + The Machine

BEST METAL PERFORMANCE

  • "Identity" - August Burns Red
  • "Cirice" - Ghost
  • "512" - Lamb of God
  • "Thank You" - Sevendust
  • "Custer" -Slipknot

POP

Best 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

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 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

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

  • The Silver Lining: The Songs of Jerome Kern – Tony Bennett & Bill Charlap
  • Shadows In The Night – Bob Dylan
  • Stages – Josh Groban
  • No One Ever Tells You – Seth MacFarlane
  • My Dream Duets – Barry Manilow (& Various Artists)

RAP

Best Rap Performance

  • "Apparently" – J. Cole
  • "Back to Back" – Drake
  • "Trap Queen" – Fetty Wap
  • "Alright" – Kendrick Lamar
  • "Truffle Butter" – Nicki Minaj featuring Drake & Lil Wayne
  • "All Day" – Kanye West featuring Theophilus London, Allan Kingdom & Paul McCartney

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration

  • "One Man Can Change The World" – Big Sean featuring Kanye West & John Legend
  • "Glory" – Common & John Legend
  • "Classic Man" – Jidenna featuring Roman GianArthur
  • "These Walls" – Kendrick Lamar featuring Bilal, Anna Wise & Thundercat
  • "Only" – Nicki Minaj featuring Drake, Lil Wayne & Chris Brown

Best Rap Song

  • "All Day" - Kanye West Featuring Theophilus London, Allan Kingdom & Paul McCartney
  • "Alright" - Kendrick Lamar
  • "Energy" - Drake
  • "Glory" - Common & John Legend
  • "Trap Queen" - Fetty Wap

Best Rap Album

  • 2014 Forest Hills Drive – J. Cole
  • Compton – Dr. Dre
  • If You're Reading This It's Too Late – Drake
  • To Pimp a Butterfly – Kendrick Lamar
  • The Pinkprint – Nicki Minaj

MUSIC VIDEO / FILM

Best Music Video