Kendrick Lamar is a very happy man right now as he’s received and incredible 11 nominations for the prestigious Grammy Awards. He is followed by Taylor Swift and The Weeknd who grabbed 7 a piece. Kendrick’s latest album, To Pimp a Butterfly got nominations for best hip hop album as well as album of the year. Here are the full list of nominees for the Grammy Awards 2016
Best New Artist Courtney Barnett James Bay Sam Hunt Tori Kelly Meghan Trainor Record of the Year Really Love, D’Angelo & The Vanguard Uptown Funk, Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars Thinking Out Loud, Ed Sheeran Can’t Feel My Face, The Weeknd Blank Space, Taylor Swift 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 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 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 R&B Performance “If I Don’t Have You,” Tamar Braxton “Rise Up,” Andra Day “Breathing Underwater,” Hiatus Kaiyote “Planes,” Jeremih Featuring J. Cole “Earned It (Fifty Shades Of Grey),” The Weeknd 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/Song 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 READ Billboard’s
The 10 Greatest Rappers of All Time; And The Reactions From Fans Best Rap Song “All Day” “Alright” “Energy” “Glory” “Trap Queen” 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 Best Country Solo Performance “Burning House,” Cam “Traveller,” Chris Stapleton “Little Toy Gun,” Carrie Underwood “John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16,” Keith Urban “Chances Are,” Lee Ann Womack Best Country Duo/Group Performance “Stay A Little Longer,” Brothers Osborne “If I Needed You,” Joey+Rory “The Driver,”Charles Kelley, Dierks Bentley & Eric Paslay “Girl Crush,” Little Big Town “Lonely Tonight,” Blake Shelton featuring Ashley Monroe
Best Country Song “Chances Are,” Hayes Carll, songwriter (Lee Ann Womack) “Diamond Rings And Old Barstools,” Barry Dean, Luke Laird & Jonathan Singleton, songwriters (Tim McGraw) “Girl Crush,” Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna & Liz Rose, songwriters (Little Big Town) “Hold My Hand,” Brandy Clark & Mark Stephen Jones, songwriters (Brandy Clark) “Traveller,” Chris Stapleton, songwriter (Chris Stapleton) Best Country Album Montevallo, Sam Hunt Pain Killer, Little Big Town The Blade, Ashley Monroe Pageant Material, Kacey Musgraves Traveller, Chris Stapleton 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 “Earned It (Fifty Shades Of Grey)” “Glory” “Love Me Like You Do” “See You Again” “Til It Happens To You” Best Music Video “LSD,” A$AP Rocky “I Feel Love (Every Million Miles),” The Dead Weather “Alright,” Kendrick Lamar “Bad Blood,” Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar “Freedom,” Pharrell Williams
