The
popular Music awards ceremony is set to hold again on Monday, February 15, 2016.
The excitement has already begun as Award-winning rapper Kendrick
Lamar leads with
11 nominations including categories for Album of the Year, Song of the
Year and Rap
Album of the Year. Next in line would be pop/country songstress, Taylor
Swift and hot
R&B sensation, The Weeknd who are
both tied at 7 nominations.
Below
is a peek into what the nominations for various categories look like. Are you
Ready!!!!!
Album
of the Year
Alabama
Shakes, Sound and 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
Kahifa feat. Charlie Puth, “See You Again”
Ed
Sheeran, “Thinking Out Loud”
Record
of the Year
D’Angelo
and the Vanguard, “Really Love”
Mark
Ronson feat. Bruno Mars, “Uptown Funk”
Ed
Sheeran, “Thinking Out Loud”
Taylor
Swift, “Blank Space”
The
Weeknd, “Can’t Feel my Face”
Best
New Artist
Courtney
Barnett
James
Bay
Sam
Hunt
Tori
Kelly
Meghan
Trainor
Best
Pop Duo/Group Performance
Florence
+ The Machine, ” Ship to Wreck”
Maroon
5, “Sugar”
Mark
Ronson feat. Bruno Mars, “Uptown Funk”
Taylor
Swift feat. Kendrick Lamar, “Bad Blood”
Wiz
Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth, “See You Again”
Best
Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Tony
Bennett & Bill Charlap, The Silver Lining: The Songs of
Jerome Kern
Bob
Dylan, Shadows in the Night
Josh
Groban, Stages
Seth
MacFarlane, No One Ever Tells You
Barry
Manilow (& Various Artists), My Dream Duets
Best
Pop Vocal Album
Kelly
Clarkson, Piece by 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 feat. Zoë Johnston, :We’re All We Need”
The
Chemical Brothers, “Go:
Flying
Lotus feat. Kendrick Lamar, “Never Catch Me”
Galantis,
“Runaway (U & I)”
Skrillex
and Diplo With Justin Bieber, “Where Are Ü Now”
Best
Rock Performance
Alabama
Shakes, “Don’t Wanna Fight”
Florence
+ The Machine,”What Kind Of Man”
Foo
Fighters, “Something From Nothing”
Elle
King, “Ex’s & Oh’s”
Wolf
Alice, “Moaning Lisa Smile”
Best
Alternative Music Album
Alabama
Shakes, Sound & Color
Björk, Vulnicura
My
Morning Jacket, The Waterfall
Tame
Impala, Currents
Wilco, Star
Wars
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
Country Album
Sam
Hunt, Montevallo
Little
Big Town, Pain Killer
Ashley
Monroe, The Blade
Kacey
Musgraves, Pageant Material
Chris
Stapleton, Traveller
Best
Jazz Instrumental Album
Joey
Alexander, My Favorite Things
Terence
Blanchard feat. The E-Collective, Breathless
Robert
Glasper & The Robert Glasper Trio, Covered: Recorded Live at Capitol
Studios
Jimmy
Greene, Beautiful Life
John
Scofield, Past Present
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
Best
Contemporary Christian Music Album
Jason
Crabb, Whatever the Road
Lauren
Daigle, How Can It Be
Matt
Maher, Saints and Sinners
Tobymac, This
Is Not a Test
Chris
Tomlin, Love Ran Red
Best
Latin Pop Album
Pablo
Alborán, Terral
Alex
Cuba, Healer
Ricky
Martin, A Quien Quiera Escuchar (Deluxe
Edition)
Alejandro
Sanz, Sirope
Julieta
Venegas, Algo Sucede
Best
Americana Album
Brandi
Carlile, The Firewatcher’s Daughter
Emmylou
Harris & Rodney Crowell, The Traveling Kind
Jason
Isbell, Something More Than Free
The
Mavericks, Mono
Punch
Brothers, The Phosphorescent Blues
Best
Dance/Electronic Album
Caribou, Our
Love
The
Chemical Brothers, Born in the Echoes
Disclosure, Caracal
Jamie
XX, In Colour
Skrillex
and Diplo, Skrillex and Diplo Present Jack Ü
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