2016 Grammy Award Nominations

See all the artists who were recognized for their contribution to music.

By
MICHAEL ROTHMAN
December 7, 2015, 8:27 AM ET
3 min read

— -- The nominations for the 2016 Grammy Awards were revealed on Monday morning and some of the world's hottest musicians like Taylor Swift and Kendrick Lamar received nods for their outstanding work this past year.

Swift took home nominations for Record of the Year, Song of the Year and many others, while The Weeknd also dominated in categories like Album of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance. But it was Lamar who led the way overall with 11 nods.

Read: Grammy Awards 2015: Top 5 Moments From the Show
Related: Taylor Swift Talks Fame, Grammys and Her Life Now

Here is the full list:

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 featuring Bruno Mars
  • Thinking Out Loud - Ed Sheeran
  • Blank Space - Taylor Swift
  • Can't Feel My Face - The Weeknd

    • Song of the Year

  • Alright - Kendrick Duckworth, Mark Anthony Spears & Pharrell Williams (Kendrick Lamar)
  • Blank Space - Max Martin, Shellback & Taylor Swift
  • Girl Crush - Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna & Liz Rose (Little Big Town)
  • See You Again - Andrew Cedar, Justin Franks, Charles Puth & Cameron Thomaz (Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth)
  • Thinking Out Loud - Ed Sheeran & Amy Wadge

    • 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
  • 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 Dance Recording

  • We're All We Need - Above & Beyond Featuring Zoë Johnston
  • Go - The Chemical Brothers
  • Never Catch Me - Flying Lotus Featuring Kendrick Lamar
  • Runaway (U & I) - Galantis
  • Where Are Ü Now - Skrillex And Diplo With Justin Bieber

    • 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 Alternative Music Album

  • Sound & Color — Alabama Shakes
  • Vulnicura — Björk
  • The Waterfall — My Morning Jacket
  • Currents — Tame Impala
  • Star Wars — Wilco

    • Best Urban Contemporary Album

  • Ego Death — The Internet
  • You Should Be Here — Kehlani
  • Blood — Lianne La Havas
  • Wildheart — Miguel
  • Beauty Behind The Madness — The Weeknd

    • Best 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

    • Best Country Album

  • Montevallo — Sam Hunt
  • Pain Killer — Little Big Town
  • The Blade — Ashley Monroe
  • Pageant Material — Kacey Musgraves
  • Traveller — Chris Stapleton

    • Best Jazz Instrumental Album

  • My Favorite Things — Joey Alexander
  • Breathless — Terence Blanchard Featuring The E-Collective
  • Covered: Recorded Live At Capitol Studios — Robert Glasper & The Robert Glasper Trio
  • Beautiful Life — Jimmy Greene
  • Past Present — John Scofield

    • Best Gospel Album

  • Destined To Win (Live) — Karen Clark Sheard
  • Living It — Dorinda Clark-Cole
  • One Place Live — Tasha Cobbs
  • Covered: Alive Is Asia [Live] (Deluxe) — Israel & Newbreed
  • Life Music: Stage Two — Jonathan McReynolds

    • Best Contemporary Christian Music Album

  • Whatever The Road — Jason Crabb
  • How Can It Be — Lauren Daigle
  • Saints And Sinners — Matt Maher
  • This Is Not A Test — Tobymac
  • Love Ran Red — Chris Tomlin

    • Best Latin Pop Album

  • Terral — Pablo Alborán
  • Healer — Alex Cuba
  • A Quien Quiera Escuchar (Deluxe Edition) — Ricky Martin
  • Sirope — Alejandro Sanz
  • Algo Sucede — Julieta Venegas

    • Best Americana Album

  • The Firewatcher's Daughter — Brandi Carlile
  • The Traveling Kind — Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell
  • Something More Than Free — Jason Isbell
  • Mono — The Mavericks
  • The Phosphorescent Blues — Punch Brothers

    • Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling)

  • Blood On Snow (Jo Nesbø) — Patti Smith
  • Brief Encounters: Conversations, Magic Moments, And Assorted Hijinks — Dick Cavett
  • A Full Life: Reflections At Ninety — Jimmy Carter
  • Patience And Sarah (Isabel Miller) — Janis Ian & Jean Smart
  • Yes Please — Amy Poehler (& Various Artists)

    • Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical

  • Jeff Bhasker
  • Dave Cobb
  • Diplo
  • Larry Klein
  • Blake Mills

    • Best Music Film

  • Mr. Dynamite: The Rise Of James Brown — James Brown
  • Sonic Highways — Foo Fighters
  • What Happened, Miss Simone? — Nina Simone
  • The Wall — Roger Waters
  • Amy — Amy Winehouse

    • For the full list of nominees, 83 in all, head over to Grammys.com.

    The Grammys will air on CBS on Feb. 15 at 8 p.m. EST.