Taylor Swift And Kendrick Lamar Lead Grammy Nominations
Monday, 07 December 2015
Written by Laura Johnson
Taylor Swift and Kendrick Lamar are among those leading the nominations for this year's Grammy Awards.
While Swift has received nominations for '1989' and its singles and videos, Lamar has spread himself even further, racking up nominations for not only his album, 'To Pimp A Butterfly', but also his collaborations with Taylor Swift, Flying Lotus and Kanye West.
You can check below for a run-down of some of this year's nominees. Head here for the full list.
Record of the Year: D'Angelo And The Vanguard - Really Love, Mark Ronson Featuring Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk , Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud, Taylor Swift- Blank Space, The Weeknd – Can’t Feel My Face.
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 Duckworth, Mark Anthony Spears & Pharrell Williams, Blank Space – Max Martin, Shellback & Taylor Swift, Girl Crush – Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna & Liz Rose, See You Again – Andrew Cedar, Justin Franks, Charles Puth & Cameron Thomaz, Thinking Out Loud– Ed Sheeran & Amy Wadge.
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 Featuring Bruno Mars- Uptown Funk, Taylor Swift Featuring Kendrick Lamar- Bad Blood, Wiz Khalifa Featuring Charlie Puth- See You Again.
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/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’.
Best Rock Album: ‘Chaos And The Calm’- James Bay, ‘Kintsugi’- Death Cab For Cutie, ‘Mister Asylum’- Highly Suspect, ‘Drones’- Muse, ‘.5: The Gray Chapter’- Slipknot.
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