58th Grammy Award Nominations

‘Tis the season of the Grammy Awards. Taking place every year, and coming up on its 58th awards ceremony, it’s the time where the Grammy committee celebrates and highlights the wide range of music that was released during the past several months. With the eligibility period being from October 1, 2014 – September 30, 2015, all music that was released during that time-frame and was made available for purchase through retailers such as iTunes and/or physical retailers were eligible to be nominated for 2016’s upcoming ceremony. As noted, many have deemed 2015 to be the year of Hip-Hop as countless bodies of work have dropped and impacted the genre in some sort of fashion over the course of the past several months. The likes of J. Cole, Kendrick Lamar, and plenty of others have been the focus of much conversation as to who had the best Hip-Hop album of the year. Taylor Swift and Bruno Mars were easy guesses as to who dominated the Pop world this year and many others in between. Now, we finally have the nominations for the 58th Grammy Awards and without a doubt, there’s surely going to be some confusion/anger as to who was snubbed and/or deserved to be nominated and didn’t. Check out the Grammy award nominations, below, and see if your favorite artist made the cut. You can catch the list of all the nominations, here.

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

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

BEST NEW ARTIST
Courtney Barnett
James Bay
Sam Hunt
Tori Kelly
Meghan Trainor

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 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 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 R&B SONG
‘Coffee’ – Miguel
‘Earned It’ – The Weeknd
‘Let It Burn’ – Jazmine Sullivan
‘Really Love’ – D’Angelo And The Vanguard
‘Shame’ – Tyrese

BEST TRADITIONAL R&B PERFORMANCE
‘He Is – Faith Evans
‘Little Ghetto Boy’ – Lalah Hathaway
‘Let It Burn’ – Jazmine Sullivan
‘Shame’ – Tyrese
‘My Favorite Part Of You’ – Charlie Wilson

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 R&B ALBUM
Coming Home – Leon Bridges
Black Messiah – D’Angelo And The Vanguard
Cheers To The Fall – Andra Day
Reality Show – Jazmine Sullivan
Forever Charlie – Charlie Wilson

BEST RAP ALBUM
2014 Forest Hills Drive – J. Cole
Compton – Dr. Dre
If You’re Reading This Its Too Late – Drake
To Pimp A Butterfly – Kendrick Lamar
The Pinkprint – Nicki Minaj

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 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 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 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

BEST COMPILATION SOUNDTRACK FOR VISUAL MEDIA
Empire: Season 1 – Various Artists
Fifty Shades Of Grey – Various Artists
Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me – Various Artists
Pitch Perfect 2 – Various Artists
Selma – Various Artists

BEST SONG WRITTEN FOR VISUAL MEDIA
‘Earned It’ – The Weeknd
‘Glory’ – Common & John Legend
‘Love Me Like You Do’ – Ellie Goulding
‘See You Again’ – Wiz Khalifa Featuring Charlie Puth
‘Til It Happens To You’ – Lady Gaga

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, NON-CLASSICAL
Jeff Bhasker
Dave Cobb
Diplo
Larry Klein
Blake Mills

BEST MUSIC VIDEO
‘LSD’ – ASAP Rocky
‘I Feel Love (Every Million Miles)’ – The Dead Weather
‘Alright’ – Kendrick Lamar
‘Bad Blood’ – Taylor Swift Featuring Kendrick Lamar
‘Freedom’ – Pharrell Williams