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Monday, December 07, 2015
Grammy Nominees
They were announced just minutes ago. The complete list of nominees in all 83 Grammy categories is now posted at Grammy.com/nominees. Here are the big four categories...
Best New Artist -- Courtney Barnett, James Bay, Sam Hunt, Tori Kelly and Mehgan Trainor
Record Of The Year -- "Really Love," D'Angelo And The Vanguard (RCA Records); "Uptown Funk," Mark Ronson Featuring Bruno Mars (RCA Records); "Thinking Out Loud," Ed Sheeran (Atlantic Records); "Blank Space," Taylor Swift (Big Machine Records); "Can't Feel My Face," The Weeknd (Republic).
Song Of The Year -- "Alright," Kendrick Lamar (Kendrick Duckworth, Mark Anthony Spears & Pharrell Williams, songwriters); "Blank Space," Taylor Swift (Max Martin, Shellback & Taylor Swift, songwriters); "Girl Crush," Little Big Town (Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna & Liz Rose, songwriters); "See You Again," Wiz Khalifa Featuring Charlie Puth (Andrew Cedar, Justin Franks, Charles Puth & Cameron Thomaz, songwriters); "Thinking Out Loud," Ed Sheeran (Ed Sheeran & Amy Wadge, songwriters)
Album Of The Year: Sound & Color, Alabama Shakes (ATO Records); To Pimp A Butterfly, Kendrick Lamar (TDE/Aftermath/Interscope); Traveller, Chris Stapleton (Mercury Nashville); 1989, Taylor Swift (Big Machine Records); Beauty Behind The Madness, The Weeknd (Republic).