Compton, California rapper Kendrick Lamar leads the pack of Grammy Awards nominees with a total of 11 nominations.
Kendrick is nominated in every rap category at the Grammys. Among those categories are Best Rap Performance, Best Rap/Sung Collaboration, Best Rap Song, and Best Rap Album.
The albums nominated for Best Rap Album include Kendrick’s To Pimp A Butterfly, J. Cole’s 2014 Forest Hills Drive, Dr. Dre’s Compton, Drake’s If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late, and Nicki Minaj’s The Pinkprint.
The Best Rap Song nominees include Kanye West’s “All Day,” Kendrick Lamar’s “Alright,” Drake’s “Energy,” Common and John Legend’s “Glory,” and Fetty Wap’s “Trap Queen.”
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A number of R&B artists were nominated for the Record Of The Year category, which includes songs from the following artists: D’Angelo, Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars, Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift, and The Weeknd.
Kendrick Lamar and Taylor Swift, who collaborated together on Swift’s “Bad Blood” record, will go up against one another in the Album Of The Year category. Other artists nominated in that category include Alabama Shakes, Chris Stapleton, and The Weeknd.
The Grammys are scheduled to air on February 15, 2016.
A list of nominations can be found below.
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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
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
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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
Best New Artist
Courtney Barnett
James Bay
Sam Hunt
Tori Kelly
Meghan Trainor
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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
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
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Best Rap Song
“All Day” – Kanye West
“Alright” – Kendrick Lamar
“Energy” – Drake
“Glory” – Common & John Legend
“Trap Queen” – Fetty Wap
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
