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News |  08 Dec 2015 20:06 |  By RnMTeam

Grammy Nominations 2016: Kendrick Lamar gets 11 nods

MUMBAI: The nominations for 2016 Grammy Awards were announced and Kendrick Lamar dominated amongst the nominations for the 58th edition of the prestigious music awards. With 11 nominations, Kendrick Lamar beat American pop sensation Taylor Swift and Canadian songwriter The Weeknd- both received seven nominations each

Following are the category wise nominations for the 2016 Grammy Awards-

Record of the year
1.  ‘Really Love’ by D’Angelo And The Vanguard
2. ‘Uptown Funk’ by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars
3. ‘Thinking Out Loud’ by Ed Sheeran 
4. ‘Blank Space’ by Taylor Swift
5. ‘Can’t Feel My Face’ by The Weeknd 

Kendrick Lamar, however, did not find a place in ‘Record of the year’, won by Sam Smith for his single 'Stay With Me'. 

 

 

Seth MacFarlane’s ‘No One Ever Tells You’ was nominated for the 'Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album' along with Tony Bennett and Bill Charlap’s ‘The Silver Lining: The Songs of Jerome Kern’, Josh Groban’s ‘Stages’, Barry Manilow’s ‘My Dream Duets’ and Bob Dylan’s ‘Shadow In The Night’. 

Best Dance/Electronic Album 
1. ‘Our Love’ by Caribou 
2. ‘Born In The Echoes’ by The Chemical Brothers
3. ‘Caracal’ by Disclosure 
4. ‘In Colour’ by Jamie XX
5. ‘Skrillex and Diplo present Jack Ü’ by Skrillex and Diplo 



Best Rock Album 
1. ‘Chaos and the Calm’ by James Bay 
2. ‘Kintsugi’ by Death Cab For Cutie
3. ‘Mister Asylum’ by Highly Suspect
4. ‘Drones’ by Muse
5. ‘The Gray Chapter’ by Slipknot


Best Rap Album
1. ‘2014 Forest Hills Drive’ by J. Cole 
2. ‘Compton’ by Dr. Dre
3. ‘If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late’ by Drake
4. ‘The Pinkprint’ by Nicki Minaj 
5. ‘To Pimp A Butterfly’ by Kendrick Lamar


Courtney Barnett, James Bay, Sam Hunt, Tori Kelly, Meghan Trainor are the five nominees for the 'Best New Artist'. Alabama Shakes and Tame Impala joined Wilco, The Morning Jacket and Icelandic composer Bjork for the 'Best Alternative Music Album nominations'.
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