58th Grammy Nominations Have Arrived

Music’s biggest night is just a few months away... The 58th annual Grammy Awards will be held on February 15, 2016 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, and will honor the best recordings, artists and composers meeting the eligibility period of October 1, 2014 to September 30, 2015. The Recording Academy has already revealed the latest nominations and Georgia Today is here to fill you in on the four most important awards of the upcoming night.

Starting off, D’Angelo and the Vanguard’s “Really Love”, Mark Ronson’s “Uptown Funk” (ft. Bruno Mars), The Weeknd’s “Can’t Feel My Face”, Ed Sheeran’s “Thinking Out Loud” and Taylor Swift’s “Blank Space” have all made the cut in the Record of the Year Category. The last two songs are also up for the Song of the Year title, alongside “Alright” by Kendrick Lamar, “Girl Crush” by Little Big Town and “See You Again” by Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth.

As for the Album of the Year Category, we have “Sound & Color” – Alabama Shakes, “To Pimp a Butterfly” – Kendrick Lamar, “Traveller – Chris Stapleton”, “1989” – Taylor Swift and “Beauty Behind the Madness” – The Weeknd.

Finally, Courtney Barnett, James Bay, Sam Hunt, Tori Kelly and Meghan Trainor are going head to head for the Best New Artist trophy.

Kendrick Lamar leads this year’s nominations with a total of 11 nods, with Taylor Swift and The Weeknd following with 7.

Georgia Today will offer you full coverage of the 2016 Grammys as usual. For the full list of nominations visit Grammys.com

Beqa Kirtava