It was on Monday morning when the first batch of nominations was released for the 58th Annual GRAMMY Awards.
15-time Grammy Award winner Alicia Keys was given the honor to announce the nominees for the four leading categories - Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Record of the Year, and Best New Artist - on "CBS This Morning."
In a surprising turn of events, Kendrick Lamar dominated the nominations when he received a whopping 11 nominations - beating out Taylor Swift and The Weeknd who garnered seven nominations each for themselves.
Check out the partial list of nominations (via E! News) below.
Best New Artist
Courtney Barnett
James Bay
Sam Hunt
Tori Kelly
Meghan Trainor
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
Song of the Year
"Alright" - Kendrick Lamar, songwriters Kendrick Duckworth, Mark Anthony Spears and Pharrell Williams
"Blank Space" - Taylor Swift, songwriters Max Martin, Shellback, and Taylor Swift
"Girl Crush" - Little Big Town, songwriters Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna and Liz Rose
"See You Again" - Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth, songwriters Andrew Cedar, Justin Franks, Charles Puth, and Cameron Thomaz
"Thinking Out Loud" - Ed Sheeran, songwriters Ed Sheeran and Amy Wadge
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
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 Dance Recording
"We're All We Need" - Above and 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 Rock Performance
"Don't Wanna Fight" - Alabama Shakes
"What Kind of Man" - Florence + The Machine
"Something - Nothing" - Foo Fighters
"Ex's & Oh's" - Elle King
"Moaning Lisa Smile" - Wolf Alice
Best Alternative Music Album
"Sound & Color" - Alabama Shakes
"Vulnicura" - Björk
"The Waterfall" - My Morning Jacket
"Currents" - Tame Impala
"Star Wars" - Wilco
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 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 Rap Album
"2014 Forest Hills Drive" - J. Cole
"Compton" - Dr. Dre
"If Youre Reading This Its Too Late" - Drake
"To Pimp A Butterfly" - Kendrick Lamar
"The Pinkprint" - Nicki Minaj
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 Country Album
"Montevallo" - Sam Hunt
"Pain Killer" - Little Big Town
"The Blade" - Ashley Monroe
"Pageant Material" - Kacey Musgraves
"Traveller" - Chris Stapleton
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
"The Silver Lining: The Songs of Jerome Kern" - Tony Bennett & Bill Charlap
"Shadows in the Night" - Bob Dylan
"Stages" - Josh Groban
"No One Ever Tells You" - Seth MacFarlane
"My Dream Duets" - Barry Manilow and Various Artists
Best Metal Performance
"Identity" - August Burns Red
"Ghost" - Cirice
"512" - Lamb of God
"Thank You" - Sevendust
"Custer" - Slipknot
Best Rock Album
"Chaos and the Calm" - James Bay
"Kintsugi" - Death Cab for Cutie
"Mister Asylum" - Highly Suspect
"Drones" - Muse
".5: The Gray Chapter" - Slipknot
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 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 R&B Song
"Coffee" - Miguel
"Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey)" - The Weeknd
"Let It Burn" - Jazmine Sullivan
"Really Love" - D'Angelo and The Vanguard
"Shame" - Tyrese
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 Performance
"Apparently" - J. Cole
"Back to Back" - Drake
"Trap Queen" - Fetty Wap
"Alright" - Kendrick Lamar
"Truffle Butter" - Nicki Minaj featuring Drake and Lil Wayne
"All Day" - Kanye West featuring Theophilus London, Allan Kingdom and Paul McCartney
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
"One Man Can Change the World" - Big Sean featuring Kanye West and John Legend
"Glory" - Common and John Legend
"Classic Man" - Jidenna featuring Roman GianArthur
"These Walls" - Kendrick Lamar featuring Bilal, Anna Wise and Thundercat
"Only" - Nicki Minaj featuring Drake, Lil Wayne and Chris Brown
Best Rap Song
"All Day" - Kanye West featuring Theophilus London, Allan Kingdom and Paul McCartney
"Alright" - Kendrick lamar
"Energy" - Drake
"Glory" - Common and John Legend
"Trap Queen" - Fetty Wap
Best Latin Pop Album
"Terral" - Pablo Alborán
"Healer" - Alex Cuba
"A Quien Quiera Escuchar (Deluxe Edition)" - Ricky Martin
"Sirope" - Alejandro Sanz
"Algo Sucede" - Julieta Venegas
Best Americana Album
"The Firewatcher's Daughter" - Brandi Carlile
"The Traveling Kind" - Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell
"Something More Than Free" - Jason Isbell
"Mono" - The Mavericks
"The Phosphorescent Blues" - Punch Brothers
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
Jeff Bhasker
Dave Cobb
Diplo
Larry Klein
Blake Mills
Catch the GRAMMYs in high definition and 5.1 surround sound on CBS at 8pm ET on February 15, 2016. The annual awards ceremony will be held in Los Angeles' Staples Center.
