Kendrick Lamar scored a leading 11 nominations, with Taylor Swift and The Weeknd each earning seven nominations. Drake scored five nominations. Lamar, Swift and The Weeknd will face off in the category of album of the year, going up against Alabama Shakes and Chris Stapleton.
Swift's "Blank Space" is also up for record of the year, as is The Weeknd's "Can't Feel My Face." They're up against D'Angelo and the Vanguard's "Really Love"; "Uptown Funk," from Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars; and Ed Sheeran's "Thinking Out Loud."
Lamar and Swift will also vie for the song of the year Grammy, with Lamar's "Alright" going up against Swift's "Blank Space." Other nominees in the category, which awards the songwriter, are Little Big Town's "Girl Crush," Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth's "See You Again" and Sheeran's "Thinking Out Loud."
The best new artist nominees are Courtney Barnett, James Bay, Sam Hunt, Tori Kelly and Meghan Trainor.
