Grammy Nominees 2016: A Nominations Refresher List Before The Feb. 15 Award Show

The biggest night in music has finally arrived as the 2016 Grammys are poised to kick off on Monday to honor this year’s best and brightest in the business. With countless stars gearing up to perform and celebrate the music industry, many may need a quick reminder as to who actually made the cut of the best of the best at the 58th Grammy Awards.

With host LL Cool J prepared to host the big show again this year, the stars will come out in force to potentially award nominees like Ed Sheeran, The Weeknd and Taylor Swift with the coveted trophy. To help ensure no one is left completely lost at the staggering number of nominees this year, below are some of the most popular artists that are up for Grammy Awards this year:

Record Of The Year

• “Really Love by D’Angelo And The Vanguard
• “Uptown Funk” by Mark Ronson Featuring Bruno Mars
• “Thinking Out Loud” by Ed Sheeran
• “Blank Space” by Taylor Swift
• “Can’t Feel My Face” by The Weeknd

Album Of The Year

• “Sound & Color” by Alabama Shakes
• “To Pimp A Butterfly” by Kendrick Lamar
• “Traveller” by Chris Stapleton
• “1989” by Taylor Swift
• “Beauty Behind The Madness” by The Weeknd

Song Of The Year

• “Alright”: Kendrick Duckworth, Mark Anthony Spears & Pharrell Williams, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar)
• “Blank Space”: Max Martin, Shellback & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift)
• “Girl Crush”: Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna & Liz Rose, songwriters (Little Big Town)
• “See You Again”: Andrew Cedar, Justin Franks, Charles Puth & Cameron Thomaz, songwriters (Wiz Khalifa Featuring Charlie Puth)
• “Thinking Out Loud”: Ed Sheeran & Amy Wadge, songwriters (Ed Sheeran)

Best New Artist

• Courtney Barnett
• James Bay
• Sam Hunt
• Tori Kelly
• Meghan Trainor

Best Pop Solo Performance

• “Heartbeat Song”
• Kelly Clarkson
• “Love Me Like You Do”
• Ellie Goulding
• “Thinking Out Loud”
• Ed Sheeran
• “Blank Space”
• Taylor Swift
• “Can't Feel My Face”
• 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 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 (& Various Artists)

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 Dance Recording

• “We're All We Need”: Above & 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 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 Contemporary Instrumental Album

• “Guitar In The Space Age!”: Bill Frisell
• “Love Language”: Wouter Kellerman
• “Afrodeezia”: Marcus Miller
• “Sylva”: Snarky Puppy & Metropole Orkest
• “The Gospel According To Jazz, Chapter IV”: Kirk Whalum

Best Rock Performance

• “Don't Wanna Fight”: Alabama Shakes
• “What Kind Of Man”: Florence + The Machine
• “Something From Nothing”: Foo Fighters
• “Ex's & Oh's”: Elle King
• “Moaning Lisa Smile”: Wolf Alice

Best Metal Performance

• "Identity": August Burns Red
• "Cirice": Ghost
• "512": Lamb Of God
• "Thank You": Sevendust
• "Custer": Slipknot

Best Rock Song

• “Don't Wanna Fight”: Alabama Shakes, songwriters (Alabama Shakes)
• “Ex's & Oh's”: Dave Bassett & Elle King, songwriters (Elle King)
• “Hold Back The River”: Iain Archer & James Bay, songwriters (James Bay)
• “Lydia”: Richard Meyer, Ryan Meyer & Johnny Stevens, songwriters (Highly Suspect)
• “What Kind Of Man”: John Hill, Tom Hull & Florence Welch, songwriters (Florence + The Machine)

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 Alternative Music Album

• "Sound & Color": Alabama Shakes
• "Vulnicura": Björk
• "The Waterfall": My Morning Jacket
• "Currents": Tame Impala
• "Star Wars": Wilco

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": Brook Davis & Miguel Pimentel, songwriters (Miguel)
• "Earned It (Fifty Shades Of Grey)": Ahmad Balshe, Stephan Moccio, Jason Quenneville & Abel Tesfaye, songwriters (The Weeknd)
• "Let It Burn": Kenny B. Edmonds, Jazmine Sullivan & Dwane M. Weir II, songwriters (Jazmine Sullivan)
• "Really Love": D'Angelo & Kendra Foster, songwriters (D'Angelo And The Vanguard)
• "Shame": Warryn Campbell, Tyrese Gibson & DJ Rogers Jr, songwriters (Tyrese)

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 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 & Lil Wayne
• “All Day”: Kanye West Featuring Theophilus London, Allan Kingdom & Paul McCartney

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

Best Rap Song

• “All Day”: Ernest Brown, Tyler Bryant, Sean Combs, Mike Dean, Rennard East, Noah Goldstein, Malik Yusef Jones, Karim Kharbouch, Allan Kyariga, Kendrick Lamar, Paul McCartney, Victor Mensah, Charles Njapa, Che Pope, Patrick Reynolds, Allen Ritter, Kanye West, Mario Winans & Cydel Young, songwriters (Kanye West Featuring Theophilus London, Allan Kingdom & Paul McCartney)
• “Alright”: Kendrick Duckworth, Mark Anthony Spears & Pharrell Williams, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar)
• “Energy”: Richard Dorfmeister, A. Graham, Markus Kienzl, M. O'Brien, M. Samuels & Phillip Thomas, songwriters (Drake)
• “Glory”: Lonnie Lynn, Che Smith & John Stephens, songwriters (Common & John Legend)
• “Trap Queen”: Tony Fadd & Willie J. Maxwell, songwriters (Fetty Wap)

Best Rap Album

• ‘2014 Forest Hills Drive”: J. Cole
• “Compton”: Dr. Dre
• “If You're Reading This It's Too Late”: Drake
• “To Pimp A Butterfly”: Kendrick Lamar
• “The Pinkprint”: Nicki Minaj

Best Country Solo Performance

• “Burning House”: Cam
• “Traveller”: Chris Stapleton
• “Little Toy Guns”: Carrie Underwood
• “John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16”: Keith Urban
• “Chances Are”: Lee Ann Womack

Best Country Duo/Group Performance

• "Stay A Little Longer": Brothers Osborne
• "If I Needed You": Joey+Rory
• "The Driver": Charles Kelley, Dierks Bentley & Eric Paslay
• "Girl Crush": Little Big Town
• "Lonely Tonight": Blake Shelton Featuring Ashley Monroe

Best Country Song

• "Chances Are": Hayes Carll, songwriter (Lee Ann Womack)
• "Diamond Rings And Old Barstools": Barry Dean, Luke Laird & Jonathan Singleton, songwriters (Tim McGraw)
• "Girl Crush": Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna & Liz Rose, songwriters (Little Big Town)
• "Hold My Hand": Brandy Clark & Mark Stephen Jones, songwriters (Brandy Clark)
• "Traveller": Chris Stapleton, songwriter (Chris Stapleton)

Best Country Album

• "Montevallo": Sam Hunt
• "Pain Killer": Little Big Town
• "The Blade": Ashley Monroe
• "Pageant Material": Kacey Musgraves
• "Traveller": Chris Stapleton

Best New Age Album

• "Grace": Paul Avgerinos
• "Bhakti Without Borders": Madi Das
• "Voyager": Catherine Duc
• "Love": Peter Kater
• "Asia Beauty": Ron Korb

Best Bluegrass Album

• “Pocket Full Of Keys”: Dale Ann Bradley
• “Before The Sun Goes Down”: Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley
• “In Session”: Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
• “Man Of Constant Sorrow”: Ralph Stanley & Friends
• “The Muscle Shoals Recordings”: The Steeldrivers

Best Blues Album

• "Descendants Of Hill Country": Cedric Burnside Project
• "Outskirts Of Love": Shemekia Copeland
• "Born To Play Guitar": Buddy Guy
• "Worthy: Bettye LaVette
• "Muddy Waters 100": John Primer & Various Artists

Best Children's Album

• "¡Come Bien! Eat Right!": José-Luis Orozco
• "Dark Pie Concerns": Gustafer Yellowgold
• "Home": Tim Kubart
• "How Great Can This Day Be": Lori Henriques
• "Trees": Molly Ledford & Billy Kelly

Best Comedy Album

• "Back To The Drawing Board": Lisa Lampanelli
• "Brooklyn": Wyatt Cenac
• "Happy. And A Lot.": Jay Mohr
• "Just Being Honest": Craig Ferguson
• "Live At Madison Square Garden": Louis C.K.

Best Musical Theater Album

• "An American In Paris": Leanne Cope, Max Von Essen, Robert Fairchild, Jill Paice & Brandon Uranowitz, principal soloists; Rob Fisher & Scott Lehrer, producers (George Gershwin, composer; Ira Gershwin, lyricist) (Original Broadway Cast)
  
• "Fun Home": Michael Cerveris, Judy Kuhn, Sydney Lucas, Beth Malone & Emily Skeggs, principal soloists; Philip Chaffin & Tommy Krasker, producers (Jeanine Tesori, composer; Lisa Kron, lyricist) (Original Broadway Cast)
• "Hamilton": Daveed Diggs, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Jonathan Groff, Christopher Jackson, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Leslie Odom, Jr., Okieriete Onaodowan, Anthony Ramos & Phillipa Soo, principal soloists; Alex Lacamoire, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Bill Sherman, Ahmir Thompson & Tarik Trotter, producers; Lin-Manuel Miranda, composer & lyricist (Original Broadway Cast)
• "The King And I": Ruthie Ann Miles, Kelli O'Hara, Ashley Park, Conrad Ricamora & Ken Watanabe, principal soloists; David Caddick, David Lai & Ted Sperling, producers (Richard Rodgers, composer; Oscar Hammerstein II, lyricist) (2015 Broadway Cast)
• "Something Rotten!": Heidi Blickenstaff, Christian Borle, John Cariani, Brian d'Arcy James, Brad Oscar & Kate Reinders, principal soloists; Kurt Deutsch, Karey Kirkpatrick, Wayne Kirkpatrick, Lawrence Manchester, Kevin McCollum & Phil Reno, producers; Karey Kirkpatrick & Wayne Kirkpatrick, composers/lyricists (Originial Broadway Cast)

Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media

• "Empire: Season 1": (Various Artists)
• "Fifty Shades Of Grey": (Various Artists)
• "Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me": (Various Artists)
• "Pitch Perfect 2": (Various Artists)
• "Selma": (Various Artists)

Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical

• Jeff Bhasker: Ain't Gonna Drown: (Elle King), Burning Doves (Mikky Ekko), Burning House (Cam) (T), Grand Romantic (Nate Ruess), Last Damn Night (Elle King), Never Let You Down (Woodkid Featuring Lykke Li), Runaway Train (Cam), Uptown Special (Mark Ronson)
• Dave Cobb: Delilah (Anderson East), Little Neon Limelight (Houndmouth), Smoke (A Thousand Horses), Something More Than Free (Jason Isbell), Southernality (A Thousand Horses). 3 (Honeyhoney), Traveller (Chris Stapleton)
• Diplo: B**** I'm Madonna (Madonna Featuring Nicki Minaj), Doctor Pepper (Diplo Featuring CL, Riff Raff & OG MacO), Golden (Travie McCoy Featuring Sia), Lean On (Major Lazer Featuring MØ & DJ Snake), Peace Is The Mission (Major Lazer), Skrillex And Diplo Present Jack Ü (Skrillex And Diplo), Where Are Ü Now (Skrillex And Diplo With Justin Bieber) (T)
• Larry Klein: Currency Of Man (Melody Gardot), Freedom & Surrender (Lizz Wright), Heartland (Indra Rios-Moore), I'm Leaving You (Florence K), Parker's Place (Parker Bent), Speaking In Tongues (Luciana Souza), Tenderness (JD Souther)
• Blake Mills: Sound & Color (Alabama Shakes)

Best Music Video

• "LSD": ASAP Rocky
• "I Feel Love (Every Million Miles)": The Dead Weather
• "Alright": Kendrick Lamar
• "Bad Blood": Taylor Swift Featuring Kendrick Lamar
• "Freedom": Pharrell Williams

Best Music Film

• "Mr. Dynamite: The Rise Of James Brown": James Brown
• "Sonic Highways": Foo Fighters
• "What Happened, Miss Simone?": Nina Simone
• "The Wall": Roger Waters
• "Amy": Amy Winehouse

For a complete list of the 2016 Grammy Nominees, fans can visit the show's official website for more information.