Singer Taylor Swift, pictured here on stage at her '1989' World Tour on Dec. 10, 2015 in Melbourne, Australia, is one of many artists nominated for a Grammy Award in 2016. Getty Images
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
“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.
