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Here are the nominees for some of the night's biggest awards: (I'm sad to report Best Rock Album is still a morass.) The eligibility period for this group of Grammy Awards ran from October 1st, 2014 to September 30th, 2015, meaning new albums from people like Janet Jackson and Justin Bieber just missed the cut. There are a few category-level races without a single head-scratching inclusion, a rarity in recent years I'd be happy with any of the nominees in the dance / electronic, country, and rap categories winning. If you were forced to pick three #1 albums for Grammy recognition, you could do much worse. Lamar, Swift, and The Weeknd all released albums that married commercial performance and decent critical responses. After cracking through the Grammy ceiling last year, Lamar's poised to pick up more awards than he can carry.Ī quick glance at the rest of the year's major categories suggests the Grammys are sneaking closer to contemporary critical consensus after being lampooned for decades. It's musically and thematically complex it's socially conscious it was released by an established Grammy presence, one who many thought was unfairly snubbed two years ago when his last album was nominated. In some ways To Pimp a Butterfly is tailor-made for oft-conservative, staid Grammy voters. Lamar's no stranger to the Grammy game: he earned seven nominations in 2014 for good kid, m.A.A.d city before going home without a single win, and picked up two trophies last year for To Pimp a Butterfly's lead single, 'i.' His closest competitors, Taylor Swift and The Weeknd, have seven nominations each.

CBS announced the nominations for the 58th annual Grammy Awards this morning, and the LA rapper is leading the pack with 11 nominations, including nods for Album of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Rap Album. Kendrick Lamar has a stranglehold on music's biggest night.

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