Nominees in top categories for the Grammy Awards

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.

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 (songwriter's award): "Alright," Kendrick Duckworth, Mark Anthony Spears and Pharrell Williams; "Blank Space," Max Martin, Shellback and Taylor Swift; "Girl Crush," Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna and Liz Rose; "See You Again," Andrew Cedar, Justin Franks, Charles Puth and Cameron Thomaz; "Thinking Out Loud," Ed Sheeran and Amy Wadge.

Best new artist: Courtney Barnett, James Bay, Sam Hunt, Tori Kelly, Meghan Trainor.

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