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<p>The nominees in the Grammy Awards&#39; four major categories&nbsp;<a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/news/alicia-keys-reveals-nominees-for-58th-grammy-awards-2016/" target="_blank">were announced Monday</a>&nbsp;on &quot;CBS This Morning.&quot;</p><p>As we could have predicted, Taylor Swift was nominated for Album of the Year, Record of the Year and Song of the Year.</p><p>Surprisingly, though, she is not the artist leading the pack. That would be&nbsp;<a href="https://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/press-release/kendrick-lamar-leads-grammy-nominations-with-11-taylor-swift-and-the" target="_blank">Kendrick Lamar</a>, who has 11 noms. T-Swift and The Weeknd follow him with seven nods each.</p><p>Overall,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.grammy.com/nominees" target="_blank">the nominations</a>&nbsp;seem to be very eclectic. Album of the Year includes Alabama Shakes, and relative newcomer Chris Stapleton, who swept this year&#39;s CMAs as well. Record of the Year included the mainstays of Swift, Ed Sheeran and Mark Ronson. But it also included R&amp;B artist D&#39;Angelo and The Vanguard.</p><p>New Artist nominees include Courtney Barnett, James Bay, Sam Hunt, Tori Kelly and Meghan Trainor.</p><p>And if you&#39;re wondering why Adele isn&#39;t a nominee in any of these categories, it&#39;s because only music&nbsp;<a href="https://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/awards/voting-process/faqs#two" target="_blank">released between Oct. 1 2014 and Sept. 30, 2015</a>&nbsp;was eligible.</p><p>The rest of the nominations can be found on&nbsp;<a href="http://www.grammy.com/" target="_blank">Grammy.com</a>. The 58th Grammy Awards will air Feb. 15, 2016.</p><p><i>This video includes images from Getty Images.</i></p>
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The 2016 nominees for music's most iconic awards have been announced — but who do you think should win?
Make your picks below in the Grammy Awards' four major categories. Click here to see a full list of nominees.
The 2016 Grammys will be held on Feb. 15.
Clint Davis is a writer for the E.W. Scripps National Desk. Follow him on Twitter @MrClintDavis.
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