Chris Stapleton, Little Big Town’s ‘Girl Crush’ bring country music back to

Little Big Town also helped country music return to top Grammy categories with “Girl Crush, ” which is up for song of the year (the nomination goes to the songs writers, Lori McKenna, Hillary Lindsey and Liz Rose).

Taylor Swift is nominated for 1989.

And there have been some surprises as well. The awards show will air live February 15, 2016, on CBS from the Staples Center in Los Angeles. This covers all the three prime categories: Song of the Year, Album of the year and Record of the Year. Voting for the second round, completed by mail and starting next week, ends on January 15, 2016.

After his previous trip being overshadowed by Macklemore’s robbery, it looks like Kendrick will definitely be getting at least the Best Rap Album award, and possibly more*.

Veteran R&B star D’Angelo, who returned with his first album in 14 years last December, will also compete for record of the year; D’Angelo and the Vanguard’s Really Love earned him an additional nod for R&B song, with D’Angelo and the Vanguard’s Black Messiah up for R&B album.

Erotic drama “Fifty Shades of Grey” powered The Weeknd to three of his Grammy nods for single “Earned It” which was featured on the movie’s soundtrack.

Adele won Best New artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at the 51st Annual Grammy Awards in 2009.

And that’s it for now, but as you know the charts never sleep!

The best new artist category singles out Australian singer-songwriter Courtney Barnett, British guitarist-singer James Bay, country singer-songwriter Sam Hunt, YouTube phenom Tori Kelly and pop singer Meghan Trainor.

— “Up for a Grammy with these guys thanks to everyone who has been a part of this incredible musical transition”, best dance recording nominee Justin Bieber, via Instagram, along with a photo of himself with Diplo and Skrillex, who all worked on the hit song, “Where Are U Now”.

Lamar’s politically charged album is nominated in an especially diverse category alongside Swift’s blockbuster “1989”, the Weeknd’s breakthrough collection “Beauty Behind the Madness”, Alabama Shakes’ sonically adventurous “Sound &Color” and country singer-songwriter Chris Stapleton’s powerfully reflective “Traveller”. The other nominees are J. Cole with “Apparently”, Drake with “Back to Back”, Fetty Wap with “Trap Queen”, Lamar with “Alright”, and former American Idol judge Nicki Minaj featuring Drake and Lil Wayne with “Truffle Butter”.

West has been nominated for Best Rap Performance for “All Day” featuring Theophilus London, Allan Kingdom and Paul McCartney. However, the music industry is an increasingly fickle business, and the mainstream credibility of having a Grammy-nominated song or album can go a long way to opening doors and ensuring Future’s career sustainability. Max Martin, the impresario behind most of the major pop hits on the radio since the mid-’90s only won his first Producer of the Year statue in last year’s pre-telecast.

Home features two ragas, one of which is a creation of her late father Ravi Shankar.