Rather, make that Jersey sounds, as genres including jazz, alternative, R&B and spoken word all feature New Jersey-connected artists among the nominees for the 2016 Grammys announced Monday morning. The songwriters of “Girl Crush” are nominated for two awards, including song of the year, and the band is nominated for two awards.
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While Grammy victor John Legend added another four nominations to his resume for his Golden Globe and Oscar-winning Rap/Sung Collaboration “Glory” with Common, wife Chrissy Teigen was there to support her man in the one way she knows best-by keeping it real.
“Best rock album: “Chaos and the Calm”, James Bay; “Kintsugi”, Death Cab for Cutie; “Mister Asylum”, Highly Suspect; “Drones”, Muse; “.5: “The Gray Chapter”, Slipknot.
After landing the top track for the Fifty Shades of Grey soundtrack, Ellie Goulding was nominated for Best Pop Solo performance.
Nominated for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album, the 34-year-old singer, who was introduced to the Grammy world with his first nomination a decade ago, does share tough, but legendary company, including fellow nominees Barry Manilow, Bob Dylan and Tony Bennett.
He’s got something to smile about!
Up for Best Dance/Electronic Album are Jamie xx, Caribou, Chemical Brothers, Disclosure, and Skrillex & Diplo.
Now let’s hope they bring them home! Therefore, her album wasn’t eligible for the 2015 Grammy awards, and she had to be considered for the 2016 ceremony. Predictably Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift are all over the nominations like pop-singing flannels, with D’Angelo and Mark Ronson also making appearances.
Drake, nominated in separate categories for “Energy” and “Back to Back”, seems to have split the vote song-wise. The 2015 Album of the Year nominees include Alabama Shakes (Sound and Color), Kendrick Lamar (To Pimp a Butterfly), Chris Stapleton (Traveller), Taylor Swift (1989) and The Weeknd (Beauty Behind the Madness).
– “I wasn’t expecting the Grammy noms, thank you” – Ed Sheeran, up for song and record of the year for “Thinking Out Loud”, via Twitter.
Digging deeper, the Grammy Awards will once again redefine what “New” artist means, as they’ve chose to give the already-forgotten Meghan Trainor a nomination in the category.
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The Grammy Awards will be take place on Monday, February 15th and will be broadcast live from the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
