Tame Impala, Wolf Alice, Alabama Shakes land 2016 Grammy nominations


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Tame Impala and Wolf Alice have landed nominations in specialist categories for the 2016 Grammy Awards, while Alabama Shakes are in the running for the main Album Of The Year prize.

Tame Impala are up for Best Alternative Music Album courtesy of ‘Currents‘, and Wolf Alice’s ‘Moaning Lisa Smile‘ will compete for Best Rock Performance.

The full list of nominees for the 58th Grammys, whose ceremony will take place on February 15th next year, can be seen here.

2016 Grammy Awards, selected categories:

Record Of The Year
D’Angelo – ‘Really Love’
Mark Ronson – ‘Uptown Funk’
Ed Sheeran – ‘Thinking Out Loud’
Taylor Swift – ‘Blank Space’
The Weeknd – ‘Can’t Feel My Face’

Song Of The Year
Kendrick Lamar – ‘Alright’
Taylor Swift – ‘Blank Space’
Little Big Town – ‘Girl Crush’
Wiz Khalifia featuring Charlie Pluth – ‘See You Again’
Ed Sheeran – ‘Thinking Out Loud’

Album Of The Year
Alabama Shakes – ‘Sound & Color’
Kendrick Lamar – ‘To Pimp a Butterfly’
Chris Stapleton – ‘Traveller’
Taylor Swift – ‘1989’
The Weeknd – ‘Beauty Behind The Madness’

Best Rock Album
James Bay – ‘Chaos and The Calm’
Death Cab For Cutie – ‘Kintsugi’
Highly Suspect – ‘Mister Asylum’
Muse – ‘Drones’

Best New Artist
Courney Barnett
James Bay
Sam Hunt
Tori Kelly
Meghan Trainor

Best Rock Performance
Alabama Shakes – ‘Don’t Wanna Fight’
Florence & The Machine – ‘What Kind Of Man’
Foo Fighters – ‘Something From Nothing’
Elle King – ‘Ex’s & Oh’s’
Wolf Alice – ‘Moaning Lisa Smile’

Best Alternative Music Album
Alabama Shakes – ‘Sound & Color’
Bjork – ‘Vulnicura’
My Morning Jacket – ‘The Waterfall’
Tame Impala – ‘Currents’
Wilco – ‘Star Wars’


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