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Grammys 2016: Here's What To Know About Music's Biggest Night

by Kendall Wood

Feb. 10, 2016

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The 2016 Grammy Awards will air on Monday, February 15, 2016, with two-time Grammy winner LL Cool J hosting the must-see music event of the year for the fifth consecutive time.

Music's Biggest Night will air live on CBS at 8 pm ET / 5 pm PT and run for three and a half hours.

The event will bring musicians, producers and songwriters from every aspect of the industry to the Staples Center in Downtown Los Angeles, California, for its 58th annual show.

If you won't have access to a TV during the show on February 15, not to worry. With a tablet or iPhone, head over to CBS.com to watch the event live via one week free of CBS All Access, starting with red carpet access at 12 pm PT. Or, if you'd rather, download the CBS app for free for a front-row seat to the event from anywhere.

The Recording Academy will also introduce multi-platform, behind-the-scenes and live coverage from Music's Biggest Night via CBS, exclusively on the event's website.

This year's show will feature performances from some of the hottest acts and artists up for gramophones, including Taylor Swift, Miguel, Alabama Shakes, Justin Bieber, Diplo, Skrillex, Pitbull, Robin Thicke, Travis Barker, Rihanna, Adele, The Weeknd, the cast of "Hamilton" on Broadway, Sam Hunt, Tori Kelly, Kendrick Lamar, Little Big Town, Carrie Underwood, Ellie Goulding, James Bay and Andra Day.

Lifetime Achievement Award recipient and Grammy winner David Bowie will be honored by six-time Grammy winner and nominee Lady Gaga with a tribute to showcase the late musician's artistry. Grammy nominee Chris Stapleton will also pay tribute to blues legend BB King.

We'll be watching the Grammys live on Sunday, giving you play-by-play coverage from the Grammys Media Center on Snapchat @elitedailysnap, as well as live-tweeting throughout the night on Twitter @EliteDaily. Don't forget to follow along with us on Instagram, too, @EliteDaily!

If you missed this year's nominees, we've got the lowdown on the most-anticipated categories below.

RECORD OF THE YEAR

"Really Love" D'Angelo And The Vanguard D'Angelo & Brent Fischer, producers; Russell Elevado, Ben Kane & Rafa Sardina, engineers/mixers; Dave Collins, mastering engineer Track from: Black Messiah Label: RCA Records

"Uptown Funk" Mark Ronson Featuring Bruno Mars Jeff Bhasker, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars & Mark Ronson, producers; Josh Blair, Riccardo Damian, Serban Ghenea, Wayne Gordon, John Hanes, Inaam Haq, Boo Mitchell, Charles Moniz & Mark Ronson, engineers/mixers; Tom Coyne, mastering engineer Track from: Uptown Special Label: RCA Records

"Thinking Out Loud" Ed Sheeran Jake Gosling, producer; Jake Gosling, Mark 'Spike' Stent & Geoff Swan, engineers/mixers; Stuart Hawkes, mastering engineer Track from: X Label: Atlantic

"Blank Space" Taylor Swift Max Martin & Shellback, producers; Serban Ghenea, John Hanes, Sam Holland & Michael Ilbert, engineers/mixers; Tom Coyne, mastering engineer Track from: 1989 Label: Big Machine Records

"Can't Feel My Face" The Weeknd Max Martin & Ali Payami, producers; Serban Ghenea, John Hanes & Sam Holland, engineers/mixers; Tom Coyne, mastering engineer Label: Republic

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Sound & Color Alabama Shakes Alabama Shakes & Blake Mills, producers; Shawn Everett, engineer/mixer; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer Label: ATO Records

To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar Bilal, George Clinton, James Fauntleroy, Ronald Isley, Rapsody, Snoop Dogg, Thundercat & Anna Wise, featured artists; Taz Arnold, Boi-1Da, Ronald Colson, Larrance Dopson, Flying Lotus, Fredrik "Tommy Black" Halldin, Knxwledge, Koz, Lovedragon, Terrace Martin, Rahki, Sounwave, Tae Beast, Thundercat, Andrew “Pop” Wansel, Whoarei & Pharrell Williams, producers; Derek "Mixedbyali" Ali, Thomas Burns, Andrew Coleman, Hart Gunther, James "The White Black Man" Hunt, Mike Larson, 9th Wonder & Matt Schaeffer, engineers/mixers; Mike Bozzi, mastering engineer Label: Top Dawg Entertainment/Aftermath Records/Interscope Records

Traveller Chris Stapleton Dave Cobb & Chris Stapleton, producers; Vance Powell, engineer/mixer; Pete Lyman, mastering engineer Label: Mercury Nashville

1989 Taylor Swift Jack Antonoff, Nathan Chapman, Imogen Heap, Max Martin, Mattman & Robin, Ali Payami, Shellback, Taylor Swift, Ryan Tedder & Noel Zancanella, producers; Jack Antonoff, Mattias Bylund, Smith Carlson, Nathan Chapman, Serban Ghenea, John Hanes, Imogen Heap, Sam Holland, Michael Ilbert, Brendan Morawski, Laura Sisk & Ryan Tedder, engineers/mixers; Tom Coyne, mastering engineer Label: Big Machine Records

Beauty Behind The Madness The Weeknd Lana Del Rey, Labrinth & Ed Sheeran, featured artists; Dannyboystyles, Mike Dean, Ben Diehl, Labrinth, Mano, Max Martin, Stephan Moccio, Carlo Montagnese, Ali Payami, The Pope, Jason Quenneville, Peter Svensson, Abel Tesfaye & Kanye West, producers; Jay Paul Bicknell, Mattias Bylund, Serban Ghenea, Noah Goldstein, John Hanes, Sam Holland, Jean Marie Horvat, Carlo Montagnese, Jason Quenneville & Dave Reitzas, engineers/mixers; Tom Coyne & Dave Kutch, mastering engineers Label: Republic

SONG OF THE YEAR

"Alright" Kendrick Duckworth, Kawan Prather, Mark Anthony Spears & Pharrell Williams, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar) Track from: To Pimp A Butterfly Label: Top Dawg Entertainment/Aftermath Records/Interscope Records; Publisher(s): WB Music Corp./Hard Working Black Folks Publishing/EMI April Music, Inc./Even More Water From Nazareth/Sounwave TDE Productions/Sony ATV/In Thee Face Music Publishing/BMG Gold Songs

"Blank Space" Max Martin, Shellback & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift) Track from: 1989 Label: Big Machine Records; Publisher(s): Sony/ATV Tree Publishing/Taylor Swift Music/MXM admin. by Kobalt Songs Music Publishing, Inc.

"Girl Crush" Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna & Liz Rose, songwriters (Little Big Town) Track from: Pain Killer Label: Capitol Records Nashville; Publisher(s): Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp./Songs Of Crazy Girl Music, Songs of Universal, Inc., Hoodie Songs, HillarodyRathbone Music admin. by BMG Rights Management (US) LLC

"See You Again" Andrew Cedar, Justin Franks, Charles Puth & Cameron Thomaz, songwriters (Wiz Khalifa Featuring Charlie Puth) Track from: 'Furious 7': Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Label: Atlantic; Publisher(s): Artist Publishing Group West/J Franks Publishing/Andrew Cedar Publishing admin. by WB Music Corp./Wiz Khalifa Publishing admin. by Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp./Charlie Puth Music Publishing/Artist 101 Publishing Group admin. by Warner Chappell Music, Universal Pictures Music, UPG Music Publishing

"Thinking Out Loud" Ed Sheeran & Amy Wadge, songwriters (Ed Sheeran) Track from: X Label: Atlantic; Publisher(s): Sony/ATV Music Publishing/BDi Music Limited

BEST NEW ARTIST

Courtney Barnett

James Bay

Sam Hunt

Tori Kelly

Meghan Trainor

BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM

Piece By Piece Kelly Clarkson Label: 19/RCA

How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful Florence + The Machine Label: Republic

Uptown Special Mark Ronson Label: RCA Records

1989 Taylor Swift Label: Big Machine Records

Before This World James Taylor Label: Concord Records

BEST DANCE/ELECTRONIC ALBUM

Our Love Caribou Label: Merge Records

Born In The Echoes The Chemical Brothers Label: Astralwerks

Caracal Disclosure Label: Capitol Records

In Colour Jamie XX Label: Young Turks Recordings

Skrillex And Diplo Present Jack Ü Skrillex And Diplo Label: Owsla/Mad Decent/Atlantic

BEST ROCK SONG

"Don't Wanna Fight" Alabama Shakes, songwriters (Alabama Shakes) Label: ATO Records; Publisher(s): Alabama Shakes Publishing

"Ex's & Oh's" Dave Bassett & Elle King, songwriters (Elle King) Track from: Love Stuff Label: RCA Records; Publisher(s): Elle King Music/EMI Music Publishing, Inc./Bassett Songs/EMI April Music, Inc.

"Hold Back The River" Iain Archer & James Bay, songwriters (James Bay) Track from: Chaos And The Calm Label: Republic; Publisher(s): B-Unique/Kobalt/Iain Archer/Kobalt

"Lydia" Richard Meyer, Ryan Meyer & Johnny Stevens, songwriters (Highly Suspect) Track from: Mister Asylum Label: 300 Entertainment; Publisher(s): MCID

"What Kind Of Man" John Hill, Tom Hull & Florence Welch, songwriters (Florence + The Machine) Track from: How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful Label: Republic; Publisher(s): Rodeoman Music/EMI April Music/Universal Music Publishing

BEST ROCK ALBUM

Chaos And The Calm James Bay Label: Republic

Kintsugi Death Cab For Cutie Label: Atlantic

Mister Asylum Highly Suspect Label: 300 Entertainment

Drones Muse Label: Warner Bros. Records

.5: The Gray Chapter Slipknot Label: Roadrunner Records

BEST R&B SONG

"Coffee" Brook Davis & Miguel Pimentel, songwriters (Miguel) Track from: Wildheart Label: RCA Records/ByStorm Entertainment; Publisher(s): Art Dealer Chic, Pop Killer/Dleaurean

"Earned It ('Fifty Shades Of Grey')" Ahmad Balshe, Stephan Moccio, Jason Quenneville & Abel Tesfaye, songwriters (The Weeknd) Track from: 'Fifty Shades Of Grey' (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Label: Universal Studios/Republic Records; Publisher(s): SONGS Music Publishing, LLC, o/b/o Songs Of SMP, Songs Of Universal, Inc. and Sing Little Penguin, Universal Music Corp, CP Music Group, Inc., Universal Pictures Music and UPG Music Publishing

"Let It Burn" Kenny B. Edmonds, Jazmine Sullivan & Dwane M. Weir II, songwriters (Jazmine Sullivan) Track from: Reality Show Label: RCA Records; Publisher(s): JazLady Publishing, Dwane M. Weir II/Sean Michael Anderson Music LLC/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Sony/ATV Songs LLC

"Really Love" D'Angelo & Kendra Foster, songwriters (D'Angelo And The Vanguard) Track from: Black Messiah Label: RCA Records; Publisher(s): Ah Choo Music Publishing/12:00 AM Music admin. by Universal Polygram International Publishing, Ear Kandy Music, Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.

"Shame" Warryn Campbell, Tyrese Gibson & DJ Rogers Jr, songwriters (Tyrese) Label: Voltron Recordz; Publisher(s): Peer Music/Sounds From The Soul/Campbell Kids Music/Warner Chappell/@PenTorious D.J. Rogers Jr. Sounds From The Soul/Gibson & Gibson Music Publishing

BEST R&B ALBUM

Coming Home Leon Bridges Label: Columbia Records

Black Messiah D'Angelo And The Vanguard Label: RCA Records

Cheers To The Fall Andra Day Label: Warner Bros. Records/Buskin Records

Reality Show Jazmine Sullivan Label: RCA Records

Forever Charlie Charlie Wilson Label: RCA Records

BEST RAP SONG

"All Day" Ernest Brown, Tyler Bryant, Sean Combs, Mike Dean, Rennard East, Noah Goldstein, Malik Yusef Jones, Karim Kharbouch, Allan Kyariga, Kendrick Lamar, Paul McCartney, Victor Mensah, Charles Njapa, Che Pope, Patrick Reynolds, Allen Ritter, Kanye West, Mario Winans & Cydel Young, songwriters (Kanye West Featuring Theophilus London, Allan Kingdom & Paul McCartney) Label: Def Jam Recordings; Publisher(s): Please Gimme My Publishing/EMI Blackwood Music Inc./MPL Communications Inc./TYLER BRANT PUBLISHING/WB Music Corp./ Hard Working Black Folks Inc./Top Dawg Music/Excuse My French Music/EMI Blackwood Music Inc./Monarch Music/Abou Thiam Publishing/Victor Kwesi Mensah Publishing Designee/ALLEN KYARIGA/EMI Blackwood Music o/b/o Papa George Publishing/Kaya and Ethan Music/Primary Wave Brian/Noah Goldstein admin. by Reach Music Publishing/Ritter Boy LLC/Mario Winans Publishing Designee/Broken Locks/Songs of Universal Inc./Jabriel Iz Myne /Universal Music/Patrick Reynolds Publishing Designee/Smooth Thug Music/Noel Ellis Publishing Designee/Justin Combs Music Publishing administered by EMI April Music

"Energy" Richard Dorfmeister, A. Graham, Markus Kienzl, M. O'Brien, M. Samuels & Phillip Thomas, songwriters (Drake) Track from: If You're Reading This It's Too Late Label: Young Money/Cash Money; Publisher(s): Sandra Gale/EMI Music Publishing, 1damentional publishing LLC/Sony/ATV Tunes, LLC, Matthew O'Brien/otek north/WB Music Corp./Jack Russell Music Ltd./Notting Hill Music Ltd.

"Glory" Lonnie Lynn, Che Smith & John Stephens, songwriters (Common & John Legend) Track from: 'Selma' (Music From The Motion Picture) Label: Universal/Def Jam; Publisher(s): BMG Sapphire Songs/John Legend Publishing/Reach Music Songs/Think Common Music Inc/Universal Music – MGB Songs

"Trap Queen" Tony Fadd & Willie J. Maxwell, songwriters (Fetty Wap) Track from: Fetty Wap Label: 300 Entertainment/RGF Productions; Publisher(s): RGF Publishing, Zoovier, BMG Gold Songs, Tony Fadd Beats

BEST RAP ALBUM

2014 Forest Hills Drive J. Cole Label: Roc Nation/Columbia Records

Compton Dr. Dre Label: Aftermath/Interscope

If You're Reading This It's Too Late Drake Label: Cash Money/Young Money

To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar Label: Top Dawg Entertainment/Aftermath Records/Interscope Records

The Pinkprint Nicki Minaj Label: Young Money/Cash Money

BEST COUNTRY SONG

"Chances Are" Hayes Carll, songwriter (Lee Ann Womack) Track from: The Way I'm Livin' Label: Sugar Hill Records; Publisher(s): Highway 87 Music admin. by BMG/Chrysalis

"Diamond Rings And Old Barstools" Barry Dean, Luke Laird & Jonathan Singleton, songwriters (Tim McGraw) Track from: Sundown Heaven Town Label: Big Machine Records/McGraw Music; Publisher(s): Songs of Universal, Inc./Creative Nation Music/Twangin and Slangin Songs/Country Paper/Pulse Nation/BMG Gold Songs /Glassbean/We Jam Writers Group

"Hold My Hand" Brandy Clark & Mark Stephen Jones, songwriters (Brandy Clark) Track from: 12 Stories Label: Warner Bros Records; Publisher(s): Songs of Parallel/Vista Loma Music admin. by Amplified Administration and Harlan Howard Songs

"Traveller" Chris Stapleton, songwriter (Chris Stapleton) Track from: Traveller Label: Mercury Nashville; Publisher(s): WB Music Corp./Ken Tucky Music

BEST COUNTRY ALBUM

Montevallo Sam Hunt Label: MCA Nashville

Pain Killer Little Big Town Label: Capitol Records Nashville

The Blade Ashley Monroe Label: Warner Bros.

Pageant Material Kacey Musgraves Label: Mercury Nashville

Traveller Chris Stapleton Label: Mercury Records

For the full list of categories and nominations, head over to the official website for the 2016 Grammy Awards.