The first batch of nominations for the 58th Annual Grammy Awards was announced at 8:15 a.m. ET on CBS This Morning Monday. Alicia Keys, a 15-time Grammy Award winner herself, revealed the musicians vying in the four General Field categories: Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Record of the Year and Best New Artist.

Fifteen minutes later, nominations across all 83 categories were announced via a press release and were made available on Grammy.com. The Grammys return to L.A.'s Staples Center on Feb. 15, 2016, and will be broadcast in high-definition and 5.1 surround sound on CBS from 8–11:30 p.m. ET. No host has been announced.

Here are the nominees:

Album of the Year

Alabama Shakes, Sound and Color

Kendrick Lamar, To Pimp a Butterfly

Chris Stapleton, Traveller

Taylor Swift, 1989

The Weeknd, Beauty Behind the Madness

Song of the Year

Kendrick Lamar, "Alright"

Taylor Swift, "Blank Space"

Little Big Town, "Girl Crush"

Wiz Kahifa feat. Charlie Puth, "See You Again"

Ed Sheeran, "Thinking Out Loud"

Record of the Year

D'Angelo and the Vanguard, "Really Love"

Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars, "Uptown Funk"

Ed Sheeran, "Thinking Out Loud"

Taylor Swift, "Blank Space"

The Weeknd, "Can't Feel my Face"

Best New Artist

Courtney Barnett

James Bay

Sam Hunt

Tori Kelly

Meghan Trainor

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

Florence + The Machine, " Ship to Wreck"

Maroon 5, "Sugar"

Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars, "Uptown Funk"

Taylor Swift feat. Kendrick Lamar, "Bad Blood"

Wiz Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth, "See You Again"

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

Tony Bennett & Bill Charlap, The Silver Lining: The Songs of Jerome Kern

Bob Dylan, Shadows in the Night

Josh Groban, Stages

Seth MacFarlane, No One Ever Tells You

Barry Manilow (& Various Artists), My Dream Duets

Best Pop Vocal Album

Kelly Clarkson, Piece by Piece

Florence + The Machine, How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful

Mark Ronson, Uptown Special

Taylor Swift, 1989

James Taylor, Before This World

Best Dance Recording

Above & Beyond feat. Zoë Johnston, :We're All We Need"

The Chemical Brothers, "Go:

Flying Lotus feat. Kendrick Lamar, "Never Catch Me"

Galantis, "Runaway (U & I)"

Skrillex and Diplo With Justin Bieber, "Where Are Ü Now"

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

Björk, Vulnicura

My Morning Jacket, The Waterfall

Tame Impala, Currents

Wilco, Star Wars

Best Urban Contemporary Album

The Internet, Ego Death

Kehlani, You Should Be Here

Lianne La Havas, Blood

Miguel, Wildheart

The Weeknd, Beauty Behind the Madness

Best Rap Album

J. Cole, 2014 Forest Hills Drive

Dr. Dre, Compton

Drake, If Youre Reading This Its Too Late

Kendrick Lamar, To Pimp a Butterfly

Nicki Minaj, The Pinkprint

Best Country Album

Sam Hunt, Montevallo

Little Big Town, Pain Killer

Ashley Monroe, The Blade

Kacey Musgraves, Pageant Material

Chris Stapleton, Traveller

Best Jazz Instrumental Album

Joey Alexander, My Favorite Things

Terence Blanchard feat. The E-Collective, Breathless

Robert Glasper & The Robert Glasper Trio, Covered: Recorded Live at Capitol Studios

Jimmy Greene, Beautiful Life

John Scofield, Past Present

Best Gospel Album

Karen Clark Sheard, Destined to Win (Live)

Dorinda Clark-Cole, Living It

Tasha Cobbs, One Place Live

Israel & Newbreed, Covered: Alive Is Asia [Live] (Deluxe)

Jonathan McReynolds, Life Music: Stage Two

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album

Jason Crabb, Whatever the Road

Lauren Daigle, How Can It Be

Matt Maher, Saints and Sinners

Tobymac, This Is Not a Test

Chris Tomlin, Love Ran Red

Best Latin Pop Album

Pablo Alborán, Terral

Alex Cuba, Healer

Ricky Martin, A Quien Quiera Escuchar (Deluxe Edition)

Alejandro Sanz, Sirope

Julieta Venegas, Algo Sucede


Best Americana Album

Brandi Carlile, The Firewatcher's Daughter

Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell, The Traveling Kind

Jason Isbell, Something More Than Free

The Mavericks, Mono

Punch Brothers, The Phosphorescent Blues

Best Dance/Electronic Album

Caribou, Our Love

The Chemical Brothers, Born in the Echoes

Disclosure, Caracal

Jamie XX, In Colour

Skrillex and Diplo, Skrillex and Diplo Present Jack Ü

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album

Bill Frisell, Guitar in the Space Age!

Wouter Kellerman, Love Language

Marcus Miller, Afrodeezia

Snarky Puppy & Metropole Orkest, Sylva

Kirk Whalum, The Gospel According to Jazz, Chapter IV

Best Metal Performance

August Burns Red, "Identity"

Cirice, "Ghost"

Lamb of God, "512"

Sevendust, "Thank You"

Slipknot, "Custer"

Best Rock Song

Alabama Shakes, "Don't Wanna Fight"

Elle King, "Ex's & Oh's"

James Bay, "Hold Back the River"

Highly Suspect, "Lydia"

Florence + the Machine, "What Kind of Man"

Best Rock Album

James Bay, Chaos and the Calm

Death Cab for Cutie, Kintsugi

Highly Suspect, Mister Asylum

Muse, Drones

Slipknot, .5: The Gray Chapter

Best R&B Performance

Tamar Braxton, "If I Don't Have You"

Andra Day, "Rise Up"

Hiatus Kaiyote, "Breathing Underwater"

Jeremih feat. J. Cole, "Planes"

The Weeknd, "Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey)"

Best Traditional R&B Performance

Faith Evans, "He Is"

Lalah Hathaway, "Little Ghetto Boy"

Jazmine Sullivan, "Let It Burn"

Tyrese, "Shame"

Charlie Wilson, "My Favorite Part of You"

Best R&B Song

Miguel, "Coffee"

The Weeknd, "Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey)"

Jazmine Sullivan, "Let It Burn"

D'Angelo and The Vanguard, "Really Love"

Tyrese, "Shame"

Best R&B Album

Leon Bridges, Coming Home

D'Angelo and the Vanguard, Black Messiah

Andra Day, Cheers to the Fall

Jazmine Sullivan, Reality Show

Charlie Wilson, Forever Charlie

Best Rap Performance

J. Cole, "Apparently"

Drake, "Back to Back"

Fetty Wap, "Trap Queen"

Kendrick Lamar, "Alright"

Nicki Minaj feat. Drake & Lil Wayne, "Truffle Butter"

Kanye West feat. Theophilus London, Allan Kingdom & Paul McCartney, "All Day"

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration

Big Sean feat. Kanye West & John Legend, "One Man Can Change the World"

Common & John Legend, "Glory"

Jidenna feat. Roman GianArthur, "Classic Man"

Kendrick Lamar feat. Bilal, Anna Wise & Thundercat, "These Walls"

Nicki Minaj feat. Drake, Lil Wayne & Chris Brown, "Only"

No big surprises here. If Adele had released "Hello" like two weeks earlier, she would be all over the nominations, but the timing works against her this year. As a result, it looks like potentially a big year for Taylor Swift for her 2014 album 1989. I'm glad at least they went with the solid single Blank Space instead of the repetitive and insipid "Bad Blood".

No Iron Maiden means I don't care.

Best Metal Performance - Ghost: Cirice

1. Sevendust had a new album this year?
2. Sevendust is metal now?

While we're on the subject of strange classifications, how is this nominated for Best Rock Song?

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I hope that Alabama Shakes can pull off the upset (?) for Album of the Year. There have been some recent winners of that award who were not nominated in the big Record of the Year and Song of the Year categories.

It gets played on the rock stations here, it's one of the many recent songs that makes me change the station (her and Walk the Moon in particular, ugh.)

Rock...?

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I think it would be an upset because if they are gonna go Middle Of The Road they can just pick Taylor Swift.

Me think though cause Adele is probably gonna sweep next year it could help The Weeknd or Chris Stapleton

Rock category are all kinds of 'what the what?'
And can we really have a Best Rock Album win without Foo Fighters? I thought that was theirs for the taking every year?
And sorry, that "Ex's & Oh's" song is only played on the hip hop stations around here.

Seriously - Maiden puts out a great album that is nearly universally praised as one of their best (and one of the best of the year) and they don't get a nomination?

That's a joke.

I honestly either don't know or haven't heard (the songs) of 90% of those nominees. Their Rock and Metal categories have almost always been a joke though. Their oddball "new" artist rules have always mystified me as well.

The Grammys lost ALL their credibility when they gave awards to THIS:
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And they haven't learned a damn thing since then.

I would rather listen to that than most of the stuff that is nominated this year.

Sleater - Kinney and FFS not getting any nominations shows me that the nominators aren't looking very hard.

Grammys are geared toward higher selling artist correct? If not only two of those metal albums would make the top 10 of the year (LOG and Ghost). Between the Buried and Me and Panopticon released what will be considered classic metal albums in the future this year and they weren't alone. It really has been a banner year for the genre.

Sevendust isn't metal.

Courtney Barnett isn't a new artist.

Jason Isbell should've been nominated for best album, not just best Americana album.

I don't get how Florence + The Machine can be nominated for Best Pop Vocal Album and Best Rock Performance.

Awards day bump.

Some early winner announcements:

1989
Taylor Swift
Best Pop Vocal Album

Past Present
John Scofield
Best Jazz Instrumental Album


Strictly Roots
Morgan Heritage
Best Reggae Album

Cherokee (feat. Christian McBride Trio)
Christian McBride
Best Improvised Jazz Solo


Sings
Angélique Kidjo
Best World Music Album


Grace
Paul Avgerinos
Best New Age Album


Made in Brazil
Eliane Elias
Best Latin Jazz Album


Sylva
Snarky Puppy, Metropole Orkest
Best Pop Instrumental Album


For One to Love
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Best Jazz Vocal Album


Still the King: Celebrating the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
Sarah Dodds, Shauna Dodds, Dick Reeves
Best Recording Package


Uptown Funk (Dave Audé Remix)
Dave Audé
Best Non-Classical Remixed Recording


The Thompson Fields
Maria Schneider Orchestra
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album


Sound & Color
Bob Ludwig, Shawn Everett
Best Engineered Non-Classical Album


The Rise & Fall Of Paramount Records, Volume Two (1928-32)
Jack White, Susan Archie, Dean Blackwood
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package


The Afro Latin Jazz Suite
Arturo O'Farrill
Best Instrumental Composition


Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
Kirstin Maldonado, Mitch Grassi, Scott Hoying, ...
Best Instrumental Arrangement


Amused to Death
James Guthrie, Joel Plante
Best Surround Sound Album


The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete
Peter J. Moore, Jan Haust, Jeff Rosen, ...
Best Historical Album


Love Has Many Faces: A Quartet, a Ballet, Waiting to Be Danced
Joni Mitchell
Best Album Notes


Sue (Or in a Season of Crime)
Maria Schneider
Best Instrumental Arrangement

I will skip the show and just wait for the youtube videos of how Kanye made an ass out of himself tomorrow.

It's sorta catchy? It's not rap?

Hey, it's not hard for the biggest turd to float to the top of the bowl.

So "Wildest Dreams" by Taylor Swift is not nominated? That song is much better than Blank Space.

The Weeknd should probably win most of the categories he is nominated for though his best songs "In the Night" and "The Hills" are not nominated.

I think for the first time ever the Grammys will air live on the West Coast at 5pm with a replay at 8:30pm

I guess people complained since every other major awards show including the Golden Globes now air live on the West Coast.

The American Music Awards and The Tony's might be the exceptions.

You think wrong. It's still not airing live. At least not in Vegas.

I feel bad for the host trying to tap dance and stall for time after trying to toss to Taylor Swift 90 seconds early.

Adele sounds a little pitchy.