With only two albums in, Kendrick Lamar has made a huge impact on the music industry. His second release “To Pimp A Butterfly” is undeniably one of the best rap albums of 2015. Apparently, the Recording Academy understands this as well. This morning, the 58th Annual GRAMMY Awards® nominations came in. Kendrick Lamar leads nominations with 11, followed by Taylor Swift and The Weeknd with 7. Kendrick Lamar joins other talented artists in categories like Album of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Rap Album just to name a few. According to the Recording Academy, nominations were selected from more than 21,000 submissions. Members of The Academy include peers from every aspect of the music industry (i.e. songwriters, producers, artists, and engineers). The 58th Annual GRAMMY Awards will air live from the STAPLES Center in Los Angeles on Monday, February 15, 2015 on CBS at 8:00PM ET. Check out the nominations below: Album Of The Year: Sound & Color — Alabama Shakes To Pimp A Butterfly — Kendrick Lamar Traveller — Chris Stapleton 1989 — Taylor Swift Beauty Behind The Madness — The Weeknd Record Of The Year: “Really Love” — D’Angelo And The Vanguard “Uptown Funk” — Mark Ronson Featuring Bruno Mars “Thinking Out Loud” — Ed Sheeran “Blank Space” — Taylor Swift “Can’t Feel My Face” — The Weeknd Song Of The Year: “Alright” — Kendrick Duckworth, Mark Anthony Spears & Pharrell Williams, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar) “Blank Space” — Max Martin, Shellback & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift) “Girl Crush” — Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna & Liz Rose, songwriters (Little Big Town) “See You Again” — Andrew Cedar, Justin Franks, Charles Puth & Cameron Thomaz, songwriters (Wiz Khalifa Featuring Charlie Puth) “Thinking Out Loud” — Ed Sheeran & Amy Wadge, songwriters (Ed Sheeran) Best New Artist: Courtney Barnett James Bay Sam Hunt Tori Kelly Meghan Trainor Best Pop Duo/Group Performance: “Ship To Wreck” — Florence + The Machine “Sugar” — Maroon 5 “Uptown Funk” — Mark Ronson Featuring Bruno Mars “Bad Blood” — Taylor Swift Featuring Kendrick Lamar “See You Again” — Wiz Khalifa Featuring Charlie Puth Best Dance Recording: “We’re All We Need” — Above & Beyond Featuring Zoë Johnston “Go” — The Chemical Brothers “Never Catch Me” — Flying Lotus Featuring Kendrick Lamar “Runaway (U & I)” — Galantis “Where Are Ü Now” — Skrillex And Diplo With Justin Bieber Best Rock Performance: “Don’t Wanna Fight” — Alabama Shakes “What Kind Of Man” — Florence + The Machine “Something From Nothing” — Foo Fighters “Ex’s & Oh’s” — Elle King “Moaning Lisa Smile” — Wolf Alice Best Alternative Music Album: Sound & Color — Alabama Shakes Vulnicura — Björk The Waterfall — My Morning Jacket Currents — Tame Impala Star Wars — Wilco Best Urban Contemporary Album: Ego Death — The Internet You Should Be Here — Kehlani Blood — Lianne La Havas Wildheart — Miguel Beauty Behind The Madness — The Weeknd Best Rap Album: 2014 Forest Hills Drive — J. Cole Compton — Dr. Dre If Youre Reading This Its Too Late — Drake To Pimp A Butterfly — Kendrick Lamar The Pinkprint — Nicki Minaj Best Country Album: Montevallo — Sam Hunt Pain Killer — Little Big Town The Blade — Ashley Monroe Pageant Material — Kacey Musgraves Traveller — Chris Stapleton Best Jazz Instrumental Album: My Favorite Things — Joey Alexander Breathless — Terence Blanchard Featuring The E-Collective Covered: Recorded Live At Capitol Studios — Robert Glasper & The Robert Glasper Trio Beautiful Life — Jimmy Greene Past Present — John Scofield Best Gospel Album: Destined To Win (Live) — Karen Clark Sheard Living It — Dorinda Clark-Cole One Place Live — Tasha Cobbs Covered: Alive Is Asia [Live] (Deluxe) — Israel & Newbreed Life Music: Stage Two — Jonathan McReynolds Best Contemporary Christian Music Album: Whatever The Road — Jason Crabb How Can It Be — Lauren Daigle Saints And Sinners — Matt Maher This Is Not A Test — Tobymac Love Ran Red — Chris Tomlin Best Latin Pop Album: Terral — Pablo Alborán Healer — Alex Cuba A Quien Quiera Escuchar (Deluxe Edition)— Ricky Martin Sirope — Alejandro Sanz Algo Sucede — Julieta Venegas Best Americana Album: The Firewatcher’s Daughter — Brandi Carlile The Traveling Kind — Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell Something More Than Free — Jason Isbell Mono — The Mavericks The Phosphorescent Blues — Punch Brothers Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling): Blood On Snow (Jo Nesbø) — Patti Smith Brief Encounters: Conversations, Magic Moments, And Assorted Hijinks — Dick Cavett A Full Life: Reflections At Ninety — Jimmy Carter Patience And Sarah (Isabel Miller) — Janis Ian & Jean Smart Yes Please — Amy Poehler (& Various Artists) Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical: Jeff Bhasker Dave Cobb Diplo Larry Klein Blake Mills Best Music Film: Mr. Dynamite: The Rise Of James Brown — James Brown Sonic Highways — Foo Fighters What Happened, Miss Simone? — Nina Simone The Wall — Roger Waters Amy — Amy Winehouse For a complete nominations list, visit www.grammy.com. 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