The Grammy Awards 2016: Rapper Kendrick Lamar tops nomination list

 J.Cole, Wiz Khalifa , Paul Walker and Adele

The 2016 Grammy Awards ceremony will be held on Monday 15 February at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.  It’s still anyone's guess who'll go home a winner.

The ceremony will recognise the best recordings, compositions and artists of the eligibility year, which runs from from October 1 2014 to September 30 2015.

LL Cool J will return to host for the fifth straight year in a row - becoming a feature of the award ceremony.

Nominations for the ceremony were announced on December 7 2015, with Kendrick Lamar received the most after racking up a whopping 11 nods. Here are some of the nominations:

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 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