Grammy nominations 2016: The Weeknd, Justin Bieber among nominees

Toronto’s The Weeknd is in the running for seven Grammys including the Record of the Year and Album of the Year awards.

The breakout R&B star, whose real name is Abel Tesfaye, was also nominated for best pop solo performance, best R&B performance, best R&B song, best contemporary album and best song written for visual media.

Nominated are his album “Beauty Behind The Madness,” the chart-topping hit single “Can’t Feel My Face,” and “Earned It” from the Fifty Shades Of Grey soundtrack.

IN PICTURES: 2016 Grammy Nominees

Fellow Toronto native Drake is nominated for best rap performance, best rap song and best rap album.

The Grammys will be handed out on Feb. 15, 2016.

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Other Canadian nominees include:

– Stratford, Ont.’s Justin Bieber for best dance recording for “Where Are U Now”

– Dan Snaith of Dundas, Ont., who performs as Caribou, for best dance/electronic album for “Our Love”

– Cuban-Canadian singer-songwriter Alex Cuba for best Latin pop album for “Healer”

Here is the complete list of Grammy 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 It’s 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 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”

Best Rap Song
Kanye West feat. Theophilus London, Allan Kingdom & Paul McCartney, “All Day”
Kendrick Lamar, “Alright”
Drake, “Energy”
Common & John Legend, “Glory”
Fetty Wap, “Trap Queen”

Best Country Duo/Group Performance
Brothers Osborne, “Stay a Little Longer”
Joey + Rory, “If I Needed You”
Charles Kelley, Dierks Bentley & Eric Paslay, “The Driver”
Little Big Town, “Girl Crush”
Blake Shelton feat. Ashley Monroe, “Lonely Tonight”

Best Country Song
Lee Ann Womack, “Chances Are”
Tim McGraw, “Diamond Rings And Old Barstools”
Little Big Town, “Girl Crush”
Brandy Clark, “Hold My Hand”
Chris Stapleton, “Traveller”

Best Country Solo Performance
Cam, “Burning House”
Chris Stapleton, “Traveller”
Carrie Underwood, “Little Toy Guns”
Keith Urban, “John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16”
Lee Ann Womack, “Chances Are”

Best Pop Solo Performance
Kelly Clarkson, “Heartbeat Song”
Ellie Goulding, “Love Me Like You Do”
Ed Sheeran, “Thinking Out Loud”
Taylor Swift, “Blank Space”
The Weeknd, “Can’t Feel My Face”

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
Empire: Season 1
Fifty Shades of Grey
Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me
Pitch Perfect 2
Selma

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
The Weeknd, “Earned It (Fifty Shades Of Grey)”
Common & John Legend, “Glory”
Ellie Goulding, “Love Me Like You Do”
Wiz Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth, “See You Again”
Lady Gaga, “Til It Happens to You”

Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
Birdman
The Imitation Game
Interstellar
The Theory of Everything
Whiplash

Best Music Video
A$AP Rocky, “LSD”
The Dead Weather, “I Feel Love”
Kendrick Lamar, “Alright”
Taylor Swift feat. Kendrick Lamar, “Bad Blood”
Pharrell Williams, “Freedom”

Best Music Film
Foo Fighters, Sonic Highways
James Brown, Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown
Nina Simone, What Happened, Miss Simone
Roger Waters, The Wall
Amy Winehouse, Amy