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Nashville will be represented in three of the four big Grammy Awards categories when the gramophones are handed out in February 2016.

I was thrilled to see Chris Stapleton‘s Traveller in the Album of the Year category, especially after he cleaned up at the CMA Awards. Could an even bigger surprise be waiting for him?

In Song of the Year, it’s true vindication. Little Big Town‘s “Girl Crush” is an incredibly clever piece of songwriting, but it also turned out to be a huge commercial success. Let’s hope that counts when the final votes are tallied!

Both Sam Hunt and Meghan Trainor made it into the Best New Artist category, and are representing the Nashville songwriters community there.

In the country categories, I’m really happy to see The Love Junkies will get a shot at the Best Country Song award for “Girl Crush.” Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna, and Liz Rose wrote a stunning song, and it fell in the right hands when Little Big Town recorded it.

Check out the major and country music categories below, and take a look at the full list of nominees here.

The major categories:

Album of the Year
Alabama Shakes – Sound & Color
Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp a Butterfly
Chris Stapleton – Traveller
Taylor Swift – 1989
The Weeknd – Beauty Behind the Madness

Record of the Year
D’Angelo & The Vanguard – “Really Love”
Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars – “Uptown Funk”
Ed Sheeran – “Thinking Out Loud”
Taylor Swift – “Blank Space”
The Weeknd – “Can’t Feel My Face

Song of the Year
Kendrick Lamar – “Alright”
Taylor Swift – “Blank Space”
Little Big Town – “Girl Crush”
Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth – “See You Again”
Ed Sheeran – “Thinking Out Loud”

Best New Artist
Courtney Barnett
James Bay
Sam Hunt
Tori Kelly
Meghan Trainor

The country music categories:

Best Country Album
Montevallo — Sam Hunt
Pain Killer — Little Big Town
The Blade — Ashley Monroe
Pageant Material — Kacey Musgraves
Traveller — Chris Stapleton

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

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

Best Country Song
Chances Are – Hayes Carll, songwriter (performed by Lee Ann Womack)
Diamond Rings And Old Barstools – Barry Dean, Luke Laird & Jonathan Singleton, songwriters (performed by Tim McGraw)
Girl Crush – Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna & Liz Rose, songwriters (performed by Little Big Town)
Hold My Hand – Brandy Clark & Mark Stephen Jones, songwriters (performed by Brandy Clark)
Traveller – Chris Stapleton, songwriter (performed by Chris Stapleton)

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Liv is a career coach for creatives, and the people who work with them.
She holds several certificates from Berklee College of Music, and a certificate in Positive Psychology from UC Berkeley.
Her main influences are coffee, cats, and Alexander Hamilton.

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