The 2016 Grammy Awards nominees have been announced and country music is well represented.
Not only are a slew of Nashville's finest nominated across all of the country music categories, a few are also nominated for the show's cross-genre categories.
Listed below are the country artists, songs and albums nominated for 2016 Grammy Awards.
Album of the Year
Chris Stapleton - "Traveller"
Song of the Year
Little Big Town - "Girl Crush"
Best New Artist
Sam Hunt
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 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, Ft. Ashley Monroe - "Lonely Tonight"
Best Country Song
Lee Ann Womack - "Chances Are" (Hayes Carll, songwriter)
Tim McGraw - "Diamond Rings and Old Barstools" (Barry Dean, Luke Laird, Jonathan Singleton, songwriters)
Little Big Town - "Girl Crush" (Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna, Liz Rose, songwriters)
Brandy Clark - "Hold My Hand" (Brandy Clark, Mark Stephen Jones, songwriters)
Chris Stapleton - "Traveller" (Chris Stapleton, songwriter)
Best Country Album
Sam Hunt - "Montevallo"
Little Big Town - "Pain Killer"
Ashley Monroe - "The Blade"
Kacey Musgraves - "Pageant Material"
Chris Stapleton - "Traveller"
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
Various Artists - "Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me"
Best Recording Package
Asleep at the Wheel - "Still the King: Celebrating the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys"
Best Album Notes
Tennessee Ernie Ford - "Portrait of An American Singer" (Ted Olson, album notes writer)
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
Dave Cobb (Producer: Chris Stapleton's "Traveller," A Thousand Horses' "Smoke" and Jason Ibell's "Something More Than Free")
Best American Roots Song
The Mavericks - "All Night Long" (Raul Malo, songwriter)
Merle Haggard & Don Henley - "The Cost of Living" (Don Henley, Stan Lynch, songwriters)
Punch Brothers - "Julep" (Chris Eldridge, Paul Kowert, Noam Pikelny, Chris Thile, Gabe Witcher, songwriters)
Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell - "The Traveling Kind" (Cory Chisel, Rodney Crowell, Emmylou Harris, songwriters)
Jason Isbell - "24 Frames" (Jason Isbell, songwriter)
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 Bluegrass Album
The Steeldrivers - "The Muscle Shoals Recordings"
Ralph Stanley & Friends - "Man of Constant Sorrow"
Dale Ann Bradley - "Pocket Full of Keys"
Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley - "Before the Sun Goes Down"
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver - "In Session"
