HAMILTON, FUN HOME, KING & I Among GRAMMY Nominees for Musical Theater Album!

The Recording Academy, CBS and Staples Center announce Music's Biggest Night®, THE 58th ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS®, will return to Los Angeles' STAPLES Center on Monday, Feb. 15, 2016 (8:00-11:30 PM, live ET/delayed PT) on the CBS Television Network. Nominations are being announced live this morning on CBS THIS MORNING.

The nominees for Best Musical Theater Album are as follows:
"An American in Paris"
"Fun Home"
"Hamilton"
"The King and I"
"Something Rotten!"

The nominees for Traditional Pop Vocal Album are as follows:
"The Silver Lining: The Songs of Jerome Kern," Tony Bennett and Bill Charlap
"Shadows in the Night," Bob Dylan
"Stages," Josh Groban
"No One Ever Tells You," Seth MacFarlane
"My Dream Duets," Barry Manilow (and Various Artists)

Click here for full list of nominees!

The GRAMMY AWARDS broadcast is one of television's major broadcast events, ranking as one of the highest-rated and most-watched specials. THE 57th ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS drew 27 million viewers and generated 20.9 million show-related Tweets globally, making it the most talked about award show. A combined viewership of more than 40 million in the U.S. alone tuned in for THE 57th ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS, A VERY GRAMMY CHRISTMAS, and the star-studded STEVIE WONDER: SONGS IN THE KEY OF LIFE - AN ALL-STAR GRAMMY SALUTE.

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