NEW YORK: Adele and Beyonce each won nominations Tuesday in three of the four top Grammy categories, setting the stage for a battle between the two singers to dominate music’s biggest awards.

Adele and Beyonce were each nominated for Album of the Year, Record of the Year and Song of the Year at the Grammys, which will take place on February 12.

Along with Adele’s blockbuster “25” and Beyonce’s “Lemonade,” nominees for Album of the Year were pop celebrity Justin Bieber’s “Purpose,” rapper Drake’s “Views” and — in the biggest surprise — alternative country singer Sturgill Simpson’s “A Sailor’s Guide to Earth.”