Kendrick Lamar Has Won Five Grammys So Far, But Won’t Break Michael Jackson’s Record Tonight

Grammy Glory: Lamar will be taking home quite a few golden gramophones tonight. (Photo by John Salangsang/Invision/AP).

Kendrick Lamar has been nominated for 11 awards at this year’s Grammys, and he’s already taken home five of them. He’s got a chance for more, namely Song of the Year and Album of the Year. But it’s now statistically impossible for him to top the King of Pop.

Michael Jackson won eight awards on 12 nominations back in 1984; sixteen years later, Carlos Santana also took home ei...