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Thursday, December 6, 2012
Last
night (Dec 5th) the nominations were announced for the 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards®.
For the fifth consecutive year annual GRAMMY Awards
were announced on primetime television as part of "The GRAMMY® Nominations Concert Live!!
on CBS
and hosted by LL
Cool J
The 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards
will be held on Sunday," February 10, 2013, at STAPLES
Center in Los Angeles and will be live on CBS
from 8 – 11:30 p.m. (ET/PT).
Topping the nominations this year are Dan
Auerbach (The Black Keys), FUN., Jay-Z, Mumford & Sons, Frank Ocean, and Kanye
West with six nominations each; The Black Keys, Chick Corea, and Miguel each
with five nods; and producer Jeff Bhasker, mastering engineer Bob Ludwig and
Nas are each up for four awards.
Making the list is Bajan Queen Rihanna
with two nominations for “Where
Have You Been" for Best Pop Solo Performance and “Talk That Talk"
— Rihanna
Featuring Jay-Z
in the Best Rap/Sung Collaboration category
In the
Reggae Category:
Best
Reggae Album
Rebirth
- Jimmy Cliff
Miracle
- The Original Wailers
Tomahawk Technique
- Sean Paul
New Legend - Jamaica
50th Edition - Sly & Robbie & The Jam
Masters]
Reggae Got Soul:
Unplugged On Strawberry Hill - Toots And The
Maytals
Other nomination Categories are:
Album of the
Year:
El Camino
— The Black Keys
Some Nights
— FUN.
Babel
— Mumford & Sons
Channel Orange
— Frank Ocean
Blunderbuss
— Jack White
Record Of
The Year:
"Lonely
Boy" — The Black Keys
"Stronger (What Doesn't Kill
You)" — Kelly Clarkson
"We Are Young"
— FUN. Featuring Janelle Monáe
"Somebody That I Used To
Know" — Gotye Featuring Kimbra
"Thinkin Bout You"
— Frank Ocean
"We Are
Never Ever Getting Back Together"
— Taylor Swift
Best New Artist:
Alabama Shakes
FUN.
Hunter Hayes
The Lumineers
Frank Ocean
Song Of The
Year:
"The A Team"
— Ed Sheeran, songwriter (Ed Sheeran)
"Adorn"
— Miguel Pimentel, songwriter (Miguel)
"Call Me Maybe"
— Tavish Crowe, Carly Rae Jepsen & Josh Ramsay, songwriters (Carly Rae
Jepsen)
"Stronger (What Doesn't Kill
You)" — Jörgen Elofsson, David Gamson,
Greg Kurstin & Ali Tamposi, songwriters (Kelly Clarkson)
"We Are Young"
— Jack Antonoff, Jeff Bhasker, Andrew Dost & Nate Ruess, songwriters (FUN.
Featuring Janelle Monáe)
Best Pop
Solo Performance
"Set Fire To The Rain (Live)"
— Adele
"Stronger (What Doesn't Kill
You)" — Kelly Clarkson
"Call Me Maybe"
— Carly Rae Jepsen
"Wide Awake"
— Katy Perry
"Where Have You Been" — Rihanna
Best Pop
Duo/Group Performance:
"Shake It Out"
— Florence & The Machine
"We Are Young"
— FUN. Featuring Janelle Monáe
"Somebody
That I Used To Know" — Gotye Featuring
Kimbra
"Sexy And I
Know It" — LMFAO
"Payphone"
— Maroon 5 & Wiz Khalifa
R&B
FIELD
Best R&B
Performance:
"Thank You"
— Estelle
"Gonna Be Alright
(F.T.B.)" — Robert Glasper
Experiment Featuring Ledisi
"I Want You"
— Luke James
"Adorn"
— Miguel
"Climax"
— Usher
Best Urban
Contemporary Album
Fortune —
Chris Brown
Kaleidoscope Dream
— Miguel
Channel Orange
— Frank Ocean
Best R&B
Album:
Black Radio
— Robert Glasper Experiment
Back To Love
— Anthony Hamilton
Write Me Back
— R. Kelly
Beautiful Surprise
— Tamia
Open Invitation
— Tyrese
RAP FIELD
Best Rap/Sung
Collaboration:
"Wild
Ones" — Flo Rida Featuring Sia
"No Church
In The Wild" — Jay-Z & Kanye
West Featuring Frank Ocean & The-Dream
"Tonight (Best You Ever
Had)" — John Legend Featuring Ludacris
"Cherry Wine"
— Nas Featuring Amy Winehouse
"Talk
That Talk" — Rihanna Feautring Jay-Z
Best Rap
Performance:
"HYFR (Hell Ya F***ing
Right)" — Drake Featuring Lil Wayne
"N****s In
Paris" — Jay-Z & Kanye West
"Daughters"
— Nas
"Mercy"
— Kanye West Featuring Big Sean, Pusha T & 2 Chainz
"I Do"
— Young Jeezy Featuring Jay-Z & André 3000
Best Rap
Album
Take Care
— Drake
Food & Liquor II: The Great
American Rap Album, Pt. 1 — Lupe Fiasco
Life Is Good
— Nas
Undun —
The Roots
God Forgives, I Don't
— Rick Ross
Based On A T.R.U. Story
— 2 Chainz
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