Last night, The 2012 Grammy nominations were announced live in LA with a special concert hosted by rap legend LL Cool J.
This year, Kanye West leads the industry in Grammy nominations for his work on the Watch The Throne album as well as My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. In addition to Song of the Year, ‘Ye is dominating the Rap categories with double nominations in the Best Rap Song and Best Rap Album categories. And if you count his writing and production credits on Beyonce’s “Party,” Kanye actually has eight nominations.
Adele earned six nominations including all of the major categories; Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Album of the Year and Rihanna snagged a total of seven nominations that include Album of the Year (Loud), Best Pop Vocal Album (Loud), a nod for “Whats My Name” in the Rap/Sung Collaboration category while her feature on “All of the Lights” with Kanye West landed her additional nominations. Nicki Minaj snagged four nominations including, Best Rap Album, Best Rap Performance (Moment for life with Drake) and Best New Artist. J. Cole joins her in the Best New Artist Category. He tweeted, “Wooooooooooooooooooow! I come from Fayetteville, NC. Sh*t is unreal. Thank you for the love. See you at the Grammy’s.”
Lil Wayne snagged five nods, with Drake following behind with four, however, notably missing from many of the categories was Beyonce. King Bey is only up for two awards: Rap/Sung Collaboration for “Party” featuring Andre 3000 and Best Long Form Music Video for the I Am…World Tour. Kelly Rowland also received a nod for ‘Motivation’ in the Best Rap/Song Category.
Umm.. My baby father Trey Songz is always missing ...whats going on he dropped P.P.P. Last year!??????
Check out the list of nominees below:
Album of the Year
» Adele – 21
» Foo Fighters – Wasting Light
» Lady Gaga – Born This Way
» Bruno Mars – Doo-Wops & Hooligans
» Rihanna – Loud
Record of the Year
» Adele – “Rolling In The Deep”
» Bon Iver – “Holocene”
» Bruno Mars – “Grenade”
» Mumford & Sons – “The Cave”
» Katy Perry – “Firework”
Best New Artist
» The Band Perry
» Bon Iver
» J. Cole
» Nicki Minaj
» Skrillex
Song of the Year
» Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi and Fergie – “All of the Lights”
» Mumford & Sons – “The Cave”
» Bruno Mars – “Grenade”
» Bon Iver – “Holocene”
» Adele – “Rolling In The Deep”
Best Pop Solo Performance
» Adele – “Someone Like You”
» Lady Gaga – “Yoü and I”
» Bruno Mars – “Grenade”
» Katy Perry – “Firework”
» Pink – “F***in’ Perfect”
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
» Tony Bennett & Amy Winehouse – “Body and Soul”
» The Black Keys – “Dearest”
» Coldplay – “Paradise”
» Foster The People – “Pumped Up Kicks”
» Maroon 5 and Christina Aguilera – “Moves Like Jagger”
Best Dance Recording
» deadmau5 and Greta Svabo Bech – “Raise Your Weapon”
» Duck Sauce – “Barbra Streisand”
» David Guetta and Avicii – “Sunshine”
» Robyn – “Call Your Girlfriend”
» Skrillex – “Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites”
» Swedish House Mafia – “Save The World”
Best Traditional R&B Performance
» Eric Benet – “Sometimes I Cry”
» Cee Lo Green and Melanie Fiona – “Fool for You”
» R. Kelly – “Radio Message”
» Raphael Saadiq – “Good Man”
» Betty Wright and the Roots – “Surrender”
Best R&B Album
» Chris Brown – F.A.M.E.
» El DeBarge – Second Chance
» R. Kelly – Love Letter
» Ledisi – Pieces of Me
» Kelly Price – Kelly
Best Rap Album
» Jay-Z and Kanye West – Watch the Throne
» Lil Wayne – Tha Carter IV
» Lupe Fiasco – Lasers
» Nicki Minaj – Pink Friday
» Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
» Beyoncé and Andre 3000 – “Party”
» DJ Khaled, Drake, Rick Ross and Lil Wayne – “I’m On One”
» Dr. Dre, Eminem and Skylar Grey – “I Need a Doctor”
» Rihanna and Drake – “What’s My Name?”
» Kelly Rowland and Lil Wayne – “Motivation”
» Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi and Fergie – “All Of The Lights”
Best Rap Performance
» Chris Brown, Lil Wayne and Busta Rhymes – “Look at Me Now”
» Jay-Z and Kanye West – “Otis”
» Lupe Fiasco – “The Show Goes On”
» Nicki Minaj and Drake – “Moment 4 Life”
» Wiz Khalifa – “Black And Yellow”
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