Wed 30 Nov 2011
Kanye West & Adele Lead 54th Annual Grammy Awards Nominations
Posted by Mr.North under Awards[8] Comments
The biggest night in music is coming, earlier tonight the full nominees for the 2012 Grammy Awards were unveiled. Kanye West leads with seven nominations, including “Song of the Year” for “All of the Lights.” Adele and Bruno Mars follow up with six nominations each, while Lil’ Wayne receives five nods. Nicki Minaj, Rihanna, and Drake round out with four nominations each. For the full list in all genres, head over here.
Make sure to tune in and catch the 54th Annual Grammy Awards live from Los Angeles on February 12, 2012.
Read the full list in the main categories after the jump….
54th Annual Grammy Awards Nominees:
Album of the Year
21 – Adele
Doo-Wops & Hooligans – Bruno Mars
Born This Way – Lady Gaga
Wasting Light – Foo Fighters
Loud – Rihanna
Record of the Year
“Rolling in the Deep” – Adele
“Grenade” – Bruno Mars
“Holocene” – Bon Iver
“The Cave” – Mumford & Sons
“Firework” – Katy Perry
Song of the Year
“Rolling in the Deep” – Adele
“Holocene” – Bon Iver
“Grenade” – Bruno Mars
“The Cave” – Mumford & Sons
“All of the Lights” – Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi, & Fergie
Best New Artist
Bon Iver
The Band Perry
Nicki Minaj
J. Cole
Skrillex
Best Pop Solo Performance
“Someone Like You” – Adele
“Yoü And I” – Lady Gaga
“Grenade” – Bruno Mars
“Firework” – Katy Perry
“F***in’ Perfect” – Pink
Best Pop Vocal Album
21 – Adele
The Lady Killer – Cee Lo Green
Born This Way – Lady Gaga
Doo-Wops & Hooligans – Bruno Mars
Loud – Rihanna
Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals
“Body And Soul” – Tony Bennett & Amy Winehouse
“Dearest” – The Black Keys
“Paradise” – Coldplay
“Pumped Up Kicks” – Foster The People
“Moves Like Jagger” – Maroon 5 & Christina Aguilera
Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals
“Airplanes II” — B.o.B, Eminem & Hayley Williams
“Imagine” — Herbie Hancock, Pink, India.Arie, Seal, Konono No. 1, Jeff Beck & Oumou Sangare
“If It Wasn’t For Bad” — Elton John & Leon Russell
“Telephone” — Lady Gaga & Beyoncé
“California Gurls” — Katy Perry & Snoop Dogg
Best R&B Performance
“Far Away” – Marsha Ambrosius
“Pieces Of Me” – Ledisi
“Not My Daddy” – Kelly Price & Stokley
“Is This Love” – Corinne Bailey Rae
“You Are” – Charlie Wilson
Best Traditional R&B Performance
“Sometimes I Cry” – Eric Benét
“Fool For You” – Cee Lo Green & Melanie Fiona
“Radio Message” – R. Kelly
“Good Man” – Raphael Saadiq
“Surrender” – Betty Wright & The Roots
Best R&B Song
“Far Away” – Marsha Ambrosius
“Fool For You” – Cee Lo Green & Melanie Fiona
“Not My Daddy” – Kelly Price
“Pieces Of Me” – Ledisi
“You Are” – Charlie Wilson
Best R&B Album
F.A.M.E. – Chris Brown
Second Chance – El DeBarge
Love Letter – R. Kelly
Pieces of Me – Ledisi
Kelly – Kelly Price
Best Rap Performance
“Look At Me Now” – Chris Brown, Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes
“Otis” – Jay-Z & Kanye West
“The Show Goes On” – Lupe Fiasco
“Moment 4 Life” – Nicki Minaj & Drake
“Black And Yellow” – Wiz Khalifa
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
“Party” – Beyoncé & André 3000
“I’m On One” – DJ Khaled, Drake, Rick Ross & Lil Wayne
“I Need A Doctor” – Dr. Dre, Eminem & Skylar Grey
“What’s My Name?” – Rihanna & Drake
“Motivation” – Kelly Rowland & Lil Wayne
“All of the Lights” – Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi & Fergie
Best Rap Song
“All of the Lights” – Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi & Fergie
“Black And Yellow” – Wiz Khalifa
“I Need A Doctor” – Dr. Dre, Eminem & Skylar Grey
“Look at Me Now” – Chris Brown, Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes
“Otis” – Jay-Z & Kanye West
“The Show Goes On” – Lupe Fiasco
Best Rap Album
Watch the Throne – Jay-Z & Kanye West
Tha Carter IV – Lil Wayne
Lasers – Lupe Fiasco
Pink Friday – Nicki Minaj
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy – Kanye West
Best Short Form Music Video
“Rolling in the Deep” – Adele
“Yes I Know” – Memory Tapes
“All Is Not Lost” – OK Go
“Lotus Flower” – Radiohead
“First Of The Year (Equinox)” – Skrillex
“Perform This Way” – “Weird Al” Yankovic
Best Long Form Music Video
I Am…World Tour – Beyoncé
Foo Fighters: Back And Forth – Foo Fighters
Talihina Sky: The Story of Kings Of Leon – Kings Of Leon
Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest – A Tribe Called Quest
Nine Types of Light – TV on the Radio
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
Danger Mouse
Paul Epworth
The Smeezingtons
Ryan Tedder
Butch Vig
Thanks to the good folks at Rap-Up
Previously:
53rd Annual Grammy Awards Winners
53rd Annual Grammy Awards Performances
November 30th, 2011 at 11:38 pm
I’m sorry but those R&B nominations look weak considering Passion, Pain & Pleasure, King Of Hearts & 4 met their requirements
November 30th, 2011 at 11:39 pm
Miss Info, what are you thoughts on the obvious MBDTF snub for Album of the Year?
I’m outraged
December 1st, 2011 at 12:19 am
Yeah thats bullshit, not only should that have been nominated, it should win. Kanye has every right to throw a bitch fit on that one.
Ridiculous!!!
December 1st, 2011 at 12:22 am
Ye with 2 different Rap Albums nominated for one Grammy ceremony has to be some sort of record right?
What DMX was supposed to get for his first 2 albums?
December 1st, 2011 at 2:14 am
Super f*cking snub to Kanye on Album of the Year…dude. Can’t emphasize it enough through words. Jesus. You can officially call him the Rodney Dangerfield of the Grammy’s. Replace ‘Loud’ with ‘MBDTF’ and we’d be set.
The best album of the year by far isn’t even nominated. So a year after Arcade Fire’s win almost convinced me otherwise, the Grammy committee’s credibility is in the garbage again
December 1st, 2011 at 11:58 am
Question…How can one LEAD w/7 nominations and NOT be up for Album of the Year!?!
“When I’m smilin in POLO they think they got me; but they’ll try to crack me if they ever see the BLACK me.” -Ye West
December 1st, 2011 at 1:04 pm
adele is going to have a huge night.
December 1st, 2011 at 2:06 pm
I am boycotting the Grammys this year, seriously. I am not helping CBS’s ratings if they’re going to pull off this shit with Kanye yet again. The man’s been snubbed enough times already for categories he had at least an 80% chance of winning. This year, I feel he has a 100% chance of winning album of the year, but nooooo, that honor is instead given to Rihanna. Pure bullshit. I firmly believe the Grammys are doing this for 1 or 2 reasons, or possibly both: so that Adele wins the big award and the white crowd goes home happy yet again… Or they do not wanna run the risk of Kanye flippin out LIVE if Adele or even Foo Fighters win instead of him. One more note, this SHOULD have been the 1st time since Outkast that a Hip-Hop act wins Album of the Year, but once again, the dreams of Hip-Hop fans get crushed as they usually do every February on CBS…