GRAMMY NOMINATIONS

Contenders for 54th annual awards revealed
The Grammy Awards won’t take place until February 2012,
but as of today the list of nominees has been announced and
the debate over which artists deserve to take home gold
statuettes can begin.
It’ s no great surprise Adele is one of the
year’s big winners, racking up six nominations including
those for Record of the Year for “Rolling in the Deep” and
Best Solo Performance for “Someone Like You.” Other
musicians riding high today? Kanye West, who nabbed
seven nominations, indie god Bon Iver, Foster The People
and Foo Fighters, all of which are up for multiple awards.
Check out the full list of nominees below.
Record of the Year
"Rolling In The Deep" - Adele
"Holocene" - Bon Iver
"Grenade " - Bruno Mars
"The Cave" - Mumford & Sons
"Firework" - Katy Perry
Album of the Year
"21" - Adele
"Wasting Light" - Foo Fighters
"Born This Way" - Lady Gaga
"Doo-Wops & Hooligans" - Bruno Mars
"Loud " - Rihanna
Song of the Year
"All Of The Lights" - Jeff Bhasker, Malik Jones, Warren
Trotter & Kanye West, songwriters (Kanye West, Rihanna,
Kid Cudi & Fergie)
"The Cave" - Ted Dwane, Ben Lovett, Marcus Mumford &
Country Winston, songwriters (Mumford & Sons)
"Grenade " - Brody Brown, Claude Kelly, Philip Lawrence, Ari
Levine, Bruno Mars & Andrew Wyatt, songwriters (Bruno
Mars)
"Holocene" - Justin Vernon, songwriter (Bon Iver)
"Rolling In The Deep" - Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth,
songwriters (Adele)
Best New Artist
The Band Perry
Bon Iver
J. Cole
Nicki Minaj
Skrillex
Best Pop Solo Performance
"Someone Like You" - Adele
"Yoü And I" - Lady Gaga
"Grenade " - Bruno Bars
"Firework" - Katy Perry
".. . Perfect" - Pink
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
"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 Instrumental Album
"Wish Upon A Star" - Jenny Oaks Baker
"E Kahe Malie" - Daniel Ho
"The Road From Memphis" - Booker T. Jones
"Hello Tomorrow" - Dave Koz
"Setzer Goes Instru-Mental !" - Brian Setzer
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 Dance Recording
"Raise Your Weapon" - Deadmau5 & Greta Svabo Bech
"Barbra Streisand" - Duck Sauce
"Sunshine" - David Guetta & Avicii
"Call Your Girlfriend" - Robyn
"Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites" - Skrillex
"Save The World" - Swedish House Mafia
Best Dance/Electronica Album
"Zonoscope " - Cut/ Copy
"4 x4= 12" - Deadmau5
"Nothing But The Beat" - David Guetta
"Body Talk, Pt. 3" - Robyn
"Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites" - Skrillex
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
"Duets II" - Tony Bennett & Various Artists
"The Gift" - Susan Boyle
"In Concert On Broadway" - Harry Connick Jr.
"Music Is Better Than Words" - Seth MacFarlane
"What Matters Most - Barbra Streisand Sings The Lyrics Of
Alan And Marilyn Bergman" - Barbra Streisand
Best Rock Performance
"Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall" - Coldplay
"Down By The Water" - The Decemberists
"Walk" - Foo Fighters
"The Cave" - Mumford & Sons
"Lotus Flower" - Radiohead
Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance
"On The Backs Of Angels" - Dream Theater
"White Limo" - Foo Fighters
"Curl Of The Burl" - Mastodon
"Public Enemy No. 1" - Megadeth
"Blood In My Eyes" - Sum 41
Best Rock Song
"The Cave" - Ted Dwane, Ben Lovett, Marcus Mumford &
Country Winston, songwriters (Mumford & Sons)
"Down By The Water" - Colin Meloy, songwriter (The
Decemberists)
"Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall" - Guy Berryman, Jonny
Buckland, Will Champion & Chris Martin, songwriters
(Coldplay )
"Lotus Flower" - Colin Greenwood, Jonny Greenwood, Ed
O' Brien, Phil Selway & Thom Yorke, songwriters (Radiohead)
"Walk" - Foo Fighters, songwriters (Foo Fighters)
Best Rock Album
"Rock 'N' Roll Party Honoring Les Paul" - Jeff Beck
"Wasting Light" - Foo Fighters
"Come Around Sundown" - Kings of Leon
"I' m With You" - Red Hot Chili Peppers
"The Whole Love" - Wilco
Best Alternative Music Album
"Bon Iver" - Bon Iver
"Codes And Keys" - Death Cab For Cutie
"Torches" - Foster The People
"Circuital " - My Morning Jacket
"The King of Limbs" - Radiohead
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, Sterling Simms & Justin
Smith, songwriters (Marsha Ambrosius)
"Fool For You" - Cee Lo Green & Jack Splash, songwriters
(Cee Lo Green & Melanie Fiona)
"Not My Daddy" - Kelly Price, songwriter (Kelly Price &
Stokley)
"Pieces Of Me" - Charles Harmon, Claude Kelly & Ledisi
Young, songwriters (Ledisi)
"You Are" - Dennis Bettis, Carl M. Days, Jr., Wirlie Morris,
Charlie Wilson & Mahin Wilson, songwriters (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" - Jeff Bhasker, Malik Jones, Warren
Trotter & Kanye West, songwriters (Kanye West, Rihanna,
Kid Cudi & Fergie)
"Black And Yellow" - Mikkel Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen &
Cameron Thomaz, songwriters (Wiz Khalifa)
"I Need A Doctor" - Andre Young, Marshall Mathers III,
Alexander Grant & Skylar Grey, songwriters (Dr. Dre,
Eminem & Skylar Grey)
"Look At Me Now" - Jean Baptiste, Chris Brown, Ryan
Buendia, Trevor Smith, Dwayne Carter, Jr. & Wesley Pentz,
songwriters (Chris Brown, Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes)
"Otis" - Shawn Carter & Kanye West, songwriters (James
Brown, Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Roy Hammond, J.
Roach, Kirk Robinson & Harry Woods, songwriters) (Jay-Z &
Kanye West)
"The Show Goes On" - Dustin William Brower, Jonathon Keith
Brown, Daniel Johnson, Kane & Wasalu Muhammad Jaco,
songwriters (Isaac Brock, Dann Gallucci & Eric Judy,
songwriters) (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 Country Solo Performance
"Dirt Road Anthem" - Jason Aldean
"I' m Gonna Love You Through It" - Martina McBride
"Honey Bee" - Blake Shelton
"Mean" - Taylor Swift
"Mama' s Song" - Carrie Underwood
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
"Don't You Wanna Stay" - Jason Aldean With Kelly Clarkson
"You And Tequila" - Kenny Chesney Featuring Grace Potter
"Barton Hollow" - The Civil Wars
"Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not" - Thompson Square
Best Country Song
"Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not" - Jim Collins & David Lee
Murphy, songwriters (Thompson Square)
"God Gave Me You" - Dave Barnes, songwriter (Blake
Shelton)
"Just Fishin'" - Casey Beathard, Monty Criswell & Ed Hill,
songwriters (Trace Adkins)
"Mean" - Taylor Swift, songwriter (Taylor Swift)
"Threaten Me With Heaven" - Vince Gill, Amy Grant, Will
Owsley & Dillon O'Brian, songwriters (Vince Gill)
"You And Tequila" - Matraca Berg & Deana Carter,
songwriters (Kenny Chesney Featuring Grace Potter)
Best Country Album
"My Kinda Party" - Jason Aldean
"Chief " - Eric Church
"Own The Night" - Lady Antebellum
"Red River Blue" - Blake Shelton
"Here For A Good Time" - George Strait
"Speak Now" - Taylor Swift
Best New Age Album
"Northern Seas" - Al Conti
"Gaia" - Michael Brant DeMaria
"Wind, Rock, Sea & Flame" - Peter Kater
"What's It All About" - Pat Metheny
"Instrumental Oasis, Vol. 6" - Zamora
Best Improvised Jazz Solo
"All Or Nothing At All" - Randy Brecker, soloist
"You Are My Sunshine" - Ron Carter, soloist
"500 Miles High" - Chick Corea, soloist
"Work" - Fred Hersch, soloist
"Sonnymoon For Two" - Sonny Rollins, soloist
Best Jazz Vocal Album
"'Round Midnight" - Karrin Allyson
"The Mosaic Project" - Terry Lyne Carrington & Various
Artists
"The Gate" - Kurt Elling
"American Road" - Tierney Sutton (Band)
"The Music of Randy Newman" - Roseanna Vitro
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
"Bond : The Paris Sessions" - Gerald Clayton
"Forever" - Corea, Clarke & White
"Alone At The Vanguard" - Fred Hersch
"Bird Songs" - Joe Lovano/Us Five
"Road Shows Vol. 2" - Sonny Rollins
"Timeline " - Yellowjackets
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
"The Jazz Ballad Song Book" - Randy Brecker With DR Big
Band
"The Good Feeling" - Christian McBride Big Band
"40 Acre"