Jay-Z, Frank Ocean, Kanye West, Miguel Lead 55th GRAMMY Nominations

The GRAMMY Awards nods were released today with Jay Z & Kanye racking up six nominations for their Watch The Throne album. Frank Ocean’s debut Channel Orange grabbed six mentions as well. Miguel followed with 5 of his own. The show airs Sunday, February 10th at the Staples Center in LA. The nominations cover the 12 month period between Oct. 1, 2011 and Sept. 30, 2012. Here is a sampling of some of the major categories. You can check the rest at Grammy.com

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

Album Of The Year:
El Camino — The Black Keys
Some Nights — Fun.
Babel — Mumford & Sons
Channel Orange — Frank Ocean
Blunderbuss — Jack White

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 New Artist:
Alabama Shakes
Fun.
Hunter Hayes
The Lumineers
Frank Ocean

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

Best R&B Album:
Robert Glasper Experiment -Black Radio
Back To Love – Anthony Hamilton
Write Me Back – R. Kelly
Beautiful Surprise -Tamia
Open Invitation – Tyrese

Best Urban Contemporary Album
Fortune — Chris Brown
Kaleidoscope Dream — Miguel
Channel Orange — Frank Ocean

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 Traditional R&B Performance
“Lately” – Anita Baker
“Love On Top” – Beyoncé
“Wrong Side Of A Love Song” – Melanie Fiona
“Real Good Hands” – Gregory Porter
Track from: Be Good
“If Only You Knew” – SWV

Best R&B Song
“Adorn” – Miguel
“Beautiful Surprise” – Tamia
“Heart Attack” – Trey Songz
“Pray For Me” – Anthony Hamilton
“Refill” – Elle Varner

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/Sung Collaboration:
“Wild Ones” by Flo Rida featuring Sia
“No Church In The Wild” by Jay-Z & Kanye West featuring Frank Ocean & The-Dream
“Tonight (Best You Ever Had)” by John Legend featuring Ludacris;
“Cherry Wine” by Nas featuring Amy Winehouse
“Talk That Talk” by Rihanna featuring Jay-Z

Best Rap Song
“Daughters” – Nas
“Lotus Flower Bomb” – Wale featuring Miguel
“Mercy” – Kanye West featuring Big Sean, Pusha T & 2 Chainz)
“The Motto” – Drake featuring Lil Wayne
“N****s In Paris” – Jay-Z & Kanye West
“Young, Wild & Free” – Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa featuring Bruno Mars

Best Blues Album:
33 1/3 — Shemekia Copeland
Locked Down — Dr. John
Let It Burn — Ruthie Foster
And Still I Rise — Heritage Blues Orchestra
Bring It On Home — Joan Osborne

Best Pop Solo Performance:
“Set Fire To The Rain (Live)” by Adele
“Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)” by Kelly Clarkson
“Call Me Maybe” by Carly Rae Jepsen;
“Wide Awake” by Katy Perry
“Where Have You Been” by Rihanna.

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance:
“Shake It Out” by Florence & The Machine
“We Are Young” by Fun. featuring Janelle Monáe
“Somebody That I Used To Know” by Gotye featuring Kimbra
“Sexy And I Know It” by LMFAO
“Payphone” by Maroon 5 & Wiz Khalifa.

Best Dance/Electronica Album:
Wonderland by Steve Aoki
Don’t Think by the Chemical Brothers
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