Nominations for the 55th annual Grammy Awards were announced last night in a live broadcast from Nashville on CBS. fun., The Black Keys, Mumford & Sons, and Frank Ocean led the pack with a total of 6 nominations apiece. fun. scored nominations in all four of the major categories: Album of the Year, Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best New Artist. Kelly Clarkson also scored major nods in the Record and Song of the Year categories with her song "Stronger". Here is a selected list of this year's nominees:
Album of the Year
The Black Keys - El Camino
fun. - Some Nights
Mumford & Sons - Babel
Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
Jack White - Blunderbuss
Record of the Year
The Black Keys - Lonely Boy
Kelly Clarkson - Stronger
fun. f/ Janelle Monae - We Are Young
Gotye f/ Kimbra - Somebody That I Used To Know
Frank Ocean - Thinkin' About You
Taylor Swift - We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together
Song of the Year
Ed Sheeran - The A Team
Miguel - Adorn
Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe
Kelly Clarkson - Stronger
fun. f/ Janelle Monae - We Are Young
Best New Artist
Alabama Shakes
fun.
Hunter Hayes
The Lumineers
Frank Ocean
Best Pop Vocal Album
Kelly Clarkson - Stronger
Florence + The Machine - Ceremonials
fun. - Some Nights
Maroon 5 - Overexposed
Pink - The Truth About Love
Best Pop Solo Performance
Adele - Set Fire To The Rain
Kelly Clarkson - Stronger
Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe
Katy Perry - Wide Awake
Rihanna - Where Have You Been
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Florence + The Machine - Shake It Out
fun. f/ Janelle Monae - We Are Young
Gotye f/ Kimbra - Somebody That I Used To Know
LMFAO - Sexy And I Know It
Maroon 5 f/ Wiz Khalifa - Payphone
Best Alternative Album
Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel
Bjork - Biophilia
Gotye - Making Mirrors
M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
Tom Waits - Bad As Me
Best Rock Performance
Alabama Shakes - Hold On
The Black Keys - Lonely Boy
Coldplay - Charlie Brown
Mumford & Sons - I Will Wait
Bruce Springsteen - We Take Care Of Our Own
Best Rock Song
Jack White - Freedom At 21
Mumford & Sons - I Will Wait
The Black Keys - Lonely Boy
Muse - Madness
Bruce Springsteen - We Take Care Of Our Own
Best Rock Album
The Black Keys - El Camino
Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto
Muse - The 2nd Law
Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball
Jack White - Blunderbuss
The 55th annual Grammy Awards will be held on Sunday, February 10th at 8pm on CBS. As with last year's ceremony, I will be live blogging this year's ceremony via Facebook and Twitter so that you can stay up to date with the ceremony as you're watching it on TV. As the ceremony draws closer, I'll also give you my predictions as to who will take home the most hardware this year!
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