55th Annual Grammy Awards

[suprefan]

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
Adorn - Miguel
Call Me Maybe - Carly Rae Jepsen
Stronger Kelly Clarkson
We Are Young - Fun. featuring Janelle Monáe

Best New Artist

Alabama Shakes
Fun.
Hunter Hayes
The Lumineers
Frank Ocean

Pop Field


Best Pop Solo Performance

Set Fire To The Rain [live] - Adele
Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) - Kelly Clarkson
Call Me Maybe - Carly Rae Jepsen
Wide Awake - Katy Perry
Where Have You Been - Rihanna

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

Shake It Out - Florence & the Machine
We Are Young - Fun. featuring Janelle Monáe
Somebody That I Used To Know - Gotye Featuring Kimbra
Sexy And I Know It - Lmfao
Payphone - Maroon 5 & Wiz Khalifa

Best Pop Instrumental Album

24/7 - Gerald Albright & Norman Brown
Impressions - Chris Botti
Four Hands & A Heart Volume One - Larry Carlton
Live At The Blue Note Tokyo - Dave Koz
Rumbadoodle - Arun Shenoy

Best Pop Vocal Album

Stronger - Kelly Clarkson
Ceremonials - Florence & the Machine
Some Nights - Fun.
Overexposed - Maroon 5
The Truth About Love - Pink

Dance / Electronica field


Best Dance Recording

Levels - Avicii
Let's Go - Calvin Harris Featuring Ne-yo
Bangarang - Skrillex Featuring Sirah
Don't You Worry Child - Swedish House Mafia Featuring John Martin
I Can't Live Without You - Al Walser

Best Dance/Electronica Album

Wonderland - Steve Aoki
Don't Think - The Chemical Brothers
Album Title Goes Here< - Deadmau5
Fire & Ice - Kaskade
Bangarang - Skrillex

Traditional Pop Field


Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

Christmas - Michael Bublé
A Holiday Carole - Carole King
Kisses On The Bottom - Paul Mccartney

Rock Field


Best Rock Performance

Hold On - Alabama Shakes
Lonely Boy - The Black Keys
Charlie Brown - Coldplay
I Will Wait - Mumford & Sons
We Take Care Of Our Own - Bruce Springsteen

Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance

I'm Alive - Anthrax
Love Bites (So Do I) - Halestorm
Blood Brothers - Iron Maiden
Ghost Walking - Lamb Of God
No Reflection - Marilyn Manson
Whose Life (Is It Anyways?) - Megadeth

Best Rock Song

Freedom At 21 - Jack White, songwriter (Jack White)
I Will Wait - Ted Dwane, Ben Lovett, Winston Marshall & Marcus Mumford, songwriters (mumford & Sons)
Lonely Boy - Dan Auerbach, Brian Burton & Patrick Carney, songwriters (the Black Keys)
Madness - Matthew Bellamy, songwriter (Muse)
We Take Care Of Our Own - Bruce Springsteen, songwriter (Bruce Springsteen)

Best Rock Album

El Camino - The Black Keys
Mylo Xyloto - Coldplay
The 2nd Law - Muse
Wrecking Ball - Bruce Springsteen
Blunderbuss - Jack White

Alternative Field


Best Alternative Music Album

The Idler Wheel - Fiona Apple
Biophilia - Björk
Making Mirrors - Gotye
Hurry Up, We're Dreaming. - M83
Bad As Me - Tom Waits

R&B Field


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
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 Urban Contemporary Album

Fortune - Chris Brown
Kaleidoscope Dream - Miguel
Channel Orange - Frank Ocean

Best R&B Album

Black Radio - Robert Glasper Experiment
Back To Love - Anthony Hamilton
Write Me Back - R. Kelly
Beautiful Surprise - Tamia
Open Invitation - Tyrese

Rap Field


Best Rap Performance

Hyfr (Hell Ya ... Right) - Drake Featuring Lil' Wayne
... 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 - Flo Rida Featuring Sia
No Church In The Wild - Jay-z & Kanye West featuring Frank Ocean & The-dream
Tonight (Best You Ever Had) - John Legend Featuring Ludacris
Cherry Wine - Nas Featuring Amy Winehouse
Talk That Talk - 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
... In Paris - Jay-Z & Kanye West
Young, Wild & Free - Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa featuring Bruno Mars

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

[swhite423]

I dont understand how he ISN'T in the best pop vocal album category...

[bmack86]

Soul/R&B.

I'd give Fun. the record of the year out of that list. Far from the best Frank Ocean song.

[suprefan]

I dont understand how he ISN'T in the best pop vocal album category...

What Bryan said.

[swhite423]

Soul/R&B.

Oh yeah

[suprefan]

Album Of The Year, wtf... They went very young and ''hip'' this year. No old act in there.

Jack White - Blunderbuss
Fun - Some Nights
The Black Keys - El Camino
Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
Mumford And Sons - Babel



Mumford ends up being the safest choice, and they have sold the most records from the rest. But the others have been out for a while, so I wonder if the late release ( kind of like oscar movies coming out in december) will come into play.

[suprefan]

More nominations in the first post

[Mr. Porter]

Multiple nominations for Miguel too. That rap list is terrible btw where's Kendrick

[paulb]

97% of these names make me puke. Were the Grammys always this much of a joke?

[SoulDischarge]

This is a thing to not give a fuck about so let's all not give a fuck about it and then it will not be given the fuck about. Besides, it's year end list season, which is the best pointless music ranking thing of the year (sincerely).

[Kid Charlemagne]

Multiple nominations for Miguel too. That rap list is terrible btw where's Kendrick

Kendrick's album missed the album by a few months. I bet it'll be nominated next year.

[bmack86]

Miguel was a nice surprise.

[Phantasma Del Mar]

97% of these names make me puke. Were the Grammys always this much of a joke?

Yes. Remember when Jethro Tull won best hard rock/metal artist over Metallica?

I bet Black Keys sweep house.

[bmack86]

Probably. But, to be honest, that album was great. They deserve it.

[gaypalmsprings]

97% of these names make me puke. Were the Grammys always this much of a joke?

Yes.

[GolfWang]

[bmack86]

Gotta say, as much as people bitch about the Grammys, Frank Ocean, The Black Keys and Fun. deserve the nods this year. They released great, popular albums that push their respective genres forward (maybe not for the Black Keys, but what a great album.)

[suprefan]

Yes.

Im sure you voted for The 4 Tenors as album of the year. And anytime Streisand put something out.

I want to know how they stuck Robert Glasper under r & b and how Mumford & Sons is classifed as ''Americana' when they are british.

[IceyHotshot]

This is pretty awful.

[cutterbutter]

"Journey" first ever video game nominated for best score Grammy! Great music, from a great game.

[suprefan]

This is pretty awful.

How is it awful. There isnt a 60 something year old artist nominated in the top tier categories for once. They didnt have to give somebody late recognition because they didnt do it 30 years ago.

[cutterbutter]

The stars of the lid didn't get nominated, therefore awful

[bmack86]

Im sure you voted for The 4 Tenors as album of the year. And anytime Streisand put something out.

I want to know how they stuck Robert Glasper under r & b and how Mumford & Sons is classifed as ''Americana' when they are british.

First, that first half seems like a rip on gays rather than a rip on gaypalmsprings.

second, Mumford don't really belong under Americana, I'd agree, but they do tend to approach "folk" music from a more american than british viewpoint. There's very little Fairport Convention or Nick Drake in their sound.

[nathanfairchild]

Best Rock Album

El Camino - The Black Keys
Mylo Xyloto - Coldplay
The 2nd Law - Muse
Wrecking Ball - Bruce Springsteen
Blunderbuss - Jack White

they really couldn't think of ANYONE else to nominate for this category? come on.

[stochasticism]

Gotta say, as much as people bitch about the Grammys, Frank Ocean, The Black Keys and Fun. deserve the nods this year. They released great, popular albums that push their respective genres forward (maybe not for the Black Keys, but what a great album.)

The fun. record was utter crap.

[RageAgainstTheAoki]

I think Milkshake's quite right, they've definitely (and purposefully, I'd imagine) skewed younger this year. As per usual, the Alternative Album category is the only one of any interest.

[HunterGather]

m83 or bjork should obviously get it (for alternative album).
But m83's was a better album, but Bjork is long overdue for a Grammy win.

As long as one of those win...

[HunterGather]

Best Short Form Music Video

Houdini
Foster The People
Daniels, video directors; Gaetano Crupi, video producer

No Church In The Wild
Jay-Z & Kanye West Featuring Frank Ocean & The-Dream
Romain Gervais, video director; Mourad Belkeddan, video producer

Bad Girls
M.I.A
Romain Gavras, video director; Romain Gavras, video producer

We Found Love <-----should win
Rihanna Featuring Calvin Harris
Melina Matsoukas, video director; Juliette Larthe & Ben Sullivan, video producers

Run Boy Run
Woodkid
Yoann Lemoine, video director; Roman Pichon, video producer


Best Long Form Music Video

Big Easy Express
Mumford & Sons, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros & Old Crow Medicine Show
Emmett Malloy, video director; Bryan Ling, Mike Luba & Tim Lynch, video producers

Bring Me Home - Live 2011 <------should win
Sade
Sophie Muller, video director; Roger Davies, Grant Jue & Sophie Muller, video producers

Radio Music Society
Esperanza Spalding
Pilar Sanz, video director; Esperanza Spalding, video producer

Get Along
Tegan & Sara
Salazar, video director; Nick Blasko, Piers Henwood, Sara Quin & Tegan Quin, video producers

From The Sky Down
U2
Davis Guggenheim, video director; Belisa Balaban, Brian Celler, Davis Guggenheim & Ted Skillman, video producers

[bmack86]

but Bjork is long overdue for a Grammy win.

I don't care if this is their, and awards shows in general, approach, that's a shitty way to think. Bjork didn't earn any awards with her newest one.

Be better than the Grammy committee.

[TallGuyCM]

m83 or bjork should obviously get it (for alternative album).
But m83's was a better album, but Bjork is long overdue for a Grammy win.

As long as one of those win...

(Fiona!)