Arts & Entertainment
54th Annual Grammy Nominations Announced
Familiar names and new faces compete for top honors as the 54th annual Grammy nominations are announced.
It’s that time of year again! Noooo, not that time of year! Thaaaat time of year! When the Grammy nominations are announced and your favorite artists vie for that coveted golden gramophone, signifying the "best of the best" by recording industry standards. Peer recognition from the artists and songwriters themselves help determine the nominees and winners.
Kanye West leads all nominees with seven. Adele, The Foo Fighters, and Bruno Mars are in hot pursuit with six nominations each. Lil Wayne and Skrillex each bring up the rear with a respectable five nods. Let’s see who else is in the running for the hardware this year.
RECORD OF THE YEAR
Rolling In The Deep Adele
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Holocene Bon Iver
Grenade Bruno Mars
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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 Kanye West
The Cave Mumford & Sons
Grenade Bruno Mars
Holocene Bon Iver
Rolling In The Deep Adele
BEST NEW ARTIST
The Band Perry
Bon Iver
J. Cole
Nicki Minaj
Skrillex
BEST SOLO PERFORMANCE
Someone Like You Adele
Yoü And I Lady Gaga
Grenade Bruno Mars
Firework Katy Perry
F***in’ 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 VOCAL ALBUM
21 Adele
The Lady Killer Cee Lo Green
Born This Way Lady Gaga
Doo-Wops & Hooligans Bruno Mars
Loud Rihanna
BEST DANCE/ELECTRONICA ALBUM
Zonoscope Cut/Copy
4x4=12 Deadmau5
Nothing But The Beat David Guetta
Body Talk, Pt. 3 Robyn
Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites Skrillex
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 ROCK SONG
"The Cave" Ted Dwane, Ben Lovett, Marcus Mumford & Country Winston, (Mumford & Sons)
"Down By The Water" Colin Meloy (The Decemberists)
"Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall" Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion & Chris Martin (Coldplay)
"Lotus Flower" Colin Greenwood, Jonny Greenwood, Ed O'Brien, Phil Selway & Thom Yorke (Radiohead)
"Walk" Foo Fighters (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, Larrance Dopson, Lamar Edwards, Sterling Simms & Justin Smith (Marsha Ambrosius)
"Fool For You" Cee Lo Green, Melanie Halim, Jack Splash (Cee Lo Green & Melanie Fiona)
"Not My Daddy" Kelly Price (Kelly Price & Stokley)
"Pieces Of Me" Charles Harmon, Claude Kelly & Ledisi Young (Ledisi)
"You Are" Dennis Bettis, Carl M. Days, Jr., Wirlie Morris, Charlie Wilson & Mahin Wilson (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, Stacy Ferguson, Malik Jones, Warren Trotter & Kanye West (Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi & Fergie)
"Black And Yellow" Mikkel Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen & Cameron Thomaz (Wiz Khalifa)
"I Need A Doctor" Andre Young, Marshall Mathers III, Alexander Grant & Skylar Grey (Dr. Dre, Eminem & Skylar Grey)
"Look At Me Now" Jean Baptiste, Chris Brown, Ryan Buendia, Trevor Smith, Dwayne Carter, Jr., Wesley Pentz & Nick Van De Wall (Chris Brown, Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes)
"Otis" Shawn Carter & Kanye West, James Brown, Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Roy Hammond, J. Roach, Kirk Robinson & Harry Woods (Jay-Z & Kanye West)
"The Show Goes On" Dustin William Brower, Jonathon Keith Brown, Daniel Johnson, Kane & Wasalu Muhammad Jaco, Isaac Brock, Dann Gallucci & Eric Judy (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 (Thompson Square)
"God Gave Me You" Dave Barnes (Blake Shelton)
"Just Fishin'" Casey Beathard, Monty Criswell & Ed Hill (Trace Adkins)
"Mean" Taylor Swift (Taylor Swift)
"Threaten Me With Heaven" Vince Gill, Amy Grant, Will Owsley & Dillon O’Brian (Vince Gill)
"You And Tequila" Matraca Berg & Deana Carter (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
The 54th Annual Grammy Awards will air live Feb. 12, 2012 on CBS.
D. Henson is a Grammy-nominated producer and songwriter who has been active in the music industry for more than 20 years. He has lent his broad range in talents to some of the greats in the business including Philadelphia-natives Patti LaBelle, Will Smith, Jill Scott, Musiq Soulchild, Floetry, Faith Evans, Darius Rucker, etc. He is local to the area and remains in tune with the current climate of the music industry from the unsigned independent artists to those with commercial success.
