The big winner when the Grammy nominations were announced on Wednesday night was Kanye West, who leads the field with 7 nominations. However, the rapper was noticeably snubbed in the Album Of The Year category. Most of his noms came for rap awards. Adele, on the other hand, is poised to be the golden girl of the Grammys, getting noms in all major categories - including Album, Record and Song Of The Year. In total, the British songstress scored 6 nominations. Other artists scoring 6 nominations were Bruno Mars and the Foo Fighters. AND, two of our favorites, Rihanna and Lady GaGa scored nominations for Album Of The Year! Woo hoo! Plus, Katy Perry is up for Record Of The Year for her smash Firework. And Nicki Minaj is up for Best New Artist! Check out a list of nominees in all the major categories… after the jump! Album Of The Year Wasting Light — Foo Fighters Born This Way — Lady Gaga Doo-Wops & Hooligans — Bruno Mars Loud — Rihanna Record Of The Year "Holocene" — Bon Iver "Grenade" — Bruno Mars "The Cave" — Mumford & Sons "Firework" — Katy Perry Best New Artist Bon Iver J. Cole Nicki Minaj Skrillex Song Of The Year "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 Pop Solo Performance "Yoü And I" — Lady Gaga "Grenade" — Bruno Mars "Firework" — Katy Perry "F***in' Perfect" — Pink Best Pop Duo/Group Performance "Dearest" — The Black Keys "Paradise" — Coldplay "Pumped Up Kicks" — Foster The People "Moves Like Jagger" — Maroon 5 & Christina Aguilera Best Dance Recording "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 Rock Performance "Down By The Water" — The Decemberists "Walk" — Foo Fighters "The Cave" — Mumford & Sons "Lotus Flower" — Radiohead Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance "White Limo" — Foo Fighters "Curl Of The Burl" — Mastodon "Public Enemy No. 1" — Megadeth "Blood In My Eyes" — Sum 41 Best Rock Album 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 Codes And Keys — Death Cab For Cutie Torches — Foster The People Circuital — My Morning Jacket The King Of Limbs — Radiohead Best Traditional R&B Performance "Fool For You" — Cee Lo Green & Melanie Fiona "Radio Message" — R. Kelly "Good Man" — Raphael Saadiq "Surrender" — Betty Wright & The Roots Best R&B Album Second Chance — El DeBarge Love Letter — R. Kelly Pieces Of Me — Ledisi Kelly — Kelly Price Best Rap/Sung Collaboration "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 Performance "Otis" — Jay-Z & Kanye West "The Show Goes On" — Lupe Fiasco "Moment 4 Life" — Nicki Minaj & Drake "Black And Yellow" — Wiz Khalifa Best Country Solo Performance "I'm Gonna Love You Through It" — Martina McBride "Honey Bee" — Blake Shelton "Mean" — Taylor Swift "Mama's Song" — Carrie Underwood Best Country Song "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 Americana Album Pull Up Some Dust And Sit Down — Ry Cooder Hard Bargain — Emmylou Harris Ramble At The Ryman — Levon Helm Blessed — Lucinda Williams Best Blues Album Roadside Attractions — Marcia Ball Man In Motion — Warren Haynes The Reflection — Keb' Mo' Revelator — Tedeschi Trucks Band Best Folk Album I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive — Steve Earle Helplessness Blues — Fleet Foxes Ukulele Songs — Eddie Vedder The Harrow & The Harvest — Gillian Welch | |||
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