The 54th annual Grammy Awards will be handed out in a lavish ceremony next February but last night, in Los Angeles, CA, the nominations for next year’s award show were announced … in a somewhat lavish concert event. Pop stars like Rihanna, Lady Gaga and more were on hand to perform during a special Grammy Awards Concert to highlight the nominations announcement last night. Kanye West garnered the most noms with 7 which musicians Adele, Foo Fighters and Bruno Mars nabbed 6. Click below to find out who else walked away with Grammy Award nominations last night.
Kanye West will be in pole position for February’s Grammy Awards. The rapper garnered seven nominations Wednesday to lead an eclectic cast of contenders that includes Adele, Foo Fighters and Bruno Mars, who earned six apiece. All but one of West’s nominations came in the rap field, and it will be left to Mars and oddsmaker fave Adele to battle it out in the Grammys’ marquee categories: Both are up for record, album and song of the year. Two of their signature hits — his “Grenade,” her “Someone Like You” — will also compete for best pop solo performance. Topping the list of surprises are folk-rock acts Bon Iver and Mumford & Sons, whose respective tunes “Holocene” and “The Cave” are both up for record and song of the year. Iver is also up for best new artist, alongside the Band Perry, J. Cole, Nicki Minaj and Skrillex. The album of the year category features five chart-topping records: Adele’s “21,” Foo Fighters’ “Wasting Light,” Lady Gaga’s “Born this Way,” Mars’ “Doo-Wops & Hooligans” and Rihanna’s “Loud.” It was a light night for Detroit acts. Eminem grabbed two nominations for his collaboration on Dr. Dre’s “I Need a Doctor.” Nominees in 78 categories were announced late Wednesday by the Recording Academy, following a glossy televised special from L.A.’s Nokia Theatre that included performances by Lady Gaga, Rihanna and Jason Aldean … All was in the service of buzz-building for the 54th Grammy Awards, to be held Feb. 12 down the block at the Staples Center. It also launched a trimmed-down era for music’s most prestigious show: After decades of expansion, the awards are being scaled back, from 109 categories to 78.
As much as I would LOVE to get excited by these sorts of things, I’m afraid I simply cannot. Adele will walk away with at least a couple of awards, as will indie darlings Mumford & Sons. Kanye may win a couple of awards, especially since all 7 of his noms are in the rap categories. I would love for Nicki Minaj to win Best New Artist but I’ve long since given up on my faves winning Grammy Awards. The Grammy Awards are the most prestigious music awards handed out in the industry and, yet, I find that I don’t personally always agree with which artists win awards. Still, congratulations are in order for all the lucky folks who scored nominations last night. I guess we’ll have to wait until next Feb. to find out who wins what. If there is a god above, Adele will be the big winner of the night so … we shall see.
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No Britney no watchy.
all i know is Bruno Mars better walk away with atleast one grammy.
and i want to know how Kanyes MBDTW didnt get an album of the year nom. it was hell of alot better then ‘Born This Way’ and ‘Loud’.
Here’s something for ya.
People for some stupid reason go nuts over what Gaga wears or does on the red carpet and at awards shows. Nominate her and she will attend and perform which will bring viewers.
The Grammy’s is all about cashing in. Whilst the awards may be handed out legitimately at times (Esperanza over Justin for example) , I find the nominations to be made uo majority of commercial artists who have ratings appeal and their managers/record labels pay for these noms.
Riddle me this; how does Beyonce have so many Grammys? Wait, I can answer that. Her father. Now she has dumped him as a manager and her album didn’t do considerably great and has 2 nominations in quite overlooked categories. Perhaps she should call her Dad, get him to buy her some awards next year?
Ooh, very interesting theory. Good sleuthing!
@JCZ – you’re spot on. i couldnt agree more.
as for beyonce..my first thought was ‘i bet she wish she kept her dad around’. it wont be long until she works with him again. not to say she didnt deserve a couple of them, but not all of them.
‘Femme Fatale’ was infinitely better then ‘Loud’ and ‘Born This Way’ and didn’t get any love. At the very least, the producers should have been nominated. Oh well, flop awards.
As long as Lady Gaga doesn’t win anything, I’m happy
I am constantly perplexed by the Grammys and wonder who decides the nominees/winners. Whoever they are, they seem to be the most out of touch and lazy listeners of music EVER. It’s like they just pick the first 5 names of any category that come to mind, and that’s who is nominated. And Bon Iver as best new artist? I saw them play 2 YEARS ago to a completely sold out, huge theater. Anyone who has a career in the music industry should have been well aware of them long ago. It seems that there are some artists who are put on board the Grammy-train and if they release anything, it will be nominated, no matter how lackluster the album is. Ok, rant over.
They seem to do that a lot. Remember a few years ago when Fall Out Boy was nominated for Best New Artist? It was confusing to a lot of us since they had been around years before then.
I’m very disappointed that Britney got snubbed…AGAIN
Bon Iver’s first album was self-produced, but their most recent self-titled was just released this year. So as much as they have a huge following in the indie scene, they are new to the mainstream. The same can be said about Arcade Fire last year, who I saw with at a huge show in 2004. It’s new to the general public, and as much as I’m a bit territorial with these bands, I’m so happy for Mumford & Bon Iver.
If Adele doesn’t win something I won’t know what is happening in the world. There’s few singers who have such universal appeal and the voice.
I cannot believe Loud or Born This Way could be considered album of the year. Femme Fatale was better than both but I’ve given up in Britney getting nominated. It seems they have something against her. It’s also odd to me that Speak Now didn’t get nominated for album of the year considering Taylor wrote everything on it. I’m hoping Adele wins the category.
I wish I could see Slipknot walk down that red carpet one more time. Those guys had a cool swagger about them, challenging the other artists ideas on performance with their masks.
So damn cool.
This is going to be so predictable, Adele is going to be the big winner.
I do wish the best for Kanye, cause his album was FIRE! but then i kinda hope it doesn’t go well so i can see what antics he’ll pull…lol
I’m glad Foo Fighters got some Grammy recognition this year. Wasting Light is a great album.
i am sooooo surprised that Beyonce only got 2 nominations….are the Grammy voters on crack?
Also, they missed a chance to make things cool with LMFAO or Pitbull….or even Miranda Lambert/Pistol Annies…
The Grammy’s are so lame this year…