The Grammy Award nominees have been announced. The Daily Shift’s Katie McDonald reports…
Frank Ocean is up for several Grammys
The 55th annual Grammy Award nominations where announced on Wednesday night with a special ceremony hosted by Taylor Swift and LL Cool J.
Jay-Z, Kanye West and Frank Ocean dominated proceedings with six nominations each. In recent times the Grammys have been ruled by females with Adele tying Beyoncé’s record for most Grammys won by a female artist in one year last time around, winning six.
Here’s the nominations below:
SONG OF THE YEAR
- Ed Sheeran – “The A Team”
- Miguel -”Adorn”
- Carly Rae Jepsen – “Call Me Maybe”
- Kelly Clarkson – “Stronger”
- Fun. – “We Are Young”
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
- The Black Keys – El Camino
- Fun. – Some Nights
- Mumford & Sons – Babel
- Frank Ocean – Channel Orange
- Jack White - Blunderbuss
BEST POP SOLO PERFORMANCE
- Adele -”Set Fire To The Rain (Live)”
- Kelly Clarkson -”Stronger”
- Carly Rae Jepsen -”Call Me Maybe”
- Katy Perry -”Wide Awake”
- Rihanna – “Where Have You Been”
BEST DANCE RECORDING
- Avicii – “Levels”
- Calvin Harris feat. Ne-Yo -”Let’s Go”
- Skrillex – “Bangarang”
- Swedish House Mafia – “Don’t You Worry Child”
- Al Walser – “I Can’t Live Without You”
BEST R&B PERFORMANCE
- Estelle – “Thank You”
- Robert Glasper Experiment – “Gonna Be Alright”
- Luke James – “I Want You”
- Miguel – “Adorn”
- Usher – “Climax”
BEST R&B SONG
- Miguel – “Adorn”
- Tamia – “Beautiful Surprise”
- Trey Songz – “Heart Attack”
- Anthony Hamilton – “Pray For Me”
- Elle Varner – “Perfectly Imperfect”
BEST URBAN CONTEMPORARY ALBUM
- Chris Brown – Fortune
- Miguel – Kaleidoscope Dream
- Frank Ocean – Channel Orange
BEST R&B ALBUM
- Robert Glasper Experiment – Black Radio
- Anthony Hamilton -Back To Love
- R. Kelly – Write Me Back
- Tamia – Beautiful Surprise
- Tyrese -Open Invitation
BEST RAP PERFORMANCE
- Drake feat. Lil Wayne – “HYFR”
- Jay-Z and Kanye West – “N****** In Paris”
- Nas – “Daughters”
- Kanye West feat. Big Sean, Pusha-T & 2 Chainz – “Mercy”
- Young Jeezy feat. Jay-Z & Andre 3000 – “I Do”
BEST RAP/SUNG COLLABORATION
- Flo Rida feat. Sia – “Wild Ones”
- Jay-Z & Kanye West feat. Frank Ocean & The-Dream – “No Church In The Wild”
- John Legend feat. Ludacris – “Tonight”
- Nas feat. Amy Winehouse – “Cherry “
- Rihanna feat. Jay-Z -”Talk That Talk”
BEST RAP SONG
- Nas – “Daughters”
- Wale feat. Miguel – “Lotus Flower Bomb”
- Kanye West – “Mercy”
- Drake -”The Motto”
- Jay-Z & Kanye West – “N***** In Paris”
- Snoop Dogg feat. Bruno Mars – “Young, Wild & Free”
BEST RAP ALBUM
- Drake - Take Care
- Lupe Fiasco - Food and Liquor II
- Nas - Life is Good
- The Roots - Undun
- Rick Ross - God Forgives, I Don’t
- 2 Chainz - Based on a TRU Story
Check out http://www.grammy.com/nominees for full lists of nominees
