Frank Ocean and Fun. are frontrunners in Grammy Award nominations for 2013, scoring six nods apiece mostly in the top Grammy categories. The Recording Academy announced the nominations Wednesday during a show in Nashville, prior to the 55th Grammy Awards taking place Feb. 10 at Staples Center in Los Angeles.
Addressing Fun.’s impressive showing, presenter Taylor Swift delivered a trusty Hallmark-card synopsis: “When you call your band fun. with a period at the end of the sentence, you set a very high standard for yourself and for fun itself,” Taylor Swift, the concert’s co-host, said in introducing them. “Fortunately this band from New York has lived up to the name in the best possible way.”
See below for the featured nominees list, which includes no major snubs or surprises, including Album of The Year nominees Jack White, The Black Keys, Mumford & Sons and the aforementioned artists. In addition to the Keys’ nominations, the band’s frontman Dan Auerbach received five nominations overall, including producer of the year. Additionally, for the first time ever a video game has been nominated.
GENERAL FIELD
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, songwriter (Ed Sheeran)
- Adorn – Miguel Pimentel, songwriter (Miguel)
- Call Me Maybe – Tavish Crowe, Carly Rae Jepsen & Josh Ramsay, songwriters (Carly Rae Jepsen)
- Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You) – Jörgen Elofsson, David Gamson, Greg Kurstin & Ali Tamposi, songwriters (Kelly Clarkson)
- We Are Young – Jack Antonoff, Jeff Bhasker, Andrew Dost & Nate Ruess, songwriters (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
- &rt;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 Is Wiser Than The Driver Of The Screw And Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do – 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 Pimentel, songwriter (Miguel)
- Beautiful Surprise – Tamia Hill, Claude Kelly & Salaam Remi, songwriters (Tamia)
- Heart Attack – Benjamin Levin, Rico Love & Tremaine Neverson, songwriters (Trey Songz)
- Pray For Me – Antonio Dixon, Kenny Edmonds, Anthony Hamilton & Patrick “jque” Smith, songwriters (Anthony Hamilton)
- Refill – Darhyl “dj” Camper, Elle Varner & Andrew “pop” Wansel, songwriters (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 – Nasir Jones & Ernest Wilson, songwriters (Patrick Adams, Gary Decarlo, Dale Frashuer & Paul Leka, songwriters) (Nas) Track From: Life Is Good
- Lotus Flower Bomb – Olubowale Akintimehin, S. Joseph Dew, Jerrin Howard, Walker Johnson & Miguel Jontel Pimentel, songwriters (Wale Featuring Miguel)
- Mercy – Sean Anderson, Tauheed Epps, Stephan Taft, James Thomas, Terrence Thornton & Kanye West, songwriters (Denzie Beagle, Winston Riley & Reggie Williams, songwriters) (Kanye West featuring Big Sean, Pusha T & 2 Chainz)
- The Motto – Dwayne Carter, Aubrey Graham & Tyler Williams, songwriters (Drake Featuring Lil’ Wayne)
- … In Paris – Shawn Carter, Mike Dean, Chauncey Hollis & Kanye West, Songwriters (W.A. Donaldson, songwriter) (Jay-Z & Kanye West)
- Young, Wild & Free – Calvin Broadus, Chris Brody Brown, Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine, Peter Hernandez & Cameron Thomaz, songwriters (t. Bluechel, M. Borrow, T. Griffin, K. Jackson, N. Lee & M. Newman, songwriters) (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
COUNTRY FIELD
Best Country Solo Performance
- Home – Dierks Bentley
- Springsteen – Eric Church
- Cost Of Livin’ – Ronnie Dunn
- Wanted – Hunter Hayes
- Over – Blake Shelton
- Blown Away – Carrie Underwood
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
- Even If It Breaks Your Heart – Eli Young Band
- Pontoon – Little Big Town
- Safe & Sound – Taylor Swift & The Civil Wars
- On The Outskirts Of Town – The Time Jumpers
- I Just Come Here For The Music – Don Williams Featuring Alison Krauss
Best Country Song
- Blown Away – Josh Kear & Chris Tompkins, songwriters (Carrie Underwood)
- Cost Of Livin’ – Phillip Coleman & Ronnie Dunn, songwriters (Ronnie Dunn)
- Even If It Breaks Your Heart – Will Hoge & Eric Paslay, songwriters (Eli Young Band)
- So You Don’t Have To Love Me Anymore – Jay Knowles & Adam Wright, songwriters (Alan Jackson)
- Springsteen – Eric Church, Jeff Hyde & Ryan Tyndell, songwriters (Eric Church)
Best Country Album
- Uncaged – Zac Brown Band
- Hunter Hayes – Hunter Hayes
- Living For A Song: A Tribute To Hank Cochran – Jamey Johnson
- Four The Record – Miranda Lambert
- The Time Jumpers – The Time Jumpers
NEW AGE FIELD
Best New Age Album
- Echoes Of Love – Omar Akram
- Live Ananda – Krishna Das
- Bindu – Michael Brant Demaria
- Deep Alpha – Steven Halpern
- Light Body – Peter Kater
- Troubadours On The Rhine – Loreena McKennitt
JAZZ FIELD
Best Improvised Jazz Solo
- Cross Roads – Ravi Coltrane, soloist
- Hot House – Gary Burton & Chick Corea, soloists
- Alice In Wonderland – Chick Corea, soloist
- J. Mac – Kenny Garrett, soloist
- Ode – Brad Mehldau, soloist
Best Jazz Vocal Album
- Soul Shadows – Denise Donatelli
- 1619 Broadway: The Brill Building Project – Kurt Elling
- Live – Al Jarreau (and The Metropole Orkest)
- The Book Of Chet – Luciana Souza
- Radio Music Society – Esperanza Spalding
Head to the official Grammys site for the entire list of nominees.
