The 55th Annual Grammy award nominees were announced by Taylor Swift and LL Cool J last night, live from Nashville, and the pack could not be more diverse. Pop, rock, country, rap were all represented in the list of most nominated artists.
It's a six way tie for most nominations between The Black Keys' Dan Auerbach, Fun., Jay-Z, Mumford & Sons, Frank Ocean & Kanye West all got a half-dozen nods.
Notably missing from the list? Justin Bieber. It's a bit of a surprise considering he was voted "Artist of the Year" by fans at the American Music Awards.
Here are the nominees in some of the bigger Grammy categories:
- 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
Get the full list (including a Michelle Obama vs. Bill Clinton battle in the Spoken Word category) at Grammy.com.
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