The Grammy nominations were announced on Wednesday night, with British singer Adele, producer and pop singer Bruno Mars and Eau Claire, Wisconsin indie band Bon Iver - the surprise choice - each pulling in nominations in three of the four major categories that were revealed in a live telecast on CBS from the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
Adele - whose last name is Adkins - is up for a total of six Grammys, all stemming from her commercial blockbuster of a sophomore release, 21. But though he received only one nod in the major categories, Kanye West was the night's top nomination getter with seven.
And though the number of categories was reduced this year from 109 to 78 in an effort to keep the golden gramophones from beoming devaliued, it still seemed like there were plenty of nominations to go around. Other multiple nominees included Mars, with six, and Dave Grohl's well-respected rock band, the Foo Fighters, also with a half a dozen. Brit art-rock band Radiohead, who were shut out of the major categories but still came away with five nominations from their album The King Of Limbs and song "Lotus Flower."
Lady Gaga kicked off the show with a goth-girl production of her overblown single "Marry The Night" that appeared to have been directed by Tim Burton, and a moment she was snubbed when the Record of the Year nominees were announced. She was left off a list that included Adele's "Rolling In The Deep," Mumford & Sons "The Cave," Bruno Mars' "Grenade," Katy Perry's "Firework" and "Holocene" by Bon Iver, whose name was mispronounced by annoucer Niki Minaj.
The bad news for Gaga continued in the Song of the Year category, a songwriter's award. The nominee list was identical, with the exception of Kanye West's "All Of The Lights," from last year's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, thankfully pushing Perry's blaring "Firework" off the list.
Bon Iver, the band led by falsetto voiced sensitive man Justin Vernon (picured at left) who released its first album, For Emma, Forever Ago back in 2008, was also nominated in the best new artist category, along with R & B singer and rapper J Cole, rapper Minaj, country family act The Band Perry and Skrillex, the electronic dance music also known as Sonny Moore.
Gaga, who also closed the show with a duet of her piano power ballad "You and I" with Jennifer Nettles of the country-pop band Sugarland, finally got to hear her name called in the marquee album of the year category. Born This Way is going up against an uninspired lineup that includes the Foo Fighters' Wasted Light, Mars' Doo-Wop & Hooligans, Adele's Rolling in the Deep and Rihanna's Loud.
Hip-hop band The Roots are up for an award in the Best Traditional R & B category for "Surrender," their collaboration with old school soul singer Betty Wright on the album Betty Wright: The Movie. Philaelphia songwriter Marsha Ambrosius is nominated for both best R & B song and best R & B performance for "Far Away" from her album Late Nights & Early Mornings.
The collapsing of multiple categories into one such as the new Best Folk Album grouping, which used to be split into "Traditional" and "Contemporary" subsets, has squeezed lesser known folkies out to make way for indie rockers such as Fleet Foxes and big stars like Eddie Vedder, who are up against Steve Earle, the Civil Wars and Gillian Welch in the highly competitive category.
Lady Gaga, who got a total of three nominations, wasn't the only onne who did less well that expected. Country no-longer-teen queen Taylor Swift is up for only thre awards for her mega-selling Speak Now album, and 85 yar old Tony Bennett, expected to be a sentimental album of the year favoirite for his Duets II was left out of that competition.
The 54th annual Grammy Awards ceremony will be held at the Staples Center on Feb. 12.
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Adele - whose last name is Adkins - is up for a total of six Grammys, all stemming from her commercial blockbuster of a sophomore release, 21. But though he received only one nod in the major categories, Kanye West was the night's top nomination getter with seven.
And though the number of categories was reduced this year from 109 to 78 in an effort to keep the golden gramophones from beoming devaliued, it still seemed like there were plenty of nominations to go around. Other multiple nominees included Mars, with six, and Dave Grohl's well-respected rock band, the Foo Fighters, also with a half a dozen. Brit art-rock band Radiohead, who were shut out of the major categories but still came away with five nominations from their album The King Of Limbs and song "Lotus Flower."
Lady Gaga kicked off the show with a goth-girl production of her overblown single "Marry The Night" that appeared to have been directed by Tim Burton, and a moment she was snubbed when the Record of the Year nominees were announced. She was left off a list that included Adele's "Rolling In The Deep," Mumford & Sons "The Cave," Bruno Mars' "Grenade," Katy Perry's "Firework" and "Holocene" by Bon Iver, whose name was mispronounced by annoucer Niki Minaj.
The bad news for Gaga continued in the Song of the Year category, a songwriter's award. The nominee list was identical, with the exception of Kanye West's "All Of The Lights," from last year's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, thankfully pushing Perry's blaring "Firework" off the list.
Bon Iver, the band led by falsetto voiced sensitive man Justin Vernon (picured at left) who released its first album, For Emma, Forever Ago back in 2008, was also nominated in the best new artist category, along with R & B singer and rapper J Cole, rapper Minaj, country family act The Band Perry and Skrillex, the electronic dance music also known as Sonny Moore.
Gaga, who also closed the show with a duet of her piano power ballad "You and I" with Jennifer Nettles of the country-pop band Sugarland, finally got to hear her name called in the marquee album of the year category. Born This Way is going up against an uninspired lineup that includes the Foo Fighters' Wasted Light, Mars' Doo-Wop & Hooligans, Adele's Rolling in the Deep and Rihanna's Loud.
Hip-hop band The Roots are up for an award in the Best Traditional R & B category for "Surrender," their collaboration with old school soul singer Betty Wright on the album Betty Wright: The Movie. Philaelphia songwriter Marsha Ambrosius is nominated for both best R & B song and best R & B performance for "Far Away" from her album Late Nights & Early Mornings.
The collapsing of multiple categories into one such as the new Best Folk Album grouping, which used to be split into "Traditional" and "Contemporary" subsets, has squeezed lesser known folkies out to make way for indie rockers such as Fleet Foxes and big stars like Eddie Vedder, who are up against Steve Earle, the Civil Wars and Gillian Welch in the highly competitive category.
Lady Gaga, who got a total of three nominations, wasn't the only onne who did less well that expected. Country no-longer-teen queen Taylor Swift is up for only thre awards for her mega-selling Speak Now album, and 85 yar old Tony Bennett, expected to be a sentimental album of the year favoirite for his Duets II was left out of that competition.
The 54th annual Grammy Awards ceremony will be held at the Staples Center on Feb. 12.
Previously: Tinariwen on Colbert Follow in the Mix on Twitter here
Read more: http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/inthemix/134799353.html#ixzz1fGbxEB7z
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