Thursday, December 6, 2012

Awards: 2012 Grammy Nominations Are In

LLCool J and Taylor Swift hosted the Grammy Nominations concert earlier tonight with live performances from Maroon 5, Neyo and more.

The 55th Grammy Nominations are in and some of the names that are nominated multiple times are : Rihanna, Jay Z, Frank Ocean, Kanye West, Carly Rae, Miguel , Mary Mary, Fun, Kelly Clarkson and many more.The Grammys airs Live on February 10, on CBS. I cant wait to hear who will be performing.


Check out below who else is nominated:

1. 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

2. Album Of The Year

El Camino
The Black Keys

Some Nights
Fun.

Babel
Mumford & Sons

Channel Orange
Frank Ocean

Blunderbuss
Jack White

3. 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)

4. Best New Artist

Alabama Shakes

Fun.

Hunter Hayes

The Lumineers

Frank Ocean

5. 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

6. 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

7. Best Pop Instrumental Album
24/7
Gerald Albright & Norman Brown

Four Hands & A Heart Volume One
Larry Carlton

Live At The Blue Note Tokyo
Dave Koz

Rumbadoodle
Arun Shenoy

8. Best Pop Vocal Album

Stronger
Kelly Clarkson

Ceremonials
Florence & The Machine

Some Nights
Fun.

Overexposed
Maroon 5

The Truth About Love
Pink

9. 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

10. Best Dance/Electronica Album

Wonderland
Steve Aoki

Don't Think
The Chemical Brothers

Deadmau5
Fire & Ice

Kaskade
Bangarang

Skrillex

11. Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

Christmas
Michael Bublé

A Holiday Carole
Carole King

Kisses On The Bottom
Paul McCartney

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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)

15. Best Rock Album
El Camino
The Black Keys

Mylo Xyloto
Coldplay

The 2nd Law
Muse

Wrecking Ball
Bruce Springsteen

Blunderbuss
Jack White

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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)
Track from: Back To Love

Refill
Darhyl "DJ" Camper, Elle Varner & Andrew "Pop" Wansel, songwriters (Elle Varner)

20. Best Urban Contemporary Album

Fortune
Chris Brown

Kaleidoscope Dream
Miguel
Channel Orange
Frank Ocean

21. 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

22. Best Rap Performance
HYFR (Hell Ya F***ing Right)
Drake Featuring Lil' Wayne

N****s 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

23. 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

24. Best Rap Song

Daughters
Nasir Jones & Ernest Wilson, songwriters (Patrick Adams, Gary DeCarlo, Dale
Frashuer & Paul Leka, songwriters) (Nas)

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)

N****s 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)

25. 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

26. 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

27. 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

28. Best Country Song
Blown Away

Josh Kear & Chris Tompkins, songwriters (Carrie Underwood)
Track from: Blown Away
[19 Recordings Limited/Arista Nashville; Publishers: Global Dog Music/Lunalight Music, Big Loud Songs/Angel River Songs]
Cost Of Livin'

Phillip Coleman & Ronnie Dunn, songwriters (Ronnie Dunn)
[Arista Nashville; Publishers: Tractor Radio Songs, Sony/ATV Tree Publishing/Showbilly Music]
Even If It Breaks Your Heart

Will Hoge & Eric Paslay, songwriters (Eli Young Band)
[Republic Nashville]
So You Don't Have To Love Me Anymore

Jay Knowles & Adam Wright, songwriters (Alan Jackson)
[EMI Records Nashville/ACR Records; Publishers: Alrighty Den Music, Dean-Parnell Music, Acme Nashville]
Springsteen

Eric Church, Jeff Hyde & Ryan Tyndell, songwriters (Eric Church)
[EMI Records Nashville; Publishers: Sony/ATV Tree Publishing/Sinnerlina

29. Best Country Album
Uncaged

Zac Brown Band
[Southern Ground/Atlantic]
Hunter Hayes

Hunter Hayes
[Atlantic]
Living For A Song: A Tribute To Hank Cochran

Jamey Johnson
[Mercury Records]
Four The Record

Miranda Lambert
[The RCA Records Label Nashville]
The Time Jumpers

The Time Jumpers
30. Best New Age Album
Echoes Of Love

Omar Akram
[Real Music]
Live Ananda

Krishna Das
[Krishna Das Music]
Bindu

Michael Brant DeMaria
[Ontos Music]
Deep Alpha

Steven Halpern
[Steven Halpern's Inner Peace Music]
Light Body

Peter Kater
[Mysterium Music]
Troubadours On The Rhine

Loreena McKennitt

31. Best Improvised Jazz Solo
Cross Roads

Ravi Coltrane, soloist
Track from: Spirit Fiction
[Blue Note]
Hot House

Gary Burton & Chick Corea, soloists
Track from: Hot House
[Concord Jazz]
Alice In Wonderland

Chick Corea, soloist
Track from: Further Explorations (Chick Corea, Eddie Gomez & Paul Motian)
[Concord Jazz]
J. Mac

Kenny Garrett, soloist
Track from: Seeds From The Underground
[Mack Avenue Records]
Ode

Brad Mehldau, soloist
Track from: Ode (Brad Mehldau Trio)

32. Best Jazz Vocal Album
Soul Shadows

Denise Donatelli
[Savant Records]
1619 Broadway: The Brill Building Project

Kurt Elling
[Concord Jazz]
Live

Al Jarreau (And The Metropole Orkest)
[Concord]
The Book Of Chet

Luciana Souza
[Sunnyside Records]
Radio Music Society

Esperanza Spalding

33. Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Further Explorations

Chick Corea, Eddie Gomez & Paul Motian
[Concord Jazz]
Hot House

Chick Corea & Gary Burton
[Concord Jazz]
Seeds From The Underground

Kenny Garrett
[Mack Avenue Records]
Blue Moon

Ahmad Jamal
[Jazz Village]
Unity Band

Pat Metheny Unity Band
[Nonesuch]
34. Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Centennial: Newly Discovered Works Of Gil Evans

Gil Evans Project
[ArtistShare]
For The Moment

Bob Mintzer Big Band
[MCG Jazz]
Dear Diz (Every Day I Think Of You)

Arturo Sandoval
[Concord Jazz]
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35. Best Latin Jazz Album
Flamenco Sketches

Chano Domínguez
[Blue Note]
¡Ritmo!

The Clare Fischer Latin Jazz Big Band
[Clare Fischer Productions/Clavo Records]
Multiverse

Bobby Sanabria Big Band
[Jazzheads]
Duos III

Luciana Souza
[Sunnyside Records]
New Cuban Express

Manuel Valera New Cuban Express
[Mavo Records]

36. Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance
Jesus, Friend Of Sinners

Casting Crowns
Track from: Come To The Well
[Beach Street/Reunion Records]
Take Me To The King

Tamela Mann
[Tillymann Music Group]
Go Get It

Mary Mary
[Columbia Records]
10,000 Reasons (Bless The Lord)

Matt Redman
Track from: 10,000 Reasons
[sixstepsrecords/Sparrow Records]
My Testimony

Marvin Sapp
Track from: I Win
[Verity Gospel Music Group]
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37. Best Gospel Song
Go Get It

Erica Campbell, Tina Campbell & Warryn Campbell, songwriters (Mary Mary)
[Columbia; Publishers: EMI April Music, It's Tea Tyme, That's Plum Song, Wet Ink Red Music]
Hold On

Cheryl Fortune, James Fortune & Terence Vaughn, songwriters (James Fortune &
FIYA, Monica & Fred Hammond)
Track from: Identity
[Light Records/eOne Music]
I Feel Good

Phillip Feaster, Fred Hammond, Jonathan Miller & Calvin Rodgers, songwriters
(Fred Hammond)
Track from: God, Love & Romance

My Testimony

Aaron Lindsey & Marvin Sapp, songwriters (Marvin Sapp)
Track from: I Win
[Verity Gospel Music Group; Publishers: Universal Music-Brentwood Benson Songs/Marvin L. Sapp Music/Ardent Media]
Released

Donald Lawrence, songwriter (Bill Winston & Living Word Featuring Donald
Lawrence)

38. Best Contemporary Christian Music Song
Jesus, Friend Of Sinners

Mark Hall & Matthew West, songwriters (Casting Crowns)
Track from: Come To The Well
[Beach Street/Reunion Records]
10,000 Reasons (Bless The Lord)

Jonas Myrin & Matt Redman, songwriters (Matt Redman)
Track from: 10,000 Reasons
[sixstepsrecords/Sparrow Records; Publishers: Thankyou Music/sixsteps Music/worshiptogether.com Songs/Said And Done Music/Shout! Publishing]
When Mercy Found Me

Jeff Pardo & Rhett Walker, songwriters (Rhett Walker Band)
Track from: Come To The River
[Essential Records; Publishers: Sony ATV Music, Ships In A Bottle/Simple Tense Songs]
White Flag

Jason Ingram, Matt Maher, Matt Redman & Chris Tomlin, songwriters (Passion &
Chris Tomlin)
Track from: White Flag
[sixstepsrecords/Sparrow Records; Publishers: sixsteps Music/worshiptogether.com Songs/Vamos Publishing/Said And Done Music/Valley of the Songs Music/Sony ATV Timber Publishing/West Main Music/Windsor Hill Music/Thankyou Music]
Your Presence Is Heaven

Israel Houghton & Micah Massey, songwriters (Israel & New Breed)
Track from: Jesus At The Center Live
[Integrity Music; Publishers: Integrity's Praise! Music/Sound of the New Breed, Regenerate Music]
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39. Best Gospel Album
Identity

James Fortune & FIYA
[Light Records/eOne Music]
Jesus At The Center Live

Israel & New Breed
[Integrity Music]
Gravity

Lecrae
[Reach Records]
I Win

Marvin Sapp
[Verity Gospel Music Group]
Worship Soul

Anita Wilson

40. Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
Come To The Well

Casting Crowns
[Beach Street/Reunion Records]
Where I Find You

Kari Jobe
[Sparrow Records]
Gold

Britt Nicole
[Sparrow Records]
Eye On It

TobyMac
[ForeFront Records]
Into The Light

Matthew West
41. Best Latin Pop Album
Independiente

Ricardo Arjona
[Metamorfosis]
Ilusión

Fonseca
[Sony Music Latin]
Kany Garcia

Kany Garcia
[Sony Music]
¿Con Quién Se Queda El Perro?

Jesse Y Joy
[Warner Music Latina]
MTV Unplugged Deluxe Edition

Juanes
[Universal Music Latino]
42. Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album
Campo

Campo
[Bizarro Records]
Déjenme Llorar

Carla Morrison
[Cosmica Records]
Imaginaries

Quetzal
[Smithsonian Folkways Recordings]
Electro-Jarocho

Sistema Bomb
[Round Whirled Records]
La Bala

Ana Tijoux
[Nacional Records]
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43. Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)
Pecados Y Milagros

Lila Downs
[Sony Music]
Sembrando Flores

Los Cojolites
[Round Whirled Records]
365 Días

Los Tucanes De Tijuana
[Fonovisa]
Oye

Mariachi Divas De Cindy Shea
[Shea Records/East Side Records]
El Primer Ministro

Gerardo Ortiz
[Sony Music Latin]
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44. Best Tropical Latin Album
Cubano Soy

Raúl Lara Y Sus Soneros
[Spanish Music Records]
Desde Nueva York A Puerto Rico

Eddie Montalvo
[Señor Marcha Records]
Retro

Marlow Rosado Y La Riqueña
[Pink Chaos Productions]
Formula Vol. 1

Romeo Santos
[Sony Music]
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45. Best Americana Album
The Carpenter

The Avett Brothers
[Universal Republic]
From The Ground Up

John Fullbright
[Blue Dirt Records]
The Lumineers

The Lumineers
[Dualtone Music Group]
Babel

Mumford & Sons
[Glassnote]
Slipstream

Bonnie Raitt
[Redwing Records]

46. Best Bluegrass Album
The Gospel Side Of

Dailey & Vincent
[Rounder]
Life Finds A Way

The Grascals
[Mountain Home Music Company]
Beat The Devil And Carry A Rail

Noam Pikelny
[Compass Records]
Scratch Gravel Road

Special Consensus
[Compass Records]
Nobody Knows You

Steep Canyon Rangers
[Rounder]
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47. Best Blues Album
33 1/3

Shemekia Copeland
[Telarc International]
Locked Down

Dr. John
[Nonesuch]
Let It Burn

Ruthie Foster
[Blue Corn Music]
And Still I Rise

Heritage Blues Orchestra
[Raisin' Music]
Bring It On Home

Joan Osborne
[Saguaro Road]
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48. Best Folk Album
Leaving Eden

Carolina Chocolate Drops
[Nonesuch]
Election Special

Ry Cooder
[Perro Verde/Nonesuch]
Hambone's Meditations

Luther Dickinson
[Songs Of The South]
The Goat Rodeo Sessions

Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer & Chris Thile
[Sony Classical]
This One's For Him: A Tribute To Guy Clark

(Various Artists)
Shawn Camp & Tamara Saviano, producers
[Icehouse Music]
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49. Best Regional Roots Music Album
Malama Ko Aloha (Keep Your Love)

Keola Beamer
['Ohe Records]
Shi Kéyah – Songs For The People

Radmilla Cody
[Canyon Records]
Pilialoha

Weldon Kekauoha
['Ohelo Records]
Nothin' But The Best

Corey Ledet With Anthony Dopsie, Dwayne Dopsie And André Thierry
[Corey Ledet]
The Band Courtbouillon

Wayne Toups, Steve Riley & Wilson Savoy
[Valcour Records]

50. Best Reggae Album
Rebirth

Jimmy Cliff
[UMe/Sunpower]
Miracle

The Original Wailers
[MRG Recordings]
Tomahawk Technique

Sean Paul
[VP/Atlantic]
New Legend - Jamaica 50th Edition

Sly & Robbie & The Jam Masters
[Mondo Tunes]
Reggae Got Soul: Unplugged On Strawberry Hill

Toots And The Maytals
[Metropolis Recordings]
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51. Best World Music Album
Folila

Amadou & Mariam
[Because Music / Nonesuch]
On A Gentle Island Breeze

Daniel Ho
[Wind Music Int'l Corp. & Daniel Ho Creations]
Jabulani

Hugh Masekela
[Razor & Tie]
Traveller

Anoushka Shankar
[Deutsche Grammophon/Universal]
The Living Room Sessions Part 1

Ravi Shankar

52. Best Children's Album
Can You Canoe?

The Okee Dokee Brothers
[Okee Dokee Music LLC]
High Dive And Other Things That Could Have Happened...

Bill Harley
[Round River Records]
JumpinJazz Kids - A Swinging Jungle Tale - Featuring Al Jarreau, Hubert Laws And Dee Dee Bridgewater

James Murray & Various Artists
[JumpinJazzKids]
Little Seed: Songs For Children By Woody Guthrie

Elizabeth Mitchell
[Smithsonian Folkways Recordings]
Radio Jungle

The Pop Ups
[The Pop Ups]
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53. Best Spoken Word Album
American Grown (Michelle Obama)

(Various Artists)
Scott Creswell & Dan Zitt, producers
[Random House Audio/Books on Tape]
Back To Work: Why We Need Smart Government For A Strong Economy

Bill Clinton
[Random House Audio/Books on Tape]
Drift: The Unmooring Of American Military Power

Rachel Maddow
[Random House Audio/Books on Tape]
Seriously... I'm Kidding

Ellen DeGeneres
[Hachette Audio]
Society's Child: My Autobiography

Janis Ian

54. Best Comedy Album
Blow Your Pants Off

Jimmy Fallon
[Warner Bros. Records/LoudMouth Entertainment]
Cho Dependent (Live In Concert)

Margaret Cho
[Clownery Productions, Rocket Science]
In God We Rust

Lewis Black
[Comedy Central Records]
Kathy Griffin: Seaman 1st Class

Kathy Griffin
[Donut Run, Inc.]
Mr. Universe

Jim Gaffigan
[Comedy Central Records]
Rize Of The Fenix

Tenacious D
[Columbia Records]
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55. Best Musical Theater Album
Follies

Danny Burstein, Jan Maxwell, Elaine Paige, Bernadette Peters & Ron Raines,

The Gershwins' Porgy And Bess
David Alan Grier, Norm Lewis & Audra McDonald, principal soloists; Tommy

Newsies
Jeremy Jordan & Kara Lindsay, principal soloists; Frank Filipetti, Michael

Nice Work If You Can Get It
Matthew Broderick & Kelli O'Hara, principal soloists; David Chase, Bill Elliott

Once: A New Musical
Steve Kazee & Cristin Milioti, principal soloists; Steven Epstein & Martin Lowe,

56. Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media
The Descendants

(Various Artists)
[Sony Classical/Fox Music]
Marley

(Bob Marley & The Wailers)
[UMe/Island/Tuff Gong]
Midnight In Paris

(Various Artists)
[Madison Gate Records, Inc.]
The Muppets

(Various Artists)
[Walt Disney Records]
Rock Of Ages

57. Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media
The Adventures Of Tintin - The Secret Of The Unicorn

John Williams, composer
[Sony Classical]
The Artist

Ludovic Bource, composer
[Sony Classical]
The Dark Knight Rises

Hans Zimmer, composer
[WaterTower Music]
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, composers
[Null/Madison Gate]
Hugo

Howard Shore, composer
[Howe Records]
Journey

Austin Wintory, composer
58. Best Song Written For Visual Media
Abraham's Daughter (From The Hunger Games)

T Bone Burnett, Win Butler & Régine Chassagne, songwriters (Arcade Fire)
[Universal Republic; Publishers: Régine Chassagne, Absurd Music, Win Butler, Henry Burnett Music, Baffle Music]
Learn Me Right (From Brave)

Mumford & Sons, songwriters (Birdy & Mumford & Sons)
[Walt Disney Records/Pixar; Publisher: Pixar Talking Pictures]
Let Me Be Your Star (From Smash)

Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman, songwriters (Katharine McPhee & Megan Hilty)
[Columbia; Publishers: Winding Brook Way Music, Walli Woo Entertainment]
Man Or Muppet (From The Muppets)

Bret McKenzie, songwriter (Jason Segel & Walter)
[Walt Disney; Publisher: Fuzzy Muppet Songs]
Safe & Sound (From The Hunger Games)

T Bone Burnett, Taylor Swift, John Paul White & Joy Williams, songwriters
(Taylor Swift Featuring The Civil Wars)
[Big Machine Records/Universal Republic; Publishers: Sony ATV Tree Publishing, Taylor Swift Music, Sensibility Songs, Absurd Music, Shiny Happy Music, Baffle Music, Henry Burnett Music]
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59. Best Instrumental Composition
December Dream

Chuck Loeb, composer (Fourplay)
Track from: Esprit De Four
[Heads Up International]
Mozart Goes Dancing

Chick Corea, composer (Chick Corea & Gary Burton)
Track from: Hot House
[Concord Jazz]
Music Of Ansel Adams: America

Chris Brubeck & Dave Brubeck, composers (Temple University Symphony Orchestra)
[BCM&D Records]
Overture, Waltz And Rondo

Bill Cunliffe, composer (Temple University Symphony Orchestra)
[BCM&D Records]
Without A Paddle

Bill Holman, composer (Tall & Small)
Track from: High On You

60. Best Instrumental Arrangement
Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite For Ellington

Michael Philip Mossman, arranger (Bobby Sanabria Big Band)
Track from: Multiverse
[Jazzheads]
How About You

Gil Evans, arranger (Gil Evans Project)
Track from: Centennial - Newly Discovered Works Of Gil Evans
[ArtistShare]
Irrequieto

Bob Mintzer, arranger (Bob Mintzer Big Band)
Track from: For The Moment
[MCG Jazz]
A Night In Tunisia (Actually An Entire Weekend!)

Wally Minko, arranger (Arturo Sandoval)
Track from: Dear Diz (Every Day I Think Of You)
[Concord Jazz]
Salt Peanuts! (Mani Salado)

Gordon Goodwin, arranger (Arturo Sandoval)
Track from: Dear Diz (Every Day I Think Of You)
[Concord Jazz]
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61. Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
City Of Roses

Thara Memory & Esperanza Spalding, arrangers (Esperanza Spalding)
Track from: Radio Music Society
[Heads Up International]
Look To The Rainbow

Gil Evans, arranger (Gil Evans Project and Luciana Souza)
Track from: Centennial - Newly Discovered Works Of Gil Evans
[ArtistShare]
Out There

Shelly Berg, arranger (Lorraine Feather)
Track from: Tales Of The Unusual
[Jazzed Media]
Spain (I Can Recall)

Vince Mendoza, arranger (Al Jarreau And The Metropole Orkest)
Track from: Live
[Concord Records]
Wild Is The Wind

Nan Schwartz, arranger (Whitney Claire Kaufman And Andrew Playfoot)
Track from: The Greatest Film Scores Of Dimitri Tiomkin
[LSO Live]
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62. Best Recording Package
Biophilia

Michael Amzalag & Mathias Augustyniak, art directors (Björk)
[One Little Indian / Nonesuch]
Boys & Girls

Brett Kilroe, art director (Alabama Shakes)
[ATO Records]
Charmer

Gail Marowitz, art director (Aimee Mann)
[SuperEgo Records]
Love This Giant

Noah Wall, art director (David Byrne & St. Vincent)
[4AD]
Swing Lo Magellan

David Longstreth, art director (Dirty Projectors)

63. Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Soundtrack From The Motion Picture)

Rob Sheridan, art director (Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross)
[Null/Madison Gate Records]
Go Fly A Kite

Liz Kweller, art director (Ben Kweller)
[The Noise Company]
Ram - Paul McCartney Archive Collection (Deluxe Edition)

Simon Earith & James Musgrave, art directors (Paul And Linda McCartney)
[Hear Music]
Some Girls: Super Deluxe Edition

Stephen Kennedy, art director (The Rolling Stones)
[UMe/Universal Republic]
Woody At 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection

Fritz Klaetke, art director (Woody Guthrie)
[Smithsonian Folkways Recordings]
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64. Best Album Notes
Banjo Diary: Lessons From Tradition

Stephen Wade, album notes writer (Stephen Wade)
[Smithsonian Folkways]
First Recordings: 50th Anniversary Edition

Hans Olof Gottfridsson, album notes writer (The Beatles With Tony Sheridan)
[Time Life]
The Pearl Sessions

Holly George-Warren, album notes writer (Janis Joplin)
[Columbia/Legacy]
Piazzolla In Brooklyn

Fernando Gonzalez, album notes writer (Pablo Aslan Quintet)
[Soundbrush]
Singular Genius: The Complete ABC Singles

Billy Vera, album notes writer (Ray Charles)

65. Best Historical Album
He Is My Story: The Sanctified Soul Of Arizona Dranes

Josh Rosenthal, compilation producer; Bryan Hoffa & Christopher King, mastering
engineers (Arizona Dranes)
[Tompkins Square]
Old-Time Smoky Mountain Music: 34 Historic Songs, Ballads, And Instrumentals Recorded In The Great Smoky Mountains By "Song Catcher" Joseph S. Hall

Kent Cave, Michael Montgomery & Ted Olson, compilation producers; John Fleenor &
Steve Kemp, mastering engineers (Various Artists)
[Great Smoky Mountains Association]
Opika Pende: Africa At 78 RPM

Steven Lance Ledbetter & Jonathan Ward, compilation producers; Michael Graves,
mastering engineer (Various Artists)
[Dust-to-Digital]
Ram - Paul McCartney Archive Collection (Deluxe Edition)

Paul McCartney, compilation producer; Simon Gibson, Guy Massey & Steve Rooke,
mastering engineers (Paul And Linda McCartney)
[MPL/Hear Music/Concord]
The Smile Sessions (Deluxe Box Set)

Alan Boyd, Mark Linett, Brian Wilson & Dennis Wolfe, compilation producers; Mark
Linett, mastering engineer (The Beach Boys)
[Capitol Records]
Woody At 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection

Jeff Place & Robert Santelli, compilation producers; Pete Reiniger, mastering
engineer (Woody Guthrie)

66. Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
The Absence

Moogie Canazio & Al Schmitt, engineers; Bernie Grundman, mastering engineer
(Melody Gardot)
[Verve/Decca]
Ashes & Fire

Glyn Johns, engineer; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer (Ryan Adams)
[Capitol]
The Goat Rodeo Sessions

Richard King, engineer; Richard King, mastering engineer (Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart
Duncan, Edgar Meyer & Chris Thile)
[Sony Classical]
Love Is A Four Letter Word

Joe Chiccarelli, Steve Churchyard, Lars Fox, Graham Hope, Tony Maserati & Morgan
Stratton, engineers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer (Jason Mraz)
[Atlantic]
Slingshot

Helik Hadar, engineer; Bernie Grundman, mastering engineer (Rebecca Pidgeon)
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67. Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical
Dan Auerbach
Diplo

Markus Dravs

Salaam Remi

68. Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical
In My Mind (Axwell Remix)

Axel Hedfors, remixer (Ivan Gough & Feenixpawl Featuring Georgi Kay)
[Neon Records/Axtone/Big Beat Records]
Lie Down In Darkness (Photek Remix)

Photek, remixer (Moby)
Track from: Destroyed Remixed
[Little Idiot]
Midnight City (Eric Prydz Private Remix)

Eric Prydz, remixer (M83)
[Mute]
Promises (Skrillex & Nero Remix)

Skrillex, remixer (Nero)
[Interscope]
The Veldt (Tommy Trash Remix)

Thomas Olsen, remixer (Deadmau5 Featuring Chris James)
[Ultra Music]
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69. Best Surround Sound Album
Chamberland

David Miles Huber, surround mix engineer; David Miles Huber, surround mastering
engineer; David Miles Huber, surround producer (David Miles Huber)
[51bpm.com llc]
Modern Cool

Jim Anderson, surround mix engineer; Darcy Proper, surround mastering engineer;
Michael Friedman, surround producer (Patricia Barber)
[Premonition Records]
Quiet Winter Night

Morten Lindberg, surround mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround mastering
engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround producer (Hoff Ensemble)
[2L (Lindberg Lyd)]
Rupa-Khandha

Daniel Shores, surround mix engineer; Daniel Shores, surround mastering
engineer; Marina Ledin & Victor Ledin, surround producers (Los Angeles Percussion Quartet)
[Sono Luminus]
Storm Corrosion

Steven Wilson, surround mix engineer; Steven Wilson, surround mastering
engineer; Steven Wilson, surround producer (Storm Corrosion)
[Roadrunner Records]
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70. Best Engineered Album, Classical
Americana

Daniel Shores, engineer; Daniel Shores, mastering engineer (Modern Mandolin
Quartet)
[Sono Luminus]
Beethoven: The Late String Quartets, Op. 127 & 131

Bruce Egre, engineer (Brentano String Quartet)
[Aeon]
Life & Breath - Choral Works By René Clausen

Tom Caulfield & John Newton, engineers; Mark Donahue, mastering engineer
(Charles Bruffy & Kansas City Chorale)
[Chandos]
Music For A Time Of War

Jesse Lewis & John Newton, engineers; Jesse Brayman, mastering engineer (Carlos
Kalmar & The Oregon Symphony)
[PentaTone Classics]
Souvenir

Morten Lindberg, engineer; Morten Lindberg, mastering engineer
(TrondheimSolistene)
[2L (Lindberg Lyd)]
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71. Producer Of The Year, Classical
Blanton Alspaugh

Tim Handley

Marina Ledin, Victor Ledin

James Mallinson

Dan Merceruio

72. Best Orchestral Performance
Adams: Harmonielehre & Short Ride In A Fast Machine

Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor (San Francisco Symphony)
[SFS Media]
Mahler: Symphony No. 1

Iván Fischer, conductor (Budapest Festival Orchestra)
[Channel Classics]
Music For A Time Of War

Carlos Kalmar, conductor (Oregon Symphony)
[PentaTone Classics]
Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances

Valery Gergiev, conductor (London Symphony Orchestra)
[LSO Live]
Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 5

Osmo Vänskä, conductor (Minnesota Orchestra)

73. Best Opera Recording
Berg: Lulu

Michael Boder, conductor; Paul Groves, Ashley Holland, Julia Juon & Patricia
Petibon; Johannes Müller, producer (Symphony Orchestra Of The Gran Teatre Del Liceu)
[Deutsche Grammophon]
Handel: Agrippina

René Jacobs, conductor; Marcos Fink, Sunhae Im, Bejun Mehta, Alexandrina
Pendatchanska & Jennifer Rivera (Akademie Für Alte Musik Berlin)
[Harmonia Mundi]
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress

Vladimir Jurowski, conductor; Topi Lehtipuu, Miah Persson & Matthew Rose;
Johannes Müller, producer (London Philharmonic Orchestra; Glyndebourne Chorus)
[Opus Arte]
Vivaldi: Teuzzone

Jordi Savall, conductor; Delphine Galou, Paolo Lopez, Roberta Mameli, Raffaella
Milanesi & Furio Zanasi (Le Concert Des Nations)
[Naïve Classique]
Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen

James Levine & Fabio Luisi, conductors; Hans-Peter König, Jay Hunter Morris,
Bryn Terfel & Deborah Voigt; Jay David Saks, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
[Deutsche Grammophon]

74. Best Choral Performance
Handel: Israel In Egypt

Julian Wachner, conductor (Trinity Baroque Orchestra; Trinity Choir Wall Street)
[Musica Omnia]
Life & Breath - Choral Works By René Clausen

Charles Bruffy, conductor (Matthew Gladden, Lindsey Lang, Rebecca Lloyd, Sarah
Tannehill & Pamela Williamson; Kansas City Chorale)
[Chandos]
Ligeti: Requiem; Apparitions; San Francisco Polyphony

Peter Eötvös, conductor (Barbara Hannigan & Susan Parry; WDR Sinfonieorchester
Köln; SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart & WDR Rundfunkchor Köln)
[BMC]
The Nightingale

Stephen Layton, conductor (Michala Petri; Danish National Vocal Ensemble)
[OUR Recordings]
Striggio: Mass For 40 & 60 Voices

Hervé Niquet, conductor (Le Concert Spirituel)
[Glossa]
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75. Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Americana

Modern Mandolin Quartet
[Sono Luminus]
Meanwhile

Eighth Blackbird
[Cedille Records]
Mind Meld

ZOFO Duet
[Sono Luminus]
Profanes Et Sacrées

Boston Symphony Chamber Players
[BSO Classics]
Rupa-Khandha

Los Angeles Percussion Quartet
[Sono Luminus]
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76. Best Classical Instrumental Solo
Bach: Das Wohltemperierte Clavier

András Schiff
[ECM New Series]
The Complete Harpsichord Works Of Rameau

Jory Vinikour
[Sono Luminus]
Gál & Elgar: Cello Concertos

Claudio Cruz, conductor; Antonio Meneses (Northern Sinfonia)
[AVIE Records]
Holst: The Planets

Hansjörg Albrecht
[Oehms Classics]
Kurtág & Ligeti: Music For Viola

Kim Kashkashian
[ECM New Series]
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77. Best Classical Vocal Solo
Debussy: Clair De Lune

Natalie Dessay (Henri Chalet; Philippe Cassard, Karine Deshayes & Catherine
Michel; Le Jeune Coeur De Paris)
[Virgin Classics]
Homecoming - Kansas City Symphony Presents Joyce DiDonato

Joyce DiDonato (Michael Stern; Kansas City Symphony)
[Kansas City Symphony]
Paris Days, Berlin Nights

Ute Lemper (Stefan Malzew & Vogler Quartet)
[Steinway & Sons]
Poèmes

Renée Fleming (Alan Gilbert & Seiji Ozawa; Orchestre National De France &
Orchestre Philharmonique De Radio France)
[Decca Records]
Sogno Barocco

Anne Sofie Von Otter (Leonardo García Alarcón; Sandrine Piau & Susanna Sundberg;
Ensemble Cappella Mediterranea)
[Naïve Classique]
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78. Best Classical Compendium
Partch: Bitter Music

Partch, ensemble; John Schneider, producer
[Bridge Records, Inc.]
Penderecki: Fonogrammi; Horn Concerto; Partita; The Awakening Of Jacob; Anaklasis

Antoni Wit, conductor; Aleksandra Nagórko & Andrzej Sasin, producers
[Naxos]
Une Fête Baroque

Emmanuelle Haïm, conductor; Daniel Zalay, producer

79. Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Hartke, Stephen: Meanwhile - Incidental Music To Imaginary Puppet Plays

Stephen Hartke, composer (Eighth Blackbird)
Track from: Meanwhile
[Cedille Records]
León, Tania: Inura For Voices, Strings & Percussion

Tania León, composer (Tania León, Son Sonora Voices, DanceBrazil Percussion &
Son Sonora Ensemble)
Track from: In Motion
[Albany Records]
Praulins, Ugis: The Nightingale

Ugis Praulins, composer (Stephen Layton, Michala Petri & Danish National Vocal
Ensemble)
Track from: The Nightingale
[OUR Recordings]
Rautavaara, Einojuhani: Cello Concerto No. 2 'Towards The Horizon'

Einojuhani Rautavaara, composer (Truls Mørk, John Storgårds & Helsinki
Philharmonic Orchestra)
Track from: Rautavaara: Modificata; Percussion Concerto 'Incantations'; Cello Concerto No. 2 'Towards The Horizon'
[Ondine]
Stucky, Steven: August 4, 1964

Steven Stucky, composer; Gene Scheer, librettist (Jaap Van Zweden, Dallas
Symphony Chorus & Orchestra)

80. Best Short Form Music Video
Houdini
Foster The People

No Church In The Wild
Jay-Z & Kanye West Featuring Frank Ocean & The-Dream

Bad Girls
M.I.A

We Found Love
Rihanna Featuring Calvin Harris

Run Boy Run
Woodkid

81. Best Long Form Music Video
Big Easy Express

Mumford & Sons, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros & Old Crow Medicine Show
Emmett Malloy, video director; Bryan Ling, Mike Luba & Tim Lynch, video producers
[S2BN Films]
Bring Me Home - Live 2011

Sade
Sophie Muller, video director; Roger Davies, Grant Jue & Sophie Muller, video producers
[Epic]
Radio Music Society

Esperanza Spalding
Pilar Sanz, video director; Esperanza Spalding, video producer
[Heads Up International]
Get Along

Tegan & Sara
Salazar, video director; Nick Blasko, Piers Henwood, Sara Quin & Tegan Quin, video producers
[Warner Bros.]
From The Sky Down

U2
Davis Guggenheim, video director; Belisa Balaban, Brian Celler, Davis Guggenheim & Ted Skillman, video producers

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