Grammy 2013 Nominations: Honorees Announced Include Maroon 5, Kelly Clarkson And fun.
The Grammy 2013 nominations have been announced and Frank Ocean, Kelly Clarkson and Maroon 5 are among those who made the list.
Names that were missing early in the broadcast included One Direction, Carly Rae Jepsen and Gotye in the Best New Artist category. Frank Ocean picked up multiple nods, a less surprising occurrence given the strength of his debut studio album, "channel ORANGE."
Kelly Clarkson and fun. were among the early standouts. Clarkson jumped out in front, earning nominations for Best Pop Vocal Album and Record of the Year in the early portion of the nominations broadcast.
Taking place on Feb. 10, 2013, the 55th Grammy Award show will air exclusively on CBS. The awards will be held at Los Angeles' Staples Center.
The nominations were announced at Wednesday night's Grammy Nominations Concert Live!, co-hosted by Taylor Swift and LL Cool J. The first nominations concert took place in 2008 and has been hosted by LL every year since its inception.
The first Grammy! awards ceremony was held in 1959, when The Milwaukee Journal explained the honor as "the record industry's answer to Oscar and Emmy." Photos of nominees and our live blog of the nominations concert is available below.
Frank Ocean
Record of the Year - "Thinkin Bout You"Best New ArtistAlbum of the Year - "Channel Orange"Best Urban Contemporary Album - "Channel Orange"Best Rap/Sung Collaboration - "No Church In The Wild" by Jay-Z & Kanye West Featuring Frank Ocean & The-Dream
fun.
Best Pop Vocal Album - "Some Nights"Record of the Year - "We Are Young"Best New ArtistAlbum of the Year - "Some Nights"Song of the Year - "We Are Young"Best Pop Duo/Group Performance - "We Are Young"
The Black Keys
Record of the Year - "Lonely Boy"Album of the Year - "El Camino"Best Rock Performance - "Lonely Boy"Best Rock Song - "Lonely Boy"Best Rock Album - "El Camino"Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical - Dan Auerbach
Mumford & Sons
Album of the Year - "Babel"Best Rock Performance - "I Will Wait"Best Rock Song - "I Will Wait"Best Americana Album - "Babel"Best Song Written For Visual Media - "Learn Me Right (From Brave)"Best Long Form Music Video - "Big Easy Express"
Jack White
Album of the Year - "Blunderbuss"Best Rock Song - "Freedom At 21"Best Rock Album - "Blunderbuss"
Kelly Clarkson
Best Pop Vocal Album - "Stronger"Record of the Year - "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)"Best Pop Solo Performance - "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)"
Gotye
Record of the Year - "Somebody That I Used To K! now"Best ! Pop Duo/Group Performance - "Somebody That I Used To Know"Best Alternative Music Album - "Making Mirrors"
Taylor Swift
Record of the Year - "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"Best Country Duo/Group Performance - "Safe & Sound"Best Song Written For Visual Media - "Safe & Sound (From The Hunger Games)"
Carrie Underwood
Country Solo Performance - "Blown Away"Best Country Song - "Blown Away"
Blake Shelton
Country Solo Performance - "Over"
Ronnie Dunn
Country Solo Performance - "Cost of Livin"Best Country Song - "Cost Of Livin'"
Eric Church
Country Solo Performance - "Springsteen"Best Country Song - "Springsteen"
Dierks Bentley
Country Solo Performance - "Home"
Hunter Hayes
Best New ArtistCountry Solo Performance - "Wanted"Best Country Album - "Hunter Hayes"
The Lumineers
Best New ArtistBest Americana Album - "The Lumineers"
Alabama Shakes
Best New ArtistBest Rock Performance - "Hold On"
Florence + The Machine
Best Pop Vocal Album - "Ceremonials"Best Pop Duo/Group Performance - "Shake It Out"
Maroon 5
Best Pop Vocal Album - "Overexposed"Best Pop Duo/Group Performance - "Payphone"
P!nk
Best Pop Vocal Album - "The Truth About Love"
Adele
Best Pop Solo Performance - "Set Fire To The Rain [Live]"
Carly Rae Jepsen
Song Of The Year - "Call Me Maybe"Best Pop Solo Performance - "Call Me Maybe"
Frank Ocean lined up six awards. That's a very impressive tally for a rookie, but he wasn't the only one:
Frank Ocean, the R&B standout of the year, is nominated for six awards at the 2013 Grammys. The Odd Future member and "Thinking About You" singer lined up nods for Best New Artist, Record of the Year ("Thinkin Bout You"), Album of the Year ("channel Orange") categories, Best Urban Contemporary Album, Best Rap Sung Collaboration (with Kanye West and Jay-Z on "No Church in the Wild") and Best Short Form Music Video (for "No Church in the Wild").That ties Ocean with Kanye West, Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys, fun., Jay-Z and Mumford & Sons, who each remarkable scored six nominations.
Ocean was heavily favored as a nominee for Best New Artist, much-deserved hype built on the strength of not only his debut studio album, "channel ORANGE," but also his earlier mixtapes (his self-released "nostalgia ULTRA" was rated one of the best albums of 2011). Come Feb. 10, 2013, Ocean could be among the more decorated musicians at the 55th Ann! ual Gramm! y Awards..
Another for fun., another for Frankie:
Album of the Year Nominees for the 2013 Grammys have been announced, with heavy favorite Mumford & Sons ("Babel") joining Frank Ocean ("channel ORANGE"), The Black Keys ("El Camino"), fun. ("Some Nights") and Jack White ("Blunderbuss")."Babel" is on the lips of many speculators, particularly because the album strikes the right balance of commercial success and critical appeal. The album moved 600,000 copies in its first week of sales, which was the year's best until Taylor Swift's "Red" debuted with over a million units sold.
And now Maroon 5 is here to take us out.
Some context:
Carly Rae Jepsen did not receive a nomination for Best New Artist during the Grammy Nominations Concert Live! on Wednesday night. Jepsen, who sang the hit Top-40 single "Call Me Maybe" was left off the list of five Best New artist nominees.In place of Jepsen are Alabama Shakes, fun., Hunter Hayes, The Lumineers and Frank Ocean. As previously reported, Rolling Stone had predicted Ocean, The Lumineers and Hayes as possibilities to grab a nomination, as well as Jepsen.
The 27-year-old Jepsen enjoyed incredible success in 2012 thanks to "Call Me Maybe." As Billboard noted, the song debuted on the Hot 100 in March and hit the top of the chart in June. Per Billboard, ! "Call Me M! aybe" "sold 6.1 million downloads, according to Nielsen SoundScan, making it the second-biggest-selling digital song of 2012."
Well, Springsteen finally got a mention, but it's not Bruce.
Dierks Bentley - "Home"Eric Church - "Springsteen"
Ronnie Dunn - "Cost of Livin'"
Hunter Hayes - "Wanted"
Blake Shelton - "Over"
Carrie Underwood - "Blown Away"
What do you think of the concert so far? Heavy on music, light on nominations...
No Carly Rae Jepsen, no Gotye, no Mumford & Sons. Instead, we have Frank Ocean, The Alabama Shakes, fun., Hunter Hayes and The Lumineers. Look out for snubsville complaints from fans of Gotye, Jepsen and One Direction.
More available here.
Here are the nominees. Frank Ocean and Taylor Swift pick up their first. fun. and Kelly line up their second noms of the night.
- The Black Keys, "Lonely Boy"- Kelly Clarkson, "Stronger"
- fun. "We Are Young" (featuring Janelle Monae)
- Gotye "Somebody That I Used To Know"
- Frank Ocean, "Thinkin Bout You"
- Taylor Swift, "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"
Despite being introduced as only having two songs to sing, the band went for three: "One More Night," "Moves Like Jagger" and "Daylight." More here.
Here are the nominees:
- Kelly Clarkson - "Stronger"
- Florence + The Machine - "Ceremonials"
- fun. - "Some Nights"
- Maroon 5 - "Overexposed"
- P!NK - "The Truth About Love"
Welp.
@ arjanwrites :
Select nominations will be announced during telecast. All nominations (over 100 categories) will be made public at end of show #GRAMMYNoms
The reel starts with footage of Cash at the 1973 Grammy Awards, followed by performances from the Band Perry and Dierks Bentley.
It's like an "SNL" skit, except better. Swift looks quite charming doing something that she seems actually uncomfortable doing, then calls LL "the greatest of all time."
LL reminds the audience that Swift is a six-time Grammy winner.
The Grammy Nominations Concert Live just started, with Taylor Swift and LL Cool J walking out as "We Are N! ever Ever! Getting Back Together" blasts and the Nashville crowd shows its appreciation.
First thing Swift says: "You have no idea how excited I am to have you in my Nashville."
We know, Taylor.
We'll know soon!
@ arjanwrites :
I think the Best New Artist category is v exciting. I think Ocean, fun. are a lock but there may be some big surprises #GRAMMYnoms #discuss
Grammy blogger @ArjanWrites gets in place.
@ arjanwrites :
Going to be here for a little while and then join the GRAMMY dot com livestream with commentary #GRAMMYNoms http://t.co/r7QfLH1X
Just like with the Oscars, the recognition of a primetime award show means different things to different people. Last year, Justin Vernon of Bon Iver! had this! to say when accepting a Grammy for Best New Artist:
It's really hard to accept this award. There's so much talent out here... and there's a lot of talent that's not here tonight. It's also hard to accept because you know, when I started to make songs I did it for the inherent reward of making songs, so I'm a little bit uncomfortable up here.
Still, the awards mean a great deal to others. Rihanna had said that her first Grammy, for "Umbrella" in 2008, was the proudest moment of her career. How much they mean to fans and consumers is another question.
Some great pre-Grammy reading courtesy of RS. For more (including other categories), click over:
ALBUM OF THE YEAR: Swift's Red would have been the obvious choice, but it missed the cut-off date. Fortunately, Mumford & Sons were more prepared with Babel, which came out on September 24th. "A lock," says Steve Greenberg, former president of Columbia Records and chief executive of S-Curve Records. "Frank Ocean could get a lot of Grammys. H! is album ! [Channel Orange] is wonderful and his story suggests an artistic bravery." Also likely to fit the nominating committee's preferred mixture of high sales, artistic merit and potentially-high-TV-ratings performance: Springsteen's Wrecking Ball, Pink's The Truth About Love and Maroon 5's Overexposed. RECORD/SONG OF THE YEAR: Suspense of the year: Will Psy's "Gangnam Style," the most popular YouTube video of all time and an obvious 2012 pop-culture phenomenon, make the list? Or will it seem like "I'm Too Sexy" by next February? "People at present look him as a one-hit wonder," Greenberg says. "It would be ballsy for the Grammys to do it, but I don't know if it has a chance." It was a huge year for singles, as the record industry continued to drift away from albums, so Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe," Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know," Maroon 5's "One More Night," Rihanna's "Diamonds," Swift's "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" and Fun.'s "We Are Young" are likely to compete for real estate in these categories.