Grammy Nominations 2013

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The nominations for the 2013 Grammy Awards were announced in conjunction with a live CBS broadcast in Nashville, Tennessee, which featured performances from Maroon 5, The Who, Fun., Hunter Hayes, The Band Perry, Dierks Bentley, and Luke Bryan. Taylor Swift and LL Cool J hosted. The Grammys will be awarded February 10, 2013. Here were the nominations for the biggest categories:

ALBUM OF THE YEAR:

• The Black Keys El Camino
• Fun. Some Nights
• Mumford & Sons Babel
• Frank Ocean Channel Orange
• Jack White Blunderbuss

RECORD OF THE YEAR: (goes to the performers)

• The Black Keys “Lonely Boy”
• Kelly Clarkson “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)”
• Fun. featuring Janelle Monáe “We Are Young”
• Gotye featuring Kimbra “Somebody That I Used to Know”
• Frank Ocean “Thinkin’ ‘Bout You”
• Taylor Swift “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together”

Somebody That I Used to Know

SONG OF THE YEAR: (goes to the songwriters)

• Kelly Clarkson “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)”
• Fun. featuring Janelle Monáe “We Are Young”
• Carly Rae Jepsen “Call Me Maybe”
• Miguel “Adorn”
• Ed Sheeran “The A Team”

We Are Young

BEST NEW ARTIST:

• Alabama Shakes
• Fun.
• Hunter Hayes
• The Lumineers
• Frank Ocean

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Frank Ocean, Mumford & Sons, fun., Jay-Z, and Kanye West each scored six nominations. The Black Keys landed five and member Dan Auerbach also got one as producer. Miguel and Chick Corea each nabbed five noms. Among other artists scoring more than one nomination are Kelly Clarkson (4), Taylor Swift (3), Gotye (3), Jack White (3), Bruce Springsteen (3), Hunter Hayes (3), Alabama Shakes (3), Carly Rae Jepsen (2), Maroon 5 (2), Coldplay (2), Muse (2), and the Lumineers (2).

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Resources and Related Links:

• Grammy.com (full list of nominations)
• Wikipedia.org 2013 Grammy Awards

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