Strangely, Kanye is only named in one of four main categories: Grammys ' song of the year for "all the lights." Conversely, Adele, Bruno and Foo Fighters appear in three categories: Grammy's greatest Album, Record and song of the year. Adele has landed was nominated for Record and song of the year for "deep Rolling" and Album of the Year for 21. Bruno Mars got nods for Record and song of the year for "Grenade" and Album of the year for Doo-Wops and thugs, while Foo Fighters got an Album of the year nod for wasting light.
Meanwhile, Lil Wayne and electronic musician Skrillex each are up for five awards, Skrillex-whose birth name is Sonny Moore, got a surprise nomination for Best New Artist. Also for Best New Artist: The Band Perry, Nicki Minaj, singer-songwriter Justin Vernon, who records under the name Bon Iver [bonn ee-VAIR] and r & b star j. Cole. Also, Rihanna, Radiohead, Bon Iver, Drake and Mumford & sons each received four nods.
Among the most surprising nods were for the song of Bon Iver "Holocene," a little known that somehow ended up in the Record and song of the year categories alongside such hits as "Fireworks" and "grenade." Another unexpected candidate in Record and song of the year categories was Mumford & sons "the cave".
Candidates for the Album, Record and Song of the Year and Best New Artist were announced during a one-hour CBS special that featured performances by, among others, Lady Gaga, The Band Perry, Jason Aldean, Ludacris, Usher, Sugarland, satellite, and Rihanna. One of the highlights came when Lady Gaga collaborated with Sugarland to perform the hit "you and I"-Gaga and Jennifer Nettles of Sugarland had a ball trading verses and giving shout-out to one another in the texts.
Gaga also opened the show performing "Marry the night" while wearing skeleton trick and a blazer, black BRA, panties and boots, while dancing on top of a mound of industrial waste. Jason Aldean and Ludacris collaborated to Jason hitting the dirt road "Anthem", and the Band Perry threw a bit of "Free Fallin" Tom Petty in their song "independence." Usher paid tribute to the late singer-songwriters Jerry Lieber and Nickolas Ashford singing the songs "Stand By Me" and "you're all i need to get By" respectively.
Snubs Grammy notable include Paul Simon, whose critically acclaimed so beautiful or so what album, which many predicted would score several nods, was ignored by Grammy voters. Former Album of the year winner Taylor Swift has received several nods, but not in any of the major categories. Except for its Best New Artist nod, Nicki Minaj was also ignored. Lady Antebellum, who swept the Grammy in February, has been relegated to the categories of the country..
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