Grammy Concert 2012 – Nomination List and Performances!

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UPDATE:  Here’s the tally

  • Kelly Clarkson nominated for 3 awards – Pop Vocal Album, Record of the Year and Solo Pop Performance. The “Stronger” songwriters were nominated for Song of the Year.
  • Carrie Underwood nominated for Country Solo Performance and the writers of “Blown Away” for Country Song of the Year.
  • Carly Rae Jepsen nominated for Song of the Year for co-writing “Call Me Maybe”
  • Maroon 5 nominated for Pop Vocal Album,  Pop Duo/Group Performance
  • Blake Shelton nominated for Country Solo Performance
  • The songwriters of Let Me Be Your Star (From Smash feat. Katharine McPhee and Megan Hilty) nominated for Song Written for Visual Media
  • Jimmy Fallon’s “Blow Your Pants Off” album nominated Comedy Album – “Friday” features Taylor Hicks

The Grammy Nomination concert will reveal nominees in between concert performances. I’ll be live blogging more or less right here. And watch for a link to the full list afterward! It’s LIVE FROM NASHVILLE.

LL Cool J and Taylor Swift will host. Taylor beatboxing while LL sings “Mean.” Oh ha ha ha ha. Not.

There will be a tribute to Johnny Cash tonight. There he is at the Grammys in 1973 the first time they came to Nashville. The Band Perry and Dierks Bentley take the stage to honor him. Medley! Johnny won 15 Grammys in his lifetime!

Hunter Hays will sing snips of songs from each o the nominees for Pop Vocal Album. Hm.

Taylor is super wooden. Maroon 5 is next to sing a medley of hits from Overexposed.

Record of the Year nominees are next! KELLY IS NOMINATED FOR HER SECOND GRAMMY!

A short film of the legendary Who singing “Won’t Get Fooled Again” is next. Too bad it was cut off.

Luke Bryan sings “I Don’t Want this Night to End”

Little Big Town announces “Best New Artist” nominations. Why are they singing “Yesterday”?

fun. takes the stage with Janelle Monae to sing “We Are Young”

Ne-Yo performs “Let Me Love You” and Maroon 5 close the show with “Payphone”

Short list of Grammy Nominations

Best New Artist

Alabama Shakes
fun.
Hunter Hayes
The Lumineers
Frank Ocean

Record of the Year

Lonely Boy by The Black Keys
Stronger by Kelly Clarkson
We Are Young by fun. feat Janelle Monae
Somebody That I Used to Know by Gotye
Think About You by Frank Ocean
We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together Again by Taylor Swift

Pop Vocal Album

Kelly Clarkson – Stronger
Florence + The Machine – Deremonials
fun. – Some Nights
Maroon 5 – Overexposed
Pink – The Truth About Love

Best Pop Solo Performance

Set Fire to the Rain – Live – Adele
Stronger – Kelly Clarkson
Call Me Maybe – Carly Rae Jepsen
Wide Awake – Katy Perry
Where Have You Been – Rihanna

Album of the Year

El Camino – Black Keyes
Some Nights – fun.
Babel – Mumford and Sons
Channel Orange – Frank Ocean
Blunderbuss by Jack White

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 (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.)

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

Shake it Out – Florence + The Machine
We Are Young – fun.
Somebody That I Used to Know – Gotye feat Kimbra
Sexy and I Know It – LMFAO
Payphone – Maroon 5 & Wiz Khalifa 

Best Country Song

Blown Away –  Josh Kear & Chris Tompkins, songwriters (Carrie Underwood)
Cost of Livin’ –  Phillip Coleman & Ronnie Dunn, songwriters (Ronnie Dunn)
Even If It Breaks Your Heart –  Will Hoge & Eric Paslay, songwriters (Eli Young Band)
So You Don’t Love Me Anymore –  Jay Knowles & Adam Wright, songwriters (Alan Jackson)
Eric Church, Jeff Hyde & Ryan Tyndell, songwriters (Eric Church)

Country Solo Performance:

“Home” by Dierks Bently
“Springsteen” by Eric Church
Cost of Living by Ronnie Dunn
“Wanted” by Hunter Hayes
“Over” by Blake Shelton
“Blown Away” by Carrie Underwood

Best Country Album

Uncaged – Zac Brown Band
Hunter Hayes – Hunter Hayes
Living For a Song – Jamey Johnson
For the Record – Miranda Lambert
The Time Jumpers – The Time Jumpers

Best Song Written for Visual Media

Abraham’s Daughter (From The Hunger Games) – T Bone Burnett, Win Butler & Régine Chassagne, songwriters (Arcade Fire)
Learn Me Right (From Brave) – Mumford & Sons, songwriters (Birdy & Mumford & Sons)
Let Me Be Your Star (From Smash) – Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman, songwriters (Katharine McPhee & Megan Hilty)
Man Or Muppet (From The Muppets)
Bret McKenzie, songwriter – (Jason Segel & Walter)
Safe & Sound (From The Hunger Games) – T Bone Burnett, Taylor Swift, John Paul White & Joy Williams, songwriters

Best Comedy Album:

Blow Your Pants Off — Jimmy Fallon (Feat. Taylor Hicks on “Friday”
Cho Dependent (Live In Concert) — Margaret Cho
In God We Rust — Lewis Black
Kathy Griffin: Seaman 1st Class — Kathy Griffin
Mr. Universe — Jim Gaffigan

Best Dance/Electronica Album:

Wonderland — Steve Aoki
Don’t Think — The Chemical Brothers
> Album Title Goes Here < — Deadmau5
Fire & Ice — Kaskade
Bangarang — Skrillex

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

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

Best Rock Album:

El Camino — The Black Keys
Mylo Xyloto — Coldplay
The 2nd Law — Muse
Wrecking Ball — Bruce Springsteen
Blunderbuss — Jack White

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

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

Best Urban Contemporary Album

Fortune — Chris Brown
Kaleidoscope Dream — Miguel
Channel Orange — Frank Ocean
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

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

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

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

Best Americana Album:

The Carpenter — The Avett Brothers
From The Ground Up — John Fullbright
The Lumineers — The Lumineers
Babel — Mumford & Sons
Slipstream — Bonnie Raitt

Best Blues Album:

33 1/3 — Shemekia Copeland
Locked Down — Dr. John
Let It Burn — Ruthie Foster
And Still I Rise — Heritage Blues Orchestra
Bring It On Home — Joan Osborne

Best Spoken Word Album:

American Grown (Michelle Obama) — Scott Creswell & Dan Zitt, producers (Various Artists)
Back To Work: Why We Need Smart Government For A Strong Economy — Bill Clinton
Drift: The Unmooring Of American Military Power — Rachel Maddow
Seriously…I’m Kidding — Ellen DeGeneres
Society’s Child: My Autobiography — Janis Ian
Rize Of The Fenix — Tenacious D

 
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  • windmills

    Congrats Kelly and Carrie! Thrilled to see Kelly nominated in the General Field for the 1st time in her career. I feel like Stronger is such a nominated song it has to have a decent chance of getting a win somewhere, and hopefully Kelly’s the beneficiary though the songwriters deserve credit too. 

    I’m SO excited about the nominees for Best Country Song because for once I would be thrilled for whoever won because they’re all really deserving songs. Cost Of Living is FINALLY getting some well deserved recognition for being an amazing, poignant song that speaks to hard economic times like country music is supposed to and I couldn’t be happier about that. So You Don’t Have To Love Me Anymore is a killer song and I was so pissed off when it went nowhere on country radio. Springsteen is my favorite song about nostalgia in a long time, I love Even If It Breaks Your Heart, and Blown Away is as innovative and well written a song as country’s seen in a while. This category is totally the cream of the crop in country music this year so it really does feel extra meaningful that Blown Away was able to get in. I’m also excited to see Carrie get a nomination for her performance on Blown Away, Solo Country Vocal Performance with nominees who are mostly deserving. 

    Hunter Hayes had a huge night and though I’m not his biggest fan, it’s cool to see him recognized for cowriting, coproducing, and playing every instrument on his album.  How smart does Carrie and her management look now for making him her primary and only opener for the BA tour? Initially it was a leap to make Hunter a primary opener but with Hunter exploding now, I expect he’ll bring a good number of fans into the 2013 Blown Away shows, and it’ll only heighten the energy in the arenas. I wish Blown Away had been nominated for Best Country Album but I’m happy with most of the nominees in that category. 

    The General Field also looks pretty good to me though I would’ve loved to see some country representation in Song or Record. Blown Away or Springsteen would’ve been good options but, they probably haven’t crossed over enough to get enough votes. 

  • sabbia

    Actually just saw Garbage perform some songs from their new album on one of the cable concert networks (can’t remember which). The new stuff was quite a bit edgier….I liked it. 

    Interestingly, they had a chance to talk about the process and said that they are releasing this album independently and are so happy to be away from label influences. This may very well explain their pop rock leanings of the past.

  • CB40

    I bought The Lumineers album through iTunes during Black Friday / Cyber Monday sale. It’s awesome.  

  • irockhard

    Oh interesting, I’ll check out the new album.

  • Nadine_Bitch

    ”I guess hosting Diva’s is an apropos consolation for all the Grammy hoopla, lol.”

    Oh, I’m not aware that there’s an hoopla or something like that happening because as I can see Adam’s fan sorta know it was a long shot to have a nomination.

    ”He’ll get to interact on the Divas show with a couple Grammy nominees,
    so he won’t be shutout altogether from the experience *wink*”

    He’s a Grammy nominee himself too, on his debut album(WWFM-Best male pop vocal). It still counts too though, right?

    Who will be there(VH1 Diva) beside Kelly and Adam that are/were nominated for Grammy’s?

    I can’t remember if Jordin has nominated before. Maybe someone could give the complete list of Idols who were nominated at the Grammy’s.

  • irockhard

    Not that I’m surprised but it still makes me sick!

    Fine give a nod to the styles that influenced rock back when it was still forming as a new genre but after it had already perfected itself there is no good reason to honour artists that a not rock.

  • ptebwwong

    Here’s the list of Idols who have been nominated for a Grammy (includes the recent nominations).

    - Kelly Clarkson: 9 nominations, 2 wins (Best Pop Album 2006 for Breakaway, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance 2006 for Since U Been Gone).
    - Ruben Studdard: 1 nomination (Favorite Male R&B Vocal Performance 2004 for Superstar)
    - Fantasia: 8 nominations, 1 win (Best R&B Vocal Performance 2011 for Bittersweet)
    - Jennifer Hudson: 5 nominations (including Dreamgirls Soundtrack), 1 win (Best R&B album 2009)
    - Carrie Underwood: 10 nominations, 5 wins (Best New Artist 2007, Best Female Country Vocal Performance 2007, 2008, 2009 for Jesus Take the Wheel, Before He Cheats, & Last Name, Best Country Collaboration w/Vocals 2010 for I Told You So (w/Randy Travis)
    - Chris Daughtry: 4 nominations
    Ace Young: 1 nomination (as songwriter for Daughtry’s It’s Not Over which was nominated for Best Rock Song 2007)
    - Mandisa: 3 nominations 
    - Jordin Sparks: 1 nomination (w/Chris Brown for Best Pop Collaboration w/Vocals 2009)
    - Adam Lambert: 1 nomination (Best Male Pop Vocal Performance 2011 for Whataya Want From Me)

    I didn’t count Kat since the nomination was for the songwriter for the “Smash” song.

  • Nadine_Bitch

    Thank you :D

    It’s so awesome that there were Idols nominated for Grammy’s in every season since season 1 up to Season 6. Then Adam got 1 on season 8.

    I didn’t know Daughtry never wins a Grammy and Mandisa surprises me with 3 nominations. So happy with this achievements. Idol still hold the records for a singing competition that produce Stars:)

  • standtotheright

    but after it had already perfected itself there is no good reason to honour artists that a not rock.

    I literally “aaaaaarrrgggghhheedd” at this. Perhaps I hit my limit on this post.

    I am so, so, so, effin tired of being told that the world’s biggest bastard genre that (much like the English it was mostly written in) is the pickpocket of every noteworthy musical trend, was ever “perfected” and reached some standard of purity that means people could shut out all comers from awards because their stylistic preferences are not completely represented by said songs.

    It hasn’t. It never will. And thank god for that.

    At any rate, I found this year’s slate of nominees cheeringly low on headdesk moments, and I will probably feel the same if any of these supposedly controversial names end up being nominated to the RRHOF in the future.

  • iluvai

    Thanks! I heard the song today on the radio and although I’ve heard it before, I didn’t connect the dots until your post. It’s a nice song.

  • Anny_nanny

    I’m sad that the authors of the “Home” did not receive the nomination. I’m not about winning and not about Phillip – guys deserve the nomination at least.
    A lot of people don’t know, I tried to look in the network and realized that it is better not to know.
    I’m glad Kelly and Carrie, but news will look online.

  • usedtobelucy

     ”The exhibit was “Women Who Rock” and I am wondering if it is the entire
    exhibit that was at the RRHoF?  It was on the 5th and 6th floors over
    there in Cleveland.  Did you see Lady Gaga’s meat dress?  Ugh.  I recall
    Joan Jett, Heart, and Pat Benatar; BTBH I don’t know who the Women IN
    Rock are today.”

    I got the impression that it was the whole exhibit as it had been in Cleveland. …

    At the end, when they are including *Carrie* and the others, they say something like, “Today, women dominate music,” or something on that order, since they clearly can’t make the argument that the women are in any way relevant to rock. Seems way off the point, to me, and not particularly worthy of a *museum* exhibit, which I think is suppose to illuminate something for viewers, but I suppose they feel they need to include well-known contemporary women of some kind to keep young viewers in the game. …. (I would have been less bothered by this at the Cleveland museum, actually, since the DC museum is, you know, supposed to be educative about *art* rather than mainly just a fun place….)

    Personally, given the complete irrelevance of most of those last women to rock *music* I would have been happier if they’d switched to “women who rock” as pure metaphor about empowerment and ended with Michelle Obama, Hilary Clinton, Sarah Palin, Dita von Teese and Aung San Suu Kyi, or somebody. I mean, there have always been women *singers* so I don’t know what relevance the rock era has to the fact that there are women singers now, in country and so on. Whereas I kind of think the era of actual rocking women *does* have something to do with women’s increasing prominence on the world stage generally.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_PSHFTD4YV3QOE3INABJUXZSWMU hillstreetblooz

    What’s a “snerk”?  Sounds like a creature out of a Dr. Seuss story.  Inquiring minds yada yada :)

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_PSHFTD4YV3QOE3INABJUXZSWMU hillstreetblooz

     Research the term ”Rock and Roll”. The music by the artists in the Hall, and those recording in past years and years to come fit the term to a T.

    It’s all ”Rock and Roll’, and ”I know it’s only ‘Rock and Roll’ – but I like it, like it, yes i doooooooooooooooooooo… (tm Rolling Stones, nee Rollin’ Stones)

    *jagger walks out the door*

  • DragonFly

    The one I took it as:   snerk – verb: to snicker or snort with laughter, to express amusement. 

  • Incipit

    Dragonfly – Snerk is amusement – you’re right – but a specific kind.

    From a Glossary elsewhere – The difference between Snark and Snerk:

    Snark – sarcasm, not always meant to be kind, usually at someone else’s expense….but it can be affectionate.(“We kid because we love”)

    Snerk – is wry amusement, much gentler – and usually directed at oneself or a situation, not at someone else….it invites everyone to laugh.

    I don’t do Snark…it’s too easy to be unkind. Snerk, OTOH – I’m usually my own target.

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