The word is out: The 55th Annual Grammy Awards nominees have been announced in a concert in Nashville, Tennessee.
Taylor Swift and LL Cool JJ announced the nominees, but arguably the highlight was a strange impromptu beat-boxing performance by Taylor herself. She's all kinds of street. Look at that cred!
Anyway, now for the nominees. Gotye represented for Australia with three nods, while FUN., Frank Ocean, Mumford & Sons, Kanye West, Jay-Z and The Black Keys each topped the list with a whopping six nominations each.
Wrap your eyes around the big-four awards below:
Album Of The Year:
"El Camino" -- The Black Keys
"Some Nights" -- FUN.
"Babel" -- Mumford & Sons
"Channel Orange" -- Frank Ocean
"Blunderbuss" -- Jack White
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
Best New Artist:
Alabama Shakes
FUN.
Hunter Hayes
The Lumineers
Frank Ocean
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)
Our tips? The Black Keys' 'El Camino' for Album of the Year, Gotye's 'Somebody That I Used To Know' for Record of the Year, Best New Artist might go to Frank Ocean or FUN. and Song of the Year is a toss-up between Carly Rae Jepsen's 'Call Me Maybe' and Ed Sheeran's 'The A Team'.
Winners will be announced in February 2013.
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