It's a transatlantic battle as British singer Adele and U.S. rapper Kanye West top Grammy nominations list

Adele scores six nominations in most prestigious categories including album of the year
Kanye leads with seven while Bruno Mars and Foo Fighter scoop six nods
Lady Gaga bags two nominations while Rihanna gets three

By Daily Mail Reporter

Last updated at 3:36 PM on 1st December 2011

Kanye West and British singer Adele topped the list tonight as the Grammy 2012 nominations were announced at a ceremony in Los Angeles.

Rapper West got a leading seven nominations, while Adele got six, although the 23-year-old singer bagged some of the most prestigious categories, including record, album and song of the year.

Adele, whose album 21 is the biggest seller of the year with 4.7m sales, saw her searing groove Rolling in the Deep nominated for record of the year, along with Bon Iver’s Holocene, Bruno Mars’ Grenade, Mumford & Sons' The Cave and Katy Perry’s Firework.

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Up for honours: Adele and and Kanye West topped the Grammy nominations list tonight with a respective six and seven nods each (file pictures)

Honoured: Bruno Mars, pictured at tonight's ceremony, was nominated for a total of six awards

Of course the London-born singer is currently resting her voice due a vocal chord injury - which saw her have to cancel her American tour and which could prevent her performing at the actual Grammys ceremony in February next year.

Her album 21 will compete against Foo Fighters’ Wasting Light, Lady Gaga’s Born This Way, Mars’ Doo-Wops & Hooligans and Rihanna’s Loud for the album of the year honour.

Stripped bare: The singer emerged in her underwear and in zombie make-up for a rendition of Marry The Night

Born This Way: Lady Gaga, who will compete with Adele for best album, provided entertainment at tonight's nominations concert in Los Angeles

Getting the party started: Rihanna - who received three nods - also graced the stage in a leg-baring outfit

West, meanwhile, mainly received nomination nods in the rap categories with his album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy up for rap album.

He also is up for song of the year for All of the Lights, for which he has a co-writer credit.

Best new artist nominees are folk band Bon Iver, country trio Band Perry, rappers J. Cole and Nicki Minaj and Los Angeles-based DJ-dance music performer Skrillex.

Achievement: Nicki Minaj was nominated for new artist and best rap album while Katy Perry was honoured with a nomination for her Firework LP in the prestigious album of the year category

Pretty in Pink: Nicki Minaj and Katy Perry take to the stage at the event. Minaj and Perry have both been nominated in two key categories

Revealed: Nicki Minaj announces the nominees for record of the year

The late Amy Winehouse - who died of alcohol poisoning in July, received a posthumous nomination for her duet Body and Soul with Tony Bennett in the pop duo or group performance category.

Lady Gaga's album Born This Way is nominated for album of the year while Taylor Swift's Speak Now is vying to take the country album category.

Swift's single Mean is nominated for both country song and solo performance.

Honoured: Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters saw his band nominated for six gongs (file picture)

A total of 78 categories, encompassing all musical genres, were announced by the Recording Academy, the sponsor of the Grammys.

The awards are determined by around 13,000 voting members.

Tonight's nominations concert featured performances from Lady Gaga, Rihanna and the Band Perry.

GRAMMYS 2012: THE NOMINEES

ALBUM OF THE YEAR
21- Adele
Wasting Light- Foo Fighters
Born This Way- Lady Gaga
Doo-Waps & Hooligans - Bruno Mars
Loud - Rihanna

RECORD OF THE YEARRolling in the Deep - Adele
Holocene - Bon Iver
Grenade - Bruno Mars
The Cave - Mumford & Sons
Firework - Katy Perry

BEST NEW ARTIST
The Band Perry
Bon Iver
J.Cole
Nicki Minaj
Skrillex

SONG OF THE YEAR (Songwriter's award)
"All of the Lights" - Jeff Bhasker, Malik Jones, Warren Trotter, Kanye West, songwriters (Kanye West, featuring Rihanna, Kid Cudi and Fergie)
"The Cave" - Ted Dwane, Ben Lovett, Marcus Mumford, Country Winston, songwriters (Mumford & Sons)
"Grenade" - Brody Brown, Claude Kelly, Phillip Lawrence, Ari Levine, Bruno Mars, Andrew Wyatt, songwriters (Bruno Mars)
"Holocene" - Justin Vernon, songwriter (Bon Iver)
"Rolling in the Deep" - Adele Adkins, Paul Epworth songwriters (Adele)

BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM
21 -Adele
The Lady Killer - Cee Lo Green
Born This Way - Lady Gaga
Doo-Wops & Hooligans - Bruno Mars
Loud- Rihanna

BEST ROCK ALBUM
Rock 'N' Roll Party Honoring Les Paul - Jeff Beck
Wasting Light - Foo Fighters
Come Around Sundown - Kings of Leon
I'm With You - Red Hot Chilli Peppers
The Whole Love - Wilco

BEST ALTERNATIVE MUSIC ALBUM
Bon Iver - Bon Iver
Codes and Keys - Death Cab For Cutie
Torches - Foster The People
Circuital - My Morning Jacket
The King of Limbs - Radiohead

BEST R&B ALBUM
F.A.M.E. - Chris Brown
Second Chance - El DeBarge
Love Letter - R. Kelly
Pieces of Me - Ledisi
Kelly - Kelly Price

BEST RAP ALBUM
Watch The Throne - Jay-Z and Kanye West
Tha Carter IV - Lil Wayne
Lasers - Lupe Fiasco
Pink Friday - Nicki Minaj
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West

BEST COUNTRY ALBUM
My Kinda Party - Jason Aldean
Chief - Eric Church
Own The Night - Lady Antebellum
Red River Blue - Blake Shelton
Here For a Good Time - George Strait
Speak Now - Taylor Swift

She's Married The Night! Lady Gaga goes to the moon and back as she scoops best female at the MTV Europe Music Awards

By Holly Thomas

Last updated at 12:20 AM on 7th November 2011

Lady Gaga scooped the Best Female Award at the MTV Europe Music Awards tonight in Belfast.

And true to form, she took to the stage for a stunning performance which showed exactly why she beat Adele, Beyoncé, Jennifer Lopez, and Katy Perry to the post.

Gaga gave an epic rendition of Marry The Night, playing a satellite landing on the moon.

Moon landing: Lady Gaga played a satellite for her stunning rendition of Marry The Night at the MTV Europe Music Awards in Belfast tonight

Winner: The singer cast a shadow over the other nominees for Best Female- Adele, Jennifer Lopez, Katy Perry, and Beyoncé

Her ensemble- of a red thong bikini and huge red metal disc was less outrageous than many of her previous get ups, but the giant cratered globe that formed her backdrop more than made up for that in dramatic effect.

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Huge flames behind her band added to the otherworldly atmosphere, and Gaga pressed herself against the sphere while black leather-clad dancers writhed in front of her.
The performance perfectly captured the lyrics of the song, which begin: 'I'm gonna marry the dark, I won't give up on my life, I'm a warrior queen, live passionately tonight.'

Marrying the night: A bikini-clad Gaga pressed herself up against the 'moon' as her dancers writhed about in front of her

Risque: Though her outfit was less daring than some previous ensembles, Gaga still sported a thong for good measure

The concept had echos of the video for Katy Perry's ET, which featured the singer as an alien.
Lady Gaga appeared in a spectacular silver and black outfit to accept her Best Female award from David Hasselhoff.
The star cheekily complimented the Hoff on the size of his manhood before thanking her Little Monsters for their support.

High drama: The crowd went wild when Gaga's stunning stage- including half of a gigantic moon- was revealed

Mysterious: Gaga initially wore a blue disc on her head, which obscured half her face

Scooping them up: Gaga also won the award fro Best Song for the title track of her second album Born This Way

Gaga also won the Best Song award for Born This Way and together with her 'little monsters' she also scooped the gong for biggest fans.

She accepted her best song award for the title track of her second album from actress Hayden Panettiere saying: 'I knew that this song was very special when I wrote it... I just didn't know how special it would be.'

'I love you Little Monsters, until the end!'

The singer also scooped the Best Video award for the same song.

Familiar? The concept for Gaga's performance had echos of Katy Perry's ET

Cheeky! Gaga complimented David Hassellhoff on his manhood as she accepted the award for Best Female

Successful night: gaga picked up the Best Song and Best Video awards for her smash hit single Born This Way

Gaga tweeted her excitement in anticipation of the show earlier today, writing: 'Warming up with my choreographer Richard Jackson, singing + pinning garments till the last moment. So excited for The Night, gonna Marry It.'

The singer has a lot to live up to, her previous on-stage escapades having consistently raised audience expectations.

Gaga famously arrived at the Grammys in an egg in February and sent shockwaves worldwide with her notorious meat dress at the Video Music Awards last year.

Mixing it up: Host Selena Gomez took to the stage in glittering purple to perform Hit The Lights

Rocking out: The 19-year-old's energetic performance went down a storm

The show's host Selena Gomez took to the stage to perform Hit The Lights in a sparkly purple leotard which showcased her slender legs.

The 19-year-old's performance went down a storm, proving that she could easily juggle performing with her hosting duties.

Jessie J arrived on stage for her performance 'locked' in a box, which explored with a blast of gold glitter, and launched immediately into her number one hit Pricetag.

Want to make the EMAs dance! Jessie J gave a soaring rendition of her number one hit Pricetag

Recovering well: Though still performing sensibly in flats, Jessie's injured foot seemed to be much better as she stomped about the stage

Teaming up: Jessie also performed with David Guetta - wearing a different but equally form-fitting catsuit

She had changed out of her pink carpet gown, wearing a more characteristic catsuit embellished with gold decorations.

Jessie went all out, also performing alongside David Guetta- in a different but equally form-fitting catsuit.

The Red Hot Chili Peppers took to the stage for a performance of The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie, while Chris Martin led Coldplay singing Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall.

Joining forces: Adan Lambert sang a medley with Queen's Brian May

Effortless charm: Bruno Mars performed his number one single Marry You

Made an impression: Bruno Mars receives the award for Best New act

Made an impression: Bruno picked up the award for Best New act, beating Jessie J, Wiz Khalifa, LMFAO and Far East Movement

Coldplay were nominated for Best Rock Band, Best Live Act, and Best UK & Ireland Act, but left empty-handed.

R&B heartthrob Jason Derulo performed his chart-topping hits It Girl and In My Head.

Angst: Jason Derulo gave a steamy performance of his chart-topping hits It Girl and In My Head

Still got it; The Red Hot Chili Peppers took to the stage for a performance of The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie

Left empty-handed: Chris Martin sang Every Tear Is a Waterfall, but Coldplay were left empty-handed after being nominated for Best Rock Band, Best Live Act, and Best UK & Ireland Act