British singer Adele and U.S. rapper Kanye West top Grammy nominations list

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.

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.

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

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