NEWS RELEASE DAN AUERBACH (THE BLACK KEYS), FUN., JAY-Z, MUMFORD & SONS, FRANK OCEAN, AND KANYE WEST LEAD GRAMMY® NOMINATIONS WITH SIX EACH; THE BLACK KEYS, CHICK COREA AND MIGUEL EACH EARN FIVE THE BLACK KEYS, FUN., MUMFORD & SONS, FRANK OCEAN, AND JACK WHITE VIE FOR ALBUM OF THE YEAR AT 55TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS® FEB. 10, 2013, LIVE ON CBS. The GRAMMY® Nominations Show was Hot; though the East Coast weather was cool. LL Cool J was outstanding. Taylor Swift was a lovely class act. Maroon 5 again brought surprising polish. The Who were instructive, yet entertaining Rock N Roll gentlemen; still, we missed the talented and controlled fury of the remarkably gifted Keith Moon. The Nashville venue reminded us of the extraordinary music production skills and capabilities of our Country and Western music artists, engineers, and producers. The Washington, DC Chapter of The Recording Academy®, with the leadership of Wendi Cherry, organized and produced a spectacular 55th GRAMMY® Noms fete. Here's how The spectacular 55th GRAMMY® Show is shaping up. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Dec. 05, 2012) —Nominations for the 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards® (www.grammy.com) were announced tonight by The Recording Academy® and reflected an eclectic mix of the best and brightest in music over the past year, as determined by the voting members of The Academy. For the fifth year, nominations for the annual GRAMMY Awards were announced on primetime television as part of "The GRAMMY® Nominations Concert Live!! —Countdown To Music's Biggest Night®," a one-hour CBS (www.cbs.com) entertainment special broadcast live for the first time ever from Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn. The 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards will be held on "GRAMMY Sunday," Feb. 10, 2013, at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles and once again will be broadcast live in high-definition TV and 5.1 surround sound on CBS from 8 –11:30 p.m. (ET/PT). Dan Auerbach (The Black Keys), FUN., Jay-Z, Mumford & Sons, Frank Ocean, and Kanye West top the nominations with six each; The Black Keys, Chick Corea, and Miguel each garner five nods; and producer Jeff Bhasker, mastering engineer Bob Ludwig and Nas are each up for four awards. "The GRAMMY Awards process once again has produced a diverse and impressive list of nominations across multiple genres," said Neil Portnow, President/CEO of The Recording Academy. "This year's nominees truly represent an exceptional and vibrant creative community that exemplifies some of the highest levels of artistry and excellence in their respective fields. Combined with the fifth year of our primetime nominations special, we're off to an exciting start on the road to Music's Biggest Night, the 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards, on February 10, 2013. Following is a sampling of nominations in 81 categories from the GRAMMY Awards' 30 Fields: GENERAL FIELD 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) POP FIELD Best Pop Solo Performance "Set Fire To The Rain (Live)" —Adele "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" —Kelly Clarkson "Call Me Maybe" —Carly Rae Jepsen "Wide Awake" —Katy Perry "Where Have You Been" —Rihanna Best Pop Duo/Group Performance: "Shake It Out" —Florence & The Machine "We Are Young" —FUN. Featuring Janelle Monáe "Somebody That I Used To Know" —Gotye Featuring Kimbra "Sexy And I Know It" —LMFAO "Payphone" —Maroon 5 & Wiz Khalifa. DANCE FIELD Best Dance/Electronica Album: Wonderland —Steve Aoki Don't Think —The Chemical Brothers —Deadmau5 Fire & Ice —Kaskade Bangarang —Skrillex ROCK FIELD 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 ALTERNATIVE FIELD 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 R&B FIELD 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 RAP FIELD 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 Feautring 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 COUNTRY FIELD Best Country Solo Performance: "Home" —Dierks Bentley "Springsteen" —Eric Church "Cost Of Livin'" —Ronnie Dunn "Wanted" —Hunter Hayes "Over" —Blake Shelton "Blown Away" —Carrie Underwood Best Country Album: Uncaged —Zac Brown Band Hunter Hayes —Hunter Hayes Living For A Song: A Tribute To Hank Cochran —Jamey Johnson Four The Record —Miranda Lambert The Time Jumpers —The Time Jumpers. AMERICAN ROOTS FIELD 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 SPOKEN WORD FIELD 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 COMEDY FIELD Best Comedy Album Blow Your Pants Off —Jimmy Fallon Cho Dependent (Live In Concert) —Margaret Cho In God We Rust —Lewis Black Kathy Griffin: Seaman 1st Class —Kathy Griffin Mr. Universe —Jim Gaffigan Rize Of The Fenix —Tenacious D This year's Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical nominations go to Dan Auerbach, Jeff Bhasker, Diplo, Markus Dravs, and Salaam Remi. This year's GRAMMY Awards process registered more than 17,000 submissions over a 12-month eligibility period (Oct. 1, 2011 –Sept. 30, 2012). GRAMMY ballots for the final round of voting will be mailed on Dec. 19 to the voting members of The Recording Academy. They are due back to the accounting firm of Deloitte by Jan. 16, 2013, when they will be tabulated and the results kept secret until the 55th GRAMMY telecast. The 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards are produced by AEG Ehrlich Ventures for The Recording Academy. Ken Ehrlich is executive producer, and Louis J. Horvitz is director. "The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live!! —Countdown To Music's Biggest Night," hosted by two-time GRAMMY winner LL COOL J and six-time GRAMMY winner Taylor Swift, featured the announcement of nominations in several categories as well as performances by The Band Perry and Dierks Bentley in a special tribute to Johnny Cash; country artist Luke Bryan; pop/ rock group FUN. with singer/songwriter Janelle Monáe; country artist Hunter Hayes; three-time GRAMMY-winning group Maroon 5; three-time GRAMMY winner Ne-Yo; and Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award recipients The Who. Presenters included nine-time GRAMMY winner Sheryl Crow, country group Little Big Town, Americana group The Lumineers, and country artist Chris Young. News from The Recording Academy®.