Oceans's Six -Frank Leads Grammys Pack

Frank Ocean leads the way for next Februarys 55th Grammy Awards with six nominations. Alongside Fun. , Brit folk-rockers Mumford And Sons , The Black Keys and Jay Z & Kanye West , they top the nominations table.
Ocean is nominated in the major categories for his stunning debut albuum channel ORANGE which earns nods for Album Of The Year , Best New Artist , Record Of The Year and Song Of The Year. My money is on on a Best New Artist gong , won in the past by Mariah Carey , Michael Jackson and Adele.

There are nominations for Pink ,Taylor Swift , Adele , Florence And The Machine , Carly Rae Jepsen , Drake , Kelly Clarkson , Jack White , Rihanna and Ed Sheeran.

Album of the year , the biggest prize of the night is contested by Ocean , Mumford And Sons , The Black Keys , Fun. , and Jack White , in what is a strong showing for alternative music.
Notable acts snubbed are Nivki Minaj , One Direction and Justin Bieber. Bieber's manager Scooter Braun , reacted angrily to the snub , saying the Grammys had "blew it " by not rewarding the teen superstars record breaking Believe.

List of key nominations for the Grammy Awards 2013 are as follows

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

Album Of The Year:El Camino — The Black Keys
Some Nights — Fun.
Babel — Mumford & Sons
Channel Orange — Frank Ocean
Blunderbuss — 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, 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)

Best New Artist:Alabama Shakes
Fun.
Hunter Hayes
The Lumineers
Frank Ocean

Best Pop Vocal Album

Pink -The Truth About Love

Kelly Clarkson -Stronger

Fun.- Some Nights

Florence And The Machine -Ceremonials

Maroon 5 -Overexposed

For Best Pop Solo Performance, the nominees are "Set Fire To The Rain (Live)" by Adele; "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" by Kelly Clarkson; "Call Me Maybe" by Carly Rae Jepsen; "Wide Awake" by Katy Perry; and "Where Have You Been" by Rihanna.

The nominees for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance are "Shake It Out" by Florence & The Machine; "We Are Young" by Fun. featuring Janelle Monáe; "Somebody That I Used To Know" by Gotye featuring Kimbra; "Sexy And I Know It" by LMFAO; and "Payphone" by Maroon 5 & Wiz Khalifa. 

For Best Dance/Electronica Album, the nominees are Wonderland by Steve Aoki; Don't Think by the Chemical Brothers; > Album Title Goes Here < by Deadmau5; Fire & Ice by Kaskade; and Bangarang by Skrillex.

The nominees for Best Rock Performance are "Hold On" by Alabama Shakes; "Lonely Boy" by the Black Keys; "Charlie Brown" by Coldplay; "I Will Wait" by Mumford & Sons; and "We Take Care Of Our Own" by Bruce Springsteen.

For Best Alternative Music Album, the nominees are The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than The Driver Of The Screw And Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do by Fiona Apple; Biophilia by Björk; Making Mirrorsby Gotye; Hurry Up, We're Dreaming. by M83; and Bad As Me by Tom Waits. 

The nominees for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration are "Wild Ones" by Flo Rida featuring Sia; "No Church In The Wild" by Jay-Z & Kanye West featuring Frank Ocean & The-Dream; "Tonight (Best You Ever Had)" by John Legend featuring Ludacris; "Cherry Wine" by Nas featuring Amy Winehouse; and "Talk That Talk" by Rihanna featuring Jay-Z.