Grammy Nominations Announced

Grammy nominations have arrived!

Adele and Bruno Mars are lined up to compete for the coveted album and record of the year at this year's Grammy Award show on February 12th, both with six total nominations.

Joining the pair in the Album of the Year category is the Foo Fighters's Wasting Light, Lady Gaga's Born This Way, and Rihanna's Loud.

In the Record of the Year category, a welcomed surprise was the inclusion of Bon Iver's "Holocene." Could Iver be this year's Arcade Fire? The track was later nominated for Song of the Year, and Iver also found himself up for Best New Artist against Nicki Minaj, Skrillex, J. Cole, and The Band Perry.

However, one surprise snub from the coveted two categories was the person who deserves some credit for introducing Bon Iver's Justin Vernon to the masses: Kanye West. Even though the rapper leads the pack with seven nominations, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy and "All of the Lights" was omitted from Record and Album of the Year. 

The primetime concert special last night, including performances by Lady Gaga, Jason Aldean and Ludacris, Rihanna, The Band Perry, and hip-hop legend Grandmaster Flash leading an all-star performances of "The Message" with Common, Lupe Fiasco, LL Cool J, Melle Mel, and Scorpio joining him on stage.

See the major nominee list below:

Album of the Year

21 - Adele

Wasting Light - Foo Fighters

Born This Way - Lady Gaga

Doo-Wops & Hooligans - Bruno Mars

Loud - Rihanna

Record of the Year

"Rolling In The Deep" - Adele

"Holocene" - Bon Iver

"Grenade" - Bruno Mars

"The Cave" - Mumford & Sons

"Firework" - Katy Perry

Song of the Year

"All Of The Lights" - Jeff Bhasker, Malik Jones, Warren Trotter, and Kanye West, songwriters (Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi, and Fergie)

"The Cave" - Ted Dwane, Ben Lovett, Marcus Mumford, and Country Winston, songwriters (Mumford & Sons)

"Grenade" - Brody Brown, Claude Kelly, Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine, Bruno Mars, and Andrew Wyatt, songwriters (Bruno Mars)

"Holocene" - Justin Vernon, songwriter (Bon Iver)

"Rolling In The Deep" - Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth, songwriters (Adele)