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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Adele scored six Grammy nominations on Wednesday, including for record, song and album of the year, but the owner of the 2011's best-selling album with "21" wasn't the night's top nominee — and that wasn't the evening's only surprise.
Kanye West came away with a leading seven nominations, including a bid for song of the year for his all-star song "All of the Lights." However, the album from which it came — "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy," heralded by many critics as the best album of 2010 — was shut out of the best album category, and all of his other nominations were relegated to the rap fields.
Here are the nominees in the top categories for the 54th annual Grammy Awards, which were announced Wednesday night in Los Angeles. Winners will be unveiled on Feb. 12.Record of the Year:
"Rolling in the Deep," Adele
"Holocene," Bon Iver
"Grenade," Bruno Mars
"The Cave," Mumford & Sons
"Firework," Katy Perry
Album of the Year:
"21," Adele
"Wasting Light," Foo Fighters
"Born This Way," Lady Gaga
"Doo-Wops & Hooligans," Bruno Mars
"Loud," Rihanna
Song of the Year:
"All of the Lights," Jeff Bhasker, Malik Jones, Warren Trotter and Kanye West, songwriters (performed by 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 & Paul Epworth, songwriters (Adele)
New Artist:
The Band Perry
Bon Iver
J. Cole
Nicki Minaj
Skrillex
Pop Vocal Album:
"21," Adele
"The Lady Killer," Cee Lo Green
"Born This Way," Lady Gaga
"Doo-Wops & Hooligans," Bruno Mars
"Loud," Rihanna
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 Chili Peppers
"The Whole Love," Wilco
R&B Album:
"F.A.M.E.," Chris Brown
"Second Chance," El DeBarge
"Love Letter," R. Kelly
"Pieces of Me," Ledisi
"Kelly," Kelly Price
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
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
Latin Pop, Rock or Urban Album:
"Entren Los Que Quieran," Calle 13
"Entre La Ciudad y El Mar," Gustavo Galindo
"Nuestra," La Vida BohGeme
"Not So Commercial," Los Amigos Invisibles
"Drama y Luz," ManDa
Jazz Vocal Album:
"`Round Midnight," Karrin Allyson
"The Mosaic Project," Terri Lyne Carrington & Various Artists
"The Gate," Kurt Elling; "American Road," Tierney Sutton (Band)
"The Music of Randy Newman," Roseanna Vitro
Contemporary Classical Composition:
"Elmer Gantry," RobertAldridge and Herschel Garfein
"The Ghosts of Alhambra," George Crumb
"String Quartet No. 3," Jefferson Friedman
"Lonely Motel-Music from Slide," Steven Mackey
"Piano Concerto No. 2," Poul Ruders
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