With the 2012 Grammy Award nominations set to be announced next month, buzz for the industry’s most prestigious night continues to intensify. And though the norms are undeniably the main driver of the show itself, the list of label-submissions for each category makes for a compelling read.


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ADELE
Album of the Year - 21
Record of the Year – “Rolling in the Deep”
Song of the Year – “Rolling in the Deep”
Best Pop Solo – “Someone Like You”
Best Pop Album - 21
Best Short Form Music Video – “Rolling in the Deep”

B.O.B
Best Rap Performance – “Don’t Let Me Fall”
Best Rap/Sung – “Sanford and Son”
Best Rap/Sung – “So High”
Best Rap Song – “Don’t Let Me Fall”
Best Rap Song – “So High”

BEYONCE
Album of the Year - 4
Album of the Year - Watch the Throne
Record of the Year – “I Was Here”
Song of the Year “I Was Here” (written by Diane Warren)
Best Pop Solo – “Best Thing I Never Had”
Best R&B Album - 4
Traditional R&B Performance – “1+1”
Best R&B Solo – “Countdown”
Best R&B Song – “1+1”
Best Rap/Sung – “Party”
Best Short Form Music Video – “Run the World (Girls)”
Best Long Form Music Video - I Am… World Tour

BON IVER
Album of the Year - Bon Iver
Album of the Year - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Album of the Year - Watch the Throne
Record of the Year – “Holocene”
Song of the Year – “Holocene”
Best New Artist
Best Pop Group – “Beth/Rest”
Best Rock Performance – “Perth”
Best Rock Song – “Perth”
Alternative Album - Bon Iver

BRITNEY SPEARS
Album of the Year - Femme Fatale
Record of the Year – “Till the World Ends”
Song of the Year – “Till the World Ends”
Best Pop Album - Femme Fatale
Best Pop Solo – “Till the World Ends”

BRUNO MARS
Album of the Year - Doo-Wops & Hooligans
Record of the Year – “Grenade”
Song of the Year – “Grenade”
Best Pop Solo – “Grenade”
Best Rap/Sung – “Lighters”
Best Rap Song – “Lighters”
CARRIE UNDERWOOD
Record of the Year – “Mama’s Song”
Record of the Year – “Remind Me”
Song of the Year – “Mama’s Song”
Best Pop Solo – “There’s A Place For Us”
Best Country Song – “Mama’s Song”
Best Country Group – “Remind Me”
Best Country Solo – “Mama’s Song”

CHRIS BROWN
Best Pop Solo – “Yeah 3X”
Best Rap Performance – “Look At Me Now”
Best Rap/Sung – “Body 2 Body”
Best Rap/Sung – “My Last”
Best Rap/Sung – “Yesterday”
Best Rap/Sung – “Pot of Gold”
Best Rap/Sung – “Get Back Up”
Best Rap Song – “Look At Me Now”
Best Rap Song – “My Last”
Best Dance Recording – “Beautiful People”

CHRISTINA AGUILERA
Record of the Year – “Bound to You”
Record of the Year – “Moves Like Jagger”
Song of the Year – “Bound to You”
Best Pop Solo – “Bound to You”
Best Pop Group – “Moves Like Jagger”
Best Song Written for Visual Media – “Bound to You”
Best Compilation Soundtrack - Burlesque

DAVID GUETTA
Best Dance Album - Nothing but the Beat
Best Dance Recording – “Sunshine”
Best Short Form Music Video – “Where Them Girls At”

DEV
Best Dance Recording – “In the Dark”

DRAKE
Best Rap Performance – “She Will”
Best Rap Performance – “Moment 4 Life”
Best Rap/Sung – “Loving You No More”
Best Rap/Sung – “I’m On One”
Best Rap/Sung – “Fall for Your Type”
Best Rap/Sung – “What’s My Name?”
Best Rap/Sung – “Unusual”
Best Rap Song – “Loving You No More”
Best Rap Song – “Marvin’s Room”

EMINEM
Best Rap Performance – “That’s All She Wrote”
Best Rap/Sung – “I Need a Doctor”
Best Rap/Sung – “Lighters”
Best Rap Song – “I Need a Doctor”
Best Rap Song – “That’s All She Wrote”
Best Rap Song – “Lighters”
Best Rap Album - Hell: The Sequel (Deluxe Edition)

FOSTER THE PEOPLE
Album of the Year - Torches
Record of the Year – “Pumped Up Kicks”
Song of the Year – “Pumped Up Kicks”
Best New Artist
Best Pop Group – “Pumped Up Kicks”
Alternative Album - Torches

GLEE CAST
Best Pop Group – “Teenage Dream”
Best Pop Group – “Bills, Bills, Bills”
Best Pop Group – “Loser Like Me”

GWYNETH PALTROW
Best Country Solo – “Coming Home”

J. COLE
Best Rap Performance – “Work Out”
Best Rap/Sung – “Can’t Get Enough”
Best Rap/Sung – “All I Want is You”
Best Rap/Sung – “Only Wanna Give It to You”
Best Rap Song – “Mr. Nice Watch”
Best Rap Album - Cole World: The Sideline Story

JAY-Z
Album of the Year - Watch the Throne
Album of the Year - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Record of the Year – “Otis”
Song of the Year – “Otis”
Best Rap Performance – “Otis”
Best Rap Performance – “Boongie Drop”
Best Rap/Sung – “The Moon & The Sky”
Best Rap Song – “Mr. Nice Watch”
Best Rap Song – “Otis”
Best Rap Album - Watch the Throne

JENNIFER LOPEZ
Album of the Year - Love?
Record of the Year – “On the Floor”
Record of the Year – “Starting Over”
Best Pop Solo – “Papi”
Best Pop Album - Love?
Best Pop Group – “On the Floor”

JILL SCOTT
Album of the Year - The Light of the Sun
Record of the Year – “So In Love”
Song of the Year – “So In Love”
Best R&B Album - The Light of the Sun
Best R&B Song – “So In Love”
Traditional R&B Performance – “So In Love”
Best R&B Solo – “The Light“ (Piano Mix)

JOHN LEGEND
Album of the Year - My Beautiful Dark Twisted
Fantasy
Best Rap/Sung – “Never Forget You”
Best Rap/Sung – “Eyez Closed”
Best Rap/Sung – “Blame Game”

KANYE WEST
Album of the Year - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Album of the Year - Watch the Throne
Record of the Year – “Otis”
Record of the Year – “All of the Lights”
Song of the Year – “Otis”
Song of the Year – “All of the Lights”
Best Pop Group – “E.T.”
Best Rap Performance – “Otis”
Best Rap Performance – “Start It Up”
Best Rap Performance – “Marvin and Chardonnay”
Best Rap/Sung – “Eyez Closed”
Best Rap/Sung – “All of the Lights”
Best Rap/Sung – “Blame Game”
Best Rap Song – “All of the Lights”
Best Rap Song – “Otis”
Best Rap Song – “Start It Up”
Best Rap Album - Watch the Throne
Best Rap Album - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

KATY PERRY
Record of the Year – “Firework”
Song of the Year – “Firework”
Best Pop Solo – “Firework”
Best Pop Group – “E.T.”
Best Short Form Music Video – “Firework”

KELLY CLARKSON
Record of the Year – “Mr. Know It All”
Record of the Year – “Don’t You Wanna Stay”
Song of the Year – “Mr. Know It All” [Kelly not
credited as a writer]
Best Pop Solo – “Mr. Know It All”
Best Country Group – “Don’t You Wanna Stay”
KELLY ROWLAND
Best Rap/Sung – “Gone”
Best Rap/Sung – “Motivation”
Best Rap Song – “Gone”

LADY GAGA
Album of the Year - Born This Way
Album of the Year - Duets II
Record of the Year – “Judas”
Record of the Year – “You and I”
Record of the Year – “The Lady Is a Tramp”
Song of the Year – “Judas”
Song of the Year – “You and I”
Best Pop Solo – “Judas”
Best Pop Solo – “You and I”
Best Pop Album - Born This Way
Best Short Form Music Video – “Born This Way”
Best Short Form Music Video – “You and I”
Best Long Form Music Video - Inside the Outside

LIL’ WAYNE
Album of the Year - Tha Carter IV
Best Rap Performance – “Look At Me Now”
Best Rap Performance – “She Will”
Best Rap Performance – “6′7′”
Best Rap Performance – “Ballin”
Best Rap/Sung – “This is What Rock N Roll Looks
Like”
Best Rap/Sung – “I’m On One”
Best Rap/Sung – “Dedication to My Ex (Miss That)”
Best Rap/Sung – “Motivation”
Best Rap/Sung – “Grapes on a Vine”
Best Rap Song – “Ballin”
Best Rap Song – “Look At Me Now”
Best Rap Song – “6′7′”
Best Rap Song – “Welcome to My Hood”
Best Rap Album - Tha Carter IV

MAROON 5
Record of the Year – “Moves Like Jagger”
Song of the Year – “Moves Like Jagger”
Best Pop Group – “Air I Breathe”
Best Pop Group – “Moves Like Jagger”

NICKI MINAJ
Album of the Year - Pink Friday
Album of the Year - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Record of the Year – “Super Bass”
Song of the Year – “Super Bass”
Best New Artist
Best Pop Group – “Fly”
Best R&B Song – “I Ain’t Thru”
Best Rap Performance – “Moment 4 Life”
Best Rap Performance – “Right Thru Me”
Best Rap Album - Pink Friday
Best Rap/Sung – “I Ain’t Thru”
Best Rap Song – “Right Thru Me”
Best Short Form Music Video – “Check it Out”
Best Short Form Music Video – “I Ain’t Thru”
Best Short Form Music Video – “Fly”
Best Short Form Music Video – “Where Them Girls At”

ROBYN
Best Dance Recording – “Call Your Girlfriend”
Best Dance Album - Body Talk, Part 3

RIHANNA
Album of the Year - Loud
Album of the Year - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Record of the Year – “We Found Love”
Record of the Year – “All of the Lights”
Song of the Year – “We Found Love”
Best Pop Solo – “S&M”
Best Pop Group – “Fly”
Best Pop Album - Loud
Best Rap/Sung – “What’s My Name?”
Best Rap/Sung – “All of the Lights”
Best Rap Song – “All of the Lights”
Best Short Form Music Video – “Man Down”
SNOOP DOGG
Best Rap Performance – “Get the Funk Out of My
Face”
Best Rap Performance – “Winning!”
Best Rap Performance – “Boom”
Best Rap/Sung – “The Mack”
Best Rap/Sung – “Eyez Closed”
Best Rap/Sung – “Real Woman”
Best Rap Song – “Boom”
Best Rap Song – “Winning!”
Best Rap Album - Doggumentary

TAYLOR SWIFT
Album of the Year - Speak Now
Record of the Year – “Back to December”
Song of the Year – “Back to December”
Best Pop Solo – “Back to December”
Best Country Album - Speak Now
Best Country Solo – “Mean”
Best Country Song – “Mean”

TYLER, THE CREATOR
Best New Artist
Best Rap Performance – “Trouble on My Mind”
Best Rap Performance – “Yonkers”
Best Rap/Sung – “She”
Best Rap Song – “Trouble on My Mind”
Best Rap Song – “Yonkers”
Best Rap Album - Goblin

While meaty, it’s important to note the list may in its absolute final form-have additions. What’s more, it details the submissions of largely Top 40 Pop/Urban acts – the Grammy’s cover much more ground than that.

However, *Very* reliable sources confirm this to be legitimate. With that, we want to know what you think. Are some artists/labels reaching beyond reality? Or are others not capitalising on theirs?