Kanye West Leads All Grammy Nominations With Seven

 

Today, the nominees for the 54th Grammy Awards were announced, and Kanye West leads them all with seven nominations. His fifth album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, has been nominated for Best Rap Album, but was disappointingly snubbed for Album of the Year. "All of the Lights", the third single from MBDTF, has received three nominations, including Song of the Year, Best Rap/Sung Collaboration, and Best Rap Song.

In addition to this, Watch the Throne, the collaborative album between Kanye and his big brother Jay-Z, has been nominated for Best Rap Album as well. "Otis", WtT's second single, has been nominated for Best Rap Song and Best Rap Performance.This gives Jay-Z three nominations.

Despite having the most nominations of any rap artist, Kanye is not the only rapper nominated for more than one Grammy. Lil Wayne is nominated for five Grammys, Lupe Fiasco, Drake, Jay-Z (as mentioned before) and Nicki Minaj are up for three nominations while Wiz Khalifa, Chris Brown and Dr. Dre each have two nominations. Nicki is also nominated for Best New Artist alongside Jay-Z's protege, J. Cole. To see the full nominations in the rap categories, simply read below:

Best Rap Performance

LOOK AT ME NOW - Chris Brown, Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes
OTIS - Jay-Z & Kanye West
THE SHOW GOES ON - Lupe Fiasco
MOMENT 4 LIFE - Nicki Minaj & Drake
BLACK AND YELLOW - Wiz Khalifa

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration

PARTY - Beyoncé & André 3000
I'M ON ONE - DJ Khaled, Drake, Rick Ross & Lil Wayne
I NEED A DOCTOR - Dr. Dre, Eminem & Skylar Grey
WHAT'S MY NAME? - Rihanna & Drake
MOTIVATION - Kelly Rowland & Lil Wayne
ALL OF THE LIGHTS - Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi & Fergie

Best Rap Song

ALL OF THE LIGHTS - Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi & Fergie
BLACK AND YELLOW - Wiz Khalifa
I NEED A DOCTOR - Dr. Dre, Eminem & Skylar Grey
LOOK AT ME NOW - Chris Brown, Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes

OTIS - Jay-Z & Kanye West

THE SHOW GOES ON - Lupe Fiasco

Best Rap Album

WATCH THE THRONE - Jay-Z & Kanye West
THA CARTER IV - Lil Wayne
LASERS - Lupe Fiasco
PINK FRIDAY - Nicki Minaj
MY BEAUTIFUL DARK TWISTED FANTASY - Kanye West