Grammy Awards 2013 Nominees: Jay-Z, Fun. , The Black Keys and More

All genres of music were very well represented in the 2013 Grammy Awards list of nominees. Artists The Black Keys, Jay-Z, and Fun. were among those with multiple nominations at the prestigious awards show. Other musicians who got multiple nominations include Mumford & Sons, Kanye West, and Frank Ocean. The list of nominees was announced on Wednesday, December 5 at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee.

Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys was nominated for non-classical producer of the year, which became the sixth nod for the rock duo. The other five include Album of the Year and Best Rock Album for "El Camino", and Record of the Year, Best Rock Performance and Best Rock Song for their single "Loney Boy". The nominations indeed prove the band's very strong musical career this year.

Rock music seemed to pose a comeback as another great group Fun. nabbed top nominations for Record of the Year and Album of the Year. The indie band, who were also one of the featured performers that night, would also fight for the Best New Artist trophy next year while their anthemic song "We Are Young" would try to get the Song of the Year award. The band got two other nominations for Best Pop Vocal Album and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance.

Hip-hop mogul Jay-Z tied with another great rapper Kanye West with their six nominations. Jay-Z and Kanye are no strangers at the Grammys and their dominance on Wednesday's concert was mostly due to their "Watch the Throne" collaboration and their individual works.

Mumford & Sons nominations were spread in different categories including Album of the Year for "Babel". R'n'B singer Frank Ocean, meanwhile, got some major nominations including Best New Artist and Album of the Year for "Channel Orange".

The 55th Annual Grammy Awards will air on February 10, 2013 at 8 P.M. EST. The show will broadcast live on CBS from the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Below is the partial nomination list of the awards. Full nominations can be obtained on Grammy official site.

Album Of The Year:

• "El Camino" - The Black Keys
• "Some Nights" - Fun.
• "Babel" - Mumford & Sons
• "Channel Orange" - Frank Ocean
• "Blunderbuss" - Jack White

Record Of The Year:

• "Lonely Boy" - The Black Keys
• "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" - Kelly Clarkson
• "We Are Young" - Fun. featuring Janelle Monae
• "Somebody That I Used To Know" - Gotye featuring Kimbra
• "Thinkin Bout You" - Frank Ocean
• "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" - Taylor Swift

Best New Artist:

• Alabama Shakes
• Fun.
• Hunter Hayes
• The Lumineers
• Frank Ocean

Song Of The Year:

• "The A Team" - Ed Sheeran
• "Adorn" - Miguel
• "Call Me Maybe" - Carly Rae Jepsen
• "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" - Kelly Clarkson
• "We Are Young" - Fun.

Best Pop Solo Performance:

• "Set Fire to the Rain (Live)" - Adele
• "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" - Kelly Clarkson
• "Call Me Maybe" - Carly Rae Jepsen
• "Wide Awake" - Katy Perry
• "Where Have You Been" - Rihanna

Best Rock Album:

• "El Camino" - The Black Keys
• "Mylo Xyloto" - Coldplay
• "The 2nd Law" - Muse
• "Wrecking Ball" - Bruce Springsteen
• "Blunderbuss" - Jack White

Best Rock Song:

• "Freedom at 21" - Jack White
• "I Will Wait" - Mumford & Sons
• "Lonely Boy" - The Black Keys
• "Madness" - Muse
• "We Take Care of Our Own" - Bruce Springsteen

Best R&B Album:

• "Black Radio" - Robert Glasper Experiment
• "Back to Love" - Anthony Hamilton
• "Write Me Back" - R. Kelly
• "Beautiful Surprise" - Tamia
• "Open Invitation" - Tyrese Gibson

Best R&B Song:

• "Adorn" - Miguel
• "Beautiful Surprise" - Tamia
• "Heart Attack" - Trey Songz
• "Pray for Me" - Anthony Hamilton
• "Refill" - Elle Varner

Best Rap Album:

• "Take Care" - Drake
• "Food and Liquor 2: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1" - Lupe Fiasco
• "Life Is Good" - Nas
• "Undun" - The Roots
• "God Forgives, I Don't" - Rick Ross
• "Based on a T.R.U. Story" - 2 Chainz

Best Rap Song:

• "Daughers" - Nas
• "Lotus Flower Bomb" - Wale featuring Miguel
• "Mercy" - Kanye West featuring Big Sean, Pusha T & 2 Chainz
• "The Motto" - Drake featuring Lil Wayne
• "N****s in Paris" - Jay-Z & Kanye West
• "Young, Wild & Free" - Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa featuring Bruno Mars

Best Country Album:

• "Uncaged" - Zac Brown Band
• "Hunter Hayes" - Hunter Hayes
• "Living for a Song: A Tribute to Hank Cochran" - Jamey Johnson
• "Four the Record" - Miranda Lambert
• "The Time Jumpers" - The Time Jumpers

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Report: Robert De Niro Feuding With Jay-Z at Leonardo DiCaprio's Bash

Apparently two A-list celebrities were involved in a feud during Leonardo DiCaprio's recent birthday bash at New York's The Darby. NY Post's Page Six shared the words that veteran thesp Robert De Niro and rap mogul Jay-Z "got into a tense beef," in which the senior actor called Beyonce Knowles "disrespectful."

Multiple onlookers revealed to the site that Robert gave Jigga a dressing down at the star-studed party. It was said that the 69-year-old thesp was angry because the Brooklyn rapper refused to return the actor's calls. The "Raging Bull" star reportedly wouldn't back down though Jay had tried to say hello and his wife Beyonce also tried to intervene.

A source told Page Six, "Bob was sitting at a table, and when Jay-Z went over to say hello, De Niro told Jay that he never called him back." Another source admitted to have overheard that the beef started when Robert complained to the Hov over a song that the rapper agreed to record for the Tribeca Film Festival. The veteran thesp tried to reach out Jay to discuss the matter, but the rapper reportedly never returned his calls.

Said the source, "Bob wasn't in any mood to make polite conversation," before adding, "He told Jay that if somebody calls you six times, you call them back. It doesn't matter who you are, that is just rude." Jay reportedly explained that he's terrible on the phone, but the source said that "De Niro kept telling him that he thinks he's the man, but that he was disrespectful."

Jay's wife Beyonce intervened in the argument but "that didn't calm Bob down." The source added that the feud had become "the talk of the party. Everyone was saying there's only one star in New York bigger and badder than Jay-Z, and that's Robert De Niro. He can be quite scary when he's angry."

Representatives for both Robert and Jay-Z refused to comment on the reported beef. However, a source close to the "Red Lights" actor insisted that what actually happened was just "a low-key private conversation between two people that was apparently overheard. It was not a heated discussion."

Robert and Jay-Z attended Leo's 38th birthday bash over the weekend which was held to raise money for the Red Cross. The party, which reportedly ended at 5 A.M. and cost almost $3 million, was also attended by the likes of Martin Scorsese, Cameron Diaz, Jamie Foxx, Chris Rock, Jonah Hill, Edward Norton, Mark Ruffalo and Emma Watson.

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Jay-Z Hits Recording Booth With Pharrell Williams and Frank Ocean

Music lovers can look forward to a new collaborative project featuring Jay-Z, Pharrell Williams and Frank Ocean. The three rappers recently hit a recording studio together and the moment was captured in a picture shared by the one-half of The Neptunes duo.

"Yessur, in the studio with @S_C_ and @frank_ocean," Pharrell wrote in a caption of the photo which he posted on his Twitter account. Without revealing details of their project, he further teased, "Can't wait for y'all to hear what I'm working on with big bro Jay-Z and lil bro Frank Ocean."

Jigga has previously worked with Pharrell and Frank in "I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me)" and "No Church in the Wild" respectively. Meanwhile, Pharrell and Frank once teamed up for "Sweet Life" which is featured in the Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All star's solo debut album "Channel Orange".

The Roc Nation founder himself has just wrapped up his eight-night gig at Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Saturday, October 6. He will release "Live in Brooklyn [EP]", featuring eight songs and videos from his performances at the gig, on October 9.


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Jay-Z Playfully Smacks Beyonce's Butt on Stage

Before he bid Brooklyn, New York goodbye, Jay-Z gave his audience a final treat. The rapper allowed his wife Beyonce Knowles to take the stage to perform two of her hits, "Diva" and "Crazy in Love", and assist him in "Young Forever".

Jay-Z was even playful during "Crazy in Love" set, spanking Beyonce's butt before disappearing to the backstage. At the end of the show, Jay-Z joked, "Of course I had to let BK touch the stage in BK - well BKC now."

Saturday, October 6 was Jay-Z's final night of his week-long stint at Barclays Center. He has been streaming the concerts live on his YouTube channel. A recorded version of the Saturday show will be sold in an eight-song audio/visual EP titled "Live in Brooklyn" starting October 9.


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Jay-Z to Stream His Last Concert at Barclays Center Live on YouTube

Those who are unable to watch any of Jay-Z's eight concerts at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn need no worry. They will be able to catch his performance at the brand-new multi-million-dollar complex in high quality via a live streaming on YouTube this weekend at 9:30 P.M. ET.

The Hov officially announces that his sold-out gig on Saturday, October 6 will be broadcast online via his Life + Times channel. In addition to celebrating the launch of the new YouTube channel, the live streaming will mark the end of his eight-day concert to christen the new sport center.

The new YouTube channel itself will be like a television network that provides original video materials and monetizes through ads. It will be a place for the rap mogul "to showcase the breadth of his interests, from fashion, architecture, music, style, food, consumables, electronics, and so forth."

"His philosophy has always been to do things out of the box, do them first, do them in a surprising way," says his collaborator, IconicTV co-founder and chief creative officer Michael Hirschorn. "I think that's one of the main reasons he has kept his brand as fresh and robust as he has because he's constantly surprising the public with what he's doing."

"We're approaching this channel and programming it, not at the level of an MTV or a BET - at least, not yet - but really programming it as a real channel that will have regular content, some featuring him, some under his creative direction, but that when he wants to reach his audience, he's no longer going to have to go through an intermediary to get to that audience."