Grammy 2012 Submissions

The 2012 Grammy Award nominations are slated to be announced next month, but artist have already submitted songs for their respected categories. Record companies and artists submit songs to be nominated. Nominations are made online and a hard copy  is sent to the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. When the song is submitted, reviewing sessions are then held by experts from the recording industry. This process is to determine if the song is eligible and entered in the correct category for official nomination. Check out to see if your fav submitted to the academy.

The partial list of submissions:

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

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”

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”

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)

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

KELLY ROWLAND
Best Rap/Sung – “Gone”
Best Rap/Sung – “Motivation”
Best Rap Song – “Gone”

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

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”

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

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

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