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"Regardless of what happens at the 56th Grammy Awards on January 26th, there is no denying that Jay Z is the big winner today: Just hours after Jigga the sports agent secured his client Robinson Cano a $240 million contract with the Seattle Mariners, Jigga the rapper was nominated for a dominant nine Grammy nominations. But there was even more reason to celebrate in Seattle: Native sons Macklemore &amp;amp; Ryan Lewis were also nominated for seven Grammys, including nods in three of the ceremony&amp;apos;s bigger categories: Song of the Year (&amp;quot;Same Love&amp;quot;), Album of the Year (The Heist) and Best New Artist.\r\nWho made the best tracks of 2013? We name the 100 greatest\r\nKendrick Lamar, Justin Timberlake, and Pharrell Williams were also nominated seven times apiece; Williams notably twice in the Record of the Year category as the featured guest on both Daft Punk&amp;apos;s &amp;quot;Get Lucky&amp;quot; and Robin Thicke&amp;apos;s &amp;quot;Blurred Lines&amp;quot; (a.k.a. The Worst Song of the Year). Lorde&amp;apos;s &amp;quot;Royals,&amp;quot; Imagine Dragons&amp;apos; &amp;quot;Radioactive,&amp;quot; and Bruno Mars&amp;apos; &amp;quot;Locked Out of Heaven&amp;quot; rounded out the Record of the Year category. &amp;quot;Royals&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;Locked Out of Heaven&amp;quot; were also recognized in the Song of the Year category alongside the aforementioned &amp;quot;Same Love,&amp;quot; Katy Perry&amp;apos;s &amp;quot;Roar,&amp;quot; and Pink with Nate Ruess&amp;apos; &amp;quot;Just Give Me a Reason.&amp;quot;\r\nThe biggest shocker from tonight&amp;apos;s Grammy nomination special: The almost-complete lack of Yeezus. Kanye&amp;apos;s much-acclaimed LP was largely ignored by Grammy voters, earning just two nominations: &amp;quot;New Slaves&amp;quot; for Best Rap Song and Yeezus for Best Rap Album. In the Album of the Year category, Macklemore &amp;amp; Ryan Lewis&amp;apos; The Heist will battle it out against Daft Punk&amp;apos;s Random Access Memories, Kendrick Lamar&amp;apos;s Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City, Taylor Swift&amp;apos;s Red, and Sara Bareilles&amp;apos; The Blessed Unrest. (You better believe Kanye will be misspelling &amp;quot;Bareilles&amp;quot; during a Twitter rant tonight.) Yeezus has some stiff competition in its category as its challenged by Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City, The Heist, Jay Z&amp;apos;s Magna Carta Holy Grail, Drake&amp;apos;s Nothing Was the Same.\r\nDon&amp;apos;t miss our 50 best albums of 2013\r\nIn the Best New Artist category, the Macklemore/Lewis duo will face off against U.K. dubstep crooner James Blake, Compton&amp;apos;s finest Kendrick Lamar, country breakout star Kacey Musgraves, and Taylor Swift&amp;apos;s favorite singer Ed Sheeran.\r\nOther nominations of note: David Bowie&amp;apos;s coming-out-of-retirement party continued with nods for both Best Rock Performance (&amp;quot;The Stars Are Out Tonight&amp;quot;) and Best Rock Album (The Next Day), which finds the Thin White Duke duking it out against LPs by Neil Young and Crazy Horse (Psychedelic Pill), Black Sabbath (13), Queens of the Stone Age (&amp;#x2026;Like Clockwork) and, oddly, Led Zeppelin (the reunion concert album Celebration Day).\r\nVampire Weekend&amp;apos;s Modern Vampires of the City, Rolling Stone&amp;apos;s best album of 2013, scored a nomination in the Best Alternative Album category alongside Tame Impala&amp;apos;s Lonerism, Nine Inch Nails&amp;apos; Hesitation Marks, Neko Case&amp;apos;s The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You, and the National&amp;apos;s Trouble Will Find Me.\r\nCheck out 10 classic Grammy performances\r\nWhile Jay Z scored the most nominations, the Roc Nation mogul was shut out of all the major categories; he instead collected the majority of his nods in the Rap Field, with the exception his Pop Duo/Group Performance nod for his guest spot on Justin Timberlake&amp;apos;s &amp;quot;Suit &amp;amp; Tie.&amp;quot; Four different Magna Carta tracks were nominated: &amp;quot;Tom Ford&amp;quot; for Best Rap Performance, &amp;quot;Part II (On the Run)&amp;quot; with Beyonc&amp;#xE9; for Best Rap Collaboration, Picasso Baby for Best Music Video and &amp;quot;Holy Grail&amp;quot; for Best Rap Song. And yes, because &amp;quot;Holy Grail&amp;quot; features some &amp;quot;Smells Like Teen Spirit&amp;quot; lyrics, Kurt Cobain, Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic are all listed among the &amp;quot;Holy Grail&amp;quot; songwriters for the Best Rap Song Grammy.\r\nThat&amp;apos;s not the only nod for Grohl and Novoselic though, as the pair were nominated along Paul McCartney and Pat Smear for the Sound City cut &amp;quot;Cut Me Some Slack&amp;quot; in the Best Rock Song category. Macca will challenge his British Invasion rivals for the Grammy as the Rolling Stones&amp;apos; &amp;quot;Doom and Gloom&amp;quot; was also selected, as was Black Sabbath&amp;apos;s &amp;quot;God Is Dead?,&amp;quot; Gary Clark Jr.&amp;apos;s &amp;quot;Messin&amp;apos; Around&amp;quot; and Muse&amp;apos;s &amp;quot;Panic Station.&amp;quot;\r\nCheck out all the major nominees below, and visit Grammy.com for the full list:\r\nRecord of the Year Daft Punk &amp;amp; Pharrell Williams - &amp;quot;Get Lucky&amp;quot; Imagine Dragons - &amp;quot;Radioactive&amp;quot; Lorde - &amp;quot;Royals&amp;quot; Bruno Mars - &amp;quot;Locked Out of Heaven&amp;quot; Robin Thicke Featuring T.I. &amp;amp; Pharrell Williams - &amp;quot;Blurred Lines&amp;quot;\r\nAlbum of the Year Sara Bareilles - The Blessed Unrest Daft Punk - Random Access Memories Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City Macklemore &amp;amp; Ryan Lewis - The Heist Taylor Swift - Red\r\nSong of the Year Pink feat. Nate Ruess - &amp;quot;Just Give Me a Reason&amp;quot; Bruno Mars - &amp;quot;Locked Out of Heaven&amp;quot; Katy Perry - &amp;quot;Roar&amp;quot; Lorde - &amp;quot;Royals&amp;quot; Macklemore &amp;amp; Ryan Lewis - &amp;quot;Same Love&amp;quot;\r\nBest New Artist James Blake Kendrick Lamar Macklemore &amp;amp; Ryan Lewis Kacey Musgraves Ed Sheeran\r\nBest Pop Solo Performance Sara Bareilles - &amp;quot;Brave&amp;quot; Lorde - &amp;quot;Royals&amp;quot; Bruno Mars - &amp;quot;When I Was Your Man&amp;quot; Katy Perry - &amp;quot;Roar&amp;quot; Justin Timberlake - &amp;quot;Mirrors&amp;quot;\r\nBest Pop Vocal Album Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience: The Complete Experience Lorde - Pure Heroine Lana Del Rey - Paradise Robin Thicke - Blurred Lines Bruno Mars - Unorthodox Jukebox\r\nBest Pop Duo/Group Performance Daft Punk &amp;amp; Pharrell Williams - &amp;quot;Get Lucky&amp;quot; Pink Featuring Nate Ruess - &amp;quot;Just Give Me A Reason&amp;quot; Rihanna Featuring Mikky Ekko - &amp;quot;Stay&amp;quot; Robin Thicke Featuring T.I. &amp;amp; Pharrell Williams - &amp;quot;Blurred Lines&amp;quot; Justin Timberlake &amp;amp; Jay Z - &amp;quot;Suit &amp;amp; Tie&amp;quot;\r\nBest Dance/Electronica Album Daft Punk - Random Access Memories Disclosure - Settle Calvin Harris - 18 Months Kaskade - Atmosphere Pretty Lights - A Color Map Of The Sun\r\nBest Rock Performance Alabama Shakes - &amp;quot;Always Alright&amp;quot; David Bowie - &amp;quot;The Stars (Are Out Tonight)&amp;quot;  Imagine Dragons - &amp;quot;Radioactive&amp;quot; Led Zeppelin - &amp;quot;Kashmir&amp;quot; (Live)  Queens Of The Stone Age - &amp;quot;My God Is The Sun&amp;quot; Jack White - &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m Shakin&amp;apos;&amp;quot;\r\nBest Rock Album: Black Sabbath - 13 David Bowie - The Next Day Kings of Leon - Mechanical Bull Led Zeppelin - Celebration Day Queens Of The Stone Age - &amp;#x2026;Like Clockwork Neil Young With Crazy Horse - Psychedelic Pill\r\nBest Rock Song Paul McCartney, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, Pat Smear - &amp;quot;Cut Me Some Slack&amp;quot; Gary Clark Jr. - &amp;quot;Messin&amp;apos; Around&amp;quot; The Rolling Stones - &amp;quot;Doom and Gloom&amp;quot; Muse - &amp;quot;Panic Station&amp;quot; Black Sabbath &amp;quot;God Is Dead?&amp;quot;\r\nBest Alternative Music Album: Neko Case - The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You The National - Trouble Will Find Me Nine Inch Nails - Hesitation Marks Tame Impala - Lonerism Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires Of The City\r\nBest R&amp;amp;B Performance Tamar Braxton - &amp;quot;Love And War&amp;quot; Anthony Hamilton - &amp;quot;Best Of Me&amp;quot; Hiatus Kaiyote Featuring Q-Tip - &amp;quot;Nakamarra&amp;quot; Miguel Featuring Kendrick Lamar - &amp;quot;How Many Drinks?&amp;quot;  Snarky Puppy With Lalah Hathaway - &amp;quot;Something&amp;quot;\r\nBest Urban Contemporary Album Tamar Braxton - Love And War Fantasia - Side Effects Of You Salaam Remi - One: In The Chamber Rihanna - Unapologetic Mack Wilds - New York: A Love Story\r\nBest R&amp;amp;B Album Faith Evans - R&amp;amp;B Divas Alicia Keys - Girl On Fire John Legend - Love In The Future Chrisette Michele - Better TGT - Three Kings\r\nBest Rap Performance Drake - &amp;quot;Started From The Bottom&amp;quot; Eminem - &amp;quot;Berzerk&amp;quot; Jay Z - &amp;quot;Tom Ford&amp;quot; Kendrick Lamar - &amp;quot;Swimming Pools (Drank)&amp;quot;  Macklemore &amp;amp; Ryan Lewis Featuring Wanz - &amp;quot;Thrift Shop&amp;quot;\r\nBest Rap Song ASAP Rocky Featuring Drake, 2 Chainz &amp;amp; Kendrick Lamar - &amp;quot;Fuckin&amp;apos; Problem&amp;quot; Jay Z featuring Justin Timberlake - &amp;quot;Holy Grail&amp;quot; Kanye West - &amp;quot;New Slaves&amp;quot; Macklemore &amp;amp; Ryan Lewis - &amp;quot;Thrift Shop&amp;quot; Drake - &amp;quot;Started From the Bottom&amp;quot;\r\nBest Rap/Sung Collaboration J.Cole Featuring Miguel - &amp;quot;Power Trip&amp;quot; Jay Z Featuring Beyonc&amp;#xE9; - &amp;quot;Part II (On The Run)&amp;quot;  Jay Z Featuring Justin Timberlake - &amp;quot;Holy Grail&amp;quot; Kendrick Lamar Featuring Mary J. Blige - &amp;quot;Now Or Never&amp;quot; Wiz Khalifa Featuring The Weeknd - &amp;quot;Remember You&amp;quot;\r\nBest Rap Album Drake - Nothing Was The Same Jay Z - Magna Carta&amp;#x2026;Holy Grail Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid, M.A.A.D City Macklemore &amp;amp; Ryan Lewis - The Heist Kanye West - Yeezus\r\nBest Country Album Jason Aldean - Night Train Tim McGraw - Two Lanes Of Freedom Kacey Musgraves - Same Trailer Different Park Blake Shelton - Based On A True Story Taylor Swift - Red\r\nBest Song Written For Visual Media Coldplay - &amp;quot;Atlas&amp;quot; (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire)  Jessie J - &amp;quot;Silver Lining&amp;quot; (The Silver Linings Playbook) Adele - &amp;quot;Skyfall&amp;quot; (Skyfall) Colbie Caillat Featuring Gavin DeGraw - &amp;quot;We Both Know&amp;quot; (Safe Haven) Lana Del Rey - &amp;quot;Young and Beautiful&amp;quot; (The Great Gatsby) Regina Spektor - &amp;quot;You&amp;apos;ve Got Time&amp;quot; (Orange Is the New Black)\r\nProducer of the Year Rob Cavallo Dr. Luke Ariel Rechtshaid Jeff Tweedy Pharrell Williams"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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