The nominations for the 2013 Grammy Awards -- the show's 55th presentation -- were revealed by the Recording Academy on Dec. 5, 2012, and for the fifth year, nominations were announced on prime time television during a one-hour special. This year, for the first time, the special emanated from the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. The award winners were revealed Feb. 10, 2013 live on CBS, with the show being broadcast from the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles. The winners in the R&B categories included some of the usual names you'd expect, like
Usher and
Beyonce, but the list also contains some surprising/unexpected names, like new sensations
Miguel and
Frank Ocean, as well as jazz pianist Robert Glasper. The full list of categories that R&B artists were nominated in is below, with the winners' names in
bold with an asterisk (*) next to them. For the nominees and winners in all music categories (including Pop, Rap, Blues, etc., visit the official Grammys website at
grammy.com/nominees.
BEST R&B PERFORMANCE
BEST TRADITIONAL R&B PERFORMANCE
"Lately"
Anita Baker
From the Album: Only Forever
*"Love On Top"
Beyonce
From: 4
"Wrong Side of a Love Song"
Melanie Fiona
From: The MF Life
"Real Good Hands"
Gregory Porter
From: Be Good
"If You Only Knew"
SWV
From: I Missed Us
BEST URBAN CONTEMPORARY ALBUM
FORTUNE
Chris Brown
Kaleidoscope Dream
Miguel
*Channel Orange
Frank Ocean
BEST R&B ALBUM
*Black Radio
Robert Glasper Experiment
Back to Love
Anthony Hamilton
Write Me Back
R. Kelly
Beautiful Surprise
Tamia
BEST RAP/SUNG COLLABORATION
"Wild Ones"
Flo Rida feat. Sia
*"No Church in the Wild"
Jay-Z and Kanye West feat. Frank Ocean and The-Dream
"Tonight (Best You Ever Had)"
John Legend feat. Ludacris
"Cherry Wine"
Nas feat. Amy Winehouse
"Talk That Talk"
Rihanna feat. Jay-Z
BEST R&B SONG
*"Adorn"
Miguel
From the Album: Kaleidoscope Dream
"Beautiful Surprise"
Tamia
From: Beautiful Surprise
"Heart Attack"
Trey Songz
From: Chapter V
"Pray for Me"
Anthony Hamilton
From: Back to Love
"Refill"
Elle Varner
From: Perfectly Imperfect
SONG OF THE YEAR
"The A Team"
Ed Sheeran
"Adorn"
Miguel
"Call Me Maybe"
Carly Rae Jespen
"Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)"
Kelly Clarkson
*"We Are Young"
fun. feat. Janelle Monae
RECORD OF THE YEAR
"Lonely Boy"
The Black Keys
"Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)"
Kelly Clarkson
"We Are Young"
fun. feat. Janelle Monae
*"Somebody That I Used to Know"
Gotye feat. Kimbra
"We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"
Taylor Swift
"Thinkin' 'Bout You"
Frank Ocean
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
El Camino
The Black Keys
Some Nights
fun.
*Babel
Mumford and Sons
Channel Orange
Frank Ocean
Blunderbuss
Jack White
BEST NEW ARTIST
Alabama Shakes
*Fun.
Hunter Hayes
The Lumineers
Frank Ocean
