Why Adele Only Received Six Nominations On Grammy?

She may have received more nods than most last night, but Adele somehow does not lead the nominations for the 54th annual Grammy Awards, announced Wednesday night. 



How the heck could that be after the phenomenal year that she's had with '21' – easily the biggest-selling album of 2011 as well as one of the most critically acclaimed? 


Well, truth is, Adele is nominated in pretty much every single category she was eligible for. 


That leaves her with six nominations, including album, record and song of the year (the latter two for "Rolling in the Deep"). But that's four less than Beyoncé Knowles scored two years ago. 


This year, though, the Grammy categories have been streamlined, which partly explains why now Knowles, a perennial Grammy darling, only has two nominations in lesser categories, making for one of the bigger snubs. 




It's also a little misleading that Kanye West leads the nominations with seven nods, because all but one of them (song of the year for "All of the Lights") is relegated to the rap field. 


Instead, Rihanna surprisingly scores her first album of the year nomination for 'Loud,' hardly her best effort, and Bruno Mars is up for Doo-Wops & Hooligans, which, barely missing the cutoff for last year's Grammys, feels past its expiration date. 

Source: Diva Report


TheDivaJuice: Maybe she will win all the categories that she had been nominated.