4th Annual Coco Award Nominees

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R&B star Janelle Monae led the pack with 15 nominations, followed by noise-pop newcomers Sleigh Bells, indie-veterans Arcade Fire, and rap star Kanye West with 9 nominations each.

4th Annual Coco Award Nominations

Album Of The Year
The Suburbs - Arcade Fire
The ArchAndroid - Janelle Monae
Have One On Me - Joanna Newsom
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West
Treats - Sleigh Bells

Record Of The Year
Dog Days Are Over - Florence + The Machine
Teenage Dream - Katy Perry
Tightrope - Janelle Monae ft. Big Boi
Dancing On My Own - Robyn
Rill Rill - Sleigh Bells

Song Lyrics Of The Year
Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) - S. Neufeld, R.R. Parry, J. Gara, W. Butler, W. Butler, R. Chassagne, T. Kingsbury (Arcade Fire)
Airplanes - Jeremy Dussolliet, Justin Franks, Alexander Grant, Bobby Simmons, Tim Sommers, Haley Williams (B.o.B ft. Haley Williams)
Tightrope - N. Irvin III, C. Joseph II, A. Patton, J. Monae(Janelle Monae ft. Big Boi)
Good Intentions Pavement Company - Joanna Newsome (Joanna Newsom)
Your Love Is My Drug - Kesha Sebert, Pebe Sebert, Joshua Coleman (Ke$ha)

Artist Of The Year
Arcade Fire
Deerhunter
Janelle Monae
Kanye West
Sleigh Bells

Best New Artist
Best Coast
Cults
Marina & The Diamonds
Nicki Minaj
Sleigh Bells

Best Breakout Record
When I'm With You - Best Coast
Dog Days Are Over - Florence + The Machine
Tightrope - Janelle Monae ft. Big Boi
Shampain - Marina & The Diamonds
Tell 'Em - Sleigh Bells

Best Collaboration Record
Let's Get Lost - Bat for Lashes & Beck
Shutterbugg - Big Boi feat. Cutty
Tightrope - Janelle Monae ft. Big Boi
Monster - Kanye West ft. Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Bon Iver, & Nicki Minaj
6'7' - Lil' Wayne ft. Cory Gunz

Best Vocal Performance by a Female
Dog Days Are Over - Florence + The Machine
Coldwar - Janelle Monae
Rambling Man - Laura Marling
Everywhere I Go - Lissie
Dancing On My Own - Robyn


Best Vocal Performance by a Male
Fuck You - Cee Lo Green
Lemonade - Gucci Mane
The Curse - Josh Ritter
Hitchhiker - Neil Young
Impossible Soul - Sufjan Stevens

Best Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Collaboration
Ready To Start - Arcade Fire
Helicopter - Deerhunter
Tightrope - Janelle Monae ft. Big Boi
I Can Change - LCD Soundsystem
Little Lion Man - Mumford & Sons
Rill Rill - Sleigh Bells

Alternative
Best Alternative Album
The Suburbs - Arcade Fire
Teen Dream - Beach House
Halcyon Digest - Deerhunter
Treats - Sleigh Bells
Contra - Vampire Weekend

Best Alternative Record
We Used To Wait - Arcade Fire
Round and Round - Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti
Helicopter - Deerhunter
I Was Thinking... - Gauntlet Hair
Rill Rill - Sleigh Bells

Best Alternative Performance
We Used To Wait - Arcade Fire
Zebra - Beach House
Helicopter - Deerhunter
Bloodbuzz Ohio - The National
Tell 'Em - Sleigh Bells

Best Alternative Song Lyircs
Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) - S. Neufeld, R.R. Parry, J. Gara, W. Butler, W. Butler, R. Chassagne, T. Kingsbury (Arcade Fire)
When I'm With You - Bethany Cosentino (Best Coast)
Helicopter - Bradford Cox (Deerhunter)
Too Much - Sufjan Stevens (Sufjan Stevens)
Giving Up The Gun - E. Koeing, C. Baio, R. Batmanglij, C. Tomson (Vampire Weekend)

Country
Best Country Album
Easton Corbin - Easton Corbin
Welder - Elizabeth Cook
The Guitar Song - Jamey Johnson
Speak Now - Taylor Swift
Country Music - Willie Nelson

Best Country Record
Till The End - Alan Jackson ft. Lee Ann Womack
If I Die Young - The Band Perry
Heroine Addict Sister - Elizabeth Cook
The House That Built Me - Miranda Lambert
Mine - Taylor Swift

Best Country Performance
Till The End - Alan Jackson ft. Lee Ann Womack
If I Die Young - The Band Perry
Heroine Addict Sister - Elizabeth Cook
Even The Skies Are Blue - Jamey Johnson
The House That Built Me - Miranda Lambert

Best Country Song Lyrics
If I Die Young - Kimberly Perry (The Band Perry)
No Regrets - Allan, Jaime Hanna, Jon Randall (Gary Allen)
Ain't No Grave - Johnny Cash (Johnny Cash)
The House That Built Me - Tom Douglas, Allen Shamblin(Miranda Lambert)
Colder Weather - Zac Brown, Wyatt Durrette, Coy Bowles, Levi Lowrey (Zac Brown Band)

Dance/Electronic
Best Dance/Electronic Album
Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles
Does It Look Like I'm Here? - Emeralds
There Is Love In You - Four Tet
This Is Happening - LCD Soundsystem
Body Talk - Robyn

Best Dance/Electornic Record
Bluish - Animal Collective
Not In Love - Crystal Castles ft. Robert Smith
All Day (Continuous Mix) - Girl Talk
Acapella - Kelis
I Can Change - LCD Soundsystem
Dancing On My Own - Robyn

Best Dance/Electornic Peformance
Derezzed - Daft Punk
MmmHmm - Flying Lotus
Acapella - Kelis
I Can Change - LCD Soundsystem
Dancing On My Own - Robyn

Best Dance/Electronic Song Lyrics
Celestica - Ethan Kath & Alice Glass (Crystal Castles)
Acapella - Kelis, D. Guetta, F. Riesterer, J. Baptiste, M. Riddik (Kelis)
All I Want - James Murphy (LCD Soundsystem)
Dancing On My Own - Patrik Berger & Robin Carlsson (Robyn)

Folk
Best Folk Album
Hadestown - Anais Mitchell
Have One On Me - Joanna Newsom
I Speak Because I Can - Laura Marling
July Flames - Laura Veirs
Catching A Tiger - Lissie

Best Folk Record
Wedding Song - Anais Mitchell ft. Justin Vernon
Yellow Brick Road - Angus & Julia Stone
Hit 'Em Up Style - Carolina Chocolate Drops
Good Intentions Pavement Company - Joanna Newsom
Rambling Man - Laura Marling

Best Folk Peformance
Hit 'Em Up Style - Carolina Chocolate Drops
Good Intentions Pavement Company - Joanna Newsom
Rambling Man - Laura Marling
57821 - Janelle Monae ft. Deep Cotton
All Delighted People - Sufjan Stevens

Best Folk Song Lyrics
Good Intentions Pavement Company - Joanna Newsom (Joanna Newsom)
Rambling Man - Laura Marling (Laura Marling)
July Flame - Laura Veirs (Laura Veirs)
Giving Up On Love - The Slow Club (The Slow Club)
All Delighted People - Sufjan Stevens (Sufjan Stevens)

Mulitimedia
Best Music Video
The Wilderness Downtown - Arcade Fire
Barbara Streisand - Duck Sauce
Tightrope - Janelle Monae feat. Big Boi
Telephone - Lady Gaga & Beyonce
In The Sun - She & Him

Pop
Best Pop Album
The Sea - Corinne Bailey Rae
Animal & Cannibal - Ke$ha
The Family Jewels - Marina & The Diamonds
Volume Two - She & Him
Traveling Like The Light - V V Brown

Best Pop Record
I'd Do It All Again - Corinne Bailey Rae
Go Outside - Cults
Teenage Dream - Katy Perry
Shampain - Marina & The Diamonds
Change of Seasons - Sweet Thing

Best Pop Performance
Fuck You - Cee Lo Green
Teenage Dream - Katy Perry
Your Love Is My Drug - Ke$ha
Shampain - Marina & The Diamonds
Shark In The Water - V V Brown

Best Pop Song Lyrics
I'd Do It All Again - Corinne Bailey Rae (Corinne Bailey Rae)
Your Love Is My Drug - Kesha Sebert, Pebe Sebert, Joshua Coleman (Ke$ha)
Shampain - Marina Diamandis, Pascal Gabriel, Liam Howe (Marina & The Diamonds)
In The Sun - Zooey Deschanel (She & Him)
Shark In The Water - VV Brown, Tommy Tysper, Mack (VV Brown)

Rap
Best Rap Album
Sir Lucious Leftfoot: Son of Chico Stardust - Big Boi
Sit Down, Man - Das Racist
Thank Me Later - Drake
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West
How I Got Over - The Roots

Best Rap Record
Shutterbugg - Big Boi ft. Cutty
Power - Kanye West
Monster - Kanye West ft. Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Bon Iver, & Nicki Minaj
Runaway - Kanye West ft. Pusha T
6'7' - Lil Wayne ft. Cory Gunz

Best Rap Peformance
Shutterbugg - Big Boi ft. Cutty
Enter The Ninja - Die Antwoord
Over - Drake
Monster - Kanye West ft. Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Bon Iver, & Nicki Minaj
6'7' - Lil Wayne ft. Cory Gunz

Best Rap Song Lyrics
Shutterbugg - Antwan André Patton, Scott Storch, Ricardo Lewis, Christopher Carmouche, Nellee Hooper, Beresford Romeo, Caron Wheeler, Simon Law, David Frank, Michael Murphy (Big Boi ft. Cutty)
Airplanes - Jeremy Dussolliet, Justin Franks, Alexander Grant, Bobby Simmons, Tim Sommers, Haley Williams (B.o.B. ft. Haley Williams)
Runaway - Kanye West, Terrence Thorton, Emile Haynie, Jeff Bhasker, Mike Dean, John Roger Branch(Kanye West ft. Pusha T)
Your Love - Joseph Hughes, David Freeman, Onika Maraj, Andrew Wansel (Nicki Minaj)
How I Got Over - T. Trotter, K. Jenkins, J. Grenhart, R. Friedrich (The Roots)

R&B
Best R&B Album
Love King - The Dream
New Amerykah Part Two: The Return of the Ankh - Erykah Badu
The ArchAndroid - Janelle Monae
Love Me Back - Jazmine Sullivan
I Learned The Hard Way - Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings

Best R&B Record
Yamaha - The Dream
Window Seat - Erykah Badu
Tightrope - Janelle Monae ft. Big Boi
Coldwar - Janelle Monae
I Learned The Hard Way - Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
Lil Freak - Usher ft. Nicki Minaj

Best R&B Performance
You're The One - Dondria
Window Seat - Erykah Badu
Tighrope - Janelle Monae ft. Big Boi
Everything To Me - Monica
Soilder of Love - Sade

Best R&B Song Lyrics
Window Seat - Erykah Badu & James Poyser (Erykah Badu)
Tightrope - N. Irvin III, C. Joseph II, A. Patton, J. Monae, (Janelle Monae ft. Big Boi)
Holding You Down (Goin' In Circles) - J. Sullivan, S. Combs, J. Oliver, A. Delvalle, C. McKay, G. Askey, D. Atkinson, C. Lamb, I. Marchand, R. Walters, C. Mayfield, S. Barnes, D. Davis, A. Cruz, M. Elliot, N. Jones, M. Blige (Jazmine Sullivan)
Bulletproof - R. DeVaughn & C. Bridges (Raheem DeVaughn ft. Ludacris)
I Learned The Hard Way - Bosco Mann (Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings)

Rock

Best Rock Album

Brothers - The Black Keys
Diamond Ears - Deftone
Option Paralysis - The Dillinger Escape Plan
Grinderman II - Grinderman
The Monitor - Titus Andronicus

Best Rock Record
Tighten Up - The Black Keys
Shake Me Down - Cage The Elephant
Dog Days Are Over - Florence + The Machine
Heathen Child - Grinderman
A More Perfect Union - Titus Andronicus

Best Rock Performance
Tighten Up - The Black Keys
Farewell, Mona Lisa - The Dillinger Escape Plan
Dog Days Are Over - Florence + The Machine
A More Perfect Union - Titus Andronicus
Infinity Guitars - Sleigh Bells

Best Rock Song Lyrics
Tighten Up - Dan Auerbach, Patrick Carney (The Black Keys)
Dog Days Are Over - Florence Welch, Isabella Summers (Florence + The Machine)
Little Lion Man - Ted Dwane, Ben Lovett, Marcus Mumford, "Country" Winston Marshall(Mumford & Sons)
A More Perfect Union - Eric Harm, Amy Klein, David Robbins, Patrick Stickles (Titus Andronicus)
Everywhere I Go - Elisabeth Maurus, Curt Schneider (Lissie)

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Never heard of it. LOL @ complete Eminem shutout. Record of the year "Teenage Dream" again? Just wow...