Coldplay received nominations for pop vocal album and music film for 'Ghost Stories' as well as duo or group vocal performance for the single 'A Sky Full of Stars.' U2 earned a single nod in rock album for its new 'Songs of Innocence.' The Irish quartet generated considerable controversy by distributing the album free, with Apple's help, to some 500 million iPad and iPhone owners. Perennial Grammy favorites Coldplay and U2 weren't overlooked. The attention from the Recording Academy could bode well for the film's chances for Academy Award recognition as well. The Band Perry received a duo-group country performance nod for their rendition of Campbell's signature hit 'Gentle on My Mind,' which also was used in the documentary, and 'I'm Not Gonna Miss You,' which took a second nomination for country song. success, with both the album and the third. Smiths 2014 debut studio album, In The Lonely Hour, provided the impetus for his U.S. Sam Smith was first introduced to the world on Disclosures Top 10 hit 'Latch' in 2012. Idina Menzel's recording was passed over, but songwriters Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez did turn up in the song written for visual media category, along with Joshua Bartholomew, Lisa Harriton, Shawn Patterson, Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone's 'Everything Is Awesome!' from 'The Lego Movie,' Ed Sheeran's 'I See Fire' from 'The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug,' Spike Jonze and Karen O's 'The Moon Song' from 'Her' and Glen Campbell and Julian Raymond's 'I'm Not Gonna Miss You' from James Keach's documentary 'Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me.'Ĭampbell and his well-publicized journey with Alzheimer's disease figured into three nominations. 'I didnt become successful until I became myself.' Born Samuel Frederick Smith on May 19, 1992, in London, England.

In the lonely hour album nominations