Several LGBTA individuals received nominations for the 55th Annual Grammy Awards, according to GLAAD.org .
Frank Ocean, who revealed earlier this year that his first lover was a man, tied other acts such as Kanye West, fun. and Jay-Z for the most nods with six. Ocean was nominated for Best New Artist, with his debut album, Channel Orange, picking up nods for Album of the Year and Best Urban Contemporary Album and the single "Thinking About You" being nominated for Record of the Year.
The band fun.who appeared at the GLAAD Media Awards in San Francisco and have since founded pro-LGBT Ally Coalitionreceived nods for Best New Artist, Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album, among others.
Tegan & Sara's "Get Along" was nominated for Best Long Form Music Video. Joan Osborne received a nod in Best Blues Album for Bring It On Home, and Sia picked up a nomination for the hit single "Wild Ones" in Best Rap/Sung Collaboration.
Saxophonist Dave Koz (who is playing at the Chicago Theatre Dec. 8) picked up a nomination in Best Pop Instrumental Album for Live at the Blue Note Tokyo.
Rachel Maddow and Ellen DeGeneres scored nominations in Best Spoken Word Album for Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power and Seriously … I'm Kidding, respectively. Meanwhile, lesbian singer Janis Ian scored her ninth Grammy nod for her audio version of her autobiography, Society's Child.
Also, Margaret Cho's Cho Dependendent: Live in Concert picked up a nod for Best Comedy Album, as did Kathy Griffin's Kathy Griffin: Seaman 1st Class.
The 55th Annual Grammy Awards will air live from the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Feb. 10, 2013, at 8 p.m. on CBS.
—Andrew Davis