Album of the year Nominees Announced: Who will take the Grammy?..

The Grammy Awards took a circuitous route to announcing its nominees this year, this years Grammy is gonna be tough.

Rather than come out with all nominees at once, the nods for various categories were posted throughout Friday on Twitter, culminating with the reveal of the contenders for Album of the Year on CBS' A Very Grammy Christmas last night.

"What we wanted to do is add a twist," explained Grammys executive producer Ken Ehrlich. "And everyone specially".