Frank Ocean, the Black Keys and Fun. Lead Grammy Nominations

The rock trio fun. dominated the nominations for the four most prestigious Grammy Awards on Thursday, receiving nods for album, song and record of the year, as well as for best new artist.

Frank Ocean, the young R&B singer, was also nominated in three of the major categories, getting nods for best new artist, record of the year (which goes to the best single) and album of the year for his critically acclaimed debut “Channel Orange.”

The rest of the nominees for album of the year seemed to reflect a resurgence of rock after several years in which pop singers seemed ascendant. That list included “El Camino,” by the blues-rock duo the Black Keys; “Babel,” by the British folk-rock quartet Mumford & Sons; and “Blunderbuss,” by the garage-rock innovator Jack White.

In the overall nominations tally, several artists had six, including fun ., Mumford & Sons, Frank Ocean, Jay-Z and Kanye West.

Chick Corea, Miguel and the Black Keys racked up five nominations apiece. Dan Auerbach, the Black Keys' vocalist and guitarist, was also nominated for producer of the year (among the LP's he made was Dr. John's “Locked Down”), giving him a total of six nods as well.

The list of nominees in 81 categories was unveiled during a televised concert at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. It was the first time the Recording Academy had done the nominations show in country music's hometown, and Taylor Swift, the reigning queen of country-pop, served as the host, along with LL Cool J.

Though the concert took place in county's house, the performances were eclectic. The Band Perry and Dierks Bentley opened the show with a rousing version of Johnny Cash and June Carter's hit “Jackson.” Maroon 5 offered a medley of their recent hits, doing the reggae-inflected “One M ore Night,” the campy “Moves Like Jagger” and ending with “Daylight.” Fun. rushed through their hit “We Are Young” with Janelle Monáe. Luke Bryan and Ne-Yo also performed, before Maroon 5 closed out the show with “Payphone.”

The nominations for record of the year, the award for best single, drew from across the radio dial, from blues-rock to neo-R&B to country-pop, but left out hip-hop. The short list included the Black Keys's “Lonely Boy”; fun.'s “We Are Young,” featuring Ms. Monáe; Gotye's “Somebody That I Used to Know”‘ Mr. Ocean's “Thinkin Bout You”; and Ms. Swift's “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together.”

The list for best new artist was one of the strongest in years. Besides fun. and Mr. Ocean, the contenders are the 21-year-old country newcomer Hunter Hayes, whose hit “Wanted” topped the country radio chart, the gritty roots-rock band Alabama Shakes, best known for their song “Hold On,” and the Lumin eers, the folk-rock trio from Denver whose song “Ho Hey” went to No. 1 on the rock chart.

Besides “We Are Young” by fun., the nominees for song of the year - which is the category for songwriters rather than performers - included last summer's anthem “Call Me Maybe,” written by the singer Carly Rae Jepsen with Tavish Crowe and Josh Ramsay; “Adorn,” by Miguel Pimental, whose stage name is Miguel; “The A Team,” by Ed Sheeran; and “Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You),” the Kelly Clarkson song written by Jorgen Elofsson, David Gamson, Greg Kurstin and Ali Tamposi.