Frank Ocean gets SIX Grammy nominations!

Frank Ocean, the R&B/Hip-Hop star who came out publicly as a gay man over the summer, earned six Grammy nominations including Album of the Year (Channel Orange), Record of the Year (Thinkin Bout You) and Best New Artist.

Ocean was also nominated in the categories of Best Urban Contemporary Album (Channel Orange), Best Rap/Sung Collaboration (No Church in the Wild), and Best Short Form Music Video (No Church in the Wild).

Among the other openly gay performers nominated for Grammys were Dave Koz for Best Pop Instrumental Album (Live at the Blue Note Tokyo) and three in the Best Spoken Word Album category: Rachel Maddow (Drift: The Unmooring Of American Military Power), Ellen DeGeneres (Seriously … I’m Kidding) and Janis Ian (Society’s Child: My Autobiography).

Gay faves Margaret Cho (Cho Dependent: Live in Concert) and Kathy Griffin (Seaman 1st Class) are among those facing off in the Best Comedy Album category.

To see a full list of nominees, go to Grammy.com.