Frank Ocean atop new R&B wave at Grammys

Frank Ocean is that rare artist whom polar opposites — skeptical tastemakers in it for the art and music-industry insiders obsessed with chart position — can agree on. Ocean's major-label debut, "Channel Orange," recently found itself comfortably atop the annual Village Voice poll of more than 700 critics nationwide. And Ocean is up for six awards at the 55th annual Grammys, which will be announced Sunday in Los Angeles (7 p.m. on CBS).

Greg Kot

February 7, 2013