THE 52ND ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS NOMINATIONS ARE IN!! CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR NOMINEES AND PARTNERS
JAY-Z: 5 NOMINATIONS (Roc Nation)
BEST RAP SOLO PERFORMANCE FOR "D.O.A. (Death Of Auto-Tune)"
Also in category: Drake, Eminem, Kid Cudi, Mos Def
BEST RAP/SUNG COLLABORATION FOR "RUN THIS TOWN" WITH RIHANNA & KANYE
WEST
Also in category: Beyonce & Kanye West; Keri Hilson, Kanye West &
Ne-Yo; The Lonely Island & T-Pain; T.I. & Justin Timberlake
BEST RAP SONG FOR "D.O.A. (DEATH OF AUTO-TUNE)" and "RUN THIS TOWN"
Also in category: Drake, Kid Cudi, T.I. & Justin Timberlake
Jay-Z was also nominated in Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group for
"Money Goes, Honey Stay" With Fabolous (Def Jam)
ZAC BROWN BAND: 3 NOMINATIONS (Home Grown/Big Picture/Atlantic)
BEST NEW ARTIST
Also in category: Keri Hilson, MGMT, Silversun Pickups, The Ting
Tings
BEST COUNTRY PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCALS FOR "CHICKEN
FRIED"
Also in category: Brooks & Dunn, Lady Antebellum, Rascal Flatts,
Sugarland
BEST COUNTRY ALBUM FOR "THE FOUNDATION"
Also in category: George Strait, Taylor Swift, Keith Urban, Lee Ann
Womack
MUSIQ SOULCHILD: 3 NOMINATIONS (Atlantic)
BEST MALE R&B VOCAL PERFORMANCE FOR "SOBEAUTIFUL"
Also in category: Anthony Hamilton, Maxwell, Pleasure P, Charlie
Wilson
BEST R&B PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCALS FOR "IFULEAVE" WITH
MARY J. BLIGE
Also in category: Jamie Foxx & T-Pain, India.Arie & Musiq
Soulchild, Robert Randolph & The Clark Sisters, Calvin Richardson & Ann
Nesby
Musiq was also nominated in this category for "Chocolate High" With
India.Arie (Soulbird/Universal Republic)
PLEASURE P: 3 NOMINATIONS (Swagga Ent./Atlantic)
BEST MALE R&B VOCAL PERFORMANCE FOR "UNDER"
Also in category: Anthony Hamilton, Maxwell, Musiq Soulchild,
Charlie Wilson
BEST R&B SONG FOR "UNDER"
Also in category: Jamie Foxx & T-Pain, Jazmine Sullivan, Maxwell,
Beyonce
BEST CONTEMPORARY R&B ALBUM FOR "THE INTRODUCTION OF MARCUS COOPER"
Also in category: Beyonce, Jamie Foxx, Trey Songz, T-Pain
JASON MRAZ: 2 NOMINATIONS (Atlantic)
BEST MALE POP VOCAL PERFORMANCE FOR "MAKE IT MINE"
Also in category: John Legend, Maxwell, Seal, Stevie Wonder
BEST POP COLLABORATION WITH VOCALS FOR "LUCKY" WITH COLBIE CAILLAT
Also in category: Rosanne Cash & Bruce Springsteen, Ciara & Justin
Timberlake, Willie Nelson & Norah Jones, Taylor Swift & Colbie Caillat
T.I.: 2 NOMINATIONS (Grand Hustle/Atlantic)
BEST RAP/SUNG COLLABORATION FOR "DEAD AND GONE" WITH JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
Also in category: Beyonce & Kanye West; Keri Hilson, Kanye West &
Ne-Yo; Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West; The Lonely Island & T-Pain
BEST RAP SONG FOR "DEAD AND GONE" WITH JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
Also in category: Drake, Kid Cudi, Jay-Z; Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye
West
DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE (Atlantic)
BEST ALTERNATIVE MUSIC ALBUM FOR "THE OPEN DOOR"
Also in category: David Byrne & Brian Eno, Depeche Mode, Phoenix,
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
FLO RIDA (Poe Boy/Atlantic)
BEST RAP ALBUM FOR "R.O.O.T.S."
Also in category: Common, Eminem, Mos Def, Q-Tip
TREY SONGZ (Songbook/Atlantic)
BEST CONTEMPORARY R&B ALBUM FOR "READY"
Also in category: Beyonce, Jamie Foxx, Pleasure P, T-Pain
SEAN PAUL (VP/Atlantic)
BEST REGGAE ALBUM FOR "IMPERIAL BLAZE"
Also in category: Buju Banton, Gregory Isaacs, Julian Marley,
Stephen Marley
TRACY CHAPMAN (Atlantic)
BEST CONTEMPORARY FOLK ALBUM FOR "OUR BRIGHT FUTURE"
Also in category: Neko Case, Shawn Colvin, Elvis Costello, Steve
Earle
"TWILIGHT" (Summit Ent./Chop Shop/Atlantic) and
"TRUE BLOOD" (Elektra)
Both are nominated for BEST COMPILATION SOUNDTRACK ALBUM FOR MOTION
PICTURE, TELEVISION OR OTHER VISUAL MEDIA
Also in category: "Cadillac Records," "Quentin Tarantino's
Inglourious Basterds," "Slumdog Millionaire"
PARAMORE (Summit Ent./Chop Shop/Atlantic)
BEST SONG WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURE, TELEVISION OR OTHER VISUAL MEDIA
FOR "DECODE" (FROM "TWILIGHT")
Also in category: Songs written for "Hannah Montana" (Miley Cyrus),
"Slumdog Millionaire," "Cadillac Records" (Beyonce), "The Wrestler"
(Bruce Springsteen)
NICKELBACK (Roadrunner)
BEST HARD ROCK PERFORMANCE FOR "BURN IT TO THE GROUND"
Also in category: AC/DC, Alice In Chains, Linkin Park, Metallica
MEGADETH (Roadrunner)
BEST METAL PERFORMANCE FOR "HEAD CRUSHER"
Also in category: Judas Priest, Lamb Of God, Ministry, Slayer
IN ADDITION:
In the Producer of the Year, Non-Classical category, Larry Klein has
been nominated for TRACY CHAPMAN'S "OUR BRIGHT FUTURE" (Atlantic) among
other albums
In the Best Surround Sound Album category, Nick Davis
(producer/engineer) and Tony Cousins (mastering engineer) have been
nominated for their work on the "GENESIS: 1970-1975" boxed set
(Atlantic/Rhino)
Two classic Atlantic/Elektra recordings have been inducted into the
GRAMMY HALL OF FAME this year:
"RIDERS ON THE STORM" BY THE DOORS (Elektra single)
"CLASS CLOWN" BY GEORGE CARLIN (Little David/Atlantic album)
THE 52ND ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS WILL BE TELECAST LIVE FROM THE STAPLES
CENTER IN LOS ANGELES ON JANUARY 31, 2010.
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