in various categories of interest


Record Of The Year
(Award to the Artist and to the Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s) and/or Mixer(s), if other than the artist.)

Chasing Pavements
Adele

Viva La Vida
Coldplay

Bleeding Love
Leona Lewis


Paper Planes
M.I.A

Please Read The Letter
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss





Album Of The Year
(Award to the Artist(s) and to the Album Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s)/Mixer(s) & Mastering Engineer(s), if other than the artist.)

Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
Coldplay

Tha Carter III
Lil Wayne

Year Of The Gentleman
Ne-Yo

Raising Sand
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss

In Rainbows
Radiohead




Song Of The Year
(A Songwriter(s) Award. A song is eligible if it was first released or if it first achieved prominence during the Eligibility Year. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.)

American Boy
William Adams, Keith Harris, Josh Lopez, Caleb Speir, John Stephens, Estelle Swaray & Kanye West, songwriters (Estelle Featuring Kanye West)

Chasing Pavements
Adele Adkins & Eg White, songwriters (Adele)

I'm Yours
Jason Mraz, songwriter (Jason Mraz)

Love Song
Sara Bareilles, songwriter (Sara Bareilles)

Viva La Vida
Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion & Chris Martin, songwriters (Coldplay)




Best New Artist
(For a new artist who releases, during the Eligibility Year, the first recording which establishes the public identity of that artist.)

Adele

Duffy

Jonas Brothers

Lady Antebellum

Jazmine Sullivan



Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

Chasing Pavements
Adele

Love Song
Sara Bareilles

Mercy
Duffy

Bleeding Love
Leona Lewis


I Kissed A Girl
Katy Perry



So What
Pink


Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

All Summer Long
Kid Rock

Say
John Mayer

That Was Me
Paul McCartney

I'm Yours
Jason Mraz

Closer
Ne-Yo

Wichita Lineman
James Taylor



Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
(For established duos or groups, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

Viva La Vida
Coldplay

Waiting In The Weeds
Eagles


Going On
Gnarls Barkley


Won't Go Home Without You
Maroon 5

Apologize
OneRepublic




Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals
(For a collaborative performance, with vocals, by artists who do not normally perform together. Singles or Tracks only.)

Lesson Learned
Alicia Keys & John Mayer

4 Minutes
Madonna, Justin Timberlake & Timbaland

Rich Woman
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss

If I Never See Your Face Again
Rihanna & Maroon 5

No Air
Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown





Best Pop Vocal Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

Detours
Sheryl Crow
[A&M Records]


Rockferry
Duffy
[Mercury]


Long Road Out Of Eden
Eagles
[Eagles Recording Company II]


Spirit
Leona Lewis
[J Records/SYCO Music]


Covers
James Taylor
[Hear Music]



Best Dance Recording
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances. Vocal or Instrumental. Singles or tracks only.)

Harder Better Faster Stronger
Daft Punk

Ready For The Floor
Hot Chip

Just Dance
Lady Gaga & Colby O'Donis

Give It 2 Me
Madonna

Disturbia
Rihanna

Black & Gold
Sam Sparro



Best Electronic/Dance Album
(For vocal or instrumental albums. Albums only.)

New York City
Brazilian Girls
[Verve Forecast]


Alive 2007
Daft Punk
[Virgin Records]


Bring Ya To The Brink
Cyndi Lauper
[Epic]


X
Kylie Minogue
[Capitol/Astralwerks]


Last Night
Moby
[Mute]


Robyn
Robyn
[Konichiwa/Cherrytree/Interscope]




Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

Gravity
John Mayer
Track from: Where The Light Is — Live In Los Angeles
[Columbia]


I Saw Her Standing There
Paul McCartney
Track from: Amoeba's Secret
[Hear Music/MPL Communications Ltd.]


Girls In Their Summer Clothes
Bruce Springsteen
Track from: Magic
[Columbia]


Rise
Eddie Vedder
[J Records]


No Hidden Path
Neil Young
Track from: Chrome Dreams II
[Reprise]




Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
(For duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

Rock N Roll Train
AC/DC
[Columbia]


Violet Hill
Coldplay
Track from: Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
[Capitol Records]


Long Road Out Of Eden
Eagles
Track from: Long Road Out Of Eden
[Eagles Recording Company II]


Sex On Fire
Kings Of Leon
[RCA Records]


House Of Cards
Radiohead
Track from: In Rainbows
[TBD Records]



Best Rock Album
(Vocal or Instrumental. Includes Hard Rock and Metal.)

Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
Coldplay
[Capitol Records]


Rock N Roll Jesus
Kid Rock
[Atlantic]


Only By The Night
Kings Of Leon
[RCA Records]


Death Magnetic
Metallica
[Warner Bros.]


Consolers Of The Lonely
The Raconteurs
[Third Man/Warner Bros.]




Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

Me, Myself And I
Beyoncé

Heaven Sent
Keyshia Cole

Spotlight
Jennifer Hudson
[Arista]


Superwoman
Alicia Keys

Need U Bad
Jazmine Sullivan
[J Records]


Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

You're The Only One
Eric Benét

Take You Down
Chris Brown

Miss Independent
Ne-Yo

Can't Help But Wait
Trey Songz

Here I Stand
Usher






Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
(For duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

Ribbon In The Sky
Boyz II Men

Words
Anthony David Featuring India.Arie

Stay With Me (By The Sea)
Al Green Featuring John Legend

I'm His Only Woman
Jennifer Hudson Featuring Fantasia

Never Give You Up
Raphael Saadiq Featuring Stevie Wonder & CJ Hilton





Best R&B Album (For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

Love & Life
Eric Benét
[Friday/Reprise]


Motown: A Journey Through Hitsville USA
Boyz II Men
[Decca Records]


Lay It Down
Al Green
[Blue Note]


Jennifer Hudson
Jennifer Hudson
[Arista Records]


The Way I See It
Raphael Saadiq
[Columbia]





Best Comedy Album
(For comedy recordings, spoken or musical)

Anticipation
Lewis Black
[Comedy Central Records]


Flight Of The Conchords
Flight Of The Conchords
[Sub Pop]


For Your Consideration
Kathy Griffin
[Columbia/Music With A Twist]


It's Bad For Ya
George Carlin
[Eardrum Records]


Songs Of The Bushmen
Harry Shearer
[Courgette Records]




Best Score Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
(Award to Composer(s) for an original score created specifically for, or as a companion to, a current legitimate motion picture, television show or series or other visual media.)

The Dark Knight
James Newton Howard & Hans Zimmer, composers
[Warner Sunset/Warner Bros.]


Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull
John Williams, composer
[Concord Records]


Iron Man
Ramin Djawadi, composer
[Lionsgate]


There Will Be Blood
Jonny Greenwood, composer
[Nonesuch Records]


Wall-E
Thomas Newman, composer
[Walt Disney Records/Pixar]





Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media (A Songwriter(s) award. For a song (melody & lyrics) written specifically for a motion picture, television or other visual media, and released for the first time during the Eligibility Year. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.)

Down To Earth (From Wall-E)
Peter Gabriel & Thomas Newman, songwriters (Peter Gabriel)
Track from: Wall-E
[Walt Disney Records/Pixar; Publishers: Walt Disney Music, Wonderland Music/Pixar Talking Pictures/Pixar Music]


Ever Ever After (From Enchanted)
Alan Menken & Stephen Schwartz, songwriters (Carrie Underwood)
Track from: Enchanted
[Walt Disney Records; Publishers: Wonderland Music & Walt Disney Music]


Say (From The Bucket List)
John Mayer, songwriter (John Mayer)
Track from: Continuum
[Aware/Columbia; Publishers: Sony/ATV Tunes, Specific Harm Music]


That's How You Know (From Enchanted)
Alan Menken & Stephen Schwartz, songwriters (Amy Adams)
Track from: Enchanted
[Walt Disney Records; Publishers: Wonderland Music & Walt Disney Music]


Walk Hard (From Walk Hard — The Dewey Cox Story)
Judd Apatow, Marshall Crenshaw, Jake Kasdan & John C. Reilly, songwriters (John C. Reilly)
Track from: Walk Hard The Dewey Cox Story
[Columbia; Publishers: Murder by Television/Apatow Music/Popular Misconception/New Columbia Pictures Music/Colpix Music]

Madonna got two nominations (actually three.....the third one is for one of her remixes).

I have to admit that most of these songs and artists,I'm not even familiar with.That's what happens when you stop listening to the radio

You know things are pretty bad when Lil Wayne(!) gets the most nominations!

SoulAlive said:

For real !

I am impressed they recognized M.I.A. for record of the year and Cyndi Lauper for dance album though

A columnist's interesting take on the Grammy noms...

Alicia, Mariah, Madonna : Grammy Snubbed

Another year, and more weird Grammy nominations from left field. You can count on it as a definite right up there with death and taxes.

The big disaster: all but total snub of Alicia Keys’s album, “As I Am.” It should have been in Best Album, Song and Record. Instead, Keys was relegated to Best R&B album, R&B vocal performance by a female, and her duet with the ubiquitous darling of the awards, John Mayer. That the Grammys chose to snub Keys—maybe the leading performer/writer of her generation—speaks volumes.

Second big disaster: not a single nomination for Mariah Carey or anything from her “E=MC2” album. Not even a throwaway nod in R&B. Just an outright, across the board snub. What’s worse: they put Carey through the agony of participating in the Grammy live telecast last night and then giving her nothing!

Only two nominations, and minor ones, for Madonna for her Hard Candy album.

Strange nominations: tracks from Paul McCartney and Beyonce each came from unofficial albums, or side releases that are generally unavailable or unknown.

In fact, the McCartney nomination is for a live version of his song “That Was Me,” taken from a limited edition twelve inch vinyl release of four songs from his promotional performance at Amoeba Records in Hollywood.

What? Is this the bootleg Grammy show? McCartney released a very good album called Memory Almost Full including that song, that got nothing otherwise.

Or how about the Best Song nomination for a track by unknown singer Estelle and Kanye West? There are seven collaborators listed. The “song” also includes three samples. Best Dance Record maybe. But Best Song? I’m not convinced the judges on this panel knew what constituted a song. It’s very disappointing because they had many other better choices, and ignored them.

Of course, the big money is on Coldplay to just sweep everything and call it a day. Their album and title track, “Viva La Vida,” is the equivalent of U2 from a couple of years ago. And the value added of Coldplay wife Gwyneth Paltrow in the audience, being thanked by Chris Martin, etc. is incentive enough for the Grammy telecast.

Then there is the annual Kanye kerfuffle. He sampled a Daft Punk track called “Harder Better Stronger Faster” for his own track, called “Stronger” on his 2007 album, “Graduation.” That album was released in September 2007 and was eligible for last year’s Grammys. However: this year, the original Daft Punk track is nominated for Best Instrumental. According to amazon.com it was released on December 4, 2007 and was discontinued. It’s not available except maybe on a downloading service.

And there’s more. Beyonce is nominated for a track called “Me Myself I.” It wasn’t a single and it’s not from an album. It’s from the ITunes audio version of a DVD live concert called The Beyonce Experience. Again, are there are any rules anymore, or is this just a way to make sure Beyonce is on the show?

Of course, there may be more to the snubs than meet the eye. In the cases of Alicia Keys and Mariah Carey, it could be a punishment for appearing on the American Music Awards last month, and accepting awards from them. There has long been an unwritten rule that if an artist did anything with the AMAs, owned by Dick Clark Productions and considered a minor rival, the Grammys wouldn’t allow you on their show.

What happened on the AMA’s: Keys won two “favorite album” awards there, and performed the show ending blockbuster, her “Superwoman,” with Queen Latifah and opera diva Kathleen Battle.

Carey took home an honorary lifetime award and sang the hell out of “I Stay in Love.”

Next time they’ll know better. I guess.

http://www.foxnews.com/st...27,00.html

there is some weird stuff in there. Im surprised about Alicia Keys . They used to be all over her.

IMO Mariah got what she deserved. not a great album . And 2 for Madonna is about right from Hard Candy . Im actually surprised she got those
[Edited 12/4/08 6:40am]

They've already given Alicia Keyes enough Grammys for a lifetime.She doesn't deserve any more

So this is it, huh? I was curious but definitely glad I'm not into 'em anymore. I must be old.

JackieBlue said:

Right. Never heard of most of the albums and singles nominated. Surprise Al Green didn't get more love ...I thought it was a great album. Was Solanges' album eligible? It should have gotten a R&B nod.

In all honesty - FUCK THE GRAMMYS!

They mean fuckle.

The only one of the females that i felt got snubbed was Alicia, though she is up for one, and will most likely win. Mariah didnt deserve anything, and Madonna usually isnt a friend to the grammy's. I would bet on Plant/Krauss taking home ALOT, especially album of the year, Coldplay may take Record,Eagles for pop album (though its not POP!)

SoulAlive said:

I said the same thing.

The only project that I was glad got acknowledged was Raphael Saadiq's. That album is perfection.

SoulAlive said:

Tell me about it. How sickening. My only hope for this is that Al Green walks away with a Grammy, otherwise, I couldn't care less. Most of it's a bunch of pop/hip/hop crap.

Empress said:

Al is up against Raphael. Raphael's album is (to me) better than Al's. Though, Al's is really good, also.

daPrettyman said:

me,myself and i was on the dangerously in love album, how in sam hell is she getting a grammy nomination in 2008 for it?

^^I'm wondering about that as well...



Los Angeles (E! Online) – John Mayer has a reason to get a date (like he needs one). Taylor Swift and Miley Cyrus have a shared reason to grouse. Jennifer Hudson has a reason to smile.

We've outlined the top Grammy nominations. Now we're going to sort through all the Grammy nominations—the noteworthy, the weird, and, yes, the snubs. Here goes:

• Mayer earned his annual ticket to the Grammy party with five nominations, including one for his non-euphemistic duet with Alicia Keys ("Lesson Learned," up for Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals), and one for his artistic contribution to The Bucket List ("Say," up for best song written for a movie). • Swift cohosted the "nominations concert," watched ex-Joe Jonas and his brothers score a Best New Artist nod—and got nothing. Not a single nomination. (Her just-released album Fearless wasn't eligible, but some of her earlier released songs were.)


• Like fellow teen Swift, Cyrus didn't rate any nods for her Breakout hits. • One day after her estranged brother-in-law was charged with killing three members of her family, Hudson notched three nominations, including one for Best R&B Album for her self-titled debut. • Hudson's success helped make for a solid Grammys for American Idol. Fellow alums Jordin Sparks, Fantasia (who dueted with Hudson) and award-favorite Carrie Underwood also represented. Which is good for the show since the likes of Blake Lewis didn't.

• Tia Carrere—yes, that Tia Carrere—scored as many nominations as Mariah Carey, who can be thankful that the Best Gospel Performance category—she's up for a group sing-along—saved her from getting zip. (Carrere, the former Wayne's World vixen, is up for Best Hawaiian Music Album for her collaboration with Daniel Ho.) • Simon Cowell endorsement or no, Leona Lewis, up for three Grammys overall, failed to crack the Best New Artist field. • Where was Robin Thicke's name? Listed in the fine print of Lil Wayne's Album of the Year nomination. Thicke was one of the producers and mastering engineers. He received no other nominations. • At a combined 126 years old, Paul McCartney and James Taylor are this year's Tony Bennetts in the Male Pop Vocal category.

• At 50 years old, Madonna is still the Madonna of the Best Dance Recording category. She's also up for her collaboration, "4 Minutes," with Justin Timberlake and Timbaland. • One last age thing: Mayer is the only under-40 nominee for Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance. • Kylie Minogue and Cyndi Lauper are both up for Best 1980s Survivor Electronic/Dance Album.

• Wayne Brady did not forget the lyrics to "A Change Is Gonna Come," up for Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/e...p_eo/71635

I am so out of the loop on popular music that I had no idea the Grammys were even on until I flipped the channel

If M.I.A. wins, I won't like her anymore. Because then she'll be everywhere.

wow, it's Grammy time already! Any word on the performances?

alot of these nominations are wack

newpower99 said:

These interest me, but the rest is BLAH!

this promises to be the worst Grammy's ever if they keep up the current pattern

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[Edited 12/4/08 12:11pm]

lowkey said:

This qualified as an album since she released the audio via iTunes. Also, it is on the DVD. I do like this arrangement, but it's not Grammy worthy.

thekidsgirl said:

The show is not until February. We'll start hearing about performers by mid-january.

No Donna Summer nom anywhere? Wow! I love you, Donna!!

newpower99 said:

Hope Kylie wins. X is a fantastic album.

the only highlight - Cyndi Lauper best electronic album

I love Beyonce, but she did not deserve a nomination for "Me, Myself and I" just because it was a "live version". That song is from 2003!!!

Nick715 said:

Yeah i agree, the grammys dont DIG, i mean do some checking, im pretty sure you can come up with a few more RB female performacnes

I have nothing to say but

WHAT THE FUCK?

and

FUCK THE GRAMMY

Who gives a fuck about a badly drawn gramophone trophy?

Timmy84 said:

Totally