This years nominees will be announced once again on a tacky special on CBS this thursday. Early guesses see BEP and U2 getting quite alot and most likely LadyGaga getting some notice, cant wait to see what they do with Kanye and Taylor Swift, please lets not nominate Prince for the boring MPLSound, if anything go with LotusFlower, lets get this guy in a rock category and show that there is another black guy in rock besides Lenny K that can get a nomination. Springsteen as usual too
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Hopefully Maxwell will get an "Album of the Year" nod. :crossesfingers:

Tortilla said:

Probably RB, or that "alternative Rb" award, which is basically RB that should be getting pushed as opposed to the other

I get the feeling that a lot of stuff that was rushed to meet the deadline is not going to get nominated...

ABeautifulOne said:

It will be tough, i mean they rushed the Alicia single just get her under the wire, so im guessing she might see something. u2 was very early on, as was Springsteen, but then again its U2 and it was their best work of the decade, i would like to see some shocks like Wilco getting an album of the year nom.

Tortilla said:

He'll most likely win for Best Contemporary R&B Album, Best R&B Song ('Pretty Wings') and Best Male R&B Vocal Performance ('Pretty Wings')


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midiscover said:

Yeah, but his comeback story should push for an AOTY nod. Moreso, than Whitney. When did her album come out?

I can see Chrisette Michelle winning at least one or being nominated.

*shudders at Black Eyed Peas being nominated for Record and Song of the Year*

Tortilla said:

Shudder but you know they are gonna that nomination easily

Tortilla said:

Sorry, but what's his comeback story?

^^ Oh, I know.

Who do you see getting Record and Song nods?

Midiscover: Maybe I should have put it in quotations. He's been gone for eight years of obscurity and back to relative success.. you don't consider that a comeback?
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midiscover said:

Him not releasing an album for 8 years and pretty much coming back like he never left.

Tortilla said:

Oh yes, Maxwell is definitely the definition of a comeback. I just think the Grammy panel will feel for Whitney.
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Yeah, her story is more appealing. But I'm talking about the music plus the story.. her album pales in comparision to Maxwell's. It's apples and oranges, but still..

Why would BEP get nommed? They have no talent and did Whit's cd even sell anything at all?

I'd love to see Noisettes and Gaga nominated.

Maybe Chrisette Michele for some R&B.

Wait, Thursday is the 3rd.

Tortilla said:

Maxwell is performing on the special, I expect him to get some Grammy love.

midiscover said:

Huh? Gone for 8 years, came back like he never left. #1 album, #1 singles, sold out tour. How you doin'?

lastdecember said:

Oh God, get ready for another Beyonce lovefest.

Nick715 said:

AOTY for Max is a possibility. Pretty Wings is on the ballot for SOTY and ROTY, so he will probably get a nod for one of them or both. He's performing on the show and he's performing a post-nomination benefits concert at Club Nokia for the Grammy Museum. He will also be performing on Jay Leno the following night...The stars have aligned for Max.

http://latimesblogs.latim...ncert.html
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No.

Grammy nominations: The contenders and the long shots
Nov. 26, 2009 10:25 AM

Billboard.com
Who will nab the bids when the nominees for the 52nd Grammy Awards are announced on Dec. 2? It's been a banner year for music, so there's no clear frontrunner, but there will be plenty of familiar faces in the running for multiple awards. So far, the drama swirling around this year's nominations encompasses not only who will be recognized, but who isn't eligible and whether or not the Grammy committee will change the rules to accommodate one particularly famous singer and songwriter for the coveted best new artist category.

Here's a run down some of the leading contenders - and a few long shots - for Grammy Award nominations.

Lady Gaga has had a year for the history books, becoming the first artist in the 17-year history of Billboard's Pop Songs chart to notch four No. 1s from a debut album, being honored as Billboard's Rising Star and selling more than 1.5 million copies of her album, "The Fame." Gaga seems like a shoo-in for multiple Grammy nominations, including record, album and song of the year. She's also part the the biggest controversy leading up to the nominations announcement: due to the fact that her single "Just Dance" was nominated in the best dance recording category last year, she is currently ineligible for best new artist consideration. But that may change when the Grammy's awards and nominations committee meets. "We change the rules frequently," Grammy president Neil Portow said this week. "We recognize that situation is not perfect, and we are looking at ways to figure it out."

U2 seemed to have a 360 degree view of the world this year, setting attendance records at every stop on Bono and company's high tech world tour. But it was "No Line on the Horizon," the band's 12th album and its strongest recording in nearly a decade, that lifted the band into the outer stratosphere. U2 sang with a new urgency on singles like "Get On Your Boots," "Magnificent" and "If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight," a song that recalls the finest moments on "The Joshua Tree." U2 debuted "Boots" on the 2009 Grammy Awards broadcast, despite the song's not being eligible for an award; the band hopes to collect on that down payment this year.

Allen Toussaint, the legendary New Orleans artist/songwriter/producer, teamed with producer Joe Henry for his most recent album, a collection of covers titled "The Bright Mississippi." With a host of jazz notables like Brad Mehldau, Joshua Redman, Marc Ribot, Don Byron and Nicholas Payton backing him up, Toussaint tackles standards like Duke Ellington's "Solitude," Thelonious Monk's "Bright Mississippi" and Django Reinhardt's "Blue Drag." With Herbie Hancock's surprise win for "The River" in mind, this classic New Orleans musician is definitely in the running for a Grammy nomination.

Green Day re-emerged from its five-year break with a brand new rock opera-style song cycle called "21st Century Breakdown," which sent the pioneering pop punk band back to the top of the Billboard 200 the week it was released. "Breakdown" gave the band its second chart-topper, following 2004's "American Idiot," which saw the Bay Area-based band take home two Grammys - best rock album and record of the year. Now, with a stage musical version of "American Idiot" headed to Broadway, Green Day may add to its Grammy collection.

Whitney Houston, like a true diva, returned to the Billboard 200 in grand style. "I Look To You" was Houston's fourth No. 1 album on the chart and first since the Houston-fueled "The Bodyguard" soundtrack spent 20 weeks at No. 1 in 1993. On the album's title track, her first single in more than seven years, Houston is both vulnerable and in control. The singer re-enters the spotlight with a stoic ballad about rising again after a fall from grace, with all the literal resonance that brings. Her comeback began at a pre-Grammy party before the 2009 awards, and she'll return for a victory turn in 2010.

Phoenix, the little French pop band that could, isn't eligible for best new artist this year because the band's breakthrough album, "Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix," is actually its fourth. But after changing labels, marathon recording sessions at the Bowery Hotel in New York and a surprising appearance on Saturday Night Live (the group's US network television debut), the band made up for lost time. It's hard to see the Grammys not recognizing the Phoenix phenomenon, and the band can't be counted out as a dark horse for the record of the year nomination.

Maxwell may have been on a hiatus from music since 2002, but with the release of "BLACKsummers'night" it's like he never left. The album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with a career-high sales week of 316,000, his tours have been selling out all over the country, and his first single from the album, "Pretty Wings," remains one of the most romantic tracks of the year. Maxwell is a strong contender for multiple Grammy nominations.

Taylor Swift is racking up the accolades these days, with multiple wins for her record-setting "Fearless" album, including honors at the American Music Awards, the Country Music Awards, the MTV Video Music Awards and the CMT Awards, among others. She was nominated for best new artist in 2009 but did not take home the prize. Now the question isn't if, but how many Grammy Awards she'll walk off with next year.

Black Eyed Peas spent 14 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart with "I Gotta Feeling, matching Mariah Carey's "We Belong Together" for longest No. 1 stay this decade. The Peas held the No. 1 position for 26 straight weeks, with "Boom Boom Pow" preceding "Feeling" with a 12-week run, making them the second act in the 51-year history of the Hot 100 to remain at No. 1 for a half a calendar year or more. Look for that unprecedented chart success to be mirrored by an impressive number of Grammy nominations.

Kanye West may need to be restrained at the Grammy Awards this year, and his behavior at the MTV Awards may even have hurt his chances for a nomination. The controversial "808s and Heartbreaks" saw the rapper working out his pain through Auto-tune.

Jay-Z's acclaimed "Blueprint 3" is not eligible for album of the year due to its post-Sept. 1 release, but the hip-hop veteran could earn a nod for "Run This Town," the album's lead single featuring Rihanna and Kanye West.

Beyonce, R&B's top diva and Billboard's Woman of the Year, could contend for record or song of the year with "Single Ladies," her endlessly YouTube'd, late-'08 anthem that danced its way to the top of the Hot 100.

Drake has not even released his debut album - "Thank Me Later," due next year - yet, but the upstart Canadian rapper/singer still broke out in a big way in 09, igniting a major label bidding war and peaking at No. 2 on the Hot 100 with his "So Far Gone" mixtape's breakout song, "Best I Ever Had."

Owl City, the electro-pop artist and Minnesota native also known as Adam Young, has released two albums independently, but it's his major-label debut "Ocean Eyes" that has everyone atwitter, especially after its blippy lead single "Fireflies" shot up to No. 1 on the Hot 100 this fall.

Keri Hilson worked for years as a songwriter behind the scenes, but in March she released her hit-filled debut album "In a Perfect World...," reaching No. 1 on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and No. 3 on the Hot 100 with the single "Knock You Down" featuring Kanye West and Ne-Yo.

Kings of Leon finally had a certified hit with "Sex on Fire," the first single from the Nashville rockers' fourth album "Only by the Night." But they outdid themselves with the follow-up single "Use Somebody," reaching No. 2 on Rock Songs and No. 4 on the Hot

Im suprised Neyo isnt nominated. His songs are always on the radio.

December 2nd is Wednesday....so...

VinnyM27 said:

its thursday the 3rd sorry. I hate that they are once again playing games with the Best New Artist category, i mean follow it or get rid of it, stop the double standard of this award. I would toss in Jessie James as a nominee for Best New Artist.

Alej said:

In regards to what?

scriptgirl said:

Whitney has sold about 800,000 to date

Can a mod change the title of this post to the 3rd of Dec?

To me the Grammys are borderline American Music Awards sometimes in regards to just giving awards to the most popular songs and artist.

Does the Grammy new golden boy, John Mayer's latest release qualify for this year's awards? I swear I like dude, but damn if he doesn't win something everytime he has something out. He's good but is he that good? Is everyone else that bad?

Yes Beyonce is mad popular of course but does her songs warrant awards for their merits?