Thursday, December 04, 2008

51st Annual Grammy Nominations

The Grammy nominations came out last night. Who the hell knew there were so many categories? Here are a few of the major ones, and some not so major. To see the whole list, go to the Grammy Website.
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For recordings released during the Eligibility Year
October 1, 2007 through September 30, 2008
Note: More or less than 5 nominations in a category is the result of ties.

General Field

Category 1

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
    Eg White, producer; Tom Elmhirst & Steve Price, engineers/mixers
    Track from: 19
    [XL Recordings/Columbia]

  • Viva La Vida
    Coldplay
    Markus Dravs, Brian Eno & Rik Simpson, producers; Michael Brauer & Rik Simpson, engineers/mixers
    Track from: Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
    [Capitol Records]

  • Bleeding Love
    Leona Lewis
    Simon Cowell, Clive Davis & Ryan "Alias" Tedder, producers; Craig Durrance, Phil Tan & Ryan "Alias" Tedder, engineers/mixers
    [J Records/SYCO Music]

  • Paper Planes
    M.I.A
    Diplo, producer; Switch, engineer/mixer
    Track from: Kala
    [Interscope]

  • Please Read The Letter
    Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
    T Bone Burnett, producer; Mike Piersante, engineer/mixer
    Track from: Raising Sand
    [Rounder]

Category 2

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
    Markus Dravs, Brian Eno & Rik Simpson, producers; Michael H. Brauer, Markus Dravs, John O'Mahoney, Rik Simpson & Andy Wallace, engineers/mixers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer
    [Capitol Records]

  • Tha Carter III
    Lil Wayne
    Babyface, Brisco, Fabolous, Jay-Z, Kidd Kidd, Busta Rhymes, Juelz Santana, D. Smith, Static Major, T-Pain & Bobby Valentino, featured artists; Alchemist, David Banner, Vaushaun "Maestro" Brooks, Cool & Dre, Andrews "Drew" Correa, Shondrae "Mr. Bangladesh" Crawford, Darius "Deezle" Harrison, Jim Jonsin, Mousa, Pro Jay, Rodnae, Skillz & Play, D. Smith, Swizz Beatz, Robin Thicke, T-Pain & Kanye West, producers; Angel Aponte, Joshua Berkman, Andrew Dawson, Joe G, Darius "Deezle" Harrison, Fabian Marasciullo, Miguel Scott, Robin Thicke, Julian Vasquez & Gina Victoria, engineers/mixers; Vlado Meller, mastering engineer
    [Universal Motown/Cash Money]

  • Year Of The Gentleman
    Ne-Yo
    Chuck Harmony, Ne-Yo, Polow Da Don, StarGate, Stereotypes, Syience, Shea Taylor & Shomari "Sho" Wilson, producers; Kirven Arrington, Jeff Chestek, Kevin "KD" Davis, Mikkel Eriksen, Jaymz Hardy Martin, III, Geno Regist, Phil Tan & Tony Terrebonne, engineers/mixers; Herb Powers, Jr., mastering engineer
    [Def Jam/Compound]

  • Raising Sand
    Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
    T Bone Burnett, producer; Mike Piersante, engineer/mixer; Gavin Lurssen, mastering engineer
    [Rounder]

  • In Rainbows
    Radiohead
    Nigel Godrich, producer; Nigel Godrich, Dan Grech-Marguerat, Hugo Nicolson & Richard Woodcraft, engineers/mixers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer
    [TBD Records]

Category 3

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)
    Track from: Shine
    [Atlantic/Homeschool; Publishers: Will.I.Am Music/Cherry River Music/Chrysalis Publishing/John Legend Publishing/Cherry River Music/Please Gimme My Publishing/EMI Blackwood Music/Larry Leron Music/Speir Music/Broke, Spoke and Gone Publishing]

  • Chasing Pavements
    Adele Adkins & Eg White, songwriters (Adele)
    Track from: 19
    [XL Recordings/Columbia; Publishers: Universal-Songs of Polygram Int.]

  • I'm Yours
    Jason Mraz, songwriter (Jason Mraz)
    Track from: We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things.
    [Atlantic; Publisher: Goo Eyed Music]

  • Love Song
    Sara Bareilles, songwriter (Sara Bareilles)
    Track from: Little Voice
    [Epic; Publisher: Tiny Bear Music]

  • Viva La Vida
    Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion & Chris Martin, songwriters (Coldplay)
    Track from: Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
    [Capitol Records; Publishers: Universal Music-MGB Songs]

Category 4

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

Field 1 — Pop

Category 5

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

  • Chasing Pavements
    Adele
    Track from: 19
    [Columbia/XL]

  • Love Song
    Sara Bareilles
    Track from: Little Voice
    [Epic]

  • Mercy
    Duffy
    Track from: Rockferry
    [Mercury]

  • Bleeding Love
    Leona Lewis
    [J Records/SYCO Music]

  • I Kissed A Girl
    Katy Perry
    Track from: One Of The Boys
    [Capitol Records]

  • So What
    Pink
    [LaFace]

Category 6

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

  • All Summer Long
    Kid Rock
    Track from: Rock N Roll Jesus
    [Atlantic]

  • Say
    John Mayer
    Track from: Continuum
    [Columbia]

  • That Was Me
    Paul McCartney
    Track from: Amoeba's Secret
    [Hear Music/MPL Communications Ltd.]

  • I'm Yours
    Jason Mraz
    Track from: We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things.
    [Atlantic]

  • Closer
    Ne-Yo
    Track from: Year Of The Gentleman
    [Def Jam/Compound Entertainment]

  • Wichita Lineman
    James Taylor
    Track from: Covers
    [Hear Music]

Category 7

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

  • Waiting In The Weeds
    Eagles
    Track from: Long Road Out Of Eden
    [Eagles Recording Company II]

  • Going On
    Gnarls Barkley
    Track from: The Odd Couple
    [Downtown/Atlantic]

  • Won't Go Home Without You
    Maroon 5
    Track from: It Won't Be Soon Before Long
    [Octone/A&M]

  • Apologize
    OneRepublic
    Track from: Dreaming Out Loud
    [Mosley Music/Interscope Records]

Category 8

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
    Track from: As I Am
    [J Records]

  • 4 Minutes
    Madonna, Justin Timberlake & Timbaland
    Track from: Hard Candy
    [Warner Bros.]

  • Rich Woman
    Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
    Track from: Raising Sand
    [Rounder]

  • If I Never See Your Face Again
    Rihanna & Maroon 5
    Track from: Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded
    [Def Jam]

  • No Air
    Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown
    Track from: Jordin Sparks
    [Jive]

Category 9

Best Pop Instrumental Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, without vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

  • Love Appetite
    Steve Cropper & Felix Cavaliere
    Track from: Nudge It Up A Notch
    [Stax]

  • I Dreamed There Was No War
    Eagles
    Track from: Long Road Out Of Eden
    [Eagles Recording Company II]

  • Fortune Teller
    Fourplay
    Track from: Energy
    [Heads Up International]

  • Steppin' Out
    Stanley Jordan
    Track from: State Of Nature
    [Mack Avenue Records]

  • Blast!
    Marcus Miller
    Track from: Marcus
    [Concord Jazz]

Category 10

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

  • Sax For Stax
    Gerald Albright
    [Peak Records]

  • Greatest Hits Rerecorded Volume One
    Larry Carlton
    [335 Records]

  • Jingle All The Way
    Béla Fleck & The Flecktones
    [Rounder]

  • The Spice Of Life
    Earl Klugh
    [Koch Records]

  • A Night Before Christmas
    Spyro Gyra
    [Heads Up International]

Category 11

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]

Category 15

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]

Category 16

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]

Category 17

Best Hard Rock Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

  • Inside The Fire
    Disturbed
    Track from: Indestructible
    [Reprise]

  • Visions
    Judas Priest
    Track from: Nostradamus
    [Epic]

  • Wax Simulacra
    The Mars Volta
    [Universal Motown]

  • Saints Of Los Angeles
    Mötley Crüe
    Track from: Saints Of Los Angeles
    [Motley Records/Eleven Seven Music]

  • Lords Of Salem
    Rob Zombie
    Track from: Zombie Live
    [Geffen/UMe]

Category 18

Best Metal Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

  • Heroes Of Our Time
    DragonForce
    [Roadrunner Records]

  • Nostradamus
    Judas Priest
    Track from: Nostradamus
    [Epic]

  • My Apocalypse
    Metallica
    Track from: Death Magnetic
    [Warner Bros.]

  • Under My Thumb
    Ministry
    Track from: Cover Up
    [Megaforce Records]

  • Psychosocial
    Slipknot
    [Roadrunner Records]

Category 19

Best Rock Instrumental Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, without vocals. Includes Rock, Hard Rock and Metal. Singles or Tracks only.)

  • Castellorizon
    David Gilmour
    Track from: Live In Gdansk
    [Columbia]

  • Suicide & Redemption
    Metallica
    Track from: Death Magnetic
    [Warner Bros.]

  • 34 Ghosts I-IV
    Nine Inch Nails
    Track from: Ghosts I-IV
    [The Null Corporation]

  • Hope (Live For The Art Of Peace)
    Rush
    Track from: Songs For Tibet: The Art Of Peace
    [Art of Peace Foundation]

  • Peaches En Regalia
    Zappa Plays Zappa
    [Strobosonic/Razor & Tie Entertainment]

Category 20

Best Rock Song
(A Songwriter(s) Award. Includes Rock, Hard Rock & Metal songs. For Song Eligibility Guidelines see Category #3. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.)

  • Girls In Their Summer Clothes
    Bruce Springsteen, songwriter (Bruce Springsteen)
    Track from: Magic
    [Columbia; Publisher: Bruce Springsteen]

  • House Of Cards
    Colin Greenwood, Jonny Greenwood, Ed O'Brien, Philip Selway & Thom Yorke, songwriters (Radiohead)
    Track from: In Rainbows
    [TBD Records; Publisher: Warner Chappell Music]

  • I Will Possess Your Heart
    Benjamin Gibbard, Nicholas Harmer, Jason McGerr & Christopher Walla, songwriters (Death Cab For Cutie)
    Track from: Narrow Stairs
    [Atlantic; Publishers: EMI Blackwood Music/Where I'm Calling From Music/Shove It Up Your Songs/Giant Beat Songs/Please Pass The Songs]

  • Sex On Fire
    Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill & Nathan Followill, songwriters (Kings Of Leon)
    [RCA Records; Publishers: Martha Street Music/Songs of Combustion Music/Music of Windswept, Followill Music/Songs of Combustion Music/Music of Windswept, McFearless Music/Bug Music, Coffee, Tea or Me Publishing/Bug Music]

  • Violet Hill
    Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion & Chris Martin, songwriters (Coldplay)
    Track from: Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
    [Capitol Records; Publisher: Universal Music-MGB Songs]

Category 21

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.]

Field 5 — Alternative

Category 22

Best Alternative Music Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

  • Modern Guilt
    Beck
    [DGC Records/XL Recordings/Interscope]

  • Narrow Stairs
    Death Cab For Cutie
    [Atlantic]

  • The Odd Couple
    Gnarls Barkley
    [Downtown/Atlantic]

  • Evil Urges
    My Morning Jacket
    [ATO Records]

  • In Rainbows
    Radiohead
    [TBD Records]

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