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.

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]

Field 4 — Rock

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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