Album of the Year
Arcade Fire
The
Suburbs |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3 |
other nominees:
Eminem - Recovery
Lady Antebellum - Need
You Now
Lady Gaga - The
Fame Monster
Katy Perry - Teenage
Dream
|
Record of the Year
Lady Antebellum
"Need You Now" |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3 |
other nominees:
B.o.B & Bruno Mars - "Nothin' On
You"
Eminem & Rihanna - "Love The Way You
Lie"
Cee Lo Green - "F*** You"
Jay-Z & Alicia Keys - "Empire State Of
Mind"
|
Song of the Year
(awarded to the songwriter)
"Need You Now"
(Lady Antebellum, Josh Kear)
[ from the LP Need
You Now ] |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3 |
other nominees:
"Beg Steal Or Borrow" (Ray LaMontagne)
"F*** You" (Cee Lo Green, Phillip Lawrence & Bruno Mars)
"The House That Built Me" (Tom Douglas
& Allen Shambolin)
"Love The Way You Lie" (Alexander
Grant, Holly Hafferman & Eminem) |
Best New Artist
Esperanza Spalding |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3 |
other nominees:
Justin Bieber
Drake
Florence & The Machine
Mumford & Sons |
Best Pop Vocal Performance -
Female
Lady Gaga
"Bad Romance"
[ from the LP The
Fame Monster ] |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3 |
other nominees:
Sara Bareilles - "King Of
Anything"
Beyoncé - "Halo" (live)
Norah Jones - "Chasing
Pirates"
Katy Perry - "Teenage
Dream" |
Best Pop Vocal Performance -
Male
Bruno Mars
"Just The Way You Are"
[ from the LP Doo-Wops
& Hooligans ] |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3 |
other nominees:
Michael Buble - "Haven't Met You
Yet"
Michael Jackson - "This Is It"
Adam Lambert - "Whataya Want From
Me"
John Mayer - "Half Of My
Heart" |
Best Pop Vocal Performance
by a Duo or Group
Train
"Hey Soul Sister" (live)
[ from the LP Save
Me San Francisco ] |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3 |
other nominees:
Glee Cast - "Don't Stop
Believin'"
Maroon 5 - "Misery"
Paramore - "The Only
Exception"
Sade - "Babyfather" |
Best Pop Instrumental
Performance
Jeff Beck
"Nessun Dorma"
[ from the LP Emotion
& Commotion ] |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3 |
other nominees:
Laurie Anderson -
"Flow"
Stanley Clarke - "No
Mystery"
Gorillaz - "Orchestra
Intro"
Brian Setzer
Orchestra - "Sleepwalk" |
Best Pop Instrumental Album
Larry Carlton & Tak
Matsumoto
Take
Your Pick |
 |
other nominees:
Gerald Albright - Pushing
The Envelope
Kenny G - Heart
And Soul
Robby Krieger - Singularity
Kirk Whalum - Everything
Is Everything: The Music Of Donny Hathaway |
Best Pop Collaboration with
Vocals
Herbie Hancock, Pink, India.Arie, Seal, Konono No 1,
Jeff Beck & Oumou
Sangare
"Imagine"
[ from the LP The
Imagine Project ] |
|
other nominees:
B.o.B, Eminem & Hayley Williams - "Airplanes Part
II"
Elton John & Leon Russell
- "If It Wasn't For Bad"
Lady Gaga & Beyoncé - "Telephone"
Katy Perry & Snoop Dogg - "California
Gurls" |
Best Pop Vocal Album
Lady Gaga
The
Fame Monster |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3 |
other nominees:
Justin Bieber - My
World 2.0
Susan Boyle - I
Dreamed A Dream
John Mayer - Battle
Studies
Katy Perry - Teenage
Dream
|
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Michael Buble
Crazy
Love |
|
other nominees:
Barry Manilow - The
Greatest Love Songs Of All Time
Johnny Mathis - Let
It Be me: Mathis In Nashville
Rod Stewart - Fly
Me To The Moon... The Great American Songbook
Volume V
Barbra Streisand - Love
Is The Answer |
Best Dance Recording
Rihanna
"Only Girl (In The World)"
[ from the LP Loud ] |
|
other nominees:
Goldfrapp - "Rocket"
La Roux - "In For The
Kill"
Lady Gaga - "Dance In The
Dark"
Robyn - "Dancing On My
Own" |
Best Electronic / Dance
Album
La Roux
La
Roux
|
|
other nominees:
BT - These
Hopeful Machines
Chemical Brothers - Further
Goldfrapp - Head
First
Groove Armada - Black
Light
|
Best R&B Vocal
Performance - Female
Fantasia
"Bittersweet"
[ from the LP Back
To Me
] |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3 |
other nominees:
Faith Evans - "Gone
Already"
Monica - "Everything To
Me"
Kelly Price - "Tired"
Jazmine Sullivan - "Holding
You Down (Going In Circles)" |
Best R&B Vocal
Performance - Male
Usher
"There Goes My Baby"
[ from the LP Raymond
V. Raymond ] |
|
other nominees:
El DeBarge - "Second
Chance"
Jaheim - "Finding My Way
Back"
Kem - "Why Would You
Stay"
Kirk Whatlum & Musiq
Soulchild - "We're Still
Friends" |
Best R&B Vocal
Performance by a Duo or Group
Sade
"Soldier Of Love"
[ from the LP Soldier
Of Love ] |
|
other nominees:
Chris Brown, Jill Scott & Marcus
Miller - "Love"
Chris Brown & Tank
- "Take My Time"
Ronald Isley & Aretha Franklin - "You've Got A
Friend"
John Legend & The Roots
- "Shine" |
Best R&B Song
(awarded to the songwriter)
"Shine"
(John Stephens)
[ from the LP Wake
Up!
] |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3 |
other nominees:
"Bittersweet" (Charles Harmon &
Claude Kelly)
"Finding My Way Back" (Ivan Orthodox
Barias, Curt Chambers, Carvin "Ransum"
Haggins, Jaheim Hoagland & Miquel Jontel)
"Second Chance" (El DeBarge &
Mischke)
"Why Would You Say" (K. Owens) |
Best R&B Album
John Legend & The Roots
Wake
Up!
|
iTunes
Amazon.mp3 |
other nominees:
Raheem DeVaughn - The
Love & War Masterpeace
Fantasia - Back
To Me
Jaheim - Another
Round
Monica - Still
Standing |
Best Traditional R&B
Vocal Performance
John Legend & The Roots
"Hang On In There"
[ from the LP Wake
Up!
] |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3 |
other nominees:
R. Kelly - "When A Woman
Loves"
Calvin Richardson - "You're
So Amazing"
Ryan Shaw - "In
Between"
Betty Wright - "Go"
(live) |
Best Urban / Alternative
Performance
Cee Lo Green
"F*** You"
[ from the LP The
Lady Killer ] |
|
other nominees:
Bilal - "Little One"
Carolyn Malachi -
"Orion"
Janelle Monae & Big Boi - "Tightrope"
Eric Roberson -
"Still" |
Best Contemporary R&B
Album
Usher
Raymond
V. Raymond |
|
other nominees:
Chris Brown - Graffiti
R. Kelly - Untitled
Ryan Leslie - Transition
Janelle Monae - The
ArchAndroid |
Best Country Vocal
Performance - Female
Miranda Lambert
"The House That Built Me"
[ from the LP Revolution ] |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3 |
other nominees:
Jewel - "Satisfied"
LeAnn Rimes - "Swingin'"
Carrie Underwood - "Temporary
Home"
Gretchen Wilson - "I'd Love To Be
Your Last" |
Best Country Vocal
Performance - Male
Keith Urban
"'Til Summer Comes Around"
[ from the LP Defying
Gravity ] |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3 |
other nominees:
Jamey Johnson -
"Macon"
Toby Keith - "Cryin' For Me
(Wayman's Song)"
David Nail - "Turning
Home"
Chris Young - "Gettin' You
Home" |
Best Country Vocal
Performance by a Duo or Group
Lady Antebellum
"Need You Now"
[ from the LP Need
You Now ] |
Amazon.mp3 |
other nominees:
Zac Brown Band -
"Free"
Dailey & Vincent -
"Elizabeth"
Little Big Town - "Little
White Church"
The Steeldrivers - "Where
Rainbows Never Die" |
Best Country
Collaboration with Vocals
Zac Brown Band & Alan Jackson
"As She's Walking Away"
[ from the LP You
Get What You Give ] |
|
other nominees:
Dierks Bentley, Miranda Lambert & Jamey
Johnson - "Bad Angel"
Dierks Bentley, Del
McCoury & The Punch Brothers -
"Pride (In The Name Of Love)"
Blake Shelton & Trace Adkins
- "Hillbilly Bone
Marty Stuart & Connie
Smith - "I Run To You" |
Best Country Album
Lady Antebellum
Need
You Now |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3 |
other nominees:
Dierks Bentley - Up
On The Ridge
Zac Brown Band - You
Get What You Give
Jamey Johnson - The
Guitar Song
Miranda Lambert - Revolution |
Best Country Song
(awarded to the songwriter)
"Need You Now"
(Lady Antebellum, Josh Kear)
[ from the LP Need
You Now ] |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3 |
other nominees:
"The Breath You Take" (Casey Beathard,
Dean Dillon & Jessie Jo Dillon)
"Free" (Zac Brown)
"The House That Built Me" (Tom Douglas
& Allen Shamblin)
"I'd Love To Be Your Last" (Rivers
Rutherford, Annie Tate & Sam Tate)
"If I Die Young" (Kimberly Perry) |
Best Rock Song
(awarded to the songwriter)
"Angry World"
(Neil Young)
[ from the LP Le
Noise
] |
|
other nominees:
"Little Lion Man" (Mumford & Sons)
"Radioactive" (Kings Of Leon)
"Resistance" (Matthew Bellamy)
"Tighten Up" (Dan Auerbach & Patrick
Carney) |
Best Solo Rock Vocal
Performance
Paul McCartney
"Helter Skelter"
[ from the LP Good
Evening New York City ] |
|
other nominees:
Eric Clapton - "Run Back To Your
Side"
John Mayer - "Crossroads"
Robert Plant - "Silver
Rider"
Neil Young - "Angry World" |
Best Rock Vocal Performance
by a Duo or Group
Black Keys
"Tighten Up"
[ from the LP Brothers ] |
|
other nominees:
Arcade Fire - "Ready To
Start"
Jeff Beck & Joss Stone - "I Put A Spell On
You"
Kings Of Leon - "Radioactive"
Muse - "Resistance" |
Best Hard Rock Performance
Them Crooked Vultures
"New Fang"
[ from the LP Them
Crooked Vultures ] |
|
other nominees:
Alice In Chains - "A Looking In
View"
Ozzy Osbourne - "Let Me Hear You
Scream"
Soundgarden - "Black Rain"
Stone Temple Pilots - "Between The
Lines" |
Best Metal Performance
Iron Maiden
"El Dorado"
[ from the LP The
Final Frontier ] |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3 |
other nominees:
Korn - "Let The Guilt
Go"
Lamb Of God - "In Your
Words"
Megadeth - "Sudden
Death"
Slayer - "World Painted
Blood" |
Best Rock Instrumental
Performance
Jeff
Beck
"Hammerhead"
[ from the LP Emotion
& Commotion ] |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3 |
other nominees:
Black Keys - "Black Mud"
Los Lobos - "Do The
Murray"
Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds
- "Kundalini Bonfire"
Dweezil Zappa - "The
Deathless Horsie" |
Best Rock Album
Muse
The
Resistance |
|
other nominees:
Jeff Beck - Emotion
& Commotion
Pearl Jam - Backspacer
Tom Petty & The
Heartbreakers - Mojo
Neil Young - Le
Noise |
Best Alternative Music Album
Black Keys
Brothers |
|
other nominees:
Arcade Fire - The
Suburbs
Band Of Horses - Infinite
Arms
Broken Bells - Broken
Bells
Vampire Weekend - Contra |
Best Rap Solo Performance
Eminem
"Not Afraid"
[ from the LP Recovery ] |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3 |
other nominees:
Drake - "Over"
Ludacris - "How Low"
T.I. - "I'm Back"
Kanye West - "Power" |
Best Rap Performance by a
Duo or Group
Jay-Z & Swizz Beatz
"On To The Next One"
[ from the LP The
Blueprint 3 ] |
|
other nominees:
Big Boi & Cutty
- "Shutterbugg"
Drake, T.I. & Swizz Beatz
- "Fancy"
Ludacris & Nicki Minaj - "My Chick Bad"
Young Jeezy & Plies
- "Lose My Mind" |
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
Jay-Z & Alicia Keys
"Empire State Of Mind"
[ from the LP The
Blueprint 3 ] |
|
other nominees:
B.o.B & Bruno Mars - "Nothin' On
You"
Chris Brown, Tyga
& Kevin McCall -
"Deuces"
Eminem & Rihanna - "Love The Way You
Lie"
John Legend & The Roots -
"Wake Up! Everybody" |
Best Rap Song
(awarded to the songwriter)
"Empire State Of Mind"
(Jay-Z, Angela Hunte, Burt Keyes,
Alicia Keys, Jane't "Jnay"
Sewell-Ulepic & Alexander Shuckburg)
[ from the LP The
Blueprint 3 ] |
|
other nominees:
"Love The Way You Lie" (Alexander
Grant, Holly Hafferman & Eminem)
"Not Afriad" (M. Burnett, J. Evans, Eminem, L. Resto & M.
Samuels)
"Nothin' On You" (Philip Lawrence, Ari
Levine, Bruno Mars & B.o.B)
"On To The Next One" (Jay-Z, J. Chaton & K. Dean) |
Best Rap Album
Eminem
Recovery |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3 |
other nominees:
B.o.B - B.o.B
Presents: The Adventures Of Bobby Ray
Drake - Thank
Me Later
Jay-Z - The
Blueprint 3
The Roots - How
I Got Over |
Best Compilation
Soundtrack Album For A Motion Picture, Television
or Visual Media
Crazy
Heart |
|
other nominees:
Glee:
The Music, Volume 1
Treme
True
Blood - Volume 2
The
Twilight Saga: Eclipse |
Best Score
Soundtrack Album For A Motion Picture, Television
or Visual Media
Toy
Story 3 |
|
other nominees:
Alice
In Wonderland
Avatar
Inception
Sherlock
Holmes
|
Best Song Written
for a Motion Picture, Television or Visual Media
(awarded to the songwriter)
"The Weary Kind"
(Ryan Bingham & T Bone Burnett)
[ from the Crazy
Heart
soundtrack ] |
|
other nominees:
"Down In New Orleans" (Randy Newman)
"I See You" (Simon Franglen, Kuk
Harrell & James Horner)
"Kiss Like Your Kiss" (Lucinda
Williams)
"This City" (Steve Earle) |
Best Musical Show
Album
American
Idiot: The Original Broadway Cast Recording
Featuring Green Day |
|
other nominees:
Fela!
A
Little Night Music
Promises,
Promises
Sondheim
On Sondheim |
Best Music Video, Short Form
Lady Gaga
"Bad Romance"
[ from the LP The
Fame Monster ] |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3 |
other nominees:
Johnny Cash - "Ain't No Grave /
The Johnny Cash Project"
Eminem & Rihanna - "Love The Way You
Lie"
Gorillaz, Mos Def
& Bobby Womack -
"Stylo"
Cee Lo Green - "F*** You" |
Best Music Video, Long Form
The Doors
When
You're Strange: A Film About The Doors |
 |
other nominees:
Blur - No
Distance Left To Run
Arif Mardin - The
Greatest Ears In Town: The Arif Mardin Story
Rush - Rush:
Beyond The Lighted Stage
White Stripes - Under
Great White Northern Lights |
Producer of the
Year
(non-classical)
Danger Mouse |
|
other nominees:
Rob Cavallo
Dr. Luke
RedOne
The Smeezingtons (Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence, Ari
Levine) |
| Lifetime
Achievement Awards |
 |
Julie Andrews
Roy Haynes
Julliard String Quartet
Kingston Trio
Dolly Parton
The
Ramones
George Beverly Shea |
click on categories for
history of past Grammy winners
a complete list of all categories
(including jazz, gospel, folk, latin, blues, and
classical) can be found at http://www.grammy.com/
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