BEYONCE Leads Grammy Nominations with 10 Nods



Beyonce and Taylor Swift lead the nominations for the 52nd annual Grammy Awards, which will be held in Los Angeles on Jan. 31, reports the NY Times.

*****Ever wonder what the difference was between record of the year, song of the year and album of the year awards? Muzo has the answer below*****

In a ceremony on Wednesday night broadcast live by CBS, with performances by the Black Eyed Peas, Nick Jonas and the R&B singer Maxwell, Beyonce received 10 nominations, including album, record and song of the year.

Swift had eight nominations. She and Lady Gaga, who was nominated five times, will face Beyonce in those same top three categories.

Other big nominees include the Black Eyed Peas, Kanye West and Maxwell, with six nods each, and Jay-Z and the French D.J. David Guetta, each getting five nominations. Zac Brown Band, Keri Hilson, Silversun Pickups, the Ting Tings and the Brooklyn synth-pop duo MGMT will compete for best new artist.

Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Album of the Year - what's it mean? I've wondered this myself so I did some digging. Lets use Beyonce for example. Her album 'I Am...Sasha Fierce' would be a contender for album of the year, which it is, cuz, well, it's an album. Where it gets tricky is song and record of the year awards. Each award is for an individual track: Song of the year awards go to the songwriter; Record of the year awards to to the artist and producer. Moving on...

The complete list of nominations is uber long - over 50 pages, covering over 109 categories from normal stuff to Polka albums, so if you wanna brave it, click here to check it out at the official Grammys site. Some highlights are below:

SONG OF THE YEAR
Beyonce - "Single Ladies"
Lady Gaga - "Poker Face"
Maxwell - "Pretty Wings"
Kings of Leon - "Use Somebody"
Taylor Swift - "You Belong With Me."

ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Beyonce - "I Am ... Sasha Fierce"
Black Eyed Peas' "The E.N.D."
Lady Gaga - "The Fame"
Taylor Swift - "Fearless"
Dave Matthews Band - "Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King."

RECORD OF THE YEAR
Beyonce - "Halo"
Black Eyes Peas - "I Gotta Feeling"
Kings of Leon - "Use Somebody"
Lady Gaga - "Poker Face"
Taylor Swift - "You Belong With Me"

BEST COUNTRY PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCALS
Brooks & Dunn - "Cowgirls Don't Cry"
Zac Brown Band - "Chicken Fried"
Lady Antebellum - "I Run To You"
Rascal Flatts "Here Comes Goodbye"
Sugarland - "It Happens"

BEST RAP SOLO PERFORMANCE
Drake - "Best I Ever Had"
Eminem - "Beautiful"
Jay-Z - "D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)"
Kid Cudi - "Day 'N' Nite"
Mos Def - "Casa Bey."

BEST ROCK ALBUM
AC/DC - "Black Ice"
Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood - "Life from Madison Square Garden"
Green Day - "21st Century Breakdown"
Dave Matthews Band - "Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King"
U2 - "No Line on the Horizon."

BEST POP PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCALS
Black Eyed Peas' "I Gotta Feeling"
Bon Jovi - "We Weren't Born to Follow"
The Fray - "Never Say Never"
Daryl Hall and John Oates' "Sara Smile"
MGMT - "Kids"

BEST NEW ARTIST
Zac Brown Band
Keri Hilson
MGMT
Silversun Pickups
The Ting Tings

BEST FEMALE POP VOCAL PERFORMANCE
Adele - "Hometown Glory"
Beyonce - "Halo"
Katy Perry - "Hot N Cold"
Pink - "Sober"
Taylor Swift - "You Belong With Me"

BEST MALE POP VOCAL PERFORMANCE
John Legend - "This Time"
Maxwell - "Love You"
Jason Mraz - "Make It Mine"
Seal - "If You Don't Know Me By Now"

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Posted by MUZOPHILE at 12/2/2009 11:38 PM
Categories: 0ALL LISTINGS,Grammy Awards 2010,0News,Beyonce
Tags: Silversun Pickups Black Eyed Peas Grammy Awards 2010 Lady Gaga Keri Hilson Kanye West MGMT 52nd annual grammy awards David Guetta Nick Jonas Beyonce Taylor Swift the Ting Tings Jay-Z Zac Brown Band
 

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