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December 2009, Rock News

Grammy Nominations Announced

Thu, Dec 03, 2009

2010 Grammy Nominations Are Announced

Grammy Nominations Announced

Biggest night in the music industry will be on Sunday Janurary 31st, The 52nd Grammy Awards. Nominations were announced today and the leader of the night will be Beyonce who holds 10 nominations for the night. Taylor Swift holds 8 nominations, The Black Eyed Peas, Maxwell, and Kanye West hold 6 nominations, and Jay-Z and Lady Gaga hold 5 nominations for the night.

The top awards and the nominees are below:

Album Of The Year:
I Am…Sasha Fierce (Beyoncé)
The E.N.D. (the Black Eyed Peas)
The Fame (Lady Gaga)
Big Whiskey And The Groogrux King (Dave Matthews Band)
Fearless (Taylor Swift)

Record Of The Year:
"Halo" (Beyoncé)
"I Gotta Feeling" (the Black Eyed Peas)
"Use Somebody" (Kings Of Leon)
"Poker Face" (Lady Gaga)
"You Belong With Me" (Taylor Swift)

Song Of The Year:
"Poker Face," Lady Gaga & RedOne, songwriters (Lady Gaga)
"Pretty Wings," Hod David & Musze, songwriters (Maxwell)
"Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)," Thaddis Harrell, Beyoncé Knowles, Terius Nash & Christopher Stewart, songwriters (Beyoncé)
"Use Somebody, "Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill & Nathan Followill, songwriters (Kings Of Leon)
"You Belong With Me," Liz Rose & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift)

Best New Artist:
Zac Brown Band
Keri Hilson
MGMT
Silversun Pickups
The Ting Tings

Then for the hard rock groups there a few huge names, AC/DC has two nominees, Alice in Chains has one, Megadeth has one, Slayer has one, and Judas Priest holds onto one nomination.

 

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

  • War Machine
    AC/DC
    Track from: Black Ice
    [Columbia]
  • Check My Brain
    Alice In Chains
    [Virgin]
  • What I've Done
    Linkin Park
    Track from: Road To Revolution: Live At Milton Keynes
    [Warner Bros.]
  • The Unforgiven III
    Metallica
    Track from: Death Magnetic
    [Warner Bros.]
  • Burn It To The Ground
    Nickelback
    Track from: Dark Horse
    [Roadrunner Records]

 

 

Category 18

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

  • Dissident Aggressor
    Judas Priest
    Track from: A Touch Of Evil — Live
    [Epic]
  • Set To Fail
    Lamb Of God
    Track from: Wrath
    [Epic]
  • Head Crusher
    Megadeth
    Track from: Endgame
    [Roadrunner Records]
  • Señor Peligro
    Ministry
    Track from: Adios...
    [13th Planet]
  • Hate Worldwide
    Slayer
    [American / Columbia]

 

 

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.)

  • A Day In The Life
    Jeff Beck
    Track from: Performing This Week...Live At Ronnie Scott's
    [Eagle Records]
  • Warped Sister
    Booker T. Jones
    Track from: Potato Hole
    [ANTI]
  • Playing With Fire
    Brad Paisley
    Track from: Play
    [Arista Nashville]
  • Mr. Surfer Goes Jazzin'
    Brian Setzer Orchestra
    [Surfdog Records]
  • Now We Run
    Steve Vai
    [Favored Nations 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.)

  • The Fixer
    Matt Cameron, Stone Gossard, Mike McCready & Eddie Vedder, songwriters (Pearl Jam)
    [Monkeywrench; Publishers: Innocent Bystander, Jumpin' Cat Music, Theory of Color, Write Treatage Music.]
  • I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight
    Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge & Larry Mullen Jr., songwriters (U2)
    Track from: No Line On The Horizon
    [Interscope; Publishers: Universal Music Publishing, Upala Music.]
  • 21 Guns
    Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt & Tré Cool, songwriters (Green Day)
    Track from: 21st Century Breakdown
    [Reprise; Publishers: WB Music Corp./Green Daze Music.]
  • Use Somebody
    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.]
  • Working On A Dream
    Bruce Springsteen, songwriter (Bruce Springsteen)
    Track from: Working On A Dream
    [Columbia; Publisher: Bruce Springsteen]

 

 

Category 21

Best Rock Album
(Vocal or Instrumental. Includes Hard Rock and Metal.)

  • Black Ice
    AC/DC
    [Columbia]
  • Live From Madison Square Garden
    Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood
    [Reprise/Duck]
  • 21st Century Breakdown
    Green Day
    [Reprise]
  • Big Whiskey And The Groogrux King
    Dave Matthews Band
    [RCA Records / Bama Rags Recordings, LLC.]
  • No Line On The Horizon
    U2
    [Interscope]

 

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