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52nd Annual Grammy nominees announced

Published: Thursday, December 10, 2009

Updated: Thursday, December 10, 2009 07:12

“Halo” by Beyoncé

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“Halo” by Beyoncé

“Defying Gravity” by Keith Urban

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“Defying Gravity” by Keith Urban

“Celebration” by Madonna

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“Celebration” by Madonna

“If You Don’t Know Me By Now” by Seal

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“If You Don’t Know Me By Now” by Seal

“Universal Mind Control” by Common

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“Universal Mind Control” by Common

The 52nd Annual Grammy Awards show is scheduled to air live from the Staples Center in Los Angeles, Calif., Jan. 31, 2010. Here is a list of the nominees in 12 of the categories. For nominees in the other 97 categories, click the link on k-statecollegian.com
   
Record of the Year:
"Halo" by Beyoncé
"I Gotta Feeling" by The Black Eyed Peas
"Use Somebody" by Kings of Leon
"Poker Face" by Lady Gaga
"You Belong With Me" by Taylor Swift

Album of the Year:
"I Am...Sasha Fierce" by Beyoncé
"The E.N.D." by The Black Eyed Peas
"The Fame" by Lady Gaga
"Big Whiskey and the Groogrux King" by Dave Matthews Band
"Fearless" by Taylor Swift

Song of the Year (award goes to the songwriters)
"Poker Face" by Lady Gaga, written by Lady Gaga and RedOne
"Pretty Wings" by Maxwell, written by Hod David and Musze
"Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" by Beyoncé, written by Thaddis Harrell, Beyoncé Knowles, Terius Nash and Christopher Stewart
"Use Somebody" by Kings of Leon, written by Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Folowill and Nathan Followill
"You Belong With Me" by Taylor Swift,  written by Liz Rose and Taylor Swift

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

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
"Hometown Glory" by Adele
"Halo" by Beyoncé
"Hot N Cold" by Katy Perry
"Sober" by Pink
"You Belong with Me" by Taylor Swift

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
"This Time" by John Legend
"Love You" by Maxwell
"Make It Mine" by Jason Mraz
"If You Don't Know Me By Now" by Seal
"All About the Love Again" by Stevie Wonder

Best Pop Vocal Album
"The E.N.D." by The Black Eyed Peas
"Breakthrough" by Colbie Caillat
"All I Ever Wanted" by Kelly Clarkson
"The Fray" by The Fray
"Funhouse" by Pink

Best Dance Recording

"Boom Boom Pow" by The Black Eyed Peas
"When Love Takes Over" by David Guetta and Kelly Rowland
"Poker Face" by Lady Gaga
"Celebration" by Madonna
"Womanizer" by Britney Spears

Best Contemporary R&B Album
"I Am...Sasha Fierce" by Beyoncé
"Intuition" by Jamie Foxx
"The Introduction of Marcus Cooper" by Pleasure P
"Ready" by Trey Songz
"Thr33 Ringz" by T-Pain

Best Rap Album

"Universal Mind Control" by Common
"Relapse" by Eminem
"R.O.O.T.S." by Flo Rida
"The Ecstatic" by Mos Def
"The Rennaissance" by Q-Tip

Best Country Album

"The Foundation" by Zac Brown Band
"Twang" by George Strait
"Fearless" by Taylor Swift
"Defying Gravity" by Keith Urban
"Call Me Crazy" by Lee Ann Womack

Best Short Form Music Video (award goes to the artist and the director and producer)

"Mr. Hurricane" by Beast, directed by Ben Steiger Levine, produced by Sach Baylin-Stern
"Boom Boom Pow" by The Black Eyed Peas, directed by Mat Cullen and Mark Kudsi, produced by Anna Joseph and Patrick Nugent
"Life In Technicolor II" by Coldplay, directed by Dougal Wilson, produced by Matthew Fone
"Wrong" by Depeche Mode, directed by Patrick Daughters, produced by Jonathan Lia
"Her Morning Elegance" by Oren Lavie

For a complete list of the Grammy Nominations, go to http://grammy.com/grammy_awards/52nd_show/list.aspx.

-Grammy.com


 

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