Beyonce has been nominated for 10 Grammy Awards (I’ve found 9 of them, and can’t seem to find the 10th grrr)  including:

• Album of the Year (for I Am… Sasha Fierce),
• Best Contemporary R‘n’B Album (for I Am….Sasha Fierce)
• Song of the Year (for Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
• Best Female Vocal R‘n’B
• Best R‘n’B Song
• Record of the Year (Halo)
• Best Female Pop Vocal Performance (Halo)
• Best Traditional R‘n’B Vocal Performance (At Last)
• Best Rap/Sun Collaboration for Ego with Kanye West

Taylor Swift is nominated for 8 categories (Kanye West is probably a little nervous about this) and said about being nominated:

“To be recognised by the Grammys is the ultimate honour. The last couple of months have been a nonstop dream come true.”

The Grammy Awards will take place January 31st at the Los Angeles Staples Centre.

Attending the nominations celebration:

• Fergie
• Black Eyed Peas
• Nick Jonas
• LL Cool J
• Jennifer Nettles
• Katy Perry
• Ringo Starr
• Keri Hilson
• Colbie Caillat
• Jimmy Jam
• Dwight Yoakam
• Drake, Maxwell
• Linkin Park
• Smokey Robinson
• Nathan Followill

For the list of the main nominees and pictures, click ‘continued reading‘

Album of the year
I Am…Sasha Fierce, Beyonce Knowles
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, Beyonce Knowles
I Gotta Feeling, The Black Eyed Peas
Use Somebody, Kings Of Leon
Poker Face, Lady Gaga
You Belong With Me, Taylor Swift

Best new artist
Zac Brown Band
Keri Hilson
MGMT
Silversun Pickups
The Ting Tings

Song of the year (goes to writer)
Poker Face, Lady Gaga
Pretty Wings, Maxwell
Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It), Beyonce Knowles
Use Somebody, Kings Of Leon
You Belong With Me, Taylor Swift

Best pop performance by a duo or group with vocals
I Gotta Feeling, The Black Eyed Peas
We Weren’t Born To Follow, Bon Jovi
Never Say Never, The Fray
Sara Smile, Daryl Hall & John Oates
Kids, MGMT

Best pop collaboration with vocals
Sea Of Heartbreak, Rosanne Cash & Bruce Springsteen
Love Sex Magic, Ciara & Justin Timberlake
Lucky, Jason Mraz & Colbie Caillat
Baby, It’s Cold Outside, Willie Nelson & Norah Jones
Breathe, Taylor Swift & Colbie Caillat

Best pop vocal album
The E.N.D., The Black Eyed Peas
Breakthrough, Colbie Caillat
All I Ever Wanted, Kelly Clarkson
The Fray, The Fray
Funhouse, Pink

Best dance recording
Boom Boom Pow, The Black Eyed Peas
When Love Takes Over, David Guetta & Kelly Rowland
Poker Face, Lady Gaga
Celebration, Madonna
Womanizer, Britney Spears

Best solo rock vocal performance
Beyond Here Lies Nothin’, Bob Dylan
Change In The Weather, John Fogerty
Dreamer, Prince
Working On A Dream, Bruce Springsteen
Fork In The Road, Neil Young

Best rock song
The Fixer, Pearl Jam
I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight, U2
21 Guns, Green Day
Use Somebody, Kings Of Leon
Working On A Dream, Bruce Springsteen

Best rock album
Black Ice , AC/DC
Live From Madison Square Garden, Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood
21st Century Breakdown, Green Day
Big Whiskey And The Groogrux King, Dave Matthews Band
No Line On The Horizon, U2

Best alternative music album
Everything That Happens Will Happen Today, David Byrne & Brian Eno
The Open Door, Death Cab For Cutie
Sounds Of The Universe, Depeche Mode
Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, Phoenix
It’s Blitz!, Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Best R‘n’B performance by a duo or group with vocals Blame It, Jamie Foxx &
T-Pain Chocolate High, Indie.Arie & Musiq Soulchild Ifuleave, Musiq
Soulchild & Mary J. Blige Higher Ground, Robert Randolph & The Clark Sisters
Love Has Finally Come At Last, Calvin Richardson & Ann Nesby

Best R‘n’B album
The Point Of It All, Anthony Hamilton
Testimony Vol. 2, Love & Politics,India.Arie Turn Me Loose, Ledisi
Blacksummers’ Night, Maxwell Uncle Charlie, Charlie Wilson

Best rap/sung collaboration
Ego, Beyonce Knowles and Kanye West
Knock You Down, Keri Hilson, Kanye West and Ne-Yo
Run This Town, Jay-Z, Rihanna and Kanye West
I’m On A Boat, The Lonely Island and T-Pain
Dead & Gone, T.I. and Justin Timberlake

Best rap song
Best I Ever Had, Drake
Day N Nite, Kid Cudi
Dead And Gone, T.I. & Justin Timberlake
D.O.A. (Death Of Auto-Tune), Jay-Z
Run This Town, Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West

Best rap album
Universal Mind Control, Common
Relapse, Eminem
R.O.O.T.S., Flo Rida
The Ecstatic, Mos Def
The Renaissance, Q-Tip

Best country performance by a duo or group with vocals
Cowgirls Don’t Cry, Brooks & Dunn Chicken Fried, Zac Brown Band I Run To
You, Lady Antebellum Here Comes Goodbye, Rascal Flatts It Happens, Sugarland

Best country song
All I Ask For Anymore, Trace Adkins
High Cost Of Living, Jamey Johnson
I Run To You, Lady Antebellum
People Are Crazy, Billy Currington
White Horse, Taylor Swift

Best country album
The Foundation, Zac Brown Band
Twang, George Strait
Fearless, Taylor Swift
Defying Gravity, Keith Urban
Call Me Crazy, Lee Ann Womack

Best Americana album
Together Through Life, Bob Dylan
Electric Dirt, Levon Helm
Willie And The Wheel, Willie Nelson & Asleep At The Wheel Wilco (The album),
Wilco Little Honey, Lucinda Williams

Best contemporary folk album
Middle Cyclone, Neko Case
Our Bright Future, Tracy Chapman
Live, Shawn Colvin
Secret, Profane & Sugarcane, Elvis Costello Townes, Steve Earle

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