Nominees for the 2009 Grammy Awards, announced Wednesday, Dec. 3 (winners were announced on Feb. 8, 2009):
Lil Wayne topped the nominations with eight, Coldplay garnered seven, and Jay-Z, Ne-Yo and Kanye West each earned six nods. Alison Krauss, John Mayer, Robert Plant, Radiohead and Jazmine Sullivan received five each, and Adele, Danger Mouse, Eagles, Lupe Fiasco, George Strait, and T.I. each received four nominations.
BEST NEW ARTIST
Adele
Duffy
The Jonas Brothers
Lady Antebellum
Jazmine Sullivan
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Alison Krauss & Robert Plant, Raising Sand
Coldplay, Viva La Vida
Ne-Yo, Year Of The Gentleman
Lil Wayne, Tha Carter III
Radiohead, In Rainbows
BEST ALTERNATIVE ALBUM
Beck, Modern Guilt
Death Cab For Cutie, Narrow Stairs
Gnarls Barkley, The Odd Couple
My Morning Jacket, Evil Urges
Radiohead, In Rainbows
BEST COUNTRY COLLABORATION WITH VOCALS
Kenny Chesney & George Strait, “Shiftwork”
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, “Killing The Blues”
George Strait & Patty Loveless, “House Of Cash”
Sugarland, Jake Owen, & Little Big Town, “Life In A Northern Town”
Trisha Yearwood & Keith Urban, “Let The Wind Chase You”
BEST COUNTRY PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP
Brooks & Dunn, “God Must Be Busy”
Lady Antebellum, “Love Don’t Love Here”
Rascal Flatts, “Every Day”
The Steel Drivers, “Blue Side Of The Mountain”
Sugarland, “Stay”
BEST DANCE RECORDING
Daft Punk, “Harder Better Faster Stronger”
Hot Chip, “Ready For The Floor”
Lady Gaga & Colby O’Donis, “Just Dance”
Madonna, “Give It 2 Me”
Rihanna, “Disturbia”
Sam Sparro, “Black & Gold”
BEST ELECTRONIC/DANCE ALBUM
Brazilian Girls, New York City
Daft Punk, Alive 2007
Cyndi Lauper, Bring Ya To The Brink
Kylie Minogue, X
Moby, Last Night
Robyn
BEST HARD ROCK PERFORMANCE
Disturbed, “Inside The Fire”
Judas Priest, “Visions”
The Mars Volta, “Wax Simulacra”
Motley Crue, “Saints Of Los Angeles”
Rob Zombie, “Lords Of Salem”
BEST METAL PERFORMANCE
Dragonforce, “Heroes Of Our Time”
Judas Priest, “Nostradamus”
Metallica, “My Apocalypse”
Ministry, “Under My Thumb”
Slipknot, “Psychosocial”
BEST POP COLLABORATION WITH VOCALS
Alicia Keys and John Mayer, “Lessons Learned”
Madonna, Justin Timberlake, and Timbaland, “4 Minutes”
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, “Rich Woman”
Rihanna and Maroon 5, “If I Never See Your Face Again”
Jordin Sparks and Chris Brown, “No Air”
BEST POP PERFORMANCE, FEMALE
Adele, “Chasing Pavements”
Sara Bareilles, “Love Song”
Duffy, “Mercy”
Leona Lewis, “Bleeding Love”
Katy Perry, “I Kissed A Girl”
Pink, “So What”
BEST POP PERFORMANCE, MALE
Kid Rock, “All Summer Long”
John Mayer, “Say”
Paul McCartney, “That Was Me”
Jason Mraz, “I’m Yours”
Ne-Yo, “Closer”
James Taylor, “Wichita Lineman”
BEST POP PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCALS
Coldplay, “Viva La Vida”
Eagles, “Waiting In The Weeds”
Gnarls Barkle, “Going On”
Maroon 5, “Won’t Go Home Without You”
OneRepublic, “Apologize”
BEST RAP ALBUM
Jay-Z, American Gangster
Lil Wayne, Tha Carter III
Lupe Fiasco, The Cool
Nas
T.I., Paper Trail
BEST RAP PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP
Big Boi feat. Raekwon & Andre 3000, “Royal Flush”
(Taylor couldn’t pronounce “Raekwon” quite right. Aw.)
T.I. feat. Kanye West & Lil Wayne, “Swagger Like Us”
Lil Wayne feat. Jay-Z, “Mr Carter”
Ludacris feat. T.I., “Wish You Would”
Young Jeezy feat. Kanye West, “Put On”
BEST RAP/SUNG COLLABORATION
Estelle feat. Kanye West, “American Boy”
Flo Rida feat. T-Pain, “Low”
John Legend feat. Andre 3000, “Green Light”
Lil Wayne feat. T-Pain, “Got Money”
Lupe Fiasco feat. Matthew Santos, “Superstar”
BEST R & B PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCALS
Boyz II Men, “Ribbon In The Sky”
Anthony David feat. India.Arie, “Words”
Al Green feat. John Legend, “Stay With Me (By The Sea)”
Jennifer Hudson feat. Fantasia, “I’m His Only Woman” b
Raphael Saadiq feat. Stevie Wonder & CJ Hilton, “Never Give You Up”
BEST ROCK ALBUM
Coldplay, Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
Kid Rock, Rock N Roll Jesus
Kings Of Leon, Only By The Night
Metallica, Death Magnetic
Raconteurs, Consolers Of The Lonely
BEST ROCK SONG
Bruce Springsteen, “Girls In Their Summer Clothes”
Radiohead, “House Of Cards”
Death Cab For Cutie, “I Will Possess Your Heart”
Kings Of Leon, “Sex On Fire”
Coldplay, “Violet Hill”
BEST SOUNDTRACK
American Gangster
August Rush
Juno
Mamma Mia!
Sweeney Todd—The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street
BEST SONG FOR A MOTION PICTURE, TV SHOW, OR OTHER VISUAL MEDIA
“Down To Earth” (Wall-E)
“Ever Ever After” (Enchanted)
“Say” (The Bucket List)
“That’s How You Know” (Enchanted)
“Walk Hard” (Walk Hard—The Dewey Cox Story)
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, NON-CLASSICAL
Danger Mouse
Nigel Godrich
Johnny Karkazis
Rick Rubin
will.i.am
BEST SHORT-FORM MUSIC VIDEO
Erykah Badu, “Honey”
Gnarls Barkley, “Who’s Gonna Save My Soul”
Alicia Keys & Jack White, “Another Way To Die”
Radiohead, “House Of Cards”
Weezer, “Pork & Beans”
SONG OF THE YEAR
“American Boy,” William Adams, Keith Harris, Josh Lopez, Caleb Speir, John Stephens, Estelle Swaray & Kanye West, songwriters (Estelle Featuring Kanye West, artist)
“Chasing Pavements,” Adele Adkins & Eg White, songwriters (Adele, artist)
“I’m Yours,” Jason Mraz, songwriter (Jason Mraz, artist)
“Love Song,” Sara Bareilles, songwriter (Sara Bareilles, artist)
“Viva La Vida,” Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion & Chris Martin, songwriters (Coldplay, artist)
RECORD OF THE YEAR
Adele, “Chasing Pavements”
Coldplay, “Viva La Vida”
Leona Lewis, “Bleeding Love”
M.I.A., “Paper Planes”
Robert Plant and Alison Kraus, “Please Read The Letter”
51st Annual Grammy Award nominations [GRAMMY.com]
The Best Dance Recording category looks good although they’re a little late on the Daft Punk and Robyn is REALLY getting her due now
@fingerdancin96: hey, if you release an album three times, maybe someone will notice, eventually. also justice got a nomination for their remix of electric feel, which i think is pretty funny.
I’m wondering if the DCFC track is the longest song to be nominated in that category. I know someone here knows the answer.
I’m also wondering if Nas would’ve gotten a nod if he’d stayed with his original title. A rose by any other name blah blah blah…
MIA? Really? Potheads unite for Record of the Year!
Kinda stoked to see “American Boy” in the SOTY category. Even that field is somewhat respectable–hell, every one of those acts debuted this decade. Think the Grammys are worried about ratings at all?
Of course the Grammy we know and love had to rear its head somewhere–for that look no further than the Best Pop Performance Male category. James Taylor’s flogging of “Wichita Lineman”? Really?
@baconfat: It’s quite likely, seeing as the category has only existed since 1992.
@walkmasterflex: I just wish it didn’t take until a major label picked up Robyn’s album to get a Grammy nod.
@baconfat: …and it’s been awarded to some terrible songs.
NOSTRADAMUS????!?!?!?
I do like that Sam Sparro song, I just wish his album was as good as that song
@fingerdancin96: I really didn’t think anyone cared about Sam Sparro at all. I thought Black & Gold was kind of a dud and it didn’t really make much of an impact in my world outside of hearing on a Sinden radio show once.
I’m also a bit surprised MGMT, “Electric Feel” specifically (no remix), received no nominations. It kind of seemed like the thing that would grab a nod or two in the “alternative” or dance categories.
There are some obvious omissions, like MGMT, but on whole I feel as though Grammy had one of its better years in memory. All of the AOTY nominations can be respected and overall there aren’t as many clearly dumb mistakes we usually see. For what it is, Grammy seems to have done good.
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That MGMT album could’ve taken the place of the Gnarls Barkley or Beck album in that Alternative Music category.
I’m kind of appalled by Weezer’s cheesy bid for Digg fame getting a Best Short-Form Music Video nod.
So many obvious omissions I don’t even know where to begin, but I am only genuinely insulted that Hercules & Love Affair’s “Blind” didn’t receive a nomination for best dance recording.
Wait wait…House of Cards is a rock song?
now, as far as i can tell, the ONE female MC on the list is not nominated in a rap category? hmmmm….
In true Grammy tradition, they always like to have familiar faces in the nominations. That would explain all the Gnarls. Overall pretty pathetic, although I expected the Plant/Krauss album to be in the running. They pretty much ignored all the great year end best of lists we’ve seen.
@doctaj: the grammy committee probably had trouble categorizing m.i.a. as a “rapper”, in their minds
@antistar2000: what was missing? i’m just curious.
If you get nominated for AOTY, does that mean you get the Best [genre] Album by default? Like won’t Radiohead and Lil Wayne get best alternative and rap albums because they’re the only ones in their respective categories to be good enough for an AOTY nom?
Am I expecting too much logic from the Grammys?
@DJorn: probably!
@Maura Johnston: Well, we all know that “House of Cards” will completely crush it in the Short Form Music
@DocStrange: Video category.
Sorry, Firefox has decided that “Enter” means “submit” instead of linebreak.
Anyway, I’m really happy that “Ready for the Floor” by Hot Chip is up for Best Dance Recording, although it doesn’t stand a snowball’s chance in hell. And it’s hilarious reading several bigger companies complaining that albums by various, terrible, mainstram acts should’ve been nominated for Album of the Year instead of Radiohead (even though they had no problem with the Robert Plant/Alison Kraus album).
That M.I.A. track is one of the very few songs that was embraced by fans of indie rock, Top 40 and mainstream hip hop. If the Grammy voting guys want to appease the most people at one time, that’s the choice they should make for Record of the Year.
@DocStrange: I don’t think that they make those types of considerations (see: Hey Ya!)
@Halfwit: Yeah, I meant this year.
And besides you’re right. “Please Read the Letter” will probably win. Or “Viva La Vida” (I guess they went with the popular choice instead of the better single from that record, “Violet Hill”)
YAY for M.I.A. and Radiohead. Adele’s 4 noms is brilliant - loved 19. I’m actually surprised the Academy didn’t eat up Arular in 2005 though, or even Kala last year. Leona will probably win ROTY.
@Maura Johnston: Don’t matter, Erykah Badu’s got it in the bag.
I audibly gasped when I saw Robyn got nominated. I’m a little ticked that “Closer” didn’t get a Record nomination, but that’s just personal fandom. Radiohead is going to get AOTY (”In Rainbows” is their “The Departed”), otherwise it’s going to go to Allison Kraus (Grammy bait, but I’ve heard it’s very good).
Do you think they’ll actually show up, or will they save carbon and go live via satellite?
Sorry, are you sure these are accurate? I don’t see “Let Me Smell Yo Dick” on there anywhere.
For anyone (including myself) that thought these noms were interesting…
Here is some perspective:
Katy Perry got a nom
Santogold didn’t get a nom
The Grammys are still the Grannys.
And they blow.
madonna will bring the bacon for best dance recording for sure,,,give it to us madge!
hmmm it is a shame about MGMT not receiving noms. I totally agree they should be there instead of Gnarles B.. On a happier note, finally some recognition for Kings of Leon!!!!! Though, I would have put them in the Alternative category but whatever. 3 noms is awesome! They have had so much more success in the UK then in the states which is sad since they are homegrown out of Tennessee! Even if they don’t win, I am just glad to see them get some recognition!
I hope Metallica gets the Best Rock Album!
I am doing a project in my Music class about the Grammys.
I think Leona Lewis will get Best Female Pop Performance.
We had to pick 3 categories for the project…The last one i chose was Best Soundtrack. I hope Sweeney Todd wins! I absolutly LOVED that movie and all of it’s songs. Well…minus the song Alan Rickman and Timothy Spall sang. That just weirded me out. And the Joanna song bugged me as well. That is just my opinion though. ^.^
If Coldplay wins a single grammy for the song viva la vida i will be very shocked and disappointed.. Joe Satriani deserves that grammy for writing the song “If I Could Fly” 5 years ago that coldplay crudely and poorly ripped off and called viva la vida.
It’s good to see the Grammys sort of getting it right with the nominations in most categories. and I’m actually excited about the show tonight. But I still have a hard time with their “recording calendar year and voting systems.” The music industry moves so fast these days that albums like Lupe Fiasco’s the Cool which was release last year, is now just getting on their rap AOTY. If it’s possible, the recording industry has to come up with a system that works with the speed of the days. if they did it might actually help sales.
Oh, and the whole MIA giving birth situation is a nice way to boost ratings, too..whether it was intended or not.