Coldplay, Jay-Z and Ne-Yo Lead Grammy Nominations
Nominations for the 51st Annual Grammy Awards were announced on December 3, 2008 by The Recording Academy. ASCAP members were among those receiving multiple nominations with Coldplay (PRS) receiving seven nominations, and Jay-Z and Ne-Yo each earning six nods. John Mayer, Robert Plant, Radiohead (PRS) and Jazmine Sullivan received five each while Eagles, Danger Mouse and George Strait each received four nominations. For the first time, nominations for the annual Grammy Awards were announced on prime-time television. The 51st Annual Grammy Awards will be held on Feb. 8, 2009, at Staples Center in Los Angeles and once again will be broadcast live on CBS from 8-11:30 p.m. (ET).
A list of the Grammy categories and all ASCAP members nominated can be seen below.
General
Record Of The Year
"Viva La Vida"
Coldplay (PRS), artist
Brian Eno (PRS), producer
"Bleeding Love"
Leona Lewis (PRS), artist
Simon Cowell (PRS) & Ryan Tedder, producers
Craig Durrance & Ryan Tedder, engineers/mixers
"Paper Planes"
M.I.A (PRS), artist
"Please Read The Letter"
Robert Plant, artist
Album Of The Year
Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
Coldplay (PRS), artist
Brian Eno (PRS), producer
Tha Carter III
Fabolous, Jay-Z & Kidd Kidd, featured artists
Alchemist, David Banner, Vaushaun "Maestro" Brooks, Andrews "Drew" Correa, Shondrae "Mr. Bangladesh" Crawford, Darius "Deezle" Harrison, Pro Jay, Rodnae, Skillz & Play & Robin Thicke, producers
Joshua Berkman, Darius "Deezle" Harrison, Miguel Scott & Robin Thicke, engineers/mixers
Year Of The Gentleman
Ne-Yo, artist
Ne-Yo, StarGate, Syience, Shae Taylor & Shomari "Sho" Wilson, producers
Kevin "KD" Davis, Mikkell Eriksen & Tony Terrebone, engineers/mixers
Raising Sand
Robert Plant, artist
In Rainbows
Radiohead (PRS), artist
Nigel Godrich (PRS), producer
Hugo Nicolson (PRS), engineers/mixers
Song Of The Year
"American Boy"
Keith Harris, songwriter
"I'm Yours"
Jason Mraz, songwriter
"Love Song"
Sara Bareilles, songwriter
"Viva La Vida"
Guy Berryman (PRS), Jonny Buckland (PRS), Will Champion (PRS) & Chris Martin (PRS) [Coldplay], songwriters
Best New Artist
Jazmine Sullivan
Pop
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
"Love Song"
Sara Bareilles
"Bleeding Love"
Leona Lewis (PRS)
"I Kissed A Girl"
Katy Perry
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
"Say"
John Mayer
"That Was Me"
Paul McCartney (PRS)
"I'm Yours"
Jason Mraz
"Closer"
Ne-Yo
"Wichita Lineman"
James Taylor
Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
"Viva La Vida"
Coldplay (PRS)
"Waiting In The Weeds"
Eagles
"Going On"
Gnarls Barkley
"Apologize"
OneRepublic
Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals
"Lesson Learned"
Alicia Keys & John Mayer
"4 Minutes"
Madonna, Justin Timberlake & Timbaland
"Rich Woman"
Robert Plant
"No Air"
Jordin Sparks
Best Pop Instrumental Performance
"Love Appetite"
Felix Cavaliere
"I Dreamed There Was No War"
Eagles
"Fortune Teller"
Fourplay
"Blast!"
Marcus Miller
Best Pop Instrumental Album
Sax For Stax
Gerald Albright
The Spice Of Life
Earl Klugh
Best Pop Vocal Album
Long Road Out Of Eden
Eagles
Spirit
Leona Lewis (PRS)
Covers
James Taylor
Dance
Best Dance Recording
"Give It 2 Me"
Madonna, artist
Madonna & The Neptunes, producers
"Disturbia"
Brian Kennedy, producer
"Black & Gold"
Jesse Rogg, producer
Best Electronic/Dance Album
New York City
Brazilian Girls
X
Kylie Minogue (APRA)
Robyn
Robyn (STIM)
Traditional Pop
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
The Sinatra Project
Michael Feinstein
Rufus Does Judy At Carnegie Hall
Rufus Wainwright
Rock
Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance
"Gravity"
John Mayer
"I Saw Her Standing There"
Paul McCartney (PRS)
"Girls In Their Summer Clothes"
Bruce Springsteen
"Rise"
Eddie Vedder
"No Hidden Path"
Neil Young
Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
"Rock N Roll Train"
AC/DC (APRA/PRS)
"Violet Hill"
Coldplay (PRS)
"Long Road Out Of Eden"
Eagles
"Sex On Fire"
Kings Of Leon
Best Hard Rock Performance
"Inside The Fire"
Disturbed
"Visions"
Judas Priest
"Wax Simulacra"
The Mars Volta
"Saints Of Los Angeles"
Mötley Crüe
"Lords Of Salem"
Rob Zombie
Best Metal Performance
"Nostradamus"
Judas Priest
"My Apocalypse"
Metallica
"Psychosocial"
Slipknot
Best Rock Instrumental Performance
"Castellorizon"
David Gilmour (PRS)
"Suicide & Redemption"
Metallica
"34 Ghosts I-IV"
Nine Inch Nails
"Peaches En Regalia"
Zappa Plays Zappa
Best Rock Song
"Girls In Their Summer Clothes"
Bruce Springsteen, songwriter
"Sex On Fire"
Caleb Followill & Nathan Followill [Kings Of Leon], songwriters
"Violet Hill"
Guy Berryman (PRS), Jonny Buckland (PRS), Will Champion (PRS) & Chris Martin(PRS) [Coldplay], songwriters
Best Rock Album
Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
Coldplay (PRS)
Only By The Night
Kings Of Leon
Death Magnetic
Metallica
Consolers Of The Lonely
The Raconteurs
Alternative
Best Alternative Music Album
Modern Guilt
Beck
The Odd Couple
Gnarls Barkley
In Rainbows
Radiohead(PRS)
R&B
Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
"Me, Myself And I"
Beyoncé
"Heaven Sent"
Keyshia Cole
"Spotlight"
Jennifer Hudson
"Superwoman"
Alicia Keys
"Need U Bad"
Jazmine Sullivan
Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
"Miss Independent"
Ne-Yo
"Here I Stand"
Usher
Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
"Words"
Anthony David Featuring India.Arie
"I'm His Only Woman"
Jennifer Hudson
"Never Give You Up"
Raphael Saadiq Featuring Stevie Wonder & CJ Hilton
Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance
"A Change Is Gonna Come"
Wayne Brady
"Baby I Know"
Linda Jones With Helen Bruner Terry Jones
"Love That Girl"
Raphael Saadiq
"In Love With Another Man"
Jazmine Sullivan
Best Urban/Alternative Performance
"Say Goodbye To Love"
Kenna
"Wanna Be"
Maiysha
"Many Moons"
Janelle Monae
"Lovin You (Music)"
Wayna
Best R&B Song
"Bust Your Windows"
Salaam Remi & Jazmine Sullivan, songwriters
"Customer"
Ivan Barias, Raheem DeVaughn, Carvin Haggins, Kristal Oliver & Johnnie Smith, songwriters
"Heaven Sent"
Keyshia Cole, Jason Farmer & Alex Francis, songwriters
"Miss Independent"
Mikkel Eriksen, Tor Hermansen & Ne-Yo, songwriters
"Spotlight"
Mikkel Eriksen, Tor Hermansen & Ne-Yo, songwriters
Best R&B Album
Jennifer Hudson
Jennifer Hudson
The Way I See It
Raphael Saadiq
Best Contemporary R&B Album
Growing Pains
Mary J. Blige
Back Of My Lac'
J. Holiday
Year Of The Gentleman
Ne-Yo
Fearless
Jazmine Sullivan
Rap
Best Rap Solo Performance
"Roc Boys (And The Winner Is)..."
Jay-Z
"N.i.*.*.e.r. (The Slave And The Master)"
Nas
Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group
"Royal Flush"
Andre 3000
"Swagga Like Us"
Jay-Z
"Mr. Carter"
Featuring Jay-Z
"Wish You Would"
Ludacris
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
"Low"
Flo Rida
"Green Light"
Andre 3000
"Superstar"
Matthew Santos
Best Rap Song
"Lollipop"
Stephen Garrett & Darius "Deezle" Harrison, songwriters
"Low"
Flo Rida, songwriter
"Sexual Eruption"
Shawty Redd, songwriter
"Superstar"
Soundtrakk, songwriter
"Swagga Like Us"
Jay-Z, M.I.A. (PRS), Nicholas Headon (PRS), Michael Jones (PRS), John Mellor (PRS), Thomas Pentz & Paul Simonon (PRS), songwriters
Best Rap Album
American Gangster
Jay-Z
Nas
Nas
Country
Best Female Country Vocal Performance
"What I Cannot Change"
LeAnn Rimes
"Last Call"
Lee Ann Womack
"This Is Me You're Talking To"
Trisha Yearwood
Best Male Country Vocal Performance
"You're Gonna Miss This"
Trace Adkins
"Letter To Me"
Brad Paisley
"Troubadour"
George Strait
Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
"Every Day"
Rascal Flatts
"Blue Side Of The Mountain"
The SteelDrivers
"Stay"
Sugarland
Best Country Collaboration With Vocals
"Shiftwork"
Kenny Chesney & George Strait
"Killing The Blues"
Robert Plant
"House Of Cash"
George Strait
"Life In A Northern Town"
Sugarland
"Let The Wind Chase You"
Trisha Yearwood
Best Country Instrumental Performance
"Sumatra"
Cherryholmes
"Is This America? (Katrina 2005)"
Bruce Hornsby
"Cluster Pluck"
Brad Paisley
"Sleigh Ride"
The Flecktones
Best Country Song
"Dig Two Graves"
Ashley Gorley & Bob Regan, songwriters
"Stay"
Jennifer Nettles, songwriter
"You're Gonna Miss This"
Ashley Gorley, songwriter
Best Country Album
Troubadour
George Strait
Around The Bend
Randy Travis
Heaven, Heartache And The Power Of Love
Trisha Yearwood
Best Bluegrass Album
Cherryholmes III: Don't Believe
Cherryholmes
Honoring The Fathers Of Bluegrass: Tribute To 1946 And 1947
Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder
New Age
Best New Age Album
Pathfinder
Will Clipman
Ambrosia
Peter Kater
Jazz
Best Contemporary Jazz Album
Floating Point
John McLaughlin (PRS)
Cannon Re-Loaded: All-Star Celebration Of Cannonball Adderley
Gregg Field, producer
Miles From India
Bob Belden, producer
Lifecycle
Yellowjackets Featuring Mike Stern
Best Jazz Vocal Album
Distances
Norma Winstone (PRS)
Best Jazz Instrumental Solo
"Seven Steps To Heaven"
Till BrÖnner (GEMA), soloist
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Act Your Age
Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band
Blauklang
Vince Mendoza
Monday Night Live At The Village Vanguard
The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra
Best Latin Jazz Album
Afro Bop Alliance
Caribbean Jazz Project
Gospel
Best Gospel Performance
"Get Up"
Mary Mary
Best Gospel Song
"Cover Me"
J. Moss, songwriter
"Get Up"
Erica Campbell, Tina Campbell [Mary Mary] & Warryn Campbell, songwriters
"Give Me Your Eyes"
Brandon Heath, songwriter
"You Reign"
Jim Bryson, Nathan Cochran, Barry Graul, Bart Millard, Mike Scheuchzer & Robby Shaffer, songwriters
Best Rock Or Rap Gospel Album
Hello
After Edmund
Our World Redeemed
Flame
We Need Each Other
Sanctus Real
Rock What You Got
Superchick
Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album
What If We
Brandon Heath
Hello Love
Chris Tomlin
Best Southern, Country, Or Bluegrass Gospel Album
Lovin' Life
Gaither Vocal Band
Hymned Again
Bart Millard
Best Traditional Gospel Album
I'll Say Yes
The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir
Deitrick Haddon Presents . . . Together In Worship
Voices Of Unity
Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album
The Sound
Mary Mary
Stand Out
Tye Tribbett
Latin
Best Latin Pop Album
Cara B
Jorge Drexler (SGAE)
Palabras Del Silencio
Luis Fonsi
Tarde O Temprano
Tommy Torres
Best Latin Rock Or Alternative Album
Sonidos Gold
Grupo Fantasma
La Verdad
Locos Por Juana
Tijuana Sound Machine
Nortec Collective Presents: Bostich & Fussible
Best Latin Urban Album
The Royalty: La Realeza
Rkm & Ken-y
Best Tropical Latin Album
Cuba: Un Viaje Musical — A Musical Journey
Rey Ruíz
Señor Bachata
José Feliciano
Best Tejano Album
Friends & Legends
Joe Posada
All That Jazz...
Tortilla Factory
Best Banda Album
No Es De Madera
Joan Sebástian
Blues
Best Traditional Blues Album
The Blues Rolls On
Elvin Bishop
Folk
Best Traditional Folk Album
Coal
Kathy Mattea
Comedians & Angels
Tom Paxton
Strangers In Another Country
Rosalie Sorrels
Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album
Day After Tomorrow
Joan Baez
Sex & Gasoline
Rodney Crowell
All I Intended To Be
Emmylou Harris
Raising Sand
Robert Plant
Best Native American Music Album
Spo'Mo'Kin'Nan
Black Lodge
Red Rock
Northern Cree
Come To Me Great Mystery — Native American Healing Songs
Tom Wasinger, producer
Best Hawaiian Music Album
'Ikena
Daniel Ho
'Aumakua
Amy Hanaiali`i
The Spirit Of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar
Daniel Ho & George Kahumoku, Jr., producers
Reggae
Best Reggae Album
Jah Is Real
Burning Spear (PRS)
Let's Get Physical
Elephant Man (PRS)
Vibes
Heavy D
Repentance
Lee "Scratch" Perry (PRS)
Intoxication
Shaggy
Amazing
Sly & Robbie (PRS)
World Music
Best Traditional World Music Album
The Mandé Variations
Toumani Diabaté (BUMDA)
Ilembe: Honoring Shaka Zulu
Ladysmith Black Mambazo (SAMRO)
Best Contemporary World Music Album
Global Drum Project
Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Sikiru Adepoju & Giovanni Hidalgo
Rokku Mi Rokka (Give And Take)
Youssou N'Dour (BSDA)
Polka
Best Polka Album
El Maestro Del AcordeÓn Y Sus Polkas
Paulino Bernal (SACM)
Speechless
LynnMarie
Children's
Best Musical Album For Children
Beethoven's Wig 4: Dance Along Symphonies
Beethoven's Wig
Here Comes Brady Rymer And The Little Band That Could
Brady Rymer And The Little Band That Could
The Shoe Bird
Gerard Schwarz Conducting The Seattle Symphony
Best Spoken Word Album For Children
The Cricket In Times Square
Tony Shalhoub
Spoken Word
Best Spoken Word Album
Born Standing Up
Steve Martin
Comedy
Best Comedy Album
Flight Of The Conchords
Flight Of The Conchords (APRA)
Songs Of The Bushmen
Harry Shearer
Musical Show
Best Musical Show Album
Gypsy
Jule Styne, composer
Stephen Sondheim, lyricist
In The Heights
Lin-Manuel Miranda, producer
Lin-Manuel Miranda, composer/lyricist
The Little Mermaid
Glenn Slater & Howard Ashman, lyricists
South Pacific
Richard Rodgers, composer
Oscar Hammerstein II, lyricist
Film/TV/Visual Media
Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
American Gangster
Various Artists
August Rush
Various Artists
Juno
Various Artists
Sweeney Todd — The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street
Various Artists
Best Score Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
The Dark Knight
James Newton Howard & Hans Zimmer, composers
Iron Man
Ramin Djawadi, composer
There Will Be Blood
Jonny Greenwood (PRS), composer
Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
"Ever Ever After" (From
Enchanted)
Stephen Schwartz, songwriter
"Say" (From
The Bucket List)
John Mayer, songwriter
"That's How You Know" (From
Enchanted)
Stephen Schwartz, songwriter
"Walk Hard" (From
Walk Hard — The Dewey Cox Story)
Judd Apatow, Marshall Crenshaw & Jake Kasdan, songwriters
Composing/Arranging
Best Instrumental Composition
"Hit The Ground Running"
Gordon Goodwin, composer
Best Instrumental Arrangement
" Yesterdays"
Gordon Goodwin, arranger
Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
" Alfie"
Vince Mendoza, arranger
" Here's That Rainy Day"
Nan Schwartz, arranger
" Johnny One Note"
Don Sebesky, arranger
" Lazy Afternoon"
Claus Ogerman (GEMA), arranger
Package
Best Recording Package
Nouns
No Age, art directors
Summer Rains
Amanda Barrett & Abby DeWald, art directors
Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package
Ghosts I-IV
Trent Reznor, art director
Pretty. Odd.
Alex Kirzhner & Panic At The Disco, art directors
@#%&*! Smilers
Aimee Mann, art director
Historical
Best Historical Album
Classic Columbia, OKeh And Vocalion Lester Young With Count Basie (1936-1940)
Lester Young With Count Basie
To Be Free: The Nina Simone Story
Nina Simone
Production, Non-Classical
Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical
Danger Mouse
- Attack & Release
- Modern Guilt (Beck)
- The Odd Couple (Gnarls Barkley)
Nigel Godrich (PRS)
Rick Rubin
- Death Magnetic (Metallica)
- Home Before Dark
- Mercy (Dancing For The Death Of An Imaginary Enemy)
- Seeing Things (Jakob Dylan)
- Weezer (Red Album)
Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical
"Closer (StoneBridge Radio Edit)"
StoneBridge (STIM), remixer
"Electric Feel (Justice Remix)"
Justice (SACEM), remixers
"4 Minutes (Junkie XL Remix)"
Junkie XL (BUMA), remixer
"Just Fine (Moto Blanco Remix)"
Moto Blanco (PRS), remixers
"The Longest Road (Deadmau5 Remix)"
Deadmau5 (SOCAN), remixer
Surround Sound
Best Surround Sound Album
Ringo 5.1 The Surround Sound Collection
Ringo Starr (PRS), surround producer
Classical
Best Classical Album
O'Regan, Tarik: Threshold Of Night
Craig Hella Johnson , conductor
Schoenberg/Sibelius: Violin Concertos
Esa-Pekka Salonen (TEOSTO), conductor
Hilary Hahn , performer
Best Orchestral Performance
Walden, Chris: Symphony No. 1, The Four ElementsChris Walden, conductor
Best Opera Recording
"Dun, Tan: The First Emperor"
Tan Dun, conductor
Best Choral Performance
" O'Regan, Tarik: Threshold Of Night"
Craig Hella Johnson, conductor
Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra)
"Bloch/Lees:Violin Concertos"
John McLaughlin Williams, conductor
" Harrison: Pipa Concerto"
Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor
Wu Man, soloist
" Schoenberg/Sibelius: Violin Concertos"
Esa-Pekka Salonen (TEOSTO), conductor
Hilary Hahn, soloist
Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra)
" In A State Of Jazz"
Marc-André Hamelin (SOCAN), soloist
" Revolutionary"
Cameron Carpenter, soloist
Best Chamber Music Performance
"Brahms: String Quartet Op. 51, No. 2, Piano Quintet Op. 34"
Stephen Hough (PRS)
Best Small Ensemble Performance
" Im Wunderschoenen Monat Mai"
Reinbert De Leeuw (BUMA)
" Monk: Impermanence"
Mer edith Monk & Vocal Ensemble
Best Classical Vocal Performance
" Corigliano: Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems Of Bob Dylan"
Hila Plitmann
" Terezín: Theresienstadt"
Anne Sofie Von Otter (STIM)
Best Classical Contemporary Composition
" Dalbavie: Concerto Pour Flûte"
Marc-André Dalbavie (SACEM)
" Gandolfi: The Garden Of Cosmic Speculation"
Michael Gandolfi
" Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems Of Bob Dylan"
John Corigliano
" Violin Concerto No. 2"
George Tsontakis
" Walden, Chris: Symphony No. 1, The Four Elements"
Chris Walden
Music Video
Best Short Form Music Video
"Honey"
Erykah Badu, artist
Erykah Badu, video director
"Who's Gonna Save My Soul"
Gnarls Barkley, artist
"Another Way To Die"
Alicia Keys, artist
Best Long Form Music Video
Where The Light Is — Live In Los Angeles
John Mayer, artist
Runnin' Down A Dream
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, artist
Respect Yourself — The Stax Records Story
Various Artists
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