Grammy Nominees Announced

Nominees taken from Grammy.com

Record Of The Year

(Award to the Artist and to the Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s) and/or Mixer(s), if other than the artist.)

* Chasing Pavements

Adele

Eg White, producer; Tom Elmhirst & Steve Price, engineers/mixers

Track from: 19

[XL Recordings/Columbia]

* Viva La Vida

Coldplay

Markus Dravs, Brian Eno & Rik Simpson, producers; Michael Brauer & Rik Simpson, engineers/mixers

Track from: Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends

[Capitol Records]

* Bleeding Love

Leona Lewis

Simon Cowell, Clive Davis & Ryan "Alias" Tedder, producers; Craig Durrance, Phil Tan & Ryan "Alias" Tedder, engineers/mixers

[J Records/SYCO Music]

* Paper Planes

M.I.A

Diplo, producer; Switch, engineer/mixer

Track from: Kala

[Interscope]

* Please Read The Letter

Robert Plant & Alison Krauss

T Bone Burnett, producer; Mike Piersante, engineer/mixer

Track from: Raising Sand

[Rounder]

Prediction: As much as I like Paper Planes, based on its content, I don't think it has a chance to win the award, I think this is Coldplay's year and this will be one of the many awards Coldplay takes on the big show.

Album Of The Year

(Award to the Artist(s) and to the Album Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s)/Mixer(s) & Mastering Engineer(s), if other than the artist.)

* Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends

Coldplay

Markus Dravs, Brian Eno & Rik Simpson, producers; Michael H. Brauer, Markus Dravs, John O'Mahoney, Rik Simpson & Andy Wallace, engineers/mixers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer

[Capitol Records]

* Tha Carter III

Lil Wayne

Babyface, Brisco, Fabolous, Jay-Z, Kidd Kidd, Busta Rhymes, Juelz Santana, D. Smith, Static Major, T-Pain & Bobby Valentino, featured artists; Alchemist, David Banner, Vaushaun "Maestro" Brooks, Cool & Dre, Andrews "Drew" Correa, Shondrae "Mr. Bangladesh" Crawford, Darius "Deezle" Harrison, Jim Jonsin, Mousa, Pro Jay, Rodnae, Skillz & Play, D. Smith, Swizz Beatz, Robin Thicke, T-Pain & Kanye West, producers; Angel Aponte, Joshua Berkman, Andrew Dawson, Joe G, Darius "Deezle" Harrison, Fabian Marasciullo, Miguel Scott, Robin Thicke, Julian Vasquez & Gina Victoria, engineers/mixers; Vlado Meller, mastering engineer

[Universal Motown/Cash Money]

* Year Of The Gentleman

Ne-Yo

Chuck Harmony, Ne-Yo, Polow Da Don, StarGate, Stereotypes, Syience, Shea Taylor & Shomari "Sho" Wilson, producers; Kirven Arrington, Jeff Chestek, Kevin "KD" Davis, Mikkel Eriksen, Jaymz Hardy Martin, III, Geno Regist, Phil Tan & Tony Terrebonne, engineers/mixers; Herb Powers, Jr., mastering engineer

[Def Jam/Compound]

* Raising Sand

Robert Plant & Alison Krauss

T Bone Burnett, producer; Mike Piersante, engineer/mixer; Gavin Lurssen, mastering engineer

[Rounder]

* In Rainbows

Radiohead

Nigel Godrich, producer; Nigel Godrich, Dan Grech-Marguerat, Hugo Nicolson & Richard Woodcraft, engineers/mixers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer

[TBD Records]

Prediction: Two words--Lil' Wayne

Song Of The Year

(A Songwriter(s) Award. A song is eligible if it was first released or if it first achieved prominence during the Eligibility Year. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.)

* American Boy

William Adams, Keith Harris, Josh Lopez, Caleb Speir, John Stephens, Estelle Swaray & Kanye West, songwriters (Estelle Featuring Kanye West)

Track from: Shine

[Atlantic/Homeschool; Publishers: Will.I.Am Music/Cherry River Music/Chrysalis Publishing/John Legend Publishing/Cherry River Music/Please Gimme My Publishing/EMI Blackwood Music/Larry Leron Music/Speir Music/Broke, Spoke and Gone Publishing]

* Chasing Pavements

Adele Adkins & Eg White, songwriters (Adele)

Track from: 19

[XL Recordings/Columbia; Publishers: Universal-Songs of Polygram Int.]

* I'm Yours

Jason Mraz, songwriter (Jason Mraz)

Track from: We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things.

[Atlantic; Publisher: Goo Eyed Music]

* Love Song

Sara Bareilles, songwriter (Sara Bareilles)

Track from: Little Voice

[Epic; Publisher: Tiny Bear Music]

* Viva La Vida

Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion & Chris Martin, songwriters (Coldplay)

Track from: Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends

[Capitol Records; Publishers: Universal Music-MGB Songs]

Prediction: Coldplay takes home another grammy.

Best New Artist

(For a new artist who releases, during the Eligibility Year, the first recording which establishes the public identity of that artist.)

* Adele

* Duffy

* Jonas Brothers

* Lady Antebellum

* Jazmine Sullivan

Prediction: None of these artists I am really interested in, but if I had to pick a winner based on their medioric rise, I would have to say The Jonas Brothers will take Best New Artist

Other Predictions

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance--Leona Lewis, "Bleeding Love."

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance--Kid Rock, "All Summer Long"

Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group--Coldplay, "Viva La Vida"

Best Metal Performance--Slipknot, "Psychosocial"

Best Rock Album--I hope it's Kid Rock for "Rock N' Roll Jesus", but I wouldn't be surprised if Coldplay wins for "Viva La Vida or Death and all his friends."

Best Rap Solo Performance--Snoop Dogg, "Sensual Seduction"

Best Rap Song and Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group--Jay-Z, T.I., Kanye West and Lil Wayne

Best Rap Album-T.I., "Paper Trail"

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration--John Legend and Andre 3000, "Green Light"