Grammy Grammy Grammy

The Grammy nods are out, and there are no surprises.

Kanye West and Amy Winehouse led the pack with 8 and 6 nods respectively. Here are some of the highlights:

Best Male Pop Vocal Perfomance:
Michael Buble - Everything
John Mayer - Belief
Paul McCartney - Dance Tonight
Seal - Amazing
Justin Timberlake - What Goes Around Comes Around

Female Pop Vocal Performance:
Christina Aguilera - Candy Man
Feist - One Two Three Four
Fergie - Big Girls Don’t Cry
Nelly Furtado - Say It Right
Amy Winehouse - Rehab

Song of the Year:
Before he Cheats, Carrie Underwood
Hey there Delilah, Plain White Ts
Like a Star, Corinne Baily Rae
Rehab, Amy Winehouse
Umbrella, Rihanna

Album of the Year:
Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace — Foo Fighters
These Days — Vince Gill
River: The Joni Letters — Herbie Hancock
Graduation — Kanye West
Back To Black — Amy Winehouse

For a full list of nominees, jump in.

RECORD OF THE YEAR
Irreplaceable - Beyoncé; Beyoncé Knowles, S. Smith & Stargate, producers; Jim Caruana, Jason Goldstein & Geoff Rice, engineers/mixers; Track from: “B’Day”; [Sony Urban Music/Columbia/Music World Productions]
The Pretender - Foo Fighters; Gil Norton, producer; Adrian Bushby & Rich Costey, engineers/mixers [Roswell/RCA Records]
Umbrella - Rihanna Featuring Jay-Z; Kuk Harrell & C. “Tricky” Stewart, producers; Kuk Harrell & Manny Marroquin, engineers/mixers; Track from: “Good Girl Gone Bad” [Def Jam]
What Goes Around…Comes Around - Justin Timberlake; Nate (Danja) Hills, Timbaland & Justin Timberlake, producers; Jimmy Douglass & Timbaland, engineers/mixers; [Jive/Zomba]
Rehab - Amy Winehouse; Mark Ronson, producer; Tom Elmhirst, engineer/mixer; Track from: “Back To Black” [Universal Republic Records]

ALBUM OF THE YEAR
“Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace” - Foo Fighters; Gil Norton, producer; Adrian Bushby & Rich Costey, engineers/mixers; Brian Gardner, mastering engineer [Roswell/RCA Records]
“These Days” - Vince Gill; John Anderson, Guy Clarke, Rodney Crowell, Diana Krall & The Del McCoury Band, featured artists; Vince Gill, John Hobbs & Justin Niebank, producers; Neal Cappellino & Justin Niebank, engineers/mixers; Adam Ayan, mastering engineer [MCA Nashville]
“River: The Joni Letters” - Herbie Hancock; Leonard Cohen, Norah Jones, Joni Mitchell, Corinne Bailey Rae, Luciana Souza & Tina Turner, featured artists; Herbie Hancock & Larry Klein, producers; Helik Hadar, engineer/mixer; Bernie Grundman, mastering engineer [Verve]
“Graduation” - Kanye West; Dwele, Lil Wayne, Mos Def & T-Pain, featured artists; Warryn “Baby Dubb” Campbell, Eric Hudson, Brian “Allday”Miller, Nottz, Patrick “Plain Pat” Reynolds, Gee Roberson, Toomp & Kanye West, producers; Bruce Beuchner, Andrew Dawson, Mike Dean, Anthony Kilhoffer, Greg Koller, Manny Marroquin, Nottz Raw, Tony Rey, Seiji Sekine, Paul Sheehy & D. Sloan, engineers/mixers; Vlado Meller, mastering engineer [Roc-A-Fella Records]
“Back To Black” - Amy Winehouse; Mark Ronson & Salaamremi, producers; Tom Elmhirst, Gary Noble & Franklin Socorro, engineers/mixers; Mark Ronson, mastering engineer [Universal Republic Records]

SONG OF THE YEAR
“Before He Cheats” - Josh Kear & Chris Tompkins, songwriters (Carrie Underwood); Track from: “Some Hearts” [19 Recordings/Arista Nashville; Publishers: That Little House Music, Mighty Underdog Music/Sony/ATV Cross Keys]
“Hey There Delilah” - Tom Higgenson, songwriter (Plain White T’s); Track from: “Every Second Counts” [Hollywood Records/Fearless Records; Publisher: So Happy Publishing]
“Like A Star” - Corinne Bailey Rae, songwriter (Corinne Bailey Rae); Track from: “Corinne Bailey Rae” [Capitol Records; Publisher: Global Talent Publishing]
“Rehab” - Amy Winehouse, songwriter (Amy Winehouse); Track from: “Back To Black” [Universal Republic Records; Publisher: EMI Music Publishing]
“Umbrella” - Shawn Carter, Kuk Harrell, Terius “Dream”Nash & Christopher Stewart, songwriters (Rihanna Featuring Jay-Z); Track from: “Good Girl Gone Bad”[Def Jam]

NEW ARTIST
Feist
Ledisi
Paramore
Taylor Swift
Amy Winehouse

FEMALE POP VOCAL PERFORMANCE
“Candyman” - Christina Aguilera [RCA Records]
“1234″ - Feist; Track from: “The Reminder” [Cherry Tree / Interscope Records]
“Big Girls Don’t Cry” - Fergie; Track from: “The Dutchess” [A&M Records]
“Say It Right” - Nelly Furtado; Track from: “Loose” [Geffen]
“Rehab” - Amy Winehouse; Track from: “Back To Black” [Universal Republic Records]

MALE POP VOCAL PERFORMANCE
“Everything” - Michael Bublé; Track from: “Call Me Irresponsible” [143 Records/Reprise]
“Belief” - John Mayer Track from: “The Village Sessions” [Columbia/Aware]
“Dance Tonight” - Paul McCartney; Track from: “Memory Almost Full” [MPL/Hear Music]
“Amazing” - Seal [Warner Bros.]
“What Goes Around…Comes Around” - Justin Timberlake [Jive]

POP PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCAL
“(You Want To) Make A Memory” - Bon Jovi; Track from: “Lost Highway” [Island/Mercury]
“Home” - Daughtry [RCA Records/19 Recordings]
“Makes Me Wonder” - Maroon 5; Track from: “It Won’t Be Soon Before Long” [Octone/A&M Records]
“Hey There Delilah” - Plain White T’s; Track from: “Every Second Counts” [Hollywood Records]
“Window In The Skies” - U2; Track from: “U218 - Singles” [Interscope Records]

POP COLLABORATION WITH VOCALS
“Steppin’ Out” - Tony Bennett & Christina Aguilera; Track from: “Duets: An American Classic” [Columbia]
“Beautiful Liar” - Beyoncé & Shakira; Track from: “B’Day (Deluxe Edition)” [Columbia/Sony Urban]
“Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)” - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss; [Rounder Records]
“The Sweet Escape” - Gwen Stefani & Akon; Track from: “The Sweet Escape” [Interscope Records]“Give It To Me” - Timbaland Featuring Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake Track from: “Timbaland Presents: Shock Value” [Mosley/Blackground/Interscope Records]

POP INSTRUMENTAL PERFORMANCE
“Off The Grid” - Beastie Boys; Track from: “The Mix-Up” [Capitol Records]
“Paris Sunrise #7″ - Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals; Track from: “Lifeline” [Virgin Records]
“Over The Rainbow” - Dave Koz; Track from: “At The Movies” [Capitol Records]
“One Week Last Summer” - Joni Mitchell; Track from: “Shine” [Hear Music]
“Simple Pleasures” - Spyro Gyra; Track from: “Good To Go-Go” - [Heads Up International]

POP INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM
“The Mix-Up” - Beastie Boys [Capitol Records]
“Italia” - Chris Botti [Columbia]
“At The Movies” - Dave Koz [Capitol/EMI]
“Good To Go-Go” - Spyro Gyra [Heads Up International]

POP VOCAL ALBUM
“Lost Highway” - Bon Jovi [Island/Mercury]
“The Reminder” - Feist [Cherry Tree/Interscope Records]
“It Won’t Be Soon Before Long” - Maroon 5 [Octone/A&M Records]
“Memory Almost Full” - Paul McCartney [MPL/Hear Music]
“Back To Black” - Amy Winehouse [Universal Republic Records]

DANCE RECORDING
“Do It Again” - The Chemical Brothers; Tom Rowlands & Ed Simons, producers Track from: “We Are The Night” [Astralwerks]
“D.A.N.C.E.” - Justice; Gaspard Auge & Xavier de Rosnay, producers; Gaspard Auge & Xavier de Rosnay, mixers [Ed Banger/Vice/Because]
“Love Today” - Mika; Jodi Marr, John Merchant, Mika & Greg Wells, producers; Greg Wells, mixer Track from: “Life In Cartoon Motion” [Casablanca/Universal Republic Records]
“Don’t Stop The Music” - Rihanna; StarGate, producer; Phil Tan, mixer Track from: “Good Girl Gone Bad” [Def Jam]
“LoveStoned/I Think She Knows - Justin Timberlake; Nate (Danja) Hills, Timbaland & Justin Timberlake, producers; Jimmy Douglass & Timbaland, mixers Track from: “FutureSex/LoveSounds” [Jive/Zomba]

ELECTRONIC/DANCE ALBUM
“We Are The Night” - The Chemical Brothers [Astralwerks]
“D.A.N.C.E.” - Justice [Ed Banger/Vice/Because]
“Sound Of Silver” - LCD Soundsystem [Capitol Records/DFA]
“We Are Pilots ” - Shiny Toy Guns [Universal Motown]
“Elements Of Life” - Tiësto [Ultra Records]

TRADITIONAL POP VOCAL ALBUM
“Call Me Irresponsible” - Michael Bublé [143 Records/Reprise]
“Cool Yule” - Bette Midler [Columbia]
“Trav’lin’ Light” - Queen Latifah [Verve]
“Live In Concert 2006″ - Barbra Streisand [Columbia]
“James Taylor At Christmas” - James Taylor [Columbia]

SOLO ROCK VOCAL PERFORMANCE
“Timebomb” - Beck [Interscope Records]
“Only Mama Knows” - Paul McCartney; Track from: “Memory Almost Full” [MPL/Hear Music]
“Our Country” - John Mellencamp; Track from: “Freedom’s Road” [Universal Republic Records]
“Radio Nowhere” - Bruce Springsteen; Track from: “Magic” [Columbia]
“Come On” - Lucinda Williams; Track from: “West” [Lost Highway Records]

ROCK PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCAL
“It’s Not Over” - Daughtry [RCA Records/19 Recordings]
“Working Class Hero” - Green Day; Track from: “Instant Karma - The Campaign To Save Darfur” [Warner Bros.]
“If Everyone Cared” - Nickelback; Track from: “All The Right Reasons Special Edition” [Roadrunner Records]
“Instant Karma” - U2; Track from: “Instant Karma - The Campaign To Save Darfur” [Warner Bros.]
“Icky Thump” - The White Stripes; Track from: “Icky Thump” [Third Man/Warner Bros.]

HARD ROCK PERFORMANCE
“Sweet Sacrifice” - Evanescence; Track from: “The Open Door” [Wind-up Records, LLC]
“The Pretender” - Foo Fighters; [Roswell/RCA Records]
“I Don’t Wanna Stop” - Ozzy Osbourne; Track from: “Black Rain” [Epic]
“Sick, Sick, Sick” - Queens Of The Stone Age; rack from: “Era Vulgaris” [Interscope Recods]
“The Pot” - Tool; Track from: “10,000 Days” [Volcano]

METAL PERFORMANCE
“Nothing Left” - As I Lay Dying; Track from: “An Ocean Between Us” [Metal Blade Records]
“Never Ending Hill” - King Diamond; Track from: “Give Me Your Soul…Please” [Metal Blade Records]
“Aesthetics Of Hate” - Machine Head; Track from: “The Blackening” [Roadrunner Records]
“Redemption” - Shadows Fall; Track from: “Threads Of Life” [Atlantic]
“Final Six” - Slayer; Track from: “Christ Illusion” [American Recording/Columbia]

ROCK INSTRUMENTAL PERFORMANCE
“The Ecstasy Of Gold” - Metallica; Track from: “We All Love Ennio Morricone” [Sony Classical]
“Malignant Narcissism” - Rush; Track from: “Snakes & Arrows” [Anthem/Atlantic]
“Always With Me, Always With You” - Joe Satriani; Track from: “Satriani Live!” [Epic/Red Ink]
“Once Upon A Time In The West” - Bruce Springsteen; Track from: “We All Love Ennio Morricone” [Sony Classical]
“The Attitude Song” - Steve Vai; Track from: “Sound Theories Vol. I & II” [Epic/Red Ink]

ROCK SONG
“Come On” - Lucinda Williams, songwriter (Lucinda Williams); Track from: “West” [Lost Highway Records; Publishers: Warner-Tamerlane Publishing/Lucy Jones Music]
“Icky Thump” - Jack White, songwriter (The White Stripes); Track from: “Icky Thump” [Third Man/Warner Bros.; Publisher: Peppermint Stripe Music]
“It’s Not Over” - Chris Daughtry, Gregg Wattenberg, Mark Wilkerson & Brett Young, songwriters (Daughtry); [RCA Records/19 Recordings; Publishers: Surface Pretty Deep Ugly Music, G Watt Music/EMI April Music, Warner-Tamerlane Publishing, Floating Leaf]
“The Pretender” - Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel & Chris Shiflett, songwriters (Foo Fighters); [Roswell/RCA Records; Publishers: M.J. Twelve Music, I Love The Punk Rock Music, Living Under A Rock Music, Flying Earform Music]
“Radio Nowhere” - Bruce Springsteen, songwriter (Bruce Springsteen); Track from: “Magic” [Columbia; Publisher: Bruce Springsteen]

ROCK ALBUM
“Daughtry” - Daughtry [RCA Records]
“Revival” - John Fogerty [Fantasy]
“Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace” - Foo Fighters [Roswell/RCA Records]
“Magic” - Bruce Springsteen [Columbia]
“Sky Blue Sky” - Wilco [Nonesuch Records]

ALTERNATIVE MUSIC ALBUM
“Alright, Still…” - Lily Allen [Capitol Records]
“Neon Bible” - Arcade Fire [Merge Records]
“Volta” - Bjork [Elektra/Atlantic]
“Wincing The Night Away” - The Shins [Sub Pop]
“Icky Thump” - The White Stripes [Third Man/Warner Bros.]

FEMALE R&B VOCAL PERFORMANCE
“Just Fine” - Mary J. Blige [Geffen]
“When I See You” - Fantasia; Track from: “Fantasia” [J Records/19 Records/S Records]
“No One” - Alicia Keys [J Records/MBK Entertainment]
“If I Have My Way” - Chrisette Michele; Track from: “I Am” [Def Jam Recordings]
“Hate On Me” - Jill Scott; Track from: “The Real Thing” [Hidden Beach Recordings]

MALE R&B VOCAL PERFORMANCE
“Woman” - Raheem DeVaughn; [Jive Records]
“B.U.D.D.Y.” - Musiq Soulchild; Track from: “Luvanmusiq” [Atlantic Records]
“Because Of You” - Ne-Yo [Def Jam Recordings]
“Future Baby Mama” - Prince; Track from: “Planet Earth” [Columbia/NPG Records]
“Please Don’t Go” - Tank; Track from: “Sex, Love & Pain” [Blackground/Universal Motown]

R&B PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCALS
“Same Girl” - R. Kelly Featuring Usher; Track from: “Double Up” [Jive]
“Disrespectful” - Chaka Khan Featuring Mary J. Blige [Burgundy/Sony/BMG]
“Hate That I Love You” - Rihanna Featuring Ne-Yo; Track from: “Good Girl Gone Bad” [Def Jam Recordings]
“Baby” - Angie Stone Featuring Betty Wright [Stax]
“Bartender” - T-Pain Featuring Akon [Jive]

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