Los Angeles, CA (Top40 Charts/ Recording Academy) - Nominations for the 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards (www.grammy.com) were announced tonight by The Recording Academy and reflected an eclectic mix of the best and brightest in music over the past year, as determined by the voting members of The Academy. For the third year, nominations for the annual GRAMMY Awards were announced on primetime television as part of "The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live!! - Countdown To Music's Biggest Night," a one-hour special broadcast live on CBS from Club Nokia at L.A. Live. The 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards will be held on "GRAMMY Sunday," Feb. 13, 2011, at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles and once again will be broadcast live in high definition TV and 5.1 surround sound on CBS from 8 - 11:30 p.m. (ET/PT).
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Eminem tops the nominations with 10; Bruno Mars garners seven; and Jay-Z, Lady Antebellum, and Lady Gaga each earn six nods. Jeff Beck, B.o.B, David Frost, Philip Lawrence, and John Legend receive five each; and Alex Da Kid, the Black Keys, Drake, Cee Lo Green, Ari Levine, Katy Perry, Rihanna, the Roots, Dirk Sobotka, and Zac Brown each have four nominations.
"This year's nominations are a true reflection of an exceptional and talented community of music makers that embody some of the highest levels of excellence and artistry in their respective fields," said Neil Portnow, President/CEO of The Recording Academy. "It is most gratifying to see the GRAMMY Awards process once again produce a broad cross-section of diverse and impressive nominees across multiple genres. Coupled with the third year of our primetime nominations special, the road to Music's Biggest Night, the 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards in February, is off to an exciting start."
Following is a sampling of nominations in 108 categories from the GRAMMY Awards' 30 Fields:
GENERAL FIELD
Album Of The Year:
The Suburbs - Arcade Fire
Recovery - Eminem
Need You Now - Lady Antebellum
The Fame Monster - Lady Gaga
Teenage Dream - Katy Perry
Record Of The Year:
"Nothin' On You" - B.o.B Featuring Bruno Mars
"Love The Way You Lie" - Eminem Featuring Rihanna
"F*@# You" - Cee Lo Green
"Empire State Of Mind" - Jay-Z & Alicia Keys
"Need You Now" - Lady Antebellum
Best New Artist:
Justin Bieber
Drake
Florence & The Machine
Mumford & Sons
Esperanza Spalding
Song Of The Year:
"Beg Steal Or Borrow" - Ray LaMontagne, songwriter (Ray LaMontagne And The Pariah Dogs)
"F@#@" - Cee Lo Green, Philip Lawrence & Bruno Mars, songwriters (Cee Lo Green)
"The House That Built Me" -Tom Douglas & Allen Shamblin, songwriters (Miranda Lambert)
"Love The Way You Lie" - Alexander Grant, Skylar Grey & Marshall Mathers, songwriters (Eminem Featuring Rihanna)
"Need You Now" - Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley & Hillary Scott, songwriters (Lady Antebellum)
POP FIELD
Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals:
"Don't Stop Believin' (Regionals Version)" - "Glee" Cast
"Misery" - Maroon 5
"The Only Exception" - Paramore
"Babyfather" - Sade
"Hey, Soul Sister (Live)" - Train
Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals:
"Airplanes II" - B.o.B, Eminem & Hayley Williams
"Imagine" - Herbie Hancock, Pink, India.Arie, Seal, Konono No. 1, Jeff Beck & Oumou Sangare
"If It Wasn't For Bad" - Elton John & Leon Russell
"Telephone" - Lady Gaga & Beyonce
"California Gurls" - Katy Perry & Snoop Dogg
DANCE FIELD
Best Dance Recording:
"Rocket" - Goldfrapp
"In For The Kill" - La Roux
"Dance In The Dark" - Lady Gaga
"Only Girl (In The World)" - Rihanna
"Dancing On My Own" - Robyn
ROCK FIELD
Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals:
"Ready To Start" - Arcade Fire
"I Put A Spell On You" - Jeff Beck & Joss Stone
"Tighten Up" - The Black Keys
"Radioactive" - Kings Of Leon
"Resistance" - Muse
Best Hard Rock Performance:
"A Looking In View" - Alice In Chains
"Let Me Hear You Scream" - Ozzy Osbourne
"Black Rain"- Soundgarden
"Between The Lines" - Stone Temple Pilots
"New Fang"- Them Crooked Vultures
Best Rock Song:
"Angry World" - Neil Young, songwriter (Neil Young)
"Little Lion Man" - Ted Dwane, Ben Lovett, Marcus Mumford & Country Winston, songwriters (Mumford & Sons)
"Radioactive" - Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill & Nathan Followill, songwriters (Kings Of Leon)
"Resistance" - Matthew Bellamy, songwriter (Muse)
"Tighten Up" - Dan Auerbach & Patrick Carney, songwriter (The Black Keys)
ALTERNATIVE FIELD
Best Alternative Music Album
The Suburbs - Arcade Fire
Infinite Arms - Band Of Horses
Brothers - The Black Keys
Broken Bells - Broken Bells
Contra - Vampire Weekend
R&B FIELD
Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals:
"Take My Time" - Chris Brown & Tank
"Love" - Chuck Brown, Jill Scott & Marcus Miller
"You've Got A Friend" - Ronald Isley & Aretha Franklin
"Shine" - John Legend & The Roots
"Soldier Of Love" - Sade
Best Contemporary R&B Album:
Graffiti - Chris Brown
Untitled - R. Kelly
Transition - Ryan Leslie
The ArchAndroid - Janelle Monae
Raymond V Raymond - Usher
RAP FIELD
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration:
"Nothin' On You" - B.o.B Featuring Bruno Mars
"Deuces" - Chris Brown, Tyga & Kevin McCall
"Love The Way You Lie" - Eminem & Rihanna
"Empire State Of Mind" - Jay-Z & Alicia Keys
"Wake Up! Everybody" - John Legend, The Roots, Melanie Fiona & Common
Best Rap Song:
"Empire State Of Mind" - Shawn Carter, Angela Hunte, Burt Keyes, Alicia Keys, Jane't "Jnay" Sewell-Ulepic & Alexander Shuckburgh, songwriters (Sylvia Robinson, songwriter) (Jay-Z & Alicia Keys)
"Love The Way You Lie" - Alexander Grant, Skylar Grey & Marshall Mathers, songwriters (Eminem & Rihanna)
"Not Afraid" - M. Burnett, J. Evans, Marshall Mathers, L. Resto & M. Samuels, songwriters (Eminem)
"Nothin' On You" - Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine, Bruno Mars & Bobby Simmons Jr., songwriters (B.o.B Featuring Bruno Mars)
"On To The Next One" - Shawn Carter, J. Chaton & K. Dean, songwriters (G. Auge & X. De Rosnay, songwriters) (Jay-Z & Swizz Beatz)
Best Rap Album:
The Adventures Of Bobby Ray - B.o.B
Thank Me Later - Drake
Recovery - Eminem
The Blueprint 3 - Jay-Z
How I Got Over - The Roots
COUNTRY FIELD
Best Country Collaboration With Vocals:
"Bad Angel" - Dierks Bentley, Miranda Lambert & Jamey Johnson
"Pride (In The Name Of Love)" - Dierks Bentley, Del McCoury & The Punch Brothers
"As She's Walking Away" - Zac Brown Band & Alan Jackson
"Hillbilly Bone" - Blake Shelton & Trace Adkins
"I Run To You" - Marty Stuart & Connie Smith
Best Country Song:
"The Breath You Take" - Casey Beathard, Dean Dillon & Jessie Jo Dillon, songwriters (George Strait)
"Free" - Zac Brown, songwriter (Zac Brown Band)
"The House That Built Me" - Tom Douglas & Allen Shamblin, songwriters (Miranda Lambert)
"I'd Love To Be Your Last" - Rivers Rutherford, Annie Tate & Sam Tate, songwriters (Gretchen Wilson)
"If I Die Young" - Kimberly Perry, songwriter (The Band Perry)
"Need You Now" - Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley & Hillary Scott, songwriters (Lady Antebellum)
Best Country Album:
Up On The Ridge - Dierks Bentley
You Get What You Give - Zac Brown Band
The Guitar Song - Jamey Johnson
Need You Now - Lady Antebellum
Revolution - Miranda Lambert
AMERICAN ROOTS FIELD
Best Americana Album:
The List - Rosanne Cash
Tin Can Trust - Los Lobos
Country Music - Willie Nelson
Band Of Joy - Robert Plant
You Are Not Alone - Mavis Staples
Best Traditional Blues Album:
Giant - James Cotton
Memphis Blues - Cyndi Lauper
The Well - Charlie Musselwhite
Joined At The Hip - Pinetop Perkins & Willie "Big Eyes" Smith
Plays Blues, Ballads & Favorites - Jimmie Vaughan
This year's Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical nominations go to: Rob Cavallo, Danger Mouse, Dr. Luke, RedOne, and The Smeezingtons (Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine).
This year's GRAMMY Awards process registered the highest number of submissions ever with nearly 20,000 entries. However, due to low entries in Category 60 - Best Regional Mexican Album - submissions in this category were sorted into other categories for consideration. As a result, the 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards will feature 108 out of 109 categories.
GRAMMY ballots for the final round of voting will be mailed on Dec. 15 to the voting members of The Recording Academy. They are due back to the accounting firm of Deloitte by Jan. 12, 2011, when they will be tabulated and the results kept secret until the GRAMMY telecast.
The 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards are produced by John Cossette Productions and AEG Ehrlich Ventures for The Recording Academy. Ken Ehrlich and John Cossette are executive producers, and Louis J. Horvitz is director.
"The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live!! - Countdown To Music's Biggest Night," hosted by two-time GRAMMY-winner LL Cool J, featured the announcement of nominations in several categories as well as performances by pop star Justin Bieber, rapper B.o.B, country artist Miranda Lambert, singer/songwriter/producer Bruno Mars, singer/songwriter Katy Perry, and GRAMMY-winning bandTrain. Presenters included actor and late-night TV host Craig Ferguson, singer/actor Selena Gomez, seven-time GRAMMYwinnerDave Grohl (Foo Fighters), singer/songwriter Hayley Williams (Paramore), and 25-time GRAMMY winner Stevie Wonder.
