Next year’s Grammy is arguably controversial. Many talents are snubbed, evoke much anger and disappointment. One of the biggest shocks was Rihanna’s Rated R (one of 2009 best albums) didn’t get even one nomination. There are also, Gaga’s Bad Romance was snubbed in SOTY and ROTY, Katy Perry’s Teenage Dream nominated for AOTY and furthermore. Eminem gained 10 nominations while Bruno Mars is nominated for 7 nominations. So, here it is:
- Record of the Year
- “Nothin’ On You” - B.o.B & Bruno Mars
- “Love The Way You Lie” - Eminem & Rihanna
- “Fuck You! (Forget You)” - Cee Lo Green
- “Empire State Of Mind” - Jay-Z & Alicia Keys
- “Need You Now” - Lady Antebellum
- Album of the Year
- The Suburbs - Arcade Fire
- Recovery - Eminem
- Need You Now - Lady Antebellum
- The Fame Monster - Lady Gaga
- Teenage Dream - Katy Perry
*Arcade Fire’s The Suburbs probably would win the award
- Song of the Year
- “Beg Steal Or Borrow”
- Ray LaMontagne, songwriter (Ray LaMontagne And The Pariah Dogs)
- “F*** You”
- 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, Holly Hafferman & Marshall Mathers, songwriters (Eminem featuring Rihanna)
- “Need You Now”
- Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley & Hillary Scott, songwriters (Lady Antebellum)
* Cee Lo Green’s F*** You also would win the award
Best New Artist
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- Justin Bieber
- Drake
- Florence & The Machine
- Mumford & Sons
- Esperanza Spalding
- Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
- “King of Anything” - Sara Bareilles
- “Halo” (Live) - Beyoncé Knowles
- “Chasing Pirates” - Norah Jones
- “Bad Romance” - Lady Gaga
- “Teenage Dream” - Katy Perry
- Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
- “Haven’t Met You Yet” - Michael Bublé
- “This Is It” - Michael Jackson
- “Whataya Want From Me” - Adam Lambert
- “Just The Way You Are” - Bruno Mars
- “Half of My Heart” - John Mayer
- 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, Part II” - B.o.B, Eminem & Hayley Williams
- “Imagine” - Herbie Hancock, Pink, India.Arie, Seal, Konono No 1, Jeff Beck & Oumou Sangaré
- “If It Wasn’t For Bad” - Elton John & Leon Russell
- “Telephone” - Lady Gaga & Beyoncé
- “California Gurls” - Katy Perry & Snoop Dogg
- Best Pop Vocal Album
- My World 2.0 - Justin Bieber
- I Dreamed a Dream - Susan Boyle
- The Fame Monster - Lady Gaga
- Battle Studies - John Mayer
- Teenage Dream - Katy Perry
- 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
Best Electronic/Dance Album
- These Hopeful Machines - BT
- Further - The Chemical Brothers
- Head First - Goldfrapp
- Black Light - Groove Armada
- La Roux - La Roux
- Best Alternative Music Album
- The Suburbs - Arcade Fire
- Infinite Arms - Band Of Horses
- Brothers - The Black Keys
- Broken Bells - Broken Bells
- Contra - Vampire Weekend
- Best Rap Solo Performance
- “Over” - Drake
- “Not Afraid” - Eminem
- “How Low” - Ludacris
- “I’m Back” - T.I.
- “Power” - Kanye West
- Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group
- “Shutterbugg” - Big Boi & Cutty
- “Fancy” - Drake, T.I. & Swizz Beatz
- “On To The Next One” - Jay-Z & Swizz Beatz
- “My Chick Bad” - Ludacris & Nicki Minaj
- “Lose My Mind” - Young Jeezy & Plies
- Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
- “Nothin’ On You” - B.o.B & 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 (Jay-Z & Alicia Keys)
- “Love The Way You Lie”
- Alex da Kid, Holly Hafferman & 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 & 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
- Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
- Crazy Heart
- Glee: The Music, Volume 1
- Tremé
- True Blood - Volume 2
- The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
- Best Score Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
- Alice In Wonderland - Danny Elfman
- Avatar - James Horner
- Inception - Hans Zimmer
- Sherlock Holmes - Hans Zimmer
- Toy Story 3 - Randy Newman
- Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
- “Down In New Orleans” (From The Princess And The Frog)
- “I See You” (From Avatar)
- “Kiss Like Your Kiss” (From True Blood)
- “The Weary Kind” (From Crazy Heart)
- Best Short Form Music Video
- “Ain’t No Grave / The Johnny Cash Project” - (Johnny Cash)
- “Love The Way You Lie (Explicit Version)” - Eminem & Rihanna
- “Stylo” - Gorillaz, Mos Def & Bobby Womack
- “Fuck You” - Cee Lo Green
- “Bad Romance” - Lady Gaga
