GRAMMY Nominations Out, COLDPLAY With 7 Noms

GRAMMY Nominations Out, COLDPLAY With 7 Noms

 

Nominations for the 51st Annual GRAMMY Awards were announced tonight by The Recording Academy and it's like one of the most diverse years ever with the Album Of The Year category alone representing the rap, R&B, folk and rock genres. Here's the rundown on todays top category nominations for this year's Grammy Awards:

Record of the Year: "Chasing Pavements," Adele; "Viva La Vida," Coldplay; "Bleeding Love," Leona Lewis; "Paper Planes," M.I.A; "Please Read The Letter," Robert Plant & Alison Krauss.

Album of the Year: "Raising Sand," Robert Plant and Alison Krauss"; "Viva La Vida," Coldplay; "Tha Carter III," Lil Wayne; "Year of the Gentleman," Ne-Yo; "In Rainbows," Radiohead.

Song of the Year: "American Boy," William Adams, Keith Harris, Josh Lopez, Caleb Speir, John Stephens, Estelle Swaray & Kanye West, songwriters (Estelle Featuring Kanye West); "Chasing Pavements," Adele Adkins & Eg White (Adele); "I'm Yours," Jason Mraz; "Love Song," Sara Bareilles; "Viva La Vida," Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion, & Chris Martin (Coldplay).

New Artist: Adele, Duffy, The Jonas Brothers, Lady Antebellum, Jazmine Sullivan

Pop Vocal Album: "Detours," Sheryl Crow; "Rockferry," Duffy; "Long Road Out Of Eden," Eagles; "Spirit," Leona Lewis; "Covers," James Taylor.

Rock Album: "Viva La Vida," Coldplay; "Rock N Roll Jesus," Kid Rock; "Only By The Night," Kings Of Leon; "Death Magnetic," Metallica; "Consolers Of The Lonely," The Raconteurs.

R&B; Album: "Love & Life," Eric Benet; "Motown: A Journey Through Hitsville USA," Boyz II Men; "Lay It Down," Al Green; "Jennifer Hudson," Jennifer Hudson; "The Way I See It," Raphael Saadiq.

Rap Album: "American Gangster," Jay-Z; "Tha Carter III," Lil Wayne; "The Cool," Lupe Fiasco; "Nas," Nas; "Paper Trail," T.I.

Country Album: "That Lonesome Song," Jamey Johnson; "Sleepless Nights," Patty Loveless; "Troubadour," George Strait; "Around The Bend," Randy Travis; "Heaven, Heartache And The Power Of Love," Trisha Yearwood.

Contemporary Jazz Album: "Randy In Brasil," Randy Brecker; "Floating Point," John McLaughlin; "Cannon Re-Loaded: All-Star Celebration Of Cannonball Adderley," various artists, Gregg Field & Tom Scott, producers.

The 51st Annual GRAMMY Awards will be held on "GRAMMY Sunday," February 8, 2009, at Staples Center in downtown LA. The ceremony will be broadcast live in high-definition TV and 5.1 surround sound on CBS from 8–11:30 p.m. (ET/PT).