Grammy Nominations Announced

Nominees for Album Of The Year are:
 
Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace — Foo Fighters
 
These Days — Vince Gill
 
River: The Joni Letters — Herbie Hancock
 
Graduation — Kanye West
 
Back To Black — Amy Winehouse
 
 
 
Nominees for Record Of The Year are:
 
"Irreplaceable" — Beyoncé
 
"The Pretender" — Foo Fighters
 
"Umbrella" — Rihanna Featuring Jay-Z
 
"What Goes Around…Comes Around" — Justin Timberlake
 
"Rehab" — Amy Winehouse
 
 
 
Best New Artist nominees are:
 
Feist
 
Ledisi
 
Paramore
 
Taylor Swift
 
Amy Winehouse
 
 
 
Song Of The Year nominees include:
 
"Before He Cheats" — John Kear & Chris Tompkins, songwriters (Carrie Underwood)
 
"Hey There Delilah" — Tom Higgenson, songwriter (Plain White T’s)
 
"Like A Star" — Corinne Bailey Rae, songwriter (Corinne Bailey Rae)
 
"Rehab" — Amy Winehouse, songwriter (Amy Winehouse)
 
"Umbrella" — Shawn Carter, Kuk Harrell, Terius "Dream" Nash & Christopher Stewart, songwriters (Rihanna Featuring Jay-Z)
 
 
 
POP FIELD
 
Nominations for Best Pop Vocal Album go to:
 
Lost Highway — Bon Jovi
 
The Reminder — Feist
 
It Won’t Be Soon Before Long — Maroon 5
 
Memory Almost Full — Paul McCartney
 
Back To Black — Amy Winehouse
 
 
 
Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals nods go to:
 
"Steppin’ Out" — Tony Bennett & Christina Aguilera
 
"Beautiful Liar" — Beyoncé & Shakira
 
"Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)" — Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
 
"The Sweet Escape" — Gwen Stefani & Akon
 
"Give It To Me" — Timbaland Featuring Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake
 
 
 
Best Pop Instrumental Performance nominees are:
 
"Off The Grid" — Beastie Boys
 
"Paris Sunrise #7" — Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals
 
"Over The Rainbow" — Dave Koz
 
"One Week Last Summer" — Joni Mitchell
 
"Simple Pleasures" — Spyro Gyra
 
 
 
DANCE FIELD
 
For Best Dance Recording, the nominees are:
 
"Do It Again" — The Chemical Brothers
 
"D.A.N.C.E." — Justice
 
"Love Today" — Mika
 
"Don’t Stop The Music" –Rihanna
 
"Love Stoned/I Think She Knows" — Justin Timberlake
 
 
 
ROCK FIELD
 
Nominations for Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance go to:
 
"Timebomb" — Beck
 
"Only Mama Knows" — Paul McCartney
 
"Our Country" — John Mellencamp
 
"Radio Nowhere" — Bruce Springsteen
 
"Come On" — Lucinda Williams
 
 
 
Best Rock Album nominees are:
 
Daughtry — Daughtry
 
Revival — John Fogerty
 
Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace — Foo Fighters
 
Magic — Bruce Springsteen
 
Sky Blue Sky — Wilco
 
 
 
Nods for Best Rock Song go to:
 
"Come On" — Lucinda Williams, songwriter (Lucinda Williams)
 
"Icky Thump" — Jack White, songwriter (The White Stripes)
 
"It’s Not Over" — Chris Daughtry, Gregg Wattenberg, Mark Wilkerson & Brett Young, songwriters (Daughtry)
 
"The Pretender" — Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel & Chris Shiflett, songwriters (Foo Fighters)
 
"Radio Nowhere" — Bruce Springsteen, songwriter (Bruce Springsteen)
 
 
 
R&B FIELD
 
Nominees for Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals are:
 
"Same Girl" — R. Kelly Featuring Usher
 
"Disrespectful" — Chaka Khan Featuring Mary J. Blige
 
"Hate That I Love You" — Rihanna Featuring Ne-Yo
 
"Baby" — Angie Stone Featuring Betty Wright
 
"Bartender" — T-Pain Featuring Akon
 
 
 
For Best Contemporary R&B Album, the nominees are:
 
Konvicted — Akon
 
Just Like You — Keyshia Cole
 
Fantasia — Fantasia
 
East Side Story — Emily King
 
Because Of You — Ne-Yo
 
 
 
Best Urban/Alternative Performance nods go to:
 
"Make A Baby" — Vikter Duplaix
 
"That’s The Way Of The World" — Dwele
 
"Daydreamin’" — Lupe Fiasco Featuring Jill Scott
 
"Fantasy" — Meshell Ndegeocello
 
"Dream" — Alice Smith
 
 
 
RAP FIELD
 
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration nods go to:
 
"I Wanna Love You" — Akon Featuring Snoop Dogg
 
"Kiss, Kiss" — Chris Brown & T-Pain
 
"Let It Go" — Keyshia Cole Featuring Missy Elliott & Lil’ Kim
 
"Umbrella" — Rihanna Featuring Jay-Z
 
"Good Life" — Kanye West Featuring T-Pain
 
 
 
Nominees for Best Rap Song are:
 
"Ayo Technology" — N. Hills, Curtis Jackson, Timothy Mosley & Justin Timberlake, songwriters (50 Cent Featuring Justin Timberlake & Timbaland)
 
"Big Things Poppin’ (Do It)" — Clifford Harris & Byron Thomas, songwriters (T.I.)
 
"Can’t Tell Me Nothing" — A. Davis & Kanye West, songwriters (Kanye West)
 
"Crank That (Soulja Boy)" — Soulja Boy Tell’Em, songwriter (Soulja Boy Tell’Em)
 
"Good Life" — A. Davis, F. Najm & K. West, songwriters (Kanye West Featuring T-Pain)
 
 
 
For Best Rap Album, the nominees are:
 
Finding Forever — Common
 
Kingdom Come — Jay-Z
 
Hip Hop Is Dead — Nas
 
T.I. vs T.I.P. — T.I.
 
Graduation — Kanye West
 
 
 
COUNTRY FIELD
 
Nods for Best Country Collaboration With Vocals go to:
 
"Days Aren’t Long Enough" — Steve Earle & Allison Moorer
 
"Because Of You" — Reba McEntire & Kelly Clarkson
 
"I Need You" — Tim McGraw & Faith Hill
 
"Lost Highway" — Willie Nelson & Ray Price
 
"Oh Love" — Brad Paisley & Carrie Underwood
 
 
 
For Best Country Song, the nominees are:
 
"Before He Cheats" — Josh Kear & Chris Tompkins, songwriters (Carrie Underwood)
 
"Give It Away" — Bill Anderson, Buddy Cannon & Jamey Johnson, songwriters (George Strait)
 
"I Need You" — Tony Lane & David Lee, songwriters (Tim McGraw & Faith Hill)
 
"If You’re Reading This" — Tim McGraw, Brad Warren & Brett Warren, songwriters (Tim McGraw)
 
"Long Trip Alone" — Brett Beavers, Dierks Bentley & Steve Bogard, songwriters (Dierks Bentley)
 
 
 
Nominations for Best Country Album are:
 
Long Trip Alone — Dierks Bentley
 
These Days — Vince Gill
 
Let It Go — Tim McGraw
 
5th Gear — Brad Paisley
 
It Just Comes Natural — George Strait
 
 
 
JAZZ FIELD
 
For Best Contemporary Jazz Album, the nominees are:
 
Party Hats — Will Bernard
 
Downright Upright — Brian Bromberg
 
Re-Imagination — Eldar
 
River: The Joni Letters — Herbie Hancock
 
He Had A Hat — Jeff Lorber
 
 
 
Nods for Best Jazz Vocal Album go to:
 
Avant Gershwin — Patti Austin
 
Red Earth – A Malian Journey — Dee Dee Bridgewater
 
Music Maestro Please — Freddy Cole
 
Nightmoves — Kurt Elling
 
On The Other Side — Tierney Sutton