The Grammy Nominees

I saw this list over on another blog, pigeonsandplanes, and thought it was interesting check it out and tell me your opinions on the picking of the nominees and who you think will win the categories.

BEST NEW ARTIST

Adele

Duffy

The Jonas Brothers

Lady Antebellum

Jazmine Sullivan

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Coldplay - Viva La Vida

Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III

Ne-Yo - Year Of The Gentleman

Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raising Sand

Radiohead - In Rainbows

POP COLLABORATION WITH VOCALS

Alicia Keys and John Mayer - "Lessons Learned"

Madonna, Justin Timberlake, and Timbaland - "4 Minutes"

Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - "Rich Woman"

Rihanna and Maroon 5 - "If I Never See Your Face Again"

Jordin Sparks and Chris Brown - "No Air"

COUNTRY PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP

Brooks & Dunn - "God Must Be Busy"

Lady Antebellum - "Love Don't Love Here"

Rascal Flatts - "Every Day"

The Steel Drivers - "Blue Side Of The Mountain"

Sugarland - "Stay"

BEST RAP PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP

Big Boi feat. Raekwon & Andre 3000 - "Royal Flush"

T.I. feat. Jay-Z, Kanye West & Lil Wayne - "Swagger Like Us"

Lil Wayne feat. Jay-Z - "Mr Carter"

Ludacris feat. T.I. - "Wish You Would"

Young Jeezy feat. Kanye West - "Put On"

RECORD OF THE YEAR

Adele - "Chasing Pavements"

Coldplay - "Viva La Vida"

Leona Lewis - "Bleeding Love"

M.I.A. - "Paper Planes"

Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - "Please Read The Letter"

UPDATE: Via press release, here are some more nominees in categories not announced on TV:

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, artist)

"Chasing Pavements," Adele Adkins & Eg White, songwriters (Adele, artist)

"I'm Yours," Jason Mraz, songwriter (Jason Mraz, artist)

"Love Song," Sara Bareilles, songwriter (Sara Bareilles, artist)

"Viva La Vida," Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion & Chris Martin, songwriters (Coldplay, artist)

Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

"Viva La Vida" by Coldplay

"Waiting In The Weeds" by Eagles

"Going On" by Gnarls Barkley

"Won't Go Home Without You" by Maroon 5

"Apologize" by OneRepublic

Best Rock Album

Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends by Coldplay

Rock N Roll Jesus by Kid Rock

Only By The Night by Kings Of Leon

Death Magnetic by Metallica

Consolers Of The Lonely by the Raconteurs

Best Rap Album

American Gangster by Jay-Z

Tha Carter III by Lil Wayne

The Cool by Lupe Fiasco

Nas by Nas

Paper Trail by T.I.

Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical

Danger Mouse

Nigel Godrich

Johnny Karkazis

Rick Rubin

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