Robyn, Roots, Cee-Lo Among 2011 Grammy Nominees
The nominations for the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards are in. Eminem leads the pack with 10 nominations from his Recovery album and his magnetic appearance on ‘Part II‘ of B.o.B. and Hayley Williams’ Airplanes respectively.
Also among this year’s nominees are BNW Favorites: Florence + The Machine (Best New Artist), Janelle Monáe (2 nominations), La Roux (2 nominations), Cee-Lo Green (5 nominations), Sade (2 nominations), The Roots (6 nominations), John Legend (5 nominations), Goldfrapp (2 nominations), Arcade Fire (2 nominations), Jay-Z (6 nominations), The Johnny Cash Project (Best Short Form Music Video) and Robyn for her incredible single Dancing on My Own (Best Dance Recording).
In a move that could only come from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, The Arcade Fire (The Suburbs) and Eminem (Recovery) both received well-deserved nominations for Album of the Year whereas Jay-Z’s Blueprint III was left out in favor of Katy Perry’s Teenage Dream…Yep, Jay-Z, despite his SIX overall nominations was snubbed in favor of Katy Perry.
Song of the Year
Beg, Steal or Borrow’– Ray LaMontagne
Forget You — Cee-Lo
The House That Built Me — Miranda Lambert
Love the Way You Lie — Eminem Feat. Rihanna
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
Best New Artist
Justin Bieber
Drake
Florence and the Machine
Mumford and Sons
Esperanza Spalding
Record of the Year
Nothing on You — B.o.B. Feat. Bruno Mars
Love the Way You Lie — Eminem Feat. Rihanna
Forget You –Cee-Lo Green
Empire State of Mind — Jay-Z Feat. Alicia Keys
Need You Now — Lady Antebellum
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
King of Anything — Sara Bareilles
Halo (Live) — Beyoncé
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 Group or Duo with Vocals
Don’t Stop Believin (Regionals Version)’ — Glee cast
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 Sangare
If it Wasn’t for Bad — Elton John & Leon Russell
Telephone — Lady Gaga & Beyoncé
California Gurls — Katy Perry & Snoop Dogg
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 Female R&B Vocal Performance
Gone Already — Faith Evans
Bittersweet — Fantasia
Everything To Me — Monica
Tired — Kelly Price
Holding You Down (Going In Circles) — Jazmine Sullivan
Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
Love — Chuck Brown, Jill Scott & Marcus Miller
Take My Time — Chris Brown & Tank
You’ve Got A Friend — Ronald Isley & Aretha Franklin
Shine — John Legend & The Roots
Soldier Of Love — Sade
Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance
When A Woman Loves — R. Kelly
Hang On In There — John Legend & The Roots
You’re So Amazing — Calvin Richardson
In Between — Ryan Shaw
Go [Live] — Betty Wright
Best Urban/Alternative Performance
Little One — Bilal
F*** You — Cee-Lo Green
Orion — Carolyn Malachi
Tightrope — Janelle Monáe & Big Boi
Still — Eric Roberson
Best R&B Album
The Love & War Masterpeace — Raheem DeVaughn
Back To Me — Fantasia
Another Round — Jaheim
Wake Up! — John Legend & The Roots
Still Standing — Monica
Best Contemporary R&B Album
Graffiti — Chris Brown
Transition — Ryan Leslie
The ArchAndroid — Janelle Monáe
Raymond V Raymond — Usher
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
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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 (Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys)
Love The Way You Lie — Alexander Grant, 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 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
F*** YOU — Cee Lo Green
BAD ROMANCE — Lady Gaga
