Here are the main categories… Pretty good right? The Grammy’s have come a long way since they were dissing the Beatles in the sixties. The one time I went (the year it was at MSG) I thought it was a straight drag once you’d stopped celebrity watching…
For recordings released during the Eligibility Year
October 1, 2008 through August 31, 2009
Note: More or less than 5 nominations in a category is the result of ties.
Album of the Year:
I Am…Sasha Fierce — Beyoncé
The E.N.D. — The Black Eyed Peas
The Fame — Lady Gaga
Big Whiskey And The Groogrux King — Dave Matthews Band
Fearless — Taylor Swift
Record of the Year:
Halo — Beyoncé
I Gotta Feeling — The Black Eyed Peas
Use Somebody — Kings Of Leon
Poker Face — Lady Gaga
You Belong With Me — Taylor Swift
Best New Artist:
Zac Brown Band
Keri Hilson
MGMT
Silversun Pickups
The Ting Tings
Song of the Year:
Poker Face — Lady Gaga & RedOne, songwriters (Lady Gaga)
Pretty Wings — Hod David & Musze, songwriters (Maxwell)
Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It) — Thaddis Harrell, Beyoncé Knowles, Terius Nash & Christopher Stewart, songwriters (Beyoncé)
Use Somebody — Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill & Nathan Followill, songwriters (Kings of Leon)
You Belong With Me — Liz Rose & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift)