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Grammy Nominees.vote for ur fav

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ratedrsuperstar Original post #1
Dec 4, 2008 at 8:46 PM
"Lil Wayne topped the nominations with eight, Coldplay garnered seven, and Jay-Z, Ne-Yo and Kanye West each earned six nods. Alison Krauss, John Mayer, Robert Plant, Radiohead and Jazmine Sullivan received five each, and Adele, Danger Mouse, Eagles, Lupe Fiasco, George Strait, and T.I. each received four nominations."

Some key categories:

BEST NEW ARTIST
Adele
Duffy
The Jonas Brothers
Lady Antebellum
Jazmine Sullivan

ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Alison Krauss & Robert Plant, Raising Sand
Coldplay, Viva La Vida
Ne-Yo, Year Of The Gentleman
Lil Wayne, Tha Carter III
Radiohead, In Rainbows

BEST ALTERNATIVE ALBUM
Beck, Modern Guilt
Death Cab For Cutie, Narrow Stairs
Gnarls Barkley, The Odd Couple
My Morning Jacket, Evil Urges
Radiohead, In Rainbows

BEST HARD ROCK PERFORMANCE
Disturbed, "Inside The Fire"
Judas Priest, "Visions"
The Mars Volta, "Wax Simulacra"
Motley Crue, "Saints Of Los Angeles"
Rob Zombie, "Lords Of Salem"

BEST METAL PERFORMANCE
Dragonforce, "Heroes Of Our Time"
Judas Priest, "Nostradamus"
Metallica, "My Apocalypse"
Ministry, "Under My Thumb"
Slipknot, "Psychosocial"

BEST POP COLLABORATION WITH VOCALS
Alicia Keys and John Mayer, "Lessons Learned"
Madonna, Justin Timberlake, and Timbaland, "4 Minutes"
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, "Rich Woman"
Rihanna and Maroon 5, "If I Never See Your Face Again"
Jordin Sparks and Chris Brown, "No Air"

BEST POP PERFORMANCE, FEMALE
Adele, "Chasing Pavements"
Sara Bareilles, "Love Song"
Duffy, "Mercy"
Leona Lewis, "Bleeding Love"
Katy Perry, "I Kissed A Girl"
Pink, "So What"

BEST POP PERFORMANCE, MALE
Kid Rock, "All Summer Long"
John Mayer, "Say"
Paul McCartney, "That Was Me"
Jason Mraz, "I'm Yours"
Ne-Yo, "Closer"
James Taylor, "Wichita Lineman"

BEST POP PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCALS
Coldplay, "Viva La Vida"
Eagles, "Waiting In The Weeds"
Gnarls Barkle, "Going On"
Maroon 5, "Won't Go Home Without You"
OneRepublic, "Apologize"

BEST RAP PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP
Big Boi feat. Raekwon & Andre 3000, "Royal Flush"
(Taylor couldn't pronounce "Raekwon" quite right. Aw.)
T.I. feat. 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"

BEST RAP/SUNG COLLABORATION
Estelle feat. Kanye West, "American Boy"
Flo Rida feat. T-Pain, "Low"
John Legend feat. Andre 3000, "Green Light"
Lil Wayne feat. T-Pain, "Got Money"
Lupe Fiasco feat. Matthew Santos, "Superstar"

BEST ROCK ALBUM
Coldplay, Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
Kid Rock, Rock N Roll Jesus
Kings Of Leon, Only By The Night
Metallica, Death Magnetic
Raconteurs, Consolers Of The Lonely

BEST ROCK SONG
Bruce Springsteen, "Girls In Their Summer Clothes"
Radiohead, "House Of Cards"
Death Cab For Cutie, "I Will Possess Your Heart"
Kings Of Leon, "Sex On Fire"
Coldplay, "Violet Hill"

BEST SOUNDTRACK
American Gangster
August Rush
Juno
Mamma Mia!
Sweeney Todd—The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street

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)

RECORD OF THE YEAR
Adele, "Chasing Pavements"
Coldplay, "Viva La Vida"
Leona Lewis, "Bleeding Love"
M.I.A., "Paper Planes"
Robert Plant and Alison Kraus, "Please Read The Letter"

*www.grammy.com/grammy_awards/51st_show/list.aspx

As of now just glancing over the list Jonas Brothers!!!!! ROFLMAO.HCL lolzzzzzzzzz......
Psychosocial
Dec 4, 2008 at 9:01 PM
This is the reason I hate grammy awards. There aint no good bands except a few. BTW, Lil Wayne topped ? ROFLMFAOL :lol:... critics suck :|.

The best metal performance will be to Slipknot I think. The category needed more contendors :|. I aint concerned about the other noobs.
Faun
Faun #3
Dec 4, 2008 at 9:08 PM
rofl of the year
P
piasranfjag #4
Dec 4, 2008 at 9:15 PM
The best metal performance will be to Slipknot I think. The category needed more contendors :|. I aint concerned about the other noobs.
An expected reply from a fag like you. I agree, it just might be possible that everybody else other than you and your beliefs might be just noobs, just might be.
Faun
Faun #5
Dec 4, 2008 at 9:19 PM
^^chintu ?
Psychosocial
Dec 4, 2008 at 9:21 PM
Yup. This is the second time I reported him. Mods are sleeping. I reported him 2 days back :|.
eggman
eggman #7
Dec 4, 2008 at 9:42 PM
"Lil Wayne topped the nominations with eight, Coldplay garnered seven, and Jay-Z, Ne-Yo and Kanye West each earned six nods. Alison Krauss, John Mayer, Robert Plant, Radiohead and Jazmine Sullivan received five each, and Adele, Danger Mouse, Eagles, Lupe Fiasco, George Strait, and T.I. each received four nominations."



ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Alison Krauss & Robert Plant, Raising Sand
Coldplay, Viva La Vida
Ne-Yo, Year Of The Gentleman
Lil Wayne, Tha Carter III
Radiohead, In Rainbows

BEST ALTERNATIVE ALBUM
Beck, Modern Guilt
Death Cab For Cutie, Narrow Stairs
Gnarls Barkley, The Odd Couple
My Morning Jacket, Evil Urges
Radiohead, In Rainbows

BEST ROCK SONG
Bruce Springsteen, "Girls In Their Summer Clothes"
Radiohead, "House Of Cards"
Death Cab For Cutie, "I Will Possess Your Heart"
Kings Of Leon, "Sex On Fire"
Coldplay, "Violet Hill"

Can't believe Radiohead and Lil Wayne in the same catagory!!!!!!
Isn't this a crime or some thing??????

Violet Hill should win for Best Rock song though!!

Me listening to Jigsaw Falling Into Place again........ Only radiohead can pull out a masterpiece like this!!!!!
R
Dec 5, 2008 at 9:55 AM
btw in rainbows wasnt even a 2008 album.whats with that?

My choices for some categories

ALBUM OF THE YEAR:Coldplay: Viva La Vida
BEST ALTERNATIVE ALBUM:Radiohead, In Rainbows
BEST POP PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCALS:Coldplay, "Viva La Vida"
BEST ROCK ALBUM:Coldplay, Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
BEST ROCK SONG:Coldplay, "Violet Hill"

havent heard the songs from other categories so i'll comment later.btw Kings Of Leon do deserve an award i'd like them to win one.i love "Closer".

of all the awesome songs on in rainbows why the House of Cards?

How can these grammy judges be so ignorant to music around them.wouldnt mind CP take all the awards

and acc. to me Jonas Brothers debuted in 2006.c'mon people this isn't a teen girl's choice award:mad:
eggman
eggman #11
Dec 5, 2008 at 11:05 PM
Yeah . I've only Heard Coldplay and Radiohead. Would like to see both of 'em win over fake musicians.

Btw, how come CP is nominated for both Rock and Pop categories!!
C
Dec 5, 2008 at 11:56 PM
But Lil' Wayne is good xD.
Faun
Faun #14
Dec 6, 2008 at 12:14 AM
rap = retards at poetry :p

(no offence meant :))
Psychosocial
Dec 7, 2008 at 10:47 PM
rap = retards at poetry :p

(no offence meant :))

+666 :))

Yeah . I've only Heard Coldplay and Radiohead. Would like to see both of 'em win over fake musicians.

Btw, how come CP is nominated for both Rock and Pop categories!!

I dunno whats the craze about Coldplay. Its one of the worst bands I have ever heard :|.
fun2sh
fun2sh #16
Dec 7, 2008 at 11:00 PM
lol u think coldplay is CRAP!
lol lol lol lol lol
The_Devil_Himself
Dec 8, 2008 at 12:00 AM
rap and hip-hop ftw!

42 is the best track in viva la vida tbh.second best being viva la vida.


grammy awards are the sh!t,ass-licking commercialism.
eggman
eggman #19
Dec 8, 2008 at 10:38 PM
Grammy Awards are sh!t.
Coldplay is awesome!!!!!!!!!

Radiohead is awesomest.............