Last night, December 2nd, the plight of a bunch of old dudes who sit around and listen to occasionally decent music every year finally came to fruition: The panelists for the Grammy Awards released the nominations for the 2010 Grammy Awards, which will be held January 31st, into the world.
This time around has some definitely obvious picks (What with Beyoncé and her 10 different nominations), some frustrating ones (Kings of Leon with 4 different nominations, ALL for the song “Use Somebody”), some awesome ones (Ray LaMontagne, MGMT, and Neko Case all up for a couple awards each), some seemingly unfair ones (three of Bob Marley’s kids are up for nominations), and some all out weird ones (Willie Nelson is nominated for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album….WHAT IN THE HELL???).
You can check out the entire (beastly) list right here, but if you don’t feel like digging through huge mounds of digital crap, you can check out a condensed version by down below:
Best Alternative Music Album:
David Byrne & Brian Eno: Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
Death Cab For Cutie: The Open Door
Depeche Mode: Sounds of the Universe
Phoenix: Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Yeah Yeah Yeahs: It’s Blitz!
Record of the Year:
Beyoncé: “Halo”
The Black Eyed Peas: “I Gotta Feeling”
Kings Of Leon: “Use Somebody”
Lady Gaga: “Poker Face”
Taylor Swift: “You Belong With Me”
Album of the Year:
Beyoncé: I Am… Sasha Fierce
The Black Eyed Peas: The E.N.D.
Lady Gaga: The Fame
Dave Matthews Band: Big Whiskey and the Groogrux King
Taylor Swift: Fearless
Song of the Year:
Lady Gaga: “Poker Face”
Maxwell: “Pretty Wings”
Beyoncé: “Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)”
Kings of Leon: “Use Somebody”
Taylor Swift: “You Belong With Me”
Best New Artist:
Zac Brown Band
Keri Hilson
MGMT
Silversun Pickups
The Ting Tings
Best Rap Album:
Common: Universal Mind Control
Eminem: Relapse
Flo Rida: R.O.O.T.S.
Mos Def: The Ecstatic
Q-Tip: The Renaissance
Best Rap Song:
Drake: “Best I Ever Had”
Kid Cudi: “Day ‘N’ Nite”
T.I. and Justin Timberlake: “Dead and Gone”
Jay-Z: “D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)”
Jay-Z: “Run This Town [ft. Rihanna and Kanye West]”
