If you like it then you're gonna have to put a trophy on it? The Grammy nominations were announced last night in L.A. and Beyonce is leading the race. The pop star is up for 10 awards including Song of the Year ("Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)"), Album of the Year (I Am...Sasha Fierce) and Record of the Year ("Halo").
Among the other mega-nominees, country princess Taylor Swift is up against Beyonce in the Big 3 categories, and has bagged eight total nominations. The Black Eyed Peas -- who've been popping up everywhere from the Victoria Secret Fashion Show to the AMAs lately -- follow with six nods. Kanye West and R&B star Maxwell are tied with BEP, also racking up six nominations apiece. Lady Gaga, Jay-Z and David Guetta are tied with five.
While the key categories primarily feature the usual suspects (pop stars who've been dominating the charts and your little sister's iPod for the last year), this year's nominations brought a few surprises -- some awesome (psychedelic electro whizkids MGMT are up for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group and Best New Artist) and some WTF-worthy (Hall and Oates are facing off against Black Eyed Peas and Bon Jovi). Find a list of nominees in the key categories below.
The nominations for the 52nd Grammy Awards were announced during a CBS special Wednesday night. The awards themselves will be doled out Jan. 31.
Nominees:
Song of the Year:
“Poker Face” – Lady Gaga
“Pretty Wings” – Maxwell
“Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)” – Beyoncé
“Use Somebody” – Kings of Leon
“You Belong With Me” – Taylor Swift
Best Pop Performance By a Duo or Group With Vocals:
Black Eyed Peas – “I Gotta Feeling”
Bon Jovi – “We Weren’t Born to Follow”
The Fray – “Never Say Never”
Daryl Hall and John Oates – “Sara Smile”
MGMT – “Kids”
Best Rock Album:
AC/DC – Black Ice
Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood – Live from Madison Square Garden
Green Day – 21st Century Breakdown
Dave Matthews Band – Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King
U2 – No Line on the Horizon
Best Rap Solo Performance:
Drake – “Best I Ever Had”
Eminem – “Beautiful”
Jay-Z – “D.O.A (Death of Auto-Tune)”
Kid Cudi – “Day ‘N’ Nite”
Mos Def – “Casa Bey”
Best Performance by a Country Duo or Group With Vocals:
Brooks and Dunn – “Cowgirls Don’t Cry”
Zac Brown Band – “Chicken Fried”
Lady Antebellum – “I Run to You”
Rascal Flatts – “Here Comes Goodbye”
Sugarland – “It Happens”
Record of the Year:
Beyoncé – “Halo”
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
Black Eyed Peas – The E.N.D.
Lady Gaga – The Fame
Dave Matthews Band – Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King
Taylor Swift – Fearless
Best New Artist:
Zac Brown Band
Keri Hilson
MGMT
Silversun Pickups
The Ting Tings
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