The Grammys

It has been a while since I last posted but I thought to myself...what better time to post than...THE GRAMMYS! Below I have listed the nominees for the different categories and have bolded my choices. The people I want to win rarely do but it is what it is. Some of the categories disappointed me because I think there are artists that deserve nomination but didn't get it, however, these are the ones that got nominated and I will support.

Have fun if you watch, I know I will. :)

ETA: 2/9/09 Updated with winners bolded in red. Some overlap happens! And I have a little bit of commentary in parentheses after some of the winners. Oh, and I just want to say that I'm SUPER excited that Blink- 182 are back together!!!! :) And Travis looks pretty good for all that he has been through.

Record of the Year

• "Chasing Pavements" - Adele
• "Viva La Vida" - Coldplay
• "Bleeding Love" - Leona Lewis
• "Paper Planes" - M.I.A.
• "Please Read The Letter" - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss

Album of the Year

• "Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends" - Coldplay
• "Tha Carter III" - Lil Wayne
• "Year Of The Gentleman" - Herbie Hancock
• "Graduation" - Ne-Yo
• "Raising Sand" - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
• "In Rainbows" - Radiohead

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)
• "Chasing Pavements" - Adele Adkins & Eg White, songwriters (Adele)
• "I'm Yours" - Jason Mraz, songwriter (Jason Mraz)
• "Love Song" - Sara Bareilles, songwriter (Sara Bareilles)
• "Viva La Vida" - Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion & Chris Martin, songwriters (Coldplay)

Best New Artist

• Adele
• Duffy
• Jonas Brothers
• Lady Antebellum
• Jazmine Sullivan

Female Pop Vocal Performance

• "Chasing Pavements" - Adele
• "Love Song" - Sara Bareilles
• "Mercy" - Duffy
• "Bleeding Love" - Leona Lewis
• "I Kissed A Girl" - Katy Perry
• "So What" - Pink

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance

• "All Summer Long" - Kid Rock
• "Say" - John Mayer (on his twitter he said he wanted to share with Mraz!)
• "That Was Me" - Paul McCartney
• "I'm Yours" - Jason Mraz
• "Closer" - Ne-Yo
• "Wichita Lineman" - James Taylor

Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

• "Viva La Vida" -Coldplay
• "Waiting In The Weeds" - Daughtry
• "Going On" - Gnarls Barkley
• "Won't Go Home Without You" - Maroon 5
• "Apologize" - OneRepublic

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals

• "Lesson Learned" - Alicia Keys & John Mayer
• "4 Minutes" - Madonna, Justin Timberlake & Timbaland
• "Rich Woman" - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss (I just don't think this is pop)
• "If I Never See Your Face Again" - Rihanna & Maroon 5
• "No Air" - Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown

Pop Vocal Album

• "Detours" - Sheryl Crow
• "Rockferry" - Duffy
• "Long Road Out Of Eden" - Eagles
• "Spirit" - Leona Lewis
• "Covers" - James Taylor

Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance

• "Gravity" - John Mayer
• "I Saw Her Standing There" - Paul McCartney
• "Girls In Their Summer Clothes" - Bruce Springsteen
• "Rise" - Eddie Vedder
• "No Hidden Path" - Neil Young

Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

• "Rock N Roll Train" - AC/DC
• "Violet Hill" - Coldplay
• "Long Road Out Of Eden" - Eagles
• "Sex On Fire" - Kings of Leon
• "House Of Cards" - Radiohead

Best Hard Rock Performance

• "Inside The Fire" - Disturbed
• "Visions" - Judas Priest
• "Wax Simulacra" - The Mars Volta
• "Saints Of Los Angeles" - Motley Crue
• "Lords Of Salem" - Rob Zombie

Best Rock Song

• "Girls In Their Summer Clothes" - Bruce Springsteen, songwriter (Bruce Springsteen)
• "House Of Cards" - Colin Greenwood, Jonny Greenwood, Ed O'Brien, Philip Selway & Thom Yorke, songwriters (Radiohead)
• "I Will Possess Your Heart" - Benjamin Gibbard, Nicholas Harmer, Jason McGerr & Christopher Walla, songwriters (Death Cab For Cutie)
• "Sex On Fire" - Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill & Nathan Followill, songwriters (Kings Of Leon)
• "Violet Hill" - Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion & Chris Martin, songwriters (Coldplay)

Best Rock Album

• "Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends" - Coldplay
• "Rock N Roll Jesus" - Kid Rock
• "Only By The Night" - Kings Of Leon
• "Death Magnetic" - Metallica
• "Consolers Of The Lonely" - The Raconteurs

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance

• "Me, Myself And I" - Beyonce
• "Heaven Sent" - Keyshia Cole
• "Spotlight" - Jennifer Hudson
• "Superwoman" - Alicia Keys
• "Need U Bad" - Jazmine Sullivan

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance

• "You're The Only One" - Eric Benet
• "Take You Down" - Chris Brown
• "Miss Independent" - Ne-Yo
• "Can't Help But Wait" - Trey Songz
• "Here I Stand" - Usher

R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

• "Ribbon In The Sky" - Boyz II Men
• "Words" - Anthony David Featuring India.Arie
• "Stay With Me (By The Sea)" - Al Green Featuring John Legend
• "I'm His Only Woman" - Jennifer Hudson Featuring Fantasia
• "Never Give You Up" - Raphael Saadiq Featuring Stevie Wonder & CJ Hilton

Best Female Country Vocal Performance

• "For These Times" - Martina McBride
• "What I Cannot Change" - LeAnn Rimes
• "Last Name" - Carrie Underwood
• "Last Call" - Lee Ann Womack
• "This Is Me You're Talking To" - Trisha Yearwood

Best Male Country Vocal Performance

• "You're Gonna Miss This" - Trace Adkins
• "In Color" - Jamey Johnson
• "Just Got Started Lovin' You" - James Otto
• "Letter To Me" - Brad Paisley
• "Troubadour" - George Strait

Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

• "God Must Be Busy" - Brooks & Dunn
• "Love Don't Live Here" - Lady Antebellum
• "Every Day" - Rascal Flatts
• "Blue Side Of The Mountain" - The SteelDrivers
• "Stay" - Sugarland

Country Collaboration With Vocals

• "Shiftwork" - Kenny Chesney & George Strait
• "Killing The Blues" - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
• "House Of Cash" - George Strait & Patty Loveless
• "Life In A Northern Town" - Sugarland, Jake Owen & Little Big Town
• "Let The Wind Chase You" - Trisha Yearwood & Keith Urban

Best Country Song

• "Dig Two Graves" - JAshley Gorley & Bob Regan, songwriters (Randy Travis)
• "I Saw God Today" - Rodney Clawson, Monty Criswell & Wade Kirby, songwriters (George Strait)
• "In Color" - Jamey Johnson, Lee Thomas Miller & James Otto, songwriters (Jamey Johnson)
• "Stay" - Jennifer Nettles, songwriter (Sugarland)
• "You're Gonna Miss This" - Ashley Gorley & Lee Thomas Miller, songwriters (Trace Adkins)

Best Country Album

• "That Lonesome Song" - Jamey Johnson
• "Sleepless Nights" - Patty Loveless
• "Troubadour" - George Strait
• "Around The Bend" - Randy Travis
• "Heaven, Heartache And The Power Of Love" - Trisha Yearwood

Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media

• "American Gangster"
• "August Rush"
• "Juno"
• "Mamma Mia!"
• "Sweeney Todd -- The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street"Best Short Form Music Video
  • Erykah Badu, "Honey"
  • Gnarls Barkley, "Who's Gonna Save My Soul"
  • Alicia Keys & Jack White, "Another Way To Die"
  • Radiohead, "House Of Cards"
  • Weezer - "Pork & Beans"

Best Long Form Music Video

• John Mayer -- "Where the Light Is - Live In Los Angeles"
• Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers -- "Runnin' Down A Dream"
• Rihanna -- "Good Girl Gone Bad"
• Various Artists -- "Respect Yourself - The Stax Records Story"
• The Who -- "Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who"

BEST SONG FOR A MOTION PICTURE, TV SHOW, OR OTHER VISUAL MEDIA

• "Down To Earth" (Wall-E)
• "Ever Ever After" (Enchanted)
• "Say" (The Bucket List)
• "That's How You Know" (Enchanted)
• "Walk Hard" (Walk Hard—The Dewey Cox Story)

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, NON-CLASSICAL

• Danger Mouse
• Nigel Godrich
• Johnny Karkazis
• Rick Rubin
• will.i.am

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

• Consolers Of The Lonely --Joe Chiccarelli, Vance Powell & Jack White III, engineers (The Raconteurs)
• Just A Little Lovin' -- Al Schmitt, engineer (Shelby Lynne)
• Lay It Down -- Jimmy Douglass, Russell "The Dragon" Elevado & John Smeltz, engineers (Al Green)
• Still Unforgettable -- Steve Genewick, Al Schmitt & Bill Schnee, engineers (Natalie Cole)
• We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things. -- Dyre Gormsen & Tony Maserati, engineers (Jason Mraz)

Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package

• Ghosts I-IV -- Jeff Anderson, Trent Reznor & Rob Sheridan, art directors (Nine Inch Nails)
• In Rainbows -- Stanley Donwood, Mel Maxwell & Christiaan Munro, art directors (Radiohead)
• Poems & Songs -- Qing-Yang Xiao, art director (Wu Sheng)
• Pretty. Odd. -- Alex Kirzhner & Panic At The Disco, art directors (Panic At The Disco)
• @#%&*! Smilers -- Aimee Mann & Gail Marowitz, art directors (Aimee Mann)

Added extras that I found on the Grammy site:

Best Instrumental Composition

• The Adventures of Mutt (From Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull) -- John Williams, Composer

Best Score Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media

The Dark Knight -- James Newton Howard & Hans Zimmer, composers