52nd Annual Grammy Awards 2010

Nominations for the 52nd Annual GRAMMY® Awards were announced 2nd December 2009  by The Recording Academy® and reflected an eclectic mix of the best and brightest over the past year in music, as determined by the voting members of The Academy. Well-attended by nominees and industry VIPs,  Tia Carrere and Kurt Elling hosted the star-studded ceremony. The awards took place on the 31st January at Staples Center 1111 S.Figueroa Street, Los Angeles California CA 90015.

Grammy Award Nominations 2010

(winners in red)

 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

 
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

•    Hometown Glory - Adele

•    Halo - Beyoncé

•    Hot N Cold - Katy Perry

•    Sober - Pink

•    You Belong With Me - Taylor Swift
 

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance

•    This Time - John Legend

•    Love You - Maxwell

•    Make It Mine - Jason Mraz

•    If You Don't Know Me By Now - Seal

•    All About The Love Again - Stevie Wonder
 

Best Pop Vocal Album

•    The E.N.D. - The Black Eyed Peas

•    Breakthrough - Colbie Caillat

•    All I Ever Wanted - Kelly Clarkson

•    The Fray - The Fray

•    Funhouse - Pink


Best Dance Recording

•    Boom Boom Pow - The Black Eyed Peas

•    When Love Takes Over - David Guetta & Kelly Rowland

•    Poker Face - Lady Gaga

•    Celebration - Madonna

•    Womanizer - Britney Spears

 
Best Electronic/Dance Album

•    Divided By Night - The Crystal Method

•    One Love - David Guetta

•    The Fame - Lady Gaga

•    Party Rock - LMFAO

•    Yes - Pet Shop Boys


Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

•    A Swingin' Christmas - Tony Bennett

•    Michael Bublé Meets Madison Square Garden - Michael Bublé

•    Your Songs - Harry Connick, Jr.

•    Liza's At The Palace - Liza Minnelli

•    American Classic - Willie Nelson
 

Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance

•    Beyond Here Lies Nothin' - Bob Dylan

•    Change In The Weather - John Fogerty

•    Dreamer - Prince

•    Working On A Dream - Bruce Springsteen

•    Fork In The Road - Neil Young
 

Best Hard Rock Performance

•    War Machine - AC/DC

•    Check My Brain - Alice In Chains

•    What I've Done - Linkin Park

•    The Unforgiven III - Metallica

•    Burn It To The Ground - Nickelback

 
Best Metal Performance

•    Dissident Aggressor - Judas Priest

•    Set To Fail - Lamb Of God
 
•    Head Crusher - Megadeth

•    Señor Peligro - Ministry

•    Hate Worldwide - Slayer


Best Rock Album

•    Black Ice - AC/DC

•    Live From Madison Square Garden - Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood

•    21st Century Breakdown - Green Day

•    Big Whiskey And The Groogrux King - Dave Matthews Band

•    No Line On The Horizon - U2
 

Best Alternative Music Album

•    Everything That Happens Will Happen Today - David Byrne & Brian Eno

•    The Open Door - Death Cab For Cutie

•    Sounds Of The Universe - Depeche Mode

•    Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix - Phoenix

•    It's Blitz! - Yeah Yeah Yeahs


Best Female R&B Vocal Performance

•    Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) -  Beyoncé

•    It Kills Me - Melanie Fiona

•    That Was Then - Lalah Hathaway

•    Goin' Thru Changes - Ledisi

•    Lions, Tigers & Bears - Jazmine Sullivan


Best Male R&B Vocal Performance

•    The Point Of It All-  Anthony Hamilton

•    Pretty Wings - Maxwell

•    Sobeautiful - Musiq Soulchild

•    Under - Pleasure P

•    There Goes My Baby - Charlie Wilson


Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance

•    At Last - Beyoncé

•    Soul Music - Anthony Hamilton

•    Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight  - Boney James & Quinn

•    Sow Love -Ann Nesby

•    Woman Gotta Have It - Calvin Richardson


Best R&B Album

•    The Point Of It All - Anthony Hamilton

•    Testimony: Vol. 2, Love & Politics - India.Arie

•    Turn Me Loose - Ledisi

•    Blacksummers' Night - Maxwell

•    Uncle Charlie - Charlie Wilson


Best Contemporary R&B Album

•    I Am... Sasha Fierce - Beyoncé

•    Intuition - Jamie Foxx

•    The Introduction Of Marcus Cooper - Pleasure P

•    Ready - Trey Songz

•    Thr33 Ringz - T-Pain


Best Rap Solo Performance

•    Best I Ever Had - Drake

•    Beautiful - Eminem

•    D.O.A. (Death Of Auto-Tune) - Jay-Z

•    Day 'N' Nite - Kid Cudi

•    Casa Bey - Mos Def


Best Rap Album

•    Universal Mind - Control Common

•    Relapse - Eminem

•    R.O.O.T.S. - Flo Rida

•    The Ecstatic - Mos Def

•    The Renaissance - Q-Tip

Best Female Country Vocal Performance

•    Dead Flowers - Miranda Lambert

•    I Just Call You Mine - Martina McBride

•    White Horse - Taylor Swift

•    Just A Dream - Carrie Underwood

•    Solitary Thinkin' - Lee Ann Womack


Best Male Country Vocal Performance

•    All I Ask For Anymore - Trace Adkins

•    People Are Crazy - Billy Currington

•    High Cost Of Living - Jamey Johnson

•    Living For The Night - George Strait

•    Sweet Thing - Keith Urban


Best Country Album

•    The Foundation - Zac Brown Band

•    Twang - George Strait

•    Fearless - Taylor Swift

•    Defying Gravity - Keith Urban

•    Call Me Crazy - Lee Ann Womack


Best Short Form Music Video

•    Mr. Hurricane - Beast

•    Boom Boom Pow - The Black Eyed Peas

•    Life In Technicolor II - Coldplay

•    Wrong - Depeche Mode

•    Her Morning Elegance - Oren Lavie


Best Long Form Music Video

•    In Boston - Chris Botti

•    Johnny Cash's America - Johnny Cash

•    Anita O'Day — The Life Of A Jazz Singer

•    Love, Pain & The Whole Crazy World Tour Live - Keith Urban
 
•    The Beatles Love — All Together Now