Ecco la lista dei candidati nelle principali categorie dei prestigiosi Grammy Awards, giunti alla 53° edizione.

Le cerimonia di consegna dei premi, una sorta di Oscar per la musica, si terrà il 12 febbraio 2011 allo Staples Center di Los Angeles.


Ecco le nomination nelle categorie generali:

Album Of The Year
Arcade Fire - The Suburbs (nella foto)
Eminem - Recovery
Lady Antebellum - Need You Now
Lady GaGa - The Fame Monster
Katy Perry - Teenage Dream

Record Of The Year
B.o.B feat. Bruno Mars - ´Nothin´ On You´
Eminem feat. Rihanna - ´Love The Way You Lie´
Cee Lo Green - ´F**k You!´
Jay-Z and Alicia Keys - ´Empire State Of Mind´
Lady Antebellum - ´Need You Now´

Song Of The Year
Eminem feat. Rihanna - ´Love The Way You Lie´
Cee Lo Green - ´F**k You!´
Lady Antebellum - ´Need You Now´
Miranda Lambert - ´The House That Built Me´
Ray LaMontagne - ´Beg Steal Or Borrow´

Best New Artist
Justin Bieber
Drake
Florence and the Machine
Mumford & Sons
Esperanza Spalding


Other selected nominations include:

Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
Glee cast - ´Don´t Stop Believin´
Maroon 5 - ´Misery´
Paramore - ´The Only Exception´
Sade - ´Babyfather´
Train - ´Hey, Soul Sister (Live)´

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals
B.o.B, Eminem and Hayley Williams - ´Airplanes II´
Herbie Hancock, Pink, India.Arie, Seal, Konono No.1, Jeff Beck and Oumou Sangare - ´Imagine´
Elton John and Leon Russell - ´If It Wasn´t For Bad´
Lady GaGa and Beyoncé - ´Telephone´
Katy Perry and Snoop Dogg - ´California Gurls´

Best Rock Song
Neil Young - ´Angry World´
Mumford & Sons - ´Little Lion Man´
The Black Keys - ´Tighten Up´
Kings of Leon - ´Radioactive´
Muse - ´Resistance´

Best Contemporary R&B Album
Chris Brown - Graffiti
R. Kelly - Untitled
Ryan Leslie - Transition
Janelle Monaé - The ArchAndroid
Usher - Raymond V Raymond

Best Rap Song
Jay-Z and Alicia Keys - ´Empire State Of Mind´
Eminem feat. Rihanna - ´Love The Way You Lie´
Jay-Z and Swizz Beatz - ´On To The Next One´
Eminem - ´Not Afraid´
B.o.B feat. Bruno Mars - ´Nothin´ On You´

Best Rap Album
B.o.B - The Adventures Of Bobby Rae
Drake - Thank Me Later
Eminem - Recovery
Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3
The Roots - How I Got Over

Best Country Song
George Strait - ´The Breath You Take´
Zac Brown Band - ´Free´
Lady Antebellum - ´Need You Now´
Miranda Lambert - ´The House That Built Me´
The Band Perry - ´If I Die Young´
Gretchen Wilson - ´I´d Love To Be Your Last´

Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical
Rob Cavallo
Danger Mouse
Dr. Luke
RedOne
The Smeezingtons


(c.c.)

(02 dicembre 2010)