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List of the 2011 Grammy nominees

Los Angeles - The 53rd annual Grammy Awards will take place on February 13, 2011 in Los Angeles. The nominees were announced at a special concert held in Los Angeles on Wednesday.

The nominees in the top categories for the 53rd annual Grammy Awards are:


Record of the Year:    
                                                                                                                
Nothin' on You - B.o.B featuring Bruno Mars                                                                                              
Love the Way You Lie - Eminem featuring Rihanna
F*** You - Cee Lo Green
Empire State of Mind - Jay-Z and Alicia Keys
Need You Now - Lady Antebellum.

Album of the Year:
The Suburbs - Arcade Fire
Recovery – Eminem
Need You Now- Lady Antebellum
The Fame Monster - Lady GaGa
Teenage Dream - Katy Perry

Song of the Year:
Beg Steal or Borrow - Ray LaMontagne, songwriter (performed by Ray LaMontagne And The Pariah Dogs)
F*** You - Cee Lo Green, Philip Lawrence and Bruno Mars, songwriters (Cee Lo Green)
The House That Built Me - Tom Douglas and Allen Shamblin, songwriters (Miranda Lambert)
Love the Way You Lie - Alexander Grant, Holly Hafferman and Marshall Mathers, songwriters (Eminem featuring Rihanna)
Need You Now - Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley and Hillary Scott, songwriters (Lady Antebellum)

New Artist:
Justin Bieber, Drake, Florence & The Machine, Mumford & Sons, Esperanza Spalding

Pop Vocal Album:
My World 2.0 - Justin Bieber
I Dreamed a Dream - Susan Boyle
The Fame Monster - Lady GaGa
Battle Studies - John Mayer
Teenage Dream - Katy Perry

Rock Album:
Emotion and Commotion - Jeff Beck
The Resistance - Muse
Backspacer - Pearl Jam
Mojo - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Le Noise - Neil Young.

R&B Album:
The Love and War Masterpeace - Raheem DeVaughn
Back To Me - Fantasia
Another Round - Jaheim
Wake Up! - John Legend and The Roots
Still Standing - Monica

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

Country Album:
Up On The Ridge - Dierks Bentley
You Get What You Give - Zac Brown Band
The Guitar Song - Jamey Johnson
Need You Now - Lady Antebellum
Revolution - Miranda Lambert

Latin Pop Album:
Poquita Ropa - Ricardo Arjona
Alex Cuba - Alex Cuba
Boleto De Entrada - Kany Garcia
Paraiso Express - Alejandro Sanz
Otra Cosa - Julieta Venegas

Contemporary Jazz Album:
The Stanley Clarke Band - The Stanley Clarke Band
Never Can Say Goodbye - Joey DeFrancesco
Now Is The Time - Jeff Lorber Fusion
To The One - John McLaughlin
Backatown - Trombone Shorty

Classical Album:
Bruckner: Symphonies No. 3 and 4 - Mariss Jansons, conductor (performed by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra)
Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony; Deus Ex Machina - Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor (Terrence Wilson; Nashville Symphony Orchestra)
Steven Mackey: Dreamhouse - Gil Rose, conductor (Boston Modern Orchestra Project; Synergy Vocals)
Sacrificium - Giovanni Antonini, conductor (Il Giardino Armonico)
Verdi: Requiem - Riccardo Muti, conductor (Ildar Abdrazakov, Olga Borodina, Barbara Frittoli and Mario Zeffiri; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Chicago Symphony Chorus)

Full nominee list available at www.grammy.com.


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