Nominees announced Wednesday in top categories for the 51stAnnual Grammy Awards:
Record of the Year: "Chasing Pavements," Adele; "Viva LaVida," Coldplay; "Bleeding Love," Leona Lewis; "Paper Planes,"M.I.A; "Please Read The Letter," Robert Plant & Alison Krauss.
Album of the Year: "Raising Sand," Robert Plant and AlisonKrauss"; "Viva La Vida," Coldplay; "Tha Carter III," LilWayne; "Year of the Gentleman," Ne-Yo; "In Rainbows,"Radiohead.
Song of the Year: "American Boy," William Adams, Keith Harris,Josh Lopez, Caleb Speir, John Stephens, Estelle Swaray & KanyeWest, songwriters (Estelle Featuring Kanye West); "ChasingPavements," Adele Adkins & Eg White (Adele); "I'm Yours," JasonMraz; "Love Song," Sara Bareilles; "Viva La Vida," GuyBerryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion, & Chris Martin (Coldplay).
New Artist: Adele, Duffy, The Jonas Brothers, Lady Antebellum,Jazmine Sullivan
Pop Vocal Album: "Detours," Sheryl Crow; "Rockferry," Duffy;"Long Road Out Of Eden," Eagles; "Spirit," Leona Lewis;"Covers," James Taylor.
Rock Album: "Viva La Vida," Coldplay; "Rock N Roll Jesus,"Kid Rock; "Only By The Night," Kings Of Leon; "Death Magnetic,"Metallica; "Consolers Of The Lonely," The Raconteurs.
R&B Album: "Love & Life," Eric Benet; "Motown: A JourneyThrough Hitsville USA," Boyz II Men; "Lay It Down," Al Green;"Jennifer Hudson," Jennifer Hudson; "The Way I See It," RaphaelSaadiq.
Rap Album: "American Gangster," Jay-Z; "Tha Carter III," LilWayne; "The Cool," Lupe Fiasco; "Nas," Nas; "Paper Trail,"T.I.
Country Album: "That Lonesome Song," Jamey Johnson;"Sleepless Nights," Patty Loveless; "Troubadour," GeorgeStrait; "Around The Bend," Randy Travis; "Heaven, Heartache AndThe Power Of Love," Trisha Yearwood.
Contemporary Jazz Album: "Randy In Brasil," Randy Brecker;"Floating Point," John McLaughlin; "Cannon Re-Loaded: All-StarCelebration Of Cannonball Adderley," various artists, Gregg Field& Tom Scott, producers.
