Pre-show show? I didn’t even know they did this. Wednesday 9 p.m. EST CBS aired a Grammy Nominations show to announce some of the nominees for a few of the 100 hundred plus Grammy categories, the remaining categories were announced after the show. The show was hosted by Taylor Swift and LL Cool J.
Does Taylor Swift really need more work, that girl is all over the place. She’s growing on me. And the nominees are….
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
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
Best 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
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
Eagles
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
If I Never See Your Face Again
Rihanna & Maroon 5
No Air
Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown
Best Pop Instrumental Performance
Love Appetite
Steve Cropper & Felix Cavaliere
I Dreamed There Was No War
Eagles
Fortune Teller
Fourplay
Steppin’ Out
Stanley Jordan
Blast!
Marcus Miller
Best Pop Instrumental Album
Sax For Stax
Gerald Albright
Greatest Hits Rerecorded Volume One
Larry Carlton
Jingle All The Way
Béla Fleck & The Flecktones
The Spice Of Life
Earl Klugh
A Night Before Christmas
Spyro Gyra
Best Pop Vocal Album
Detours
Sheryl Crow
Rockferry
Duffy
Long Road Out Of Eden
Eagles
Spirit
Leona Lewis
Covers
James Taylor
Best Dance Recording
Harder Better Faster Stronger
Daft Punk
Thomas Bangalter & Guy Manuel de Homem-Christo, producers; Thomas Bangalter & Guy Manuel de Homem-Christo, mixers
Ready For The Floor
Hot Chip
Hot Chip, producers; Dan Carey, mixer
Just Dance
Lady Gaga & Colby O’Donis
RedOne, producer; Robert Orton, mixer
Give It 2 Me
Madonna
Madonna & The Neptunes, producers; Andrew Coleman & Spike Stent, mixers
Disturbia
Rihanna
Brian Kennedy, producer; Phil Tan, mixer
Black & Gold
Sam Sparro
Jesse Rogg & Sam Sparro, producers; Jeremy Wheatley, mixer
Best Electronic/Dance Album
New York City
Brazilian Girls
Alive 2007
Daft Punk
Bring Ya To The Brink
Cyndi Lauper
X
Kylie Minogue
Last Night
Moby
Robyn
Robyn
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Still Unforgettable
Natalie Cole
The Sinatra Project
Michael Feinstein
Noël
Josh Groban
In The Swing Of Christmas
Barry Manilow
Rufus Does Judy At Carnegie Hall
Rufus Wainwright
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
Mötley Crüe
Lords Of Salem
Rob Zombie
Best Metal Performance
Heroes Of Our Time
DragonForce
Nostradamus
Judas Priest
My Apocalypse
Metallica
Under My Thumb
Ministry
Psychosocial
Slipknot
Best Rock Instrumental Performance
Castellorizon
David Gilmour
Suicide & Redemption
Metallica
34 Ghosts I-IV
Nine Inch Nails
Hope (Live For The Art Of Peace)
Rush
Peaches En Regalia
Zappa Plays Zappa
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 Alternative Music Album
Modern Guilt
Beck
Narrow Stairs
Death Cab For Cutie
The Odd Couple
Gnarls Barkley
Evil Urges
My Morning Jacket
In Rainbows
Radiohead
Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
Me, Myself And I
Beyoncé
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 Benét
Take You Down
Chris Brown
Miss Independent
Ne-Yo
Can’t Help But Wait
Trey Songz
Here I Stand
Usher
Best 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 Traditional R&B Vocal Performance
A Change Is Gonna Come
Wayne Brady
You’ve Got The Love I Need
Al Green Featuring Anthony Hamilton
Baby I Know
(Linda Jones) With Helen Bruner & Terry Jones
Love That Girl
Raphael Saadiq
In Love With Another Man
Jazmine Sullivan
Best Urban/Alternative Performance
Say Goodbye To Love
Kenna
Wanna Be
Maiysha
Be OK
Chrisette Michele Featuring will.i.am
Many Moons
Janelle Monae
Lovin You (Music)
Wayna Featuring Kokayi
Best R&B Song
Bust Your Windows
Salaam Remi & Jazmine Sullivan, songwriters (Deandre Way, songwriter) (Jazmine Sullivan)
Customer
I. Barias, Raheem DeVaughn, C. Haggins, K. Oliver & J. Smith, songwriters (Raheem DeVaughn)
Heaven Sent
Keyshia Cole, Jason Farmer & Alex Francis, songwriters (Keyshia Cole)
Miss Independent
M.S. Eriksen, T.E. Hermansen & S. Smith, songwriters (Ne-Yo)
Spotlight
Mikkel S. Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen & Shaffer Smith, songwriters (Jennifer Hudson)
Best R&B Album
Love & Life
Eric Benét
Motown: A Journey Through Hitsville USA
Boyz II Men
Lay It Down
Al Green
Jennifer Hudson
Jennifer Hudson
The Way I See It
Raphael Saadiq
Best Contemporary R&B Album
Growing Pains
Mary J. Blige
Back Of My Lac’
J. Holiday
First Love
Karina
Year Of The Gentleman
Ne-Yo
Fearless
Jazmine Sullivan
Best Rap Solo Performance
Roc Boys (And The Winner Is)…
Jay-Z
A Milli
Lil Wayne
Paris, Tokyo
Lupe Fiasco
N.i.*.*.e.r. (The Slave And The Master)
Nas
Sexual Eruption
Snoop Dogg
Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group
Royal Flush
Big Boi Featuring Raekwon And Andre 3000
Swagga Like Us
Jay-Z & T.I. Featuring Kanye West & Lil Wayne
Mr. Carter
Lil Wayne Featuring Jay-Z
Wish You Would
Ludacris Featuring T.I.
Put On
Young Jeezy Featuring Kanye West
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
American Boy
Estelle Featuring Kanye West
Low
Flo Rida Featuring T-Pain
Green Light
John Legend & Andre 3000
Got Money
Lil Wayne Featuring T-Pain
Superstar
Lupe Fiasco Featuring Matthew Santos
Best Rap Song
Lollipop
D. Carter, S. Garrett, D. Harrison, J. Scheffer & R. Zamor, songwriters (Lil Wayne Featuring Static Major)
Low
T. Dillard, M. Humphrey & T-Pain, songwriters (Flo Rida Featuring T-Pain)
Sexual Eruption
Calvin Broadus, S. Lovejoy & D. Stewart, songwriters (Snoop Dogg)
Superstar
Lupe Fiasco & Soundtrakk, songwriters (Lupe Fiasco Featuring Matthew Santos)
Swagga Like Us
D. Carter, S. Carter, Clifford Harris & Kanye West, songwriters (M. Arulpragasam, N. Headon, M. Jones, J. Mellor, T. Pentz & P. Simonon, songwriters) (Jay-Z & T.I. Featuring Kanye West & Lil Wayne)
Best Rap Album
American Gangster
Jay-Z
Tha Carter III
Lil Wayne
The Cool
Lupe Fiasco
Nas
Nas
Paper Trail
T.I.
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
Troub
adour
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
Best 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 Instrumental Performance
Sumatra
Cherryholmes
Two Small Cars In Rome
Jerry Douglas & Lloyd Green
Sleigh Ride
Béla Fleck & The Flecktones
Is This America? (Katrina 2005)
Charlie Haden, Pat Metheny, Jerry Douglas & Bruce Hornsby
Cluster Pluck
Brad Paisley, James Burton, Vince Gill, John Jorgenson, Albert Lee, Brent Mason, Redd Volkaert & Steve Wariner
Best Country Song
Dig Two Graves
Ashley 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