Ανακοινώθηκαν χτες οι υποψηφιότητες για τα Grammy του 2009, τα βραβεία που έχουν τη μεγαλύτερη αίγλη παγκοσμίως, μετά τα Όσκαρ.

Μεγάλη νικήτρια στις υποψηφιότητες, και αυτόματα μεγάλο φαβορί, η Beyonce με 10 υποψηφιότητες.

Από κοντά η Taylor Swift με 8 υποψηφιότητες (αυτή που προκάλεσε τον Kanye West και επενέβη σε βράβευσή της), η Lady Gaga, οι Black Eyed Peas και ο Kanye West (να τος) με 6 υποψηφιότητες.

Οι δημοφιλείς κατηγορίες:

Record Of The Year

  * Halo
      Beyonce
      Beyonce Knowles & Ryan Tedder, producers; Jim Caruana, Mark "Spike" Stent & Ryan Tedder, engineers/mixers
      Track from: I Am... Sasha Fierce
      [Music World Music / Columbia]

    * I Gotta Feeling
      The Black Eyed Peas
      David Guetta & Frederick Riesterer, producers; will.i.am, Dylan "3-D" Dresdow & Padraic "Padlock" Kerin, engineers/mixers
      [Interscope]

    * Use Somebody
      Kings Of Leon
      Jacquire King & Angelo Petraglia, producers; Jacquire King, engineer/mixer
      [RCA Records]

    * Poker Face
      Lady Gaga
      RedOne, producer; Robert Orton, RedOne & Dave Russell, engineers/mixers
      Track from: The Fame
      [Streamline/Interscope/Konlive/Cherrytree]

    * You Belong With Me
      Taylor Swift
      Nathan Chapman & Taylor Swift, producers; Chad Carlson & Justin Niebank, engineers/mixers
      [Big Machine Records]

Album Of The Year

    * I Am... Sasha Fierce
      Beyonce
      Shondrae "Mr. Bangledesh" Crawford, Ian Dench, D-Town, Toby Gad, Sean "The Pen" Garrett, Amanda Ghost, Jim Jonsin, Beyonce Knowles, Rico Love, Dave McCracken, Terius "The Dream" Nash, Radio Killa, Stargate, Christopher "Tricky" Stewart, Ryan Tedder & Wayne Wilkins, producers; Jim Caruana, Mikkel S. Eriksen, Toby Gad, Kuk Harrell, Jim Jonsin, Jaycen Joshua, Dave Pensado, Radio Killa, Mark "Spike" Stent, Ryan Tedder, Brian "B-LUV" Thomas, Marcos Tovar, Miles Walker & Wayne Wilkins, engineers/mixers; Tom Coyne, mastering engineer
      [Music World Music / Columbia]

    * The E.N.D.
      The Black Eyed Peas
      Apl.de.ap, Jean Baptiste, Printz Board, DJ Replay, Funkagenda, David Guetta, Keith Harris, Mark Knight, Poet Name Life, Frederick Riesterer & will.i.am, producers; Dylan "3D" Dresdow, Padraic "Padlock" Kerin & will.i.am, engineers/mixers; Chris Bellman, mastering engineer
      [Interscope Records]

    * The Fame
      Lady Gaga
      Flo Rida, Colby O'Donis & Space Cowboy, featured artists; Brian & Josh, Rob Fusari, Martin Kierszenbaum, RedOne & Space Cowboy, producers; 4Mil, Robert Orton, RedOne, Dave Russell & Tony Ugval, engineers/mixers; Gene Grimaldi, mastering engineer
      [Streamline/Interscope/Konlive/Cherrytree]

    * Big Whiskey And The Groogrux King
      Dave Matthews Band
      Rob Cavallo, producer; Chris Lord-Alge & Doug McKean, engineers/mixers; Ted Jensen, mastering engineer
      [RCA Records / Bama Rags Recordings, LLC.]

    * Fearless
      Taylor Swift
      Colbie Caillat, featured artist; Nathan Chapman & Taylor Swift, producers; Chad Carlson, Nathan Chapman & Justin Niebank, engineers/mixers; Hank Williams, mastering engineer
      [Big Machine Records]

Song Of The Year

    * Poker Face
      Lady Gaga & RedOne, songwriters (Lady Gaga)
      Track from: The Fame
      [Streamline/Interscope/Konlive/Cherrytree; Publishers: Stefani Germanotta p/k/a Lady Gaga, Sony/ATV Songs/House of Gaga Publishing/GloJoe Music, Sony/ATV Songs/RedOne Productions.]

    * Pretty Wings
      Hod David & Musze, songwriters (Maxwell)
      Track from: Blacksummers' Night
      [Columbia; Publishers: Sony/ATV Tunes/Muszewell, EMI April Music, Ben Ami Music.]

    * Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
      Thaddis Harrell, Beyonce Knowles, Terius Nash & Christopher Stewart, songwriters (Beyonce)
      Track from: I Am... Sasha Fierce
      [Music World Music / Columbia; Publishers: Songs of Peer/March 9th Publishing, 2082 Music/WB Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Tunes, Suga Wuga Music, B-Day Publishing/EMI April Music.]

    * Use Somebody
      Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill & Nathan Followill, songwriters (Kings Of Leon)
      [RCA Records; Publishers: Martha Street Music/Songs of Combustion Music/Music of Windswept, Followill Music/Songs of Combustion Music/Music of Windswept, McFearless Music/Bug Music, Coffee, Tea or Me Publishing/Bug Music.]

    * You Belong With Me
      Liz Rose & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift)
      Track from: Fearless
      [Big Machine Records; Publishers: Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, Taylor Swift Music/Potting Shed Music, Barbara Orbison World Publishing.]

Best New Artist

    * Zac Brown Band

    * Keri Hilson

    * MGMT

    * Silversun Pickups

    * The Ting Tings

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