52nd Annual Grammy Awards List of Nominees (2009)

Here’s the list of nominees for the 52nd Grammy Awards:

Album Of The Year:

I Am…Sasha Fierce — Beyoncé
The E.N.D. — The Black Eyed Peas
The Fame — Lady Gaga
Big Whiskey And The Groogrux King — Dave Matthews Band
Fearless — Taylor Swift

Record Of The Year:

“Halo” — Beyoncé
“I Gotta Feeling” — The Black Eyed Peas
“Use Somebody” — Kings Of Leon
“Poker Face” — Lady Gaga
“You Belong With Me” — Taylor Swift

Best New Artist:

Zac Brown Band
Keri Hilson
MGMT
Silversun Pickups
The Ting Tings

Song Of The Year:

“Poker Face” — Lady Gaga & RedOne, songwriters (Lady Gaga)
“Pretty Wings” — Hod David & Musze, songwriters (Maxwell)
“Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)” — Thaddis Harrell, Beyoncé Knowles, Terius Nash & Christopher Stewart, songwriters (Beyoncé)
“Use Somebody” — Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill & Nathan Followill, songwriters (Kings Of Leon)
“You Belong With Me” — Liz Rose & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift)

POP

Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals:

“I Gotta Feeling” — The Black Eyed Peas
“We Weren’t Born To Follow” — Bon Jovi
“Never Say Never” — The Fray
“Sara Smile” — Daryl Hall & John Oates
“Kids” — MGMT

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals:

“Sea Of Heartbreak” — Rosanne Cash & Bruce Springsteen
“Love Sex Magic” — Ciara & Justin Timberlake
“Lucky” — Jason Mraz & Colbie Caillat
“Baby, It’s Cold Outside” — Willie Nelson & Norah Jones
“Breathe” — Taylor Swift & Colbie Caillat

Best Pop Vocal Album:
The E.N.D. — The Black Eyed Peas
Breakthrough — Colbie Caillat
All I Ever Wanted — Kelly Clarkson
The Fray — The Fray
Funhouse — P!nk

DANCE

Best Dance Recording:

“Boom Boom Pow” — The Black Eyed Peas
“When Love Takes Over” — David Guetta & Kelly Rowland
“Poker Face” — Lady Gaga
“Celebration” —Madonna
“Womanizer” — Britney Spears

ROCK

Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance:

“Beyond Here Lies Nothin’” — Bob Dylan
“Change In The Weather” — John Fogerty
“Dreamer” — Prince
“Working On A Dream” — Bruce Springsteen
“Fork In The Road” — Neil Young

Best Rock Song:

“The Fixer” — Matt Cameron, Stone Gossard, Mike McCready & Eddie Vedder, songwriters (Pearl Jam)
“I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight” — Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge & Larry Mullen Jr., songwriters
(U2)
“21 Guns” — Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt & Tré Cool, songwriters (Green Day)
“Use Somebody” — Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill & Nathan Followill, songwriters
(Kings Of Leon)
“Working On A Dream” — Bruce Springsteen, songwriter (Bruce Springsteen)

Best Rock Album:

Black Ice — AC/DC
Live From Madison Square Garden — Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood
21st Century Breakdown — Green Day
Big Whiskey And The Groogrux King — Dave Matthews Band
No Line On The Horizon — U2

ALTERNATIVE

Best Alternative Music Album:

Everything That Happens Will Happen Today — David Byrne & Brian Eno
The Open Door — Death Cab For Cutie
Sounds Of The Universe — Depeche Mode
Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix — Phoenix
It’s Blitz! — Yeah Yeah Yeahs

R&B

Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals:

“Blame It” — Jamie Foxx & T-Pain
“Chocolate High” — Indie.Arie & Musiq Soulchild
“Ifuleave” — Musiq Soulchild & Mary J. Blige
“Higher Ground” — Robert Randolph & The Clark Sisters
“Love Has Finally Come At Last” — Calvin Richardson & Ann Nesby

Best R&B Album:

The Point Of It All — Anthony Hamilton
Testimony: Vol. 2, Love & Politics — India.Arie
Turn Me Loose — Ledisi
Blacksummers’ Night — Maxwell
Uncle Charlie — Charlie Wilson

RAP

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration:

“Ego” — Beyoncé & Kanye West
“Knock You Down” — Keri Hilson, Kanye West & Ne-Yo
“Run This Town” — Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West
“I’m On A Boat” — The Lonely Island & T-Pain
“Dead & Gone” — T.I. & Justin Timberlake

Best Rap Song:

“Best I Ever Had” — Aubrey Drake Graham, D. Hamilton & M. Samuels, songwriters (Drake)
“Day ‘N’ Nite” — S. Mescudi & O. Omishore, songwriters (Kid Cudi)
“Dead And Gone” — C. Harris, R. Tadross & J. Timberlake, songwriters (T.I. & Justin Timberlake)
“D.O.A. (Death Of Auto-Tune)” — Shawn Carter & Ernest Wilson, songwriters (Gary DeCarlo, Dale Frashuer, Paul Leka, Janko Nilovic & Dave Sucky, songwriters) (Jay-Z)
“Run This Town” — Shawn Carter, R. Fenty, M. Riddick, Kanye West & E. Wilson, songwriters (Athanasios Alatas, songwriter) (Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West)

Best Rap Album:

Universal Mind Control — Common
Relapse — Eminem
R.O.O.T.S. — Flo Rida
The Ecstatic — Mos Def
The Renaissance — Q-Tip

COUNTRY

Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals:

“Cowgirls Don’t Cry” — Brooks & Dunn
“Chicken Fried” — Zac Brown Band
“I Run To You” — Lady Antebellum
“Here Comes Goodbye” — Rascal Flatts
“It Happens” — Sugarland

Best Country Song:

“All I Ask For Anymore” — Casey Beathard & Tim James, songwriters (Trace Adkins)
“High Cost Of Living” — Jamey Johnson & James Slater, songwriters (Jamey Johnson)
“I Run To You” — Tom Douglas, Dave Haywood, Charles Kelly & Hillary Scott, songwriters (Lady Antebellum)
“People Are Crazy” — Bobby Braddock & Troy Jones, songwriters (Billy Currington)
“White Horse” — Liz Rose & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift)

Best Country Album:

The Foundation — Zac Brown Band
Twang — George Strait
Fearless — Taylor Swift
Defying Gravity — Keith Urban
Call Me Crazy — Lee Ann Womack

AMERICAN ROOTS (New Category)

Best Americana Album:

Together Through Life — Bob Dylan
Electric Dirt — Levon Helm
Willie And The Wheel — Willie Nelson & Asleep At The Wheel
Wilco (The Album) — Wilco
Little Honey — Lucinda Williams

Best Contemporary Folk Album:

Middle Cyclone — Neko Case
Our Bright Future — Tracy Chapman
Live — Shawn Colvin
Secret, Profane & Sugarcane — Elvis Costello
Townes — Steve Earle

Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical

T Bone Burnett,
Ethan Johns
Larry Klein
Greg Kurstin
Brendan O’Brien