Here’s a list of the 50th Grammy Nominations. I have made my guesses (not my picks).
At the end, I have also put my favorites in the categories.
RECORD OF THE YEAR
Irreplaceable – Beyonce
The Pretender – Foo Fighters
Umbrella – Rihanna, featuring Jay-Z
*What Goes Around … Comes Around – Justin Timberlake*
Rehab – Amy Winehouse
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace – Foo Fighters
These Days – Vince Gill
River: The Joni Letters – Herbie Hancock
*Graduation – Kanye West*
Back to Black – Amy Winehouse
SONG OF THE YEAR (a songwriter’s award)
Before He Cheats – Josh Kear, Chris Tompkins (Carrie Underwood, artist)
Hey There Delilah – Tom Higgenson (Plain White T’s, artist)
Like a Star – Corinne Bailey Rae
*Rehab – Amy Winehouse*
Umbrella – Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter, Kuk Harrell, Terius “The-Dream” Nash, Christopher Stewart (Rihanna, featuring Jay-Z, artist)
BEST NEW ARTIST
Feist
Ledisi
Paramore
Taylor Swift
*Amy Winehouse*
POP VOCAL ALBUM
Lost Highway – Bon Jovi
The Reminder – Feist
It Won’t Be Soon Before Long – Maroon 5
Memory Almost Full – Paul McCartney
*Back to Black – Amy Winehouse*
ROCK ALBUM
Daughtry – Daughtry
Revival – John Fogerty
*Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace – Foo Fighters*
Magic – Bruce Springsteen
Sky Blue Sky – Wilco
R&B ALBUM
*Funk This – Chaka Khan*
Lost & Found – Ledisi
Luvanmusiq – Musiq Soulchild
The Real Thing – Jill Scott
Sex, Love & Pain – Tank
RAP ALBUM
Finding Forever – Common
Kingdom Come – Jay-Z
Hip Hop is Dead – Nas
T.I. vs. T.I.P. – T.I.
*Graduation – Kanye West*
COUNTRY ALBUM
Long Trip Alone – Dierks Bentley
*These Days – Vince Gill*
Let It Go – Tim McGraw
5th Gear – Brad Paisley
It Just Comes Natural – George Strait
Now for my picks:
RECORD OF THE YEAR:
Capricornications – Mika Miko
Runner-up: Can I Get Get Get – Junior Senior
ALBUM OF THE YEAR:
Good Bad Not Evil – Black Lips
SONG OF THE YEAR:
Put All Your Eggs In the Basket and Then Watch That Basket! – Marnie Stern
Runner-up: Can I Get Get Get – Junior Senior
BEST NEW ARTIST:
Aa
Runner-ups: Marnie Stern, Mika Miko
I’m forgetting some stuff I know it. So here are some honorable mentions:
White Hills, Boris (with Merzbow AND Michio Kurihara), The Go! Team, Growing, Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, Panda Bear, Animal Collective, M.I.A., and Child Abuse.
All are worth checking out. All are very good in their own right.
In other news…there’s this.
