2009 GRAMMY NOMINEES

Here is the official list of the 2009 Grammy Award nominees:

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 – 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
Chasing Pavements – Adele Adkins, songwriter
I’m Yours – Jason Mraz, songwriter
Love Song – Sara Bareilles, songwriter
Viva La Vida – Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion & Chris Martin, songwriters

Best New Artist
Adele
Duffy
Jonas Brothers
Lady Antebellum
Jazmine Sullivan

Best Pop Vocal Album
Detours – Cheryl Crow
Rockferry – Duffy
Long Road Out Of Eden – Eagles
Spirit – Leona Lewis
Covers – James Taylor

Best 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

Best Dance Recording
Harder Better Faster Stronger – Daft Punk
Ready For The Floor – Hot Chip
Just Dance – Lady Gaga & Colby O’Donis
Give It 2 Me – Madonna
Disturbia – Rihanna
Black & Gold – Sam Sparro

Best R&B Album
Love & Life – Eric Benet
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 Blidge
Back of my lac’ – J Holiday
First Love – Karina
Year Of The Gentleman – Ne-Yo
Fearless -Jazmine Sullivan

Best Rap Album
American Gangster – Jay Z
Tha Carter III – Lil Wayne
The Cool – Lupe Fiasco
Nas – Nas
Paper Trail – T.I.

Best Country Album
That Lonesome Song – Jamey Johnson
Sleepless Nights – Patty Loveless
Troubador – George Strait
Around The Bend – Randy Travis
Heaven, Heartache And the Power Of Love – Trisha Yearwood

For a full list of nominees, visit the Official Grammy Website