Beyonc, Taylor Swift lead Grammy nominations
By IANSThursday, December 3, 2009
LONDON - Singer Beyonc Knowles is leading the Grammy nominations list with 10. Close behind is teen sensation Taylor Swift with eight nominations.
And with West not far behind, joining the Black Eyed Peas and Maxwell with six nods each from their music-industry peers, the stage is set for another awards night showdown, reports people.com.
George Lopez Wednesday announced the nominations for Song of the Year are Lady Gaga’s “Poker Face”, Maxwell’s “Pretty Wings,” Beyonc’s “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)”, Kings of Leon’s “Use Somebody” and Swift’s “You Belong With Me”.
In the Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals category, the nominees are the Black Eyed Peas, for “I Gotta Feeling”; Bon Jovi, for “We Weren’t Born to Follow”; The Fray, for “Never Say Never”; Darryl Hall and John Oates, for “Sara Smile”; and MGMT, for “Kids”.
Katy Perry announced the Best Rock Album contenders: AC/DC, for Black Ice; Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood, for Live from Madison Square Garden; Green Day, for 21st Century Breakdown; Dave Matthews Band, for Big Whiskey and the Groogrux King; and U2, for No Line on the Horizon.
Dwight Yoakum named the Best County Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal hopefuls: Brooks and Dunn, for “Cowgirls Don’t Cry”; the Zac Brown Band, for “Chicken Fried”; Lady Antebellum, for “I Run to You”; Rascal Flatts, for “Here Comes Goodbye”; and Sugarland, for “It Happens”.
Robinson and Starr had the honour of naming those in the running for Record of the Year and Album of the Year. For Record: Beyonc’s “Halo”, Black Eyed Peas’ “I Gotta Feeling”, Kings of Leon’s “Use Somebody”, Lady Gaga’s “Poker Face” and Swift’s “You Belong With Me”.
Album of the Year nominees are Beyonc’s I Am Sasha Fierce, the Black Eyed Peas’ The End, the Dave Matthews Band’s Big Whiskey and Swift’s Fearless.
The 52nd Annual Grammy Awards will be announced Jan 31 next year.
