Nominations for the 2011 Grammy Awards

The nominations for the 2011 Grammy Awards has been announced and it is certainly quite a list this year! Rapper Eminem is in the lead this year with 10 nominations for his latest release “Recovery”, followed by Bruno Mars with 7 nominations, and Lady Antebellum, Jay-Z, and Lady Gaga with 6 nominations each! The nominees were announced during an hour long broacast from the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles!  See below for the complete list of this year’s nominees: Album Of The Year The Suburbs — Arcade Fire Recovery — Eminem Need You Now — Lady Antebellum The Fame Monster — Lady Gaga Teenage Dream — Katy Perry Record Of The Year “Nothin’ On You” — B.o.B Featuring Bruno Mars “Love The Way You Lie” — Eminem Featuring Rihanna “F*** You” — Cee Lo Green “Empire State Of Mind” — Jay-Z & Alicia Keys “Need You Now” — Lady Antebellum Best New Artist Justin Bieber Drake Florence & The Machine Mumford & Sons Esperanza Spalding Song Of The Year “Beg Steal Or Borrow” — Ray LaMontagne (Ray LaMontagne And The Pariah Dogs) “F*** You” — Cee Lo Green, Philip Lawrence & Bruno Mars (Cee Lo Green) “The House That Built Me” —Tom Douglas & Allen Shamblin (Miranda Lambert) “Love The Way You Lie” — Alexander Grant, Skylar Grey & Marshall Mathers (Eminem Featuring Rihanna) “Need You Now” — Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley & Hillary Scott (Lady Antebellum) Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals “Airplanes II” — B.o.B, Eminem & Hayley Williams “Imagine” — Herbie Hancock, Pink, India.Arie, Seal, Konono No. 1, Jeff Beck & Oumou Sangare “If It Wasn’t For Bad” — Elton John & Leon Russell “Telephone” — Lady Gaga & Beyoncé “California Gurls” — Katy Perry & Snoop Dogg Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals “Don’t Stop Believin’” — Glee Cast “Misery” — Maroon 5 “The Only Exception” — Paramore “Babyfather” — Sade “Hey, Soul Sister” — Train Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals “Ready To Start” — Arcade Fire “I Put A Spell On You” — Jeff Beck & Joss Stone “Tighten Up” — The Black Keys “Radioactive” — Kings Of Leon “Resistance” — Muse Best Hard Rock Performance “A Looking In View” — Alice In Chains “Let Me Hear You Scream” — Ozzy Osbourne “Black Rain” — Soundgarden “Between The Lines” — Stone Temple Pilots “New Fang” — Them Crooked Vultures Best Rock Song “Angry World” — Neil Young (Neil Young) “Little Lion Man” — Ted Dwane, Ben Lovett, Marcus Mumford & Country Winston (Mumford & Sons) “Radioactive” — Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill & Nathan Followill (Kings Of Leon) “Resistance” — Matthew Bellamy (Muse) “Tighten Up” — Dan Auerbach & Patrick Carney (The Black Keys) Best Alternative Music Album The Suburbs — Arcade Fire Infinite Arms — Band Of Horses Brothers — The Black Keys Broken Bells — Broken Bells Contra — Vampire Weekend Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals “Take My Time” — Chris Brown & Tank “Love” — Chuck Brown, Jill Scott & Marcus Miller “You’ve Got A Friend” — Ronald Isley & Aretha Franklin “Shine” — John Legend & The Roots “Soldier Of Love” — Sade Best Contemporary R&B Album Graffiti — Chris Brown Untitled — R. Kelly Transition — Ryan Leslie The ArchAndroid — Janelle Monáe Raymond V Raymond — Usher Best Rap/Sung Collaboration “Nothin’ On You” — B.o.B Featuring Bruno Mars “Deuces” — Chris Brown, Tyga & Kevin McCall “Love The Way You Lie” — Eminem & Rihanna “Empire State Of Mind” — Jay-Z & Alicia Keys “Wake Up! Everybody” — John Legend, The Roots, Melanie Fiona & Common Best Rap Song “Empire State Of Mind” — Shawn Carter, Angela Hunte, Burt Keyes, Alicia Keys, Jane’t “Jnay” Sewell-Ulepic & Alexander Shuckburgh (Jay-Z & Alicia Keys) “Love The Way You Lie” — Alexander Grant, Skylar Grey & Marshall Mathers (Eminem & Rihanna) “Not Afraid” — M. Burnett, J. Evans, Marshall Mathers, L. Resto & M. Samuels (Eminem) “Nothin’ On You” — Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine, Bruno Mars & Bobby Simmons Jr. (B.o.B Featuring Bruno Mars) “On To The Next One” — Shawn Carter, J. Chaton & K. Dean (Jay-Z & Swizz Beatz) Best Rap Album The Adventures Of Bobby Ray — B.o.B Thank Me Later — Drake Recovery — Eminem The Blueprint 3 — Jay-Z How I Got Over — The Roots Best Country Collaboration With Vocals “Bad Angel” — Dierks Bentley, Miranda Lambert & Jamey Johnson “Pride (In The Name Of Love)” — Dierks Bentley, Del McCoury & The Punch Brothers “As She’s Walking Away” — Zac Brown Band & Alan Jackson “Hillbilly Bone” — Blake Shelton & Trace Adkins “I Run To You” — Marty Stuart & Connie Smith Best Country Song “The Breath You Take” — Casey Beathard, Dean Dillon & Jessie Jo Dillon (George Strait) “Free” — Zac Brown (Zac Brown Band) “The House That Built Me” — Tom Douglas & Allen Shamblin (Miranda Lambert) “I’d Love To Be Your Last” — Rivers Rutherford, Annie Tate & Sam Tate (Gretchen Wilson) “If I Die Young” — Kimberly Perry (The Band Perry) “Need You Now” — Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley & Hillary Scott (Lady Antebellum) Best Country Album Up On The Ridge — Dierks Bentley You Get What You Give — Zac Brown Band The Guitar Song — Jamey Johnson Need You Now — Lady Antebellum Revolution — Miranda Lambert