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Eminem
tops the nominations with 10 - Lady Ga
Ga nails six Grammy Award nominations
Eminem Leads GRAMMY Nominations with 10 - Bruno Mars Earns Seven; Jay-Z, Lady Antebellum, and Each Garner Six; and Jeff Beck, B.o.B, David Frost, Philip Lawrence, and John Legend Each Earn Five Arcade Fire, Eminem, Lady Antebellum, Lady Gaga, and Katy Perry Vie for Album of the Year at 53rd Annual Grammy Awards Feb. 13, 2011, Live on CBS
LOS ANGELES, California USA -- (BUSINESS WIRE) USA Thursday December 2, 2010 Nominations for the 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards (www.grammy.com) were announced tonight by The Recording Academy and reflected an eclectic mix of the best and brightest in music over the past year, as determined by the voting members of The Academy. For the third year, nominations for the annual GRAMMY Awards were announced on primetime television as part of "The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live!! Countdown To Music's Biggest Night," a one-hour special broadcast live on CBS from Club Nokia at L.A. Live. The 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards will be held on "GRAMMY Sunday," Feb. 13, 2011, at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles and once again will be broadcast live in high definition TV and 5.1 surround sound on CBS from 8 11:30 p.m. (ET/PT). For updates and breaking news, please visit The Recording Academy's social networks on Twitter and Facebook: www.twitter.com/thegrammys, www.facebook.com/thegrammys. For a complete nominations list, please visit www.grammy.com. The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live!! Countdown To Music's Biggest Night Eminem tops the nominations with 10; Bruno Mars garners seven; and Jay-Z, Lady Antebellum, and Lady Gaga each earn six nods. Jeff Beck, B.o.B, David Frost, Philip Lawrence, and John Legend receive five each; and Alex Da Kid, the Black Keys, Drake, Cee Lo Green, Ari Levine, Katy Perry, Rihanna, the Roots, Dirk Sobotka, and Zac Brown each have four nominations. "This year's nominations are a true reflection of an exceptional and talented community of music makers that embody some of the highest levels of excellence and artistry in their respective fields," said Neil Portnow, President/CEO of The Recording Academy. "It is most gratifying to see the GRAMMY Awards process once again produce a broad cross-section of diverse and impressive nominees across multiple genres. Coupled with the third year of our primetime nominations special, the road to Music's Biggest Night, the 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards in February, is off to an exciting start." Following is a sampling of nominations in 108 categories from the GRAMMY Awards' 30 Fields: 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, songwriter (Ray LaMontagne And The Pariah Dogs) "F*** You" Cee Lo Green, Philip Lawrence & Bruno Mars, songwriters (Cee Lo Green) "The House That Built Me" Tom Douglas & Allen Shamblin, songwriters (Miranda Lambert) "Love The Way You Lie" Alexander Grant, Skylar Grey & Marshall Mathers, songwriters (Eminem Featuring Rihanna) "Need You Now" Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley & Hillary Scott, songwriters (Lady Antebellum) Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals: "Don't Stop Believin' (Regionals Version)" "Glee" Cast "Misery" Maroon 5 "The Only Exception" Paramore "Babyfather" Sade "Hey, Soul Sister (Live)" Train 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 & Beyoncι "California Gurls" Katy Perry & Snoop Dogg This year's Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical nominations go to: Rob Cavallo, Danger Mouse, Dr. Luke, RedOne, and The Smeezingtons (Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine). This year's GRAMMY Awards process registered the highest number of submissions ever with nearly 20,000 entries. However, due to low entries in Category 60 Best Regional Mexican Album submissions in this category were sorted into other categories for consideration. As a result, the 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards will feature 108 out of 109 categories. GRAMMY ballots for the final round of voting will be mailed on Dec. 15 to the voting members of The Recording Academy. They are due back to the accounting firm of Deloitte by Jan. 12, 2011, when they will be tabulated and the results kept secret until the GRAMMY telecast. The 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards are produced by John Cossette Productions and AEG Ehrlich Ventures for The Recording Academy. Ken Ehrlich and John Cossette are executive producers, and Louis J. Horvitz is director. © Copyright: National Radio. Any use of these materials, whole or in part, is prohibited unless authorized in writing by National Radio. Contact: nationalradio@yahoo.com All rights reserved.
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