Grammy Nominations – Live Blog – Jennfier Hudson, Fantasia, Carrie Underwood, Jordin Sparks Receive Nods

The Grammy special was an hour long, with only 6 nominations announced.   Better to have gone straight to the list, HERE, like the smart peeps in comments did!

In between announcements, tonight’s guest artists performed Grammy winning songs.   The best of the night, were a nice surprise–Celine Dion with a restrained, almost etheareal performance of   Janis Ian’s “At 17” and Christina Aguilera’s totally WOW performance of “Porgy and Bess.” BB King and John Mayer, performing “Let the Good Times Roll” was totally made of win! On the downside, I can’t endure one more live performance from Taylor Swift,   The flat singing is bad enough, but those cold, dead eyes when she performs just skeer me.

Carrie Underwood’s Carnival Ride was not nominated for Best Country Album. No nominations for Daughtry (I thought his single, “What About Now” had a shot).   And a nomination for Jordin Sparks and Chris Brown’s “No Air”, as expected, but I expected the song to get a few more noms.

A big congrats to Jennifer Hudson who got several nominations, including Best R&B Album, Best R&B Vocal Performance, and Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group–a double Idol nom that included Fantasia!   Her single, “Spotlight” was nominated for Best R&B Song.

Here are the Idol nominations.   Full categories are listed after the jump.

  • Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals – Jordin Sparks and Chris Brown, “No Air”
  • Best Female R&B Vocal Performance – Jennifer Hudson, “Spotlight”
  • Best R&B Performance By a Duo or Group With Vocals   – Jennifer Hudson and Fantasia – “I’m His Only Woman”
  • Best R&B Song – “Spotlight” – Mikkel S. Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen & Shaffer Smith, songwriters (Jennifer Hudson)
  • Best R&B Album – Jennifer Hudson, Jennifer Hudson
  • Best Female Country Vocal Performance – Carrie Underwood – “Last Name”
  • Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media – “Ever, Ever After” (From Enchanted) – Alan Menken & Stephen Schwartz, songwriters (Carrie Underwood)
  • Best Gospel Performance – Kim Burrell, Rance Allen, Bebe Winans, Mariah Carey & Hezekiah Walker’s Love Fellowship Tabernacle Church Choir – “I Understand” – Track from: Randy Jackson’s Music Club, Volume One

Categories, after the JUMP…

Nominations Announced during the special:

Best New Artist

  • Adele
  • Duffy
  • The Jonas Brothers
  • Lady Antebellum
  • Jazmine Sullivan

Album of the Year

  • Coldplay – Vida La Vida
  • Lil Wayne – Tha Carter
  • Ne-Yo – Year of the Gentleman
  • Robert Plant and Allison Krauss – Raising Sand
  • Radiohead – In Rainbows

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals – Presented by Foo Fighters

  • Alicia Keys and John Mayer – “Lessons Learned”
  • Madonna, Justin Timberlake, Timbaland – “4 Minutes”
  • Robert Plant and Allison Krauss – “Rich woman”
  • Rihanna and Maroon 5 – “If I Never See Your Face Again”
  • Jordin Sparks and Chris Brown – “No Air”

Best Country Performance by a Group or Duo

  • Brooks and Dunn – “God Must Be Busy”
  • Lady Antebellum – “Love Don’t Live Here”
  • Rascal Flatts – “Everyday”
  • Steel Drivers – “Blue Side of the Mountain”
  • Sugarland – “Stay”

Best Rap Performance by a Due or Group – Presented by Taylor Swift

  • Big Boy featuring Raekwon – “Royal Flush”
  • Jay-Z and T.I. – “Swagga Like Us”
  • Lil Wayne and Jay-Z – “Mister Carter”
  • Ludicrious and T.I. – “Wish You Would”
  • Young Jeezy and Kanye West – “Put On”

Record of the Year – Presented by John Mayer

  • Adele – “Chasing Pavements”
  • Coldplay – “Viva La Vida”
  • Leona Lewis – “Bleeding Love”
  • M.I.A. – “Paper Planes”
  • Robert Plant and Allison Krauss – “Please Read the Letter”

Notable Idol Nominations:

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals – Presented by Foo Fighters

  • Alicia Keys and John Mayer – “Lessons Learned”
  • Madonna, Justin Timberlake, Timbaland – “4 Minutes”
  • Robert Plant and Allison Krauss – “Rich woman”
  • Rihanna and Maroon 5 – “If I Never See Your Face Again”
  • Jordin Sparks and Chris Brown – “No Air”

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance

  • Beyonce – “Me, Myself And I”
  • Keyshia Cole – “Just Like You”
  • Jennifer Hudson – “Spotlight”
  • Alicia Keys – “Superwoman”
  • Jazmine Sullivan – “Need You Bad”

Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

  • Boyz II Men – “Ribbon in the Sky”
  • Anthony David Featuring India.Arie – “Words”
  • Al Green Featuring John Legend – “Stay With Me By The Sea”
  • Jennifer Hudson Featuring Fantasia – “I’m His Only Woman”
  • Raphael Saadiq Featuring Stevie Wonder & CJ Hilton – “Never Give You Up”

Best R&B Song

  • “Bust Your Windows” – Salaam Remi & Jazmine Sullivan, songwriters (Deandre Way, songwriter) (Jazmine Sullivan)
  • “Customer” – I. Barias, Raheem DeVaughn, C. Haggins, K. Oliver & J. Smith, songwriters (Raheem DeVaughn)
  • “Heaven Sent” – Keyshia Cole, Jason Farmer & Alex Francis, songwriters (Keyshia Cole)
  • “Miss Independent” – M.S. Eriksen, T.E. Hermansen & S. Smith, songwriters (Ne-Yo)
  • “Spotlight” – Mikkel S. Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen & Shaffer Smith, songwriters (Jennifer Hudson)

Best R&B Album

  • Eric Benet – Love & Life
  • Boyz II Men – Motown: A Journey Through Hitsville USA
  • Al Greene – Lay It Down
  • Jennifer HudsonJennifer Hudson
  • Raphael Saadiq – The Way I See It

Best Female Country Vocal Performance

  • Martina McBride – “For These Times”
  • LeAnn Rimes – “What I Cannot Change”
  • Carrie Underwood – “Last Name”
  • Lee Ann Womack – “Last Call”
  • Trisha Yearwood – “This is Me You’re Talking To”

Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media

  • “Down To Earth” (From Wall-E) – Peter Gabriel & Thomas Newman, songwriters (Peter Gabriel)
  • “Ever Ever After” (From Enchanted) – Alan Menken & Stephen Schwartz, songwriters (Carrie Underwood)
  • “Say” (From The Bucket List) – John Mayer, songwriter (John Mayer)
  • “That’s How You Know” (From Enchanted) – Alan Menken & Stephen Schwartz, songwriters (Amy Adams)
  • “Walk Hard” (From Walk Hard ‘  The Dewey Cox Story) – Judd Apatow, Marshall Crenshaw, Jake Kasdan & John C. Reilly, songwriters (John C. Reilly)

Best Gospel Performance

  • Kim Burrell, Rance Allen, Bebe Winans, Mariah Carey & Hezekiah Walker’s Love Fellowship Tabernacle Church Choir – “I Understand” – Track from: Randy Jackson’s Music Club, Volume One
  • Casting Crowns “East To West”
  • Mary Mary – “Get Up”
  • Take 6 – “Shall We Gather at the River”
  • CeCe Winans – “Waging War”
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