Beyonce Knowles [photos] leads the field heading into the 52nd Grammy Awards with 10 nominations, followed closely by Taylor Swift, who has seemingly won every award this year, scored eight nods.
Beyonce is nominated for song of the year for 'Single Ladies' and record of the year for 'Halo', both from her 'I Am... Sasha Fierce' album. The 19-year-old Swift, who was also nominated in both categories, is the best-selling artist in the country this year, if you don't include Michael Jackson.
Meanwhile, the Black Eyed Peas, Maxwell and Kanye West received six nominations each, while Lady Gaga, Jay-Z and DJ David Guetta got five each. Gaga garnered a best album mention for her debut CD and 'Poker Face' was nominated for record and song of the year.
She was not eligible for best new act due to a technicality because her debut single, 'Just Dance', was nominated for best dance recording last year.
Michael Giacchino, who composes the music for 'Lost', got four nominations thanks to his noteworthy work in 'Up' and 'Star Trek'.
Surprises included Whitney Houston being shutout of nominations despite her much publicized comeback album, Bruce Springsteen receiving four nominations, and U2 garnering just three nods.
The major categories were revealed at Club Nokia in Los Angeles as part of a televised concert for the second year in a row. In the past, they had been announced during a morning news conference but the format seems to be working.
The evening included performances by Maxwell, who sang Michael Jackson's 'The Lady In My Life', Nick Jonas, and Black Eyed Peas. Winners will be announced on January 31.
See the major Grammy nominations for 2010 below:
Song of the Year Poker Face, Lady Gaga Pretty Wings, Maxwell Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It), Beyoncé Use Somebody, Kings of Leon You Belong With Me, Taylor Swift
Album of the Year I Am... Sasha Fierce, Beyoncé The E.N.D., The Black Eyed Peas The Fame, Lady Gaga Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux Kings, Dave Matthews Band Fearless, Taylor Swift
Record of the Year Halo, Beyoncé I Gotta Feeling, Black Eyed Peas Use Somebody, Kings of Leon Poker Face, Lady Gaga You Belong With Me, Taylor Swift
Best New Artist Zac Brown Band Keri Hilson MGMT Silversun Pickups The Ting Tings
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance Adele, Hometown Glory Beyoncé, Halo Katy Perry [photos], Hot N Cold Pink, Sober Taylor Swift, You Belong With Me
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance John Legend, This Time Maxwell, Love You Jason Mraz, Make It Mine Seal, If You Don't Know Me By Now Stevie Wonder, All About the Love Again
Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals The Black Eyed Peas, I Got a Feeling Bon Jovi, We Weren't Born to Follow The Fray, Never Say Never Hall & Oates, Sara Smile MGMT, Kids
Best Female R&B Vocal Performance Beyoncé, Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) Melanie Fiona, It Kills Me Lalah Hathaway, That Was Then Ledisi, Goin' Thru Changes Jazmine Sullivan, Lions, Tigers & Bears
Best Male R&B Vocal Performance Anthony Hamilton, The Point of it All Maxwell, Pretty Wings Musiq Soulchild, Sobeautiful Pleasure P, Under Charlie Wilson, There Goes My BabyUsher.html onclick=s_objectID= class=name>
Best R&B Song Blame It, Jamie Foxx and T-Pain Lions, Tigers & Bears, Jazmine Sullivan Pretty Wings, Maxwell Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It), Beyoncé Under, Pleasure P
Best R&B Album The Point of It All, Anthony Hamilton Testimony: Vol. 2, Love & Politics, India.Arie Turn Me Loose, Ledisi Blacksummers' Night, Maxwell Uncle Charlie, Charlie Wilson
Best Rap Solo Performance Drake, Best I Ever Had Eminem, Beautiful Jay-Z, D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune) Kid Cudi, Day and Night Mos Def, Casa Bey
Best Rap Song Best I Ever Had, Drake Day 'N' Nite, Kid Cudi Dead and Gone, T.I. and Justin Timberlake D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune), Jay-Z Run This Town, Jay-Z, Rihanna [photos] and Kanye West
Best Rap Album Universal Mind Control, Common Relapse, Eminem R.O.O.T.S., Flo Rida The Ecstatic, Mos Def The Renaissance, Q-Tip
Best Alternative Music Album Everything That Happens Will Happen Today, David Byrne and Brian Eno The Open Door, Death Cab for Cutie Sounds of the Universe, Depeche Mode Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, Phoenix It's Blitz!, Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Best Rock Song The Fixer, Pearl Jam I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight, U2 21 Guns, Green Day Use Somebody, Kings of Leon Working on a Dream, Bruce Springsteen
Best Rock Album Black Ice, AC/DC Live at Madison Square Garden, Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood 21st Century Breakdown, Green Day Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King, Dave Matthews Band No Line on the Horizon, U2
Best Female Country Vocal Performance Dead Flowers, Miranda Lambert I Just Call You Mine, Martina McBride White Horse, Taylor Swift Just a Dream, Carrie Underwood Solitary Thinkin', Lee Ann Womack
Best Male Country Vocal Performance All I Ask For Anymore, Trace Adkins People Are Crazy, Billy Currington High Cost of Living, Jamey Johnson Living for the Night, George Strait Sweet Thing, Keith Urban
Best Country Song All I Ask for Anymore, Trace Adkins High Cost of Living, Jamey Johnson I Run to You, Lady Antebellum People Are Crazy, Billy Currington White Horse, Taylor Swift
Best Country Album The Foundation, Zac Brown Band Twang, George Strait Fearless, Taylor Swift Defying Gravity, Keith Urban Call Me Crazy, Lee Ann Womack
Best Compilation for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media Cadillac Records Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds Slumdog Millionaire True Blood Twilight
Best Score Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Alexandre Desplat Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Nicholas Hooper Milk, Danny Elfman Star Trek, Michael Giacchino Up, Michael Giacchino
Best Song for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media The Climb (from Hannah Montana: The Movie), Miley Cyrus [photos] Decode (from Twilight) Paramore Jai Ho (from Slumdog Millionaire), A.R. Rahman, Sukhvinder Singh, Tanvi Shah, Mahalaxmi Iyer & Vijay Prakash Once in a Lifetime (from Cadillac Records), Beyoncé, The Wrestler (from The Wrestler), Bruce Springsteen,
If you're looking for a category we haven't covered, check out the complete Grammy nominations list here.
