Beyonce, Swifty lead 2010 Grammy Awards noms

This is one of the best years for both singers, Beyoncé Knowles and 19 year old Taylor Swift. Winning in most prestigious categories and taking home most prestigious awards like Artist Of The Year, Album Of The Year and Song Of The Year, these two ladies have reached the top of the music industry scoring the largest number of noms at next year’s Grammy Awards that will be held on January 31, 2010.

The Grammy nominees were announced yesterday during The Grammy Nominations Concert Live! – Countdown to Music’s Biggest Night. Beyonce has scored 10 nominations while Taylor has ended up with eight including Song of the Year and Record of the Year.

Congrats girls! [And though Beyonce is undoubtedly talented and fantastic in what she does, I keep my fingers crossed for Taylor Swift]

Music discovery 2009 Lady GaGa is nominated in five categories, Best New Artist is not on the list, alas.

Check out the complete list of nominees for 2010 Grammy Awards:

Record Of The Year

Beyonce, ‘Halo’
The Black Eyed Peas, ‘I Gotta Feeling’
Kings Of Leon, ‘Use Somebody’
Lady Gaga, ‘Poker Face’
Taylor Swift,’You Belong With Me’

Album Of The Year

Beyonce, I Am… Sasha Fierce
The Black Eyed Peas, The E.N.D.
Lady Gaga, The Fame
Dave Matthews Band, Big Whiskey And The Groogrux King
Taylor Swift, Fearless

Song of the Year

‘Poker Face’ – Lady Gaga
‘Pretty Wings’ – Maxwell
‘Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)’ – Beyonce
‘Use Somebody’ – Kings of Leon
‘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’
Beyonce, ‘Halo’
Katy Perry, ‘Hot N Cold’
P!nk, ‘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 Gotta Feeling’
Bon Jovi, ‘We Weren’t Born to Follow’
The Fray, ‘Never Say Never’
Daryl Hall and John Oates, ‘Sara Smile’
MGMT, ‘Kids’

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals

Rosanne Cash & Bruce Springsteen, ‘Sea Of Heartbreak’
Ciara & Justin Timberlake, ‘Love Sex Magic’
Jason Mraz & Colbie Caillat, ‘Lucky’
Willie Nelson & Norah Jones, ‘Baby, It’s Cold Outside’
Taylor Swift & Colbie Caillat, ‘Breathe’

Best Pop Vocal Album

The Black Eyed Peas, The E.N.D.
Colbie Caillat, Breakthrough
Kelly Clarkson, All I Ever Wanted
The Fray, The Fray
P!nk, Funhouse

Best Dance Recording

The Black Eyed Peas, ‘Boom Boom Pow’
David Guetta & Kelly Rowland, ‘When Love Takes Over’
Lady Gaga, ‘Poker Face’
Madonna, ‘Celebration’
Britney Spears, ‘Womanizer’

Best Electronic/Dance Album

The Crystal Method, Divided By Night
David Guetta, One Love
Lady Gaga, The Fame
LMFAO, Party Rock
Pet Shop Boys, Yes

Best Rock Album

AC/DC, Black Ice
Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood, Live from Madison Square Garden
Green Day, 21st Century Breakdown
Dave Matthews Band, Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King
U2, No Line on the Horizon

Best Rap Solo Performance

Drake, ‘Best I Ever Had’
Eminem, ‘Beautiful’
Jay-Z, ‘D.O.A (Death of Auto-Tune)’
Kid Cudi, ‘Day ‘N’ Nite’
Mos Def, ‘Casa Bey’

Country Duo or Group With Vocals

Brooks and Dunn, ‘Cowgirls Don’t Cry’
Zac Brown Band, ‘Chicken Fried’
Lady Antebellum, ‘I Run to You’
Rascal Flatts, ‘Here Comes Goodbye’
Sugarland, ‘It Happens’

Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood, ‘Can’t Find My Way Home’
Coldplay, ‘Life In Technicolor II’
Green Day, ’21 Guns’
Kings Of Leon, ‘Use Somebody’
U2, ‘I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight’

Best Hard Rock Performance

AC/DC, ‘War Machine’
Alice In Chains, ‘Check My Brain’
Linkin Park, ‘What I’ve Done’
Metallica, ‘The Unforgiven III’
Nickelback, ‘Burn It To The Ground’

Best Alternative Music Album

David Byrne & Brian Eno, Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
Death Cab For Cutie, The Open Door
Depeche Mode, Sounds Of The Universe
Phoenix, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Yeah Yeah Yeahs, It’s Blitz!

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance

Beyonce, ‘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 R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

Jamie Foxx & T-Pain, ‘Blame It’
India.Arie & Musiq Soulchild, ‘Chocolate High’
Musiq Soulchild & Mary J. Blige, ‘Ifuleave’
Robert Randolph & The Clark Sisters, ‘Higher Ground’
Calvin Richardson & Ann Nesby, ‘Love Has Finally Come At Last’

Best R&B Song

Jamie Foxx & T-Pain, ‘Blame It’
Jazmine Sullivan, ‘Lions, Tigers & Bears’
Maxwell, ‘Pretty Wings’
Beyonce, ‘Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)’
Pleasure P, ‘Under’

Best Contemporary R&B Album

Beyonce, I Am… Sasha Fierce
Jamie Foxx, Intuition
Pleasure P, The Introduction Of Marcus Cooper
Trey Songz, Ready
T-Pain, Thr33 Ringz

Best Rap Album

Common, Universal Mind Control
Eminem, Relapse
Flo Rida, R.O.O.T.S.
Mos Def, The Ecstatic
Q-Tip, The Renaissance

Best Female Country Vocal Performance

Miranda Lambert, ‘Dead Flowers’
Martina McBride, ‘I Just Call You Mine’
Taylor Swift, ‘White Horse’
Carrie Underwood, ‘Just A Dream’
Lee Ann Womack, ‘Solitary Thinkin”

Best Country Song

Trace Adkins, ‘All I Ask For Anymore’
Jamey Johnson, ‘High Cost Of Living’
Lady Antebellum, ‘I Run To You’
Billy Currington, ‘People Are Crazy’
Taylor Swift, ‘White Horse’

Best Country Album

Zac Brown Band, The Foundation
George Strait, Twang
Taylor Swift, Fearless
Keith Urban, Defying Gravity
Lee Ann Womack, Call Me Crazy

Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media

Cadillac Records
Inglourious Basterds
Slumdog Millionaire
True Blood
Twilight

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

Miley Cyrus, ‘The Climb’ (From Hannah Montana: The Movie) UPDATE
Paramore, ‘Decode’ (From Twilight)
A.R. Rahman, Sukhvinder Singh, Tanvi Shah, Mahalaxmi Iyer & Vijay Prakash, ‘Jai Ho’ (From Slumdog Millionaire)
Beyonce, ‘Once In A Lifetime’ (From Cadillac Records)
Bruce Springsteen, ‘The Wrestler’ (From The Wrestler)

SEE THE REST OF THE LIST HERE.

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