Album of the Year:
* “I Am…Sasha Fierce” - Beyonce Knowles
* “The E.N.D.” - Black Eyed Peas
* “The Fame” - Lady GaGa
* “Fearless” - Taylor Swift
Record of the year:
* “Halo” - Beyonce Knowles
* “I Gotta Feeling” - Black Eyed Peas
* “Use Somebody” - Kings of Leon
* “Poker Face” - Lady GaGa
* “You Belong with Me” - Taylor Swift
Song of the Year:
* “Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)” - Beyonce Knowles
* “Poker Face” - Lady GaGa
* “Pretty Wings” - Maxwell
* “Use Somebody” - Kings of Leon
* “You Belong with Me” - Taylor Swift
Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals:
* “I Gotta Feeling” - Black Eyed Peas
* ” We Weren’t Born to Follow” - Bon Jovi
* “Never Say Never” - The Fray
* “Sara Smile” - Daryl Hall & John Oates
* “Kids” - MGMT
Best Rap Solo Performance:
* “Best I Ever Had” - Drake
* “Beautiful” - Eminem
* “D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)” - Jay-Z
* “Day ‘N’ Nite” - Kid Cudi
* “Casa Bey” - Mos Def
Best Rock Album:
* “Black Ice” - AC/DC
* “Live From Madison Square Garden” - Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood
* “21st Century Breakdown” - Green Day
* “Big Whiskey and the Groogrux King” - Dave Matthews Band
* “No Line on the Horizon” - U2
Best New Artist:
* Zac Brown Band
* Keri Hilson
* MGMT
* Silversun Pickups
* The Ting Tings
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance:
* Adele - “Hometown Glory”
* Beyonce Knowles - “Halo”
* Katy Perry - “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 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:
* Black Eyed Peas - “The E.N.D.”
* Colbie Caillat - “Breakthrough”
* Kelly Clarkson - “All I Ever Wanted”
* The Fray - “The Fray”
* Pink - “Funhouse”
Best Dance Recording:
* Black Eyed Peas - “Boom Boom Pow”
* David Guetta & Kelly Rowland - “When Love Takes Over”
* Lady GaGa - “Poker Face”
* Madonna - “Celebration”
* Britney Spears - “Womanizer”
Best Female R&B Vocal Performance:
* Beyonce Knowles - “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 Baby”
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 Traditional R&B Vocal Performance:
* Beyonce Knowles - “At Last”
* Anthony Hamilton - “Soul Music”
* Boney James & Quinn- “Don’t Let Me Be Lonely Tonight”
* Ann Nesby - “Sow Love”
* Calvin Richardson - “Woman Gotta Have It”
Best R&B Song:
* Jamie Foxx & T-Pain - “Blame It”
* Jazmine Sullivan - “Lions, Tigers & Bears”
* Maxwell - “Pretty Wings”
* Beyonce Knowles - “Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)”
* Pleasure P - “Under”
Best R&B Album:
* Anthony Hamilton - “The Point of It All”
* India.Arie - “Testimony: Vol. 2, Love & Politics”
* Ledisi - “Turn Me Loose”
* Maxwell - “BLACKsummers’night”
* Charlie Wilson - “Uncle Charlie”
Best Contemporary R&B Album:
* Beyonce Knowles - “I Am…Sasha Fierce”
* Jamie Foxx - “Intuition”
* Pleasure P - “The Introduction of Marcus Cooper”
* Trey Songz - “Ready”
* T-Pain - “Thr33 Ringz”
Best Rap Performance By a Duo or Group:
* Beastie Boys & Nas - “Too Many Rappers”
* Eminem, Dr. Dre & 50 Cent - “Crack A Bottle”
* Fabolous & Jay-Z - “Money Goes, Honey Stay”
* Kid Cudi, Kanye West & Common - “Make Her Say”
* Kanye West & Young Jeezy - “Amazing”
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration:
* Beyonce Knowles & Kanye West - “Ego”
* Keri Hilson, Kanye West & Ne-Yo - “Knock You Down”
* Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West - “Run This Town”
* The Lonely Island & T-Pain - “I’m On A Boat”
* T.I. & Justin Timberlake - “Dead And Gone”
Best Rap Song:
* “Best I Ever Had” - Drake
* “Day ‘N’ Nite” - Kid Cudi
* “Dead And Gone” - T.I. & Justin Timberlake
* “D.O.A. (Death Of Auto-Tune)” - Jay-Z
* “Run This Town” - Jay-Z, Rihanna & 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 Song Written for Motion Picture, Television, or Other Visual Media
* Miley Cyrus - “The Climb” (From “Hannah Montana: The Movie”)
* Paramore - “Decode” (From “Twilight)
* A.R. Rahman, Sukhvinder Singh, Tanvi Shah, Mahalaxmi Iyer & Vijay Prakash - “Jai Ho” (From “Slumdog Millionaire”)
* Beyonce Knowles - “Once in a Lifetime” (From “Cadillac Records”)
* Bruce Springsteen - “The Wrestler” (From “The Wrestler”)
Michael Jackson Tribute
The tribute will be the first 3-D performance ever on the 52nd Grammy Awards that will be broadcast on Sunday, January 31, 2010 on CBS. The 3-D mini movie "Earth Song" will be presented along with awarding Jackson posthumously with the Recording Academy's Lifetime Achievement Award. Viewers will be able to pick up free 3-D glasses from Target to fully enjoy the experience.
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General Larry Platt will perform ‘Pants on the Ground’ before the ceremony actually starts, at the pre-show.
