RECORD OF THE YEAR
Chasing Pavements – AdeleViva La Vida – Coldplay
Bleeding Love – Leona Lewis
Paper Planes – M.I.A
Please Read The Letter – Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends – Coldplay
Tha Carter III – Lil Wayne
Year Of The Gentleman – Ne-Yo
Raising Sand – Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
In Rainbows – Radiohead
SONG OF THE YEAR
American Boy – William Adams, Keith Harris, Josh Lopez, Caleb Speir, John Stephens, Estelle Swaray & Kanye West, songwriters (Estelle Featuring Kanye West, artist)
Chasing Pavements – Adele Adkins & Eg White, songwriters (Adele, artist)
I’m Yours – Jason Mraz, songwriter (Jason Mraz, artist)
Love Song – Sara Bareilles, songwriter (Sara Bareilles, artist)
Viva La Vida – Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion & Chris Martin, songwriters (Coldplay, artist)
BEST NEW ARTIST
Adele
Duffy
Jonas Brothers
Lady Antebellum
Jazmine Sullivan
BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM
Detours – Sheryl Crow
Rockferry – Duffy
Long Road Out Of Eden – Eagles
Spirit – Leona Lewis
Covers – James Taylor
BEST R&B ALBUM
Love & Life – Eric Benet
Motown: A Journey Through Hitsville USA – Boyz II Men
Lay It Down – Al Green
Jennifer Hudson – Jennifer Hudson
The Way I See It – Raphael Saadiq
BEST RAP ALBUM
American Gangster – Jay-ZTha Carter III – Lil Wayne
The Cool – Lupe Fiasco
Nas – Nas
Paper Trail – T.I.
Congratulations to all the nominees – most especially the Brits. I’m particularly proud of Estelle and Leona. The Grammy’s are undeniably the most prestigious body an artist, of any nationality, could wish to be recognised by. So it really is a big deal seeing some of home-grown talent flying the flag.
Winners are announced February 8th 2009.
What do you think of the nominees list?