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Grammy Nominees are out. Just like the American Music Awards, I will probably not watch them. But it is somewhat interesting, nonetheless, to see what our follow the leader type of society prefers in this era of major label music.

So, the 49th Annual Grammy Nominees are available here at their website. I’ll list most of the nominees here too…

Here are some of the main categories, in my order of interest..I’m going to bold some of the better artists.

Best Alternative Music Album

• Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not - Arctic Monkeys
• At War With The Mystics - The Flaming Lips
• St. Elsewhere - Gnarls Barkley
• Show Your Bones - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
• The Eraser - Thom Yorke

Record Of The Year
• Be Without You - Mary J. Blige
• You’re Beautiful - James Blunt
• Not Ready To Make Nice - Dixie Chicks
• Crazy - Gnarls Barkley
• Put Your Records On - Corinne Bailey Rae

Album Of The Year
• Taking The Long Way - Dixie Chicks
• St. Elsewhere - Gnarls Barkley
• Continuum - John Mayer
• Stadium Arcadium - Red Hot Chili Peppers
• FutureSex/LoveSounds - Justin Timberlake

Song Of The Year
• Be Without You - Mary J. Blige
• Jesus, Take The Wheel - Carrie Underwood
• Not Ready To Make Nice - Dixie Chicks
• Put Your Records On - Corinne Bailey Rae
• You’re Beautiful - James Blunt

Best New Artist
• James Blunt
• Chris Brown
• Imogen Heap
• Corinne Bailey Rae
• Carrie Underwood

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
• Ain’t No Other Man - Christina Aguilera
• Unwritten - Natasha Bedingfield
• You Can Close Your Eyes - Sheryl Crow
• Stupid Girls - Pink
• Black Horse And The Cherry Tree - KT Tunstall

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
• You’re Beautiful - James Blunt
• Save Room - John Legend
• Waiting On The World To Change - John Mayer
• Jenny Wren - Paul McCartney
• Bad Day - Daniel Powter

Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal
• My Humps - The Black Eyed Peas
• I Will Follow You Into The Dark - Death Cab For Cutie
• Over My Head (Cable Car) - The Fray
• Is It Any Wonder? - Keane
• Stickwitu - The Pussycat Dolls

Best Pop Instrumental Performance
• Mornin’ - George Benson (& Al Jarreau)
• Drifting - Enya -Amarantine
• Subterfuge - Béla Fleck & The Flecktones -The Hidden Land
• Song H - Bruce Hornsby -Intersections: 1985 - 2005
• My Favorite Things - The Brian Setzer Orchestra - Dig That Crazy Christmas

Best Pop Vocal Album
• Back To Basics -Christina Aguilera
• Back To Bedlam - James Blunt
• The River In Reverse - Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint
• Continuum - John Mayer
• FutureSex/LoveSounds - Justin Timberlake

Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance
• Nausea - Beck
• Someday Baby - Bob Dylan - Track from: Modern Times
• Route 66 - John Mayer Track from: Cars - Soundtrack (Various Artists)
• Saving Grace - Tom Petty - Highway Companion
• Lookin’ For A Leader - Neil Young - Living With War

Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal
• Talk - Coldplay - X&Y
• How To Save A Life - The Fray
• Steady, As She Goes - The Raconteurs
• Dani California - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium
• The Saints Are Coming - U2 & Green Day

Best Rock Album
• Try! - John Mayer Trio
• Highway Companion - Tom Petty
• Broken Boy Soldiers - The Raconteurs
• Stadium Arcadium - Red Hot Chili Peppers
• Living With War - Neil Young

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