Bu yıl 51. kez sahibini bulacak olan Grammy ödüllerinin adayları belli oldu. 8 Şubat 2009’da gerçekleşecek olan 51. Geleneksel Grammy Ödülleri töreni için geri sayım başladı.
Bu senenin adayları arasında Metallica, Coldplay, Lil Wayne, Ne-Yo, and Leona Lewis gibi isimler bulunuyor. Bu yılın Grammy adaylarından bazıları, aday gösterildikleri albüm ve dalları şöyle:
YILIN ALBÜMÜ
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
YILIN ŞARKISI
American Boy - Estelle ft Kanye West
Chasing Pavements – Adele
Im Yours - Jason Mraz
Love Song - Sarah Bareilles
Viva La Vida - Coldplay
EN İYİ KADIN POP VOKAL PERFORMANSI
Adele - Chasing Pavements
Sara Bareilles - Love Song
Duffy – Mercy
Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love
Katy Perry - I Kissed a Girl
Pink - So What
EN İYİ ERKEK POP VOKAL PERFORMANSI
Kid Rock - All Summer Long
John Mayer – Say
Paul McCartney - That Was Me
Jason Mraz - Im Yours
Ne-Yo – Closer
James Taylor - Wichita Lineman
EN İYİ SOLO ROCK VOKAL PERFORMANSI
John Mayer – Gravity
Paul McCartney - I Saw Her Standing There
Bruce Springsteen - Girls in Their Summer Clothes
Eddie Vedder – Rise
Neil Young - No Hidden Path
EN İYİ ROCK İKİLİ / GRUP VOKAL PERFORMANSI
AC/DC - Rock N Roll Train
Coldplay - Violet Hill
Eagles - Long Road Out of Eden
Kings of Leon - Sex on Fire
Radiohead - House of Cards
EN İYİ HARD ROCK PERFORMANSI
Disturbed - Inside The Fire
Judas Priest – Visions
The Mars Volta - Wax Simulacra
Mötley Crüe - Saints of Los Angeles
Rob Zombie - Lords of Salem
EN İYİ METAL PERFORMANSI
DragonForce - Heroes Of Our Time
Judas Priest – Nostradamus
Metallica - My Apocalypse
Ministry - Under My Thumb
Slipknot - Psychosocial
EN İYİ POP VOKAL ALBÜMÜ
Detours - Sheryl Crow
Rockferry – Duffy
Long Road Out Of Eden – Eagles
Spirit - Leona Lewis
Covers - James Taylor
EN İYİ ELEKTRONİK/DANS ALBÜMÜ
New York City - Brazilian Girls
Alive 2007 - Daft Punk
Bring Ya to the Brink - Cyndi Lauper
X - Kylie Minogue
Last Night – Moby
Robyn - Robyn
EN İYİ ROCK ENSTRÜMANTAL PERFORMANSI
David Gilmour – Castellorizon
Metallica - Suicide & Redemption
Nine Inch Nails - 34 Ghosts I-IV
Rush - Hope (Live For The Art Of Peace)
Zappa Plays Zappa - Peaches En Regalia
EN İYİ ROCK ŞARKISI
Girls in Their Summer Clothes - Bruce Springsteen
House Of Cards – Radiohead
I Will Possess Your Heart - Death Cab For Cutie
Sex On Fire - Kings of Leon
Violet Hill – Coldplay
EN İYİ ROCK ALBÜMÜ
Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends – Coldplay
Rock N Roll Jesus - Kid Rock
Only By The Night - Kings of Leon
Death Magnetic – Metallica
Consolers Of The Lonely - The Raconteurs
EN İYİ ALTERNATİF MÜZİK ALBÜMÜ
Modern Guilt – Beck
Narrow Stairs - Death Cab for Cutie
The Odd Couple - Gnarls Barkley
Evil Urges - My Morning Jacket
In Rainbows - Radiohead
EN İYİ RAP SOLO PERFORMANSI
Jay-Z - Roc Boys (And The Winner Is)...
Lil Wayne - A Milli
Lupe Fiasco - Paris, Tokyo
Nas - N.i.-.-.e.r. (The Slave And The Master)
Snoop Dogg - Sexual Eruption
EN İYİ RAP ALBÜM
American Gangster - Jay-Z
Tha Carter III - Lil Wayne
The Cool - Lupe Fiasco
Nas – Nas
Paper Trail - T.I.
EN İYİ ERKEK R&B VOKAL PERFORMANSI
Eric Benet - Youre The Only One
Chris Brown - Take You Down
Ne-Yo - Miss Independent
Trey Songz - Cant Help But Wait
Usher - Here I Stand
EN İYİ R&B ALBÜM
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