The Grammy nomination announcements seem to creep in every year, unlike the big buildup before Oscar nominations are announced. Maybe L.A. loves the movie biz more than the music biz.
Today in the City of Angels, hip-hop-pop queen Mary J. Blige came out with the most nominations, eight in total. Keeping the love local, funk-rock elder statesmen Red Hot Chili Peppers got six nominations, including one for album of the year. Eight other artists followed with five nominations.
For a complete list of nominations, head over to grammy.com. For a quick cherry-pick of nominations that might be of interest to regular readers of this site, continue on after the jump...
--Gnarls Barkley is well-represented, with nods for album and song of the year.
--Imogen Heap is up for best new artist.
--Death Cab's "I Will Follow You into the Dark" is up for best pop performance by a duo or group with vocal against, among others...wait for it...BEP's "My Humps."
--Blige's appearance with U2 on "One" is up for best pop collab with vocals. I guess the Bank of America version wasn't released in time for consideration.
--Goldfrapp gets nods for best dance recording and best electronic/dance album.
--Beck's "Nausea" is up for best solo rock vocal performance against inspiration/hero Bob Dylan's "Someday Baby."
--Two indie-centric tunes are up for best rock instrumental performance: Artcic Monkeys' "Chun Li's Flying Bird Kick" and Flaming Lips' "The Wizard Turns On."
--The nominees for best alternative album are releases from Thom Yorke, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Gnarls, the Lips, and Arctic Monkeys.
--Lupe Fiasco's "Kick, Push" and T.I.'s "What You Know" are vying for best rap solo performance and best rap song.
--Nominees for best rap album are releases from The Roots, Ludacris, Pharrell, Lupe, and T.I.
--The indie-friendly soundtrack to Little Miss Sunshine is up for best soundtrack.
--Danger Mouse, Rick Rubin, and Will.i.am are up for producer of the year, against T-Bone Burnett and some chump named Howard Benson, who apparently worked with Hoobastank and Papa Roach. Where the hell is Timbaland in this category?