kings of leon receive grammy nomination

[blackkeys]

kings of leon nominated for best rock album, this is amazing

Grammy nominations in top categories

By The Associated Press – 11 minutes ago

Nominees announced Wednesday in top categories for the 51st Annual Grammy Awards:

Record of the Year: "Chasing Pavements," Adele; "Viva La Vida," Coldplay; "Bleeding Love," Leona Lewis; "Paper Planes," M.I.A; "Please Read The Letter," Robert Plant & Alison Krauss.

Album of the Year: "Raising Sand," Robert Plant & Alison Krauss"; "Viva La Vida," Coldplay; "Tha Carter III," Lil Wayne; "Year of the Gentleman," Ne-Yo; "In Rainbows," Radiohead.

Song of the Year: "American Boy," William Adams, Keith Harris, Josh Lopez, Caleb Speir, John Stephens, Estelle Swaray & Kanye West (Estelle Featuring Kanye West); "Chasing Pavements," Adele Adkins & Eg White (Adele); "I'm Yours," Jason Mraz; "Love Song," Sara Bareilles; "Viva La Vida," Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion, & Chris Martin (Coldplay).

New Artist: Adele, Duffy, The Jonas Brothers, Lady Antebellum, Jazmine Sullivan.

Pop Vocal Album: "Detours," Sheryl Crow; "Rockferry," Duffy; "Long Road Out Of Eden," Eagles; "Spirit," Leona Lewis; "Covers," James Taylor.

Rock Album: "Viva La Vida," Coldplay; "Rock N Roll Jesus," Kid Rock; "Only By The Night," Kings Of Leon; "Death Magnetic," Metallica; "Consolers Of The Lonely," The Raconteurs.

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.

Rap Album: "American Gangster," Jay-Z; "Tha Carter III," Lil Wayne; "The Cool," Lupe Fiasco; "Nas," Nas; "Paper Trail," T.I.

Country Album: "That Lonesome Song," Jamey Johnson; "Sleepless Nights," Patty Loveless; "Troubadour," George Strait; "Around The Bend," Randy Travis; "Heaven, Heartache And The Power Of Love," Trisha Yearwood.

Latin Pop Album: "Cara B," Jorge Drexler; "Palabras Del Silencio," Luis Fonsi; "La Vida...Es Un Ratico," Juanes; "Complices," Luis Miguel; "Tarde O Temprano," Tommy Torres.

Contemporary Jazz Album: "Randy In Brasil," Randy Brecker; "Floating Point," John McLaughlin; "Cannon Re-Loaded: All-Star Celebration Of Cannonball Adderley," various artists, Gregg Field & Tom Scott, producers.

"Maria," Cecilia Bartoli, Christopher Raeburn, producer, Wolf-Dieter Karwatky & Philip Siney, engineers/mixers (Adam Fischer, Orchestra La Scintilla); "Tarik O'Regan: Threshold Of Night," Craig Hella Johnson, conductor, Blanton Alspaugh, producer, John Newton, engineer/mixer, Mark Donahue, mastering engineer; "Schoenberg/Sibelius: Violin Concertos," Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor, Hilary Hahn, Sid McLauchlan & Arend Prohmann, producers, Stephan Flock, engineer/mixer; "Spotless Rose: Hymns To The Virgin Mary," Charles Bruffy, conductor (Phoenix Chorale), Blanton Alspaugh, producer, John Newton, engineer/mixer, Jonathan Cooper, mastering engineer; "Weill: Rise And Fall Of The City Of Mahagonny" James Conlon, conductor, Anthony Dean Griffey, Patti LuPone & Audra McDonald, Fred Vogler, producer (Donnie Ray Albert, John Easterlin, Steven Humes, Mel Ulrich & Robert Worle; Los Angeles Opera Chorus, Los Angeles Opera Orchestra).


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[sarahrose]

OMG that's AWESOME. ;Dthough i don't think it's their best, but whatever.

i bet coldplay will win.

[blackkeys]

Dec 4, 2008 4:04:58 GMT sarahrose said:

OMG that's AWESOME. ;Dthough i don't think it's their best, but whatever.

i bet coldplay will win.

yeah i agree with you there on both accounts but it's exciting either way!

[kultbert]

thats pretty cool, but they're up against metallica and coldplay...i don#t think they#re gonna take this home, but it's just to awesome that they're even nominated! never expected that!

[Laura]

that's great even if they don't win!
shame that it wasn't with their best album though

[kultbert]

exactly

[coolcamarogirl]

This however is the sort of US recognition the guys were after! Congrats!

[Gunsfromsouth ;D]

Awww I'm so happy for them . Even though Coldplay will probably win, it would be amazing if the Kings actually did

[kol29]

They got Best Rock Song and Best Rock performance for Sex On Fire too i think!

[lardydar]

This is so cool...they must be stoked

[handsintheair]

Dec 4, 2008 4:04:58 GMT sarahrose said:

OMG that's AWESOME. ;Dthough i don't think it's their best, but whatever.

i bet coldplay will win.

Not if there's a God.

[Hamchop]

This is soooooooooo awesome!!! I got chills when I read it!!! I'm so happy for them!! I bet they are beside themselves. I bet they are blown away. I want to know how they feel about it!!!

[becs]

Coldplay better not win, they're terrible. But I can see it happening

[blackkeys]

coldplay or metallica will probably win but three grammy nods, it's still quite an honor. anyone else crossing fingers that their wish of US recognition will bring back the YAYM/ASH/BOTT days? i am i am i am

[xlouisex]

this is just incredible.
i am so happy for the boys... i never saw this coming! And i agree im sure coldplay will probably win but the boys still have another 2 chances.. maybe sex on fire will grab something

[aha shake pepscake]

They ain't got a chance against Kid Rock, nu-uh.

[Deleted]

Haha why is Kid Rock in there? I'm sorry, but really?

If KOL don't win (which they better had do!) I hope Metallica do ^_^

[aha shake pepscake]

I can't understand that either ahaha.
I saw him on the MTV awards, doing some kind of... duet with Lil Wayne (i think).
It was hilarious, he's basically just stolen that whole song from Lynyrd Skynyrd.

[blackkeys]

lynyrd skynyrd and warren zevon because he also took the background music from "werewolves of london." it's pretty horrendous

[coolcamarogirl]

With 110 (whaaat??) categories to choose from, I think they should have been nominated in the sexiest group / best singer / guitarist / bass player / drummer as well. Or don't these categories even exist, dunno, I got tired of scrolling down the grammy homepage.
And how come Coldplay is in every music category apart from R&B? They are definately gonna scoop the awards, I'm afraid I agree.
Good thing though KOL got nominated in the rock categories!