FACTBOX-Grammy nominees in leading categories
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SONG OF THE YEAR (a songwriter's award) - (Reuters) - Following are the nominees in the top categories for the 50th annual Grammy Awards, the music industry's highest honours, which will be presented in Los Angeles on February 10. Nominees were announced on Thursday.

RECORD OF THE YEAR

Irreplaceable - Beyonce

The Pretender - Foo Fighters

Umbrella - Rihanna, featuring Jay-Z

What Goes Around ... Comes Around - Justin Timberlake

Rehab - Amy Winehouse

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace - Foo Fighters

These Days - Vince Gill

River: The Joni Letters - Herbie Hancock

Graduation - Kanye West

Back to Black - Amy Winehouse

SONG OF THE YEAR (a songwriter's award)

Before He Cheats - Josh Kear, Chris Tompkins (Carrie Underwood, artist)

Hey There Delilah - Tom Higgenson (Plain White T's, artist)

Like a Star - Corinne Bailey Rae

Rehab - Amy Winehouse

Umbrella - Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter, Kuk Harrell, Terius "The-Dream" Nash, Christopher Stewart (Rihanna, featuring Jay-Z, artist)

BEST NEW ARTIST

Feist

Ledisi

Paramore

Taylor Swift

Amy Winehouse

POP VOCAL ALBUM

Lost Highway - Bon Jovi

The Reminder - Feist

It Won't Be Soon Before Long - Maroon 5

Memory Almost Full - Paul McCartney

Back to Black - Amy Winehouse

ROCK ALBUM

Daughtry - Daughtry

Revival - John Fogerty

Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace - Foo Fighters

Magic - Bruce Springsteen

Sky Blue Sky - Wilco

R&B ALBUM

Funk This - Chaka Khan

Lost & Found - Ledisi

Luvanmusiq - Musiq Soulchild

The Real Thing - Jill Scott

Sex, Love & Pain - Tank

RAP ALBUM

Finding Forever - Common

Kingdom Come - Jay-Z

Hip Hop is Dead - Nas

T.I. vs. T.I.P. - T.I.

Graduation - Kanye West

COUNTRY ALBUM

Long Trip Alone - Dierks Bentley

These Days - Vince Gill

Let It Go - Tim McGraw

5th Gear - Brad Paisley

It Just Comes Natural - George Strait

(Reporting by Dean Goodman; Editing by Steve Gorman and Xavier Briand)

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Oh God Kanye West is nominated. Let me say again, I hope he realizes what is real important and not have a heart attack (or racially attack) if he doesn't win a grammy. He just lost his mother. Life is more important.

my picks

SONG OF THE YEAR
What Goes Around ... Comes Around - Justin Timberlake


ALBUM OF THE YEAR
don't care for any of them, I suppose Amy Winehouse


SONG OF THE YEAR
Umbrella - Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter, Kuk Harrell, Terius "The-Dream" Nash, Christopher Stewart (Rihanna, featuring Jay-Z, artist)

BEST NEW ARTIST
Feist


POP VOCAL ALBUM
It Won't Be Soon Before Long - Maroon 5 (I would love to see McCartney win also)

ROCK ALBUM
Magic - Bruce Springsteen

R&B ALBUM
Funk This - Chaka Khan

RAP ALBUM
Kingdom Come - Jay-Z

COUNTRY ALBUM
Let It Go - Tim McGraw

I dont feel like going through that whole list but I hope Amy wins for album of the year. Or Graduation.

It's a shame that Neon Bible (Arcade Fire) was only nominated in the "alternative" category. It needs to swap places with Foo Fighters in the Album of the Year cat. Foo's record is good, but nowhere near as good as their older work, and in the other hand, Neon Bible is an instant classic.

Ohh, and where's Fall Out Boy? Not one nomination? What about Pink's "Who Knew"?

Some of my picks...

RECORD OF THE YEAR
Amy Winehouse, "Rehab"

ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Back to Black (Amy Winehouse)

SONG OF THE YEAR
"Umbrella" written by: Shawn Carter, Kuk Harrell, Terius "Dream" Nash & Christopher Stewart

BEST NEW ARTIST
Amy Winehouse

BEST FEMALE POP VOCAL
Christina Aguilera, "Candyman"

BEST MALE POP VOCAL
Justin Timberlake, "What Goes Around... Comes Around"

BEST POP COLLABORATION WITH VOCALS
Tony Bennett and Christina Aguilera, "Steppin' Out"