Record Of The Year

Award to the Artist and to the Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s) and/or Mixer(s), if other than the artist.

And The Nominees Are:

Halo

Beyoncé

Beyoncé Knowles & Ryan Tedder, producers; Jim Caruana, Mark "Spike" Stent & Ryan Tedder, engineers/mixers

Track from: I Am... Sasha Fierce

[Music World Music / Columbia]

I Gotta Feeling

The Black Eyed Peas

David Guetta & Frédéric Riesterer, producers; will.i.am, Dylan "3-D" Dresdow & Padraic "Padlock" Kerin, engineers/mixers

[Interscope]

Use Somebody

Kings Of Leon

Jacquire King & Angelo Petraglia, producers; Jacquire King, engineer/mixer

[RCA Records]

Poker Face

Lady Gaga

RedOne, producer; Robert Orton, RedOne & Dave Russell, engineers/mixers

Track from: The Fame

[Streamline/Interscope/Konlive/Cherrytree]

You Belong With Me

Taylor Swift

Nathan Chapman & Taylor Swift, producers; Chad Carlson & Justin Niebank, engineers/mixers

[Big Machine Records]

DENA - POKER FACE

LISA - YOU BELONG TO ME

Album Of The Year

Award to the Artist(s) and to the Album Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s)/Mixer(s) & Mastering Engineer(s), if other than the artist.

And The Nominees Are:

I Am... Sasha Fierce

Beyoncé

[Music World Music/Columbia]

The E.N.D.

The Black Eyed Peas

[Interscope Records]

The Fame

Lady Gaga

[Streamline/Interscope/Konlive/Cherrytree]

Big Whiskey And The Groogrux King

Dave Matthews Band

[RCA Records / Bama Rags Recordings, LLC.]

Fearless

Taylor Swift

[Big Machine Records]

DENA - THE FAME

LISA - FEARLESS

Song Of The Year

A Songwriter(s) Award. A song is eligible if it was first released or if it first achieved prominence during the Eligibility Year. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.

And The Nominees Are:

Poker Face

Lady Gaga & RedOne, songwriters (Lady Gaga)

Track from: The Fame

Pretty Wings

Hod David & Musze, songwriters (Maxwell)

Track from: Blacksummers' Night

Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)

Thaddis Harrell, Beyoncé Knowles, Terius Nash & Christopher Stewart, songwriters (Beyoncé)

Track from: I Am... Sasha Fierce

Use Somebody

Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill & Nathan Followill, songwriters (Kings Of Leon)

You Belong With Me

Liz Rose & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift)

Track from: Fearless

DENA - POKER FACE

LISA - YOU BELONG WITH ME

(Are you noticing a trend here???)

Best New Artist (aka the kiss of death award)

For a new artist who releases, during the Eligibility Year, the first recording which establishes the public identity of that artist.

And The Nominees Are:

Zac Brown Band

Keri Hilson

MGMT

Silversun Pickups

The Ting Tings

(Okay, confession -  we aren’t really big on any of these artists, but we have to choose, so....)

DENA - THE TING-TINGS

LISA - ZAC BROWN BAND

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.

And The Nominees Are:

Hometown Glory

Adele

Track from: 19

[XL/Columbia]

Halo

Beyoncé

Track from: I Am... Sasha Fierce

[Music World Music / Columbia]

Hot N Cold

Katy Perry

[Capitol]

Sober

Pink

Track from: Funhouse

[LaFace Records]

You Belong With Me

Taylor Swift

Track from: Fearless

[Big Machine Records]

DENA - HALO

LISA - YOU BELONG TO ME

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance

For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.

And The Nominees Are:

This Time

John Legend

Track from: Evolver

[G.O.O.D. Music/Columbia]

Love You

Maxwell

Track from: Blacksummers' Night

[Columbia]

Make It Mine

Jason Mraz

Track from: We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things.

[Atlantic]

If You Don't Know Me By Now

Seal

Track from: Soul

[143/Warner Bros.]

All About The Love Again

Stevie Wonder

[Hidden Beach Records]

(Seriously? These are the nominees? Has anybody heard these songs?)

DENA - LOVE YOU

LISA - IF YOU DON’T KNOW ME BY NOW

Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

For established duos or groups, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.

And The Nominees Are:

I Gotta Feeling

The Black Eyed Peas

Track from: The E.N.D.

[Interscope Records]

We Weren't Born To Follow

Bon Jovi

[Island]

Never Say Never

The Fray

Track from: The Fray

[Epic]

Sara Smile

Daryl Hall & John Oates

Track from: Live At The Troubadour

[Shout! Factory]

Kids

MGMT

Track from: Oracular Spectacular

[Columbia]

(Again, seriously?)

DENA - I GOT A FEELING

LISA - I GOT A FEELING

Best Pop Vocal Album

For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.

And The Nominees Are:

The E.N.D.

The Black Eyed Peas

[Interscope Records]

Breakthrough

Colbie Caillat

[Universal Republic Records]

All I Ever Wanted

Kelly Clarkson

[RCA Records / 19 Recordings LLC./ S Records]

The Fray

The Fray

[Epic]

Funhouse

Pink

[LaFace Records]

DENA - THE E.N.D

LISA - FUNHOUSE