The 51st Annual GRAMMY Awards will be held on Feb. 8, 2009, at Staples Center in Los Angeles and broadcast live in high definition TV and 5.1 surround sound on CBS from 8 – 11:30 p.m. EST

Full list of nominations after the jump

Album of the Year

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

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

Best New Artist

Adele
Duffy
Jonas Brothers
Lady Antebellum
Jazmine Sullivan

Song Of The Year

“American Boy” — William Adams, Keith Harris, Josh Lopez,
Caleb Speir, John Stephens, Estelle Swaray & Kanye West,
songwriters (Estelle Featuring Kanye West)
“Chasing Pavements” — Adele Adkins & Eg White, songwriters (Adele)
“I’m Yours” — Jason Mraz, songwriter (Jason Mraz)
“Love Song” — Sara Bareilles, songwriter (Sara Bareilles)
“Viva La Vida” — Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion,
& Chris Martin, songwriters (Coldplay)

POP FIELD
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Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals:

“Viva La Vida” — Coldplay
“Waiting In The Weeds” — Eagles
“Going On” — Gnarls Barkley
“Won’t Go Home Without You” — Maroon 5
“Apologize” — OneRepublic

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals:

“Lesson Learned” — Alicia Keys & John Mayer
“4 Minutes” — Madonna, Justin Timberlake & Timbaland
“Rich Woman” — Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
“If I Never See Your Face Again” — Rihanna & Maroon 5
“No Air” — Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown

Best Pop Vocal Album:

Detours — Sheryl Crow
Rockferry — Duffy
Long Road Out Of Eden — Eagles
Spirit — Leona Lewis
Covers — James Taylor

DANCE FIELD
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Best Dance Recording:

“Harder Better Faster Stronger” — Daft Punk
“Ready For The Floor” — Hot Chip
“Just Dance” — Lady Gaga & Colby O’Donis
“Give It 2 Me” —Madonna
“Disturbia” — Rihanna
“Black & Gold” — Sam Sparro

TRADITIONAL POP FIELD
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Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album:

Still Unforgettable — Natalie Cole
The Sinatra Project — Michael Feinstein
Noël — Josh Groban
In The Swing Of Christmas — Barry Manilow
Rufus Does Judy At Carnegie Hall — Rufus Wainwright

ROCK FIELD
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Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals:

“Rock ‘N Roll Train” — AC/DC
“Violet Hill” — Coldplay
“Long Road Out Of Eden” — Eagles
“Sex On Fire” — Kings Of Leon
“House Of Cards” — Radiohead

Best Rock Song:

“Girls In Their Summer Clothes” — Bruce Springsteen,
songwriter (Bruce Springsteen)
“House Of Cards” — Colin Greenwood, Jonny Greenwood,
Ed O’Brien, Philip Selway & Thom Yorke,

Songwriters (Radiohead)
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” I Will Possess Your Heart ” — Benjamin Gibbard,
Nicholas Harmer, Jason McGerr & Christopher Walla,

songwriters (Death Cab For Cutie)
“Sex On Fire” — Caleb Followill, Jared Followill,
Matthew Followill & Nathan Followill, songwriters

(Kings Of Leon)
“Violet Hill” — Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion,
& Chris Martin, songwriters (Coldplay)

Best Rock Album:

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

R&B FIELD
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Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals:

“Ribbon In The Sky” — Boyz II Men
“Words” — Anthony David Featuring Indie.Arie
“Stay With Me (By The Sea)” — Al Green Featuring John Legend
“I’m His Only Woman” — Jennifer Hudson Featuring Fantasia
“Never Give You Up” — Raphael Saadiq Featuring Stevie Wonder & CJ Hilton

Best Urban/Alternative Performance:

“Say Goodbye To Love” — Kenna
“Wanna Be” — Maiysha
“Be OK” — Chrisette Michele Featuring will.i.am
“Many Moons” — Janelle Monae
“Lovin You (Music)” — Wayna Featuring Kokayi

Best R&B Album:

Love & Life — Eric Benét
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 FIELD
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Best Rap/Sung Collaboration:

“American Boy” — Estelle Featuring Kanye West
“Low” — Flo Rida Featuring T-Pain
“Green Light” — John Legend & Andre 3000
“Got Money” — Lil Wayne Featuring T-Pain
“Superstar” — Lupe Fiasco Featuring Matthew Santos

Best Rap Song:

“Lollipop” — D. Carter, S. Garrett, D.Harrison,
J. Scheffer & R. Zamor, songwriters (Lil Wayne Featuring Static Major)
“Low” — T. Dillard, M. Humphrey & T-Pain,
songwriters (Flo Rida Featuring T-Pain)
“Sexual Eruption” — Calvin Broadus, S. Lovejoy
& D. Stewart, songwriters (Snoop Dogg)
“Superstar” — Lupe Fiasco & Soundtrakk, songwriter (Lupe Fiasco Featuring Matthew Santos)
“Swagga Like Us” — D. Carter, S. Carter, Clifford Harris, & Kanye West, songwriters
(M. Arulpragasam, N.
Headon, M. Jones, J. Mellor, T. Pentz, P. Simonon, songwriters)
(Jay-Z & T.I. Featuring Kanye West & Lil Wayne)

Best Rap Album:

American Gangster — Jay-Z
Tha Carter III — Lil Wayne
The Cool — Lupe Fiasco
Nas — Nas
Paper Trail — T.I.

COUNTRY FIELD
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Best Country Collaboration With Vocals:

“Shiftwork” — Kenny Chesney & George Strait
“Killing The Blues” — Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
“House Of Cash” — George Strait & Patty Loveless
“Life In A Northern Town” — Sugarland, Jake Owen & Little Big Town
“Let The Wind Chase You” — Trisha Yearwood & Keith Urban

Best Country Song:

“Dig Two Graves” — Ashley Gorley & Bob Regan,
songwriters (Randy Travis)
“I Saw God Today” — Rodney Clawson, Monty Criswell
& Wade Kirby, songwriters (George Strait)
“In Color” — Jamey Johnson, Lee Thomas Miller
& James Otto, songwriters (Jamey Johnson)
“Stay” — Jennifer Nettles, songwriter (Sugarland)
“You’re Gonna Miss This” — Ashley Gorley & Lee Thomas Miller, songwriters (Trace Adkins)

Best 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

JAZZ FIELD
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Best 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:
Miles From India — (Various Artists) Bob Belden,
Lifecycle — Yellowjackets Featuring Mike Stern

Best Jazz Vocal Album:
Imagina: Songs Of Brasil — Karrin Allyson
Breakfast On The Morning Tram — Stacey Kent
If Less Is More…Nothing Is Everything — Kate McGarry
Loverly — Cassandra Wilson
Distances — Norma Winstone (Glauco Venier & Klaus Gesing)

Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical:

Danger Mouse, Nigel Godrich, Johnny Karkazis, Rick Rubin and will.i.am.

Source: http://www.wset.com/

UNICEF Snowflake Lighting – November 19 – [HQ]

Gucci Tattoo Heart Collection to Benefit UNICEF – Reception – November 19 – [HQ]

Gucci Tattoo Heart Collection to Benefit UNICEF – Dinner – November 19 – [HQ]

Rihanna has a foot fetish of sorts.

“I love buying stuff – bags and shoes. I love shoes. I love fashion,” the singer says with a sigh.

So her new collaboration with Gucci is a deal made in sartorial heaven. She’s the face of the luxe Italian brand’s Tattoo Heart accessory collection. Twenty-five percent of sales from the line will be donated to UNICEF.

The collection, on sale now through Jan. 31, was kicked off with a glitzy launch party at Gucci’s flagship store. During a joint interview at the Plaza Hotel before the bash, Gucci creative director Frida Giannini said selecting the chart-topping and fashion-forward songstress to front the do-gooder line was a no-brainer.

“She represents the perfect Gucci woman. She’s so talented, she’s so fresh, she’s so beautiful,” Giannini says. “She’s putting her face, as a celebrity, to a very right cause that’s dear to all of us.

“We became good friends and we started to play together. The time we spend together is very light. We’re always having fun.”

The ad campaign, Giannini says, focuses on “the beauty of Rihanna.”

As for Rihanna, “I’m so proud when I see it because I would never have thought, in a million years, that I’d be a spokesperson for Gucci. It’s such a massive brand,” she says.

Rihanna, 20, dreams of creating her own collection, and she has Giannini serving as her own personal Tim Gunn-esque design guru.

“I love designing. Frida’s helping me develop as a designer,” Rihanna says. “We’ve been collaborating on some designs. We’ve been doing it together, so far for Gucci, but later on in life I want to become a designer.”

For now, Rihanna is enjoying the other perks of her collaboration with Gucci. “I was always a good customer, but now we have a very special relationship. Frida sent me two of the new shoes from the spring collection, so I’m showing off because I’m one of the only ones (who has them),” she says, giggling.

Does she get goodies every day? “Not to that extent. That’s a little ridiculous. But every time I see them, they always bring me gifts.”

Next up for the singer, whose 2007 release Good Girl Gone Bad keeps generating hits? Some downtime.

“I don’t really need a big break if I have a good pace of work,” Rihanna says. “I’m going to have a little break at Christmastime and spend a little time with my family in Barbados. I like doing what I do. It’s a fun job.”

“I love Kanye,” she told radio DJs Ed Lover and Free on Power 105.1 FM. “It’s all from a good place.”

The artist also known as Sasha Fierce didn’t stop there with her praise, however, going on to confess, “I love Rihanna, I think she’s fantastic and she’s done an incredible job. I love all her records.”

Source: OK Magazine