Nominations for the 50th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

The first six categories are listed here in brief. All categories and other details are available at http://www.grammy.com/Grammy_Awards/50th_show/list.aspx. Radiohead did not make the list. Be that neither here nor there, one has to ask — as is the case every year — what the fiddle?

Category 1 – 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.)

“Irreplaceable,” Beyoncé
“The Pretender,” Foo Fighters
“Umbrella,” Rihanna Featuring Jay-Z
“What Goes Around…Comes Around,” Justin Timberlake
“Rehab ,” Amy Winehouse

Category 2 – 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.)

Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace, Foo Fighters
These Days, Vince Gill
River: The Joni Letters, Herbie Han*****
Graduation, Kanye West
Back To Black, Amy Winehouse

Category 3 – 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.)

“Before He Cheats,” Josh Kear & Chris Tompkins, songwriters (Carrie Underwood)
“Hey There Delilah,” Tom Higgenson, songwriter (Plain White T’s)
“Like A Star,” Corinne Bailey Rae, songwriter (Corinne Bailey Rae)
“Rehab,” Amy Winehouse, songwriter (Amy Winehouse)
“Umbrella,” Shawn Carter, Kuk Harrell, Terius “Dream” Nash & Christopher Stewart, songwriters (Rihanna Featuring Jay-Z)

Category 4 – Best New Artist
(For a new artist who releases, during the Eligibility Year, the first recording which establishes the public identity of that artist.)

Feist
Ledisi
Paramore
Taylor Swift
Amy Winehouse

Category 5 – Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

“Candyman,” Christina Aguilera
“1234,” Feist
“Big Girls Don’t Cry,” Fergie
“Say It Right,” Nelly Furtado
“Rehab,” Amy Winehouse

Category 6 – Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

“Everything,” Michael Bublé
“Belief,” John Mayer
“Dance Tonight,” Paul McCartney
“Amazing,” Seal
“What Goes Around…Comes Around,” Justin Timberlake
http://www.grammy.com/Grammy_Awards/50th_show/list.aspx