The nominees for the GRAMMY Awards 2011 are out! The nominees were announced during “The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live!! – Countdown To Music’s Biggest Night,” a one hour special live television broadcast on CBS from Club Nokia at Los Angeles.
Rapper Eminem leads The GRAMMY Awards Nominations with 10. The 38-year-old hip-hop star’s triumphant comeback this 2010 landed him with 3 big nominations: Best Album for his album “Recovery,” and and Record and Song of the Year for “Love the Way You Lie,” featuring Rihanna.
Newcomer Bruno Mars came in second with 7 GRAMMY Nominations, most of which came from his collaboration for B.o.B’s “Nothin’ On You.”
Jay-Z, Lady Antebellum, and Lady Gaga each garner six. Lady Gaga and Lady Antebellum were also nominated for Album of the Year together with Arcade Fire, Katty Perry, and Eminem.
GRAMMY AWARDS 2011
Canadian teen idol Justin Bieber will compete for Best New Artist Award alongside Drake, Florence & the Machine, Mumford & Sons and jazz artist Esperanza Spaulding.
The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live!! — Countdown To Music’s Biggest Night,” was hosted by LL Cool J with performances by Justin Bieber, Miranda Lambert, Bruno Mars, B.o.B, Train, and Katy Perry. Presenters included Selena Gomez, Craig Ferguson, Dave Grohl, Hayley Williams, and Stevie Wonder.
The 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards will be held on Feb. 13, 2011, at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles and will be broadcast live on CBS from 8 – 11:30 p.m. (ET/PT).