Beyonce and Taylor Swift Lead 2010 Grammy Award Nominations

Beyonce, Swift–my question is “Where is Kanye?”. Seems like Beyonce and Swift have been linked this year, and that continues as the 2010 Grammy Awards nominee list was released yesterday. Beyonce leads the pack with 10 nods, and Swift is one step behind with 8. Both are up for Song of the Year, Record of the Year, Album of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.

Album of the Year:

“I Am…Sasha Fierce” – Beyonce Knowles
“The E.N.D.” – Black Eyed Peas
“The Fame” – Lady GaGa
“Fearless” – Taylor Swift

Record of the year:

“Halo” – Beyonce Knowles
“I Gotta Feeling” – Black Eyed Peas
“Use Somebody” – Kings of Leon
“Poker Face” – Lady GaGa
“You Belong with Me” – Taylor Swift

Song of the Year:

“Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)” – Beyonce Knowles
“Poker Face” – Lady GaGa
“Pretty Wings” – Maxwell
“Use Somebody” – Kings of Leon
“You Belong with Me” – Taylor Swift

Best Rap Solo Performance:

“Best I Ever Had” – Drake
“Beautiful” – Eminem
“D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)” – Jay-Z
“Day ‘N’ Nite” – Kid Cudi
“Casa Bey” – Mos Def

Best Rock Album:

“Black Ice” – AC/DC
“Live From Madison Square Garden” – Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood
“21st Century Breakdown” – Green Day
“Big Whiskey and the Groogrux King” – Dave Matthews Band
“No Line on the Horizon” – U2

Best New Artist:

Zac Brown Band
Keri Hilson
MGMT
Silversun Pickups
The Ting Tings

Best Pop Vocal Album:

Black Eyed Peas – “The E.N.D.”
Colbie Caillat – “Breakthrough”
Kelly Clarkson – “All I Ever Wanted”
The Fray – “The Fray”
Pink – “Funhouse”

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance:

Beyonce Knowles – “Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)”
Melanie Fiona – “It Kills Me”
Lalah Hathaway – “That Was Then”
Ledisi – “Goin’ Thru Changes”
Jazmine Sullivan – “Lions, Tigers & Bears”

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance:

Anthony Hamilton – “The Point of It All”
Maxwell – “Pretty Wings”
Musiq Soulchild – “Sobeautiful”
Pleasure P – “Under”
Charlie Wilson – “There Goes My Baby”

Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals:

Jamie Foxx & T-Pain – “Blame It”
India.Arie & Musiq Soulchild – “Chocolate High”
Musiq Soulchild & Mary J. Blige – “Ifuleave”
Robert Randolph & The Clark Sisters – “Higher Ground”
Calvin Richardson & Ann Nesby – “Love Has Finally Come at Last”

Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance:

Beyonce Knowles – “At Last”
Anthony Hamilton – “Soul Music”
Boney James & Quinn- “Don’t Let Me Be Lonely Tonight”
Ann Nesby – “Sow Love”
Calvin Richardson – “Woman Gotta Have It”

Best R&B Song:

Jamie Foxx & T-Pain – “Blame It”
Jazmine Sullivan – “Lions, Tigers & Bears”
Maxwell – “Pretty Wings”
Beyonce Knowles – “Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)”
Pleasure P – “Under”

Best R&B Album:

Anthony Hamilton – “The Point of It All”
India.Arie – “Testimony: Vol. 2, Love & Politics”
Ledisi – “Turn Me Loose”
Maxwell – “BLACKsummers’night”
Charlie Wilson – “Uncle Charlie”

Best Contemporary R&B Album:

Beyonce Knowles – “I Am…Sasha Fierce”
Jamie Foxx – “Intuition”
Pleasure P – “The Introduction of Marcus Cooper”
Trey Songz – “Ready”
T-Pain – “Thr33 Ringz”

Best Rap Performance By a Duo or Group:

Beastie Boys & Nas – “Too Many Rappers”
Eminem, Dr. Dre & 50 Cent – “Crack A Bottle”
Fabolous & Jay-Z – “Money Goes, Honey Stay”
Kid Cudi, Kanye West & Common – “Make Her Say”
Kanye West & Young Jeezy – “Amazing”

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration:

Beyonce Knowles & Kanye West – “Ego”
Keri Hilson, Kanye West & Ne-Yo – “Knock You Down”
Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West – “Run This Town”
The Lonely Island & T-Pain – “I’m On A Boat”
T.I. & Justin Timberlake – “Dead And Gone”

Best Rap Song:

“Best I Ever Had” – Drake
“Day ‘N’ Nite” – Kid Cudi
“Dead And Gone” – T.I. & Justin Timberlake
“D.O.A. (Death Of Auto-Tune)” – Jay-Z
“Run This Town” – Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West

Best Rap Album:

“Universal Mind Control” – Common
“Relapse” – Eminem
“R.O.O.T.S.” – Flo Rida
“The Ecstatic” – Mos Def
“The Renaissance” – Q-Tip

Best Song Written for Motion Picture, Television, or Other Visual Media

Miley Cyrus – “The Climb” (From “Hannah Montana: The Movie”)
Paramore – “Decode” (From “Twilight)
A.R. Rahman, Sukhvinder Singh, Tanvi Shah, Mahalaxmi Iyer & Vijay Prakash – “Jai Ho” (From “Slumdog Millionaire”)
Beyonce Knowles – “Once in a Lifetime” (From “Cadillac Records”)
Bruce Springsteen – “The Wrestler” (From “The Wrestler”)

You can get the full Nominee list at the Grammy’s site (there’s a ton), but thoseare some of the “major” categories. The Award ceremonies (the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards) will be held on January 31, 2010 in Los Angeles, California.