The nominations for the 2010 Grammy awards were announced Wednesday night, but were there really any surprises on the list?
Yes, but not in the categories you might expect.
Some fans have protested, but everyone already knew that the Grammy selection committee was going to snub Lady Gaga in the Best New Artist category because she was already nominated for an award last year for her single “Just Dance.”
We’re not sure why anybody is surprised that this would disqualify her from the category—after all, she clearly isn’t a new artist anymore.
This year’s Best New Artist nominees do include experimental indie-rockers MGMT, electro-pop duo Ting Tings, country group Zac Brown Band, R&B singer Keri Hilson, and CW-approved indie rockers Silversun Pickups.
Technically, these aren’t really new bands either. Silversun Pickups released their debut album in 2006, but this is probably their first Grammy nod.
Inexplicably nominated for song of the year at the 2010 Grammy Awards, Kings of Leon’s “Use Somebody” was actually released in 2008. The Grammy rules are a mystery to us.
Anyone who isn’t sick of seeing Taylor Swift everywhere will be happy to know that the teen sensation was nominated for eight 2010 Grammys.
(Read: Beyonce on VMAs: “Kanye was Standing up for Art”)
Anyone wishing to see a repeat of this year’s West vs Swift melodramatic nonsense at the MTV VMAs is also in luck: Beyonce Knowles has been nominated for ten Grammys, including categories in which she’ll be pitted against Swift, so, y’know, if Swift wins, West can come defend Knowles again.
We’re not sure how or why, but West himself was nominated for six awards. West had been scheduled to tour with Lady Gaga, but was suddenly dropped from the tour before it launched.
Other top 2010 Grammy nominees:
Best New Artist
Zac Brown Band
Keri Hilson
MGMT
Silversun Pickups
The Ting Tings
Record of the Year
“Halo” by Beyonce
“I Gotta Feeling” by Black Eyed Peas
“Use Somebody” by Kings of Leon
“Poker Face” by Lady Gaga
“You Belong” with Me by Taylor Swift
Album of the Year
I am…Sasha Fierce by Beyonce
The E.N.D. by Black Eyed Peas
The Fame by Lady Gaga
Big Whiskey and the Groogrux King by Dave Matthews Band
Fearless by Taylor Swift
Song of the Year
“Poker Face” by Lady Gaga
“Pretty Wings” by Maxwell
“Use Somebody” by Kings of Leon
“You Belong with Me” by Taylor Swift
Complete 2010 Grammy Nominations, here.
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