Eminem Leads 53rd Annual Grammy Awards Nominations – Scores 10 Nominations (See List)

The nominees for the 53rd annual Grammy Awards, a.k.a. the biggest night in music, were announced tonight with a live concert in Los Angeles.


Eminem leads this year’s nominees with a whopping 10 nominations, including a few in the major categories like Album of the Year for “Recovery,” and Record of the Year and Song of the Year for “Love The Way You Lie” featuring Rihanna.

However, despite his 10 nods, Eminem can only scoop a maximum of nine trophies - in the Best Rap Song category, Love The Way You Lie and his solo track Not Afraid are both nominated. Eminem was revealed as the frontrunner during Wednesday night's Grammy Nominations Concert in Los Angeles,

A surprise nod comes in the Best Male Pop Vocal Performance section - the late Michael Jackson is nominated for his track This Is It, which faces Michael Buble, Adam Lambert, Bruno Mars and John Mayer in the category.

The Grammy Awards will take place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on February 13th.

The main list of nominees is as follows:
 
Record Of The Year:

 Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
 B.o.B featuring Bruno Mars - Nothin' on You
 Eminem featuring Rihanna - Love the Way You Lie
 Cee Lo Green - F**k You
 Jay-Z and Alicia Keys - Empire State of Mind
 Lady Antebellum - Need You Now
 
Song Of The Year:

 Lady Antebellum - Need You Now
 Eminem featuring Rihanna - Love The Way You Lie
 Miranda Lambert - The House That Built Me
 Cee Lo Green - F**k You
 Ray LaMontagne And The Pariah Dogs - Beg Steal Or Borrow
 
Best New Artist:

 Justin Bieber
 Drake
 Florence & The Machine
 Mumford & Sons
 Esperanza Spalding
 
Album Of The Year:

 Eminem - Recovery
 Lady Antebellum - Need You Now
 Lady Gaga - The Fame Monster
 Katy Perry - Teenage Dream
 
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance:

 Sara Bareilles - King Of Anything
 Beyonce - Halo (Live)
 Norah Jones - Chasing Pirates
 Lady Gaga - Bad Romance
 Katy Perry - Teenage Dream
 
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance:

 Michael Buble - Haven't Met You Yet
 Michael Jackson - This Is It
 Adam Lambert - Whataya Want From Me
 Bruno Mars - Just The Way You Are
 John Mayer - Half Of My Heart
 
Best Female Country Vocal Performance:

 Jewel - Satisfied
 Miranda Lambert - The House That Built Me
 LeAnn Rimes - Swingin'
 Carrie Underwood - Temporary Home
 Gretchen Wilson - I'd Love To Be Your Last
 
Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals:

 Glee Cast - Don't Stop Believin' (Regionals Version)
 Maroon 5 - Misery
 Paramore - The Only Exception
 Sade - Babyfather
 Train - Hey, Soul Sister (Live)
 
Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals:

 B.o.B, Eminem & Hayley Williams - Airplanes, Part II
 Herbie Hancock, Pink, India.Arie, Seal, Konono No 1, Jeff Beck & Oumou
 Sangare - Imagine
 Elton John & Leon Russell - If It Wasn't For Bad
 Lady Gaga & Beyonce - Telephone
 Katy Perry & Snoop Dogg - California Gurls
 
Best Pop Vocal Album:

 Justin Bieber - My World 2.0
 Susan Boyle - I Dreamed A Dream
 Lady Gaga - The Fame Monster
 John Mayer - Battle Studies
 Katy Perry - Teenage Dream
 
Best Country Song:

 George Strait - The Breath You Take
 Zac Brown Band - Free
 Miranda Lambert - The House That Built Me
 Gretchen Wilson - I'd Love To Be Your Last
 The Band Perry - If I Die Young
 Lady Antebellum - Need You Now
 
Best Country Album:

 Dierks Bentley - Up On The Ridge
 Zac Brown Band - You Get What You Give
 Jamey Johnson - The Guitar Song
 Lady Antebellum - Need You Now
 Miranda Lambert - Revolution
 
Best Rock Song:

 Neil Young - Angry World
 Mumford & Sons - Little Lion Man
 Kings Of Leon - Radioactive
 Muse - Resistance
 The Black Keys - Tighten Up
 
Best Rock Album:

 Jeff Beck - Emotion & Commotion
 Muse - The Resistance
 Pearl Jam - Backspacer
 Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - Mojo
 Neil Young - Le Noise
 
Best R&B Song:

 Fantasia - Bittersweet
 Jaheim - Finding My Way Back
 El DeBarge - Second Chance
 John Legend & The Roots - Shine
 Kem - Why Would You Stay
 
Best R&B Album:

 Raheem DeVaughn - The Love & War Masterpeace
 Fantasia - Back To Me
 Jaheim - Another Round
 John Legend & The Roots - Wake Up!
 Monica - Still Standing
 
Best Rap Song:

 Jay-Z and Alicia Keys - Empire State Of Mind
 Eminem and Rihanna - Love The Way You Lie
 Eminem - Not Afraid
 B.o.B and Bruno Mars - Nothin' On You
 Jay-Z and Swizz Beatz - On To The Next One
 
Best Rap Album:

 B.o.B - The Adventures Of Bobby Ray
 Drake - Thank Me Later
 Eminem - Recovery
 Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3
 The Roots - How I Got Over
 
Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media:

 Crazy Heart, Various Artists
 Glee: The Music, Volume 1, Glee Cast
 Treme, Various Artists
 True Blood-Volume 2, Various Artists
 The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, Various Artists.

Novembers Top 10 Songs!!!

~TOP 10 SONGS November 2010~M2
RANK	SONG TITLE	ARTIST
1	We R Who We R	Ke$ha
2	Like a G6	Far East Movement,The Cataracs & Dev
3	Firework	Katy Perry
4	The Time (Dirty Bit)	Black Eyed Peas
5	Only Girl (In The World)	Rihanna
6	What's My Name?	Rihanna & Drake
7	Raise Your Glass	P!nk
8	Just A Dream	Nelly
9	Just The Way You Are	Bruno Mars
10	Teenage Dream (Glee Cast Version)	Glee Cast

Black Eyed Peas To Headline Super Bowl Half-Time Show

The Black Eyed Peas is all set to perform at the Bridgestone Super Bowl XLV Halftime Show on February 6, 2011.

The Black Eyed Peas have crushed Kenny Chesney's hopes of headlining the 2011 Super Bowl half-time show after football bosses named the pop stars as next year's main act.

Earlier this year, Chesney threw his cowboy hat in the ring for consideration as a performer for the big game in Arlington, Texas after fans created a Facebook page online, called Kenny Chesney for Super Bowl 2011.

He told reporters: "I would love to do half-time at the Super Bowl. That'd be fun."

The Grammy Award-winning group, which includes Fergie, 35, will.i.am, 35, Taboo, 35, and apl.de.ap, 35, will follow this year's featured act, The Who,  Prince, Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street band, The Rolling Stones and U2 have all previously performed at the annual event, which hit headlines in 2004 when Justin Timberlake partially exposed one of Janet Jackson's breasts on stage during a duet.

Akon Considers 'Burning' His Michael Jackson Tapes

Akon has a stash of recordings he made with the late Michael Jackson, but he's threatened to "burn" the tapes because he doesn't want to release any music which was left "unfinished".

The R&B star's duet with the Thriller hit-maker, Hold My Hand, is set to become the first single from Jackson's upcoming posthumous album Michael.

Akon said he has plenty of other recordings they made together, but he doesn't want to hang on to them in case he is tempted to rework them because his idol wouldn't have wanted him to release incomplete tracks.

He tells MTV.com, "Me and Mike worked on a lot of concepts before he passed. 'Hold My Hand' was one of the records that was actually fully complete; the rest of the records are incomplete.

"They're just ideas, concepts, harmonies and stuff like that which the world will probably never see because I wouldn't want to put it out unfinished -- so I might just burn it after this interview, 'cause I might just get tempted to do a remix!

"I know at the end of the day if it wasn't fully complete, I don't think he would see it released that way. I probably wouldn't ever put myself in a position to make that choice."