The 53rd Annual Grammy Awards List Of Nominees (2011)

Here are the list of nominees for 53rd Annual Grammy Award, announced during thew Grammy Nominations Concert (December 1).

Rapper Eminem led the pack with a total 10 Grammy nominations followed by Bruno Mars with 7 nod. Jay-Z and Lady GaGa each received 6 nominations.

The 53rd annual Grammy Awards will air live on CBS from Los Angeles's Staples Center on Feb. 13, 2011.

Record of the Year

NOTHIN' ON YOU - B.o.B Featuring Bruno Mars

LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE - Eminem Featuring Rihanna

F*** YOU - Cee Lo Green

EMPIRE STATE OF MIND - Jay-Z & Alicia Keys

NEED YOU NOW - Lady Antebellum

Album of the Year

THE SUBURBS - Arcade Fire

RECOVERY - Eminem

NEED YOU NOW - Lady Antebellum

THE FAME MONSTER - Lady Gaga

TEENAGE DREAM - Katy Perry

Song of the Year

BEG STEAL OR BORROW - Ray LaMontagne, songwriter (Ray LaMontagne And The Pariah Dogs)

F*** YOU - Cee Lo Green, Philip Lawrence & Bruno Mars, songwriters (Cee Lo Green)

THE HOUSE THAT BUILT ME - Tom Douglas & Allen Shamblin, songwriters (Miranda Lambert)

LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE - Alexander Grant, Holly Hafferman & Marshall Mathers, songwriters (Eminem Featuring Rihanna)

NEED YOU NOW - Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley & Hillary Scott, songwriters (Lady Antebellum)

Best New Artist

JUSTIN BIEBER

DRAKE

FLORENCE & THE MACHINE

MUMFORD & SONS

ESPERANZA SPALDING

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

KING OF ANYTHING - Sara Bareilles

HALO (LIVE) - Beyoncé

CHASING PIRATES - Norah Jones

BAD ROMANCE - Lady Gaga

TEENAGE DREAM - Katy Perry

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance

HAVEN'T MET YOU YET - Michael Bublé

THIS IS IT - Michael Jackson

WHATAYA WANT FROM ME - Adam Lambert

JUST THE WAY YOU ARE - Bruno Mars

HALF OF MY HEART - John Mayer

Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals

DON'T STOP BELIEVIN' (REGIONALS VERSION) - Glee Cast

MISERY - Maroon 5

THE ONLY EXCEPTION - Paramore

BABYFATHER - Sade

HEY, SOUL SISTER (LIVE) - Train

Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals

AIRPLANES, PART II - B.o.B, Eminem & Hayley Williams

IMAGINE - Herbie Hancock, Pink, India.Arie, Seal, Konono No 1, Jeff Beck & Oumou Sangare

IF IT WASN'T FOR BAD - Elton John & Leon Russell

TELEPHONE - Lady Gaga & Beyoncé

CALIFORNIA GURLS - Katy Perry & Snoop Dogg

Best Pop Instrumental Performance

FLOW - Laurie Anderson

NESSUN DORMA - Jeff Beck

NO MYSTERY - Stanley Clarke

ORCHESTRAL INTRO - Gorillaz

SLEEPWALK - The Brian Setzer Orchestra

Best Pop Vocal Album

MY WORLD 2.0 - Justin Bieber

I DREAMED A DREAM - Susan Boyle

THE FAME MONSTER - Lady Gaga

BATTLE STUDIES - John Mayer

TEENAGE DREAM - Katy Perry

Best Dance Recording

ROCKET - Goldfrapp

IN FOR THE KILL - La Roux

DANCE IN THE DARK - Lady Gaga

ONLY GIRL (IN THE WORLD) - Rihanna

DANCING ON MY OWN - Robyn

Best Electronic/Dance Album

THESE HOPEFUL MACHINES - BT

FURTHER - The Chemical Brothers

HEAD FIRST - Goldfrapp

BLACK LIGHT - Groove Armada

LA ROUX - La Roux

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

CRAZY LOVE - Michael Bublé

THE GREATEST LOVE SONGS OF ALL TIME - Barry Manilow

LET IT BE ME: MATHIS IN NASHVILLE - Johnny Mathis

FLY ME TO THE MOON…THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK: VOLUME V - Rod Stewart

LOVE IS THE ANSWER - Barbra Streisand

Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance

RUN BACK TO YOUR SIDE - Eric Clapton

CROSSROADS - John Mayer

HELTER SKELTER - Paul McCartney

SILVER RIDER - Robert Plant

ANGRY WORLD - Neil Young

Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals

READY TO START - Arcade Fire

I PUT A SPELL ON YOU - Jeff Beck & Joss Stone

TIGHTEN UP - The Black Keys

RADIOACTIVE - Kings Of Leon

RESISTANCE - Muse

Best Hard Rock Performance

A LOOKING IN VIEW - Alice In Chains

LET ME HEAR YOU SCREAM - Ozzy Osbourne

BLACK RAIN - Soundgarden

BETWEEN THE LINES - Stone Temple Pilots

NEW FANG - Them Crooked Vultures

Best Metal Performance

EL DORADO - Iron Maiden

LET THE GUILT GO - Korn

IN YOUR WORDS - Lamb Of God

SUDDEN DEATH - Megadeth

WORLD PAINTED BLOOD - Slayer

Best Rock Instrumental Performance

HAMMERHEAD - Jeff Beck

BLACK MUD - The Black Keys

DO THE MURRAY - Los Lobos

KUNDALINI BONFIRE - Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds

THE DEATHLESS HORSIE - Dweezil Zappa

Best Rock Song

ANGRY WORLD - Neil Young, songwriter (Neil Young)

LITTLE LION MAN - Ted Dwane, Ben Lovett, Marcus Mumford & Country Winston, songwriters (Mumford & Sons)

RADIOACTIVE - Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill & Nathan Followill, songwriters (Kings Of Leon)

RESISTANCE - Matthew Bellamy, songwriter (Muse)

TIGHTEN UP - Dan Auerbach & Patrick Carney, songwriters (The Black Keys)

Best Rock Album

EMOTION & COMMOTION - Jeff Beck

THE RESISTANCE - Muse

BACKSPACER - Pearl Jam

MOJO - Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers

LE NOISE - Neil Young

Best Alternative Music Album

THE SUBURBS - Arcade Fire

INFINITE ARMS - Band Of Horses

BROTHERS - The Black Keys

BROKEN BELLS - Broken Bells

CONTRA - Vampire Weekend

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance

GONE ALREADY - Faith Evans

BITTERSWEET - Fantasia

EVERYTHING TO ME - Monica

TIRED - Kelly Price

HOLDING YOU DOWN (GOING IN CIRCLES) - Jazmine Sullivan

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance

SECOND CHANCE - El DeBarge

FINDING MY WAY BACK - Jaheim

WHY WOULD YOU STAY - Kem

WE'RE STILL FRIENDS - (Kirk Whalum &) Musiq Soulchild

THERE GOES MY BABY - Usher

Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

LOVE - Chuck Brown, Jill Scott & Marcus Miller

TAKE MY TIME - Chris Brown & Tank

YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND - Ronald Isley & Aretha Franklin

SHINE - John Legend & The Roots

SOLDIER OF LOVE - Sade

Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance

WHEN A WOMAN LOVES - R. Kelly

HANG ON IN THERE - John Legend & The Roots

YOU'RE SO AMAZING - Calvin Richardson

IN BETWEEN - Ryan Shaw

GO [LIVE] - Betty Wright

Best Urban/Alternative Performance

LITTLE ONE - Bilal

F*** YOU - Cee Lo Green

ORION - Carolyn Malachi

TIGHTROPE - Janelle Monáe & Big Boi

STILL - Eric Roberson

Best R&B Song

BITTERSWEET - Charles Harmon & Claude Kelly, songwriters (Fantasia)

FINDING MY WAY BACK - Ivan "Orthodox" Barias, Curt Chambers, Carvin "Ransum" Haggins, Jaheim Hoagland & Miquel Jontel, songwriters (Jaheim)

SECOND CHANCE - E. Debarge & Mischke, songwriters (El DeBarge)

SHINE - John Stephens, songwriter (John Legend & The Roots)

WHY WOULD YOU STAY - K. Owens, songwriter (Kem)

Best R&B Album

THE LOVE & WAR MASTERPEACE - Raheem DeVaughn

BACK TO ME - Fantasia

ANOTHER ROUND - Jaheim

WAKE UP! - John Legend & The Roots

STILL STANDING - Monica

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration

NOTHIN' ON YOU - B.o.B & Bruno Mars

DEUCES - Chris Brown, Tyga & Kevin McCall

LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE - Eminem & Rihanna

EMPIRE STATE OF MIND - Jay-Z & Alicia Keys

WAKE UP! EVERYBODY - John Legend, The Roots, Melanie Fiona & Common

Best Rap Song

EMPIRE STATE OF MIND - Shawn Carter, Angela Hunte, Burt Keyes, Alicia Keys, Jane't "Jnay" Sewell-Ulepic & Alexander Shuckburgh, songwriters (Sylvia Robinson, songwriter) (Jay-Z & Alicia Keys)

LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE - Alexander Grant, Holly Hafferman & Marshall Mathers, songwriters (Eminem & Rihanna)

NOT AFRAID - M. Burnett, J. Evans, Marshall Mathers, L. Resto & M. Samuels, songwriters (Eminem)

NOTHIN' ON YOU - Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine, Bruno Mars & Bobby Simmons Jr., songwriters (B.o.B & Bruno Mars)

ON TO THE NEXT ONE - Shawn Carter, J. Chaton & K. Dean, songwriters (G. Auge & X. De Rosnay, songwriters) (Jay-Z & Swizz Beatz)

Best Rap Album

THE ADVENTURES OF BOBBY RAY - B.o.B

THANK ME LATER - Drake

RECOVERY - Eminem

THE BLUEPRINT 3 - Jay-Z

HOW I GOT OVER - The Roots

Best Contemporary R&B Album

GRAFFITI - Chris Brown

UNTITLED - R. Kelly

TRANSITION - Ryan Leslie

THE ARCHANDROID - Janelle Monáe

RAYMOND V RAYMOND - Usher

Best Rap Solo Performance

OVER - Drake

NOT AFRAID - Eminem

HOW LOW - Ludacris

I'M BACK - T.I.

POWER - Kanye West

Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group

SHUTTERBUGG - Big Boi & Cutty

FANCY - Drake, T.I. & Swizz Beatz

ON TO THE NEXT ONE - Jay-Z & Swizz Beatz

MY CHICK BAD - Ludacris & Nicki Minaj

LOSE MY MIND - Young Jeezy & Plies

Best Female Country Vocal Performance

SATISFIED - Jewel

THE HOUSE THAT BUILT ME - Miranda Lambert

SWINGIN' - LeAnn Rimes

TEMPORARY HOME - Carrie Underwood

I'D LOVE TO BE YOUR LAST - Gretchen Wilson

Best Male Country Vocal Performance

MACON - Jamey Johnson

CRYIN' FOR ME (WAYMAN'S SONG) - Toby Keith

TURNING HOME - David Nail

'TIL SUMMER COMES AROUND - Keith Urban

GETTIN' YOU HOME - Chris Young

Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

FREE - Zac Brown Band

ELIZABETH - Dailey & Vincent

NEED YOU NOW - Lady Antebellum

LITTLE WHITE CHURCH - Little Big Town

WHERE RAINBOWS NEVER DIE - The SteelDrivers

Best Country Collaboration With Vocals

BAD ANGEL - Dierks Bentley, Miranda Lambert & Jamey Johnson

PRIDE (IN THE NAME OF LOVE) - Dierks Bentley, Del McCoury & The Punch Brothers

AS SHE'S WALKING AWAY - Zac Brown Band & Alan Jackson

HILLBILLY BONE - Blake Shelton & Trace Adkins

I RUN TO YOU - Marty Stuart & Connie Smith

Best County Instrumental Performance

TATTOO OF A SMUDGE - Cherryholmes

MAGIC #9 - The Infamous Stringdusters

NEW CHANCE BLUES - Punch Brothers

WILLOW CREEK - Darrell Scott

HUMMINGBYRD - Marty Stuart

Beyonce and Jay-Z performed “Forever Young” at Coachella concert 2010 (video)

Beyonce looks casually hot in denim cut-off shorts at her husband Jay-Z's Coachella concert in Indio, California (April 16). The couple performed together onstage singing “Forever Young”. [Video below]


[Photo courtesy by PacificCoastNews.com]

Rep. says: Beyonce Pregnancy "not true"

Many became excited with Beyonce's pregnancy report yesterday which spreads like wildfire all over the internet but sadly, the online report is just false alarm.

Beyoncé's rep tells PEOPLE the story is "not true."

Still waiting for their first child, the "Halo" songstress and her husband Jay-Z secretly wed in April 2008.

[Photo courtesy by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images]

Beyonce and Jay-Z top-earning couple; Brangelina on third spot

If you think that Brangelina are the top earning couple due to their recent donations and their movies, you are wrong. Music couple Beyonce and Jay-Z took the top spot of Hollywood's top-earning couples according to Forbes.

On their second year, Beyonce and Jay-Z made a combined $122 million between June 2008 and June 2009. Combining record sales, merchandising, endorsement deals and many more.. Sexy B got $87 million while mogul Z earned $35 million.

Checkout below Hollywood's Top 15 top-earning couples...

1. Jay-Z & Beyonce Knowles - $122 million
2. Harrison Ford & Calista Flockhart - $69 million
3. Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie -$55 million
4. Will Smith & Jada Pinkett Smith - $48 million
5. David & Victoria Beckham - $46 million

6. Ellen DeGeneres & Portia de Rossi - $36 million
7. Tom Hanks & Rita Wilson - $35.5 million
8. Jim Carrey & Jenny McCarthy - $34 million
9. Tom Cruise & Katie Holmes - $33.5 million
10. Chris Martin & Gwyneth Paltrow - $33 million

11. Sarah Jessica Parker & Matthew Broderick - $29 million
12. Tim McGraw & Faith Hill - $28 million
13. Eva Longoria & Tony Parker - $22 million
14. Katherine Heigl & Josh Kelley - $20 million
15. Nicole Kidman & Keith Urban - $17 million

[Photos courtesy by Getty Images - AP Photo]

Honest Miley Cyrus admits: "I've never heard a Jay-Z song"

Miley Cyrus forgot to turn on Jay-Z's song!

Miley Cyrus drops a bomb and admitting that she never heard a Jay-Z song. Many are now asking, why is it on Miley latest hit "Party in the U.S.A." they included in the lyrics "a Jay-Z song was on"?

The 16 year-old Disney star said during her Halloween concert in Kentucky, "I've never heard a Jay-Z song. I don't listen to pop music."

As she continue to answer it honestly, she said that she didn't write the song and she wanted a song to go with her clothing line.

Miley didn't expect it to be popular and reiterated that the song is "not even my style of music" but she's thankful for the success.

Ohh! brutally honest! That's why she is popular and controversial, she is honest enough to admits this things.

Jay-Z and Alicia Keys “Empire State of Mind” music video

Check out Jay-Z's new music video for the single “Empire State of Mind” featuring Alicia Keys.

THe MV was filmed in New York City’s Harlem, Times Square and around Ground Zero on October 1 and helm by Hype Williams.


[Photo courtesy by Bauer Griffin]

Jay-Z, Rihanna and Kanye West's "Run This Town" music video

Here's Jay-Z's new music video for his new single "Run This Town" featuring Rihanna and Kanye West. This is from Z's upcoming album "The Blueprint 3" which is out September 11th.

The three A-list singers are set to perform "Run This Town" on the series premiere of The Jay Leno Show on September 14.

No charges for Jay-Z's loyal bodyguard

Jay-Z's bodyguard who throws a tripod into the sea own by a Croatian photographer who won’t leave them alone has escaped jail time.

According to TMZ, "Croatian law enforcement said that there will be no jail time for J's hired muscle, who had assault and destroying personal property charges filed against him after a tussle with a local reporter earlier this week.

The bodyguard will have to pay a fine -- and we're told the police will not pursue further legal action."

Jay-Z and Beyonce must give extra bonus to their bodyguard.

Jay-Z, Rihanna, Kanye West will perform “The Jay Leno Show” Sept. 14 premiere

It will be an exciting return for Jay Leno as he kick off "The Jay Leno Show" premiere episode on September 14 with A-list musical guest Jay-Z, Kanye West and Rihanna (her comeback performance).

The three will perform "Run This Town," off Jay-Z's new album "The Blueprint 3", out September 11.

Jay-Z, Rihanna and Kanye West will “Run This Town“

Jay-Z pump up his latest song “Run This Town“ by collaborating with Rihanna and Kanye West. From Z's forthcoming album "The Blueprint 3" which is out September 11th.

Beyoncé Knowles and Jay-Z are married

After years of dating, speculation and the recently loud buzz on their wedding license, Beyoncé Knowles and her longtime boyfriend, rapper Jay-Z, has tie the knot.

According to PEOPLE, Though there is no official confirmation, the friend says, "It happened earlier this evening. Jay wanted it to be a really private affair – close friends and family."

The ceremony was followed by a lavish party at the rapper's Tribeca apartment that drew Beyoncé's mother Tina Knowles, her father/manager Mathew, her sister Solange, her Destiny's Child mates Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams, and the couple's friend Gwyneth Paltrow.

The Knowles Sisters @ the opening of Jay-Z's 40/40 Club

The Knowles Sisters graces the red carpet with their usual sexy and stylish aura. Beyonce's love Jay-Z is very glad for the successful opening of his 24,000-square-foot sports bar and lounge, 40/40 Club at The Palazzo Resort-Hotel-Casino.

Jay-Z told the crowd: “I just want everyone to have a good time and not get caught up in the whole glitzy pretentious clubbing thing. But I’m up for a big night, and a big year next year. Good things are gonna happen.”

“The 40/40 Club, named after one of sport’s most prestigious achievements - 40 home runs and 40 stolen bases in the same season, combines a multi-level ultra sports bar with a chic lounge all under the direction of hip-hop mogul Jay-Z.” The sports memorabilia amidst the lavish gold and platinum decor will serve as the perfect backdrop for the ultra luxurious sports bar.”

more pics after the jump....