The 51st Annual Grammy Award Nominations

For recordings released during the Eligibility Year
October 1, 2007 through September 30, 2008
Note: More or less than 5 nominations in a category is the result of ties.

Category 1

Record Of The Year
(Award to the Artist and to the Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s) and/or Mixer(s), if other than the artist.)

• Chasing Pavements
  Adele
  Eg White, producer; Tom Elmhirst & Steve Price, engineers/mixers
  Track from: 19
  [XL Recordings/Columbia]
  
  
• Viva La Vida
  Coldplay
  Markus Dravs, Brian Eno & Rik Simpson, producers; Michael Brauer & Rik Simpson, engineers/mixers
  Track from: Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
  [Capitol Records]
  
  
• Bleeding Love
  Leona Lewis
  Simon Cowell, Clive Davis & Ryan "Alias" Tedder, producers; Craig Durrance, Phil Tan & Ryan "Alias" Tedder, engineers/mixers
  [J Records/SYCO Music]
  
  
• Paper Planes
  M.I.A
  Diplo, producer; Switch, engineer/mixer
  Track from: Kala
  [Interscope]
  
  
• Please Read The Letter
  Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
  T Bone Burnett, producer; Mike Piersante, engineer/mixer
  Track from: Raising Sand
  [Rounder]

Field 7 — Rap

Category 31

Best Rap Solo Performance
(For a solo Rap performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Roc Boys (And The Winner Is)...
  Jay-Z
  Track from: American Gangster
  [Roc-A-Fella]
  
  
• A Milli
  Lil Wayne
  Track from: Tha Carter III
  [Cash Money/Universal Motown]
  
  
• Paris, Tokyo
  Lupe Fiasco
  Track from: The Cool
  [1st & 15th/Atlantic]
  
  
• N.i.*.*.e.r. (The Slave And The Master)
  Nas
  Track from: Untitled
  [Def Jam]
  
  
• Sexual Eruption
  Snoop Dogg
  Track from: Ego Trippin
  [Geffen]
  
  
  

Category 32

Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group
(For duo, group or collaborative performances of Rap only. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Royal Flush
  Big Boi Featuring Raekwon And Andre 3000
  [LaFace]
  
  
• Swagga Like Us
  Jay-Z & T.I. Featuring Kanye West & Lil Wayne
  [Roc-A-Fella/Grand Hustle/Atlantic]
  
  
• Mr. Carter
  Lil Wayne Featuring Jay-Z
  Track from: Tha Carter III
  [Cash Money/Universal Motown]
  
  
• Wish You Would
  Ludacris Featuring T.I.
  [DTP]
  
  
• Put On
  Young Jeezy Featuring Kanye West
  [Def Jam]
  
  
  

Category 33

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
(For a Rap/Sung collaborative performance by artists who do not normally perform together. Singles or Tracks only.)

• American Boy
  Estelle Featuring Kanye West
  Track from: Shine
  [Homeschool/Atlantic]
  
  
• Low
  Flo Rida Featuring T-Pain
  Track from: Mail On Sunday
  [Poe Boy/Atlantic]
  
  
• Green Light
  John Legend & Andre 3000
  [Columbia/G.O.O.D. Music]
  
  
• Got Money
  Lil Wayne Featuring T-Pain
  Track from: Tha Carter III
  [Cash Money/Universal Motown]
  
  
• Superstar
  Lupe Fiasco Featuring Matthew Santos
  Track from: The Cool
  [1st & 15th/Atlantic]
  
  

Category 34

Best Rap Song
(A Songwriter(s) Award. For Song Eligibility Guidelines see Category #3. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.)

• Lollipop
  D. Carter, S. Garrett, D. Harrison, J. Scheffer & R. Zamor, songwriters (Lil Wayne Featuring Static Major)
  Track from: Tha Carter III
  [Cash Money/Universal Motown; Publishers: Young Money Publishing/Warner-Chappell Music, Herbalicious Music/Blackfountain Music/EMI-April Music, JimiPub Music/EMI Blackwood, Three Nails and A Crown Publishing]
  
  
• Low
  T. Dillard, M. Humphrey & T-Pain, songwriters (Flo Rida Featuring T-Pain)
  Track from: Mail On Sunday
  [Poe Boy/Atlantic; Publishers: E-Class Publishing/Top Quality Publishing/NappyPub Music/Zomba Songs]
  
  
• Sexual Eruption
  Calvin Broadus, S. Lovejoy & D. Stewart, songwriters (Snoop Dogg)
  Track from: Ego Trippin
  [Geffen; Publishers: My Own Chit Publishing/EMI Blackwood Music, Shawty Redd Songs/EMI April Music, Pimpin Tha Pen]
  
  
• Superstar
  Lupe Fiasco & Soundtrakk, songwriters (Lupe Fiasco Featuring Matthew Santos)
  Track from: The Cool
  [1st & 15th/Atlantic; Publishers: Hey Lu Chill Music (Heavy As Heaven/Universal Music), 1st & 15th Publishing (Mr. Lopez Music/Universal Music Publishing)]
  
  
• Swagga Like Us
  D. Carter, S. Carter, Clifford Harris & Kanye West, songwriters (M. Arulpragasam, N. Headon, M. Jones, J. Mellor, T. Pentz & P. Simonon, songwriters) (Jay-Z & T.I. Featuring Kanye West & Lil Wayne)
  [Roc-A-Fella/Grand Hustle/Atlantic; Publishers: Crown Club Pub./Warner-Tamerlane/Please Gimme My Publishing/EMI Blackwood/Carter Boys Music/EMI April/Young Money Pub./Warner-Tamerlane/Hollertronix/Domino Publishing/Universal Z Tunes/Univ. Polygram Int'l]
  
  
  

Category 35

Best Rap Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

• American Gangster
  Jay-Z
  [Roc-A-Fella]
  
  
• Tha Carter III
  Lil Wayne
  [Cash Money/Universal Motown]
  
  
• The Cool
  Lupe Fiasco
  [1st & 15th/Atlantic]
  
  
• Nas
  Nas
  [Def Jam]
  
  
• Paper Trail
  T.I.
  [Grand Hustle/Atlantic]