2010 Grammy's, 'Empire State of Mind, Jay-Z Feat. Alicia Keys Nominated for Record of the Year

The 2011 Grammy nominees were announced during the CBS Grammy Nominations Concert at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, and with so much amazing music released this past year — not to mention monster tours — it was as competitive as ever.

Eminem leads the pack with 10 chances at Grammy gold, Bruno Mars is hot on his tail with eight and Lady Gaga, Jay-Z and Lady Antebellum all walked away with six nominations. 2010 superstars Justin Bieber, B.o.B., Drake and Miranda Lambert got nods, but noticeably absent from the nominations list was ‘Tik Tok’ star Ke$ha.

See the full list of nominations below and check back on Feb. 13 for the big show.

Song of the Year
‘Beg, Steal or Borrow’ — Ray LaMontagne
‘Forget You’ — Cee-Lo
‘The House That Built Me’ — Miranda Lambert
‘Love the Way You Lie’ — Eminem Feat. Rihanna
‘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

Best New Artist
Justin Bieber
Drake
Florence and the Machine
Mumford and Sons
Esperanza Spalding

Record of the Year
‘Nothing on You’ — B.o.B. Feat. Bruno Mars
‘Love the Way You Lie’ — Eminem Feat. Rihanna
‘Forget You’ — Cee-Lo
‘Empire State of Mind — Jay-Z Feat. Alicia Keys
‘Need You Now’ — Lady Antebellum

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
‘King of Anything’ — Sara Bareilles
‘Halo (Live)’ — Beyoncé
‘Chasing Pirates’ — Norah Jones

Best Pop Performance By a Group or Duo with Vocals
‘Don’t Stop Believin’ (Regionals Version)’ — Glee cast
‘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 Instrumental Album
‘Pushing the Envelope’ — Gerald Albright
‘Take Your Pick’ — Larry Carlton & Tak Matsumoto
‘Heart And Soul’ — Kenny G
‘Singularity’ — Robby Krieger
‘Everything Is Everything: The Music Of Donny Hathaway’ — Kirk Whalum

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 Contemporary R&B Album
‘Graffiti’ — Chris Brown
‘Untitled’ — R. Kelly
‘Transition’ — Ryan Leslie
‘The ArchAndroid’ — Janelle Monáe
‘Raymond V Raymond’ –Usher