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2011 Grammy Award Nominees

blame it on Shake December 2, 2010

Nominees for the 53rd Grammy Awards (which airs Sunday, February 13th) have been revealed. Hit the jump.

Album of the Year
Recovery – Eminem
Need You Now – Lady Antebellum
The Fame Monster – Lady Gaga
Teenage Dream – Katy Perry
The Suburbs – Arcade Fire

Record of the Year
Love the Way You Lie – Eminem f. Rihanna
Nothin’ on You – B.o.B f. Bruno Mars
Empire State of Mind – Jay-Z f. Alicia Keys
Need You Now – Lady Antebellum
Fuck You – Cee-Lo Green

Song of the Year
Love the Way You Lie – Eminem f. Rihanna
Fuck You – Cee-Lo Green
The House That Built Me – Miranda Lambert
Beg, Steal or Borrow – Ray LaMontagne
Need You Now – Lady Antebellum

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

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
Sara Bareilles – King of Anything
Beyonce – Halo
Norah Jones – Chasing Pirates
Lady Gaga – Bad Romance
Katy Perry – Teenage Dream

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
Michael Bublé – 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 Pop Collaboration With Vocals
Airplanes II — B.o.B f. 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 & Beyonce
California Gurls — Katy Perry f. Snoop Dogg

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 R&B Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals
Take My Time – Chris Brown & Tank
Love – Chuck Brown, Jill Scott & Marcus Miller
You’ve Got A Friend – Ronald Isley & Aretha Franklin
Shine – John Legend & The Roots
Soldier of Love – Sade

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 f. Cutty
Fancy – Drake f. T.I. & Swizz Beatz
On to the Next One – Jay-Z f. Swizz Beatz
My Chick Bad – Ludacris f. Nicki Minaj
Lose My Mind – Young Jeezy f. Plies

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
Nothin’ on You – B.o.B f. Bruno Mars
Deuces – Chris Brown f. Tyga & Kevin McCall
Love the Way You Lie – Eminem f. Rihanna
Empire State of Mind – Jay-Z f. Alicia Keys
Wake Up! Everybody – John Legend & The Roots f. Melanie Fiona & Common

Best Rap Song
Empire State Of Mind – Jay-Z f. Alicia Keys
Love the Way You Lie – Eminem f. Rihanna
Not Afraid – Eminem
Nothin’ on You – B.o.B f. Bruno Mars
On to the Next One — Jay-Z f. 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

Thoughts? Opinions? Bueller?