2009 GRAMMY AWARDS

GREEN TEA REPORTS (7 DECEMBER 2008): 51st Grammy Awards will be take place on February 8, 2009. As usual, there are some surprises in the nominees that field all of the categories, while some are just on target to may eventually winning something after all. To be eligible for an award a recording must have been commercially released between October 1, 2007 to September 30, 2008. Rules are rules, therefore songs that did not made into the nominations like "Apologize", "Bleeding Love" and others are gaining entry into this year's list of nominations, as announced on December 4 ago.

As the Grammy Awards has enormous list of categories of musics on it, here will only summarize some of the categories and main awards, as well as those that features many heavyweight contenders.

RECORD OF THE YEAR

"Chasing Pavements" - Adele // "Viva la Vida" - Coldplay // "Bleeding Love" - Leona Lewis // "Paper Planes" - M.I.A. // "Please Read the Letter" - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

"Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends" - Coldplay // "The Carter III" - Lil Wayne // "Year of the Gentleman" - Ne-Yo // "Raising Sand" - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss // "In Rainbows" - Radiohead

SONG OF THE YEAR

"American Boy" - Estelle featuring Kanye West // "Chasing Pavements" - Adele // "I'm Yours" - Jason Mraz // "Love Song" - Sara Bareilles // "Viva la Vida" - Coldplay

BEST NEW ARTIST

Adele // Duffy // Jonas Brothers // Lady Antebellum // Jazmine Sullivan

BEST FEMALE POP VOCAL PERFORMANCE

"Chasing Pavements" - Adele // "Love Song" - Sara Bareilles // "Mercy" - Duffy // Bleeding Love" - Leona Lewis // "I Kissed a Girl" - Katy Perry // "So What" - Pink

BEST MALE POP VOCAL PERFORMANCE

"All Summer Long" - Kid Rock // "Say" - John Mayer // "That Was Me" - Paul McCartney // "I'm Yours" - Jason Mraz // "Closer" - Ne-Yo // "Wichita Lineman" - James Taylor

BEST POP PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCALS

"Viva la Vida" - Coldplay // "Waiting in the Weeds" - Eagles // "Going On" - Gnarls Barkley // "Won't Go Home Without You" - Maroon 5 // "Apologize" - OneRepublic

BEST POP COLLABORATION WITH VOCALS

"Lesson Learned" - Alicia Keys featuring John Mayer // "4 Minutes" - Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake & Timbaland // "Rich woman" - Robert Plant & alison Krauss // "If I Never See Your Face Again" - Maroon 5 featuring Rihanna // "No Air" - Jordin Sparks featuring Chris Brown

BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM

"Detours" - Sheryl Crow // "Rockferry" - Duffy // "Long Road Out of Eden" - Eagles // "Spirit" - Leona Lewis // "Covers" - James Taylor

BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCALS

"Rock N Roll Train' - AC/DC // "Violet Hill" - Coldplay // "Long Road Out of Eden" - Eagles // "Sex on Fire" - Kings of Leon // "House of Cards" - Radiohead

BEST ROCK SONG

"Girls in Their Summer Clothes" - Bruce Springsteen // "House of Cards" - Radiohead // "I Will Possess Your Heart" - Death Cab for Cutie // "Sex on Fire" - Kings of Leon // "Violet Hill" - Coldplay

BEST ROCK ALBUM

"Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends" - Coldplay // "Rock N Roll Jesus" - Kid Rock // "Only by the Night" - Kings of Leon // "Death Magnetic" - Metallica // "Consolers of the Lonely" - The Racounteurs

BEST R&B SONG

"Bust Your Windows" - Jazmine Sullivan // "Customer" - Raheem DeVaughn // "Heaven Sent" - Keyshia Cole // "Miss Independent" - Ne-Yo // "Spotlight" - Jennifer Hudson

BEST RAP/SUNG COLLABORATION

"American Boy" - Estelle featuring Kanye West // "Low" - Flo Rida featuring T-Pain // "Green Light" - John Legend featuring Andre 3000 // "Got Money" - Lil Wayne featuring T-Pain // "Superstar" - Lupe Fiasco featuring Matthew Santos

BEST RAP SONG

"Lollipop" - Lil Wayne featuring Static Major // "Low" - Flo Rida featuring T-Pain // "Sexual Eruption" - Snopp Dogg // "Superstar" - Lupe Fiasco featuring Matthew Santos // "Swagga Like Us" - Jay-Z & T.I. featuring Kanye West & Lil Wayne

BEST RAP ALBUM

"American Gangster" - Jay-Z // "The Carter III" - Lil wayne // "Lupe Fiasco's The Cool" - Lupe Fiasco // "Untitled" - Nas // "Paper Trail" by T.I.

BEST COMPILATION SOUNDTRACK ALBUM FOR MOTION PICTURE, TELEVISION OR OTHE VISUAL MEDIA

"American Gangster" // "August Rush" // "Juno" // "Mamma Mia!" // "Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"

THE VIDEO MUSICS of the RECORD OF THE YEAR

VIVA LA VIDA - COLDPLAY

CHASING PAVEMENT - ADELE


BLEEDING LOVE - LEONA LEWIS


PAPER PLANE - M.I.A.


PLEASE READ THE LETTER - ROBERT PLANT & ALLISON KRAUSS

Let's see who will win the Record of the Year 2009!!

Winners will be announced on February 8, 2009.