Below are the nominees for the top awards to be given out Sunday, Feb. 8, 2009, at the 51st annual Grammy Awards ceremnony in Los Angeles. Choose your favorite in each category, then click on the submit button to find out how your choices stacked up against those of other CBSNews.com viewers. Click here to see a full list of nominees.






















































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

Tha 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:
William Adams, Keith Harris, Josh Lopez, Caleb Speir, John Stephens, Estelle Swaray & Kanye West, songwriters (Estelle Featuring Kanye West)

Chasing Pavements:
Adele Adkins & Eg White, songwriters (Adele)

I'm Yours:
Jason Mraz, songwriter (Jason Mraz)

Love Song:
Sara Bareilles, songwriter (Sara Bareilles)

Viva La Vida:
Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion, & Chris Martin, songwriters (Coldplay)











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 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 New Artist

Adele

Duffy

Jonas Brothers

Lady Antebellum

Jazmine Sullivan









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 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 Raconteurs








Best Alternative Music Album


Modern Guilt:
Beck

Narrow Stairs:
Death Cab For Cutie

The Odd Couple:
Gnarls Barkley

Evil Urges:
My Morning Jacket

In Rainbows:
Radiohead








Best R&B Album

Love & Life:
Eric Benét

Motown:
A Journey Through Hitsville USA: Boyz II Men

Lay It Down:
Al Green

Jennifer Hudson:
Jennifer Hudson

The Way I See It:
Raphael Saadiq








Best Rap Album


American Gangster:
Jay-Z

Tha Carter III:
Lil Wayne

The Cool:
Lupe Fiasco

Nas:
Nas

Paper Trail:
T.I.









Best Country Album


That Lonesome Song:
Jamey Johnson

Sleepless Nights:
Patty Loveless

Troubadour:
George Strait

Around The Bend:
Randy Travis

Heaven, Heartache And The Power Of Love:
Trisha Yearwood


















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