FYI -- Eligibility "year" is 10/1/04 to 9/30/05. That's why no Ariel Pink! Mariah, Kanye, and John Legend are today's happy campers, with eight nods each. But here are the categories you might care (to argue) about:
RECORD OF THE YEAR
Award to the Artist (and Producers/Engineers/Mixers).
Mariah Carey "We Belong Together"
Gorillaz Featuring De La Soul "Feel Good Inc"
Green Day "Boulevard Of Broken Dreams"
Gwen Stefanni "Hollaback Girl"
Kanye West "Gold Digger"SONG OF THE YEAR
Award to the Songwriter.
Rascal Flatts "Bless The Broken Road"
Bruce Springsten "Devils & Dust"
John Legend "Ordinary People"
U2 "Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own"
Mariah Carey "We Belong Together"ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Award to the Artist and Album Producer/Engineer/Mixer/Mastering Engineer/Jesus/Etc...
Mariah Carey The Emancipation Of Mimi
Paul McCartney Chaos And Creation In The Backyard
Gwen Stefani Love. Angel. Music. Baby.
U2 How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
Kanye West Late RegistrationBEST NEW ARTIST
Award to the act who establishes its public identity during the elibiligy period. Winner will never be heard from again.
Ciara
Fall Out Boy
Keane
John Legend
SugarLandBEST ALTERNATIVE ALBUM
The nominating comittee never listened to the following albums, but some members read about Canada Rock in Newsweek and their grandkids like The O.C.
The Arcade Fire Funeral
Beck Guero
Death Cab For Cutie Plans
Franz Ferdinand You Could Have It So Much Better
The White Stripes Get Behind Me SatanOther areas of note:
Killers & White Stripes duke it out in Best Pop - Duo Or Group, but will lose to Maroon 5.
LCD Soundsystem nabbed two Dance noms.
Coldplay got serverd ... only three nomiations (in the rock categories).
Gorillaz "Dirty Harry" competes in Best R&B Song!Full list here.
