Grammy Report 2010

Arcade Fire up for 3, Vampire Weekend for 1, Black Keys for a ton, Janelle Monáe for 2, Big Boi for 2, and Kanye West for 1. Surprisingly, Big Boi and Kanye West's albums aren't up for best rap album.

Awards to watch:

1. Album of the Year: Arcade Fire's The Suburbs, Eminem's Recovery, Lady Antebellum's Need You Know, Lady Gaga's The Fame Monster, or Katy Perry's Teenage Dream 
2. Best Alternative Music Album: Arcade Fire's The Suburbs, Band of Horses' Infinite Arms, Black Keys's Brothers, Broken Bells' Broken Bells, or Vampire Weekend's Contra
3. Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals: Arcade Fire's Ready to Start, The Black Key's Tighten Up, Jeff Beck & Joss Stone's I Put a Spell on You, Kings of Leon's Radioative, or Muse's Resistance
4. Best Urban/Alternative Performance: Janelle Monáe and Big Boi's Tightrope, Bilial's Little One, Cee Lo Green's Fuck You, Carolyn Malachi's Orion, or Eric Roberson's Still
5. Best Contemporary R&B Album: Janelle Monáe's The ArchAndroid, Chris Brown's Graffiti, R. Kelly's Untitled, Ryan Leslie's Transition, or Usher's Raymond V Raymond
6. Best Rap Solo Performance: Kanye West's Power, Drake's Over, Eminem's Not Afraid, Ludacris's How Low, or T.I.'s I'm Back
7. Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group: Big Boi and Cutty's Shutterbugg, Drake, T.I. and Swizz Beatz's Fancy, Jay-Z & Swizz Beatz's On To The Next One, Ludacris & Nicki Minaj's My Chick Bad, or Young Jeezy & Piles's Lose My Mind

-C