Eminem, Bruno Mars Lead Grammy Nominees

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Eminem's comeback year is coming to a perfect close: the MC leads the list of 2011 Grammy nominees with a whopping 10 nods. Next in line, with seven, is newcomer Bruno Mars (based on his collaborations with others, like Cee-Lo Green on "Fuck You" and B.o.B's "Nothin' on You"). Lady Gaga, Lady Antebellum and Jay-Z are next up with six.

The 53rd annual Grammy Awards will air on CBS on February 11, 2011. A selected list of nominees is below; the complete list can be found at Grammy.com.

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

Record of the Year
B.o.B (featuring Bruno Mars) "Nothin' on You"
Eminem (featuring Rihanna) "Love the Way You Lie"
Cee Lo Green "Fuck You"
Jay-Z and Alicia Keys "Empire State of Mind"
Lady Antebellum "Need You Now"

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

Song of the Year
Ray LaMontagne "Beg Steal or Borrow"
Cee Lo Green "Fuck You"
Miranda Lambert "The House That Built Me"
Eminem (featuring Rihanna) "Love the Way You Lie"
Lady Antebellum "Need You Now"

Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals
"Glee" cast "Don't Stop Believin' (Regionals Version)"
Maroon 5 "Misery"
Paramore "The Only Exception"
Sade "Babyfather"
Train "Hey, Soul Sister (Live)"

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals
B.o.B, Eminem and Hayley Williams "Airplanes II"
Herbie Hancock, Pink, India.Arie, Seal, Konono No. 1, Jeff Beck and Oumou Sangare "Imagine"
Elton John & Leon Russell "If It Wasn't For Bad"
Lady Gaga and Beyonce "Telephone"
Katy Perry and Snoop Dogg "California Gurls"
Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals
Arcade Fire "Ready to Start"
Jeff Beck and Joss Stone "I Put a Spell on You"
The Black Keys "Tighten Up"
Kings of Leon "Radioactive"
Muse - "Resistance"

Best Rock Song
Neil Young "Angry World"
Mumford & Sons "Little Lion Man"
Kings of Leon "Radioactive"
Muse "Resistance"
The Black Keys - "Tighten Up"

Best Alternative Music Album
Arcade Fire The Suburbs
Band of Horses Infinite Arms
The Black Keys Brothers
Broken Bells Broken Bells
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Song Stories

“The Everchanging Spectrum of a Lie”

The Joy Formidable | 2011

The opener off the Welsh group’s The Big Roar album was an epic one, but the band was worried that track had polarized fans. “The first song is eight minutes long,” Rhydian Dafydd, the Joy Formidable bassist, said. “If you did that in the Seventies people would be, ‘Whatever.’ You do it now, people think, ‘Holy s---!’ Some people think it’s the f---ing greatest track on the entire album, and some people think it’s f---ing boring. It’s that element of needing to challenge people.” The band concluded through the song’s lyrics that love was the “everchanging spectrum of a lie.”

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