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Grammy noms announced, old people love Eminem

Last night, the Recording Academy released their list of nominations for the 2011 Grammy awards, and predictably, there’s a whole list of WTF on tap, starting with the 13 nominations for Eminem’s Recovery. It’s a good album, and at least (unlike on Relapse) Slim sounds like he’s trying again, but 13? That’s not as egregious as the Album of the Year nomination for Katy Perry’s Teenage Dream. Or the fact that Lady Gaga released an elongated EP and it’s up for Album of the Year.

That said, there’s the “Hey, we know about cool bands also!” nominees, like an Album nod for Arcade Fire’s The Suburbs and Florence + The Machine getting noted in Best New Artist, an award that pretty much has to go to Drake if there’s any justice in the world. The full list is below, and as a bonus, Spike Jonze’s incredibly creepy video for “The Suburbs,” if you haven’t seen it yet.

Song of the Year
Beg, Steal or Borrow – Ray LaMontagne
F*** You – Cee-Lo Green
The House That Built Me – Miranda Lambert
Love the Way You Lie – Eminem Feat. Rihanna
Need You Now – Lady Antebellum

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

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

Record of the Year
Nothing on You – B.o.B. Feat. Bruno Mars
Love the Way You Lie – Eminem Feat. Rihanna
F*** You – Cee-Lo
Empire State of Mind – Jay-Z Feat. Alicia Keys
Need You Now – Lady Antebellum

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
King of Anything – Sara Bareilles
Halo (Live) – Beyoncé
Chasing Pirates – Norah Jones
Bad Romance – Lady Gaga
Teenage Dream – Katy Perry

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
Haven’t Met You Yet – Michael Bublé
This is It – Michael Jackson
Whataya Want from Me – Adam Lambert
Just the Way You Are – Bruno Mars
Half of My Heart – John Mayer

Best Pop Performance By a Group or Duo with Vocals
Don’t Stop Believin’ (Regionals Version) – ‘Glee’ cast
The Only Exception – Paramore
Babyfather – Sade
Hey, Soul Sister (Live) – Train

Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals
Airplanes, Part II – B.o.B., Eminem & Hayley Williams
Imagine – Herbie Hancock, Pink, India.Arie, Seal, Konono No 1, Jeff Beck & Oumou Sangare
If it Wasn’t for Bad – Elton John & Leon Russell
Telephone – Lady Gaga & Beyoncé
California Gurls – Katy Perry & Snoop Dogg

Best Pop Vocal Album
My World 2.0 – Justin Bieber
I Dreamed a Dream – Susan Boyle
The Fame Monster – Lady Gaga
Battle Studies – John Mayer
Teenage Dream – Katy Perry

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

Best Rock Album
Emotion & Commotion – Jeff Beck
The Resistance – Muse
Backspacer – Pearl Jam
Mojo – Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
Le Noise – Neil Young

Best Rap Song
Empire State Of Mind – Jay-Z & Alicia Keys
Love the Way You Lie – Eminem & Rihanna
Not Afraid – Eminem
Nothin’ On You – B.o.B & Bruno Mars
On To The Next One – Jay-Z & Swizz Beatz

Best Rap Album
The Adventures of Bobby Ray – B.o.B
Thank Me Later – Drake
Recovery – Eminem
The Blueprint 3 – Jay-Z
How I Got Over – The Roots

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