Brits Lead Grammy Nominations

Coldplay's Viva la Vida and Radiohead's In Rainbows will go up against Lil Wayne's Tha Carter III, Ne-Yo's Year of the Gentleman and Robert Plant and Allison Krauss' Raising Sand in the Album Of The Year category.

Lewis' hit single Bleeding Love will compete in the Record of the Year category against Adele's Chasing Pavements, Coldplay's Viva La Vida, M.I.A.'s Paper Planes and Robert Plant and Alison Krauss' Please Read The Letter.

British pop star Adele is also nominated for Best New Artist along with soul singer Duffy, The Jonas Brothers, Lady Antebellum and Jazmine Sullivan.

Best Pop Collaboration will be fought out by Madonna, Justin Timberlake and Timbaland's hit track Four Minutes, Alicia Keys and John Mayer's Lessons Learned, Robert Plant and Allison Krauss with Rich Woman, Rihanna and Maroon 5's If I Never See Your Face Again and Jordin Sparks and Chris Brown's duet No Air.

The nominees for Best Rock Album are Coldplay's Viva La Vida, Kid Rock's Rock N Roll Jesus, Kings Of Leon's Only By The Night, Metallica's Death Magnetic and Consolers Of The Lonely by The Raconteurs.

The hip-hop stars who will be fighting it out for Best Rap Album include Jay-Z for American Gangster , Lil Wayne with Tha Carter III, Lupe Fiasco's The Cool, Paper Trail by T.I. and Nas with his self-titled LP.

Wednesday night's (03Nov08) nominations concert, held in Los Angeles, was hosted by country star Taylor Swift and rapper LL Cool J. The event saw performances from artists including Foo Fighters, who covered Carly Simon's classic You're So Vain, Mariah Carey who performed Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) and Christina Aguilera, who sang a version of (I Love You) Porgy from the famous Gershwin opera Porgy and Bess .

The Grammy Awards ceremony will take place on 8 February 2009.

The list of main nominees is as follows:

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

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

Best New Artist:

Adele

Duffy

The Jonas Brothers

Lady Antebellum

Jazmine Sullivan

Song Of The Year:

American Boy - Estelle featuring Kanye West

Chasing Pavements - Adele

I'm Yours - Jason Mraz

Love Song - Sara Bareilles

Viva La Vida - Coldplay

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 Pop Collaboration With Vocals:

Lesson Learned - Alicia Keys + John Mayer

4 Minutes - Madonna, Justin Timberlake + Timbaland

Rich Woman - Robert Plant + Alison Krauss

If I Never See Your Face Again - Rihanna + Maroon 5

No Air - Jordin Sparks + Chris Brown

Nominations for Best Pop Vocal Album:

Detours - Sheryl Crow

Rockferry - Duffy

Long Road Out Of Eden - Eagles

Spirit - Leona Lewis

Covers - James Taylor

Nominations for Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals:

Rock 'N Roll Train - AC DC

Violet Hill - Coldplay

Long Road Out Of Eden - Eagles

Sex On Fire - Kings Of Leon

House Of Cards - Radiohead

Nods for Best Rock Song:

Girls In Their Summer Clothes - Bruce Springsteen

House Of Cards - Radiohead

I Will Possess Your Heart - Death Cab For Cutie

Sex On Fire - Kings Of Leon

Violet Hill - Coldplay

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

For Best Rap Album,: American Gangster - Jay-Z

Tha Carter III - Lil Wayne

The Cool - Lupe Fiasco

Nas - Nas

Paper Trail - T.I.