La noche anterior se dieron a conocer los nominados a los Premios Grammy que se celebrarán el 13 de febrero de 2011. Sorprende la nominación de Arcade Fire en la categoría de 'Album del Año', teniendo en cuenta la usual tendencia pop/country que compite por dicho premio, un logro importante para la genial banda canadiense.

Estos son los nominados en las categorías de nuestro interés:

* Mejor Interpretación Rock Vocal Solista:

Eric Clapton - 'Run Back To Your Side' (Clapton)
John Mayer - 'Crossroads' (Battle Studies)
Paul McCartney - 'Helter Skelter' (Good Evening New York City)
Robert Plant - 'Silver Rider' (Band of Joy)
Neil Young - 'Angry World' (Le Noise)

* Mejor Interpretación Rock Duo o Grupo:

Arcade Fire - 'Ready to Start' (The Suburbs)
Jeff Beck & Joss Stone - 'I Put A Spell On You' (Emotion & Commotion)
The Black Keys - 'Tighten Up' (Brothers)
Kings of Leon - 'Radioactive' (Come Around Sundown)
Muse - 'Resistance' (The Resistance)

* Mejor Interpretación Hard Rock:

Alice in Chains - 'A Looking in View' (Black Gives Way to Blue)
Ozzy Osbourne - 'Let Me Hear You Scream' (Scream)
Soundgarden - 'Black Rain' (Telephantasm)
Stone Temple Pilots - 'Between the Lines' (Stone Temple Pilots)
Them Crooked Vultures - 'New Fang' (Them Crooked Vultures)

* Mejor Interpretación Metal:

Iron Maiden - 'El Dorado' (The Final Frontier)
Korn - 'Let the Guilt Go' (Korn III: Remember Who You Are)
Lamb of God - 'In Your Words' (Wrath)
Megadeth - 'Sudden Death' (Guitar Hero: Warriors Of Rock)
Slayer - 'World Painted Blood' (World Painted Blood)

* Mejor Interpretación Rock Instrumental:

Jeff Beck - 'Hammerhead' (Emotion & Commotion)
The Black Keys - 'Black Mud' (Brothers)
Los Lobos - 'Do the Murray' (Tin Can Trust)
Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds - 'Kundalini Bonfire' (Live in Las Vegas)
Dweezil Zappa - 'The Deathless Horsie' (Return of the Son of...)

* Mejor Album Rock:

Jeff Beck - Emotion & Commotion
Muse - The Resistance
Pearl Jam - Backspacer
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Mojo
Neil Young - Le Noise

* Mejor Canción Rock:

Neil Young - 'Angry World' (Le Noise)
Mumford & Sons - 'Little Lion Man' (Sigh No More9
Kings of Leon - 'Radioactive' (Come Around Sundown)
Muse - 'Resistance' (The Resistance)
The Black Keys - 'Tighten Up' (Brothers)

* Mejor Album Alternativo Vocal o Instrumental:

Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
Band of Horses - Infinite Arms
The Black Keys - Brothers
Broken Bells - Broken Bells
Vampire Weekend - Contra

* Mejor Album Blues Tradicional:

James Cotton - Giant
Charlie Musselwhite - The Well
Cindy Lauper - Memphis Blues
Pinetop Perkins & Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith - Joined At the Hip
Jimmie Vaughan - Plays Blues, Ballads & Favorites

* Mejor Album Blues Contemporaneo:

Solomon Burke - Nothing's Impossible
Dr. John and the Lower 911 - Tribal
Buddy Guy - Living Proof
Bettye Lavette - Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook
Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band - Live! in Chicago

* Mejor Video Musical Formato Largo:

Blur - No Distance Left to Run (Dir. Will Lovelace & Dylan Southern)
The Doors - When You're Strange (Dir. Tom Dicillo)
Arif Mardin - The Greatest Ears In Town: The Arif Mardin Story (Dir. Doug Biro)
Rush - Rush: Beyond The Lighted Stage (Dir. Sam Dunn & Scot McFadyen)
The White Stripes - Under Great White Northern Lights (Dir. Emmett Malloy)