DRAKE, NEIL YOUNG, ARCADE FIRE, MICHAEL BUBLÉ AND JUSTIN BIEBER LEAD CANADIAN LIST OF 2011 GRAMMY® NOMINATIONS
The 53rd Annual GRAMMY® AWARDS airs Sunday, February 13, 2011 - 8pm ET/PT on Global
Toronto, ON (Dec. 1, 2010)…Twenty-three GRAMMY nominations were garnered among fourteen Canadian artists in several of the most prestigious categories. Drake received 4 GRAMMY nominations, while Neil Young and Arcade Fire have 3 each, and Michael Bublé and Justin Bieber have 2 each. Rounding out the impressive diversity of Canadian GRAMMY Nominees with one nomination each are Measha Bruggergosman, Alex Cuba, Colin Escott, Melanie Fiona, Michael J. Fox, Elora Festival Singers, Mark-André Hamelin, Northern Cree and Rush.
Canadian GRAMMY Nominations:
Alex Cuba Category 57 – Best Latin Pop Album Alex Cuba Alex Cuba [Caracol Records]
Arcade Fire Category 2 - Album of the Year The Suburbs Arcade Fire Arcade Fire & Markus Dravs, producers; Arcade Fire, Mark Lawson & Craig Silvey, engineers/mixers; Mark Lawson, mastering engineer [Merge Records]
Category 16 - Best Rock Performance By A Duo or Group with Vocals Ready to Start Arcade Fire Track from: The Suburbs [Merge Records / Sonovox]
Category 22 - Best Alternative Music Album The Suburbs Arcade Fire [Merge Records / Sonovox]
Colin Escott Category 90 – Best Historical Album The Complete Mother’s Best Recordings…Plus! Colin Escott, Mike Jason & Jett Williams, Compilation producers; Joseph M. Palmaccio, mastering engineer (Hank Williams) [Time Life] Drake Category 4 - Best New Artist
Category 31 – Best Rap Solo Performance Over Drake Track from: Thank Me Later [Cash Money / Young Money / Universal Motown]
Category 32 – Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group Fancy Drake, T.I. & Swiss Beatz Track from: Thank Me Later [Cash Money / Young Money / Universal Motown]
Category 35 - Best Rap Album Thank Me Later Drake [Cash Money / Young Money / Universal Motown]
Elora Festival Singers Category 104 – Best Small Ensemble Performance Whitacre, Eric: Choral Music Noel Edison, conductor; Elora Festival Singers (Carol Bauman & Leslie de’Ath) [Naxos]
Justin Bieber Category 4 - Best New Artist
Category 11 – Best Pop Vocal Album My World 2.0 Justin Bieber [Island]
Mark-André Hamelin Category 102 – Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra) Hamelin: Études [Hyperion Records]
Melanie Fiona Category 33 – Best Rap/Sung Collaboration Wake Up! Everybody John Legend, The Roots, Melanie Fiona & Common [G.O.O.D. Music/Columbia Records/Home School Records] Measha Brueggergosman Category 105 – Best Classical Vocal Performance Wagner: Wesendonck-Lieder Measha Brueggergosman (Franz Welser-Möst; The Cleveland Orchestra) Track from: Wagner: Wesendonck-Lieder, Preludes & Overtures [Deutsche Grammophon]
Michael Bublé Category 6 – Best Male Pop Vocal Performance Haven’t Met You Yet Michael Bublé Track from: Crazy Love [143/Reprise]
Category 14 – Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album Crazy Love Michael Bublé [143/Reprise]
Michael J. Fox Category 78 – Best Spoken Word Album A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Future Michael J. Fox [Hyperion Audio]
Neil Young Category 15 - Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance Angry World Neil Young Track from: Le Noise [Reprise]
Category 20 – Best Rock Song Angry World Neil Young, songwriter (Neil Young) Track from: Le Noise [Reprise; Publisher: Silver Fiddle Music]
Category 21 – Best Rock Album Le Noise Neil Young [Reprise]
Northern Cree Category 71 – Best Native American Music Album Temptations, Cree Round Dance Songs Northern Cree [Canyon Records] Rush Category 109 – Best Long Form Music Video Rush: Beyond The Lighted Stage Rush Sam Dunn & Scot McFadyen, video directors, Sam Dunn & Scot McFadyen, video producers [Zoe]
GRAMMY Nominations with a Canadian Connection:
Diana Krall (Producer) Category 14 – Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album Love is the Answer Barbra Streisand [Columbia Records]
Kent Nagano (Directs the Montreal Symphony Orchestra) Category 99 – Best Opera Recording Saariaho: L’Amour De Loin Kent Nagano, conductor; Daniel Belcher, Ekaterina Lekhina & Marie-Ange Todorovitch; Martin Sauer, producer (Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin; Rundfunkchor Berlin) [Harmonia Mundi]
Recorded in Canada Category 88 – Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package Under Great White Northern Lights (Limited Edition Box Set) Rob Jones & Jack White III, art directors (The White Stripes) [Third Man/Warner Bros.]
Nettwerk Records, Vancouver Category 13 – Best Electronic/Dance Album These Hopeful Machines BT [Nettwerk Records]
For a complete list of GRAMMY nominations, go to http://www.grammy.com.
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