METALLICA, ROBERT PLANT & ALISON KRAUSS Nominated For 51st Annual Grammy Awards
December 3, 2008, 15 years ago
Nominations for the 51st Annual Grammy Awards were announced tonight (December 3rd) by The Recording Academy.
For the first time, nominations were announced on prime-time television as part of The Grammy Nominations Concert Live!! - Countdown To Music's Biggest Night. The one-hour special - broadcast live on CBS from Nokia Theatre L.A Live - featured past Grammy winners and nominees reading nominations in several categories, as well as performing songs from the Grammy Hall Of Fame in celebration of the grand opening of the Grammy Museum.
METALLICA's Death Magnetic was nominated for Best Rock Album and ROBERT PLANT & ALISON KRAUSS earned two nominations: Raising Sand as Album Of The Year and 'Please Read The Letter' as Record Of The Year.
Grammy ballots for the final round of voting will be mailed on December 17 to the voting members of The Recording Academy. They are due back to the accounting firm Deloitte by January 14, 2009, when they will be tabulated and the results kept secret until the telecast.
The 51st Annual Grammy Awards will be held on Grammy Sunday, February 8, 2009, at Staples Center in Los Angeles and once again will be broadcast live in high-definition TV and 5.1 surround sound on CBS from 8–11:30 p.m. (ET/PT).
Metallica's 'The Day That Never Comes' from Death Magnetic:
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss' 'Please Read The Letter':
