Grammy Noms CD Hits Stores

SANTA MONICA, Calif. (Jan. 5, 2009) — The Recording Academy®'s GRAMMY® Recordings has partnered with Rhino Entertainment for the 2009 GRAMMY® Nominees CD, the 15th edition of the best-selling series highlighting artists and songs nominated for the 51st Annual GRAMMY Awards. The 20-song collection will be available Jan. 27 and a portion of the proceeds from the sale of the CD will benefit the MusiCares® Foundation and the GRAMMY Foundation®, two charitable organizations established by The Recording Academy. For more information about the Foundations, please visit www.grammy.com.

The disc contains many of the most widely recognized GRAMMY categories. The 20 tracks from the 2009 GRAMMY Nominees CD represent nominees from the Record Of The Year, Album Of The Year, Best New Artist, Song Of The Year, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, and Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals categories. The nominees CD is made possible by a special arrangement with all of the major music distribution companies and rotates labels from year to year.

The 51st Annual GRAMMY Awards will be held Feb. 8, 2009, at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, and will be broadcast live in high-definition TV and 5.1 Surround Sound on the CBS Television Network at 8 p.m. (ET/PT). The show also will be supported on radio via Westwood One worldwide.

2009 GRAMMY Nominees CD Tracklist:

1. COLDPLAY
"Viva La Vida"
Record Of The Year
Album Of The Year
Song Of The Year
Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

2. Estelle Featuring Kanye West
"American Boy"
Song Of The Year

3. Sara Bareilles
"Love Song"
Song Of The Year
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

4. Ne-yo
"Closer"
Album Of The Year

5. LIL WAYNE Featuring T-PAIN
"Got Money"
Album Of The Year

6. ROBERT PLANT & ALISON KRAUSS
"Please Read The Letter"
Album Of The Year
Record Of The Year

7. Radiohead
"House Of Cards"
Album Of The Year

8. LADY ANTEBELLUM
"Love Don't Live Here"
Best New Artist

9. jonas brothers
"Burnin' Up"
Best New Artist

10. Jazmine Sullivan
"Need U Bad"
Best New Artist

11. duffy
"Mercy"
Best New Artist
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

12. M.i.a.
"Paper Planes"
Record Of The Year

13. Adele
"Chasing Pavements"
Song Of The Year
Best New Artist
Record Of The Year
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

14. Katy Perry
"I Kissed A Girl"
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

15. Leona Lewis
"Bleeding Love"
Record Of The Year
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

16. P!NK
"So What"
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

17. Gnarls barkley
"Going On"
Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

18. onerepublic
"Apologize"
Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

19. maroon 5
"Won't Go Home Without You"
Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

20. eagles
"Waiting In The Weeds"
Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals