TMC’s Prime Time Special: The Grammy Awards

I’m you substitute host for tonight’s Prime Time. So for this Sunday evening we are going to do something a little different and present a Grammy Awards Open Thread.

First a little History.

It was in 1914 in New York City the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers is established to protect the copyrighted musical compositions of its members. Better known as ASCAP, not-for-profit performance-rights organization (PRO) that protects its members’ musical copyrights by monitoring public performances of their music, whether via a broadcast or live performance, and compensating them accordingly.

ASCAP collects licensing fees from users of music created by ASCAP members, then distributes them back to its members as royalties. In effect, the arrangement is the product of a compromise: when a song is played, the user does not have to pay the copyright holder directly, nor does the music creator have to bill a radio station for use of a song.

ASCAP doesn’t have anything to do with the Grammy Awards but they are one of three organizations in the US that protect the artists’ rights. The other two are Broadcast Music Incorporated (BMI) and the Society of European Stage Authors and Composers (SESAC).

The Grammy Awards are the music industry Oscars, given by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry. The award was established in 1958 and first telecast in November of 1959. Prior to 1971, when the awards were first televised live, they were taped as a series of specials that were presented on NBC. The 53rd Grammy Awards will take place on 13 February 2011 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles and will be broadcast on CBS, 8 PM EST (5 PM PST).

OK. Enough of that. The Nominees are:

Record Of The Year

* Nothin’ On You B.o.B Featuring Bruno Mars

* F*** You Cee Lo Green

* Empire State Of Mind Jay-Z & Alicia Keys

* Need You Now Lady Antebellum

Album Of The Year

* The Suburbs Arcade Fire

* Recovery Eminem

* Need You Now Lady Antebellum<

* The Fame Monster Lady Gaga

* Teenage Dream Katy Perry

Song Of The Year

* Beg Steal Or Borrow

* F*** You

* The House That Built Me

* Love The Way You Lie

* Need You Now

Best New Artist  

* Justin Bieber

* Drake

* Florence & The Machine

* Mumford & Sons

* Esperanza Spalding

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

* King Of Anything Sara Bareilles

* Halo (Live) Beyoncé

* Chasing Pirates Norah Jones

* Bad Romance Lady Gaga

* Teenage Dream Katy Perry

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance

* Haven’t Met You Yet Michael Bublé

* This Is It Michael Jackson

* Whataya Want From Me Adam Lambert

* Just The Way You Are Bruno Mars

* Half Of My Heart John Mayer

Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

* Don’t Stop Believin’ (Regionals Version) Glee Cast

* Misery Maroon 5

* The Only Exception Paramore

* Babyfather Sade

* Hey, Soul Sister (Live) Train

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals

* Airplanes, Part II

* Imagine

* If It Wasn’t For Bad

* Telephone

* California Gurls

Best Pop Instrumental Performance

* Flow Laurie Anderson

* Nessun Dorma Jeff Beck

 * No Mystery Stanley Clarke

* Orchestral Intro Gorillaz

* Sleepwalk The Brian Setzer Orchestra

Best Pop Instrumental Album

* Pushing The Envelope

Gerald Albright

* Take Your Pick Larry Carlton & Tak Matsumoto

* Heart And Soul Kenny G

* Singularity Robby Krieger

* Everything Is Everything: The Music Of Donny Hathaway Kirk Whalum

Best Pop Vocal Album

* My World 2.0 Justin Bieber

* I Dreamed A Dream Susan Boyle

* The Fame Monster Lady Gaga

* Battle Studies John Mayer

* Teenage Dream Katy Perry

Best Dance Recording

* Rocket Goldfrapp

* In For The Kill La Roux

* Dance In The Dark Lady Gaga

* Only Girl (In The World) Rihanna

* Dancing On My Own Robyn

Best Electronic/Dance Album

* These Hopeful Machines BT

* Further The Chemical Brothers

* Head First Goldfrapp

* Black Light Groove Armada

* La Roux La Roux

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

* Crazy Love Michael Bublé

* The Greatest Love Songs Of All Time Barry Manilow

* Let It Be Me: Mathis In Nashville Johnny Mathis

* Fly Me To The Moon…The Great American Songbook: Volume V Rod Stewart

* Love Is The Answer Barbra Streisand

Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance

* Run Back To Your Side Eric Clapton

* Crossroads John Mayer

* Helter Skelter Paul McCartney

* Silver Rider Robert Plant

* Angry World Neil Young

Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

* Ready To Start Arcade Fire

* I Put A Spell On You Jeff Beck & Joss Stone

* Tighten Up  The Black Keys

* Radioactive Kings Of Leon

* Resistance Muse

Best Hard Rock Performance

* A Looking In View

Alice In Chains

* Let Me Hear You Scream

zzy Osbourne

* Black Rain Soundgarden

* Between The Lines Stone Temple Pilots

* New Fang Them Crooked Vultures

Best Metal Performance

* El Dorado Iron Maiden

* Let The Guilt Go Korn

* In Your Words Lamb Of God

* Sudden Death Megadeth

* World Painted Blood Slayer

Best Rock Instrumental Performance

* Hammerhead Jeff Beck

* Black Mud The Black Keys

* Do The Murray Los Lobos

* Kundalini Bonfire Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds

* The Deathless Horsie Dweezil Zappa

Best Rock Song

* Angry World

Little Lion Man

* Radioactive

* Resistance

* Tighten Up

Best Rock Album

*  Emotion & Commotion

Jeff Beck

* The Resistance Muse

* Backspacer Pearl Jam

* Mojo Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers

* Le Noise Neil Young

Best Alternative Music Album

* The Suburbs Arcade Fire

* Infinite Arms Band Of Horses

* Brothers The Black Keys

* Broken Bells Broken Bells

* Contra Vampire Weekend

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance

* Gone Already Faith Evans

* Bittersweet Fantasia

* Everything To Me Monica

* Tired Kelly Price

* Holding You Down (Going In Circles) Jazmine Sullivan

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance

* Second Chance El DeBarge

* Finding My Way Back Jaheim

* Why Would You Stay Kem

* We’re Still Friends (Kirk Whalum &) Musiq Soulchild

* There Goes My Baby Usher

Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

* Love  Chuck Brown, Jill Scott & Marcus Miller

* Take My Time Chris Brown & Tank

Track from: Graffiti

* You’ve Got A Friend Ronald Isley & Aretha Franklin

* Shine John Legend & The Roots

* Soldier Of Love Sade