Eminem, people who are not Eminem nominated for Grammys

By Sean O'Neal | December 2, 2010 | 4:17pm

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The nominees for the 53rd annual Grammy Awards have been announced, anointing the albums worthy of adulation in 2010, and condemning all others by omission to a mass purging by bonfire. This year’s big potential winner is Eminem, who dropped the fart jokes and got himself the highest number of nominations (10 overall) and his first Album of the Year nod since 2003’s The Eminem Show. He’ll be facing off against Arcade Fire, Katy Perry, and Ladies Gaga and Antebellum in a category devoid of the usual industry lions like Herbie Hancock, Ray Charles, Robert Plant, etc. whom the academy always loves to settle on. In fact, for a year this dominated by relatively newer, youth-skewing acts, you’d have to go back to 2004, when Outkast’s Speakerboxxx/The Love Below beat out records by Missy Elliott, Evanescence, Justin Timberlake, and The White Stripes. (Regardless, our money is still on the relatively safe choice of Lady Antebellum.)

Bruno Mars came in second to Eminem with seven nominations, while Jay-Z and Ladies Gaga and Antebellum scored six apiece. Elsewhere, Cee Lo’s song of the year “Fuck You”—or, as the Associated Press refers to it, "(Expletive) You," which makes us wonder how they'll announce it at the ceremony—will square off against other non-songs of the year for Song Of The Year, Justin Bieber will take on Drake and Florence And The Machine for Best New Artist Of 2009 That We Just Now Noticed, the reunited Soundgarden managed to score a nomination for Best Hard Rock Performance for a song recorded nearly 20 years ago, and Michael Jackson similarly got what could be his final Grammy nod for the single “This Is It,” unless the forthcoming Michael somehow gets feted next year for mostly sentimental reasons. Also, judging by the list, there have been no new metal groups worth recognizing in pretty much the last 20 years. Here are some of the major categories; you can check out the full list here, which includes the revelation that Sarah Silverman can now claim to be a Grammy nominee. Winners will be announced on February 13.