Nominations for the 2010 Grammy Awards were announced during a special prime time broadcast on CBS on December 2, 2009. Beyonce led the pack with 10 nominations, including nods for Album of the Year, Record of the Year and Song of the Year. Country sensation Taylor Swift garnered eight nominations, including Album of the Year for Fearless. Other top nominees include the Black Eyed Peas, Lady Gaga, Maxwell and Kanye West.http://www.grammy.com/Recording_Academy/News/Default.aspx?newsID=3650/ref

The 52nd Annual Grammy Awards were handed out in a ceremony at Los Angeles' Staples Center on January 31, 2010. The Grammy Awards were televised live on CBS.<ref>http://www.grammy.com/Recording_Academy/News/Default.aspx?newsID=3650

Nominees for the 52nd Annual Grammy awards include (winners in bold):

• I Am…Sasha Fierce (Beyonce)
• The E.N.D. (the Black Eyed Peas)
• The Fame (Lady Gaga)
• Big Whiskey And The Groogrux King (Dave Matthews Band)
• Fearless (Taylor Swift) (winner)http://www.grammy.com/grammy_awards/52nd_show/list.aspx

• "Halo" (Beyonce)
• "I Gotta Feeling" (the Black Eyed Peas)
• "Use Somebody" (Kings Of Leon) (winner)
• "Poker Face" (Lady Gaga)
• "You Belong With Me" (Taylor Swift)http://www.grammy.com/grammy_awards/52nd_show/list.aspx

• "Poker Face," Lady Gaga & RedOne, songwriters (Lady Gaga)
• "Pretty Wings," Hod David & Musze, songwriters (Maxwell)
• "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)," Thaddis Harrell, Beyonce Knowles, Terius Nash & Christopher Stewart, songwriters (Beyonce) (winner)
• "Use Somebody, " Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill & Nathan Followill, songwriters (Kings Of Leon)
• "You Belong With Me," Liz Rose & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift)http://www.grammy.com/grammy_awards/52nd_show/list.aspx

• Zac Brown Band (winner)
• Keri Hilson
• MGMT
• Silversun Pickups
• The Ting Tingshttp://www.grammy.com/Recording_Academy/News/Default.aspx?newsID=3650

• "I Gotta Feeling" by The Black Eyed Peas (winner)
• "We Weren't Born To Follow" by Bon Jovi
• "Never Say Never" by The Fray
• "Sara Smile" by Daryl Hall & John Oates
• "Kids" by MGMThttp://www.grammy.com/grammy_awards/52nd_show/list.aspx

• Black Ice by AC/DC
• Live From Madison Square Garden by Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood
• 21st Century Breakdown by Green Day (winner)
• Big Whiskey And The Groogrux King by Dave Matthews Band
• No Line On The Horizon by U2http://www.grammy.com/grammy_awards/52nd_show/list.aspx

• Everything That Happens Will Happen Today by David Byrne & Brian Eno
• The Open Door by Death Cab For Cutie
• Sounds Of The Universe by Depeche Mode
• Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix by Phoenix (winner)
• It's Blitz! by the Yeah Yeah Yeahshttp://www.grammy.com/grammy_awards/52nd_show/list.aspx

• The Foundation by the Zac Brown Band
• Twang by George Strait
• Fearless by Taylor Swift Winner
• Defying Gravity by Keith Urban
• Call Me Crazy by Lee Ann Womackhttp://www.grammy.com/grammy_awards/52nd_show/list.aspx

• Universal Mind Control by Common
• Relapse by Eminem (winner)
• R.O.O.T.S. by Flo Rida
• The Ecstatic by Mos Def
• The Renaissance by Q-Tiphttp://www.grammy.com/grammy_awards/52nd_show/list.aspx

• "Best I Ever Had" by Drake
• "Beautiful" by Eminem
• "D.O.A. (Death Of Auto-Tune)" by Jay-Z (winner)
• "Day 'N' Nite" by Kid Cudi
• "Casa Bey" by Mos Defhttp://www.grammy.com/grammy_awards/52nd_show/list.aspx

• "Blame It" by Jamie Foxx & T-Pain (winner)
• "Chocolate High" by India.Arie & Musiq Soulchild
• "Ifuleave" by Musiq Soulchild & Mary J. Blige
• "Higher Ground" by Robert Randolph & The Clark Sisters
• "Love Has Finally Come At Last" by Calvin Richardson & Ann Nesbyhttp://www.grammy.com/grammy_awards/52nd_show/list.aspx

• "Cowgirls Don't Cry" by Brooks & Dunn
• "Chicken Fried" by Zac Brown Band
• "I Run To You" by Lady Antebellum (winner)
• "Here Comes Goodbye" by Rascal Flatts
• "It Happens" by Sugarlandhttp://www.grammy.com/grammy_awards/52nd_show/list.aspx