Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Coldplay @ 2009 Grammy Awards

An Extraordinary band. Lyrically, and Musically, they, to me, are the greatest brit-pop band of all time.





Coldplay is running for 7 awards this year. But leading the award charter is Lil Wayne with 8 nominations.

Nevertheless, Coldplay has done so well in producing, as many like to call it, "the best ever" album, and it only takes 2 song from their Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends to get 7 nomination. The 2 songs i'm talking about is their first single Violet Hill and the ground shaking Viva La Vida.

Lets see which award they will be running for shall we? :p




Record of the Year



"Chasing Pavements" – Adele
Eg White, producer; Tom Elmhirst & Steve Price, engineers/mixers

"Viva la Vida" – Coldplay
Markus Dravs, Brian Eno & Rik Simpson, producers; Michael Brauer & Rik Simpson, engineers/mixers

"Bleeding Love" – Leona Lewis
Ryan Tedder, producer; Craig Durrance, Phil Tan & Ryan Tedder, engineers/mixers

"Paper Planes" – M.I.A.
Diplo, producer; Switch, engineer/mixer

"Please Read the Letter" – Robert Plant and Alison Krauss
T Bone Burnett, producer; Mike Piersante, engineer/mixer




Album of the Year



Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends – Coldplay
Markus Dravs, Brian Eno & Rik Simpson, producers; Michael H. Brauer, Markus Dravs, John O'Mahoney, Rik Simpson & Andy Wallace, engineers/mixers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer

Tha Carter III – Lil Wayne
Babyface, Brisco, Fabolous, Jay-Z, Kidd Kidd, Busta Rhymes, Juelz Santana, D. Smith, Static Major, T-Pain & Bobby Valentino, featured artists; The Alchemist, Bangladesh, David Banner, Vaushaun "Maestro" Brooks, Cool & Dre, Andrews "Drew" Correa, Darius "Deezle" Harrison, Jim Jonsin, Mousa, Pro Jay, Rodnae, Skillz & Play, D. Smith, Swizz Beatz, Robin Thicke, T-Pain & Kanye West, producers; Angel Aponte, Joshua Berkman, Andrew Dawson, Joe G, Darius "Deezle" Harrison, Fabian Marasciullo, Miguel Scott, Robin Thicke, Julian Vasquez & Gina Victoria, engineers/mixers; Vlado Meller, mastering engineer

Year of the Gentleman – Ne-Yo
Chuck Harmony, Polow da Don, Stargate, Stereotypes, Syience, Shea Taylor & Shomari "Sho" Wilson, producers; Kirven Arrington, Jeff Chestek, Kevin "KD" Davis, Mikkel Eriksen, Jaymz Hardy Martin III, Geno Regist, Phil Tan & Tony Terrebonne, engineers/mixers; Herb Powers Jr., mastering engineer

Raising Sand – Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
T Bone Burnett, producer; Mike Piersante, engineer/mixer; Gavin Lurssen, mastering engineer

In Rainbows – Radiohead
Nigel Godrich producer; Nigel Godrich, Dan Grech-Marguerat, Hugo Nicolson & Richard Woodcraft, engineers/mixers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer




Song of the Year



"American Boy" – Estelle featuring Kanye West, Keith Harris, John Legend, Josh Lopez, Caleb Speir, Kanye West & will.i.am, songwriters

"Chasing Pavements" – Adele & Eg White, songwriters

"I'm Yours" – Jason Mraz, songwriter

"Love Song" - Sara Bareilles, songwriter

"Viva La Vida" – Coldplay, songwriters




Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals



"Viva la Vida" – Coldplay



"Waiting in the Weeds" – Eagles

"Going On" – Gnarls Barkley

"Won't Go Home Without You" – Maroon 5

"Apologize" – OneRepublic




Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals



"Rock N Roll Train" – AC/DC

"Violet Hill" – Coldplay

"Long Road Out of Eden" – Eagles

"Sex on Fire" – Kings of Leon

"House of Cards" – Radiohead




Best Rock Song





"Girls in Their Summer Clothes" – Bruce Springsteen, songwriter

"House of Cards" – Radiohead, songwriters

"I Will Possess Your Heart" – Death Cab for Cutie, songwriters

"Sex on Fire" – Kings of Leon, songwriters

"Violet Hill" – Coldplay, songwriters




Best Rock Album





Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends – Coldplay

Rock N Roll Jesus – Kid Rock

Only by the Night – Kings of Leon

Death Magnetic – Metallica

Consolers of the Lonely – The Raconteurs



I wish Coldplay all the best! and I hope they sweep all 7 awards!! :p

Chris Martins, Jon Buckland, Guy Berryman and Will Champion! You guys are awesome!
Thanks to Brian Eno for producing such a powerful album!



COLDPLAY ROCKS!!! WOOHOO~~

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