Country Shines Bright

Country music will be shining bright again this year at the 2011 Grammy Awards as Lady Antebellum leads the way with nominations against mainstream artists.  The Country categories also include fan favorites with a couple surprises in the mix, here is the list of nominations with Country artists:

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 Borrom - Ray LaMontagne
Forget You - Cee Lo
The House That Built Me - Miranda Lambert
Love the Way You Lie - Eminem feat. Rihanna
Need You Know - Lady Antebellum

Record of the Year:
Love the Way You Lie - Eminem feat. Rihanna
Nothin’ On You - Bruno Mars
Forget You - Cee Lo
Empire State of Mind - Jay-Z feat. Alicia Keys
Need You Now - Lady Antebellum

Best Country AlbumUp On The Ridge / Dierks Bentley
You Get What You Give / Zac Brown Band
The Guitar Song / Jamey Johnson
Need You Now / Lady Antebellum
Revolution / Miranda Lambert

Best Female Country Vocal Performance Grammy Nominees:
Satisfied /Jewel
The House That Built Me / Miranda Lambert
Swingin' / LeAnn Rimes
Temporary Home / Carrie Underwood
I'd Love To Be Your Last / Gretchen Wilson

Best Male Country Vocal Performance Grammy Nominees:
Macon / Jamey Johnson
Cryin' For Me (Wayman's Song) / Toby Keith
Turning Home / David Nail
'Til Summer Comes Around / Keith Urban
Gettin' You Home / Chris Young

Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals Grammy Nominees:
Free / Zac Brown Band
Elizabeth / Dailey & Vincent
Need You Now / Lady Antebellum
Little White Church / Little Big Town
Where Rainbows Never Die / The SteelDrivers

Best Country Collaboration with VocalsBad Angel / Dierks Bentley, Miranda Lambert & Jamey Johnson
Pride (In The Name Of Love) / Dierks Bentley, Del McCoury & The Punch Brothers
As She's Walking Away / Zac Brown Band & Alan Jackson
Hillbilly Bone / Blake Shelton & Trace Adkins
I Run To You / Marty Stuart & Connie Smith

Best Country SongThe Breath You Take / Casey Beathard, Dean Dillon & Jessie Jo Dillon, songwriters (George Strait)
Free / Zac Brown, songwriter (Zac Brown Band)
The House That Built Me / Tom Douglas & Allen Shamblin, songwriters (Miranda Lambert)
I'd Love To Be Your Last / Rivers Rutherford, Annie Tate & Sam Tate, songwriters (Gretchen Wilson)
If I Die Young / Kimberly Perry, songwriter (The Band Perry)
Need You Now / Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley & Hillary Scott, songwriters (Lady Antebellum)

See the Complete Grammy Nominations List HERE