December 2, 2009 | 10:33pm ET

On January 31st, the 52nd annual Grammys will determine the year’s best artists, albums, and songs. If you actually care (you’ll see what I mean in a moment), here are this year’s nominees (as announced tonight at a huge-waste-of-time ceremony hosted by the one and only LL Cool J):

Record of the Year:

  • Beyonce — “Halo”
  • Black Eyed Peas — “I Gotta Feeling”
  • Kings of Leon — “Use Somebody”
  • Lady Gaga — “Pokerface”
  • Taylor Swift — “You Belong With Me”

Song of the Year:

  • Lady Gaga – “Pokerface”
  • Maxwell – “Pretty Wings”
  • Beyonce — Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
  • Kings of Leon — “Use Somebody”
  • Taylor Swift — “You Belong With Me”
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Album of the Year:

  • Beyonce — I Am… Sasha Fierce
  • Black Eyed Peas — The E.N.D.
  • Lady Gaga — The Fame
  • Dave Matthews Band — Big Whiskey And The Groogrux King
  • Taylor Swift — Fearless

Best New Artist:

  • Zac Brown Band
  • Keri Hilson
  • MGMT
  • Silversun Pickups
  • The Ting Tings

Best Rock Album:

  • AC/DC — Black Ice
  • Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood — Live From Madison Square Garden
  • Green Day — 21st Century Breakdown
  • Dave Matthews Band — Big Whiskey And The Groogrux King
  • U2 — No Line On The Horizon

Best Rock Song:

  • Pearl Jam — “The Fixer”
  • U2 — “I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight”
  • Green Day — “21 Guns”
  • Kings of Leon — “Use Somebody”
  • Bruce Springsteen — “Working On A Dream”
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Best Alternative Music Album:

  • David Byrne & Brian Eno — Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
  • Death Cab For Cutie — The Open Door
  • Depeche Mode — Sounds of The Universe
  • Phoenix — Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
  • Yeah Yeah Yeahs — It’s Blitz!

Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals:

  • Black Eyed Peas — “I Gotta Feeling”
  • Bon Jovi — “We Weren’t Born To Follow”
  • The Fray — “Never Say Never”
  • Hall & Oates — “Sara Smile”
  • MGMT — “Kids”

Best Rap Solo Performance:

  • Drake — “Best I Ever Had”
  • Eminem — “Beautiful”
  • Jay-Z — “D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)”
  • Kid Cudi — “Day ‘N Nite”
  • Mos Def — “Casa Bey”
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