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42 Texas born-or-based acts receive a total of 53 GRAMMY nominations
Casey Monahan, Texas Music Office, Governor’s Office
2010-12-03 12:20:18
**42 Texas born-or-based acts receive a total of 53 GRAMMY nominations**

For a list of all nominees, please visit:GRAMMY NOMINEES

The National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences

53rd Annual GRAMMY® Awards

For recordings released during the Eligibility Year September 1, 2009 through September 30, 2010.

Compiled by Casey Monahan, Stephen Ray, Amber LaFrance, Katelyn Orr, and Ambika Singh



Arcade Fire

-Album of the Year for The Suburbs

-Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals for Ready to Start

-Best Alternative Music Album for The Suburbs



ARS Lyrica Houston

-Best Opera Recording for Hasse: Marc' Antonio E Cleopatra

Devendra Banhart

-Best Recording Package for What Will We Be (with Jon Beasley)



John Beasley

-Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual of Group for Positootly!



Beyoncé

-Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for Halo(Live)

Joseph Banowetz -Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra) for Kletzki: Piano Concerto In D Minor, Op. 22
Sara Hickman - Best Spoken Word Album for Children Healthy Food For Thought: Good Enough To Eat (Hickman contributed two selections)
-Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals for Telephone (with Lady GaGa)



Ryan Bingham

-Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media for The Weary Kind with T Bone Burnett



Carol Burnett
-Best Spoken Word Album for This Time Together: Laughter and Reflection

T Bone Burnett
-Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media for Crazy Heart
-Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media for The Weary Kind with Ryan Bingham

Guy Clark
-Best Contemporary Folk Album for Somedays the Song Writes You

James Cotton
-Best Traditional Blues Album for Giant

David Crowder Band
-Best Rock or Rap Gospel Album for Church Music

Steve Earle
-Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media for This City

Roky Erickson with Okkervil River

-Best Album Notes for True Love Cast Out All Evil



Patty Griffin

-Best Traditional Gospel Album for Downtown Church



El Güero Y Su Banda Centenario

-Best Banda Album for Enamórate De Mí

Grupo Fantasma
-Best Latin Rock, Alternative or Urban Album for El Existential



Ty Herndon

-Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album for Journey On



Buddy Holly

-Best Historical Album for Not Fade Away: The Complete Studio Recordings and More



Intocable

-Best Norteño Album for Classic

Israel Houghton

-Best Gospel Performance for You Hold My World

-Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album for Love God, Love People



Jewel

-Best Female Country Vocal Performance for Satisfied



Norah Jones

-Best Female Vocal Pop Performance for Chasing Pirates



Miranda Lambert

-Song of the Year for The House That Built Me

-Best Female Country Vocal Performance for The House That Built Me

-Best Country Collaboration with Vocals for Bad Angel (with Dierks Bentley and Jamey Johnson)

-Best Country Song for The House That Built Me

-Best Country Album for Revolution



Lecrae

-Best Rock or Rap Gospel Album for Rehab



Little Joe Y La Familia

-Best Tejano Album for Recuerdos



Alan Lomax

-Best Album Notes for Alan Lomax in Haiti: Recordings for the Library of Congress, 1936-1937
-Best Historical Album for Alan Lomax in Haiti: Recordings for the Library of Congress, 1936-1937

Johnny Mathis

-Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album for Let It Be Me: Mathis in Nashville



Juan P. Moreno

-Best Tejano Album for Sabes Bien



Willie Nelson

-Best Americana Album for Country Music



Pinetop Perkins

-Best Traditional Blues Album for Joined at the Hip (with Willie ‘Big Eyes’ Smith)



Joe Posada

-Best Tejano Album for In The Pocket



LeAnn Rimes

-Best Female Country Vocal Performance for Swingin



Poncho Sanchez

-Best Latin Jazz Album for Psychedelic Blues



Sunny Sauceda Y Todo Eso

-Best Tejano Album for Homenaje A Mi Padre



Allen Shamblin

-Song of the Year for The House That Built Me with Tom Douglas

-Best Country Song for The House That Built Me with Tom Douglas



Esperanza Spalding

-Best New Artist



George Strait

-Best Country Song for The Breath You Take



Chris Tomlin

-Best Gospel Song for Our God



Tortilla Factory

-Best Tejano Album for Cookin



Jimmie Vaughan

-Best Traditional Blues Album for Plays Blues Ballads and Favorites



Cedric Watson et Bijou Créole

-Best Zydeco or Cajun Music Album for Creole Moon: Live At The Blue Moon Saloon



Kirk Whalum

-Best Pop Instrumental Album for Everything is Everything: The Music of Donny Hathaway

-Best Male R&B Vocal Performance for We’re Still Friends (with Musiq Soulchild)

-Best Gospel Performance for He’s Just Been That Good (with Lalah Hathaway)

-Best Gospel Song for It’s What I Do (with Lalah Hathaway)



Written By: Casey Monahan, Texas Music Office, Governor’s Office