The Grammy nominees

Veteran rock acts Bob Dylan and U2 share center stage with rap group Outkast and newcomers India Arie, Alicia Keys and Nelly Furtado in the major categories of the 44th Grammy Awards nominations. The trophies will be handed out at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on February 27.

U2, whose single Beautiful Day was named both Record and Song of the Year in last year’s Grammys, got eight, the most by any artist. Aside from Album of the Year and Best Rock Album for All That You Can’t Leave Behind, the famous Irish group is also nominated for Song of the Year for Stuck in a Moment You Can’t Get Out of, Record of the Year for Walk On, Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group for Elevation. Walk On and Elevation are up against each other in the Best Rock Song category.

Here is the list of nominations in some categories:

Record of the Year: Video by India Arie; Fallin’ by Alicia Keys; Ms. Jackson by Outkast; Drops of Jupiter by Train; Walk on You by U2.

Album of the Year: Love and Theft by Bob Dylan; Acoustic Soul by India Arie; Stankonia by Outkast; All That You Can’t Leave Behind by U2; O Brother Where Art Thou? the movie soundtrack by Various Artists.

Song of the Year: Drops of Jupiter by Train; Fallin’ by Alicia Keys; I’m Like a Bird by Nelly Furtado; Stuck in a Moment You Can’t Get Out of by U2; Video by India Arie.

New Artist: Nelly Furtado, David Gray; India Arie; Alicia Keys; Linkin Park.

Female Pop Vocal: I’m Like a Bird by Nelly Furtado; There You’ll Be by Faith Hill; Someone to Call My Lover by Janet Jackson; By Your Side by Sade; Essence by Lucinda Williams.

Male Pop Vocal: Fill Me In by Craig David; You Rock My World by Michael Jackson; I Want Love by Elton John; Still by Brian McKnight; Don’t Let Me Be Lonely Tonight by James Taylor.

Duo or Group Pop Vocal: Shape of My Heart by Backstreet Boys; Superman (It’s Not Easy) by Five for Fighting; Gone by ’N Sync; Imitation of Life by R.E.M.; Stuck in a Moment You Can’t Get Out Of by U2.

Pop Collaboration with Vocals: Lady Marmalade by Christina Aguilera, Lil’ Kim, Mya and Pink; New York State of Mind by Tony Bennett and Billy Joel; Nobody Wants to be Lonely by Ricky Martin with Christina Aguilera; My Kind of Girl by Brian McKnight & Justin Timberlake of ’N Sync; It Wasn’t Me by Shaggy featuring Ricardo "RikRok" Ducent.

Pop Instrumental: Room 335 by Larry Carlton and Steve Lukather; Reptile by Eric Clapton; Short Circuit by Daft Punk; Rain by Eric Johnson; There You’ll Be by Kirk Whalum.

Dance Recording: One More Time by Daft Funk and Romanthony; I Feel Loved by Depeche Mode; Out of Nowhere by Gloria Estefan; All for You by Janet Jackson; Angel by Lionel Richie.

Pop Vocal Album: Whoa, Nelly! by Nelly Furtado; All for You by Janet Jackson; Songs from the West Coast by Elton John; Celebrity by ’N Sync; Lovers Rock by Sade.

Traditional Pop Vocal: Stars and the Moon: Live at the Donmar by Betty Buckley; Sentimental Journey, the Girl Singer and Her New Big Band by Rosemary Clooney; Songs I Heard by Harry Connick, Jr.; Romance on Film, Romance on Broadway by Michael Feinstein; Keely Sings Sinatra by Keely Smith.

Female Rock Vocal: Strange Little Girls by Tori Amos; I Want to be in Love by Melissa Etheridge; This is Love by PJ Harvey; Planets of the Universe by Stevie Nicks; Get Right with God by Lucinda Williams.

Male Rock Vocal: New York, New York by Ryan Adams; Superman Inside by Eric Clapton; Honest with Me by Bob Dylan; Dig In by Lenny Kravitz; Peaceful World by John Mellencamp.

Rock Vocal by Duo or Group: Elevation by U2; Jaded by Aerosmith; Yellow by Coldplay; The Space Between by The Dave Matthews Band; Drops of Jupiter by Train.

Hard Rock Vocals: Smooth Criminal by Alien Ant Farm; Crawling by Linkin Park; Alive by P.O.D.; Renegades of Punk by Rage Against the Machine; Your Disease by Saliva.

Metal Performance: The Wizard by Black Sabbath; Disciple by Slayer; Left Behind by Slipknot; Chop Suey! by System of a Down; Schism by Tool.

Rock Song: Elevation by U2; Drops of Jupiter by Train; Jaded by Aerosmith; Yellow by Coldplay; Walk On by U2.

Rock Album: Gold by Ryan Adams; Just Push Play by Aerosmith; Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea by PJ Harvey; Hybrid Theory by Linkin Park; All That You Can’t Leave Behind by U2.

Alternative Music Album: Strange Little Girls by Tori Amos; Vespertine by Bjork; Parachutes by Coldplay; Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars by Fatboy Slim; Amnesiac by Radiohead.

More nominations on Monday.