Miley, Paramore up for movie Grammys

You can bet a lot of tweens and vampire buffs will be among those rooting for their idols come Grammy night next year. This is because top teen star Miley Cyrus and hip band Paramore are among the year’s nominees. Miley’s big hit The Climb from Hannah Montana: The Movie and Paramore’s Decode are both up for Grammys in the Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, TV or other Visual Media category.

These two are strong contenders but I can also say the same for other nominees. Besides, given the Grammys’ predilection to go for the predictable and not rock the boat, Academy voters night decide in favor of The Wrestler by Grammy favorite Bruce Springsteen or Once In A Lifetime from Cadillac Records by another Grammy pet, Beyoncé or maybe because, it will be good for Grammys international image, the winner might turn out to be Jai Ho from Slumdog Millionaire.

Whatever the result, I am sure having Miley and Paramore in the running upped Grammys’ youth following.

Time now to go on with the nominees’ list. I had the pop and rock nominees of the 2009 Grammy Awards out last Monday. Here are the R&B, hip-hop and rap lists plus a few other categories.

Female R&B Vocal: Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It, Beyoncé; It Kills Me, Melanie Fiona; That Was Then, Lalah Hathaway; Goin’ Thru Changes, Ledisi; Lions, Tigers & Bears, Jazmine Sullivan.

Male R&B Vocal: The Point Of It All, Anthony Hamilton; Pretty Wings, Maxwell; Sobeautiful, Musiq Soulchild; Under, Pleasure P; There Goes My Baby, Charlie Wilson.

Duo or Group R&B Vocal: Blame It, Jamie Foxx & T-Pain; Chocolate High, India.Arie & Musiq Soulchild; Ifuleave, Musiq Soulchild & Mary J. Blige; Higher Ground, Robert Randolf & The Clark Sisters; Love Has Finally Come At Last, Calvin Richardson & Anne Nesby.

Traditional R&B Vocal: At Last, Beyoncé; Soul Music, Anthony Hamilton; Don’t Let Me Be Lonely Tonight, Boney James & Quinn; Sow Love, Ann Nesby; Woman Gotta Have It, Calvin Richardson.

Urban Alternative Vocal: Daykeeper, The Foreign Exchange; All Matter, Robert Glasper & Bilal; Pearls, India.Arie & Dobet Gnahore; A Tale Of Two, Eric Roberson, Ben O’Neill & Michelle Thompson; Blend, Tonex.

R&B Song: Blame It, Jamie Foxx & T-Pain; Lions, Tigers & Bears, Jazmine Sullivan; Pretty Wings, Maxwell; Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It), Beyoncé; Under, Pleasure P.

R&B Album: The Point Of It All, Anthony Hamilton; Testimony: Vol. 2, Love And Politics, India.Arie; Turn Me Loose, Ledisi; Blacksummer’s Night, Maxwell; Uncle Charlie, Charlie Wilson.

Contemporary R&B Album: I Am… Sasha Fierce, Beyoncé; Intuition, Jamie Foxx; The Introduction Of Marcus Cooper, Pleasure P; Ready, Trey Songz; Thr33 Ringz, T-Pain & Sullivan.

Rap Solo: Best I Ever Had, Drake; Beautiful, Eminem; D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune, Jay-Z; Day ‘N Nite, Kid Cudi; Casa Bey, Mos Def.

Rap by a Duo or Group: Too Many Rappers, Beastie Boys & Nas; Crack A Bottle, Eminem, Dr. Dre & 50 Cent; Money Goes Honey Stay, Fabolous & Jay-Z; Make Her Say, Kid Cudi, Kanye West & Common; Amazing, Kanye West & Young Jeezy.

Rap/Sung Collaboration: Ego, Beyoncé & Kanye West; Knock You Down, Keri Hilson, Kanye West & Ne-Yo; Run This Town, Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West; I’m On A Boat, The Lonely Island & T-Pain; Dead And Gone, T.I. & Justin Timberlake.

Rap Song: Best I Ever Had, Drake; Day ‘N Nite, Kid Cudi; Dead And Gone, T.I. & Justin Timberlake; D.O.A. Death Of Auto-Tune, Jay-Z; Run This Town, Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West.

Rap Album: Universal Mind Control, Common; Relapse, Eminem; R.O.O.T.S., Flo Rida; The Ecstatic, Mos Def; The Renaissance, Q-Tip.

Musical Show Album: Ain’t Misbehavin’; Hair; 9 To 5, The Musical; Shrek, The Musical; West Side Story.

Compilation Soundtrack Album: Cadillac Records; Quentin Tarantino’s Inglorious Basterds; Slumdog Millionaire; True Blood; Twilight.

Score Soundtrack Album: The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button; Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince; Milk; Star Trek; Up.

Classical Crossover Album: A Company of Voices: Conspirare In Concert, Conspirare; Jazz-Class, Paquito D’Rivera Quintet; The Melody Of Rhythm, Bela Fleck; QSF Plays Brubeck; Quartet San Francisco; Twelve Songs By Charles Ives, Kneebody; Yo-yo Ma & Friends, Songs of Joy and Peace, Yo-yo Ma and Friends.

Short Form Music Video: Mr. Hurricane, Beast; Boom Boom Pow, The Black Eyed Peas; Life In Technicolor II, Coldplay; Wrong, Depeche Mode; Her Morning Elegance, Oren Lavie.

Long Form Music Video: In Boston, Chris Botti; Johnny Cash’s America, Johnny Cash; Anita O’Day — The Life Of A Jazz Singer, Anita O’Day; Love, Pain & The Whole Crazy World Tour Live, Keith Urban; The Beatles Love — All Together Now, Various Artists.

The Grammy Awards will be held at Staples Center in Los Angeles on Jan. 31, 2010. I am sure fans out here will be able to watch the event via satellite on Feb. 1, 2010. Given past shows, I am sure this one will again feature great production numbers. And maybe, we will also be able to see what Kanye West will do should he find himself on the same stage as fellow nominee Taylor Swift. Meanwhile, we wait.