Grammy 2011 nominations

Lady Antebellum, Eminem and Lady Gaga lead the nominations

Country music and Hip-Hop/Rap seem to be the strong genres for the 2011 Grammy Awards as artists like Lady Antebellum and Eminem are leading the top categories of the competition.

Unlike last, year when pop/rock was the main link between the nominees -

eg. Adele, Coldplay and Jason Mraz- this year RnB and Country seem to be most popular genre in the 2011 Grammy Awards.

This year the american sensation Lady Antebellum, which blends contemporary country and pop, has been the most nominated act, including , record, album and song of the year with 'Need you now', who has topped the american charts since its release in 2010.

Along with them, the american rapper Eminem -featuring Rihanna in most of his nominated songs- has been nominated in at least 5 categories, including record, song and album of the year.

The contentious Lady Gaga and Kate Perry also leads the nominations with Album of the Year and Best Female Pop Performance.

The Arcade Fire, Muse and Kings of Leon are the top acts in the Alternative/Rock categories, the three of them with the chance of taking home a Grammy.

For New Breakthrough category, which Adele won the previous year, Justin Bieber, Florence and the Machine and Mumford and Sons seem to be the most likely acts to get the award.

Country singer, Miranda Lambert, has also been nominated for top categories thanks to the album Revolution and the single 'The house that built me".

The ceremony will be taking place on the 13th of february and will include performances by ustin Bieber, B.o.B, Lady Antebellum, and Bruno Mars.

For the whole list of nominees click on http://www.grammy.com/nominees

Nominees for Record of the Year

B.O.B feat. Bruno Mars 'Nothing on you'

Eminem feat Rihanna 'Love the way you lie'

Cee Lo 'Forget you'

Jay Z feat. Alicia Keys 'Empire State of Mind'

Lady Antebellum 'Need you now'

I Am Love review

At the end, is all about Love

It is not the first time that happens to me, but this time was special, different, captivating.

I decided to watch the foreign film 'I Am Love', my attention was caught by only looking at the ad in the tube stations in London and also the trailer online was kinda interesting.

A few days later as I was watching the movie and listening to its music, my interest for getting not only the movie but the soundtrack started to grow and grow...then the last 10 minutes of the movie I was almost shivering, feeling the goose bumps all over my body and the orchestra playing a song called 'Harmonielehre Part III. Meister Eckhart and Quackie' was the last bit I needed to want the movie and the soundtrack in my personal collection.

Now Im in my room listening to the soundtrack and I can stop saying how marvelous it is, how powerful and touching is each of the compositions by the american composer John Adams, who also has a strong background in classical compositions and conducting orchestras and symphonies.

More than 60 minutes of music in just nine songs is all you need to feel the movie passing by in your mind as you listen to each song. Most of the compositions are original from Adams, although there are some excerpts taken from classic time operas.

Each composition fits perfectly in each of the movie scenes and the main character, played by Academy Award Nominee, Tilda Swinton. In fact, I believe every song, describes what Swinton feels and plays in the film.

But the most outstanding achievement is that different orchestras and symphonies from all over the world, such as the San Francisco Symphony and the Orchestra of the Opera de Lyon, contributed to the soundtrack, released in june 2010.

No wonder this movie has been nominated for Best Foreign Movie for the Golden Globe Awards and the upcoming BAFTA.

And I think at the end is all about love, love for passion, for music and sounds: a great combination of a great story, stunning perfomances and a delightful score...this is I Am Love.