The nominees of the 51st Grammy Awards have been announced, and to be subtle, I, Ordinary Joe, have a lot to say.

Let’s start at the top with Rapper Lil Wayne, who received 8 nods. It seems the Recording Academy is keeping its recently garnered tradition alive of giving the most nominations to the musician that will either cause the most controversy or bring in the most viewers. Let me remind you of a well known soul singer from the UK named Amy Winehouse, who happens to have a beautiful voice, but also has a rabid drug problem. I can think of many reasons why her “Back to Black” album, and songs from it, could have been nominated so many times last year, however, one can’t help but think that the fact that half the world was paying attention to her late night fiascos, while under the influence, gave the Academy some reason to think they could drag in viewers by allowing her to perform live and giving her 6 nominations for good measure. So now we have Weezy f. Baby with a whopping 8 and a not so good example of Rap Music, namely, the “Carter III”…whoopee!!

Following with 7 nominations is Coldplay, while, Jay-Z, Kanye West and Ne-Yo received 6 each. Rounding off the most nominated are Allison Krauss & Robert Plant, Radiohead, John Mayer and new soul singer Jazmine Sullivan.

Nominated for Best New Artist is JB…which is the Jonas Brothers if you’re not a 10 year old girl. But they’ll have to beat out awesome fresh faces like, Adele, Duffy, Jonas Brothers, Lady Antebellum and Jazmine Sullivan.

Nominees for Record of the Year are:
“Chasing Pavements” by Adele

“Viva La Vida” by Coldplay

“Bleeding Love” by Leona Lewis

“Paper Planes” by M.I.A

“Please Read the Letter” by Robert Plant & Alison Krauss

Album of the Year Nominees are:
“Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends” by Coldplay

“Tha Carter III” by Lil Wayne

“Year Of The Gentleman” by Ne-Yo

“Raising Sand” by Robert Plant & Alison Krauss

“In Rainbows” by Radiohead

The Grammy Awards will be held on February 8th and broadcasted live on CBS. Expect updates from the Ordinary Joe Blog, as the date approaches.