The 52nd Annual Grammy Awards nominations for 2010 were just announced, and the nominees for country music are really no surprise!

Leading the country pack is, of course, Taylor Swift with 8 nominations for the entirety of the award nominations (Beyonce leads with ten). Love Taylor or hate her, she’s got a heck of a fan base!
The 52nd Annual Grammys will air live from the Staples Center in Los Angeles on January 31, 2010 on CBS from 8–11:30 p.m. (ET/PT).. The full nomination list can be found at Grammy.com.
The rest of the country music nominations for the 2010 Grammys include:
Best Female Country Vocal Performance
~ “Dead Flowers” Miranda Lambert
~ “I Just Call You Mine” Martina McBride
~ “White Horse” Taylor Swift
~ “Just A Dream” Carrie Underwood
~ “Solitary Thinkin’” Lee Ann Womack
Best Male Country Vocal Performance
~ “All I Ask For Anymore” Trace Adkins
~ “People Are Crazy” Billy Currington
~ “High Cost Of Living” Jamey Johnson
~ “Living For The Night” George Strait
~ “Sweet Thing” Keith Urban
See the rest of the nominations under the cut!
Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
~ “Cowgirls Don’t Cry” Brooks & Dunn
~ “Chicken Fried” Zac Brown Band
~ “I Run To You” Lady Antebellum
~ “Here Comes Goodbye” Rascal Flatts
~ “It Happens” Sugarland
Best Country Collaboration With Vocals
~ “Beautiful World” Dierks Bentley & Patty Griffin
~ “Down The Road” Kenny Chesney & Mac McAnally
~ “Start A Band” Brad Paisley & Keith Urban
~ “I Told You So” Carrie Underwood & Randy Travis
~ “Everything But Quits” Lee Ann Womack & George Strait
Best Country Song
~ “All I Ask For Anymore” (Trace Adkins) Casey Beathard & Tim James, songwriters
~ “High Cost Of Living” (Jamey Johnson) Jamey Johnson & James Slater, songwriters
~ “I Run To You” (Lady Antebellum) Tom Douglas, Dave Haywood, Charles Kelley & Hillary Scott, songwriters
~ “People Are Crazy” (Billy Currington) Bobby Braddock & Troy Jones, songwriters
~ “White Horse” (Taylor Swift) Liz Rose & Taylor Swift, songwriters
Best Country Album
~ The Foundation, Zac Brown Band
~ Twang, George Strait
~ Fearless, Taylor Swift
~ Defying Gravity, Keith Urban
~ Call Me Crazy, Lee Ann Womack
[image: bauer-griffin]

All i can say is that George Strait should win Best Country Album and Country male Vocalist as he is pure country and no one comes near him.
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