TAYLOR SWIFT, LADY GAGA, BLACK EYED PEAS AND BEYONCE ARE EARLY TRIPLE GRAMMY THREATS

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Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, the Black Eyed Peas and Beyonce celebrated Christmas early on Wednesday night (02Dec09) when they each received three major Grammy Awards nominations at the 2010 event's big reveal in Los Angeles.

Beyonce, Lady Gaga and Swift will fight for the Song of the Year prize in January (10), while the Black Eyed Peas, who opened the Grammy Nominations Concert at the Nokia Theatre, will join the ladies to compete for both Record of the Year and Album of the Year.

Dave Matthews Band and Kings of Leon scooped two nominations as the leading eight awards categories were announced - DMB will fight for Al bum of the Year and Best Rock Album honours, while Use Somebody landed Kings of Leon nods in the Song of the Year and Record of the Year categories.

The Grammy Awards ceremony will take place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on 31 January (10).

The top award nominees announced at the nominations concert were:

Song of the Year

Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) - Beyonce

Poker Face - Lady Gaga

Use Somebody - Kings of Leon

You Belong With Me - Taylor Swift

Pretty Wings - Maxwell

Best Pop Performance by a Duo/Group with Vocals

I Gotta Feeling - Black Eyed Peas

We Weren't Born To Follow - Bon Jovi

Never Say Never - The Fray

Sarah's Smile - Daryl Hall + John Oates

Kids - MGMT

Best Rock Album

Black Ice - AC/DC

Live From Madison Square Garden - Steve Winwood + Eric Clapton

21st Century Breakdown - Green Day

Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King - Dave Matthews Band

No Line On The Horizon - U2

Best Rap Solo Performance

Best I Ever Had - Drake

Beautiful - Eminem

D.O.A. (Death of Autotune) - Jay-Z

Day & Night - Kid Cudi

Casa Bey - Mos Def

Best Country Performance by a Duo/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

Record of the Year

Halo - Beyonce

I Gotta Feeling - Black Eyed Peas

Use Somebody - Kings of Leon

Poker Face - Lady Gaga

You Belong With Me - Taylor Swift

Album of the Year

I Am... Sasha Fierce - Beyonce

The E.N.D. - Black Eyed Peas

The Fame - Lady Gaga

Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King - Dave Matthews Band

Fearless - Taylor Swift

Best New Artist

Zac Brown Band

Keri Hilson

MGMT

Silversun Pickups

The Ting Tings.