• Lil Wayne for "Tha Carter III"

• Lil Wayne for "A Milli" from "Tha Carter III" [Grammy winner]

• Jay-Z, T.I., Kanye West & Lil Wayne for "Swagga Like Us" [Grammy winner]

• Lil Wayne featuring Jay-Z for "Mr. Carter" from "Tha Carter III"

• Lil Wayne featuring T-Pain for "Got Money" from "Tha Carter III"

• D. Carter (Lil Wayne), and others for "Lollipop" from "Tha Carter III" [Grammy winner]

• D. Carter (Lil Wayne), and others for "Swagga Like Us"

• Lil Wayne for "Tha Carter III" [Grammy winner]

• Trace Adkins for "You're Gonna Miss This" from "American Man - Greatest Hits Volume II"

• Brooks & Dunn for "God Must Be Busy" from "Cowboy Town"

• Sugarland with Jake Owen & Little Big Town for "Life In A Northern Town" from "Love On The Inside [Deluxe Fan Edition]"

• James Burton, and others for "Cluster Pluck" [Grammy winner]

• Various Artists (including Terence Blanchard) for "Cannon Re-Loaded: An All-Star Celebration of Cannonball Adderley"

• Terence Blanchard for "Be-Bop" from "Monterey Jazz Festival: 50th Anniversary All-Stars" [Grammy winner]

• The Blind Boys of Alabama for "Down In New Orleans" [Grammy winner]

• Buddy Guy for "Skin Deep"

• Dr. John and The Lower 911 for "City That Care Forgot" [Grammy winner]

• Irma Thomas for "Simply Grand"

• BeauSoleil & Michael Doucet for "Live at the 2008 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival" [Grammy winner]

• Michael Doucet for "From Now On"

• Pine Leaf Boys for "Homage au Passé"

• Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys for "Live at the 2008 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival"

• Cedric Watson for "Cedric Watson"

The 2009 Grammy Awards broadcast included a musical salute to New Orleans featuring Lil Wayne, Allen Toussaint, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band and Terence Blanchard performing together. Lil Wayne also performed "Swagga Like Us" (with Jay-Z, T.I, Kanye West and M.I.A); Buddy Guy performed in a tribute to Bo Diddley (with B.B. King, John Mayer and Keith Urban)..

New Orleanian Darius "Deezle" Harrison received 3 Grammy nominations for his work with Lil Wayne. Harrison is up for one Grammy as a songwriter for Best Rap Song "Lollipop" (Grammy winner) and for two Grammys as a producer and mixer/engineer for Album of the Year "Tha Carter III."

The Sugarland track "Life In A Northern Town" also features Annie Clements (bass & vocals) and Travis McNabb (drums).

The Blind Boys of Alabama album "Down In New Orleans" (Grammy winner) features guest appearances by The Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Allen Toussaint, The Hot 8 Brass Band, Shannon Powell, David Torkanowsky and Roland Guerin.

Del McCoury Band's "Live at the 2008 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival" is nominated in the Best Bluegrass Album category.

Texas-born, Louisiana-raised bayou boogie queen Marcia Ball is nominated in the Best Contemporary Blues Album category for her 2008 release "Peace, Love & BBQ"

Louis Armstrong's version of "Star Dust" (Okeh, 1931) is among the 2009 inductees into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

Allen Toussaint is among the 2009 recipients of Grammy Trustees Awards.

See the complete list of nominees at Grammy.com.