• Britney Spears for "Womanizer" from the album Circus

• Harry Connick, Jr. for "Your Songs"

• Ledisi for "Goin' Thru Changes" from the album Turn Me Loose

• Ledisi for "Turn Me Loose"

• "Best I Ever Had" by Drake; Songwriters: Dwayne Carter (Lil Wayne), Aubrey Drake Graham & Matthew Samuels

• Trace Adkins for "All I Ask For Anymore" from the album X (Ten)

• Brooks & Dunn for "Cowgirls Don't Cry" from the album Cowboy Town

• Terence Blanchard for "Dancin' 4 Chicken" from the Watts album (by Jeff "Tain" Watts) [Grammy winner]

• Allen Toussaint for "The Bright Mississippi"

• New Orleans Jazz Orchestra with Irvin Mayfield for "Book One" [Grammy winner]

• Various artists, including Aaron Neville, for "Oh Happy Day" [Grammy winner]

• Lucinda Williams for "Little Honey"

• Beausoleil avec Michael Doucet for "Alligator Purse"

• Buckwheat Zydeco for "Lay Your Burden Down" [Grammy winner]

• The Magnolia Sisters for "Stripped Down"

• Pine Leaf Boys for "Live at 2009 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival"

• Cedric Watson and Bijou Créole for "L'Esprit Creole"

• "Cadillac Records (Music From the Motion Picture)" - includes cuts from Little Walter, and others

• "True Blood: Season 1 Soundtrack" - features cuts by CC Adcock, Lucinda Williams, Lee Dorsey, Slim Harpo, Allen Toussaint, Dr. John, and others

2010 additions to the Grammy Hall of Fame include recordings by King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band, Mahalia Jackson, Jelly Roll Morton and Louis Armstrong

Producer/bassist/songwriter Larry Klein is nominated in the "Producer of the Year, Non-Classical" category. His credits for the year include the Zachary Richard & Celine Dion track "Acadian Driftwood."

Country music duo Sugarland is nominated in the "Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals" category for their single "It Happens," from the album Love on the Inside. Sugarland is backed on the album by New Orleanians Annie Clements (bass & vocals) and Travis McNabb (drums). Both of them performed with Sugarland on The Grammy Nominations Concert Live! which aired on CBS on December 2, 2009.

The Trace Adkins single "All I Ask For Anymore," written by Casey Beathard and Tim James, is nominated for "Best Country Song" (a songwriters award).

Nominees in the "Best Album Notes" category include The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions (1935–1946), Dan Morgenstern, album notes writer. [Grammy winner]

Nominees in the "Best Historical Album" category include Little Walter: The Complete Chess Masters (1950-1967), Andy McKaie, compilation producer; Erick Labson, mastering engineer. [Grammy winner]

See the complete list of nominees at Grammy.com.