grammy-logoThe 52nd Annual Grammy Awards Ceremony airs live on CBS this Sunday, January 31, at 7 p.m. Hip-hop diva Kanye West leads all Chicago artists with five nominations.

Jennifer Hudson will join Usher, Celine Dion, Carrie Underwood and Smokey Robinson as part of a 3-D tribute to the late Michael Jackson. Here’s a full list of Chicago area artists nominated this year:

Kayne West
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration (Three nominations)

Best Rap Song

  • “Run This Town” (Jeff Bhasker, Shawn Carter, Robyn Fenty, Kanye West & Ernest Wilson, songwriters (Athanasios     Alatas, songwriter) (Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West)

Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group

Common
Best Rap Album

  • Universal Mind Control

Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group

  • “Make Her Say” (Common, Kanye West, Kid Cudi)

Neko Case
Best Contemporary Folk Album

  • Middle Cyclone

Best Recording Package

  • Middle Cyclone (Neko Case, Kathleen Judge)

Smokie Norful
Best Gospel Performance

  • “Jesus Is Love”

Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album

  • Smokie Norful: Live

Billy Boy Arnold, Lurrie Bell, Billy Branch, John Primer
Best Traditional Blues Album

  • Chicago Blues: A Living History

Chicago Symphony Chorus
Best Classical Album

  • Ravel: L’Enfant Et Les Sortilèges

Donald Lawrence & Company
Best Traditional Gospel Album

  • The Law Of Confession, Part I

Kurt Elling
Best Jazz Vocal Album

  • Dedicated To You: Kurt Elling Sings The Music Of Coltrane And Hartman

Lalah Hathaway
Best Female R&B Vocal Performance

  • “That Was Then”

Laurence Hobgood
Best Instrumental Arrangement

  • “Dedicated To You”

Liz Carroll
Best Traditional World Music Album

  • Double Play

Mavis Staples
Best Contemporary Blues Album

  • Live: Hope At The Hideout

Ministry
Best Metal Performance

  • “Señor Peligro”

Wilco
Best Americana Album

  • Wilco (the Album)

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Special thanks to Tera Healy for help compiling this post

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