Be part of the glamour and glitz of the 51st Annual Grammy Awards this February as DStv brings viewers live and in depth coverage across
Africa.
The excitement kicks off with E! Entertainment's E! Live from the Red Carpet on Sunday February 8 at 23:59 CAT. DStv audiences can join E!
presenters, Ryan Seacrest and Giuliana Rancic as they welcome the stars on the red.
See all your favourite celebrities live and find out all the showbiz gossip with E!'s Red Carpet experts providing commentary and offering
their insight as the night unfolds. This will be followed by DStv's live coverage of the main event, 51st Annual Grammy Awards on Channel O at
03:00 CAT. For the sixth year in a row, the ceremony will be held in the Staples Center and in order to be eligible for an award a recording
must have been commercially released in the 2008 recording year.
This year's nominations reflected one of the most diverse years ever with the Album Of The Year category alone representing the rap, R&B,
folk and rock genres.
Going head to head in the Best Female Female R&B Vocal Performance category this year is Beyonce (Me, Myself And I), Jennifer Hudson
(Spotlight) and Alicia Keyes (Superwoman).
Lil Wayne tops the nominations with eight, Coldplay garnered seven, and Jay-Z, Ne-Yo and Kanye West each earned six nominations. Alison Krauss, John Mayer, Robert Plant, Radiohead and Jazmine Sullivan received five each while Adele, Danger Mouse, Eagles, Lupe Fiasco, George Strait, and T.I. each received four nominations. Adele, Leona Lewis, Coldplay and Sara Bareilles are the stand out artists with each three nominations in
the pop categories. Rihanna and Madonna are both up for Best Dance Song Award together with Lady GaGa, Sam Sparro and Daft Punk. Meanwhile
Cyndi Lauper, Robyn and Kylie Minogue are competing in the Best Dance Album category. While Lil' Wayne, Ne-Yo, Coldplay, Radiohead and Robert
Plant with Allison Kraus are competing in the Best Album category, with Coldplay being favourites to win the converted award.
Tune in for E! Live from the Red Carpet: The 2009 Grammy Awards on Sunday February 8 at 23:59 CAT on E! Entertainment (DStv channel 124) and 2009 Grammy Awards on Monday February 9 at 03:00 CAT on Channel O (DStv Channel 320) For those viewers who aren't early riser, M-Net will rebroadcast the event at 21:30 CAT on Monday February 9.
Following are the nominations in the four General Field categories:
Album Of The Year:
Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends - (Coldplay)
Tha Carter III - (Lil Wayne)
Year Of The Gentleman - (Ne-Yo)
Raising Sand - (Robert Plant & Alison Krauss)
In Rainbows - (Radiohead)

Record Of The Year:
Chasing Pavements - (Adele)
Viva La Vida - (Coldplay)
Bleeding Love - (Leona Lewis)
Paper Planes - (M.I.A.)
Please Read The Letter - (Robert Plant & Alison Krauss)

Song Of The Year:
American Boy - (Estelle Featuring Kanye West)
Chasing Pavements - (Adele)
I'm Yours - (Jason Mraz)
Love Song - (Sara Bareilles)
Viva La Vida - (Coldplay)