Last night, the nominees for the 2010 Grammy Awards were announced. Last year, they started doing a special tv show/concert to announce the nominees and some of the better known artists perform their hits. (At least that is what they did last year, I didn’t watch last night).

The Nominees

Best Gospel Performance
(For solo, duo, group as collaborative performances. Singles or tracks with vocal containing Gospel lyrics. All genres of Gospel music are eligible.)

• Free To Be Me
  Francesca Battistelli
  [Fervent Records/ Word Entertainment] 
  
  
• Jesus Is Love
  Heather Headley Featuring Smokie Norful
  Track from: Audience Of One
  [EMI Gospel] 
  
  
• I Believe
  Jonny Lang With Fisk Jubilee Singers
  Track from: Oh Happy Day
  [Vector Recordings/EMI Gospel] 
  
  
• Wait On The Lord
  Donnie McClurkin Featuring Karen Clark Sheard
  Track from: We All Are One (Live In Detroit)
  [Verity] 
  
  
• Born Again
  Third Day
  Track from: Revelation
  [Essential Records]

Best Gospel Song
(A Songwriter(s) Award. For Song Eligibility Guidelines see Category #3. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.)

• Born Again
  Tai Anderson, David Carr, Mark Lee & Mac Powell, songwriters (Third Day)
  Track from: Revelation
  [Essential Records; Publisher: Consuming Fire Music.] 
  
  
• City On Our Knees
  Cary Barlowe, Toby McKeehan & Jaime Moore, songwriters (TobyMac)
  [Forefront Records; Publishers: Achtober Songs, Emack Music, Jamnu Music, Castle Bound, Bummerman Music.] 
  
  
• Every Prayer
  Dayna Caddell, Israel Houghton, Aaron Lindsey & Ricardo Sanchez, songwriters (Israel Houghton & Mary Mary)
  Track from: The Power Of One
  [Integrity Music; Publishers: Warner-Tamerlane Publishing, Aaron Lindsey Publishing, Integrity's Praise! Music, Sound of the New Breed, gnidybab music, Ricardo Music Dot Com.] 
  
  
• God In Me
  Erica Campbell, Tina Campbell & Warryn Campbell, songwriters (Mary Mary Featuring Kierra “KiKi” Sheard)
  Track from: The Sound
  [Columbia Records; Publishers: EMI April Music, Wet Ink Red Music, That's Plum Song, It's Tea Tyme.] 
  
  
• The Motions
  Jason Houser, Sam Mizell & Matthew West, songwriters (Matthew West)
  Track from: Something To Say
  [Sparrow Records; Publishers: Word Music/Songs For Lulu/Simple Tense Songs/Wyzell Music/Songs of Extreme/Cedar Sides.] 
  

Best Rock Or Rap Gospel Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

• The Big Picture
  Da’ T.R.U.T.H.
  [Cross Movement Records] 
  
  
• Crash
  Decyfer Down
  [INO Records] 
  
  
• Innocence & Instinct
  Red
  [Essential Records] 
  
  
• Live Revelations
  Third Day
  [Essential Records] 
  
  
• The Dash
  John Wells-The Tonic
  [Cross Movement Records] 
  

Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

• Speaking Louder Than Before
  Jeremy Camp
  [BEC Recordings] 
  
  
• The Power Of One
  Israel Houghton
  [Integrity Music] 
  
  
• The Long Fall Back To Earth
  Jars Of Clay
  [Gray Matters/Essential Records] 
  
  
• Love Is On The Move
  Leeland
  [Essential Records] 
  
  
• Freedom
  Mandisa
  [Sparrow Records]

(Source: Grammy.com)

While I think there are some good choices, I also believe that there are some records that have been completely overlooked.  Skillet, TFK, and Tenth Avenue North are among the artists I feel were totally robbed.  Who do you think should have been nominated?