Singer Mariah Carey waves after performing "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" at "The Grammy Nominations Concert Live!: Countdown to Music's Biggest Night" in Los Angeles December 3, 2008. [Reuters]

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," William Adams, Keith Harris, Josh Lopez, Caleb Speir, John Stephens, Estelle Swaray & Kanye West, songwriters (Estelle Featuring Kanye West, artist); "Chasing Pavements," Adele Adkins & Eg White, songwriters (Adele, artist); "I'm Yours," Jason Mraz, songwriter (Jason Mraz, artist); "Love Song," Sara Bareilles, songwriter (Sara Bareilles, artist); "Viva La Vida," Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion & Chris Martin, songwriters (Coldplay, artist)

Best New Artist:

Adele; Duffy; Jonas Brothers; Lady Antebellum; Jazmine Sullivan

(China.org.cn December 4, 2007)