Lil Wayne leads the Grammy nominee pack with eight nods, including album of the year, for which Coldplay is also nominated. Chesney is nominated for best country collaboration. Jonas Brothers are up for this year?s best new artist award and Perry?s up for best female pop vocal performance.

Others in the running for album of the year, including Alison Krauss and Robert Plant, Radiohead and Ne-Yo, haven?t been confirmed as performers for the Grammys yet, though those artists typically perform during the show as well.

Besides the CBS telecast of the ceremony, the Grammy Awards have gone high-tech this year with online coverage at Grammy.com and CBS.com, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Last.fm.