The Grammy hopefuls

Here's a look at leading contenders in each of the major categories for the 48th Grammy Awards.

RECORD AND SONG OF THE YEAR
Black Eyed Peas, "Don't Phunk with My Heart" or "Don't Lie"
Mariah Carey, "We Belong Together"
Kelly Clarkson, "Since U Been Gone"
Coldplay, "Speed of Sound" or "Fix You"
Green Day, "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" or "Wake Me Up When September Ends"
Dave Matthews Band, "Dreamgirl"
50 Cent and The Game, "Hate It or Love It"
Keane, "Somewhere Only We Know"
Alicia Keys, "Karma"
The Killers, "Mr. Brightside"
John Legend, "Ordinary People"
Anna Nalick, "Breathe (2 AM)"
Nickelback, "Photograph"
Bruce Springsteen, "Devils & Dust"
Rolling Stones, "Rough Justice"
Gwen Stefani, "Hollaback Girl" or "Cool"
Sugarland, "Baby Girl"
Rob Thomas, "Lonely No More"
U2, "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own"
Weezer, "Beverly Hills"
Kanye West & Jamie Foxx, "Gold Digger"
Stevie Wonder, "So What the Fuss"

ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Beck, "Guero"
Black Eyed Peas, "Monkey Business"
Mariah Carey, "The Emancipation of Mimi"
Coldplay, "X&Y"
Common, "Be"
Sheryl Crowe, "Wildflower"
Eminem, "Encore"
50 Cent, "The Massacre"
Herbie Hancock, "Possibilities"
Faith Hill, "Fireflies"
John Legend, "Get Lifted"
Paul McCartney, "Chaos and Creation in the Backyard"
Rolling Stones, "A Bigger Bang"
Bruce Springsteen, "Devils and Dust"
Gwen Stefani, "Love, Angel, Music, Baby"
Barbra Streisand, Barry Gibb, "Guilty Pleasures"
Sugarland, "Twice the Speed of Life"
Rob Thomas, "...Something to Be"
U2, "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb"
Kanye West, "Late Registration"
The White Stripes, "Get Behind Me Satan"
Gretchen Wilson, "All Jacked Up"
Stevie Wonder, "A Time 2 Love"
Neil Young, "Prairie Wind"

BEST NEW ARTIST
Aqualung
Amerie
Natasha Bedingfield
Dierks Bentley
Big & Rich
The Bravery
Daddy Yankee
Death Cab for Cutie
Ciara
Howie Day
Fall Out Boy
Fantasia
The Game
Leela James
Keane
John Legend
Jesse McCartney
My Chemical Romance
Anna Nalick
Rihanna
Sugarland