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Coldplay, the Jonas Brothers and Lil Wayne go together like, well, Grammy nominees, of course.

The acts all scored top nominations tonight for the 51st Annual Grammy Awards.

Coldplay and Lil Wayne notched Album of the Year nods for Viva La Vida and Tha Carter III, respectively. Ne-Yo (Year of the Gentleman) and fun-music couple Alison Krauss and Robert Plant (Raising Sand) also were nominated. Radiohead rounded out the category with a nod for In Rainbows, thus potentially causing Grammy-scoring headaches for people who think Radiohead is Coldplay or vice versa.

Lil Wayne led all artists with eight nominations. Coldplay scored seven. And not that Kanye West pays attention to such things, but he did well to pick up six, as did Ne-Yo and Jay-Z.

The Jonas Brothers made their mark in the Best New Artist category.

Joe, Nick and Kevin Jonas will vie for the honor against U.K. singer-songwriters Adele and Duffy, Philadelphia-born R&B star Jazmine Sullivan, and the country group Lady Antebellum.

In the Record of the Year category, Leona Lewis' "Bleeding Love" will take on Coldplay's "Viva La Vida," Adele's "Chasing Pavements," M.I.A.'s "Paper Planes" and Plant and Krauss' "Please Read the Letter."

Adele's and Coldplay's signature hits from the past year are also up for Song of the Year, a prize for songwriters. Also nominated there: West's "American Boy," Jason Mraz's "I'm Yours" and Sara Bareilles' "Love Song."

Nominations were announced during a first-ever "nominations concert" held in Los Angeles and aired live in some times zones on CBS.

The 51st Annual Grammy Awards are set for Feb. 8.

(Originally published Dec. 3, 2008, at 6:49 p.m. PT.)

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