Swedish Grammis 2011 nominations announced today

The Swedish music industry's annual prizegiving ceremony takes place on 17th January at the Royal Opera House in Stockholm. Today, the remaining nominations were announced following yesterday's announcement of the best single nominees. Here is the full list of categories and nominations (courtesy of www.musikindustrin.se):

Årets album (Album of the year)
HÅKAN HELLSTRÖM - 2 STEG FRÅN PARADISE
OSKAR LINNROS - VILJA BLI
ROBYN - BODY TALK
SÄKERT! - FACIT
THE RADIO DEPT. - CLINGING TO A SCHEME

Årets artist (Artist of the year)
HÅKAN HELLSTRÖM
JOHNOSSI
OSKAR LINNROS
PETTER
ROBYN

Årets barnalbum (Children's album of the year)
DAN BORNEMARK - LILLA TRAMS
JOHANNA OCH KÖKSKVARTETTEN - JOHANNA OCH KÖKSKVARTETTEN
KRÅKAN OCH BUSARNA - EN JÄTTELITEN LÅG HÖG
ORKESTER POP - STAVA MED SKÄGG
PELLE HÖGLUND OCH JOHAN SUNDSTRÖM - TORE BLAND AFRIKAS DJUR

Årets dansband (Dansband of the year)
LARZ-KRISTERZ - SMÅ ORD AV GULD
LASSE STEFANZ - TEXAS
ROLANDZ - JAJAMEN
THE PLAYTONES - ROCK 'N' ROLL DANCE PARTY
TITANIX - DRÖMMAR FÅR LIV

Årets folkmusik/visa (Folk music)
BLANDADE ARTISTER - SONJA ÅKESSON TOLKAD AV
FIRST AID KIT - THE BIG BLACK & THE BLUE
JONAS KNUTSSON - BLÅSLÅTAR
OLA MAGNELL - ROLÖS
TONI HOLGERSSON - IBLAND KALLAR JAG DET KÄRLEK

Årets grupp (Group/band of the year)
DUNGEN - SKIT I ALLT
HÄSTPOJKEN - FRÅN DÄR JAG ROPAR
JOHNOSSI - MAVERICKS
KENT - EN PLATS I SOLEN
THE RADIO DEPT. - CLINGING TO A SCHEME

Årets hårdrock (Hard rock)
GHOST - OPUS EPONYMOUS
KHOMA - A FINAL STORM
PASCAL - ORKANEN NÄRMAR SIG
SABATON - COAT OF ARMS
WATAIN - LAWLESS DARKNESS

Årets jazz
DAN BERGLUNDS TONBRUKET - TONBRUKET
GORAN KAJFES - X/Y
MAGNUS CARLSON & THE MOON RAY QUINTET - ECHOES
ODDJOB - CLINT
PETER ASPLUND QUARTET - ASPLUND MEETS BERNSTEIN

Årets klassiska (Classical)
ELIZABETH PITCAIRN & HELSINGBORGS SYMFONIORKESTER - TOMMIE HAGLUND: HYMNS TO THE NIGHT
GÖTEBORGS SYMFONIKER / MARIO VENZAGO - HILDING ROSENBERG: SYMFONI NR 3 & 6
HELEN SJÖHOLM, RUSSELL WATSON M.FL. - KRISTINA AT CARNEGIE HALL
MATS BERGSTRÖM & GEORG RIEDEL - SÅNGER UTAN ORD
ZILLIACUSPERSSONRAITINEN - WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART: DIVERTIMENTO

Årets kompositör (Composer of the year)
ANNIKA NORLIN OCH HENRIK OJA - FACIT
HÅKAN HELLSTRÖM - 2 STEG FRÅN PARADISE
KLAS ÅHLUND & ROBYN - BODY TALK
OSKAR LINNROS - VILJA BLI
PERNILLA ANDERSSON - Ö

Årets kvinnliga artist (Female artist of the year)
ANNA VON HAUSSWOLFF - SINGING FROM THE GRAVE
BRITTA PERSSON - CURRENT AFFAIR MEDIUM RARE
PERNILLA ANDERSSON - Ö
ROBYN - BODY TALK
SÄKERT! - FACIT

Årets låt (Song of the year)*
ANNA BERGENDAHL - THIS IS MY LIFE
DANIEL ADAMS-RAY - GUBBEN I LÅDAN
ERIC SAADE - MANBOY
ERIK GRÖNWALL - HIGHER
JOHNOSSI - WHAT'S THE POINT
MOHOMBI - BUMPY RIDE
OSKAR LINNROS - FRÅN OCH MED DU
ROBYN - DANCING ON MY OWN
SALEM AL FAKIR - KEEP ON WALKING
SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA – ONE
* Vote at www.expressen.se

Årets manliga artist (Male artist of the year)
DANIEL ADAMS-RAY - SVART VITT OCH ALLT DÄREMELLAN
HÅKAN HELLSTRÖM - 2 STEG FRÅN PARADISE
OSKAR LINNROS - VILJA BLI
SALEM AL FAKIR - IGNORE THIS
THE TALLEST MAN ON EARTH - THE WILD HUNT

Årets nykomling (New artist of the year)
ANNA VON HAUSSWOLFF - SINGING FROM THE GRAVE
CEO - WHITE MAGIC
FIRST AID KIT - THE BIG BLACK & THE BLUE
OSKAR LINNROS - VILJA BLI
SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA - UNTIL ONE

Årets producent (Producer of the year)
ADRIAN LUX
JOAKIM ÅHLUND & HÅKAN HELLSTRÖM
KLAS ÅHLUND
MAX MARTIN
RED ONE

Årets specialutgåva (Special award)
BLANDADE ARTISTER - SONJA ÅKESSON TOLKAD AV
MIKAEL WIEHE - ALDRIG BLI SOM NI - SÅNGER OCH SYNVINKLAR
NATIONALTEATERN - LÄGG AV! HISTORIEN OM NATIONALTEATERN
PETER LEMARC - STARKARE ÄN ORD - SAMTLIGA ALBUM 1987-2008 OCH MER DÄRTILL
THE ARK - IN FULL REGALIA

Årets svenska internationella framgång (Swedish international success)
DUNGEN
MAX MARTIN
RED ONE
ROBYN
SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA

Årets textförfattare (Lyricist of the year)
ANNIKA NORLIN - FACIT
HÅKAN HELLSTRÖM - 2 STEG FRÅN PARADISE
OLA MAGNELL - ROLÖS
OSKAR LINNROS - VILJA BLI
PLURA JONSSON - KÄRLEKENS VÄG - EN MÄSSA

Årets urban/dance
BOEOES KAELSTIGEN - TANUM TELEPORT
FAMILJEN - MÄNSKLIGHETEN
PETTER - EN RÄDDARE I NÖDEN
PH3 - PH3 LÖSER ETT FALL
SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA - UNTIL ONE

Årets innovatör
IAMAMIWHOAMI
JOHNOSSI
MAGNUS WEIDESKOG
NOMY
ROBYN

So...the river of creative musical talent continues to flow in Sweden, and the competition is tighter than ever as all the "big guns" released albums over the past year, whilst some new names arrived on the scene. One of those new names - 'new' as in 'new solo artist' anyway - Oskar Linnros, has seven nominations, as does Robyn, whilst Håkan Hellström has six nominations.

It's (almost) all good. There's just one thing wrong, and if you're a regular reader of this blog then it won't take long for you to guess what that is.

Only two nominations for Salem Al Fakir. Whilst I'm delighted that he was nominated at all, I am still very disappointed that he only received two nominations when he deserved so many more this year, after producing a stunning album, "Ignore This". I guess the jury just took the album title a bit too literally....or could it be that after his appearance in Melodifestivalen and reaching a whole new audience, maybe he's just not "cool" enough anymore to be nominated? Yet there are some very commercially successful acts in the list....oh well, let's just say I'm not happy, and I don't understand why he's been overlooked in the artist/album/lyricist/composer/producer categories.

At this point you're all probably saying "get over it!" but you know what I'm like by now.....and I just want to clarify that I'm very happy with most of the nominees - especially Oskar, Daniel, Robyn and Kent. One thing is for sure - Sweden can be very proud of its musical talent.