[source: NME.com] Arctic Monkeys have been nominated for a Grammy award in the Best Alternative Music Album category for Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not.
U2's collaborations with Mary J Blige ("One") and Green Day ("The Saints Are Coming") have also earned the Irish group two nominations. The Raconteurs are up for two gongs: Best Rock Album for Broken Boy Soldiers and Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group for "Steady, As She Goes". Coldplay and Keane will also fight out the Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group category, Coldplay going into battle with "Talk" and Keane with "Is It Any Wonder?". Snow Patrol's "Chasing Cars" is nominated in the Best Rock Song category, but they face stiff competition from The Killers' "When You Were Young". Yeah Yeah Yeahs are nominated in the Best Alternative Music Album for Show Your Bones, while Thom Yorke is nominated for The Eraser. Gnarls Barkley are up for four nominations, including Album Of The Year for St Elsewhere, and Record Of The Year for "Crazy". The winners will be announced at the 49th Grammy ceremony, which takes place on Wednesday December 13 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.