Dec 3, 2009 4:09 PM

The Recording Academy has unveiled its nominees for the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards, which will take place on January 31, 2010 and be broadcast on the CBS network. The Recording Academy made its nominations based on recordings that were released during the eligibility year October 1, 2008 through August 31, 2009.

Mix congratulates all of the producers, recording engineers, mix engineers and mastering engineers who have been nominated. Audio production nominations include the following:

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
• Imogen Heap: Ellipse (RCA/Megaphonic Records); Imogen Heap, engineer.

• Ray LaMontagne: Gossip In The Grain (RCA Records); Ethan Johns and Dominic Monks, engineers.

• Melody Gardot: My One And Only Thrill (Verve); Helik Hadar and Al Schmitt, engineers.

• Dido: Safe Trip Home (Arista); Jon Brion, Grippa, Greg Koller and Jim Scott, engineers.

• Leslie Mendelson: Swan Feathers (Rykodisc); Richard Alderson, Chris Allen, Roman Klun, Lawrence Manchester, Rob Mounsey, Jay Newland and Gordie Sampson, engineers.

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical (artists' names appear in parentheses)
• T Bone Burnett
• Moonalice (Moonalice) (A)
• Secret, Profane & Sugarcane (Elvis Costello) (A)

• Ethan Johns
• Gossip In The Grain (Ray LaMontagne) (A)

• Larry Klein
• Acadian Driftwood (Zachary Richard) (T)
• Bare Bones (Madeleine Peyroux) (A)
• My One And Only Thrill (Melody Gardot) (A)
• Our Bright Future (Tracy Chapman) (A)
• Tide (Luciana Souza) (A)

• Greg Kurstin
• It's Not Me, It's You (Lily Allen) (A)
• Ray Guns Are Not Just The Future (The Bird and The Bee) (A)

• Brendan O'Brien
• Black Ice (AC/DC) (A)
• Crack The Skye (Mastodon) (A)
• The Fixer (Pearl Jam) (S)
• Killswitch Engage (Killswitch Engage) (A)
• Working On A Dream (Bruce Springsteen) (A)

Record of the Year
• "Halo," Beyoncé; track from I Am... Sasha Fierce (Music World Music/Columbia); Beyoncé Knowles and Ryan Tedder, producers; Jim Caruana, Mark "Spike" Stent and Ryan Tedder, engineers/mixers.

• "I Gotta Feeling," The Black Eyed Peas (Interscope); David Guetta and Frederick Riesterer, producers; will.i.am, Dylan "3-D" Dresdow and Padraic "Padlock" Kerin, engineers/mixers.

• "Use Somebody," Kings Of Leon (RCA Records); Jacquire King and Angelo Petraglia, producers; Jacquire King, engineer/mixer.

• "Poker Face," Lady Gaga; track from The Fame (Streamline/Interscope/Konlive/Cherrytree); RedOne, producer; Robert Orton, RedOne and Dave Russell, engineers/mixers.

• "You Belong With Me," Taylor Swift (Big Machine Records); Nathan Chapman and Taylor Swift, producers; Chad Carlson and Justin Niebank, engineers/mixers.

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