Lil Wayne and rock band Coldplay lead nominations

RAPPER Lil Wayne and rock band Coldplay lead 2009's Grammy contenders with 15 nominations between them.

Lil Wayne, whose album Tha Carter III was the biggest selling album in the US this year, won eight nominations, including Album of the Year and Best Rap Solo Performance.

Coldplay landed seven nominations including Album of the Year and Best Rock Performance by a Group.

Many other British acts have been recognised and dominate the Record of the Year category with Adele, Leona Lewis, M.I.A, Coldplay and Robert Plant all contenders.

Led Zeppelin frontman Plant has recieved critical acclaim for Raising Sand, his album with US star Alison Krauss. The pair are nominated together for their track Please Read The Letter, which is also up for Record of the Year.

Radiohead have five nominations including Album of the Year and Adele and Duffy will compete for Best New Artist.

Welsh star Duffy has two other nominations, including Pop Vocal Album for Rockferry, and Pop Vocal Performance for Mercy.

Adele is also up for Song of the Year and Female Pop Vocal performance for Chasing Pavements.

The winners will be announced at a ceremony on 8 February.