The 2010 Grammy nominees have been announced.

R&B/pop diva Beyonce leads the field for the 52nd annual Grammy Awards, pulling down 10 nominations.

Pop/hip-hop unit The Black Eyed Peas, R&B vocalist Maxwell and rapper Kanye West all hauled in six nominations, announced by the Recording Academy on Tuesday night.

Taylor Swift leads the pack of country artists with an incredible eight nominations.

“I started freaking out and jumping up and down,” Swift said in a telephone interview Wednesday with the Associated Press.

“I honestly never would have predicted this, eight nominations – I’m ecstatic, and blown away and so so thankful,” the stunned country sensation said.

As for Canadians, Toronto born rapper Drake received two nominations.

“It’s definitely an honour. I haven’t even put out my first album yet,” said Drake, 23, when approached by host LL Cool J during the broadcast, making sure he said “hi” to his mom like a proper, nice Canadian boy. “I just want to make sure I get a nice suit.”

Nickelback are also nominated for best hard rock performance for Dark Horse’s “Burn It To The Ground.”

A handful of nominees were revealed during a special show broadcast live in the east from L.A.’s Club Nokia.

Record of the Year: “Halo,” Beyonce; “I Gotta Feeling,” The Black Eyed Peas; “Use Somebody,” Kings Of Leon; “Poker Face,” Lady Gaga; “You Belong With Me,” Taylor Swift.

Album of the Year: “I Am Sasha Fierce,” Beyonce; “The E.N.D.,” The Black Eyed Peas; “The Fame,” Lady Gaga; “Big Whiskey And The Groogrux King,” Dave Matthews Band; “Fearless,” Taylor Swift.

Song of the Year: “Poker Face,” Lady Gaga and RedOne, songwriters (Lady Gaga); “Pretty Wings,” Hod David and Musze, songwriters (Maxwell); “Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It),” Thaddis Harrell, Beyonce Knowles, Terius Nash & Christopher Stewart, songwriters (Beyonce); “Use Somebody,” Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill and Nathan Followill, songwriters (Kings Of Leon); “You Belong With Me,” Liz Rose and Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift).

New Artist: Zac Brown Band, Keri Hilson, MGMT, Silversun Pickups, The Ting Tings.

Pop Vocal Album: “The E.N.D.,” The Black Eyed Peas; “Breakthrough,” Colbie Caillat; “All I Ever Wanted,” Kelly Clarkson; “The Fray,” The Fray; “Funhouse,” P!nk.

Rock Album: “Black Ice,” AC/DC; “Live From Madison Square Garden,” Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood; “21st Century Breakdown,” Green Day; “Big Whiskey And The Groogrux King,” Dave Matthews Band; “No Line On The Horizon,” U2.

R&B Album: “The Point Of It All,” Anthony Hamilton; “Testimony: Vol. 2, Love and Politics,” India.Arie; “Turn Me Loose,” Ledisi; “Blacksummers’ Night,” Maxwell; “Uncle Charlie,” Charlie Wilson.

Rap Album: “Universal Mind Control,” Common; “Relapse,” Eminem; “R.O.O.T.S.,” Flo Rida; “The Ecstatic,” Mos Def; “The Renaissance,” Q-Tip

Country Album: “The Foundation,” Zac Brown Band; “Twang,” George Strait; “Fearless,” Taylor Swift; “Defying Gravity,” Keith Urban; “Call Me Crazy,” Lee Ann Womack.

Latin Pop Album: “5to Piso,” Ricardo Arjona; “Te Acuerdas …,” Francisco Cespedes; “Sin Frenos,” La Quinta Estacion; “Hu Hu Hu,” Natalia Lafourcade; “Gran City Pop,” Paulina Rubio.

Contemporary Jazz Album: “Urbanus,” Stefon Harris and Blackout; “Sounding Point,” Julian Lage; “At World’s Edge,” Philippe Saisse; “Big Neighborhood,” Mike Stern; “75,” Joe Zawinul and The Zawinul Syndicate.

Classical Album: “Bernstein: Mass,” Marin Alsop, conductor (Asher Edward Wulfman; Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; Morgan State University Choir and Peabody Children’s Chorus); “Mahler: Symphony No. 8; Adagio From Symphony No. 10,” Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor (Laura Claycomb, Anthony Dean Griffey, Katarina Karneus, Quinn Kelsey, James Morris, Yvonne Naef, Elza van den Heever and Erin Wall; San Francisco Symphony; Pacific Boychoir, San Francisco Girls Chorus and San Francisco Symphony Chorus); “Ravel: Daphnis Et Chloe,” James Levine, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra; Tanglewood Festival Chorus); “Ravel: L’Enfant Et Les Sortileges,” Alastair Willis, conductor (Nashville Symphony Orchestra; Chattanooga Boys Choir, Chicago Symphony Chorus & Nashville Symphony Chorus); “Shostakovich: The Nose,” Valery Gergiev, conductor (Orchestra Of The Mariinsky Theatre; Chorus Of The Mariinsky Theatre).

Grammy Nominations: Beyonce And Taylor Swift Lead The Way