The 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards will take place live from STAPLES Center in Los Angeles tonight, Feb. 13, 2011 and broadcast on CBS at 8 p.m. ET/PT. The award for Best Musical Show album has been revealed during the pre-ceremony live stream here and the winner is...the AMERICAN IDIOT Original Cast Recording!

The AMERICAN IDIOT Original Cast album (featuring Green Day) is produced by Billie Joe Armstrong. The cast album is composed by Green Day, and features lyrics by Billie Joe Armstrong and the original Broadway Cast including John Gallagher, Jr., Michael Esper, Rebecca Naomi Jones, Mary Faber, Stark Sands & others. [Reprise]

Best Musical Show Album is the Grammy Award to the Album Producer(s), and to the Lyricist(s) & Composer(s) of 51% or more of a new score.

The cast albums for A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, FELA!, PROMISES, PROMISES, and SONDHEIM ON SONDHEIM were also nominees.

Tune in for the live ceremony at 8pm EST!

2011 GRAMMY NOMINEES

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.

1. CRAZY LOVE
Michael Bublé
[143/Reprise]

2. THE GREATEST LOVE SONGS OF ALL TIME
Barry Manilow
[Arista Records]

3. LET IT BE ME: MATHIS IN NASHVILLE
Johnny Mathis
[Columbia Records]

4. FLY ME TO THE MOON...THE GREAT AMERICAN
SONGBOOK: VOLUME V Rod Stewart
[J Records]

5. LOVE IS THE ANSWER
Barbra Streisand
[Columbia Records]

Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Story Telling)
1. AMERICAN ON PURPOSE Craig Ferguson
[HarperAudio]

2. THE BEDWETTER Sarah Silverman
[HarperAudio]

3. THE DAILY SHOW WITH Jon Stewart PRESENTS EARTH (THE AUDIOBOOK)
Jon Stewart (With Samantha Bee, Wyatt Cenac, Jason Jones, John Oliver & Sigourney Weaver) [Hachette Audio]

4. A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FUTURE...
Michael J. Fox
[Hyperion Audio]

5. THIS TIME TOGETHER: LAUGHTER AND REFLECTION Carol Burnett
[Random House Audio]

6. THE Woody Allen COLLECTION: MERE ANARCHY, SIDE EFFECTS, WITHOUT FEATHERS, GETTING EVEN
Woody Allen
[Audible Inc.]

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