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 Kanye West: Says he "begged" to be on tour with Usher.
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 The 47th Annual Grammy Awards Show is coming Sunday February 13th, to close a weeklong cadre of Grammy events, including the Musicares Person of the Year Friday February 11th at the Hollywood Palladium Theater. This year’s list of nominees was dominated by hip hop music and artists, with newcomer KANYE WEST getting 11 nominations to lead all comers. USHER and ALICIA KEYS were next in line with 8 nominations each. The late RAY CHARLES landed 7, with PRINCE getting 5 nominations.Good old fashioned rock music is not dead, however, with GREEN DAY leading the pack with 6 nominat  ions for their release, AMERICAN IDIOT. Newcomers FRANZ FERDINAND and THE KILLERS, as well as hard working MODEST MOUSE also had multiple nominations.The nominations were announced on December 7th, with the help of readers JOSS STONE, KANYE WEST, THE BLACK EYED PEAS and HOOBESTANK. The nominations included the first ever nod for BEST ELECTRONIC/DANCE ALBUM:
In the category, BEST SHORT FORM MUSIC VIDEO, the following were nominated: Franz Ferdinand - "Take Me Out" Green Day - "American Idiot" George Michael - "Flawless" Steriogram - "Walkie Talkie Man" U2 - "Vertigo" Nominated for BEST SONG WRITTEN FOR A MOTION PICTURE: Counting Crows - "Accidentally In Love" (from "Shrek 2") David Bryson, Adam Duritz, David Immergluck, Matthew Malley & Dan Vickrey, songwriters Benoit Charest & Sylvain Chomet - "Belleville Rendez-Vous" (from "The Triplets Of Belleville") Benoit Charest & Sylvain Chomet, songwriters Annie Lennox - "Into The West" (from "The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King") Annie Lennox, Howard Shore & Fran Walsh, songwriters Alison Krauss - "The Scarlet Tide" (from "Cold Mountain") Henry Burnett & Elvis Costello, songwriters Alison Krauss - "You Will Be My Ain True Love" (from "Cold Mountain") Alison Krauss, songwriter Perhaps the two most popular categories go like this:
RECORD OF THE YEAR: The Black Eyed Peas - "Let's Get It Started" Ray Charles & Norah Jones - "Here We Go Again" Green Day - "American Idiot" Los Lonely Boys - "Heaven" Usher Featuring Lil Jon & Ludacris - "Yeah!"
SONG OF THE YEAR: John Mayer - "Daughters" John Mayer, songwriter Alicia Keys - "If I Ain't Got You" Alicia Keys - songwriter Kanye West - "Jesus Walks" C. Smith & Kanye West, songwriters Tim McGraw - "Live Like You Were Dying" Tim Nichols & Craig Wiseman, songwriters Hoobastank - "The Reason" Daniel Estrin & Douglas Robb, songwriters For a complete list of the nominations, and more information on Grammy Week events in Los Angeles, go to Grammys.com. |
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