GRAMMY NOMINATIONS

[JumpinJack AJ]

Here's and article from AOL which talkes about Kanye's amazing 10 nominations (that should shut him out about the AMA's). It also talks about the other artists nominated and a list of all the main categories. It looks like they chose some great artists overall. The Hip-Hop and categories are great. The only ones i'd like 2 kick out are Nelly and Jay-Z.

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Kanye West Receives 10 Grammy Nominations

LOS ANGELES (Dec. 7) - Producer-turned-rapper Kanye West collected a leading 10 Grammy nominations Tuesday, including album of the year, for his innovative debut, "The College Dropout."

West's disc stood out in the rap landscape because of its atypical prose. It avoided the usual plotlines about sex, money and violence and touched on everything from religion to his own insecurities.

The performer, who isn't afraid to sing his own praises after claiming he was "definitely robbed" when he picked up no trophies at the American Music Awards, also had a nomination for best new artist and shared a songwriting bid for song of the year with his hit "Jesus Walks."

"Ten nominations, that's amazing," said West, a nominations presenter at the Music Box Theatre in Hollywood. "That's like a perfect score. I'm at a loss for words."

Usher and Alicia Keys, who collaborated on the hit "My Boo," followed West with eight nominations each, including album of the year for Keys' "The Diary of Alicia Keys" and Usher's "Confessions."

Ray Charles, whose posthumous duets album "Genius Loves Company," became the biggest selling album of his long career, had seven nominations including album of the year and record of the year for "Here We Go Again," sung with Norah Jones.

Green Day garnered six bids for its hard-driving rock-punk album "American Idiot" which satirized culture, politics and apathy. The group was nominated for record of the year and best rock song for the title track and best rock album.

Besides Charles' and Jones' "Here We Go Again" and Green Day's "American Idiot," other record of the year contenders were the mellow love song "Heaven" by Los Lonely Boys, the jumpy party song "Let's Get It Started" by the Black Eyed Peas and Usher's massive hit "Yeah!"

The best new artist class spanned soul, rap, country and pop, with nominees Gretchen Wilson, country's self-proclaimed "Redneck Woman," rapper West, young soul sensation Joss Stone, Los Lonely Boys and Maroon 5.

Bids for song of the year - which goes to songwriters - went to "Daughters," written and recorded by John Mayer, "If I Ain't Got You," written and recorded by Keys, "Jesus Walks," recorded by West, "Live Like You Were Dying," recorded by Tim McGraw, and "The Reason," recorded by Hoobastank.

Old-school performers filled the best R&B album category with Anita Baker's "My Everything," Al Green's "I Can't Stop," and Prince's comeback "Musicology" competing against "The Diary of Alicia Keys" and Jill Scott's "Beautifully Human: Words & Sound Vol. 2."

Loretta Lynn had five nominations in the country field including best country album for "Van Lear Rose" (which was produced by the White Stripes' Jack White) and two bids for best country song for "Miss Being Mrs." and "Portland Oregon."

Her album competition includes McGraw for "Live Like You Were Dying," Tift Merritt for "Tambourine," Keith Urban's "Be Here" and Wilson for "Here for the Party."

Half of West's 10 nominations were in the rap field, including best rap album. He competes against himself in the best rap-sung collaboration with the songs "Slow Jamz," performed along with Twista and actor-singer Jamie Foxx, and "All Falls Down," which he performed with Syleena Johnson.

In the rock category, Green Day's "American Idiot" was named in the best rock album competition along with Hoobastank's "The Reason," The Killers' "Hot Fuss," Velvet Revolver's "Contraband" and "The Deliveryman" by Elvis Costello & The Imposters.

Beach Boys frontman Brian Wilson's long-gestating album "Smile," which was recently released after years spent on the shelf following his emotional and mental problems, collected a bid for best pop vocal album. It competes with "Afterglow" by Sarah McLachlan, "Feels Like Home" by Jones, "Mind, Body & Soul" by Stone, and "Genius Loves Company" by Charles.

Jones and Stone compete against each other again for female pop vocal performance, with Stone's "You Had Me" and Jones' "Sunrise" up against "Oceania" by Bjork, No Doubt singer Gwen Stefani's solo single "What You Waiting For?" and Sheryl Crow's cover of the Cat Stevens song "The First Cut is the Deepest."

In the male pop vocal competition, Costello's cover of the Cole Porter song "Let's Misbehave" from the movie "De-Lovely" was picked along with the inspirational song "You Raise Me Up" by Josh Groban, John Mayer's "Daughters," Prince's "Cinnamon Girl" and Seal's "Love's Divine."

Posthumous was the operative word in the best pop collaboration with vocals category. Charles competes against himself with the duets "Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word" with Elton John and "Here We Go Again" with Jones. Also nominated was a cover of Bob Marley's "Redemption Song" by Johnny Cash and The Clash's Joe Strummer, both deceased. The other two bids went to veterans: Stevie Wonder and Take 6 for "Moon River," and Paul McCartney and Eric Clapton for "Something" from the album "Concert for George," a tribute to the late George Harrison.

The Grammys will be given out Feb. 13 in Los Angeles during a broadcast on CBS.

Top Categories:

Record Of The Year

· "Let's Get It Started," The Black Eyed Peas

· "Here We Go Again," Ray Charles & Norah Jones

· "American Idiot," Green Day

· "Heaven," Los Lonely Boys

· "Yeah!," Usher Featuring Lil Jon & Ludacris

Album of the Year

· "Genius Loves Company," Ray Charles & Various Artists

· "American Idiot," Green Day

· "The Diary Of Alicia Keys," Alicia Keys

· "Confessions," Usher

· "The College Dropout," Kanye West

Song Of The Year

· "Daughters," John Mayer, songwriter (John Mayer)

· "If I Ain't Got You," Alicia Keys, songwriter (Alicia Keys)

· "Jesus Walks," C. Smith & Kanye West, songwriters (Kanye West)

· "Live Like You Were Dying," Tim Nichols & Craig Wiseman, songwriters (Tim McGraw)

· "The Reason," Daniel Estrin & Douglas Robb, songwriters (Hoobastank)

Best New Artist

· Los Lonely Boys

· Maroon5

· Joss Stone

· Kanye West

· Gretchen Wilson

Pop Vocal Album:

· "Genius Loves Company," Ray Charles and Various Artists

· "Feels Like Home," Norah Jones

· "Afterglow," Sarah McLachlan

· "Mind, Body and Soul," Joss Stone

· "Brian Wilson Presents Smile," Brian Wilson

Rock Album

· "The Delivery Man," Elvis Costello and the Imposters

· "American Idiot," Green Day

· "The Reason," Hoobastank

· "Hot Fuss," the Killers

· "Contraband," Velvet Revolver

R&B Album

· "My Everything," Anita Baker

· "I Can't Stop," Al Green

· "The Diary of Alicia Keys," Alicia Keys

· "Musicology," Prince

· "Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds Vol. 2," Jill Scott

Rap Album:

· "To the 5 Boroughs," Beastie Boys

· "The Black Album," Jay-Z

· "The DEFinition," LL Cool J

· "Suit," Nelly

· "The College Dropout," Kanye West

Country Album:

· "Van Lear Rose," Loretta Lynn

· "Live Like You Were Dying," Tim McGraw

· "Tambourine," Tift Merritt

· "Be Here," Keith Urban

· "Here for the Party," Gretchen Wilson

Latin Pop Album: · "Amar Sin Mentiras," Marc Anthony

· "SinVerguenza," Bacilos

· "Pau-latina," Paulina Rubio

· "Diego Torres: MTV Unplugged," Diego Torres

· "El Rock De Mi Pueblo," Carlos Vives

[Hero1]

the R&B album category is great..i got 4 out of those 5 albums..and they are all dope :werd: as for the rest? nothing really exciting there...

[Lhunagar]

yo .. thx aj .. interesting nominations :)

my favs:

Record Of The Year

· "Let's Get It Started," The Black Eyed Peas

Album of the Year

· "The College Dropout," Kanye West

Song Of The Year

· "Jesus Walks," C. Smith & Kanye West, songwriters (Kanye West)

Best New Artist

· Kanye West

Pop Vocal Album:

· "Mind, Body and Soul," Joss Stone

Rock Album

· "The Reason," Hoobastank

R&B Album

· "The Diary of Alicia Keys," Alicia Keys

Rap Album:

· "The DEFinition," LL Cool J

Country Album: öhm .. i dont know ... never heard one of them

Latin Pop Album: same here ...

[hotzappa11]

Record Of The Year

· "American Idiot," Green Day

Album of the Year

· "American Idiot," Green Day

· "The College Dropout," Kanye West

Song Of The Year

· "Daughters," John Mayer, songwriter (John Mayer)

· "Jesus Walks," C. Smith & Kanye West, songwriters (Kanye West)

Best New Artist

· Joss Stone

Pop Vocal Album:

· "Brian Wilson Presents Smile," Brian Wilson

Rock Album

· "American Idiot," Green Day

R&B Album

· "Musicology," Prince

Rap Album:

· "To the 5 Boroughs," Beastie Boys

Country Album:

?

Latin Pop Album:

?

those are my choices

Edited December 8, 2004 by hotzappa11

[kbfprince]

cant believe usher's album is on the album of the year list, :dunno:

i personally didnt like it

[JamesUK]

I personally hope Alicia Keys wins all of the awards she is up for !!

[bigted]

Congradulations to LL for getting nominated for another Grammy! No offense to Kanye, he's very good, but LL's still the best mainstream mc, he's gonna knock 'em out again! :ali: