Official GRAMMY Nominations Kanye w/ 8, Jay-Z & Timberlake w/ 5

[nachobroadweezy]

Nominations for the 50th Annual GRAMMY Awards were announced today by The Recording Academy reflecting one of the most diverse years ever, with the Album OfThe Year category alone representing the country, hip-hop, jazz, pop and rock genres.

Kanye West topped the nominations with eight, Amy Winehouse garnered six, and the Foo Fighters, Jay-Z, Timbaland, Justin Timberlake, and T-Pain each earnedfive nods. Akon, Dierks Bentley, Chris Daughtry, Feist, Tim McGraw, John Newton, Ne-Yo, Rihanna, and Bruce Springsteen received four each.

Following are the nominees in the four General Field categories:

Album Of The Year:
Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace (Foo Fighters)
These Days (Vince Gill)
River: The Joni Letters (Herbie Hancock)
Graduation (Kanye West)
Back To Black (Amy Winehouse)

Record Of The Year:
"Irreplaceable" (Beyoncé)
"The Pretender" (Foo Fighters)
"Umbrella" (Rihanna Featuring Jay-Z)
"What Goes Around…Comes Around" (Justin Timberlake)
"Rehab" (Amy Winehouse)

Song Of The Year:
"Before He Cheats," John Kear & Chris Tompkins, songwriters (Carrie Underwood, artist)
"Hey There Delilah," Tom Higgenson, songwriter (Plain White T's, artist)

"Like A Star," Corinne Bailey Rae, songwriter (Corinne Bailey Rae, artist)
"Rehab," Amy Winehouse, songwriter (Amy Winehouse, artist)
"Umbrella," Shawn Carter, Kuk Harrell, Terius "Dream" Nash & Christopher Stewart, songwriters (Rihanna Featuring Jay-Z, artist)

Best New Artist:
Feist
Ledisi
Paramore
Taylor Swift
Amy Winehouse

Best Rap Solo Performance
(For a solo Rap performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

• The People
  Common
  Track from: Finding Forever
  [Geffen]
  I Get Money
  50 Cent
  Track from: Curtis
  [Shady/Aftermath/Interscope Records]
  Show Me What You Got
  Jay-Z
  Track from: Kingdom Come
  [Roc-A-Fella Records]
  Big Things Poppin' (Do It)
  T.I.
  [Grand Hustle/Atlantic]
  Stronger
  Kanye West
  Track from: Graduation
  [Roc-A-Fella Records]

Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group
(For duo, group or collaborative performances of Rap only. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Southside
  Common Featuring Kanye West
  Track from: Finding Forever
  [Geffen]
  Make It Rain
  Fat Joe Featuring Lil Wayne
  Track from: Me, Myself & I
  [Terror Squad Entertainment]
  Party Like A Rockstar
  Shop Boyz
  Track from: Rockstar Mentality
  [OnDeck/Universal Republic Records]
  Int'l Players Anthem (I Choose You)
  UGK Featuring OutKast
  [Jive]
  Better Than I've Ever Been
  Kanye West, Nas & KRS-One
  [Nike]
  
• 
  Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
  (For a Rap/Sung collaborative performance by artists who do not normally perform together. Singles or Tracks only.)
• • I Wanna Love You
    Akon Featuring Snoop Dogg
    Track from: Konvicted
    [SRC/Universal Motown]
    Kiss, Kiss
    Chris Brown & T-Pain
    [Jive]
    Let It Go
    Keyshia Cole Featuring Missy Elliott & Lil' Kim
    Track from: Just Like You
    [Geffen]
    Umbrella
    Rihanna Featuring Jay-Z
    Track from: Good Girl Gone Bad
    [Def Jam Recordings]
    Good Life
    Kanye West Featuring T-Pain
    Track from: Graduation
    [Roc-A-Fella]
    
  • 
    Best Rap Song
    (A Songwriter(s) Award. For Song Eligibility Guidelines see Category #3. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.)
  • • Ayo Technology
      Nate (Danja) Hills, Curtis Jackson, Timothy Mosley & Justin Timberlake,
      songwriters (50 Cent Featuring Justin Timberlake & Timbaland)
      Track from: Curtis
      [Shady/Aftermath/Interscope Records; Publishers: 50 Cent Music Publishing/Virginia Beach Music/Danjahandz Music/WB Music Corp./Tenman Tunes]
      Big Things Poppin' (Do It)
      Clifford Harris & Byron Thomas, songwriters (T.I.)
      [Grand Hustle/Atlantic; Publishers: Crown Club Publishing/Warner Chappell Music, Fresh Is The Word]
      Can't Tell Me Nothing
      A. Davis & Kanye West, songwriters (Kanye West)
      Track from: Graduation
      [Roc-A-Fella; Publishers: Very Good Beats/Hip Hop Since 1978]
      Crank That (Soulja Boy)
      Soulja Boy Tell'Em, songwriter (Soulja Boy Tell'Em)
      [Collipark/Interscope Records]
      Good Life
      A. Davis, F. Najm & K. West, songwriters (J. Ingram & Q. Jones, songwriters)
      (Kanye West Featuring T-Pain)
      Track from: Graduation
      [Roc-A-Fella; Publishers: Very Good Beats/Hip Hop Since 1978, Warner-Tamerlane Punlishing, Yellow Brick Road Music/Eiseman Music]
    • 
      Best Rap Album
      (For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)
      • Finding Forever
        Common
        [Geffen]
        Kingdom Come
        Jay-Z
        [Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam Recordings]
        Hip Hop Is Dead
        Nas
        [Def Jam/Columbia/The Jones Experience]
        T.I. vs T.I.P.
        T.I.
        [Grand Hustle/Atlantic]
        Graduation
        Kanye West
        [Roc-A-Fella Records]
        
        

 

[mrxdaboss]

amy winehouse get nominated for best new artist? that makes no sense shes not a new artist shes been out since like 03

 

[young dr0]

Album Of The Year:
Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace (Foo Fighters), Back To Black (Amy Winehouse) << one of theseshould win
Graduation (Kanye West) << will prolly win



Record Of The Year: << all nominees are good canidates
"Irreplaceable" (Beyoncé)
"Umbrella" (Rihanna Featuring Jay-Z)
"What Goes Around…Comes Around" (Justin Timberlake)
"Rehab" (Amy Winehouse)

Song Of The Year:
"Like A Star," Corinne Bailey Rae, songwriter (Corinne Bailey Rae, artist) << thought this should been up forlast years Grammys
"Umbrella," Shawn Carter, Kuk Harrell, Terius "Dream" Nash & Christopher Stewart, songwriters (Rihanna Featuring Jay-Z, artist)<< song has been getting all the awards this year.

Best New Artist:
Feist
Ledisi << can't anyone tell me about her ? i d/l'd but never got around to listening.
Paramore
Taylor Swift
Amy Winehouse

 

[5tan]

WTF is shop boys doing there????

Southside could be a lock for a Grammy.

And Feist for BNA is a good choice.


If soulja boy wins, it will be a dark day for the music world...

 

[young dr0]

Originally Posted by mrXdaboss

amy winehouse get nominated for best new artist? that makes no sense shes not a new artist shes been out since like 03

Yeah but she didn't really break stateside until this year when Back to Black dropped

 

[mr subliminals]

whens this come on?

 

[nachobroadweezy]

1 question, where's Linkin Park?...

 

[flydaily]

Crank That (Soulja Boy)
Soulja Boy Tell'Em, songwriter (Soulja Boy Tell'Em)
[Collipark/Interscope Records]

 

[5tan]

Feb 10/08

 

[send one]

Shop Boyz got no business being nominated.

I hope Kanye wins something......I really dont want to hear him cry anymore.

 

[starvin harlem]

"You think I give a damn about a Grammy?"

 

[young dr0]

Best Rap Solo Performance

• Stronger Kanye West

Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group

• Int'l Players Anthem (I Choose You)
  UGK Featuring OutKast

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration

• Good Life
  Kanye West Featuring T-Pain

Best Rap Song

• Big Things Poppin'
• Best Rap Album
• 
  Finding Forever Common

• the bullet list option is screwy. but those are my picks

 

[nachobroadweezy]

Full Nominee List

"You think I give a damn about a Grammy?"
I use to have that mentality, however, a Grammy is a pretty significant award. It's not recognition from your hood, but it's recognitionfrom the entire music industry. Trust me, having the title "Grammy nominated" before your name in every article is powerful.

 

[kash55]

Kanye is gonna win Rap Solo for Stronger (although I think he should have been nominated for that in Song of the year).

 

[akajae]

lol

 

[x Buddha Bless x]

I cant wait till Kanye gets shafted this year even tho he probably deserves it. Altho his peech would be something to look forward to if he won

.

 

[jr paperstacks]

I knew they were gonna forget about Legend...

 

[y2kingsfan]

Crank That (Soulja Boy)
Soulja Boy Tell'Em, songwriter (Soulja Boy Tell'Em)
[Collipark/Interscope Records]
Best rap song?

A little piece of hip-hop just died.

 

[pusha x vinsanity]

@ Soulja Boy being nominated for a GRAMMY!

There are some absolutely terrible nominees alongside him, though. Shop Boyz...? Really...?

I just hope that...

- Danja takes home a Songwriter Award
- Feist takes best new artist
- Lupe takes home the Grammy he's nominated for

 

[dmv is rnb]

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I knew they were gonna forget about Legend...
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John Legend is one of my favorite artists doing it... but I tried to tell everyone he was NOT getting tons of nominations for his latest album. NT (and only NT) deemed it a classic for some odd reason, and despite the fact that I'm a huge fan... the CD was just OK, and it lacked replay value. Itwas like elevator music. Hopefully he goes back to his old style, which got him something like 8 Grammy nods (which he is because he's going back in withKanye to do his new album. He knows the deal

).

 

[thejrob]

i hope kanye loses all of them cuz it would be mad funny to watch, plus RIP to his mom, but I don't wanna hear 8 speeches about her.

 

[beats05]

select picks:

Rehab should win a lot of the awards its nominated for
Everything (Michael Buble) should win male pop, even though I love Mayer's Belief and What Goes Around
Makes Me Wonder (Maroon 5) should win pop duo/group
No One should win female r&b
I'll be happy if either I Get Money or Stronger win rap solo, I'm still feeling both those tracks
Southside for rap duo
Kanye should win most of the rap awards
Michael Buble for best traditional pop vocal album
*Forgot that FSLS was nominated for album of the year in 2007, also for best pop vocal. the dixie chicks cleaned up last year though

 

[suge510212]

So is anyone else feeling a sort of way about the possibility of Rihanna winning a Grammy (Rap Collab)? I mean I guess it's more of The Dream's Grammythan it is Rihanna's.

Timbaland has to win producer of the year. The only thing is they didn't include FSLS and Mark Ronson has all those Amy Winehoouse songs. I hope Lupe andKeyshia get one.

 

[jomitm]

Crank That (Soulja Boy)
Soulja Boy Tell'Em, songwriter (Soulja Boy Tell'Em)
[Collipark/Interscope Records]

word. the grammys just lost some credibility...

now soulja boy gonna have 'grammy-nominated' when he sells his weed plate cd. matter fact 'weed plate' is too good of a term for his trash.

i ain't mad or anythin...it's just sad...you'd expect the grammys to be the most prestigious music award and this dude got nominated forthat

 

[danextgrate]

Amy Winehouse has this.

Unfortunately, I don't see her making it to the awards ceremony.