Vikter Duplaix, Emily King and Ledisi are Up For Grammy Awards!


Gramaphone.gifWe were a little iffy about the American Music Award nominations (shame on you, America!), but a sampling of the Grammy noms looks like someone turned off the radio and opened their ears. But the "Best Rap Album" category looks like a certified battle royale!

Album Of The Year:

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  • 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

Best New Artist:

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  • Feist
  • Ledisi
  • Paramore
  • Taylor Swift
  • Amy Winehouse

Song Of The Year:

  • "Before He Cheats" -- John Kear & Chris Tompkins, songwriters (Carrie Underwood)
  • "Hey There Delilah" -- Tom Higgenson, songwriter (Plain White T's)
  • "Like A Star" -- Corinne Bailey Rae, songwriter (Corinne Bailey Rae)
  • "Rehab" -- Amy Winehouse, songwriter (Amy Winehouse)
  • "Umbrella" -- Shawn Carter, Kuk Harrell, Terius "Dream" Nash & Christopher Stewart, songwriters (Rihanna Featuring Jay-Z)

Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals:

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  • "Same Girl" -- R. Kelly Featuring Usher
  • "Disrespectful" -- Chaka Khan Featuring Mary J. Blige
  • "Hate That I Love You" -- Rihanna Featuring Ne-Yo
  • "Baby" -- Angie Stone Featuring Betty Wright
  • "Bartender" -- T-Pain Featuring Akon

Best Contemporary R&B Album:

  • Konvicted -- Akon
  • Just Like You -- Keyshia Cole
  • Fantasia -- Fantasia
  • East Side Story -- Emily King
  • Because Of You -- Ne-Yo


Best Urban/Alternative Performance:

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  • "Make A Baby" -- Vikter Duplaix
  • "That's The Way Of The World" -- Dwele
  • "Daydreamin'" -- Lupe Fiasco Featuring Jill Scott
  • "Fantasy" -- Meshell Ndegeocello
  • "Dream" -- Alice Smith

 
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration:

  • "I Wanna Love You" -- Akon Featuring Snoop Dogg
  • "Kiss, Kiss" -- Chris Brown & T-Pain
  • "Let It Go" -- Keyshia Cole Featuring Missy Elliott & Lil' Kim
  • "Umbrella" -- Rihanna Featuring Jay-Z
  • "Good Life" -- Kanye West Featuring T-Pain

 
Best Rap Song:

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  • "Ayo Technology" -- N. Hills, Curtis Jackson, Timothy Mosley &
    Justin Timberlake, songwriters (50 Cent Featuring Justin Timberlake
    & Timbaland)
  • "Big Things Poppin' (Do It)" -- Clifford Harris & Byron Thomas, songwriters (T.I.)
  • "Can't Tell Me Nothing" -- A. Davis & Kanye West, songwriters (Kanye West)
  • "Crank That (Soulja Boy)" -- Soulja Boy Tell'Em, songwriter (Soulja Boy Tell'Em)
  • "Good Life" -- A. Davis, F. Najm & K. West, songwriters (Kanye West Featuring T-Pain)

 
Best Rap Album:


  • Finding Forever
    -- Common

  • Kingdom Come
    -- Jay-Z

  • Hip Hop Is Dead
    -- Nas

  • T.I. vs T.I.P
    . -- T.I.

  • Graduation
    -- Kanye West

Sure, some of the likely characters re-appear, but overall, I'm excited about black music again. A full list of nominees can be found at the official Grammy site.

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