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This Year's Grammy Nominees

It's always interesting to see which artists make the shortlists for the Grammy Awards, given that they are nominated by their peers and are assumedly equally qualified.  The nominees for the 2009 awards have just been announced by The Recording Academy, and while not as diverse a range as we might like to see, there's a good amount of nods to artists that we are happy to see included. Here's a rundown of some of the more interesting categories:

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Grammy Nominees Include Lots of KCRW Artists!

A big congratulations to Adele, who netted nominations for Record of the Year, Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance She made her U.S. radio debut on MBE in March and returned a few weeks ago for an encore performance – watch it HERE if you missed it. Coldplay, who also made their U.S. performance debut on KCRW, garnered 7 nominations. Check out this intimate acoustic set they did on MBE. M.I.A. got a “Record of the Year” nomination for “Paper Planes.” See her live performan

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NEWS: Music Video Noms for 51st Annual Grammys

Grammy nominees for Best Short Form Music Video: Erykah Badu "Honey" [Universal Motown] --> Erykah Badu & Mr. Roboto, video directors; Megan Gutman, video producer Gnarls Barkley "Who's Gonna Save My Soul" [Downtown/Atlantic] --> Christopher Milk, video director; Anne Johnson, video producer Alicia Keys & Jack White "Another Way To Die" [J Records] --> PR Brown & MK12, video directors; Mick Ebeling, Sheira Rees-Davies & Jane Tredget, video producers Radiohead "House O

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More love for Freestyle Love Supreme

Viewers of the Tony Awards this summer probably wondered why Lin-Manuel Miranda decided to ad-lib his acceptance speeches for "In the Heights." But that's where Lin-Man feels at home. Freestyling his lyrical rhymes. And he gets to go home again with his friends and colleagues in Freestyle Love Supreme, who host a sold-out celebration of hip-hop harmonies and humor every month at Comix - this coming Monday's shows (7 and 9:30 p.m., Dec. 8) will raise funds for the New Orleans VideoVoices Projec

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Coldplay lead Grammy nominations

BRITISH talent has dominated the nominations for record of the year at the US Grammy Awards. Coldplay, who earned a total of seven nominations, will compete with fellow Britons Adele, Leona Lewis, Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant and MIA for the major honour at the awards show next year. The British rock band, Radiohead, and Plant will also face each other in the album of the year category while Welsh singer Duffy, who shot to number one with her catchy single, Mercy, and fellow British sou

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Notes on Grammy Nods

As audacious and unnecessary as it seems to have a prime time special for an awards show that is merely about the nominees and not the awards show itself, the nominees for the 51st annual Grammy awards were unveiled last night. A complete list of all nominees can be found here, here. In the four major categories — album, record, song of the year and best new artist — the big winners look to be British rockers Coldplay, who earned a spot in each accept best new artist. Viva la Vida or D

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51st Annual Grammy Nominations, comedy-related

For the 51st annual Grammy Awards, the Recording Academy went with a live, primetime announcement/mini-concert. But you want to know who got nominated, don't you? While putting American Idol's star judge Simon Cowell up for Record of the Year (he produced "Bleeding Love" for Leona Lewis along with Clive Davis and Ryan "Alias" Tedder) certainly contains some comedic value because you wonder if he'll show up in a tight black V-neck or a tight black tuxedo, we do have some other actual comedy hono

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Lil Wayne licks Grammy competition

Never mind that Coldplay’s new album is the Brit-pop band’s weakest effort yet. Or that rapper Lil Wayne is a better salesman than musician. Or that the Jonas Brothers pen power-pop like third-graders fill in Mad Libs. They are all smart, swaggering and popular, style-over-substance qualities that helped them Wednesday when nominations were announced for the 51st annual Grammy Awards. Lil Wayne led the pack with eight nominations. His 2008 album, "Tha Carter III," sold more than a million copi

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Lil Wayne, Coldplay lead Grammy nominees

Give them this: It wasn’t the same-old same-old at the nationally broadcast Grammy nominations Wednesday. New faces and fresh voices dominated, led by the bullfrog rasp of New Orleans rapper Lil Wayne, who piled up eight nominations, including album of the year. He was followed by Coldplay with seven nominations, and six each for R&B singer Ne-Yo, and rappers Jay-Z and Kayne West. Radiohead nailed five nominations, even though they initially released their 3-million-selling 2007 al

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Make That 2 Grammy Nods for Steven!

This just in... Steven's THIS MOMENT album has been nominated for a GRAMMY. Also... Steven has a second nomination with co-writers Mercy Me for the song "You Reign."    And congrats to all the fellow nominees! Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album This Moment Steven Curtis Chapman [Sparrow Records]  What If We Brandon Heath [Reunion Records]  Opposite Way Leeland [Essential Records]  Hello Love Chris Tomlin [Sparrow Records/Sixstepsrecords/EMI CMG]  Thy Kingdom Come CeCe Winans [PureSprings G

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Grammy Nod for Steven

This just in... Steven's THIS MOMENT album has been nominated for a GRAMMY.   And congrats to all the fellow nominees! Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album This Moment Steven Curtis Chapman [Sparrow Records]  What If We Brandon Heath [Reunion Records]  Opposite Way Leeland [Essential Records]  Hello Love Chris Tomlin [Sparrow Records/Sixstepsrecords/EMI CMG]  Thy Kingdom Come CeCe Winans [PureSprings Gospel/EMI Gospel] 

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grammy awards

man. I cannot believe how much the Grammies stink. How can anyone take these nominees seriously as a group?here is the lista few thoughts:it is sad to think Coldplay is good enough for that many nominations for a average, slightly better than mediocre album.at least Radiohead is up for album of year. When Coldplay beats them it will be a travesty to think of the mediocre little brother beating the superior big brother because he makes pablum that is acceptable to the masses while the older broth

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It’s coming… can you feel it…?

The 2009 movie awards season is about to begin! You may have smelled rain last week, when nominees were announced for the Satellite Awards. Of course, you’re more likely thinking, “Satellite Awards? Since when did NASA get a vote?” but it’s easy to miss the first harbinger of a storm. Maybe this morning you heard the far-off rumble of thunder, when the the Spirit Awards dropped their nominees. (Roommate Joe certainly heard it.) But tomorrow? Tomorrow, the rain starts to fall. Tomorrow the

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Grammys ready to nominate music’s best

(CNN) — The music business is ready to celebrate. Wednesday night, the Recording Academy — the organization that presents the Grammy Awards — will present a live prime-time concert special, “The Grammy Nominations Concert Live! — Countdown to Music’s Biggest Night.” The show, which airs at 9 p.m. ET on CBS, will feature a number of the biggest names in the business, including Mariah Carey, John Mayer, the Foo Fighters and Taylor Swift. During the show, hosts Swift and LL Cool J also are

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Grammy Row 08: Best R&B Female Vocal 'Nominees' Reviewed

With the 51st Annual Grammy Award Nominations right around the corner we've taken a look at 2008s top

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Grammy Row 08: Best R&B Song 'Nominees' Reviewed

Nominees for the 51st Annual Grammy Awards are set to be announced tomorrow. In celebration of the forthcoming nominations we've taken a look at thi...

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Grammy Row 08: Best R&B Album 'Nominees' Reviewed

It is that time of year, the coveted Grammy Award nominations are set to be announced Wednesday, Dec. 3. Known for recognizing the artistry...

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Some Pre-Grammy Grammy Predictions

The Grammys are on tonight (Dec.3) — oh, wait. Scratch that. The Grammy nominations are on tonight. You have to wait until February to see who wins, but tonight you can find out who’s in the running (and watch Taylor Swift co-host and perform). The Recording Academy says that by announcing nominations at night, they can really bring the ultimate amount of attention to the beginning of Grammy season. Or, they can just drag it out to try to pull in more prime-time advertising revenue. Either way,

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Christina Aguilera to perform at Grammy nomination concert

They’re going all out at the Grammy Awards this year. Rather than just holding a basic press conference to announce this year’s nominees, they’re holding an all-out concert to do it, calling it the Grammy Nominations Concert Live!! - Countdown to Music’s Biggest Night. Why is this important to us? Because Christina Aguilera will be performing at the Grammy nominations concert, that’s why! She’s going to join other performers such as Mariah Carey, John Mayer, Foo Fighters, and more. The speci

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Grammy predictions, Britney goes on tour with “Circus” and more

From today’s b, the paper The 2009 Grammy Awards are set for Feb. 8 and the nominations will be announced at 9 p.m. tonight. But before some musicians take a victory lap and even more have their hopes dashed, we made our predictions for the best of 2008. The field for best new artist is one of the most confusing. Grammy rules say an artist need not be “new,” only that the release has “established the public identity” of the artist. Last year Taylor Swift was the only artist who was actual

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