Grammy nominees revealed
Posted on December 6th, 2007 by Hot Momma
Rap star Kanye West received a leading eight Grammy nominations Thursday, and the troubled pop/soul singer Amy Winehouse, whose promising career has been sidelined by drug and alcohol problems, followed with six.
Five acts received five nominations each — rock band the Foo Fighters, rapper Jay-Z, hip-hop producer Timbaland, pop singer Justin Timberlake, and R&B singer T-Pain.
West’s categories were mostly in the rap field, including nominations for best rap album (”Graduation”) and two entries for best rap song (”Can’t Tell Me Nothing” and “Good Life”).
Winehouse, 24, was nominated in all four of the top categories: record of the year, album of the year, song of the year (a songwriter’s award), and best new artist.
Other top nominees included the Foo Fighters, Jay-Z, Rihannna, Paul McCartney, T-Pain and Timbaland.
Both West and Winehouse were nominated for album of the year for their CDs, “Graduation” and “Back to Black” respectively. Winehouse was also cited for best new artist, plus record and song of the year for her hit defiant hit “Rehab.”
Other record of year candidates included Beyonce’s “Irreplaceable,” the Foo Fighter’s “The Pretender,” Rihanna’s “Umbrella” and “What Goes Around Comes Around” by Justin Timberlake.
The album of the year category also featured the Foo Fighters, for “Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace,” as well as Winehouse’s album. Vince Gill’s four-disc set “These Days” was also cited, along with Herbie Hancock’s tribute to Joni Mitchell, “River: The Joni Letters,” and West’s “Graduation.”
Besides Winehouse’s “Rehab,” other song of the year candidates included Corrine Bailey Rae’s sweet-sounding “Like A Star,” Carrie Underwood’s revenge anthem “Before He Cheats,” The Plain White T’s “Hey There Delilah” and “Umbrella.”
Winehouse was competing against Feist, Paramour, Taylor Swift and Ledesi in the best new artist category.
The field for best new artist is dominated by women: Winehouse, Canadian singer/songwriter Feist, country singer Taylor Swift, R&B singer Ledisi, and the female-fronted rock band Paramore.
Photo is Singer Fergie in the green room at the Nominations for the 50th Annual GRAMMY Awards.
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