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The Grammy Award may have been very exciting on and off screen but nothing can beat the excitement that must have been felt by big winners Robert Plant and Alison Krauss. The two won the 51st Annual Grammy Awards’ “Album of the Year”. Most of the awards distributed during the night were for Krauss and Plant who are known for going against the traditional Plant is more popularly known as a member of the Rock band Led Zeppelin while Krauss is more popular for her Country hits. Never the two shall meet, so they say but rock and country did met and here they are receiving no less than a Grammy.

Plant and Krauss too some risk when they collaborated on “Raising Sand’ but that risk yielded not one but several Grammy Awards. The two’s debut collaboration won for them Album of the Year for “Raising Sand” and Record of the Year for “Please Read the Letter”. Raising Sand got the Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album Award while the singles “Rich Woman” for the Best Country and “Killing the Blues” won the Pop Collaboration with Vocals Award. Plant and Krauss received the awards from Miley Cyrus and Taylor Swift.

2009 Grammy Awards winners

Here’s the complete list of winners:

Record of the Year
Chasing Pavements, Adele
Viva La Vida, Coldplay
Bleeding Love, Leona Lewis
Paper Planes, M.I.A.
Please Read the Letter, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss

Album of the Year
Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends, Coldplay
Tha Carter III, Lil Wayne
Year of the Gentleman, Ne-Yo
Raising Sand, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
In Rainbows, Radiohead

Song of the Year
American Boy, Estelle feat. Kanye West
Chasing Pavements, Adele
I’m Yours, Jason Mraz
Love Song, Sarah Bareilles
Viva La Vida, Coldplay

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
Kid Rock, All Summer Long,
John Mayer, Say
Paul McCartney, That Was Me
Jason Mraz, I’m Yours
Ne-Yo, Closer
James Taylor, Wichita Lineman

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
Adele, Chasing Pavements
Sara Bareilles, Love Song
Duffy, Mercy
Leona Lewis, Bleeding Love
Katy Perry, I Kissed a Girl
Pink, So What

Best New Artist
Adele
Duffy
Jonas Brothers
Lady Antebellum
Jazmine Sullivan

Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
Coldplay, Viva La Vida
Eagles, Waiting in the Weeds
Gnarls Barkley, Going On
Maroon 5, Won’t Go Home Without You
One Republic, Apologize

Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals
Alicia Keys & John Mayer, Lesson Learned
Madonna, Justin Timberlake & Timbaland, Four Minutes
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Rich Woman
Rihanna & Maroon 5, If I Never See Your Face Again
Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown, No Air

Best Pop Instrumental Album
Sax For Stax, Gerald Albright
Greatest Hits Rerecorded Volume One, Larry Carlton
Jingle All The Way, Béla Fleck & The Flecktones
The Spice Of Life, Earl Klugh
A Night Before Christmas, Spyro Gyra

Best Pop Instrumental Performance
Steve Cropper & Felix Cavaliere, Love Appetite
Eagles, I Dreamed There Was No War
Fourplay, Fortune Teller
Stanley Jordan, Steppin’ Out
Marcus Miller, Blast!

Best Pop Vocal Album
Detours, Sheryl Crow
Rockferry, Duffy
Long Road Out Of Eden, Eagles
Spirit, Leona Lewis
Covers, James Taylor

Best Dance Recording
Harder Better Faster Stronger, Daft Punk
Ready for the Flow, Hot Chip
Just Dance, Lady Gaga & Colby O’Donis
Give It 2 Me, Madonna
Disturbia, Rihanna
Black & Gold, Sam Sparro

Best Electronic or Dance Album
New York City, Brazilian Girls
Alive 2007, Daft Punk
Bring Ya to the Brink, Cyndi Lauper
X, Kylie Minogue
Last Night, Moby
Robyn, Robyn

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Still Unforgettable, Natalie Cole
The Sinatra Project, Michael Feinstein
Noël, Josh Groban
In The Swing Of Christmas, Barry Manilow
Rufus Does Judy At Carnegie Hall, Rufus Wainwright

Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance
John Mayer, Gravity
Paul McCartney, I Saw Her Standing There
Bruce Springsteen, Girls in Their Summer Clothes
Eddie Vedder, Rise
Neil Young, No Hidden Path

Best Metal Performance
DragonForce, Heroes Of Our Time
Judas Priest, Nostradamus
Metallica, My Apocalypse
Ministry, Under My Thumb
Slipknot, Psychosocial

Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
AC/DC, Rock N Roll Train
Coldplay, Violet Hill
Eagles, Long Road Out of Eden
Kings of Leon, Sex on Fire
Radiohead, House of Cards

Best Hard Rock Performance
Disturbed, Inside The Fire
Judas Priest, Visions
The Mars Volta, Wax Simulacra
Mötley Crüe, Saints of Los Angeles
Rob Zombie, Lords of Salem

Best Rock Instrumental Performance
David Gilmour, Castellorizon
Metallica, Suicide & Redemption
Nine Inch Nails, 34 Ghosts I-IV
Rush, Hope (Live For The Art Of Peace)
Zappa Plays Zappa, Peaches En Regalia

Best Rock Song
Girls in Their Summer Clothes, Bruce Springsteen
House Of Cards, Radiohead
I Will Possess Your Heart, Death Cab For Cutie
Sex On Fire, Kings of Leon
Violet Hill, Coldplay

Best Rock Album
Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends, Coldplay
Rock N Roll Jesus, Kid Rock
Only By The Night, Kings of Leon
Death Magnetic, Metallica
Consolers Of The Lonely, The Raconteurs

Best Alternative Music Album
Modern Guilt, Beck
Narrow Stairs, Death Cab for Cutie
The Odd Couple, Gnarls Barkley
Evil Urges, My Morning Jacket
In Rainbows, Radiohead

Best Urban/Alternative Performance
Kenna, Say Goodbye to Love
Maiysha, Wanna Be
Chrisette Michele feat. will.i.am, Be OK
Janelle Monae, Many Moons
Wayna feat. Kokayi, Lovin You (Music)

Best R&B Song
Bust Your Windows, Jazmine Sullivan
Customer, Raheem DeVaughn
Heaven Sent, Keyshia Cole
Miss Independent, Ne-Yo
Spotlight, Jennifer Hudson

Best R&B Album
Love & Life, Eric Benet
Motown: A Journey Through Hitsville USA, Boyz II Men
Lay It Down, Al Green
Jennifer Hudson, Jennifer Hudson
The Way I See It, Raphael Saadiq

Best Contemporary R&B Album
Growing Pains, Mary J. Blige
Back Of My Lac’, J. Holiday
First Love, Karina
Year Of The Gentleman, Ne-Yo
Fearless, Jazmine Sullivan

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
Eric Benét, You’re The Only One
Chris Brown, Take You Down
Ne-Yo, Miss Independent
Trey Songz, Can’t Help But Wait
Usher, Here I Stand

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
Beyoncé, Me, Myself And I
Keyshia Cole, Heaven Sent
Jennifer Hudson, Spotlight
Alicia Keys, Superwoman
Jazmine Sullivan, Need U Bad

Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
Boyz II Men, Ribbon In The Sky
Anthony David feat. India.Arie, Wordsl
Al Green feat. John Legend, Stay With Me (By The Sea)
Jennifer Hudson feat. Fantasia, I’m His Only Woman
Raphael Saadiq feat. Stevie Wonder & CJ Hilton, Never Give You Up

Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance
Wayne Brady, A Change Is Gonna Come
Al Green feat. Anthony Hamilton, You’ve Got The Love I Need

(Linda Jones) With Helen Bruner & Terry Jones, Baby I Know
Raphael Saadiq, Love That Girl
Jazmine Sullivan, In Love With Another Man

Best Rap Solo Performance
Jay-Z, Roc Boys (And The Winner Is)…
Lil Wayne, A Milli
Lupe Fiasco, Paris, Tokyo
Nas, N.i.-.-.e.r. (The Slave And The Master)
Snoop Dogg, Sexual Eruption

Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group
Big Boi feat. Raekwon And Andre 3000, Royal Flush
Jay-Z & T.I. feat. Kanye West & Lil Wayne, Swagga Like Us
Lil Wayne feat. Jay-Z, Mr. Carter
Ludacris feat. T.I., Wish You Would
Young Jeezy feat. Kanye West, Put On

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
Estelle feat. Kanye West, American Boy
Flo Rida feat. T-Pain, Low
John Legend & Andre 3000, Green Light
Lil Wayne feat. T-Pain, Got Money
Lupe Fiasco feat. Matthew Santos, Superstar

Best Rap Song
Lollipop, Lil Wayne feat. Static Major
Low, Flo Rida feat. T-Pain
Sexual Eruption, Snoop Dogg
Superstar, Lupe Fiasco feat. Matthew Santos
Swagga Like Us, Jay-Z & T.I. feat. Kanye West & Lil Wayne

Best Rap Album
American Gangster, Jay-Z
Tha Carter III, Lil Wayne
The Cool, Lupe Fiasco
Nas, Nas
Paper Trail, T.I.

Best Female Country Vocal Performance
Martina McBride, For These Times
LeAnn Rimes, What I Cannot Change
Carrie Underwood, Last Name
Lee Ann Womack, Last Call
Trisha Yearwood, This Is Me You’re Talking To

Best Male Country Vocal Performance
Trace Adkins, You’re Gonna Miss This
Jamey Johnson, In Color
James Otto, Just Got Started Lovin’ You
Brad Paisley, Letter To Me
George Strait, Troubadour

Best Country Song
Dig Two Graves, Randy Travis
I Saw God Today, George Strait
In Color, Jamey Johnson
Stay, Sugarland
You’re Gonna Miss This, Trace Adkins

Best Country Album
That Lonesome Song, Jamey Johnson
Sleepless Nights, Patty Loveless
Troubadour, George Strait
Around The Bend, Randy Travis
Heaven, Heartache and the Power of Love, Trisha Yearwood

The nominations were announced for the 51st Annual Grammy Awards. 2009 Grammy Award will take place on February 8, 2009.

Lil Wayne had the most nominations with eight. Coldplay was close seven nods, while Jay-Z, Ne-Yo, and Kanye West each had six.

2009 Grammy Award Nominations List:

Record Of The Year

Chasing Pavements
Adele

Viva La Vida
Coldplay

Bleeding Love
Leona Lewis

Paper Planes
M.I.A

Please Read The Letter
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss

Album Of The Year

Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
Coldplay

Tha Carter III
Lil Wayne

Year Of The Gentleman
Ne-Yo

Raising Sand
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss

In Rainbows
Radiohead

Song Of The Year

American Boy
William Adams, Keith Harris, Josh Lopez, Caleb Speir, John Stephens, Estelle Swaray & Kanye West, songwriters (Estelle Featuring Kanye West)

Chasing Pavements
Adele Adkins & Eg White, songwriters (Adele)

I’m Yours
Jason Mraz, songwriter (Jason Mraz)

Love Song
Sara Bareilles, songwriter (Sara Bareilles)

Viva La Vida
Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion & Chris Martin, songwriters (Coldplay)

Best New Artist

Adele

Duffy

Jonas Brothers

Lady Antebellum

Jazmine Sullivan

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

Chasing Pavements
Adele

Love Song
Sara Bareilles

Mercy
Duffy

Bleeding Love
Leona Lewis

I Kissed A Girl
Katy Perry

So What
Pink

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance

All Summer Long
Kid Rock

Say
John Mayer

That Was Me
Paul McCartney

I’m Yours
Jason Mraz

Closer
Ne-Yo

Wichita Lineman
James Taylor

Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

Viva La Vida
Coldplay

Waiting In The Weeds
Eagles

Going On
Gnarls Barkley

Won’t Go Home Without You
Maroon 5

Apologize
OneRepublic

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals

Lesson Learned
Alicia Keys & John Mayer

4 Minutes
Madonna, Justin Timberlake & Timbaland

Rich Woman
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss

If I Never See Your Face Again
Rihanna & Maroon 5

No Air
Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown

Best Pop Instrumental Performance

Love Appetite
Steve Cropper & Felix Cavaliere

I Dreamed There Was No War
Eagles

Fortune Teller
Fourplay

Steppin’ Out
Stanley Jordan

Blast!
Marcus Miller

Best Pop Instrumental Album

Sax For Stax
Gerald Albright

Greatest Hits Rerecorded Volume One
Larry Carlton

Jingle All The Way
Béla Fleck & The Flecktones

The Spice Of Life
Earl Klugh

A Night Before Christmas
Spyro Gyra

Best Pop Vocal Album

Detours
Sheryl Crow

Rockferry
Duffy

Long Road Out Of Eden
Eagles

Spirit
Leona Lewis

Covers
James Taylor

Best Dance Recording

Harder Better Faster Stronger
Daft Punk
Thomas Bangalter & Guy Manuel de Homem-Christo, producers; Thomas Bangalter & Guy Manuel de Homem-Christo, mixers

Ready For The Floor
Hot Chip
Hot Chip, producers; Dan Carey, mixer

Just Dance
Lady Gaga & Colby O’Donis
RedOne, producer; Robert Orton, mixer

Give It 2 Me
Madonna
Madonna & The Neptunes, producers; Andrew Coleman & Spike Stent, mixers

Disturbia
Rihanna
Brian Kennedy, producer; Phil Tan, mixer

Black & Gold
Sam Sparro
Jesse Rogg & Sam Sparro, producers; Jeremy Wheatley, mixer

Best Electronic/Dance Album

New York City
Brazilian Girls

Alive 2007
Daft Punk

Bring Ya To The Brink
Cyndi Lauper

X
Kylie Minogue

Last Night
Moby

Robyn
Robyn

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

Still Unforgettable
Natalie Cole

The Sinatra Project
Michael Feinstein

Noël
Josh Groban

In The Swing Of Christmas
Barry Manilow

Rufus Does Judy At Carnegie Hall
Rufus Wainwright

Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance

Gravity
John Mayer

I Saw Her Standing There
Paul McCartney

Girls In Their Summer Clothes
Bruce Springsteen

Rise
Eddie Vedder

No Hidden Path
Neil Young

Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

Rock N Roll Train
AC/DC

Violet Hill
Coldplay

Long Road Out Of Eden
Eagles

Sex On Fire
Kings Of Leon

House Of Cards
Radiohead

Best Hard Rock Performance

Inside The Fire
Disturbed

Visions
Judas Priest

Wax Simulacra
The Mars Volta

Saints Of Los Angeles
Mötley Crüe

Lords Of Salem
Rob Zombie

Best Metal Performance

Heroes Of Our Time
DragonForce

Nostradamus
Judas Priest

My Apocalypse
Metallica

Under My Thumb
Ministry

Psychosocial
Slipknot

Best Rock Instrumental Performance

Castellorizon
David Gilmour

Suicide & Redemption
Metallica

34 Ghosts I-IV
Nine Inch Nails

Hope (Live For The Art Of Peace)
Rush

Peaches En Regalia
Zappa Plays Zappa

Best Rock Song

Girls In Their Summer Clothes
Bruce Springsteen, songwriter (Bruce Springsteen)

House Of Cards
Colin Greenwood, Jonny Greenwood, Ed O’Brien, Philip Selway & Thom Yorke, songwriters (Radiohead)

I Will Possess Your Heart
Benjamin Gibbard, Nicholas Harmer, Jason McGerr & Christopher Walla, songwriters (Death Cab For Cutie)

Sex On Fire
Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill & Nathan Followill, songwriters (Kings Of Leon)

Violet Hill
Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion & Chris Martin, songwriters (Coldplay)

Best Rock Album

Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
Coldplay

Rock N Roll Jesus
Kid Rock

Only By The Night
Kings Of Leon

Death Magnetic
Metallica

Consolers Of The Lonely
The Raconteurs

Best Alternative Music Album

Modern Guilt
Beck

Narrow Stairs
Death Cab For Cutie

The Odd Couple
Gnarls Barkley

Evil Urges
My Morning Jacket

In Rainbows
Radiohead

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance

Me, Myself And I
Beyoncé

Heaven Sent
Keyshia Cole

Spotlight
Jennifer Hudson

Superwoman
Alicia Keys

Need U Bad
Jazmine Sullivan

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance

You’re The Only One
Eric Benét

Take You Down
Chris Brown

Miss Independent
Ne-Yo

Can’t Help But Wait
Trey Songz

Here I Stand
Usher

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

Ribbon In The Sky
Boyz II Men

Words
Anthony David Featuring India.Arie

Stay With Me (By The Sea)
Al Green Featuring John Legend

I’m His Only Woman
Jennifer Hudson Featuring Fantasia

Never Give You Up
Raphael Saadiq Featuring Stevie Wonder & CJ Hilton

Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance

A Change Is Gonna Come
Wayne Brady

You’ve Got The Love I Need
Al Green Featuring Anthony Hamilton

Baby I Know
(Linda Jones) With Helen Bruner & Terry Jones

Love That Girl
Raphael Saadiq

In Love With Another Man
Jazmine Sullivan

Best Urban/Alternative Performance

Say Goodbye To Love
Kenna

Wanna Be
Maiysha

Be OK
Chrisette Michele Featuring will.i.am

Many Moons
Janelle Monae

Lovin You (Music)
Wayna Featuring Kokayi

Best R&B Song

Bust Your Windows
Salaam Remi & Jazmine Sullivan, songwriters (Deandre Way, songwriter) (Jazmine Sullivan)

Customer
I. Barias, Raheem DeVaughn, C. Haggins, K. Oliver & J. Smith, songwriters (Raheem DeVaughn)

Heaven Sent
Keyshia Cole, Jason Farmer & Alex Francis, songwriters (Keyshia Cole)

Miss Independent
M.S. Eriksen, T.E. Hermansen & S. Smith, songwriters (Ne-Yo)

Spotlight
Mikkel S. Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen & Shaffer Smith, songwriters (Jennifer Hudson)

Best R&B Album

Love & Life
Eric Benét

Motown: A Journey Through Hitsville USA
Boyz II Men

Lay It Down
Al Green

Jennifer Hudson
Jennifer Hudson

The Way I See It
Raphael Saadiq

Best Contemporary R&B Album

Growing Pains
Mary J. Blige

Back Of My Lac’
J. Holiday

First Love
Karina

Year Of The Gentleman
Ne-Yo

Fearless
Jazmine Sullivan

Best Rap Solo Performance

Roc Boys (And The Winner Is)…
Jay-Z

A Milli
Lil Wayne

Paris, Tokyo
Lupe Fiasco

N.i.*.*.e.r. (The Slave And The Master)
Nas

Sexual Eruption
Snoop Dogg

Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group

Royal Flush
Big Boi Featuring Raekwon And Andre 3000

Swagga Like Us
Jay-Z & T.I. Featuring Kanye West & Lil Wayne

Mr. Carter
Lil Wayne Featuring Jay-Z

Wish You Would
Ludacris Featuring T.I.

Put On
Young Jeezy Featuring Kanye West

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration

American Boy
Estelle Featuring Kanye West

Low
Flo Rida Featuring T-Pain

Green Light
John Legend & Andre 3000

Got Money
Lil Wayne Featuring T-Pain

Superstar
Lupe Fiasco Featuring Matthew Santos

Best Rap Song

Lollipop
D. Carter, S. Garrett, D. Harrison, J. Scheffer & R. Zamor, songwriters (Lil Wayne Featuring Static Major)

Low
T. Dillard, M. Humphrey & T-Pain, songwriters (Flo Rida Featuring T-Pain)

Sexual Eruption
Calvin Broadus, S. Lovejoy & D. Stewart, songwriters (Snoop Dogg)

Superstar
Lupe Fiasco & Soundtrakk, songwriters (Lupe Fiasco Featuring Matthew Santos)

Swagga Like Us
D. Carter, S. Carter, Clifford Harris & Kanye West, songwriters (M. Arulpragasam, N. Headon, M. Jones, J. Mellor, T. Pentz & P. Simonon, songwriters) (Jay-Z & T.I. Featuring Kanye West & Lil Wayne)

Best Rap Album

American Gangster
Jay-Z

Tha Carter III
Lil Wayne

The Cool
Lupe Fiasco

Nas
Nas

Paper Trail
T.I.

Best Female Country Vocal Performance

For These Times
Martina McBride

What I Cannot Change
LeAnn Rimes

Last Name
Carrie Underwood

Last Call
Lee Ann Womack

This Is Me You’re Talking To
Trisha Yearwood

Best Male Country Vocal Performance

You’re Gonna Miss This
Trace Adkins

In Color
Jamey Johnson

Just Got Started Lovin’ You
James Otto

Letter To Me
Brad Paisley

Troubadour
George Strait

Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

God Must Be Busy
Brooks & Dunn

Love Don’t Live Here
Lady Antebellum

Every Day
Rascal Flatts

Blue Side Of The Mountain
The SteelDrivers

Stay
Sugarland

Best Country Collaboration With Vocals

Shiftwork
Kenny Chesney & George Strait

Killing The Blues
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss

House Of Cash
George Strait & Patty Loveless

Life In A Northern Town
Sugarland, Jake Owen & Little Big Town

Let The Wind Chase You
Trisha Yearwood & Keith Urban

Best Country Instrumental Performance

Sumatra
Cherryholmes

Two Small Cars In Rome
Jerry Douglas & Lloyd Green

Sleigh Ride
Béla Fleck & The Flecktones

Is This America? (Katrina 2005)
Charlie Haden, Pat Metheny, Jerry Douglas & Bruce Hornsby

Cluster Pluck
Brad Paisley, James Burton, Vince Gill, John Jorgenson, Albert Lee, Brent Mason, Redd Volkaert & Steve Wariner

Best Country Song

Dig Two Graves
Ashley Gorley & Bob Regan, songwriters (Randy Travis)

I Saw God Today
Rodney Clawson, Monty Criswell & Wade Kirby, songwriters (George Strait)

In Color
Jamey Johnson, Lee Thomas Miller & James Otto, songwriters (Jamey Johnson)

Stay
Jennifer Nettles, songwriter (Sugarland)

You’re Gonna Miss This
Ashley Gorley & Lee Thomas Miller, songwriters (Trace Adkins)

Best Country Album

That Lonesome Song
Jamey Johnson

Sleepless Nights
Patty Loveless

Troubadour
George Strait

Around The Bend
Randy Travis

Heaven, Heartache And The Power Of Love
Trisha Yearwood

Tejano singer Emilio Navaira was critically injured after his band’s bus crashed in Houston, Texas. The Grammy award winning singer and his band Rio had performed at a Houston nightclub on Saturday night. Around 5 AM on Sunday, cops say that the band’s bus slammed into traffic barrels on Interstate 610 northbound in Bellaire, a ritzy area west of downtown Houston. Navaira is currently in critical condition at Memorial Hermann Hospital. His brother Raul, along with several other members of the band, were also injured in the wreck.

The 45-year old Navaira and his band Rio have released over a dozen albums with ‘Acuerdate’ winning the 2003 Grammy for best Tejano album.

Amy Winehouse should be in Norway right now but she doesn’t feel like facing the music yet. The Grammy Award winner has reportedly asked a local district court to postpone her drug possession hearing scheduled for February 29th. The charges on her stem from an arrest last October. Wino and hubby Blake Fielder-Civil were arrested in the Norwegian city of Bergen for possession of marijuana. They were then released after each paid $715 in fines.

It’s being reported that the reason Amy wants to stay in London is because Blake is supposed to be in front of a judge the same day she’s scheduled to be in Norway.

Natalie Cole talks about Amy Winehouse in a different light from how many others have done. Jealous much?

“I’m going on record as an artist who is able to critique [Amy Winehouse]. I think she has a great talent, but I don’t agree with the Grammys giving her those nods. I think it sends the wrong message, that even in the midst of her stupor of drugs she can get nominated for all these awards. It’s a slap in the face to musicians and artists who work very hard that they turn around and give it to someone who really obviously doesn’t have a grasp of what she has. I’ve been in this business over 25 years and I sacrificed five years of my own life on drugs and almost lost my life because of it. So I take great offence to almost see someone getting glory out of being in the position that they’re in – she needs to get her life together and embrace her craft, she will lose it if she doesn’t get it together.”

The 50th Annual Grammy Awards winners.

 

Album of the Year: “River: The Joni Letters,” Herbie Hancock.
Record of the Year: “Rehab,” Amy Winehouse.
Song of the Year: “Rehab,” Amy Winehouse
New Artist: Amy Winehouse.
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical: Mark Ronson.
Pop Vocal Album: “Back to Black,” Amy Winehouse.
Female Pop Vocal Performance: “Rehab,” Amy Winehouse.
Male Pop Vocal Performance: “What Goes Around…Comes Around,” Justin Timberlake.
Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals: “Makes Me Wonder,” Maroon 5.
Rock Song: “Radio Nowhere,” Bruce Springsteen, songwriter (Bruce Springsteen).
Rap Album: “Graduation,” Kanye West.
Rap Solo Performance: “Stronger,” Kanye West.

Miley Cyrus was at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards as a presenter. She rocked this look on the red carpet… I have no words. Well, maybe a few.

Who the heck are her stylist and her make up artist?! Why do they insist on making her look like a hooker?! She’s a Disney star! And she’s only 15 years old! She has porn star hair, mounds of extension and caked on make up that may be more than what a tranny puts on. Does her father, Billy Ray Cyrus, really let all this happen? At this rate, Miley may end up like Britney Spears by the time she’s 18.

The 2008 Grammy® Nominees CD has debuted at # 5 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart this week! This is the 15th edition of the compilation, and this year it features the likes of Plain White T’s, Justin Timberlake, and Foo Fighters, to name a few. Be sure to tune in to the 50th Grammy® Awards live this Sunday, February 10th at 8pm ET/PT on CBS.

Album Art: HERE

Amy Winehouse just entered rehab a week ago but the Grammy Awards ceremony where she’s scheduled to perform is already next weekend. Her dad Mitch says that he doesn’t want his daughter to attend, which is understandable really. The concerned father said “I’m not sure the Grammy’s are going to happen. I don’t want her to go – I think it might be a bit too soon for her. She’s not well – that’s why she’s in rehab. But she’s doing OK. She is getting good treatment.”

As much as I’d like to see her win some awards, I’d rather hear that she’s healthy and on the straight and narrow.

What do Amy Winehouse, Justin Timberlake, and Feist have in common? Besides having an incredibly successful 2007, each artist has been nominated for a Grammy and has secured a spot on the 2008 Grammy Nominees CD. The 15th edition of the best-selling compilation includes 21 tracks nominated across the spectrum of categories this year. Over 15 million Grammy® Nominees CDs have been sold worldwide!

2008 GRAMMY® Nominees CD Final Tracklisting

1. Justin Timberlake
What Goes Around… Comes Around (Interlude)
Record of the Year

 

2. Amy Winehouse
Rehab
Record Of The Year
Best Pop Vocal Album
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
Album Of The Year
Song Of The Year

 

3. Beyoncé
Irreplaceable
Record Of The Year

 

4. Foo Fighters
The Pretender
Record Of The Year
Album Of The Year

 

5. Maroon 5
Makes Me Wonder
Best Pop Vocal Album

 

6. Feist
I234
Best Pop Vocal Album
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

 

7. Bon Jovi
(You Want To) Make A Memory
Best Pop Vocal Album

 

8. Paul McCartney
Dance Tonight
Best Pop Vocal Album

 

9. Christina Aguilera
Candyman
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

 

10. Nelly Furtado
Say It Right
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

 

11. Kanye West Featuring T-Pain
Good Life
Album Of The Year

 

12. Herbie Hancock
River Featuring Corinne Bailey Rae
Album Of The Year

 

13. Vince Gill (Guest Vocalist: Sheryl Crow)
What You Give Away
Album Of The Year

 

14. Carrie Underwood
Before He Cheats
Song Of The Year

 

15. Plain White T’s
Hey There Delilah
Song Of The Year

 

16. Corinne Bailey Rae
Like A Star
Song Of The Year

 

17. Green Day
Working Class Hero
Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

 

18. Daughtry
It’s Not Over
Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

 

19. Nickelback
If Everyone Cared
Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

 

20. The White Stripes
Icky Thump
Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

 

21. U2
Instant Karma
Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

The Grammy nominations have been announced, and the Plain White T’s have earned two honors! The band is up for “Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals” and “Song of the Year” for their smash hit “Hey There Delilah.” The T’s will be battling 2007 sensations like Carrie Underwood, Amy Winehouse, Daughtry, and Rihanna for the honors.

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Early Thursday morning, Black Eyed Peas front woman Fergie was on hand to announce the nominations for the 50th Annual Grammy Awards. Despite being a big favorite to score a lot of nods, the ‘Fergalicious’ singer only got one nomination for herself in the category of Best Female Pop Vocal.Despite the disappointing number, Fergie still helped kick off the Grammy’s celebration with a People party at the Avalon Hollywood nightclub on Thursday in Hollywood. I bet she’s saying that she already has 3 Grammy’s anyway so she still has reason to party. And let’s not forget that her album has 5 hit singles off of it. That’s something!