Grammy nominees

[CBright7831]

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 Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal

· Bon Jovi - "(You Want To) Make a Memory"

· Daughtry - "Home"

· Maroon 5 - "Makes Me Wonder"

· Plain White T's - "Hey There Delilah"

· U2 - "Window in the Skies"

 

Best Hard Rock Performance

· Evanescence - "Sweet Sacrifice"

· Foo Fighters - "The Pretender"

· Ozzy Osbourne - "I Don't Wanna Stop"

· Queens of the Stone Age - "Sick, Sick, Sick"

· Tool - "The Pot"

 

Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal

· Daughtry - "It's Not Over"

· Green Day - "Working Class Hero"

· Nickelback - "If Everyone Cared"

· U2 - "Instant Karma"

· The White Stripes - "Icky Thump"

 

Best Metal Performance

· As I Lay Dying - "Nothing Left"

· King Diamond - "Never Ending Hill"

· Machine Head - "Aesthetics of Hate"

· Shadows Fall - "Redemption"

· Slayer - "Final Six"

 

Best Rock Song

· Lucinda Williams - "Come On"

· The White Stripes - "Icky Thump"

· Daughtry - "It's Not Over"

· Foo Fighters - "The Pretender"

· Bruce Springsteen - "Radio Nowhere"

 

Best Rock Album

· Daughtry - Daughtry

· John Fogerty - Revival

· Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace

· Bruce Springsteen - Magic

· Wilco - Sky Blue Sky

 

Best Pop Vocal Album

· Bon Jovi - Lost Highway

· Feist - The Reminder

· Maroon 5 - It Won't Be Soon Before Long

· Paul McCartney - Memory Almost Full

· Amy Winehouse - Back to Black

 

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance

· Mary J. Blige - "Just Fine"

· Fantasia - "When I See U"

· Alicia Keys - "No One"

· Chrisette Michele - "If I Have My Way"

· Jill Scott - "Hate on Me"

 

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance

· Raheem DeVaughn - "Woman"

· Musiq Soulchild - "B.U.D.D.Y."

· Ne-Yo - "Because of You"

· Prince - "Future Baby Mama"

· Tank - "Please Don't Go"

 

Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals

· R. Kelly (featuring Usher) - "Same Girl"

· Chaka Khan (featuring Mary J. Blige) - "Disrespectful"

· Rihanna (featuring Ne-Yo) - "Hate That I Love You"

· Angie Stone (featuring Betty Wright) - "Baby"

· T-Pain (featuring Akon) - "Bartender"

 

Best R&B Song

· India.Arie - "Beautiful Flower"

· Rihanna (featuring Ne-Yo) - "Hate That I Love You"

· Alicia Keys - "No One"

· Musiq Soulchild - "Teachme"

· Fantasia - "When I See U"

 

Best Contemporary R&B Album

· Akon - Konvicted

· Keyshia Cole - Just Like You

· Fantasia - Fantasia

· Emily King - East Side Story

· Ne-Yo - Because of You

 

Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group

· Common (featuring Kanye West) - "Southside"

· Fat Joe (featuring Lil Wayne) - "Make It Rain"

· Shop Boyz - "Party Like a Rockstar"

· UGK (featuring Outkast) - "Int'l Players Anthem (I Choose You)"

· Kanye West, Nas and KRS-One - "Better Than I've Ever Been"

 

Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package

· My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade

· Panic! at the Disco - A Fever You Can't Sweat Out

· The White Stripes - Icky Thump

· H.I.M. - Venus Doom

· V/A - What It Is!: Funky Soul and Rare Grooves (1967-1977)

 

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical

· Howard Benson

· Joe Chiccarelli

· Mike Elizondo

· Mark Ronson

· Timbaland

 

All of the nominees are here.

[Guest My Pal, the Tortoise]

"Hey There Delilah" counts? I thought it was older. Well, that's my pick.

[PUT THAT DICK IN MY MOUTH!]

I'm stunned they didn't amend their rules to make that new Alicia Keys album eligible.

[Giuseppe Zangara]

The Distant Future is the best of any of the nominees.

[Gary Floyd]

Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package

· My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade

· Panic! at the Disco - A Fever You Can't Sweat Out

· The White Stripes - Icky Thump

· H.I.M. - Venus Doom

· V/A - What It Is!: Funky Soul and Rare Grooves (1967-1977)

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I gotta get that sometime.

[Youth N Asia]

every year the Grammy nominations remind me why I fucking hate the Grammys

[PUT THAT DICK IN MY MOUTH!]

'grats to Leslie Feist for making the jump from "indie Grammy-bait" to actual Grammy-bait.

[Ginger Snaps]

'grats to Leslie Feist for making the jump from "indie Grammy-bait" to actual Grammy-bait.

 

How is Feist even considered a new artist? She's been around for years. This isn't even her first solo album.

 

These nominations are all fucked up too.

[The Niggardly King]

"Hey There Delilah" counts? I thought it was older. Well, that's my pick.

 

I hate you and I hate this song.

[Black Lushus]

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)

 

credibility lost....fail

[AntiLeaf33]

Whats the difference between record and album of the year?

[haws bah gawd]

Whats the difference between record and album of the year?

 

Song of the Year goes to the song writer, while Record of the Year goes to the Artist. How a song can be nominated for one and not the other though, makes little sense to me.

 

I've been surprised by the success Daughtry has had. Thats actually a pretty good album, though the singles get played a little much over radio.

[Edwin MacPhisto]

Vince Gill released a 4-disc album? There must be dozens of people who listened to that.

[cd213]

'grats to Leslie Feist for making the jump from "indie Grammy-bait" to actual Grammy-bait.

 

How is Feist even considered a new artist? She's been around for years. This isn't even her first solo album.

 

These nominations are all fucked up too.

 

Shit like that always happened. I remember Fiona Apple getting nominated for the same song like 3 years in a row?!?! Avengened Sevenfold was nominated for best new artist, and won it when they had three albums out. It seems that when groups/singers finally become famous, that when they are considered "new artists."

[Giuseppe Zangara]

The Distant Future is the best of any of the nominees.

Scratch that. I just noticed Sound of Silver got a nod.

[Corey_Lazarus]

Best Metal Performance

· As I Lay Dying - "Nothing Left"

· King Diamond - "Never Ending Hill"

· Machine Head - "Aesthetics of Hate"

· Shadows Fall - "Redemption"

· Slayer - "Final Six"

...this may be the first time I've ever actually seen the nominees for this category all play metal...

 

That said, there's no way Shadows Fall aren't getting this. They just left the #2 metal label (Century Media) for Atlantic, Threads of Life got some decent press and advertising (even though it's a driveling pile of shit, especially compared to their last full-on original album, The War Within), and "Final Six" I can't even remember from Christ Illusion...which came out late summer '06. That said, of all of the solid releases this year - Municipal Waste's Art of Partying, the new Black Dahlia album Nocturnal, the new Motörhead, and not to mention any number of cheesy overblown melodic black metal releases this year that got great reviews for sounding like complete ass, they pick fucking KING DIAMOND? I like King Diamond in a comedic way, and every review I've read said the new album was good, but really...there was no other new release that deserved an award? Not even Killswitch Engage's newest, which isn't half-bad from what I've heard of it (the cover of "Holy Diver," and accompanying video, are great)? Shit...

 

Oh well. Hopefully Unearth wins it the next time they release a disc, because if III: In the Eyes of Fire didn't get the deuce, then they'll only get better.

[PILLS! PILLS! PILLS!]

U2 - "Instant Karma"

 

[Ginger Snaps]

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)

 

credibility lost....fail

 

that song is ridiculously catchy though

 

[Zack Malibu]

Hey There Delilah is from '05, and Paramore shouldn't count for best new artist either, as their debut release was in '05 as well.

[Guest My Pal, the Tortoise]

Paramore shouldn't count for best new artist because they're not the best at anything.

[JaMarcus Russell's #1 Caucasian Fan]

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; Publisher: Element 9 Recordings]

 

 

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]

 

Soulja Boy winning a Grammy would be the worst and best thing ever. Its such a stupid song, but is so catchy that its hard not to love. I'd love to see Kanye West's face if Soulja Boy wins this. I'm actually going to root for this, if only to see another Kayne metldown.

 

[Guest My Pal, the Tortoise]

Soulja Boy is a ringtone masquerading as a song.

[The Niggardly King]

I didn't realize the greatness of Soulja Boy until Jerry Rice did the dance.

[Cheech Tremendous]

Somehow, I've avoided ever hearing the Soulja Boy song.

[Copper Feel]

Somehow, I've avoided ever hearing the Soulja Boy song.

 

[Guest My Pal, the Tortoise]

Possibly one of the worst videos I've ever seen. The whole Soulja Boy phenomenon is just captivatingly awful. It's like an encapsulation of everything wrong with the year 2007. His new single still has a YOOOOOOUUUUU!!!! in it so you know who it is, and it's called Soulja GIRL! It's all too fucking much.

 

I like this song, though.

[JaMarcus Russell's #1 Caucasian Fan]

I'm not going to argue the merits of Crank That Soulja Boy, but in a year that was dominated by stuffy self-conscious rap (Common, Kayne), rehased gangsta rap bullshit (50 Cent) and Roger Troutman rip-offs (T-Pain and every one of his 1000 singles, the new Nate Dogg), Soulja Boy is a refreshing change of pace actually. Its cool that he doesn't take himself remotely seriously like some of the other clowns do (Kayne, 50). I hated this song so much when it first started playing on the radio, but repeated listenings increases my love of the song. Its a guilty pleasure if there even was one. Its funny that this dude got big thru ringtones and Youtube. Plus, when his dance is done right, its pretty cool.

[Guest My Pal, the Tortoise]

What's the point? It's obnoxiously repetitive, even more than most rap.

Its funny that this dude got big thru ringtones and Youtube.

That's not funny, that's bad! He's not a performer, he's a marketing entity, the whole thing is just bad. It's a stupid steel drum loop with stupid lyrics and a stupid dance to sell a means of making a cellular phone even more obnoxious. There is no good to be derived from any aspect of this thing. I'm sick of hearing it as a bed on the radio. I'm sick of hearing it played at sporting events. I'm sick of the parodies and tributes (though Kosher Boy was okay), I just want the whole thing to go away, but it won't; it'll just get multiplicatively worse.

 

Also, didn't Jay-Z have some more materialistic self-aggrandizing garbage that came out this year, too? You forgot that.

[JaMarcus Russell's #1 Caucasian Fan]

And thats the reason I want him to win a Grammy. It'll knock a douche like Kanye and other "rap elitists" off their high horses.

[Guest My Pal, the Tortoise]

I don't see what kind of point is proven if a Grammy goes to an extremely horrible song instead of a horrible song, but okay.