http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1517699/12082005/carey_mariah.jhtml?headlines=true Mariah Carey, Kanye West and John Legend lead the list of nominees for the 48th Annual Grammy Awards with eight nods each. Carey's multi-platinum comeback album, The Emancipation of Mimi, helped her score nominations for the Grammy's most coveted awards: Album of the Year, Song of the Year and Record of the Year. Mariah is also up for Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance (for "Mine Again"), Best R&B Song (Carey with J. Austin, Jermaine Dupri and Manuel Seal for "We Belong Together"), Best Female R&B Vocal Performance (for "We Belong Together"), Best Female Pop Vocal Performance ("It's Like That") and Best Contemporary R&B Album. Gwen Stefani's first studio effort sans No Doubt, Love, Angel, Music, Baby, stands in the way of Carey's Album of the Year win. Both women will vie for that prize at the February 8 ceremony, which will air live from Los Angeles' Staples Center Arena. But Mariah and Gwen face tough competition from three other Album of the Year hopefuls: Paul McCartney's Chaos and Creation in the Backyard; U2's How To Dismantle an Atomic Bomb; and Kanye West's Late Registration (see "Kanye's At It Again: 'If I Don't Win Album Of The Year I'm Gonna Have A Problem' "). Stefani and Mariah will contend with Kelly Clarkson ("Since U Been Gone"), Sheryl Crow ("Good Is Good") and Bonnie Raitt ("I Will Not Be Broken") in the Best Female Pop Vocal Performance category. West's "Gold Digger" is also up for Record of the Year, along with "Feel Good Inc." by the Gorillaz, "Hollaback Girl" by Stefani and "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" by Green Day. Like Carey, U2 scored a nod for Song of the Year (for "Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own"), along with Rascal Flatts' "Bless the Broken Road," Bruce Springsteen's "Devils & Dust" and John Legend's "Ordinary People." Legend's eight nods include Best New Artist (nominated along with Ciara, Fall Out Boy, Keane and Sugarland), Best R&B Song (for "So High"), Best Traditional R&B Performance and Best R&B Album. 50 Cent and Kanye West were both nominated for Best Rap Solo Performance (West for "Gold Digger" and 50 for "Disco Inferno"). 50 is also up for Best Rap Song (for "Candy Shop" and "Hate It or Love It") as is West (for "Diamonds From Sierra Leone"). The Black Eyed Peas are up for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group and Best Rap Song, while Gwen Stefani and Ciara are both in the running for Best Rap Song (Collaboration): Stefani for "Rich Girl," featuring Eve, and Ciara for "1, 2 Step" with Missy Elliott. Other nominations in that category include Common's "They Say" featuring West and Legend, Destiny's Child's "Soldier," featuring T.I. and Lil' Wayne, and Jay-Z and Linkin Park's "Numb/ Encore." Coldplay's "Speed of Sound" was nominated for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal, alongside "Best of You" by the Foo Fighters, "Do You Want To" by Franz Ferdinand, "All These Things That I've Done" by The Killers and "Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own" by U2.
Same old shit as always. They need to stop giving teenie bopper pop songs 20 nominations and start nominating some rock and metal bands.
They have rock and metal nods, i'll find them and post them for you guys. EDIT: Category 16 Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal (For duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.) * Speed Of Sound Coldplay Track from: X&Y [Capitol] * Best Of You Foo Fighters Track from: In Your Honor [RCA Records] * Do You Want To Franz Ferdinand Track from: You Could Have It So Much Better [Domino] * All These Things That I've Done The Killers Track from: Hot Fuss [Island Records] * Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own U2 Track from: How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb [Interscope Records] Category 17 Best Hard Rock Performance (For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.) * Doesn't Remind Me Audioslave Track from: Out Of Exile [Interscope/Epic Records] * The Hand That Feeds Nine Inch Nails Track from: With Teeth [nothing/Interscope Records] * Tin Pan Valley Robert Plant Track from: Mighty ReArranger [Sanctuary] * Little Sister Queens Of The Stone Age Track from: Lullabies To Paralyze [Interscope Records] * B.Y.O.B. System Of A Down Track from: Mezmerize [Columbia Records] Category 18 Best Metal Performance (For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.) * The Great Satan Ministry Track from: Rantology [Sanctuary] * Determined Mudvayne Track from: Lost And Found [Epic] * Mein Teil Rammstein Track from: Reise, Reise [Republic/Universal] * What Drives The Weak Shadows Fall Track from: The War Within [Century Media Records] * Before I Forget Slipknot Track from: Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses) [Roadrunner Records]
I disagree with a lot of the pop nominations, but what the hell, they can nominate who they want, I'm not protesting. I like most of the rock/metal/hard rock nominees, so good luck to them.
Nine Inch Nails won't win, even though The Hand That Feeds, despite me not wanting to like it, is an awesome song. And it's Anti-Bush, so it won't win.