Nomination News

The Nominations for the up coming Grammy Awards

Courtesy of the Recording Academy

U2, India.Arie, Alicia Keys, Pierre Boulez Top 44th GRAMMY Nominees Nominations reflect diversity

U2, India.Arie, Alicia Keys, Pierre Boulez, Alison Krauss, Brian McKnight and Outkast are among the top nominees for the 44th Annual GRAMMY Awards, reflecting a year where established legends shared the musical spotlight with a diverse array of bright newcomers.

The nominees were announced on Jan. 4 at a press conference at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., attended by many of nominees themselves, including Arie, Destiny's Child, David Foster, Nelly Furtado, Ja Rule, Jimmy Jam, Stevie Nicks, Jamie O'Neal, Carl Reiner, Pat Monahan of Train, and Usher. The 44th Annual GRAMMY Awards will take place on Feb. 27 at Staples Center in Los Angeles.

Veteran rockers U2 lead in number of nominations with eight, including nods in the coveted Record Of The Year, Album Of The Year and Song Of The Year categories. The group will be competing against themselves in the Best Rock Song category as they earned two nominations, for "Elevation" and "Walk On," both tracks from their critically acclaimed album All That You Can't Leave Behind.

R&B/soul singer-songwriters India.Arie and Alicia Keys also earned an impressive number of nominations. Arie picked up seven, including one in all four of the top categories: Album Of The Year and Best New Artist, as well as Record Of The Year and Song Of The Year The track "Video." Keys scored six nominations, including Best New Artist and Record Of The Year and Song Of The Year for "Fallin'."