[yerboylc3]

^It is possible...the song is still climbing on Top 40 and assuming it does get the grammy love they say it will, that could easily spur download interest...fingers crossed...its certainly not a sure thing, but it is possible.

[yerboylc3]

50 th Annual Grammy Awards Nominations

http://www.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Awards/.../list.aspx#top

Category 2

Album Of The Year
(Award to the Artist(s) and to the Album Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s)/Mixer(s) & Mastering Engineer(s), if other than the artist.)

Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
Foo Fighters
Gil Norton, producer; Adrian Bushby & Rich Costey, engineers/mixers; Brian
Gardner, mastering engineer
[Roswell/RCA Records]


These Days
Vince Gill
John Anderson, Guy Clarke, Rodney Crowell, Diana Krall & The Del McCoury Band,
featured artists; Vince Gill, John Hobbs & Justin Niebank, producers; Neal
Cappellino & Justin Niebank, engineers/mixers; Adam Ayan, mastering engineer
[MCA Nashville]


River: The Joni Letters
Herbie Hancock
Leonard Cohen, Norah Jones, Joni Mitchell, Corinne Bailey Rae, Luciana Souza &
Tina Turner, featured artists; Herbie Hancock & Larry Klein, producers; Helik
Hadar, engineer/mixer; Bernie Grundman, mastering engineer
[Verve]


Graduation
Kanye West
Dwele, Lil Wayne, Mos Def & T-Pain, featured artists; Warryn "Baby Dubb"
Campbell, Eric Hudson, Brian "Allday" Miller, Nottz, Patrick "Plain Pat"
Reynolds, Gee Roberson, Toomp & Kanye West, producers; Bruce Beuchner, Andrew
Dawson, Mike Dean, Anthony Kilhoffer, Greg Koller, Manny Marroquin, Nottz Raw,
Tony Rey, Seiji Sekine, Paul Sheehy & D. Sloan, engineers/mixers; Vlado Meller,
mastering engineer
[Roc-A-Fella Records]


Back To Black
Amy Winehouse
Mark Ronson & Salaamremi, producers; Tom Elmhirst, Gary Noble & Franklin
Socorro, engineers/mixers; Mark Ronson, mastering engineer
[Universal Republic Records]

Category 31

Best Rap Solo Performance
(For a solo Rap performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

The People
Common
Track from: Finding Forever
[Geffen]


I Get Money
50 Cent
Track from: Curtis
[Shady/Aftermath/Interscope Records]


Show Me What You Got
Jay-Z
Track from: Kingdom Come
[Roc-A-Fella Records]


Big Things Poppin' (Do It)
T.I.
[Grand Hustle/Atlantic]


Stronger
Kanye West
Track from: Graduation
[Roc-A-Fella Records]

Category 32

Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group
(For duo, group or collaborative performances of Rap only. Singles or Tracks only.)

Southside
Common Featuring Kanye West
Track from: Finding Forever
[Geffen]

Make It Rain
Fat Joe Featuring Lil Wayne
Track from: Me, Myself & I
[Terror Squad Entertainment]


Party Like A Rockstar
Shop Boyz
Track from: Rockstar Mentality
[OnDeck/Universal Republic Records]


Int'l Players Anthem (I Choose You)
UGK Featuring OutKast
[Jive]


Better Than I've Ever Been
Kanye West, Nas & KRS-One
[Nike]

Category 33

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
(For a Rap/Sung collaborative performance by artists who do not normally perform together. Singles or Tracks only.)

I Wanna Love You
Akon Featuring Snoop Dogg
Track from: Konvicted
[SRC/Universal Motown]


Kiss, Kiss
Chris Brown & T-Pain
[Jive]


Let It Go
Keyshia Cole Featuring Missy Elliott & Lil' Kim
Track from: Just Like You
[Geffen]


Umbrella
Rihanna Featuring Jay-Z
Track from: Good Girl Gone Bad
[Def Jam Recordings]


Good Life
Kanye West Featuring T-Pain
Track from: Graduation
[Roc-A-Fella]

Category 34

Best Rap Song
(A Songwriter(s) Award. For Song Eligibility Guidelines see Category #3. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.)

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]


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]

Category 35

Best Rap Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

Finding Forever
Common
[Geffen]


Kingdom Come
Jay-Z
[Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam Recordings]


Hip Hop Is Dead
Nas
[Def Jam/Columbia/The Jones Experience]


T.I. vs T.I.P.
T.I.
[Grand Hustle/Atlantic]


Graduation
Kanye West
[Roc-A-Fella Records]



A HUGE CONGRATS TO KANYE!! I told y'all this was gonna see some serious Grammy love! Every single he has released or was featured on this year has a nomination!! CONGRATS!!

[Yahhh!]

He deserves it! It's an amazing album! His sales are gonna skyrocket!

[yerboylc3]

Dec 6 2007 12:38 PM EST

Kanye West, Amy Winehouse, Foo Fighters, Jay-Z, Justin Score Big Grammy Nominations

Akon, Fergie, Foos, Linkin Park among announcers at ceremony.
By Chris Harris

Everyone figured there would be two names dominating this year's Grammy Awards nominees: rapper Kanye West and troubled songstress Amy Winehouse. And Thursday morning (December 6), when Akon, Fergie, Linkin Park's Chester Bennington and Mike Shinoda, the Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl and Taylor Hawkins, country artist Taylor Swift and comedian George Lopez announced the nominees inside the Music Box at the Fonda in Hollywood, California, West's and Winehouse's names came up a lot.

Kanye West topped the nominations with eight, Amy Winehouse scored six, and the Foo Fighters, Jay-Z, Timbaland, Justin Timberlake and T-Pain each earned five nods. Akon, Dierks Bentley, Chris Daughtry, Feist, Tim McGraw, John Newton, Ne-Yo, Rihanna and Bruce Springsteen received four each.

Kanye and Winehouse will go head-to-head for Album of the Year honors: West for his third opus, Graduation, and Winehouse for her sophomore LP, Back to Black. Both are in the running alongside the Foo Fighters, for Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace, country artist Vince Gill's These Days and jazz legend Herbie Hancock's River: The Joni Letters.

The 50th Grammy Awards will be held on February 10 in Los Angeles' Staples Center; only albums released between October 1, 2006, and September 30, 2007, could be considered for this year's awards. The Grammys are determined by 12,000 music industry professionals who belong to the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.

West is also up for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for his track "Good Life," which features T-Pain. He'll contend with Akon and Snoop Dogg's "I Wanna Love You"; Chris Brown and T-Pain's "Kiss, Kiss"; Keyshia Cole, Missy Elliott and Lil' Kim's "Let It Go"; and Rihanna and Jay-Z's smash hit "Umbrella." He's also nominated for Best Rap Album for Graduation and produced fellow nominee Common's Finding Forever; other nods for the award went to Jay-Z's Kingdom Come, Nas' Hip Hop is Dead and T.I.'s T.I. vs. T.I.P.

The numerous nominations come as good news for West, following the unexpected death of his mother, Donda West, last month.

Winehouse, a major tabloid media target this year who Lopez said "makes Lindsay Lohan look normal," is also in the running for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for "Rehab." Also nominated is Christina Aguilera (for "Candyman"), Feist ("1234"), Fergie ("Big Girls Don't Cry") and Nelly Furtado ("Say It Right"). Winehouse's "Rehab" was also nominated for Song of the Year alongside Carrie Underwood (for "Before He Cheats"), the Plain White T's ("Hey There Delilah"), Corinne Bailey Rae ("Like a Star") and Rihanna ("Umbrella").

Winehouse is also nominated for Best New Artist, a category that also saw the nominations of Feist, Ledesi, Paramore and Taylor Swift. "Rehab" is also up for Record of the Year, against Beyoncé's "Irreplaceable," the Foo Fighters' "The Pretender," Rihanna's "Umbrella" and Justin Timberlake's "What Goes Around ... Comes Around."

MTV News will have more on the Grammy nominations shortly.

[MusicIsGoodForYou]

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOD LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIFE!!!!!

[Rush]

What is he gonna do next year if he doesn't win album of the year?

[Big Dreams]

^Oh he'll win! You'll be the one crying, lol. But it's true! Way to go Kanye! This doesn't surprise me at all. He leads all the grammy nominees. 8 noms he will at least win half of those! Damn is that true he has 2 songs nominated for Best Rap Song yerboylc3?

[WAЯЯEN]

*screams* LOL...KANYE!...he deserved a nomination in every category...my idol...I love this man

[yerboylc3]

48 KANYE WEST - GRADUATION 23,425 39,383 -41 1,737,445

[Athens]

Clean sweep.

[yerboylc3]

new peaks updated on page 1

[Athens]

And it's sad because I don't think he feels the same way about winning awards after his mother just passed.

[yerboylc3]

UWC Update:

17 STRONGER +122,000 points Total: 4,072,000 18 weeks

22 GOOD LIFE +98,000 points Total: 1,166,000 12 weeks

[♥ Shakidrian ♥]

that's a lot of nominations...

[yerboylc3]

BEST RAP ALBUM

Nominees: Common's Finding Forever, Jay-Z's American Gangster, Nas' Hip Hop Is Dead, T.I.'s T.I. Vs. TIP, Kanye West's Graduation

Who's Going to Win: Kanye West. Because sometimes the best album wins.

Who Should Win: Kanye.

http://www.rollingstone.com/photos/g...photo/12/large

[I <3 Dustin]

I hope he wins or T.I.!

[Flashing Lights]

I think Kanye will win. He's a great rapper, and deserves to win as many as he can.

[Big Dreams]

Yeah but they don't think he'll win Album of the Year so therefore that makes them a bunch of fake ass bitches!

[yerboylc3]

Shaheem Reid, hip-hop editor: Top 10 Hip-Hop Albums

1. Graduation by Kanye West
Consistent sonic excellence and a vastly improved lyrical artillery made West's third LP my numero uno. He smashed the game hard, and when he puts out a video for "Flashing Lights" in 2008, it'll be lights out for the comp (again).

2. American Gangster by Jay-Z
3. Back to Black by Amy Winehouse
4. Finding Forever by Common
5. Curtis by 50 Cent
6. Timbaland Presents: Shock Value by Timbaland
7. T.I. vs. T.I.P. by T.I.
8. As I Am by Alicia Keys
9. Super Gangster (Extraordinary Gentleman) by Styles P and The
10. Street Love by Lloyd

Honorable Mentions

The Solution by Beanie Sigel
From Nothin' to Somethin' by Fabolous
Gangsta Grillz: The Album by DJ Drama


Jayson Rodriguez, hip-hop reporter: Top 10 Hip-Hop Albums

1. Graduation by Kanye West
His debut was all about proving himself as a lyricist, and his sophomore set upped the ante in terms of hip-hop production. So what did 'Ye do the third time around? He handily filled in all the blanks missing from his much-decorated résumé. Street banger? Check: "Can't Tell Me Nothing." Stadium anthem? Check: "Stronger." He made more than just a "Big Brother" proud.

2. American Gangster by Jay-Z
3. As I Am by Alicia Keys
4. Back to Black by Amy Winehouse
5. Finding Forever by Common
6. Return of the Mac by Prodigy
7. Street Love by Lloyd
8. Just Like You by Keyshia Cole
9. The Big Doe Rehab by Ghostface Killah
10. Double Up by R. Kelly

Honorable Mentions

Da Drought 3 mixtape by Lil Wayne
T.I. vs. T.I.P. by T.I.
Eardrum by Talib Kweli
Young Jeezy Presents USDA: Cold Summer - The Authorized Mixtape by USDA
Rich Boy by Rich Boy


Rahman Dukes, senior producer

1. Graduation by Kanye West
During the taping of the Hottest MCs in the Game in July, I scolded my Hip-Hop Brain Trust peers for not bumping up Kanye higher on the list. And that was only based off "Can't Tell Me Nothing" — not to mention I wasn't even feeling "Stronger" like that. But sure enough, when Graduation leaked, it was a proven fact 'Ye would be beating out the rest of the competition — including his "Big Brother"! — for best hip-hop album of '07.

2. Finding Forever by Common
3. From Nothin' to Somethin' by Fabolous
4. American Gangster by Jay-Z
5. The Big Doe Rehab by Ghostface Killah
6. Curtis by 50 Cent
7. Super Gangster (Extraordinary Gentleman) by Styles P
8. Free at Last by Freeway
9. T.I. vs .T.I.P. by T.I.
10. The Real Testament by Plies

Shaheem Reid, hip-hop editor: Top 10 Hip-Hop Singles

1. "I Get Money" by 50 Cent

2. "Can't Tell Me Nothing" by Kanye West
Easily the most relatable song of the year. Everybody needs to get their money right. Even A-Rod wanted more dough in 2007, and he was getting over $25 million a year. Kanye's hardest street anthem to date and, line by line, one of his most lyrical songs ever.

3. "Int'l Players Anthem (I Choose You)" by UGK (featuring Outkast)
4. "Make Me Better" by Fabolous (featuring Ne-Yo)
5. "It's Me B---hes" remix by Swizz Beatz (featuring Lil Wayne, Jadakiss and R. Kelly)
6. "We Takin' Over" by DJ Khaled (featuring T.I., Rick Ross, Akon, Lil
7. "Duffle Bag Boy" by Playaz Circle (featuring Lil Wayne)
8. "Roc Boys (And the Winner Is ...)" by Jay-Z
9. "My Drink N' My 2 Step" by Cassidy
10. "Wipe Me Down" by Lil Boosie, Webbie and Foxx

[yerboylc3]

Earlier this year, reports had placed iTunes as the third-largest music retailer in the U.S., behind Wal-Mart and Best Buy.

The best-selling albums of the year, according to Apple:

1. Maroon 5 - It Won't Be Soon Before Long
2. Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
3. Kanye West - Graduation
4. Daughtry - Daughtry
5. Colbie Caillat - Coco
6. Linkin Park - Minutes to Midnight
7. Various artists - "High School Musical 2" soundtrack
8. Timbaland - Timbaland Presents: Shock Value
9. John Mayer - Continuum
10. Various artists - "Hairspray" soundtrack

The best-selling songs of the year, according to Apple:

1. Fergie - "Big Girls Don't Cry (Personal)"
2. Gwen Stefani - "The Sweet Escape"
3. Plain White T's - "Hey There Delilah"
4. Avril Lavigne - "Girlfriend"
5. Fergie - "Glamorous"
6. Kanye West - "Stronger"
7. Maroon 5 - "Makes Me Wonder"
8. Akon - "Don't Matter"
9. Timbaland (featuring Keri Hilson & D.O.E.) - "The Way I Are"
10. Shop Boyz - "Party Like a Rock Star"


All of the albums on the list were on sale much earlier than Graduation, so this is a great position for him!!