格莱美提名出炉！Grammy Nominations Announced!

不想看英文就直接往下拉吧。
News via: GRAMMY.com

Nominations for the 50th Annual GRAMMY Awards were announced 6th Dec. by The Recording Academy reflecting one of the most diverse years ever, with the Album Of The Year category alone representing the country, hip-hop, jazz, pop and rock genres.

Kanye West topped the nominations with eight, Amy Winehouse garnered 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.

The press event was held at The Music Box @ Fonda in Hollywood and was attended by national and international media, as well as key music industry executives. Artists who helped announce the nominations included Akon, Fergie, Vince Gill, Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters) Herbie Hancock, Taylor Hawkins (Foo Fighters), Recording Academy Chair Jimmy Jam, George Lopez, Mike Shinoda (Linkin Park) and Taylor Swift.

“This year’s nominations truly reflect a diverse and talented community of artists and creators who represent some of the most exceptional music of the year,” said Neil Portnow, President/CEO of The Recording Academy. “The GRAMMY Awards process once again has yielded a comprehensive group of excellent nominees and coupled with the fact that it’s our milestone 50th year, this year’s telecast promises music fans a spectacular show filled with stellar performances and unique ‘GRAMMY Moments’ for which Music’s Biggest Night has come to be renowned.”

Following are the nominees in the four General Field categories:
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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

This year’s Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical nominations go to Howard Benson, Joe Chiccarelli, Mike Elizondo, Mark Ronson, and Timbaland

GRAMMY ballots for the final round of voting will be mailed on Dec. 12 to the voting members of The Recording Academy. They are due back to the accounting firm of Deloitte by Jan. 9, 2008, when they will be tabulated and the results kept secret until the telecast.

The 50th Annual GRAMMY Awards will be held on Feb. 10, 2008, at Staples Center in Los Angeles and once again will be broadcast live in high definition TV and 5.1 surround sound on CBS from 8 – 11:30 p.m. (ET/PT).

For a complete list of 50th GRAMMY Awards nominations, please click here.

我也说两句。

看来因为9 月30号截至，很多强劲人士没有赶上班车啊。不过没关系，一般强人都是截止后专辑红一年后再拿Grammy，这样人家学院权威（Academy）也好参照大众口味。我关心的几个：Alicia Keys今年就首单曲No One入了Best Female R&B Vocal Performance， Best R&B Song。John在06年火爆的辑子也不能继续了，小EP The Village Sessions中的Belief也照进Best Male Pop Vocal Performance。倒是KT赶在9月18号发了却没有被提名。不知道有幸是要等到下次还是就此被遗忘呢。。。Feist居然被提新人，4个奖项中有个最佳短MV——不知道是不是借iPod Nano之风啊，总之大有盼头，虽然我个人更喜欢前一张专辑。虽然不喜欢，但我比较看好Umbrella这首歌，因为记得N长一段时间iTunes都被其和其MV包揽第一。 Amy Winehouse挺厉害，不过以前还真没听说过，当前正下好专辑在边听边写。Kanye West每年都有今年提名还最多，真是没话说。不知道DC去年爆了冷门后今年谁是最大赢家呢？

iTunes也加上了，自然是连上音乐下载链接：

最绝的是什么（见下图）：
左边：55-06按年分辑的获奖歌曲下载。只要有钱你可以一晚上搞定50年的Grammy获奖曲目。
右边：本年提名大部分奖项都有直接连接到下载页的。（没有的就是All Categories全部显示）