Kanye, Amy Winehouse Lead Grammy Nominations

BuzzSugar — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 10:39:55 PST

Kanye West, Amy Winehouse, and Rihanna each swept up multiple nominations when the Grammy Award nominations were announced this morning.

West leads the field with eight nominations, including one for Album of the Year and many others in the rap performance categories. Winehouse scored six nominations, including Album, Record and Song of the Year and Best New Artist.

The Album of the Year category is an interesting one this time around, with Herbie Hancock, Vince Gill, and the Foo Fighters joining West and Winehouse. Beyonce, the Foo Fighters, Rihanna, Justin Timberlake and Winehouse will square off for Record of the Year.

The most pleasant surprise: Four nominations for my gal Feist, including Best New Artist. The awards - the Grammys' 50th - will be presented Feb. 10.

This list has all of the nominees in more than 100 categories, and to see the highlights - including the rock, pop, rap, R&B, and country nominees - just

read more RECORD OF THE YEAR "Irreplaceable" - Beyonce "The Pretender" - Foo Fighters "Umbrella" - Rihanna featuring Jay-Z "What Goes Around…Comes Around" - Justin Timberlake "Rehab" - Amy Winehouse 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 SONG OF THE YEAR "Before He Cheats" - Josh Kear & Chris Tompkins, songwriters (Carrie Underwood) "Hey There Delilah" - Tom Higgenson, songwriter (Plain White T's) "Like a Star" - Corinne Bailey Rae, songwriter (Corinne Bailey Rae) "Rehab" - Amy Winehouse, songwriter (Amy Winehouse) "Umbrella" - Shawn Carter, Kuk Harrell, Terius "Dream" Nash & Christopher Stewart, songwriters (Rihanna Featuring Jay-Z) BEST NEW ARTIST Feist Ledisi Paramore Taylor Swift Amy Winehouse BEST FEMALE POP VOCAL PERFORMANCE "Candyman" - Christina Aguilera "1234" - Feist "Big Girls Don't Cry" - Fergie "Say It Right" - Nelly Furtado "Rehab" - Amy Winehouse BEST MALE POP VOCAL PERFORMANCE "Everything" - Michael Bublé "Belief" - John Mayer "Dance Tonight" - Paul McCartney "Amazing" - Seal "What Goes Around...Comes Around" - Justin Timberlake BEST POP PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCALS "(You Want To) Make A Memory" - Bon Jovi "Home" - Daughtry "Makes Me Wonder" - Maroon 5 "Hey There Delilah" - Plain White T's "Window In The Skies" - U2 BEST POP COLLABORATION WITH VOCALS "Steppin' Out" - Tony Bennett & Christina Aguilera "Beautiful Liar" - Beyoncé & Shakira "Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)" - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss "The Sweet Escape" - Gwen Stefani & Akon "Give It To Me" - Timbaland Featuring Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake BEST POP INSTRUMENTAL PERFORMANCE "Off The Grid" - Beastie Boys "Paris Sunrise #7" - Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals "Over The Rainbow" - Dave Koz "One Week Last Summer" - Joni Mitchell "Simple Pleasures" - Spyro Gyra BEST POP INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM The Mix-Up - Beastie Boys Italia - Chris Botti At The Movies - Dave Koz Good To Go-Go - Spyro Gyra Roundtrip - Kirk Whalum BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM Lost Highway - Bon Jovi The Reminder - Feist It Won't Be Soon Before Long - Maroon 5 Memory Almost Full - Paul McCartney Back To Black - Amy Winehouse BEST DANCE RECORDING "Do It Again" - The Chemical Brothers "D.A.N.C.E." - Justice "Love Today - Mika "Don't Stop The Music" – Rihanna "LoveStoned/I Think She Knows" - Justin Timberlake BEST ELECTRONIC/DANCE ALBUM We Are The Night - The Chemical Brothers † - Justice Sound Of Silver - LCD Soundsystem We Are Pilots - Shiny Toy Guns Elements Of Life - Tiësto BEST TRADITIONAL POP VOCAL ALBUM Call Me Irresponsible - Michael Bublé Cool Yule - Bette Midler Trav'lin' Light - Queen Latifah Live In Concert 2006 - Barbra Streisand James Taylor At Christmas - James Taylor BEST SOLO ROCK VOCAL PERFORMANCE "Timebomb" - Beck "Only Mama Knows" - Paul McCartney "Our Country" - John Mellencamp "Radio Nowhere" - Bruce Springsteen "Come On" - Lucinda Williams BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCALS "It's Not Over" - Daughtry "Working Class Hero" - Green Day "If Everyone Cared" - Nickelback "Instant Karma" - U2 "Icky Thump" - The White Stripes BEST HARD ROCK PERFORMANCE "Sweet Sacrifice" - Evanescence "The Pretender" - Foo Fighters "I Don't Wanna Stop" - Ozzy Osbourne "Sick, Sick, Sick" - Queens Of The Stone Age "The Pot" - Tool BEST METAL PERFORMANCE "Nothing Left" - As I Lay Dying "Never Ending Hill" - King Diamond "Aesthetics Of Hate" - Machine Head "Redemption" - Shadows Fall "Final Six" - Slayer BEST ROCK INSTRUMENTAL PERFORMANCE "The Ecstasy Of Gold" - Metallica "Malignant Narcissism" - Rush "Always With Me, Always With You" - Joe Satriani "Once Upon A Time In The West" - Bruce Springsteen "The Attitude Song" - Steve Vai BEST ROCK SONG "Come On" - Lucinda Williams, songwriter (Lucinda Williams) "Icky Thump" - Jack White, songwriter (The White Stripes) "It's Not Over" - Chris Daughtry, Gregg Wattenberg, Mark Wilkerson & Brett Young, songwriters (Daughtry) "The Pretender" - Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel & Chris Shiflett, songwriters (Foo Fighters) "Radio Nowhere" - Bruce Springsteen, songwriter (Bruce Springsteen) BEST ROCK ALBUM Daughtry - Daughtry Revival - John Fogerty Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace - Foo Fighters Magic - Bruce Springsteen Sky Blue Sky - Wilco BEST ALTERNATIVE MUSIC ALBUM Alright, Still... - Lily Allen Neon Bible - Arcade Fire Volta - Bjork Wincing The Night Away - The Shins Icky Thump - The White Stripes BEST FEMALE R&B VOCAL PERFORMANCE "Just Fine" - Mary J. Blige "When I See You" - Fantasia "No One" - Alicia Keys "If I Have My Way" - Chrisette Michele "Hate On Me" - Jill Scott BEST MALE R&B VOCAL PERFORMANCE "Woman" - Raheem DeVaughn "B.U.D.D.Y." - Musiq Soulchild "Because Of You" - Ne-Yo "Future Baby Mama" - Prince "Please Don't Go" - Tank BEST R&B PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCALS "Same Girl" - R. Kelly Featuring Usher "Disrespectful" - Chaka Khan Featuring Mary J. Blige "Hate That I Love You" - Rihanna Featuring Ne-Yo "Baby" - Angie Stone Featuring Betty Wright "Bartender" - T-Pain Featuring Akon BEST TRADITIONAL R&B VOCAL PERFORMANCE "Walk A Mile In My Shoes" - Otis Clay "All Night Long" - Randy Crawford & Joe Sample "In My Songs" - Gerald Levert "I Apologize" - Ann Nesby "I Am Your Man" - Ryan Shaw BEST URBAN/ALTERNATIVE PERFORMANCE "Make A Baby" - Vikter Duplaix "That’s The Way Of The World" - Dwele "Daydreamin'" - Lupe Fiasco Featuring Jill Scott "Fantasy" - Meshell Ndegeocello "Dream" - Alice Smith BEST R&B SONG "Beautiful Flower" - India.Arie & Joyce Simpson, songwriters (India.Arie) "Hate That I Love You" - M.S. Eriksen, T.E. Hermansen & Shaffer Smith, songwriters (Rihanna Featuring Ne-Yo) "No One" - Dirty Harry, Kerry Brothers & Alicia Keys, songwriters (Alicia Keys) "Teachme" -Ivan Barias, Adam W. Blackstone, Randall C. Bowland, Carvin Haggins, Johnnie Smith II & Corey Latif Williams, songwriters (Musiq Soulchild) "When I See U" - Louis Biancaniello, Waynne Nugent, Erika Nuri, Kevin Risto, Janet Sewel & Sam Watters, songwriters (Fantasia) BEST R&B ALBUM Funk This - Chaka Khan Lost & Found - Ledisi Luvanmusiq -Musiq Soulchild The Real Thing - Jill Scott Sex, Love & Pain - Tank BEST CONTEMPORARY R&B ALBUM Konvicted - Akon Just Like You - Keyshia Cole Fantasia - Fantasia East Side Story - Emily King Because Of You - Ne-Yo BEST RAP SOLO PERFORMANCE "The People" - Common "I Get Money" - 50 Cent "Show Me What You Got" - Jay-Z "Big Things Poppin' (Do It)" - T.I. "Stronger" - Kanye West BEST RAP PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP "Southside" - Common Featuring Kanye West "Make It Rain" - Fat Joe Featuring Lil Wayne "Party Like A Rockstar" - Shop Boyz "Int'l Players Anthem (I Choose You)" - UGK Featuring OutKast "Better Than I've Ever Been" - Kanye West, Nas & KRS-One BEST RAP/SUNG COLLABORATION "I Wanna Love You" - Akon Featuring Snoop Dogg "Kiss, Kiss" - Chris Brown & T-Pain "Let It Go" - Keyshia Cole Featuring Missy Elliott & Lil' Kim "Umbrella" - Rihanna Featuring Jay-Z "Good Life" - Kanye West Featuring T-Pain BEST RAP SONG "Ayo Technology" - Nate (Danja) Hills, Curtis Jackson, Timothy Mosley & Justin Timberlake, songwriters (50 Cent Featuring Justin Timberlake & Timbaland) "Big Things Poppin' (Do It)" - Clifford Harris & Byron Thomas, songwriters (T.I.) "Can't Tell Me Nothing" - A. Davis & Kanye West, songwriters (Kanye West) "Crank That (Soulja Boy)" - Soulja Boy Tell'Em, songwriter (Soulja Boy Tell'Em) "Good Life" - A. Davis, F. Najm & K. West, songwriters (J. Ingram & Q. Jones, songwriters) (Kanye West Featuring T-Pain) BEST RAP ALBUM Finding Forever - Common Kingdom Come - Jay-Z Hip Hop Is Dead - Nas T.I. vs T.I.P. - T.I. Graduation - Kanye West BEST FEMALE COUNTRY VOCAL PERFORMANCE "Simple Love" - Alison Krauss "Famous In A Small Town" - Miranda Lambert "Nothin' Better To Do" - LeAnn Rimes "Before He Cheats" - Carrie Underwood "Heaven, Heartache And The Power Of Love" - Trisha Yearwood BEST MALE COUNTRY VOCAL PERFORAMNCE "Long Trip Alone" - Dierks Bentley "A Woman's Love" - Alan Jackson "If You're Reading This" - Tim McGraw "Give It Away" - George Strait "Stupid Boy" - Keith Urban BEST COUNTRY PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCALS "Proud Of The House We Built" - Brooks & Dunn "How Long" - Eagles "Moments" - Emerson Drive "Lucky Man" - Montgomery Gentry "Sweet Memories" - The Time Jumpers BEST COUNTRY COLLABORATION WITH VOCALS "Days Aren't Long Enough" - Steve Earle & Allison Moorer "Because Of You" - Reba McEntire & Kelly Clarkson "I Need You" - Tim McGraw & Faith Hill "Lost Highway" - Willie Nelson & Ray Price "Oh Love" - Brad Paisley & Carrie Underwood BEST COUNTRY INSTRUMENTAL PERFORMANCE "Little Monk" - Russ Barenberg "Mucky The Duck" - The Greencards "Throttleneck" - Brad Paisley "Rawhide!" - Andy Statman "Fidoodlin'" - The Time Jumpers BEST COUNTRY SONG "Before He Cheats" - Josh Kear & Chris Tompkins, songwriters (Carrie Underwood) "Give It Away" - Bill Anderson, Buddy Cannon & Jamey Johnson, songwriters (George Strait) "I Need You" -Tony Lane & David Lee, songwriters (Tim McGraw & Faith Hill) "If You're Reading This" - Tim McGraw, Brad Warren & Brett Warren, songwriters (Tim McGraw) "Long Trip Alone" - Brett Beavers, Dierks Bentley & Steve Bogard, songwriters (Dierks Bentley) BEST COUNTRY ALBUM Long Trip Alone - Dierks Bentley These Days - Vince Gill Let It Go - Tim McGraw 5th Gear - Brad Paisley It Just Comes Natural - George Strait BEST TRADITIONAL FOLK ALBUM Try Me One More Time - David Bromberg Let Us Now Praise Sleepy John - Peter Case Banjo Talkin' - Cathy Fink Dirt Farmer - Levon Helm Charlie Louvin - Charlie Louvin BEST CONTEMPORARY FOLK/AMERICANA ALBUM The Calling -Mary Chapin Carpenter My Name Is Buddy - Ry Cooder Washington Square Serenade - Steve Earle Children Running Through - Patty Griffin Orphans - Tom Waits BEST CONTEMPORARY WORLD MUSIC ALBUM Céu - Céu Gil Luminoso -Gilberto Gil Momento -Bebel Gilberto Djin Djin - Angelique Kidjo An Ancient Muse - Loreena McKennitt BEST MUSICAL SHOW ALBUM Best Musical Show Album A Chorus Line Company Grey Gardens Spring Awakening West Side Story BEST COMPILATION SOUNDTRACK FOR MOTION PICTURE, TELEVISION, OR OTHER VISUAL MEDIA Across The Universe Dreamgirls Hairspray Love Once BEST SCORE SOUNDTRACK ALBUM FOR MOTION PICTURE, TELEVISION, OR OTHER VISUAL MEDIA Babel Blood Diamond The Departed Happy Feet Pan's Labyrinth Ratatouille PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, NON-CLASSICAL Howard Benson Joe Chiccarelli Mike Elizondo Mark Ronson Timbaland BEST SHORT FORM MUSIC VIDEO "God's Gonna Cut You Down" - Johnny Cash "1234" - Feist " Gone Daddy Gone" - Gnarls Barkley " D.A.N.C.E." - Justice " Typical" - Mute Math BEST LONG FORM MUSIC VIDEO "Live & Loud At The Fillmore" - Dierks Bentley "Trapped In The Closet Chapters 13-22" - R. Kelly "The Confessions Tour" - Madonna "10 Days Out - Blues From The Backroads" - Kenny Wayne Shepherd & "Liberacion - The Songs Of The New Cuban Underground" - Various Artists Source