NEW YORK (Top40 Charts)- It was another beautiful day for members of U2, as the veteran Irish band and its acclaimed album,
All That You Can't Leave Behind, picked up a leading eight nominations for the upcoming 44th Annual GRAMMY Awards.
The group snagged nominations in the top three categories -- Album, Song ("Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of"), and Record ("Walk On") of the Year, and will compete against itself in the Best Rock Song listing for "Elevation" and "Walk On." U2 won Record and Song of the Year GRAMMYs in 2001 for "Beautiful Day," which was released before the Sept. 30 cutoff.
India.Arie |
Rookie neo-soul singer
India.Arie, who was all but unheard of one year ago, had herself quite a day, as well, by garnering seven nods -- including Record and Song of the Year for "
Video" and Album of the Year -- while the year's other freshman female soul singer,
Alicia Keys, earned six nominations, including Record and Song of the Year for "Fallin'."
Classical conductor Pierre Boulez also received six of the nominations, which were unveiled Friday (Jan. 4) at a morning press conference at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills and were announced by Nelly Furtado, India.Arie, Ja Rule, Usher, members of Outkast and Train, and NARAS president Michael Greene.
Country singer Alison Krauss, R&B vocalist Brian McKnight, and Outkast scored five nominations each, while country-rock performer and producer T-Bone Burnett, Furtado, Train, Steven Tyler of Aerosmith, and Lucinda Williams each had four. Jamie O'Neal had two songwriting nominations for Best Country Song for her tracks "There Is No Arizona'' and "When I Think About Angels.''
The Album of the Year category is wide open and well marked by diversity this year, where the nominees were Bob Dylan (who won the award in 1997) for Love and Theft, India.Arie's Acoustic Soul, Stankonia from Atlanta rappers Outkast, U2's All That You Can't Leave Behind, and the bluegrass soundtrack from the hit movie O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Alicia Keys |
Nominees for Best New Artist are Furtado, singer
David Gray, rock band
Linkin Park -- whose
Hybrid Theory was the year's best selling album at 4.1 million -- along with Keys and India.Arie.
In the new category of Best Rap/Sung Collaboration, nominations went to Eve and Gwen Stefani for "Let Me Blow Ya Mind,'' Ja Rule and Case for "Livin' It Up,'' Jagged Edge and Nelly for "Where the Party At,'' Ludacris and Nate Dogg for "Area Codes,'' and Mystic and Planet Asia for "W.''
Best Rock Album nominations go to former Whiskeytown singer Ryan Adams' Gold, Aerosmith's Just Push Play, P.J .Harvey's Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea, Linkin Park's Hybrid Theory, and U2's All That You Can't Leave Behind.
The 44th Annual GRAMMY Awards will take place on Feb. 27 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles and air live on CBS.
Here is a selected list of this year's nominees. For the complete list, check out www.grammy.com.
Outkast |
Record of the Year India.Arie, "Video"
Alicia Keys, "Fallin'"
Outkast, "Ms. Jackson"
Train, "Drops of Jupiter"
U2, "Walk On"
Album of the Year
Bob Dylan, Love and Theft
India.Arie, Acoustic Soul
Outkast, Stankonia
U2, All That You Can't Leave Behind
Various artists, soundtrack, O Brother, Where Art Thou
Song of the Year
Train, "Drops of Jupiter"
Alicia Keys, "Fallin'"
Nelly Furtado, "I'm Like a Bird"
U2, "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of"
India.Arie, "Video"
Best New Artist
India.Arie
Nelly Furtado
David Gray
Alicia Keys
Linkin Park
Best Pop Vocal Album
Nelly Furtado, Whoa, Nelly!
Janet Jackson, All for You
Elton John, Songs from the West Coast
'NSync, Celebrity
Sade, Lover's Rock
Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
Backstreet Boys, "Please Kill Us"
Five for Fighting, "Superman (It's Not Easy)"
'NSync, "Gone"
R.E.M., "Imitation of Life"
U2, "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of"
Best Rock Song
Train, "Drops of Jupiter"
U2, "Elevation"
Aerosmith, "Jaded"
U2, "Walk On"
Coldplay, "Yellow"
Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
Aerosmith, "Jaded"
Coldplay, "Yellow"
Dave Matthews Band, "The Space Between"
Train, "Drops of Jupiter"
U2, "Elevation"
Best Rock Album
Ryan Adams, Gold
Aerosmith, Just Push Play
P.J. Harvey, Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
Linkin Park, Hybrid Theory
U2, All That You Can't Leave Behind
Best Male Rock Vocal Performance
Ryan Adams, "New York, New York"
Eric Clapton, "Superman Inside"
Bob Dylan, "Honest with Me"
Lenny Kravitz, "Dig In"
John Mellencamp, "Peaceful World"
Best Female Rock Vocal Performance
Tori Amos, "Strange Little Girl"
Melissa Etheridge, "I Want to Be in Love"
P.J. Harvey, "This Is Love"
Stevie Nicks, "Planets of the Universe"
Lucinda Williams, "Get Right with God"
Best Alternative Music Album
Tori Amos, Strange Little Girls
Bjork, Vespertine
Coldplay, Parachutes
Fatboy Slim, Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars
Radiohead, Amnesiac
Best R&B Song
Erykah Badu, "Didn't Cha Know"
Alicia Keys, "Fallin'"
Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott, "Get Ur Freak On"
Blu Cantrell, "Hit 'Em Up Style (Whoops)"
Brian McKnight, "Love of My Life"
India.Arie, "Video"
Best R&B Album
Aaliyah, Aaliyah
India.Arie, Acoustic Soul
Mary J. Blige, No More Drama
Destiny's Child, Survivor
Alicia Keys, Songs in A Minor
Best Rap Album
Eve, Scorpion
Ja Rule, Pain Is Love
Jay Z, The Blueprint
Ludacris, Back for the First Time
Outkast, Stankonia
Best Country Album
Diamond Rio, One More Day
Tim McGraw, Set This Circus Down
Willie Nelson, Rainbow Connection
Various artists, Timeless -- Hank Williams Tribute
Tricia Yearwood, Inside Out
Best Country Song
Lonestar, "I'm Already There"
Alison Krauss + Union Station, "The Lucky One"
Diamond Rio, "One More Day"
Jamie O'Neal, "There Is No Arizona"
Jamie O'Neal, "When I Think About Angels"
Best Contemporary Jazz Album
Dennis Chambers, Tony MacAlpine, Brian Auger, Bunny Brunel, Cab 2
Bill Evans, Soul Insider
Russell Gunn, Ethnomusicology, Vol. 2
Marcus Miller, M2
Mike Stern, Voices
Best Latin Pop Album
Chayanne, Simplemente
Christian, Azul
Freddy Fender, La Musica De Baldemar Huerta
Juan Gabriel, Abrazame Muy Fuerte
Jaci Velasquez, Mi Corazon
Producer of the Year (Non-Classical)
T Bone Burnett
Dr. Dre
Gerald Eaton, Brian West
Nigel Godrich
Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis
Best Classical Album
London Symphony Orchestra, Berlioz: Les Troyens
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Boulez Conducts Varese
Czeck Philharmonic Orchestra, Janacek: Sarka
The Cleveland Orchestra, Schoenberg: Piano Concerto, Etc.
London Symphony Orchestra, Vaughn Williams: A London Symphony
Best Short Form Music Video
Aerosmith, Fly Away from Here
Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott featuring Ludacris, One Minute Man
Fatboy Slim featuring Bootsy Collins, Weapon of Choice
Madonna, Don't Tell Me
Outkast, Ms. Jackson
