Kanye Dig the Grammy Noms? I Think You Can

Kanye West by Stephen Lovekin/WireImage.com Nominations for the 50th Annual Grammy Awards were announced Thursday morning, and Kanye West leads the field with eight nods, followed by Amy Winehouse with ~~hic!~~ six. The Foo Fighters, Jay-Z, Timbaland, Justin Timberlake and T-Pain each came away with five nominations. The nominees for album of the year are Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace (Foo Fighters), These Days (Vince Gill), River: The Joni Letters (Herbie Hancock...?!), Graduation (Kanye) and Back to Black (Winehouse). Vying for record of the year are Beyoncé's "Irreplaceable," the Foo Fighters' "The Pretender," Rihanna's "Umbrella" (featuring Jay-Z), Justin Timberlake's "What Goes Around Comes Around" and Winehouse's "Rehab." Among American Idol alums, Carrie Underwood’s "Before He Cheats" is up for best country song and song of the year; Daughtry’s Daughtry is nominated for best rock album, and "It's Not Over" best rock song; and Fantasia's Fantasia is competing for contemporary R&B album honors. Before you check out our Grammy Noms Gallery, here is the complete list of who's up for what: Nominees for 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 Best New Artist: Feist Ledisi Paramore Taylor Swift Amy Winehouse Song Of The Year: "Before He Cheats" — John 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 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 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 Dance Recording: "Do It Again" — The Chemical Brothers "D.A.N.C.E." — Justice "Love Today" — Mika "Don't Stop The Music" —Rihanna "Love Stoned/I Think She Knows" — Justin Timberlake 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 Album: Daughtry — Daughtry Revival — John Fogerty Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace — Foo Fighters Magic — Bruce Springsteen Sky Blue Sky — Wilco 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, songwriters (Bruce Springsteen) 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 Contemporary R&B album: Konvicted — Akon Just Like You — Keyshia Cole Fantasia — Fantasia East Side Story — Emily King Because Of You — Ne-Yo 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 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" — N. 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 (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 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 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 Contemporary Jazz Album: Party Hats — Will Bernard Downright Upright — Brian Bromberg Re-Imagination — Eldar River: The Joni Letters — Herbie Hancock He Had A Hat — Jeff Lorber Best Jazz Vocal Album: Avant Gershwin — Patti Austin Red Earth — A Malian Journey — Dee Dee Bridgewater Music Maestro Please — Freddy Cole Nightmoves — Kurt Elling On The Other Side — Tierney Sutton Leave a Comment
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Posted by TV Guide Staff Dec 6, 2007 12:22 PM Report Abuse

Neither Feist or Amy Winehouse are "new artists". There on their third albums.
Posted by Mrs.MikeyCera Dec 6, 2007 12:50 PM Report Abuse

Ledisi isn't a new artist either - she's on her 3rd album too. What's the definition of "best new artist?"
Posted by hugebravesfan Dec 6, 2007 1:08 PM Report Abuse

Shelby Lynne won New Artist and she'd been kicking around for at least a decade. I don't get it either. It must mean these artists are new to most of the old farts in the Academy.
Posted by danielle Dec 6, 2007 1:23 PM Report Abuse

Chris Daughtry should not be in the rock category. Just cause you have guitars in your band and you sound like a cheap rip-off of Nickelback, it don't make you a rock star. Tossing him in there with Bruce and The White Stripes...not cool! If you got your start on AMERICAN IDOL, you're soo not a rock star. The fact that he's nominated for anything kind of disturbs me. And yet, I'm OK with Carrie Underwood being in the country category. Go figure!

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Dec 6, 2007 2:04 PM

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What are the qualification dates for the Grammys again? Because if anybody got robbed, it's ALICIA KEYS!!! Her incredible performance of "No One" on the MTV awards was flippin' phenomenal, never mind how deep the song itself is. Anybody know the dates...?
Posted by Chinita731 Dec 6, 2007 2:23 PM Report Abuse

Totally agree with you, Adam. Especially given the fact that they're even mentioned in the same breath as the Foo Fighters. There should be some kind of law against that!
Posted by tobymax Dec 6, 2007 2:31 PM Report Abuse

How is Jay-Z's Kingdom Come up for a nod? I mean I love the album but I thought it came out in 2006.
Posted by joooolz Dec 6, 2007 2:53 PM Report Abuse

Uhm... "Hey There Delilah" came out in 2005. How can it be the Song of the Year in 2007? Hellooo... knocks on Grammy people's heads
Posted by itsmaddi Dec 6, 2007 3:09 PM Report Abuse

Yeah what are the qualification dates? Kingdom Come did release in 2006, and Soulja Boi almost seems too new, can't believe that silly song got nominated for a Grammy!!!
Posted by tfreeman714 Dec 6, 2007 3:18 PM Report Abuse

The Grammy.com website states the timeframe is: For recordings released during the Eligibility Year October 1, 2006 through September 30, 2007
Posted by Kristin823 Dec 6, 2007 3:21 PM Report Abuse

i love justin timberlake to death and everything, but i would just like to point out that futuresex/lovesounds came out at the end of August in 2006. . .why is What Goes Around Comes Around up for a Grammy? and I like daughtry, who cares if he got his start on American idol? everyone's gotta start somewhere.
Posted by Lauryn Adams Dec 6, 2007 4:15 PM Report Abuse

Usually "released" means that the album the song is on has been released, and the song has hit radio airwaves for the first time during that time frame. That being said, I think Alicia Keys will be all over it next year.

I have an issue with how they decided to populate the "Album of the Year" category. Each one of the nominees is in a separate "genre". They should just go ahead and hand them the award for their other respective categories now. It makes no sense for an album to win "Album of the Year" and not win their genre category, especially if they are the only one in their category that was nominated for the big award.

Posted by PAJ

Dec 6, 2007 4:17 PM

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Some may not like Daughtry but they have the best selling album of the year as well as three hit songs. They should have been nominated for Best New Artist. Just my humble opinion.
Posted by cjj425 Dec 6, 2007 4:43 PM Report Abuse

In theory, the Grammies are supposed to reward artistic achievement which doesn't necessarily translate into how many units sold. However, most can agree that the Grammy board most definitely takes what's best selling into account.
Posted by danielle Dec 6, 2007 7:29 PM Report Abuse

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