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Mariah Carey, John Legend and Kanye West Top 48th Annual Grammy Nominations; Carly Simon Nominated For Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
By: Heide Winkenwerder
Photo below: Carly Simon
Photo courtesy of Columbia Records

GRAMMY Awards LOS ANGELES, Dec 8, 2005/ FW/ --- The awards has started with the announcement today in New York for the 48th Annual GRAMMY® Awards.

The most prestigious awards for the recording industry and always highly anticipated, the 48th Annual GRAMMY® Awards will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2006, at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles and once again will be broadcast live on CBS from 8 – 11:30 p.m. (ET/PT).

Topping the nominations, Mariah Carey, John Legend and Kanye West each earned eight. 50 Cent, Beyoncé Knowles and Stevie Wonder garnered six a piece.

Missy Elliott, Alicia Keys, Bruce Springsteen, Gwen Stefani and U2 received five nods each, while Common, Destiny's Child, Foo Fighters, Gorillaz, Neptunes, Brad Paisley, Phil Tan, and Gretchen Wilson each earned four.

Carly Simon's latest album, ‘Moonlight Serenade,’ was been nominated for the Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album category, the latest in a series of accolades for Carly and her critically acclaimed collection of pop music standards.

"As we celebrate the GRAMMYs coast-to-coast, this year's nominations truly reflect a dynamic and vibrant community of music makers that includes artists, producers, engineers, songwriters and everyone involved in the creative process," said Neil Portnow, President of The Recording Academy in a statement.

This year’s nominees reflected multiple genres of music in top categories, collaborations were numerous and diverse, and newer up-and-comers were nominated alongside more established, legendary artists.

Here’s the partial list of nominees as reported by www.grammy.com.
For a complete list of nominees please log on: www.grammy.com.

Record Of The Year

  • We Belong Together – Mariah Carey [Island Records]
  • Feel Good Inc. - Gorillaz Featuring De La Soul [Virgin]
  • Boulevard Of Broken Dreams - Green Day [Reprise]
  • Hollaback Girl - Gwen Stefani [Interscope Records]
  • Gold Digger - Kanye West [Roc-A-Fella]
  • Album Of The Year

  • The Emancipation Of Mimi - Mariah Carey [Island Records]
  • Chaos And Creation In The Backyard - Paul McCartney [Capitol Records]
  • Love. Angel. Music. Baby. - Gwen Stefani [Interscope Records]
  • How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb - U2 [Interscope Records]
  • Late Registration - Kanye West - [Roc-A-Fella]
  • Song Of The Year

  • Bless The Broken Road
  • Devils & Dust
  • Ordinary People
  • Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
  • We Belong Together
  • Best New Artist

  • Ciara
  • Fall Out Boy
  • Keane
  • John Legend
  • SugarLand
  • Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

  • It's Like That - Mariah Carey [Island Records]
  • Since U Been Gone - Kelly Clarkson [RCA Records]
  • Good Is Good - Sheryl Crow [A&M Records]
  • I Will Not Be Broken - Bonnie Raitt [Capitol Records]
  • Hollaback Girl - Gwen Stefani [Interscope Records]
  • Best Male Pop Vocal Performance

  • Sitting, Waiting, Wishing - Jack Johnson [Brushfire Records/Universal Records]
  • Fine Line - Paul McCartney [Capitol Records]
  • Walk On By – Seal [Warner Brothers]
  • Lonely No More - Rob Thomas [Melisma/Atlantic]
  • From The Bottom Of My Heart - Stevie Wonder [Motown Records]
  • Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

  • Don't Lie - The Black Eyed Peas [A&M Records]
  • Mr. Brightside - The Killers [Island Records]
  • More Than Love - Los Lonely Boys [Or Music/Epic Records]
  • This Love - Maroon 5 [Octone Records/J Records]
  • My Doorbell - The White Stripes [Third Man Records/V2 Records]
  • Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals

  • Gone Going - The Black Eyed Peas & Jack Johnson [A&M Records]
  • Virginia Moon - Foo Fighters Featuring Norah Jones [RCA Records]
  • Feel Good Inc. - Gorillaz Featuring De La Soul [Virgin Records]
  • A Song For You - Herbie Hancock Featuring Christina Aguilera [Starbucks Hear Music/Hancock Music/Vector Recordings]
  • A Time To Love - Stevie Wonder Featuring India.Arie [Motown Records]
  • Best Pop Instrumental Performance

  • In Our Time - Burt Bacharach & Chris Botti [Columbia Records]
  • T-Jam - George Duke [BPM Records]
  • Gelo Na Montanha - Herbie Hancock Featuring Trey Anastasio [Starbucks Hear Music/Hancock Music/Vector Recordings]
  • Agave - Daniel Lanois [Anti]
  • Caravan - Les Paul [Capitol Records]
  • Best Pop Instrumental Album

  • At This Time - Burt Bacharach [Columbia Records]
  • Bloom - Eric Johnson [Favored Nations]
  • Naked Guitar - Earl Klugh [Koch Records]
  • Belladonna - Daniel Lanois [Anti]
  • Flipside - Jeff Lorber [Narada Jazz]
  • Best Pop Vocal Album

  • Extraordinary Machine - Fiona Apple [Epic Records/Clean Slate]
  • Breakaway - Kelly Clarkson [RCA Records]
  • Wildflower - Sheryl Crow [A&M Records]
  • Chaos And Creation In The Backyard - [Capitol Records]
  • Love. Angel. Music. Baby. - Gwen Stefani [Interscope Records]
  • Best Dance Recording

  • Galvanize - The Chemical Brothers Featuring Q-Tip [Astralwerks]
  • Say Hello - Deep Dish [Yoshitoshi]
  • Wonderful Night - Fatboy Slim & Lateef [Astralwerks]
  • Daft Punk Is Playing At My House - LCD Soundsystem [DFA Records/Capitol Records]
  • I Believe In You - Kylie Minogue [Capitol Records]
  • Guilt Is A Useless Emotion - New Order [Warner Bros. Records]
  • Best Electronic/Dance Album

  • Push The Button - The Chemical Brothers [Astralwerks]
  • Human After All - Daft Punk [Virgin Records]
  • Palookaville - Fatboy Slim [Astralwerks]
  • Minimum-Maximum - Kraftwerk [Astralwerks]
  • LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem [DFA Records/Capitol Records]
  • Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

  • The Art Of Romance - Tony Bennett [RPM Records/Columbia Records]
  • It's Time - Michael Bublé [143 Records/Reprise]
  • Isn't It Romantic - Johnny Mathis [Columbia Records]
  • Moonlight Serenade - Carly Simon [Columbia Records]
  • Thanks For The Memory...The Great American Songbook Volume IV - Rod Stewart [J Records]
  • Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance

  • Revolution - Eric Clapton [Reprise/Duck]
  • Shine It All Around - Robert Plant [Sanctuary]
  • Devils & Dust - Bruce Springsteen [Columbia Records]
  • This Is How A Heart Breaks - Rob Thomas [Melisma/Atlantic Records]
  • The Painter - Neil Young [Reprise Records]
  • Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

  • Speed Of Sound - Coldplay [Capitol]
  • Best Of You - Foo Fighters [RCA Records]
  • Do You Want To - Franz Ferdinand [Domino]
  • All These Things That I've Done - The Killers [Island Records]
  • Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own - U2 [Interscope Records]
  • Best Hard Rock Performance

  • Doesn't Remind Me - Audioslave [Interscope/Epic Records]
  • The Hand That Feeds - Nine Inch Nails [nothing/Interscope Records]
  • Tin Pan Valley - Robert Plant [Sanctuary]
  • Little Sister - Queens Of The Stone Age [Interscope Records]
  • B.Y.O.B. - System Of A Down [Columbia Records]
  • Best Metal Performance

  • The Great Satan - Ministry [Sanctuary]
  • Determined - Mudvayne [Epic]
  • Mein Teil - Rammstein [Republic/Universal]
  • What Drives The Weak - Shadows Fall [Century Media Records]
  • Before I Forget - Slipknot [Roadrunner Records]
  • Best Rock Instrumental Performance

  • Beat Box Guitar - Adrian Belew [Sanctuary]
  • Birds Of Prey - Stewart Copeland [Ponderosa]
  • 69 Freedom Special - Les Paul & Friends [Capitol Records]
  • Mercy - Joe Perry [Columbia Records]
  • Lotus Feet - Steve Vai [Epic/Red Ink]
  • Best Rock Song

  • Best Of You - Foo Fighters
  • Beverly Hills - Rivers Cuomo, songwriter
  • City Of Blinding Lights - U2, songwriters
  • Devils & Dust - Bruce Springsteen,
  • Speed Of Sound - Guy Berryman, Jon Buckland, Will Champion & Chris Martin, songwriters
  • Best Rock Album

  • X&Y - Coldplay [Capitol Records]
  • In Your Honor - Foo Fighters[RCA Records]
  • A Bigger Bang - The Rolling Stones[Virgin Records]
  • How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb - U2 [Interscope Records]
  • Prairie Wind - Neil Young [Reprise Records]
  • Best Alternative Music Album

  • Funeral - The Arcade Fire [Merge Records]
  • Guero - Beck [Interscope Records]
  • Plans - Death Cab For Cutie [Atlantic Records]
  • You Could Have It So Much Better - Franz Ferdinand [Domino]
  • Get Behind Me Satan - The White Stripes [Third Man/V2 Records]
  • Best Female R&B Vocal Performance

  • 1 Thing - Amerie[Columbia Records]
  • Wishing On A Star - Beyoncé [Music World/Sanctuary Urban]
  • We Belong Together - Mariah Carey [Island Records]
  • Free Yourself - Fantasia[J Records]
  • Unbreakable - Alicia Keys [J Records]
  • Best Male R&B Vocal Performance

  • Creepin' - Jamie Foxx[J Records]
  • Ordinary People - John Legend[Getting Out Our Dreams/Sony Urban Music/Columbia]
  • Let Me Love You - Mario[J Records]
  • Superstar - Usher[J Records]
  • So What The Fuss - Stevie Wonder[Motown]
  • Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

  • So Amazing - Beyoncé & Stevie Wonder[J Records]
  • Cater 2 U - Destiny's Child[Columbia Records, Sony Urban]
  • If This World Were Mine - Alicia Keys Featuring Jermaine Paul[J Records]
  • So High - John Legend Featuring Lauryn Hill [Getting Out Our Dreams/Sony Urban Music/Columbia]
  • How Will I Know - Stevie Wonder Featuring Aisha Morris [Motown Records]
  • Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance

  • Mine Again - Mariah Carey[Island Records]
  • Summertime - Fantasia [J Records]
  • A House Is Not A Home - Aretha Franklin [J Records]
  • If I Was Your Woman - Alicia Keys [J Records]
  • Stay With You - John Legend[Getting Out Our Dreams/Sony Urban Music/Columbia]
  • Best Urban/Alternative Performance

  • SupaStar - Floetry[Geffen]
  • Dirty Harry - Gorillaz[Virgin Records]
  • Dust - Van Hunt [Capitol]
  • Welcome To Jamrock - Damian Marley[Tuff Gong/Universal]
  • Ghetto Rock - Mos Def[Geffen]
  • Best R&B Song

  • Cater 2 U
  • Free Yourself
  • Ordinary People
  • Unbreakable
  • We Belong Together
  • Best R&B Album

  • Illumination - Earth, Wind And Fire
  • Free Yourself - Fantasia
  • Unplugged - Alicia Keys
  • Get Lifted - John Legend
  • A Time To Love - Stevie Wonder
  • Best Contemporary R&B Album

  • Touch - Amerie
  • The Emancipation Of Mimi - Mariah Carey
  • Destiny Fulfilled - Destiny's Child
  • Turning Point - Mario
  • O - Omarion
  • Best Rap Solo Performance

  • Testify - Common
  • Mockingbird - Eminem
  • Disco Inferno - 50 Cent
  • Number One Spot - Ludacris
  • U Don't Know Me - T.I.
  • Gold Digger - Kanye West
  • Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group

  • Don't Phunk With My Heart - The Black Eyed Peas
  • The Corner - Common Featuring The Last Poets
  • Encore - Eminem Featuring Dr. Dre & 50 Cent
  • Hate It Or Love It - The Game Featuring 50 Cent
  • Wait (The Whisper Song) - Ying Yang Twins
  • Best Rap/Sung Collaboration

  • 1,2 Step - Ciara Featuring Missy Elliott
  • They Say - Common Featuring Kanye West & John Legend
  • Soldier - Destiny's Child Featuring T.I. & Lil Wayne
  • Numb/Encore - Jay-Z Featuring Linkin Park
  • Rich Girl - Gwen Stefani Featuring Eve
  • Best Rap Song

  • Candy Shop
  • Diamonds From Sierra Leone
  • Don't Phunk With My Heart
  • Hate It Or Love It
  • Lose Control
  • Best Rap Album

  • Be - Common
  • The Cookbook - Missy Elliott
  • Encore - Eminem
  • The Massacre - 50 Cent
  • Late Registration - Kanye West
  • Best Female Country Vocal Performance

  • The Connection - Emmylou Harris
  • Mississippi Girl - Faith Hill
  • All Jacked Up - Gretchen Wilson
  • I May Hate Myself In The Morning - Lee Ann Womack
  • Georgia Rain - Trisha Yearwood
  • Best Male Country Vocal Performance

  • Funny How Time Slips Away - George Jones
  • As Good As I Once Was - Toby Keith
  • Midnight Communion - Delbert McClinton
  • Good Ol' Boys - Willie Nelson
  • Alcohol - Brad Paisley
  • You'll Think Of Me - Keith Urban
  • Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

  • Comin' To Your City - Big & Rich
  • Play Something Country - Brooks & Dunn
  • I Hope - Dixie Chicks
  • Restless - Alison Krauss And Union Station
  • Bless The Broken Road - Rascal Flatts
  • Best Country Collaboration With Vocals

  • Building Bridges - Brooks & Dunn, Sheryl Crow & Vince Gill
  • Shelter From The Storm - Rodney Crowell & Emmylou Harris
  • Like We Never Loved At All - Faith Hill & Tim McGraw
  • Dreams Come True - Willie Nelson & Norah Jones
  • Politically Uncorrect - Gretchen Wilson & Merle Haggard
  • Best Country Instrumental Performance

  • I'll Fly Away - Charlie Daniels
  • Who's Your Uncle? - Jerry Douglas, Sam Bush & Béla Feck
  • Unionhouse Branch - Alison Krauss And Union Station
  • Scotch & Chocolate - Nickel Creek
  • Time Warp - Brad Paisley
  • Best Country Song

  • Alcohol - Brad Paisley
  • All Jacked Up - Vicky McGehee, John Rich & Gretchen Wilson
  • Bless The Broken Road - Bobby Boyd, Jeff Hanna & Marcus Hummon, songwriters
  • I Hope - Keb Mo, Martie Maguire, Natalie Maines & Emily Robison
  • I May Hate Myself In The Morning - O. Blackmon, songwriter
  • Best Country Album

  • Fireflies - Faith Hill
  • Lonely Runs Both Ways - Alison Krauss And Union Station
  • Time Well Wasted - Brad Paisley
  • All Jacked Up - Gretchen Wilson
  • Jasper County - Trisha Yearwood
  • Best Musical Album For Children

  • Be Bop Your Best!
  • Green Gorilla, Monster & Me
  • Scat Like That: A Musical Word Odyssey
  • Some Assembly Required
  • Songs From The Neighborhood - The Music Of Mister Rogers
  • Best Spoken Word Album For Children

  • Harry Potter And The Half-blood Prince
  • Marlo Thomas & Friends: Thanks & Giving All Year Long
  • Pooh's Heffalump
  • Raymie, Dickie, And The Bean: Why I Love And Hate My Brothers
  • A Series Of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning
  • Best Spoken Word Album

  • The Adventures Of Guy Noir
  • The Al Franken Show Party Album
  • Chronicles - Volume One (Bob Dylan)
  • Dreams From My Father (Senator Barack Obama)
  • When Will Jesus Bring The Pork Chops? (George Carlin)
  • Best Comedy Album

  • The Agoraphobic Cowboy
  • Family Guy Live In Vegas
  • Luther Burbank Performing Arts Center Blues
  • Never Scared
  • The Right To Bare Arms
  • Best Musical Show Album

  • Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
  • Hair
  • The Light In The Piazza
  • Monty Python's Spamalot
  • The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
  • Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media

  • Beyond The Sea
  • Napoleon Dynamite
  • No Direction Home: The Soundtrack - Bootleg Series, Vol. 7
  • Ray
  • Six Feet Under Volume 2 - Everything Ends
  • Best Score Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media

  • The Aviator
  • The Incredibles
  • Million Dollar Baby
  • Ray
  • Star Wars Episode III - Revenge Of The Sith
  • Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media

  • Believe
  • Cold Wind
  • Million Voices
  • Square One
  • Wonka's Welcome Song
  • Best Recording Package

  • The Clouds
  • The Cosmic Game
  • The Forgotten Arm
  • Knuckle Down
  • O God, The Aftermath
  • Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package

  • Holy Ghost: Rare & Unissued Recordings (1962-70)
  • The Legend
  • Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (1952-1959)
  • Weird Tales Of The Ramones
  • You Ain't Talkin' To Me - Charlie Poole And The Roots Of Country Music
  • Best Classical Album

  • Bolcom: Songs Of Innocence And Of Experience - Leonard Slatkin, conductor
  • Chávez: Complete Chamber Music, Vol. 3 - Jeff Von Der Schmidt, conductor
  • Martha Argerich And Friends: Live From The Lugano Festival
  • Mendelssohn: The Complete String Quartets - Emerson String Quartet
  • Shostakovich: Sym. No. 13 - Mariss Jansons, conductor
  • Best Orchestral Performance

  • Antheil: Sym. No. 3 "American" - Hugh Wolff, conductor
  • Bruckner: Sym. No. 7 - Yakov Kreizberg, conductor
  • Mussorgsky/Stokowski: Pictures At An Exhibition - José Serebrier, conductor
  • Popov: Sym. No. 1; Shostakovich: Theme & Variations - Leon Botstein, conductor
  • Shostakovich: Sym. No. 13 - Mariss Jansons, conductor
  • Best Opera Recording

  • Britten: Death In Venice - Richard Hickox, conductor
  • Conradi: Ariadne - Paul O'Dette & Stephen Stubbs, conductors
  • Strauss, R.: Daphne - Semyon Bychkov, conductor
  • Verdi: Falstaff - Sir Colin Davis, conductor
  • Vivaldi: Bajazet - Fabio Biondi, conductor
  • Best Choral Performance

  • Bernstein: Mass - Kent Nagano
  • Bolcom: Songs Of Innocence And Of Experience - Leonard Slatkin, conductor
  • Lauridsen: Lux Aeterna - Stephen Layton, conductor
  • Penderecki: A Polish Requiem - Antoni Wit, conductor
  • Schoenberg: Accentus - Laurence Equilbey, choir director
  • Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra)

  • Beethoven: Piano Cons. Nos. 2 & 3 - Claudio Abbado, conductor
  • Concerto For String Quartet And Orchestra Robert Craft, conductor
  • Eventide - JoAnn Falletta, conductor
  • Schumann: Cello Concerto; Bloch: Schelomo - Paavo Järvi, conductor
  • UFO - Marin Alsop, conductor;
  • Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra)

  • Chopin: Études, Op. 10, Barcarolle, Op. 60, Son. No.2 - Nelson Freire
  • Night Breeze - Harp Music Of Carlos Salzedo - Sarah Schuster Ericsson
  • Scriabin, Medtner, Stravinsky - Evgeny Kissin
  • Szymanowski: Piano Son. No. 3, Métopes, Masques - Piotr Anderszewski
  • Vengerov: Kreisler, Sarasate, Paganini, Wieniawski - Maxim Vengerov (Ian Brown)
  • Best Chamber Music Performance

  • A La Carte - Short Works For Winds - The Borealis Wind Quintet
  • Bartók: The Six String Quartets - Vermeer Quartet
  • Borodin Quartet 60th Anniversary - Borodin Quartet
  • Martha Argerich And Friends: Live From The Lugano Festival - Martha Argerich
  • Mendelssohn: The Complete String Quartets - Emerson String Quartet
  • Best Small Ensemble Performance (with or without Conductor)

  • Ancient Voices Of Children - David Colson, conductor
  • Boulez: Le Marteau Sans Maître, Dérive 1 & 2 - Pierre Boulez, conductor
  • Chávez: Complete Chamber Music, Vol. 3 - Jeff Von Der Schmidt, conductor
  • Harbison: Mottetti Di Montale - David Hoose, conductor
  • O Magnum Mysterium - Nicholas White, conductor;
  • Best Classical Vocal Performance

  • Bach: Cantatas - Thomas Quasthoff
  • Bolcom: Songs - Carole Farley
  • Gounod - Massenet: Arias - Rolando Villazón
  • Opera Proibita - Cecilia Bartoli
  • Strauss: Amor - Natalie Dessay
  • Best Classical Contemporary Composition

  • Ayre - Osvaldo Golijov (Dawn Upshaw)
  • Bolcom: Songs Of Innocence And Of Experience - William Bolcom (Leonard Slatkin)
  • Boyer: Ellis Island: The Dream Of America - Peter Boyer (Peter Boyer)
  • Franzetti: Corpus Evita - Carlos Franzetti (José Luis Moscovich)
  • Nine Episodes For Four Players - Ned Rorem (Contrasts Quartet)
  • Best Classical Crossover Album

  • The Classical Underground - Imani Winds
  • 4 + Four - Turtle Island String Quartet & Ying Quartet
  • The Jazz Chamber Trio - Paquito D'Rivera & The Jazz Chamber Trio
  • Jobim: Symphonic Jobim - Roberto Minczuk, conductor
  • Steiner: The Adventures Of Mark Twain - William Stromberg
  • Best Short Form Music Video

  • Lose Control - Missy Elliott Featuring Ciara & Fat Man Scoop
  • Feel Good Inc. - Gorillaz Featuring De La Soul
  • Feels Just Like It Should – Jamiroquai
  • God's Will - Martina McBride
  • World On Fire - Sarah McLachlan
  • Best Long Form Music Video

  • No Direction Home - (Bob Dylan)
  • Trapped In The Closet (Chapters 1-5) - R. Kelly
  • End Of The Century: The Story Of The Ramones - (The Ramones)
  • Devils & Dust - Bruce Springsteen
  • Brian Wilson Presents Smile - Brian Wilson
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