Grammy Nominees '05

[vashti1999]

Mariah's Grammy Whammy

by Joal Ryan
Dec 8, 2005, 6:05 AM PT



The emancipation of Mariah Carey from all things that Glitter seems complete.

The songbird soared with eight Grammy nominations Thursday, including an Album of the Year nod for her comeback statement, The Emancipation of Mimi.

"I felt that I was doing a record that was really unique," a beaming Carey told E! Entertainment shortly after the nominations (which she helped announce) were unveiled in New York City. "[Mimi] was an entire piece of work that really came from my heart."

Kanye West was responsible an eye-popping 16 nominations--eight for the social-minded rapper who avoided a sophomore slump with Late Registration, and eight for his R&B protégé John Legend.

"Oh, man, I don't even know what to say," Legend told E!

No act scored more nominations than Carey, West and Legend. The other top multiple nominees were 50 Cent, Beyonce Knowles, Stevie Wonder and the Black Eyed Peas' Will.i.am, with six each.

Carey and West will vie for supremacy in the all-important Album of the Year category, where Mimi and Late Registration are pitted against Gwen Stefani's Love. Angel. Music. Baby., U2's How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, and, easily the biggest surprise, Paul McCartney's Chaos and Creation in the Backyard.

A bit of a critical whipping boy as a solo act, McCartney hasn't won a Grammy for being McCartney, as opposed to being a Beatle, since 1979, an honor he shared with Wings.

Historical Grammy favorites shut out in the album race include Eminem, Coldplay and Bruce Springsteen, who despite his legend status has never won an Album of the Year Grammy--no, not even for Born to Run--and won't win one for his sparse Devils & Dust.

In the Record of the Year field, Carey's "We Belong Together" and West's 007-sampling "Gold Digger" are is nominated alongside Stefani's "Hollaback Girl," Green Day's "Boulevard of Broken Dreams," and Gorillaz's "Feel Good Inc."

[vashti1999]

Category 1 - Record Of The Year
(Award to the Artist and to the Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s) and/or Mixer(s), if other than the artist.)

• We Belong Together
Mariah Carey

• Feel Good Inc.
Gorillaz Featuring De La Soul

• Boulevard Of Broken Dreams
Green Day

• Hollaback Girl
Gwen Stefani

• Gold Digger
Kanye West


General Field
Category 2 - Album Of The Year
(Award to the Artist(s) and to the Album Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s)/Mixer(s) & Mastering Engineer(s), if other than the artist.)

• The Emancipation Of Mimi
Mariah Carey

• Chaos And Creation In The Backyard
Paul McCartney

• Love. Angel. Music. Baby.
Gwen Stefani

• How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
U2

• Late Registration
Kanye West


General Field
Category 3 - Song Of The Year
(A Songwriter(s) Award. A song is eligible if it was first released or if it first achieved prominence during the Eligibility Year. (Artist names appear in parenthesis.) Singles or Tracks only.)

• Bless The Broken Road
Bobby Boyd, Jeff Hanna & Marcus Hummon, songwriters (Rascal Flatts)
Track from: Feels Like Today

• Devils & Dust
Bruce Springsteen, songwriter (Bruce Springsteen)
Track from: Devils & Dust

• Ordinary People
W. Adams & J. Stephens, songwriters (John Legend)
Track from: Get Lifted

• Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
U2, songwriters (U2)
Track from: How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb

• We Belong Together
J. Austin, M. Carey, J. Dupri & M. Seal, songwriters; (D. Bristol, K. Edmonds,
S. Johnson, P. Moten, S. Sully & B. Womack, songwriters) (Mariah Carey)
Track from: The Emancipation Of Mimi


General Field
Category 4 - Best New Artist
(For a new artist who releases, during the Eligibility Year, the first recording which establishes the public identity of that artist.)

• Ciara

• Fall Out Boy

• Keane

• John Legend

• SugarLand

[vashti1999]

Field 1 - Pop
Category 5 - Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

• It's Like That
Mariah Carey

• Since U Been Gone
Kelly Clarkson

• Good Is Good
Sheryl Crow

• I Will Not Be Broken
Bonnie Raitt

• Hollaback Girl
Gwen Stefani


Field 1 - Pop
Category 6 - Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Sitting, Waiting, Wishing
Jack Johnson

• Fine Line
Paul McCartney

• Walk On By
Seal

• Lonely No More
Rob Thomas

• From The Bottom Of My Heart
Stevie Wonder


Field 1 - Pop
Category 7 - Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal
(For established duos or groups, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Don't Lie
The Black Eyed Peas

• Mr. Brightside
The Killers

• More Than Love
Los Lonely Boys

• This Love
Maroon 5

• My Doorbell
The White Stripes


Field 1 - Pop
Category 8 - Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals
(For a collaborative performance, with vocals, by artists who do not normally perform together. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Gone Going
The Black Eyed Peas & Jack Johnson

• Virginia Moon
Foo Fighters Featuring Norah Jones

• Feel Good Inc.
Gorillaz Featuring De La Soul

• A Song For You
Herbie Hancock Featuring Christina Aguilera

• A Time To Love
Stevie Wonder Featuring India.Arie


Field 1 - Pop
Category 9 - Best Pop Instrumental Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, without vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

• In Our Time
Burt Bacharach & Chris Botti

• T-Jam
George Duke

• Gelo Na Montanha
Herbie Hancock Featuring Trey Anastasio

• Agave
Daniel Lanois

• Caravan
Les Paul
Track from: American Made, World Played
[Capitol Records]

Field 1 - Pop
Category 10 - Best Pop Instrumental Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)

• At This Time
Burt Bacharach

• Bloom
Eric Johnson

• Naked Guitar
Earl Klugh

• Belladonna
Daniel Lanois

• Flipside
Jeff Lorber


Field 1 - Pop
Category 11 - Best Pop Vocal Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

• Extraordinary Machine
Fiona Apple

• Breakaway
Kelly Clarkson

• Wildflower
Sheryl Crow

• Chaos And Creation In The Backyard
Paul McCartney

• Love. Angel. Music. Baby.
Gwen Stefani

[vashti1999]

Field 4 - Rock
Category 15 - Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Revolution
Eric Clapton

• Shine It All Around
Robert Plant

• Devils & Dust
Bruce Springsteen

• This Is How A Heart Breaks
Rob Thomas

• The Painter
Neil Young


Field 4 - Rock
Category 16 - Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal
(For duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Speed Of Sound
Coldplay

• Best Of You
Foo Fighters

• Do You Want To
Franz Ferdinand

• All These Things That I've Done
The Killers

• Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
U2


Field 4 - Rock
Category 17 - Best Hard Rock Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Doesn't Remind Me
Audioslave

• The Hand That Feeds
Nine Inch Nails

• Tin Pan Valley
Robert Plant

• Little Sister
Queens Of The Stone Age

• B.Y.O.B.
System Of A Down


Field 4 - Rock
Category 18 - Best Metal Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

• The Great Satan
Ministry

• Determined
Mudvayne

• Mein Teil
Rammstein

• What Drives The Weak
Shadows Fall

• Before I Forget
Slipknot


Field 4 - Rock
Category 19 - Best Rock Instrumental Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, without vocals. Includes Rock, Hard Rock and Metal. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Beat Box Guitar
Adrian Belew

• Birds Of Prey
Stewart Copeland

• 69 Freedom Special
Les Paul & Friends

• Mercy
Joe Perry

• Lotus Feet
Steve Vai


Field 4 - Rock
Category 20 - Best Rock Song
(A Songwriter(s) Award. Includes Rock, Hard Rock & Metal songs. For Song Eligibility Guidelines see Category #3. (Artist names appear in parenthesis.) Singles or Tracks only.)

• Best Of You
Foo Fighters, songwriters (Foo Fighters)

• Beverly Hills
Rivers Cuomo, songwriter (Weezer)

• City Of Blinding Lights
U2, songwriters (U2)

• Devils & Dust
Bruce Springsteen, songwriter (Bruce Springsteen)

• Speed Of Sound
Guy Berryman, Jon Buckland, Will Champion & Chris Martin, songwriters (Coldplay)


Field 4 - Rock
Category 21 - Best Rock Album
(Vocal or Instrumental. Includes Hard Rock and Metal.)

• X&Y
Coldplay

• In Your Honor
Foo Fighters

• A Bigger Bang
The Rolling Stones

• How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
U2

• Prairie Wind
Neil Young


Field 5 - Alternative
Category 22 - Best Alternative Music Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Funeral
The Arcade Fire

• Guero
Beck

• Plans
Death Cab For Cutie

• You Could Have It So Much Better
Franz Ferdinand

• Get Behind Me Satan
The White Stripes

[vashti1999]

Field 6 - R&B
Category 23 - Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

• 1 Thing
Amerie

• Wishing On A Star
Beyoncé

• We Belong Together
Mariah Carey

• Free Yourself
Fantasia

• Unbreakable
Alicia Keys


Field 6 - R&B
Category 24 - Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Creepin'
Jamie Foxx

• Ordinary People
John Legend

• Let Me Love You
Mario

• Superstar
Usher

• So What The Fuss
Stevie Wonder


Field 6 - R&B
Category 25 - Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
(For duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

• So Amazing
Beyoncé & Stevie Wonder

• Cater 2 U
Destiny's Child

• If This World Were Mine
Alicia Keys Featuring Jermaine Paul

• So High
John Legend Featuring Lauryn Hill

• How Will I Know
Stevie Wonder Featuring Aisha Morris


Field 6 - R&B
Category 26 - Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Mine Again
Mariah Carey

• Summertime
Fantasia

• A House Is Not A Home
Aretha Franklin

• If I Was Your Woman
Alicia Keys

• Stay With You
John Legend


Field 6 - R&B
Category 27 - Best Urban/Alternative Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

• SupaStar
Floetry

• Dirty Harry
Gorillaz

• Dust
Van Hunt

• Welcome To Jamrock
Damian Marley

• Ghetto Rock
Mos Def


Field 6 - R&B
Category 28 - Best R&B Song
(A Songwriter(s) Award. For Song Eligibility Guidelines see Category #3. (Artist names appear in parenthesis.) Singles or Tracks only.)

• Cater 2 U
Rodney Jerkins, Beyoncé Knowles, Ricky Lewis, Kelly Rowland, Robert Waller &
Michelle Williams, songwriters (Destiny's Child)

• Free Yourself
Craig Brockman, Missy Elliott & Nisan Stewart, songwriters (Fantasia)

• Ordinary People
W. Adams & J. Stephens, songwriters (John Legend)

• Unbreakable
Garry Glenn, Alicia Keys, Harold Lily & Kanye West, songwriters (Alicia Keys)

• We Belong Together
J. Austin, M. Carey, J. Dupri & M. Seal, songwriters; (D. Bristol, K. Edmonds,
S. Johnson, P. Moten, S. Sully & B. Womack, songwriters) (Mariah Carey)


Field 6 - R&B
Category 29 - Best R&B Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

• Illumination
Earth, Wind And Fire

• Free Yourself
Fantasia

• Unplugged
Alicia Keys

• Get Lifted
John Legend

• A Time To Love
Stevie Wonder


Field 6 - R&B
Category 30 - Best Contemporary R&B Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

• Touch
Amerie

• The Emancipation Of Mimi
Mariah Carey

• Destiny Fulfilled
Destiny's Child

• Turning Point
Mario

• O
Omarion

[vashti1999]

Field 7 - Rap
Category 31 - Best Rap Solo Performance
(For a solo Rap performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Testify
Common

• Mockingbird
Eminem

• Disco Inferno
50 Cent

• Number One Spot
Ludacris

• U Don't Know Me
T.I.

• Gold Digger
Kanye West


Field 7 - Rap
Category 32 - Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group
(For duo, group or collaborative performances of Rap only. Singles or Tracks only.)

• 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


Field 7 - Rap
Category 33 - Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
(For a Rap/Sung collaborative performance by artists who do not normally perform together. Singles or Tracks only.)

• 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


Field 7 - Rap
Category 34 - Best Rap Song
(A Songwriter(s) Award. For Song Eligibility Guidelines see Category #3. (Artist names appear in parenthesis.) Singles or Tracks only.)

• Candy Shop
Curtis Jackson & Scott Storch, songwriters (50 Cent Featuring Olivia)

• Diamonds From Sierra Leone
D. Harris & Kanye West, songwriters; (J. Barry & D. Black, songwriters) (Kanye
West)

• Don't Phunk With My Heart
William Adams, Printz Board, Stacy Ferguson & George Pajon, Jr., songwriters;
(Kalyanji Anandji, Full Force & Indeewar, songwriters) (The Black Eyed Peas)

• Hate It Or Love It
Curtis Jackson, A. Lyon, Jayceon Taylor & M. Valenzano, songwriters; (Baker,
Felder & Harris, songwriters) (The Game Featuring 50 Cent)

• Lose Control
M. Elliott, C. Harris & G. Isaacs III, songwriters; (J. Atkins, R. Davis & C.
Hudson, songwriters) (Missy Elliott Featuring Ciara & Fat Man Scoop)


Field 7 - Rap
Category 35 - Best Rap Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

• Be
Common

• The Cookbook
Missy Elliott

• Encore
Eminem

• The Massacre
50 Cent

• Late Registration
Kanye West

[vashti1999]

Field 8 - Country
Category 36 - Best Female Country Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

• 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


Field 8 - Country
Category 37 - Best Male Country Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

• 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


Field 8 - Country
Category 38 - Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal
(For established duos or groups with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

• 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


Field 8 - Country
Category 39 - Best Country Collaboration With Vocals
(For a collaborative performance, with vocals, by artists who do not normally perform together. Singles or Tracks only.)

• 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


Field 8 - Country
Category 40 - Best Country Instrumental Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, without vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

• 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


Field 8 - Country
Category 41 - Best Country Song
(A Songwriter(s) Award. For Song Eligibility Guidelines see Category #3. (Artist names appear in parenthesis.) Singles or Tracks only.)

• Alcohol
Brad Paisley, songwriter (Brad Paisley)

• All Jacked Up
Vicky McGehee, John Rich & Gretchen Wilson, songwriters (Gretchen Wilson)

• Bless The Broken Road
Bobby Boyd, Jeff Hanna & Marcus Hummon, songwriters (Rascal Flatts)

• I Hope
Keb Mo, Martie Maguire, Natalie Maines & Emily Robison, songwriters (Dixie
Chicks)

• I May Hate Myself In The Morning
O. Blackmon, songwriter (Lee Ann Womack)


Field 8 - Country
Category 42 - Best Country Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• 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


Field 8 - Country
Category 43 - Best Bluegrass Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Marbletown
Blue Highway

• Cherryholmes
Cherryholmes

• The Grascals
The Grascals

• The Company We Keep
The Del McCoury Band

• Ragin' Live
Rhonda Vincent And The Rage
[Rounder]

[Superstar]

Category 1 - Record Of The Year
• We Belong Together
Mariah Carey

General Field
Category 2 - Album Of The Year
• The Emancipation Of Mimi
Mariah Carey
OR
• Love. Angel. Music. Baby.
Gwen Stefani

General Field
Category 3 - Song Of The Year
• We Belong Together

General Field
Category 4 - Best New Artist
• Ciara

Field 1 - Pop
Category 5 - Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
• Since U Been Gone
Kelly Clarkson

Field 1 - Pop
Category 11 - Best Pop Vocal Album
• Breakaway
Kelly Clarkson

[Dean Winchester]

Record Of The Year:
should win: Feel Good Inc - Gorillaz
will win: Gold Digger - Kanye West

Album Of The Year:
should win: Gwen Stefani or Paul McCartney
will win: Mariah Carey (who doesn't love a comeback?) and Kanye (because he'll bitch otherwise)

Song of the year:
will and should win: We Belong Together

Best New Artist:
will and should win: John Legend (thank God they didn't decide to put Gwen and Rob Thomas in NEW... solo debuts doesn't a new artist make)

Female Pop Performance:
should win: Good Is Good - Sheryl Crow
will win: Since U Been Gone

Male Pop Performance:
should and will win: Stevie Wonder

Pop Performance from Duo or Group:
should and will win: The Killers (THIS LOVE by Maroon 5 peaked in early 2004!!! how is this even eligible?)

Pop Collaboration with Vocals:
should and will win: Gorillaz feat. De La Soul, one of the few rock/rap collaborations that sounds good

Pop album:
should win: Sheryl Crow
will win: Gwen Stefani (kinda glad Mariah wasn't nominated here... she has let it be known she doesn't wanna be pop)

Solo Rock Performance:
should and will win: Bruce Springsteen

Rock Performance by a group:
should win: The Killers
will win: Coldplay (zzzzzzzz)

Hard Rock Performance:
should and will win: Nine Inch Nails

Best rock song:
should win: U2
will win: Coldplay

Rock Album:
should and will win: U2

Alternative Album:
should win: Franz Ferdinand
will win: Beck

R&B Female Vocal:
should and will win: Mariah

Male R&B Vocal:
should win: Stevie Wonder
will win: John Legend (someone needs to tell Jamie Foxx that because he played a singer in a movie doesn't mean we want him singing in real life. I wonder if Joaquin Phoenix is going to be the next to join the "J. Lo syndrome")

R&B performance by duo or group:
should and will win: John Legend and Lauryn Hill

Traditional R&B vocal performance:
should win: John Legend
will win: Alicia Keys

Urban Alternative Performance:
should win: Floetry
will win: Damian Marley

Best R&B Song:
should win: Ordinary People
will win: We Belong Together

Best R&B Album:
should win: John Legend
will win: Stevie Wonder (just look at what a decade away does for you... people have totally forgotten the post-Hotter Than July albums and only think of him from the string of albums he had in the 70's... this mentality will give A Time 2 Love awards)

Best Contemporary R&B Album:
should and will win: Mariah Carey (Destiny Fulfilled was the worst DC album and the other 3 do not have Grammy written on them)

[MaydayMalonesGirl]

Originally Posted by vashti1999

• Funeral - The Arcade Fire

Yes, yes, yes. They won't win, though.

The Grammy's are such a sham.

[vashti1999]

Originally Posted by HUNG UP!

Urban Alternative Performance:
should win: Floetry

should win: VAN HUNT

although I'm surprised he was nominated when the song's been out since before the eligibilty period

[MissZero]

ugh....thats about all i can say...

[SBTB Geek]

Congrats to Gwen, Mariah, Gorillaz, and Christina!

[¤I Love Clay Aiken¤]

How Fantasia got more noms than Kelly is beyond me. Kellys CD is still top 20, a year later. Amazing. I didnt think Fantasia was doing that well.

[Karen*]

I hope Kelly and Gwen take home awards!