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Mary J. Blige, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Dixie Chicks lead 49th annual Grammy nominations
On Wednesday, at the Music Box in the Fonda Theater in Hollywood, the 49th annual Grammy nomina
tions were announced. with Mary J. Bulge. The Dixie Chicks and Red Hot Chili Peppers leading the pack
01 this year's contenders. Blige, deemed "hip-hop queen of soul.'' landed a tremendous eight nominations,
including Record of the Year and Song of the Year for "Be Without You,'' which topped Billboard's Hot
100 AirplaN, chart for nine
weeks straight. Bilge's seventh
studio album The Breakthrough,
trom cc hich "Be Without You
was culled, garnered a nod in
the category of Contemporary
R&B Album. Other nominees in
the Contemporary R&B Album
category include Jamie Foxx
Unpredictabie lndia.Arie
( Test/mm/1: 1, Life &
Relationship): Prince (3121):
and Lionel Ritchi e. (Coining
Home)
Ccoiintp, superstars
The Dixie Chicks. who topped the headlines in March of 2003 when lead singer Natalie Maines dissed
President Bush during a concert in London. are nominated for Record of the Year for the album Taking The
Long Vtay. The trio is also nominated in both Record and Song of the Year categories for "Not Ready to
Make Nice. - the first single from Taking The Long Way. Since its release in May of this year. the album
has gone platinum.
O'er two decades after forming, Red Hot Chili Peppers have still managed to sell-out arenas, along with
millions of records, including their latest. Stadium Awadium, a double-disc that saw release this past
May: it's nominated for Album of the Year. The Peppers are also nominated for Best Rock Album and Best
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Rock Song for "Dani California, - which also picked up a nod in the Best Short Form Music Video caiego-
Grammy cast its golden crown on a few new artists for this year's awards, including Gnarls Barkley, the
side project of DJ/producer Danger Mouse and rapper Ceelo. Gnarls Barkley, who are nominated for Best
New Artist, also picked up nominations in the Best Album Category for St. Elsewhere and in the Record
of the Year category for "Crazy." Corinne Bailey Rae, an artist who first emerged from Internet hype to
earn favorable album reviews, is also nominated for Best New Artist, along with a nod for Record of the
Year for "Put Your Records
On." Others nominated for Best
New Artist include teen R&B
star Chris Brown, "You're
Beautiful" singer James Blunt
and Imogen Heap, who's best
known for "Hide and Seek,"
which gained major attention
from airplay on TV's "The
0.C."
imberlake and Red Hot Chili Peppe
brought sexy back from wherever it was, is nominated for Album and Pop Album of the Year for
FutureSex/LoveSounds. The album's first two singles, "Sexyßack" and "My Love" (featuring T. 1.1. have
catapulted it to 3 million sales worldwide since its release in September. Aguilera, who released her third
album Back To Basics in September, won nominations in the Best Pop Album category and in the Best
Female Pop Vocal category for "Ain't No Other Man." Since its release in August of this year. Back To
Basics has sold over two million copies worldwide. The Grammy Awards are scheduled to air live February
1 I th on CBS.
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Former Mickey Mouse
Clubbers Justin Timberlake and
Christina Aguilera took home a
few nominations as well.
Timberlake, who recently