And The Grammy goes to ?

Nominees for the 2009 Frammys were announced yesterday. Lil Wayne led the pack with eight nominations, followed by Coldplay with seven and Jay Z, Ne-Yo and Kanye West taking six. And Coldplay, Lil Wayne, Ne-Yo, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss and Radiohead are all up for the coveted Album of the Year.
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Record of the Year:
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"Chasing Pavements," Adele
"Viva La Vida," Coldplay
"Bleeding Love," Leona Lewis
"Paper Planes," M.I.A
"Please Read The Letter," Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
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Album of the Year:
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"Raising Sand," Robert Plant & Alison Krauss"
"Viva La Vida," Coldplay
"Tha Carter III," Lil Wayne
"Year of the Gentleman," Ne-Yo
"In Rainbows," Radiohead
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Song of the Year:
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"American Boy," (Estelle Featuring Kanye West)
"Chasing Pavements," (Adele)
"I'm Yours," (Jason Mraz)
"Love Song," (Coldplay)
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New Artist:
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Adele
Duffy
The Jonas Brothers
Lady Antebellum
Jazmine Sullivan
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R&B Album:
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"Love & Life," Eric Benét
"Motown: A Journey Through Hitsville USA," Boyz II Men
"Lay It Down," Al Green
"Jennifer Hudson," Jennifer Hudson
"The Way I See It," Raphael Saadiq
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Rap Album:
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"American Gangster," Jay-Z
"Tha Carter III," Lil Wayne
"The Cool," Lupe Fiasco
"Nas," Nas
"Paper Trail," T.I.
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Everything is pretty much as I expected. I was surprised to see Jennifer Hudson not nominated for best New Artist, but I hope my girl Jazmine takes that award home. Poor Michelle Williams ans Kelly Rowland recieved zero nods. I hear Erykah Badu also received a nomination in a random category.
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The Grammys will air live on CBS from the Staples Center on Feb. 8, 2009

Star Events: Labor Day Weekend edition

The celeb events have been in full - effect the last couple of days so lets play catch-up~



Raphael Saadiq, Slick Rick, Q-tip, and Bilal were all spotted at the Black August benefit concert last night at BB kings:







Good to see the old heads are still kicking it....


Ciara was snapped while bowlingat in Atlanta during Luda Weekend.

Jazze Pha, Tracy McGrady, and Lyfe Jennings were also in the mix:

Fun times


Kanye West and Common performed at The Nike+Human Race’s Post Run Concert, I'm sure that was a hot show:

Los Angeles Clipper Cuttino Mobley and Jill Marie Jones hosted the Labor Day Classic fundraising party in Santa Monica:



Ne-Yo and Plies performed this weekend at Dreamz in Atlanta, and I still don’t like that ‘Bust It Baby’ song:





Ryan Leslie performed in NYC:







Idris Elba and actress Thandie Newton attended Rock ‘N’ Rolla premiere in London:







and Grace Jones performed at a music festival in Ireland this weekend:


Thats Scary!