Kanye, Winehouse Lead Grammy Nominees Field

Posted by Ashish on 12.06.2007

Check out who got nominated for what!

Kanye West leads the field of nominees for the 2008 Grammy Awards. The rap star landed eight nominations. He is followed by Amy Winehouse who landed six nominations. The Foo Fighters, Jay-Z, Timbaland, Justin Timberlake, and T-Pain all landed five nominations.

Record of the Year nominees were Beyonce's "Irreplaceable," Rihanna's "Umbrella" featuring Jay-Z, Winehouse's "Rehab," Foo Fighters' "The Pretender," and "What Goes Around ... Comes Around" by Justin Timberlake.

Album of the Year nominees were West's Graduation, Vince Gill's These Days, Winehouse's Back to Black, Foo Fighters' Echo, Silence, Patience & Grace, and Herbie Hancock's River: The Joni Letters.

The main categories are below.

Record of the Year
· Beyone - "Irreplaceable"
· The Foo Fighters - "The Pretender"
· Rihanna featuring Jay-Z - "Umbrella"
· Justin Timberlake - "What Goes Around...Comes Around"
· Amy Winehouse - "Rehab"

Album of the Year
· Kanye West - "Graduation"
· The Foo Fighters - " Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace"
· Herbie Hancock - " River: The Joni Letters"
· Vince Gill - "These Days"
· Amy Winehouse - "Back to Black"

Song of the Year
· Josh Kear & Chris Tompkins, songwriters (Carrie Underwood) - "Before He Cheats"
· Tom Higgenson, songwriter (Plain White T's) - "Hey There Delilah"
· Corinne Bailey Rae, songwriter (Corinne Bailey Rae) - "Like A Star"
· Shawn Carter, Kuk Harrell, Terius "Dream" Nash & Christopher Stewart, songwriters (Rihanna Featuring Jay-Z) - "Umbrella"
· Amy Winehouse, songwriter (Amy Winehouse) - "Rehab"

Best New Artist
· Feist
· Ledisi
· Paramore
· Taylor Swift
· Amy Winehouse

Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal
· Bon Jovi - "(You Want To) Make a Memory"
· Daughtry - "Home"
· Maroon 5 - "Makes Me Wonder"
· Plain White T's - "Hey There Delilah"
· U2 - "Window in the Skies"

Best Hard Rock Performance
· Evanescence - "Sweet Sacrifice"
· Foo Fighters - "The Pretender"
· Ozzy Osbourne - "I Don't Wanna Stop"
· Queens of the Stone Age - "Sick, Sick, Sick"
· Tool - "The Pot"

Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal
· Daughtry - "It's Not Over"
· Green Day - "Working Class Hero"
· Nickelback - "If Everyone Cared"
· U2 - "Instant Karma"
· The White Stripes - "Icky Thump"

Best Metal Performance
· As I Lay Dying - "Nothing Left"
· King Diamond - "Never Ending Hill"
· Machine Head - "Aesthetics of Hate"
· Shadows Fall - "Redemption"
· Slayer - "Final Six"

Best Rock Song
· Lucinda Williams - "Come On"
· The White Stripes - "Icky Thump"
· Daughtry - "It's Not Over"
· Foo Fighters - "The Pretender"
· Bruce Springsteen - "Radio Nowhere"

Best Rock Album
· Daughtry - Daughtry
· John Fogerty - Revival
· Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
· Bruce Springsteen - Magic
· Wilco - Sky Blue Sky

Best Pop Vocal Album
· Bon Jovi - Lost Highway
· Feist - The Reminder
· Maroon 5 - It Won't Be Soon Before Long
· Paul McCartney - Memory Almost Full
· Amy Winehouse - Back to Black

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
· Mary J. Blige - "Just Fine"
· Fantasia - "When I See U"
· Alicia Keys - "No One"
· Chrisette Michele - "If I Have My Way"
· Jill Scott - "Hate on Me"

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
· Raheem DeVaughn - "Woman"
· Musiq Soulchild - "B.U.D.D.Y."
· Ne-Yo - "Because of You"
· Prince - "Future Baby Mama"
· Tank - "Please Don't Go"

Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals
· R. Kelly (featuring Usher) - "Same Girl"
· Chaka Khan (featuring Mary J. Blige) - "Disrespectful"
· Rihanna (featuring Ne-Yo) - "Hate That I Love You"
· Angie Stone (featuring Betty Wright) - "Baby"
· T-Pain (featuring Akon) - "Bartender"

Best R&B Song
· India.Arie - "Beautiful Flower"
· Rihanna (featuring Ne-Yo) - "Hate That I Love You"
· Alicia Keys - "No One"
· Musiq Soulchild - "Teachme"
· Fantasia - "When I See U"

Best Contemporary R&B Album
· Akon - Konvicted
· Keyshia Cole - Just Like You
· Fantasia - Fantasia
· Emily King - East Side Story
· Ne-Yo - Because of You

Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group
· Common (featuring Kanye West) - "Southside"
· Fat Joe (featuring Lil Wayne) - "Make It Rain"
· Shop Boyz - "Party Like a Rockstar"
· UGK (featuring Outkast) - "Int'l Players Anthem (I Choose You)"
· Kanye West, Nas and KRS-One - "Better Than I've Ever Been"

Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package
· My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade
· Panic! at the Disco - A Fever You Can't Sweat Out
· The White Stripes - Icky Thump
· H.I.M. - Venus Doom
· V/A - What It Is!: Funky Soul and Rare Grooves (1967-1977)

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
· Howard Benson
· Joe Chiccarelli
· Mike Elizondo
· Mark Ronson
· Timbaland

The full nominees list can be found here.