Lil Wayne Tops List For Grammy Nominations
Posted by Dan Haggerty on 12.04.2008
Coldplay, Radiohead, Ne-Yo, Kanye West, and many more score nominations for the 51st Grammy Awards...
On track to have the best-selling album of 2008, rapper Lil Wayne leads the nominations for the 51st Annual Grammy Awards with eight, including album of the year and best rap album for Tha Carter III, best rap song for "Lollipop" and best rap/sung collaboration for "Got Money" featuring T-Pain. Other leading artists are Coldplay, who earned seven nominations, and Jay-Z, Ne-Yo and Kane West, who each scored six.
In album of the year, the nominees were: Coldplay for Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends, Lil Wayne for Tha Carter III, Ne-Yo for Year of the Gentlemen, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss for Raising Sand and Radiohead for In Rainbows.
For record of the year, the nominees were: Adele for Chasing Pavements, Coldplay for Viva La Vida, Leona Lewis for Bleeding Love, M.I.A. for Paper Planes and Plant & Krauss for Please Read the Letter.
Song of the year nominees include: "American Boy," by songwriters William Adams, Keith Harris, Josh Lopez, Caleb Speir, John Stephens, Estelle Swaray and Kanye West; "Chasing Pavements" by songwriters Adele Adkins and Eg White; "I'm Yours" by Jason Mraz; "Love Song" by Sara Bareilles; and "Viva La Vida" by songwriters Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion and Chris Martin.
Credit: billboard.com
The full list of Grammy nominees are available HERE.
