Grammy, ci sono le nomination. In testa Kanye West ed Amy Winehouse

E’ stata resa nota la lista delle nomination ai prossimi premi Grammy. In testa spicca Kanye West, citato in ben otto categorie, mentre lo segue, a quota sei, Amy Winehouse. Entrambi gli artisti corrono per “Album of the year”, West per “Graduation” e la diva soul-jazz per “Back to black”. Foo Fighters, Jay-Z, Timbaland, Justin Timberlake e T-Pain hanno ricevuto cinque nomination, a quota quattro Akon, Dierks Bentley, Chris Daughtry, Feist, Tim McGraw, John Newton, Ne-Yo, Rihanna e Bruce Springsteen. A dare una mano alla Recording Academy a leggere i nomi in lizza si sono presentati, tra gli altri, Akon, Fergie, Vince Gill, Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters) Herbie Hancock, Taylor Hawkins (Foo Fighters) e Mike Shinoda (Linkin Park). Questi gli artisti in corsa nelle quattro categorie generalmente ritenute più importanti:

Album of the year:
’Echoes, silence, patience & grace’ (Foo Fighters)
’These days’ (Vince Gill)
’River: the Joni letters’ (Herbie Hancock)
’Graduation’ (Kanye West)
’Back to black’ (Amy Winehouse)

Record of the year:
"Irreplaceable" (Beyoncé Knowles)
"The pretender" (Foo Fighters)
"Umbrella" (Rihanna featuring Jay-Z)
"What goes around…comes around" (Justin Timberlake)
"Rehab" (Amy Winehouse)

Song of the year:
"Before he cheats," John Kear & Chris Tompkins, compositori (Carrie Underwood, artista)
"Hey there Delilah," Tom Higgenson, compositore (Plain White T's, artisti)
"Like a star," Corinne Bailey Rae, compositrice (Corinne Bailey Rae, artista)
"Rehab," Amy Winehouse, compositrice (Amy Winehouse, artista)
"Umbrella," Shawn Carter, Kuk Harrell, Terius "Dream" Nash & Christopher Stewart, compositori (Rihanna featuring Jay-Z, artisti)

Best new artist:
Feist
Ledisi
Paramore
Taylor Swift
Amy Winehouse.