Blige, Dixie Chicks score Grammy nominations
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R&B singer Mary J. Blige led the nominees for the Grammy Awards on Thursday, while country outcasts the Dixie Chicks picked up key nods for a defiant tune stemming from critical comments they made about President George W. Bush.
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Mary J Blige, James Blunt and Justin Timberlake are among the stars doing battle at the Grammy Awards.
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Artists who are chosen to announce the Grammy nominations typically collect a few bids themselves, so rapper Kanye West, country singer Gretchen Wilson, rock balladeers Hoobastank and The Black Eyed Peas can count themselves among the likely contenders this year.
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R&B star Mary J Blige leads the nominations for the American music industry's Grammy Awards.
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The Country Music Association awards  are a three-way showdown between Brad Paisley, Keith Urban and  Kenny Chesney, while the Dixie Chicks were snubbed again with  not a single nomination on Wednesday.
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KANYE WEST has scooped ten nominations for the 47th annual GRAMMY AWARDS at an announcement in LA. Among the categories the hip-hop writer and performer has been shortlisted for are Best Rap Solo Performance
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With four nominations, R&amp;B hitmaker Usher tops the list of contenders for the 32nd annual American Music Awards. Superstar rap duo OutKast and hip-hop newcomer Kanye West garnered three nominations apiece.
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Usher received the most American Music Award nominations today, with a total of four nods: for favorite male artist and album in the pop/rock category, and for favorite artist and album in the soul/R&amp;B category.
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Brad Paisley and George  Strait topped the list of finalists with five nominations each  for the annual Country Music Association awards, the music  industry group announced on Thursday.
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Kanye or Green Day? Usher or Ray? The Grammys are back Sunday with a number of exciting contests, led by Kanye West against ... himself.
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Chicago rapper Kanye West, whose  debut album was one of the most acclaimed releases of the year,  led the field of Grammy Award contenders with nominations in 10  categories, organizers said on Tuesday.
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Kanye West leads the pack of nominees in a year when the Grammy committee was even more clueless than usual
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Country music outcasts The Dixie  Chicks, who jeopardized their career by criticizing President  Bush, won all five Grammy Awards for which they were nominated  on Sunday, including the coveted album of the year.
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The Dixie Chicks may not have been "Ready to Make Nice," but the Recording Academy was nice to the country-pop trio, giving them nominations in the top three categories for the 49th annual Grammy Awards.
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Kanye West and Amy Winehouse, the two leading Grammy nominees and perhaps the night's most compelling storylines, were among the early winners Sunday, taking three and two trophies respectively in the pre-telecast ceremony.
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The new year will begin with a bang when six-time Grammy Award nominees Red Hot Chili Peppers hit the road with special guests and five-time nominees Gnarls Barkley in January.  One of the most-nominated artists this year, Warner Bros.
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Collaborators became competitors when the nominations for the 47th annual Grammy Awards were announced yesterday in Los Angeles. Kanye West received 10 nominations by working multiple jobs: as