Ray Charles Leads Way at Soulful Grammys
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Late "genius of soul" Ray Charles  shared the spotlight with R&B stars Usher and Alicia Keys as  the 47th annual Grammy Awards got underway on Sunday, as each  won three of the music industry's top awards.
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Late soul legend Ray Charles is among the early winners at the Grammy music awards, getting six prizes.
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British pop singer Amy Winehouse,  whose rapid descent from promising newcomer to emaciated junkie  played out in the full glare of the public eye last year, took  home five Grammy Awards on Sunday.
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The rapper received 10 Grammy nominations, while Alicia Keys and Usher received eight. Ray Charles, who died in June, has seven.
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Herbie Hancock won the coveted album of the year Grammy on Sunday, becoming the first jazz instrumentalist to win the honor in more than 40 years and causing Hancock to remark "it's a new day" at the Grammys.
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Ray Charles' posthumous duets album  won six prizes in early ceremonies at the 47th annual Grammy  Awards on Sunday, boosting its prospects of winning the top  categories during the televised portion of the event scheduled  to be held later in the day.
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R&B singer Mary J. Blige led the  contenders for the Grammy Awards, picking up eight nominations,  organizers said on Thursday.
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R&B star Mary J Blige leads the nominations for the US music industry's Grammy Awards.
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The soul-stirring biopic Ray, probing the life of legendary singer and musician Ray Charles, made sweet music at the box-office, even as it couldn&#39;t dislodge last week&#39;s champ The Grudge from the top position.
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Mary J. Blige has a leading eight Grammy nominations and her triumphant comeback was the feel-good story of the 2006. So it seems as if her coronation on Grammy night is all but assured.
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Stevie Wonder and Usher are among artists signed up for a tribute concert for blues singer Ray Charles.
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Iconic rock group The Doors and folk singer Joan Baez win Grammy awards for lifetime achievement.
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Mary J. Blige, the self-described Queen of Hip-Hop Soul, had a chance to become the Queen of the Grammys on Sunday with a leading eight nominations for her best-selling, critically acclaimed album, "The Breakthrough."
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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - An eclectic lineup of musicians honored Ray Charles in a tribute concert, praising the late singer's rich life and his ability to transcend race and musical genres...
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - Stevie Wonder, Usher and Norah Jones  are among the artists who will celebrate Ray Charles at an  October tribute concert that will be taped for later broadcast  on CBS.
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Kanye West, Usher, Alicia Keys and Ray Charles were about as hard to predict as rain in Seattle. But such choices reveal as much about the increasing relevance of the awards as they do about their continued blind spots.
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Rock legend Jerry Lee Lewis, country star Eddy Arnold and late jazz pioneer Jelly Roll Morton are among recipients of this year's Lifetime Achievement Awards from the Recording Academy, which also presents the Grammy Awards.