Kanye West Receives 10 Grammy Nominations
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Rapper Kanye West performs during the 4th annual BET Awards in Los Angeles, in this June 29, 2004 file photo. West has received 10 nominations during the 47th annual Grammy Awards nomination announcements Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2004, in Los Angeles.
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Alicia Keys and Usher received eight Grammy nominations each on Monday and Ray Charles, who died in June, received seven.
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Usher (news) leads the pack of nominees for this year&#39;s American Music Awards ceremony, scoring a total of four nods; OutKast (news) and Kanye West (news) follow with three nominations each.
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Rapper Kayne West collected a leading &#39;perfect score&#39; of 10 Grammy nominations for his debut album, The College Dropout. The disc has received rave reviews from critics because it&#39;s stayed away from what have
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Hip-hop star Kanye West is pleased that his latest release is doing better than rapper   50 Cent's new album.
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R&B singer Mary J. Blige, dubbed  the "Queen of Hip-Hop/Soul" for her impassioned style, led the  contenders for the Grammy Awards with eight nominations,  organizers said on Thursday.
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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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Two years ago, Kanye West's Grammy after-party was a booze-filled, late-night affair with 3,000 screaming guests, bikini-clad women Â and his mother, Donde, was in the house.
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R&B singer Alicia Keys edged past  Ray Charles to claim the lead at the midway mark of the Grammy  Awards with four prizes, but leading nominee Kanye West stole  the show shortly after being snubbed in one of the biggest  shocks in the event's recent history.
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Chicago rapper Kanye West, who  survived a near-fatal car crash to record a debut album that  ranked among the year's biggest sellers, led the field of  Grammy Award contenders with nominations in 10 categories,  organizers said on Tuesday.
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Rapper-producers Kanye West and Lil Jon each took home three prizes at the Source Hip-Hop Music Awards on Sunday.
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LOS ANGELES, CA Wednesday 9.15.2004 /netmusiccountdown.com/ -- Truth tour mates Usher and Kanye West lead this year&#39;s nominations for the American Music Awards.
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - A day after reaching No. 1 on the U.S. album charts, hip-hop star Kanye West took the top spot on the singles chart Thursday.
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Chicago producer-turned rapper Kanye West, Atlanta R&amp;B star Usher, Grammy favorite Alicia Keys, and persistent Stevie Wonder and other commercially successful hitmakers are honored as top Grammy contenders and at the Billboard Awards in Las Vegas.
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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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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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U.S. artists are expected to dominate Britain's biggest black music awards on Thursday, with Chicago rapper Kanye West boosting a record number of nominations.