Alicia Keys, Ray Charles, Usher get Grammy nominations, but rapper ...
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Young Chicago rapper Kanye West, a hip-hop producer and remix specialist who debuted with his own album this year, received 10 Grammy Awards nominations, topping the list of contenders announced Tuesday.
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The Grammys got soul on Sunday,  honoring Ray Charles with five posthumous awards, including the  coveted album and record of the year prizes.
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Usher has led the field of candidates for the 32nd annual American Music Awards with four nominations. The R&amp;B singer was nominated for favourite male artist and favourite album, in both the pop/rock and soul/R&amp;B categories.
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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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. (antiTainment) Usher dominates the nominations for the 32nd annual American Music Awards, competing for four awards. The list of nominees was released on Tuesday and is dominated by Urban artists.
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Ray Charles posthumously dominated the Grammys with wins in eight categories, while Alicia Keys picked up four awards, including best R&B album.
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With the year's top album and single, Usher doesn't have to worry about getting left out when Grammy nominees are announced Tuesday. The question simply is how many nominations the R&amp;B crooner will get.
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R&B singer Usher, who scored the biggest album of the year and four No. 1 singles, picked up 11 trophies at the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas on Wednesday, with Alicia Keys, OutKast and Grammys frontrunner Kanye West also sharing in the spoils.
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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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The Grammys will be held tonight, and one of the mostly hotly contested categories involves Kanye West against ... himself. The producer-turned-rapper leads all nominees with 10 nods. He has two nominations in the best rap-sung collaboration: "Slow Jamz" with Twista and actor-singer Jamie Foxx, and "All Falls Down" with Syleena Johnson.
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Rap artist and producer Kanye West is the King of the hill when it comes to Grammy award nominations. The Rap master is nominated for for 10 Grammy awards, the most since Carlos Santana did it in 1989.
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Want a Grammy? Your best bet is being an R&amp;B or hip-hop artist - or dearly departed. The Recording Academy revealed the nominees for the 47th annual Grammy Awards Tuesday, and there were few surprises.
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R&amp;B singer Usher and hip-hop duo OutKast each won three prizes by the midway mark at the American Music Awards on Sunday, with Usher on his way to a clean sweep of all four categories in which he was nominated.
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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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For more than a dozen artists, nominations for the American Music Awards came in twos and threes.
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R&amp;B star Usher swept the American Music Awards last night (Nov. 14), winning all four categories in which he was nominated. Other multiple winners included hip-hop duo OutKast with three awards, and singer
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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.