Mary J Blige leads Grammys list
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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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Ray Charles may be gone, but he's  unlikely to be forgotten at the Grammy Awards on Sunday, when  he competes for seven of the music industry's most coveted  prizes.
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Rapper Kanye West, the leading nominee at the Grammy Awards, won three prizes during early proceedings on Sunday, while another top contender, Amy Winehouse, won a pair of statuettes.
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With Kanye West, Alicia Keys and Usher leading the parade, the field of Grammy nominations again signals that the National Academy of Recording Arts &amp; Sciences is moving beyond its history of congenital stodginess.
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Kanye West is nominated for a leading eight Grammy awards and has a history, good or bad, of creating memorable awards show moments. But the superstar rapper and producer may be upstaged on Grammy night by another nominee who's not even able to attend Sunday's ceremony.
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Amy Winehouse will not attend this year's Grammy Awards because her request for a visa was denied, but she will perform by satellite at Sunday's ceremony in Los Angeles. Winehouse and her acclaimed "Back to Black" album are nominated for Grammys in six categories.
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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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LOS ANGELES  - Hip-hop star and actress  Queen Latifah will host and perform at the 47th Grammy Awards  ceremony, Feb. 13 at the Staples Center.
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R&B singer Mary J. Blige was the  top winner at the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas on  Monday, taking home nine prizes, while "American Idol" champion  Carrie Underwood was honored for album of the year.
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From J.Lo to James Brown, Usher to U2, the Grammys had it all this year &#151; except a lot of interested viewers. An estimated 18.8 million people watched Ray Charles' swan song clean up with eight awards Sunday night, a startling 28 percent drop from the 2004 Grammys.
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Call it the night of multiple nominations. More than a dozen artists headed into the 2006 American Music Awards on Tuesday with at least two chances to win, including Kanye West, Kelly Clarkson, Eminem, Carrie Underwood and Mary J. Blige.
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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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When it came time to pick the songs that would be on her first greatest hits collection, Mary J. Blige had a lot of contenders. After all, the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul has reigned supreme for more than a decade.
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The Grammys could take a rare step  into the political arena on Sunday if the Dixie Chicks win the  coveted album-of-the-year award, as observers of the music  industry's biggest honors are predicting.
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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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Led Zeppelin, Janis Joplin and Jerry Lee Lewis will receive lifetime achievement awards at this year's Grammy Awards, organizers said Tuesday.
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Mary J Blige, James Blunt and the Red Hot Chili Peppers are among the stars doing battle at the Grammy Awards.