Joan Armatrading excited about blues Grammy bid
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Singer/songwriter Joan Armatrading  scored a couple of firsts in the U.S. music business in 2007.
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Troubled soul singer Amy Winehouse has dominated the 50th Grammy Awards -- the Oscars of the music industry -- taking home five of the most prestigious awards.
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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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With her album "The Breakthrough," Mary J. Blige might be the breakout leader when Grammy nominations are announced.
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It paid to share the microphone this year. Collaborative efforts ruled the Grammy nominations announced yesterday. Whether it was the duets on senior statesman
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Arts & entertainment: Â· Consecutive nominations a first for Sheffield band  Â· Amy Winehouse is joint favourite on 12-strong list
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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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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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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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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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Singer Beyonce Knowles has hinted that she will perform at the upcoming Grammy awards.
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Burt Bacharach, Doris Day and Earl Scruggs will receive 2008 Grammy Awards for lifetime achievement.
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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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Music from Bob Marley and The Rolling Stones are among new works inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
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Amy Winehouse, right, the British soul singer, will perform via satellite for the 50th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday despite an unexpected reversal of the State Departmentâs rejection of her visa, her spokesman said Friday. Officials at the Department of Homeland Security issued a waiver that in effect overturned a decision by the United States Embassy in London to deny her visa request, according to an administration official. But the shift came too late for Ms. Winehouse, who recently entered a rehabilitation clinic after a video purporting to show her using drugs surfaced online, to prepare for a live performance in Los Angeles. Her spokesman, Chris Goodman, said, âUnfortunately, due to the logistics involved and timing complications, Amy will not be traveling to the U.S. to perform at the Grammys in person.â Ms. Winehouse, who is nominated in six categories, including album of the year for âBack to Black,â will join a long list of performers on the broadcast, which grew longer on Friday with the announcement that Kanye West, whose eight nominations are the most for anyone, will take the stage at the ceremony. John Mayer and Bebe Winans will also perform on the live CBS broadcast. Organizers previously announced a lineup including BeyoncÃ©, Rihanna, Kid Rock and the Foo Fighters.
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Jerry Lee Lewis and John Fogerty warmed up for their upcoming collaboration on the Grammy Awards by tearing it up in celebration of music's influence on social change over the last 50 years.
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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.