Grammy Awards Get Lowest Rating Since '95
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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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US consumer sentiment is at its lowest level in two years on growing concerns about weak business conditions.
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No one can say that Grammy Award organizers aren't quick learners when it comes to scheduling. This year they were rewarded for it. An estimated 20.1 million people watched the Dixie Chicks' defiant night on the Grammy Awards Sunday, up 18 percent from last year for what used to be considered the music industry's biggest night on television, according to Nielsen Media Research.
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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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The Grammys got underway with a classic feel, and Kanye West and Amy Winehouse â two of the nightâs most compelling storylines â were among the early leaders at Sunday nightâs ceremony.
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The Grammy's will have to go on without the troubled soul singer.
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LOS ANGELES -- Grammy voters can&#39;t stop loving Ray Charles or, for that matter, the R&amp;B-rooted music of freshman rapper Kanye West, contemporary R&amp;B singer Usher and neo-soul singer-songwriter Alicia Keys, a formidable foursome who among them garnered 33
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The Dixie Chicks came away with five awards at Sunday night's Grammys, followed by the Red Hot Chili Peppers with four and Mary J. Blige with three
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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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The biggest stars of the music  world are gathering in Los Angeles for Sunday's Grammy Awards,  while the business slides deeper into the abyss.
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The average national rating for "Monday Night Football" this season was the lowest in the ABC program's 35 years, though it still ranked among the top 10 prime-time shows for the 15th straight season.
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LOS ANGELES  - When the Grammy Awards telecast bursts into full-throated song on Sunday night, live from the Staples Center in Los Angeles, it will mark the awards show's 50th year. But there will be another milestone to celebrate as well -- the Grammys' 35th year on CBS.
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Interest rates on short-term Treasury bills fell in Monday's auction to the lowest levels in three years.
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The 56th annual Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday night scored the franchise&#39;s smallest audience -- about 14 million viewers -- since the disaster of 1990.
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Whether it was competition  with Tony Soprano&#39;s farewell or some other factor, Sunday  night&#39;s Tony Awards fell to the lowest ratings since at least  1992.
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LOS ANGELES  - After steamrolling through the Golden Globes and threatening the Oscars, the Hollywood writers strike may also deflate a third marquee award show -- the Grammys.
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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.