Universal Music leads the field in Grammy nominations

Universal Music Group artists led the nominations in major categories of the 48th annual Grammy Awards, which were announced on Dec. 8 in New York.  These included four of the five nominees for the all-important Album of the Year category, and three of the five nominees for Record of the Year.

Among UMG’s nominated artists were Mariah Carey, Kanye West, Gwen Stefani, 50 Cent, Stevie Wonder, the Black Eyed Peas and the Killers.  Among the non-American nominees were U2, Keane, Rammstein, Floetry and Cecilia Bartoli.  Universal Music accrued 138 nominations (including distributed labels), more than any other record company.  The full list of nominations by category appears below.

The 48th annual Grammy Awards show takes place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on February 8, and the telecast is transmitted worldwide.

UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP GRAMMY AWARD NOMINEES

Note:  An asterisk ( * ) denotes a nomination for a UMG artist appearing on a non-UMG released recording.

General Field

Category 1

Record Of The Year

(Award to the Artist and to the Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s) and/or Mixer(s), if other than the artist.)

We Belong Together

Mariah Carey

Mariah Carey, Jermaine Dupri & Manuel Seal, producers; Brian Garten, John

Horesco IV & Phil Tan, engineers/mixers

Track from: The Emancipation Of Mimi

[Island Records]

Hollaback Girl

Gwen Stefani

The Neptunes, producers; Andrew Coleman & Phil Tan, engineers/mixers

Track from: Love. Angel. Music. Baby.

[Interscope Records]

Gold Digger

Kanye West

Jon Brion & Kanye West, producers; Tom Biller, Andrew Dawson, Mike Dean &

Anthony Kilhofer, engineers/mixers

Track from: Late Registration

[Roc-A-Fella]

Category 2

Album Of The Year

(Award to the Artist(s) and to the Album Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s)/Mixer(s) & Mastering Engineer(s), if other than the artist.)

The Emancipation Of Mimi

Mariah Carey

Mariah Carey, Brian Michael Cox, Jermaine Dupri, Young Genius, Scram Jones, The

Legendary Traxster, LROC, The Neptunes, James Poyser, Manuel Seal, Kanye West &

James "Big Jim" Wright, producers; Dana Jon Chappelle, Jermaine Dupri, Bryan

Frye, Brian Garten, John Horesco IV, Manny Marroquin, Mike Pierce, Phil Tan &

Pat "Pat 'Em Down" Viala, engineers/mixers; Herb Powers, mastering engineer

[Island Records]

Love. Angel. Music. Baby.

Gwen Stefani

Andre 3000, Dallas Austin, Dr. Dre, Nellee Hooper, Jimmy Jam, Tony Kanal, Terry

Lewis, The Neptunes, Linda Perry & Johnny Vulture, producers; Andre 3000, Andrew

Coleman, Greg Collins, Ian Cross, Dr. Dre, John Frye, Simon Gogerly, Mauricio

"Veto" Iragorri, Matt Marin, Colin "Dog" Mitchell, Pete Novak, Ian Rossiter,

Rick Sheppard, Mark "Spike" Stent, Phil Tan & Johnny Vulture, engineers/mixers;

Brian "Big Bass" Gardner, mastering engineer

[Interscope Records]

How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb

U2

Brian Eno, Flood, Daniel Lanois, Jacknife Lee, Steve Lillywhite & Chris Thomas,

producers; Greg Collins, Flood, Carl Glanville, Simon Gogerly, Nellee Hooper,

Jacknife Lee & Steve Lillywhite, engineers/mixers; Arnie Acosta, mastering

engineer

[Interscope Records]

Late Registration

Kanye West

Jon Brion, Warryn "Baby Dubb" Campbell, Just Blaze, Devo Springsteen & Kanye

West, producers; Craig Bauer, Tom Biller, Andrew Dawson, Mike Dean, Anthony

Kilhofer, Manny Marroquin, Richard Reitz & Brian Sumner, engineers/mixers; Vlado

Meller, mastering engineer

[Roc-A-Fella]

Category 3

Song Of The Year

(A Songwriter(s) Award. A song is eligible if it was first released or if it first achieved prominence during the Eligibility Year. (Artist names appear in parenthesis.) Singles or Tracks only.)

Bless The Broken Road

Bobby Boyd, Jeff Hanna & Marcus Hummon, songwriters (Rascal Flatts)

Track from: Feels Like Today

[Lyric Street Records; Publishers: Careers-BMG Music, Floyd's Dream Music, Jeff Diggs Music.]

    ?      Ordinary People

            W. Adams (Will.I.Am) * & J. Stephens, songwriters (John Legend)

            Track from: Get Lifted

            [Getting Out Our Dreams/Sony Urban Music/Columbia; Publishers: John Legend Publishing, Will.I.Am Music, Cherry River Music.]

Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own

U2, songwriters (U2)

Track from: How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb

[Interscope Records; Publisher: Universal Music Publishing.]

We Belong Together

J. Austin, M. Carey, J. Dupri & M. Seal, songwriters; (D. Bristol, K. Edmonds,

S. Johnson, P. Moten, S. Sully & B. Womack, songwriters) (Mariah Carey)

Track from: The Emancipation Of Mimi

[Island; Pubs: Rye Songs, Shaniah Cymone Music, EMI April, Seal Music, BMG Songs, Naked Under My Clothes, Ballads by Design, Chrysalis Music, Sony/ATV Songs, Hip Chic Music, Mister Johnson's Jams, Warner-Tamerlane Pub., Abkco Music.]

Category 4

Best New Artist

(For a new artist who releases, during the Eligibility Year, the first recording which establishes the public identity of that artist.)

Fall Out Boy

Keane

SugarLand

Field 1 - Pop

Category 5

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

It's Like That

Mariah Carey

Track from: The Emancipation Of Mimi

[Island Records]

Good Is Good

Sheryl Crow

Track from: Wildflower

[A&M Records]

Hollaback Girl

Gwen Stefani

Track from: Love. Angel. Music. Baby.

[Interscope Records]

Category 6

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance

(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

Sitting, Waiting, Wishing

Jack Johnson

Track from: In Between Dreams

[Brushfire Records/Universal Records]

From The Bottom Of My Heart

Stevie Wonder

Track from: A Time To Love

[Motown Records]

Category 7

Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

(For established duos or groups, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

Don't Lie

The Black Eyed Peas

Track from: Monkey Business

[A&M Records]

Mr. Brightside

The Killers

Track from: Hot Fuss

[Island Records]

Category 8

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals

(For a collaborative performance, with vocals, by artists who do not normally perform together. Singles or Tracks only.)

Gone Going

The Black Eyed Peas & Jack Johnson

Track from: Monkey Business

[A&M Records]

A Time To Love

Stevie Wonder Featuring India.Arie

Track from: A Time To Love

[Motown Records]

Category 11

Best Pop Vocal Album

(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

Wildflower

Sheryl Crow

[A&M Records]

Love. Angel. Music. Baby.

Gwen Stefani

[Interscope Records]

Field 2 - Dance

Category 12

Best Dance Recording

(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances. Vocal or Instrumental. Singles or tracks only.)

Galvanize

The Chemical Brothers Featuring Q-Tip *

The Chemical Brothers, producers; The Chemical Brothers & Steve Dub, mixers

Track from: Push The Button

[Astralwerks]

Field 4 - Rock

Category 16

Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

(For duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

All These Things That I've Done

The Killers

Track from: Hot Fuss

[Island Records]

Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own

U2

Track from: How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb

[Interscope Records]

Category 17

Best Hard Rock Performance

(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

Doesn't Remind Me

Audioslave

Track from: Out Of Exile

[Interscope/Epic Records]

The Hand That Feeds

Nine Inch Nails

Track from: With Teeth

[nothing/Interscope Records]

Little Sister

Queens Of The Stone Age

Track from: Lullabies To Paralyze

[Interscope Records]

Category 18

Best Metal Performance

(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

Mein Teil

Rammstein

Track from: Reise, Reise

[Republic/Universal]

Before I Forget

Slipknot

Track from: Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)

[Roadrunner Records]

Category 20

Best Rock Song

(A Songwriter(s) Award. Includes Rock, Hard Rock & Metal songs. For Song Eligibility Guidelines see Category #3. (Artist names appear in parenthesis.) Singles or Tracks only.)

Beverly Hills

Rivers Cuomo, songwriter (Weezer)

Track from: Make Believe

[Geffen Records; Publisher: E.O. Smith Music.]

City Of Blinding Lights

U2, songwriters (U2)

Track from: How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb

[Interscope Records; Publisher: Universal Music Publishing.]

Category 21

Best Rock Album

(Vocal or Instrumental. Includes Hard Rock and Metal.)

How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb

U2

[Interscope Records]

Field 5 - Alternative

Category 22

Best Alternative Music Album

(Vocal or Instrumental.)

Guero

Beck

[Interscope Records]

Field 6 - R&B

Category 23

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance

(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

We Belong Together

Mariah Carey

Track from: The Emancipation Of Mimi

[Island Records]

Category 24

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance

(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

So What The Fuss

Stevie Wonder

[Motown]

Category 25

Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

(For duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

So Amazing

Beyoncé & Stevie Wonder *

Track from: So Amazing - An All Star Tribute To Luther Vandross (Various Artists)

[J Records]

How Will I Know

Stevie Wonder Featuring Aisha Morris

Track from: A Time To Love

[Motown Records]

Category 26

Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance

(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

Mine Again

Mariah Carey

Track from: The Emancipation Of Mimi

[Island Records]

Category 27

Best Urban/Alternative Performance

(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

SupaStar

Floetry

[Geffen]

Welcome To Jamrock

Damian Marley

Track from: Welcome To Jamrock

[Tuff Gong/Universal]

Ghetto Rock

Mos Def

Track from: The New Danger

[Geffen]

Category 28

Best R&B Song

(A Songwriter(s) Award. For Song Eligibility Guidelines see Category #3. (Artist names appear in parenthesis.) Singles or Tracks only.)

?     Ordinary People

W. Adams (Will.I.Am) * & J. Stephens, songwriters (John Legend)

Track from: Get Lifted

[Getting Out Our Dreams/Sony Urban Music/Columbia; Publishers: John Legend Publishing, Will.I.Am Music, Cherry River Music.]

We Belong Together

J. Austin, M. Carey, J. Dupri & M. Seal, songwriters; (D. Bristol, K. Edmonds,

S. Johnson, P. Moten, S. Sully & B. Womack, songwriters) (Mariah Carey)

Track from: The Emancipation Of Mimi

[Island; Publishers: Rye Songs, Shaniah Cymone Music, EMI April, Seal Music, BMG Songs, Naked Under My Clothes, Ballads by Design, Chrysalis Music, Sony/ATV Songs, Hip Chic Music, Mister Johnson's Jams, Warner-Tamerlane, Abkco Music.]

Category 29

Best R&B Album

(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

A Time To Love

Stevie Wonder

[Motown Records]

Category 30

Best Contemporary R&B Album

(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

The Emancipation Of Mimi

Mariah Carey

[Island Records]

Field 7 - Rap

Category 31

Best Rap Solo Performance

(For a solo Rap performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

Testify

Common

Track from: Be

[Geffen]

Mockingbird

Eminem

Track from: Encore