Daddy Yankee

–        ‘Rompe’ #1 track Billboard Latin Charts this week
–        Video for ‘Rompe’ due next week
–        US release date for ‘Barrio Fino En Directo’ CD+DVD is December 18th – stay tuned for a frontline release in early Feb 06! 

Blink 182 – Greatest Hits

-         Platinum in Australia and Canada
-         2 x Gold in UK
-         Gold in Indonesia and US

Keyshia Cole

-         ‘The Way It Is’ GOLD in the US (6# debut)
-         ‘I Should Have Cheated’ #1 at urban radio!
-         #4 Billboard Hot R&B/HipHop songs with ‘I Should Have…’
-         Nominated for 3 VIBE Awards, winner of the ‘Next’ Award for best upcoming artist  

Nine Inch Nails

-         new single ‘Everyday Is Exactly The Same’ scheduled for a radio date late January, early February
-         video to be shot in December
-         new mix by Tom Lord-Alge
-         new US tour dates announced

Weezer

-         new single ‘Perfect Situation’ ready for release in early 2006
-         great video featuring Elisha Cuthbert (‘24’, ‘House Of Wax’, ‘Love Actually’ …)

Angels & Airwaves

-         Tom DeLonge’s (Blink 182) new side project
-         Album out Q2-2006
-         Pls check attached piece in Alternative Press 

Plus 44

-         Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker join Carol Heller to form their side project named ‘+44’ -         Album expected not before summer

Please find below the UMG Grammy nominees:

RECORD OF THE YEAR

Gwen Stefani- Hollaback Girl

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Gwen Stefani- Love.Angel.Music.Baby.

U2- How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb

SONG OF THE YEAR

U2- Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own

BEST NEW ARTIST

Keane

BEST FEMALE POP VOCAL PERFORMANCE

Sheryl Crow- Good Is Good

Gwen Stefani- Hollaback Girl

BEST POP PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCAL

The Black Eyed Peas- Don’t Lie

BEST POP COLLABORATION WITH VOCALS

The Black Eyed Peas & Jack Johnson- Gone Going

BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM

Sheryl Crow- Wildflower

Gwen Stefani- Love.Angel.Music.Baby

BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCAL

U2- Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own

BEST HARD ROCK PERFORMANCE

Audioslave- Doesn’t Remind Me

Nine Inch Nails- The Hand That Feeds

Queens Of The Stone Age- Little Sister

BEST ROCK SONG

U2- City of Blinding Lights

Weezer – Beverly Hills

BEST ROCK ALBUM

U2- How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb

BEST ALTERNATIVE MUSIC ALBUM

Beck- Guero

BEST RAP SOLO PERFORMANCE

Eminem- Mockingbird

50 Cent- Disco Inferno

Common – Testify

BEST RAP PERFORMANCE: BY A DUO OR GROUP

The Black Eyed Peas- Don’t Phunk With My Heart

Eminem Featuring Dr.Dre & 50 Cent- Encore

The Game Featuring 50 Cent- Hate It Or Love It

Common – “The Corner” (featuring The Last Poets)

BEST RAP/SUNG COLLABORATION

Gwen Stefani Featuring Eve- Rich Girl

Common – They Say (featuring Kanye West & John Legend)

BEST RAP SONG  

Candy Shop- Curtis Jackson & Scott Storch, songwriters (50 Cent Featuring Olivia)

Don’t Phunk With My Heart- William Adams, Printz Board, Stacy Ferguson & George Pajon, Jr., songwriters (The Black Eyed Peas)

Hate It Or Love It- Curtis Jackson, A. Lyon, Jayceon Taylor & M. Valenzano, songwriters (The Game Featuring 50 Cent)

BEST RAP ALBUM

Eminem- Encore

50 Cent- The Massacre

BEST TRADITIONAL BLUES ALBUM

B.B. King – B.B. King & Friends

BEST REGGAE ALBUM

Shaggy – Clothesdrop

BEST URBAN/ALTERNATIVE PERFORMANCE

Floetry – Supastar

Mos Def – Ghetto Rock

BEST COMEDY ALBUM

Family Guy – Live in Las Vegas

Chris Rock- Never Scared

** INTERSCOPE/A&M ARTISTS WERE ALSO NOMINATED FOR OTHER WORKS:

BEST COUNTRY COLLABORATION WITH VOCALS

Building Bridges- Brooks & Dunn, Sheryl Crow & Vince Gill

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, NON-CLASSICAL

The Neptunes (Pharrell)- songs include Hollaback Girl and Let’s Get Blown