Click here to read about the 13 (wow!) Grammy nominations picked up by former American Idol contestants, but, believe it or not, there were other artists nominated as well!
Kanye West led the pack with 8 nominations, followed by troubled Brit singer Amy Winehouse, who grabbed 6 for her brilliant Back to Black. The Foo Fighters, Jay-Z, Timbaland, Justin Timberlake, and T-Pain each picked up five nominations.
Here are the nominees in the major general categories:
RECORD OF THE YEAR
"Irreplaceable," Beyonce
"The Pretender," Foo Fighters
"Umbrella," Rihanna Featuring Jay-Z
"What Goes Around…Comes Around," Justin Timberlake
"Rehab," Amy Winehouse
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace, Foo Fighters
These Days, Vince Gill
River: The Joni Letters, Herbie Hancock
Graduation, Kanye West
Back To Black, Amy Winehouse
SONG OF THE YEAR
"Before He Cheats," Carrie Underwood
"Hey There Delilah," Plain White T’s
"Like A Star," Corinne Bailey Rae
"Rehab,” Amy Winehouse
“Umbrella,” Rihanna featuring Jay-Z
BEST NEW ARTIST
Feist
Ledisi
Paramore
Taylor Swift
Amy Winehouse
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Thursday, December 06, 2007
Kanye West and Amy Winehouse Lead The Grammy Field
Tuesday, October 02, 2007
Daughtry the Only Idol Representative in the Top 50 Album Chart
Daughtry keeps on hangin' on.
Carrie Underwood is still off the chart (for now, at least, until her new CD is released later this month), meaning Daughtry is the only Idol alum with a full length CD on this week's album chart. The group moved about 20K copies for the #40 spot.
Reba McEntire's album Duets, featuring her collaboration with Kelly Clarkson on "Because of You," fell 60% this week but hung in the Top 10 at #6.
The week's top seller was the Rascall Flatts, who moved a whopping 555K copies. The Top 5 is rounded out by Keyshia Cole, the Foo Fighters, Jill Scott and Kanye West.
Numbers courtesy of Hits Daily Double
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Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Reba Tops the Album Chart, Daughtry Slips and Underwood Drops Out of Top 50
Believe it or not, this week's Top 50 album chart will be the first one not to feature Carrie Underwood's Some Hearts since 2005! Don't worry for Carrie, though -- her new album comes out in four weeks, so she'll be dominating again before too long.
Dominating this week, however, is Reba McEntire, who got an assist from Kelly Clarkson on her albums Duets. Clarkson and McEntire of course recorded a new version of Clarkson's "Because of You," which served as the first single. Duets sold approximately 300K copies, which is the biggest first week total of Reba's career.
The only Idol alum with an album on the charts, then, is Daughtry, whose self-titled debut fell eight spots to #31 this week (21K copies).
Aside from Reba, the rest of the Top 5 consisted of Kanye West (200K), 50 Cent (128K), Barry Manilow (112K) and Kenny Chesney (110K).
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Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Daughtry Gets a Boost and Underwood Hangs in the Top 50 on This Week's Album Chart
Daughtry got some mileage out of their hit single "Over You," increasing their sales this week by 16% to 23K, good enough for the #22 spot. Carrie Underwood, meanwhile, hung in the Top 50 at #48, selling just under 12K copies. Her new album comes out next month.
The #1 spot went to Kanye West, with a whopping 930K albums sold. Wow! 50 Cent came in second with about 660K albums, and country star Kenny Chesney finished at #3 with 400K albums sold. The Top 5 was rounded out by the soundtracks to High School Musical 2 (129K) and Hannah Montana (43K).
Kelly Clarkson, once again, failed to make it into the Top 50.
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