The
Grammys: The winners are...
Alicia
Keys and the
soundtrack to 'O
Brother, Where Art Thou?'
came out of the Grammy ceremony the big winners on the night taking home 5
and 6 trophies respectively. The reigning princess of R&B wins included
two of the big four awards: Song
of the Year for 'Fallin'
' and Best New
Artist as well as Best
Female R&B Vocal Performance,
Best R&B Song
and Best R&B Album, for Songs
in A Minor.
She could of have all 6 she was nominated for had it not been for U2's Record
of the Year win
with 'Walk On '
but Alicia was thrilled nevertheless - "I was excited — very,
very thrilled, you have to be involved as an artist, never let people tell
you what to do, or you will never do anything." said the young
lady.
Speaking of U2, they didn't do too badly either winning 4 of the 8 they
were including Best
Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group
with a Vocal
for 'Stuck in a
Moment You Can't Get Out Of',
Best Rock Vocal
Performance by Duo or Group with Vocals
for 'Elevation',
and Best Rock Album
for 'All That
You Can't Leave Behind '
India Arie
who got
the 2nd most nods with 7 came up empty handed with naught and also overlooked
was the UK's latest phenomena Craig
David
Here is the full list of the big winners on the night:
- Song Of The Year:
Alicia Keys -
Fallin' (Taken from: Songs In A Minor)
- Best New Artist: Alicia Keys
- Best Female Pop Vocal
Performance: Nelly Furtado -
I'm Like A Bird
- Best Male Rock Vocal
Performance: Lenny Kravitz -
Dig in
- Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or
Group With Vocal: U2
- Best Pop Collaboration With
Vocals: Christina
Aguilera, Lil'
Kim, Mya &
Pink -
Lady Marmalade
- Best Pop Vocal Album: Sade -
Lovers Rock
- Best Dance: Janet Jackson -
All
for you
- Best Female R&B Vocal
Performance: Alicia Keys -
Fallin'
- Best Male R&B Vocal
Performance: Usher -
You remind me
- Best R&B Performance By A
Duo Or Group With Vocal: Destiny's Child -
Survivor
- Best R&B Song: Alicia Keys -
Fallin'
- Best R&B Album: Alicia Keys
- Songs in A-minor'
- Best Traditional R&B Vocal
Album: Patti Labelle -
At last
- Best Rap Solo Performance: Missy
Elliot - Get ur freak on
- Best Rap Performance by a Duo or
Group: Outkast -
Ms Jackson
- Best Rap/Sung Collaboration: Eve
w/Gwen Stefani - Let me blow your mind
- Best Rap Album: Outkast -
Stankonia
- Best Jazz Vocal Album: Dianne
Reeves - The Calling
- Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel
Album: Ce Ce Winans -
Ce Ce Winans
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Usher's
early days gives a 'NuBeginning' to the man
Who
would of thought it - with all his success as a solo artist that he was
actually part of a group. 11 years after the fact Usher
(given name: Usher Raymond)
will release his very first recordings with the group 'Nubeginnings',
Hip-O records will release and distribute the 10 song set that was recorded
in Chattanooga his hometown.
The
group Usher,
Anthony Byrd,
Adrian Johnson,
Reginald McKibbon
and Charles Yarbrough
— was constructed by local music talent scout Darryl
Wheeler. Tracks featured on
the LP include their hometown anthem 'Chatt
Town,' 'Sweet
Baby ' and 'A
Mother's Luv,' which
will be the first single.
After recording the album, Usher and his family moved to Atlanta,
where his talents were watched with interest by Antonio
' L.A.'
Reid,
co-founder of LaFace
Records. Next thing you know he does a song called 'Call
Me a Mack '
on 1993's 'Poetic Justice
' soundtrack, and soon thereafter he
was signed to LaFace where he released his self-titled debut in 1994. The
album should drop at the end of the month.
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LL Cool
J's latest - a '10' with the ladies
LL
Cool J makes the ladies happy, it's evident when he performs who screams
the loudest when he does his patentive lick of the lips and so with that
in mind LL (given name: James
Todd Smith) will be
dedicating his next album to the females.
'10' is the name of the forthcoming set that features an array of
producers including The
Neptunes and The
Trackmasters. This LP sees
the rapper head back to his original roots, easy free flowing rap
The Neptunes-produced 'You
Should,' is a typical
illustration on how you should treat your missus. while 'Paradise."
produced by The Trackmasters,
samples the winning beat of Kenny
Burke's classic hit of 82 'Keep
rising to the Top '
that has Missy Elliott's latest protégé Tweet
on hand singing background and chorus. Other notables tracks are 'Niggy
Nuts ' (fellas bop your
head to this one)
and '10 Million Stories '.
The lead off single 'Love
You Better ' goes to
radio in May
Source: soulnotes.com
