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Grammy Award nominations announced
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A COMPLETE list of nominees in 100 categories was announced on Wednesday for the 43rd annual Grammys, to be presented on February 21 in Los Angeles.
Eminem's "The Marshall Mathers LP" received four Grammy nominations, including album of the year. He and his mentor, Dr Dre, who produced the album, received a combined nine Grammy nominations for it and "Dr Dre--2001".
Also nominated for album of the year: perennial Grammy favourite Paul Simon, for "You're the One"; Beck for "Midnite Vultures"; Radiohead for "Kid A," and Steely Dan for "Two Against Nature." Paul Simon has won album of the year three times before and already owns 16 Grammys.
Besides Dr Dre, Beyonce Knowles of the group Destiny's Child also had a leading five nominations, for songwriting and for her work with the group. Among the nominations for Destiny's Child was record of the year for "Say My Name".
'N Sync garnered two nominations. One was for record of the year, for "Bye Bye Bye". Other nominations in that category include Destiny's Child's "Say My Name"; "Beautiful Day" by U2; "I Try" by Macy Gray; and "Music" by Madonna.
Madonna, who has never won a Grammy in a major category, was also nominated for female pop vocal performance and pop vocal album, but was surprisingly shut out of the album of the year category.
Country singer Faith Hill, whose "Breathe" was the top single of 2000, did not receive a nomination for record of the year. But the songwriters of "Breathe" were nominated for song of the year and Hill received three nominations. Vince Gill had four, including best country album for "Let's Make Sure We Kiss Goodbye".
(SD-Agencies)
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