Rolling Stone | by Daniel Kreps | Wed, Dec 2
Wed, Dec 2
The nominations for the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards were announced tonight (December 2) during a televised one-hour special concert event.
Best Rap Solo Performance
Drake – “Best I Ever Had”
Eminem – “Beautiful”
Jay-Z – “D.O.A (Death of Auto-Tune)”
Kid Cudi – “Day ‘N’ Nite”
3 mainstream media weighed in on a similar topic
Today,
Daniel Kreps from Rolling Stone says
(in Kings of Leon, Lady Gaga Rule iTunes Top-Selling 2009 Charts)
2. Various Artists, Twilight (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
3. Lady Gaga, The Fame
4. Taylor Swift, Fearless
5. Dave Matthews Band, Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King
6. Michael Jackson, The Essential Michael Jackson
7. The Fray, The Fray
8. Jay-Z, The Blueprint 3
9. Eminem, Relapse
This Week,
Daniel Kreps from Rolling Stone says
(in Drake Recruits Jay-Z, Lil Wayne and Kanye West for Debut Album, “Thank Me Later”)
Drake has lined up Jay-Z, Young Jeezy and “Forever” co-stars Kanye West and Lil Wayne to appear on his much-anticipated debut album Thank Me Later, the rapper told MTV News. Backstage at Wednesday’s Grammy Nominations Concert, rapper Drake told Rolling Stone, “My album is slated to come...
And
Maria Starr from Bodog Beat says
(in All the Single Ladies: Beyonce Picks Up 10 Grammy Nominations)
Best Pop Vocal Album
I Gotta Feeling" (the Black Eyed Peas)
We Weren't Born To Follow" (Bon Jovi)
Never Say Never" (the Fray)
Sara Smile" (Daryl Hall and John Oates)
Kids" (MGMT)
Best Rap Album
Universal Mind Control (Common)
Relapse (Eminem)
R.O.O.T.S. (Flo Rida)
The Ecstatic (Mos Def)