The
Grammys - The winners are:
Last
night saw the 45th Annual Grammy
Awards come our way and as one would expect there was
a few surprises in store. The category in question well all for
my girl Norah Jones who won
in all eight (yep eight) categories she was nominaed in (an apparent
first).
Norah won Best
New Artist, while her single 'Don't
Know Why' won Record of the
Year, Song of the Year
and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance,
and album 'Come Away With Me'
won Best Pop Vocal Album and
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical.
Her nearest rivals were not so fortunate as 'The
Boss' Bruce Springsteen
and The Dixie Chicks both won
3 grammys each and India Arie
nominated in five categories took home 2 including
Best R&B Album.
Here is the list of the big
winners on the night:
Song Of The Year: Norah
Jones - Don't know why
Best New Artist: Norah Jones
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance: Norah Jones
- Don't know why
Best Female Rock Vocal Performance: Sheryl
Crow - Steve McQueen
Best Male Rock Vocal Performance: John Mayer
- You're body is a Wonderland
Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal: No
Doubt - Hey Baby
Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals: Santana and Michele Branch -
The game of love
Best Pop Vocal Album: Norah Jones
- Come away with me
Best Pop Instrumental Performance: B.B. King
- Auld Lang Syne
Best Pop Instrumental Album: Norman Brown
- Just Chillin'
Best Dance: Dirty Vegas- Days
go by
Best Female R&B Vocal Performance: Mary
J. Blige- He Think I Don't Know
Best Male R&B Vocal Performance: Usher
- You Don't Have to Call
Best Male Rock Vocal Performance: Bruce Springsteen
- The Rising
Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal: Stevie
Wonder & Take 6 - Love's
In Need Of Love Today
Best R&B Song: Erykah Badu ft:
Common - Love
Of My Life (An Ode To Hip Hop)
Best R&B Album: India Arie - Voyage
to India
Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal: Coldplay
- In My Place
Best Contemporary R&B Album: Ashanti
- Ashanti
Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance: Chaka
Khan & The Funk Brothers
- What's Going On
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: Tony Bennett
- Playin' With My Friends: Bennett Sings The
Blues
Best Male Rap Solo
Performance: Nelly
- Hott in here
Best Female Rap Solo Performance: Missy Elliot
- Scream a.k.a. Itchin'
Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group: Outkast
ft: Killer Mike- The
Whole World
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration: Nelly
ft: Kelly Rowland - Dilemma
Best Rap Album: Eminem - The
Eminem Show
Best Jazz Vocal Album: Diana Krall
- Live in Paris
Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album: Jars of
Clay - The Eleventh Hour
Source: grammy.com
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NY
jock Angie Martinez confirms she is a mom-to-be
After
many rumors which has been circling in the grape wine for months,
resident New York Hot 97 jock
Angie Martinez confirmed last
week that she is indeed expecting her first child come this summer.
The pregnant mom-to-be had everyone playing the guessing game
for months in speculation as to is she or isn't she (that indeed
is the question)? -
- It's said that the father
to be is none other than Nokio
of Dru Hill fame. Unbeknown
to most of us is the fact that they were an item but I'm sure
we all wish her the best and to have a healthy child - period.
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The
music awards season is in full swing and with the grammys taking
place last night, the next event comes our way next weekend. Jennifer
Lopez and R&B supergroup Dru
Hill are the latest musical acts to be added to the lineup
for the 17th Annual Soul Train Music Awards
ceremony, which will be broadcast live from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium
on March 1 at 8 p.m. ET. In addition, actor-comedians Chris
Rock and Orlando Jones
have also been confirmed to take part in the show. Lopez, Rock,
and Jones will present awards, while Dru Hill will perform.
"The major stars now being
confirmed as presenters represent delightful additions to our previously
announced and quite spectacular performance lineup, including Mariah
Carey, LL Cool J,
Queen Latifah, Justin
Timberlake, Nelly,
Dru Hill, and much more,"
said the show's executive producer Don
Cornelius.
Cornelius added, "We're
extremely excited, overall, by the star power participating in this
year's live show and we would rank J. Lo, Chris Rock, Orlando Jones,
and the very smooth supergroup Dru Hill among the very hottest on
our 2003 wish list!"
R&B singers Ashanti
and Amerie lead the list of
nominees for the 17th Annual Soul Train Music Awards. Each singer
earned three nods, and the two will face off against each other
in the Best Female R&B/Soul Single
and Best Female R&B/Soul Album
categories. Ashanti was also
nominated in the R&B/soul or rap album of the year category,
while Amerie got an additional nod in best R&B/soul or rap new
artist category.
Several artists--including
B2K, Justin
Timberlake, Musiq,
Nelly, and Floetry--each
earned nominations in two categories. In addition, Nelly is slated
to receive the 2003 Sammy Davis Jr. Award for entertainer of the
year, while LL Cool J and Dionne Warwick will both receive the 2003
Quincy Jones Award for outstanding career achievements in the field
of entertainment. The event will be hosted by Queen
Latifah and Arsenio Hall.
Source: billboard.com
It seems that when it rains, it pours. R.
Kelly is back in the spotlight again with another
woman coming forward with the cry of harrasment. He has a hot
new single ('Ignition'-rmx)
steadily climbing the charts, it seemed everything is going
to be alright, Chicago authorities said they found 12 photos
of a nude girl at the singer's home and could now face up to
five years each for the pictures.