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2008 Grammy Winners
Staff The Corner News published February 6, 2008
Kanye West leads the way with 8 Gramy nominations and Amy Winehouse is there with 6. See how many they take home this Sunday, February 10, 2008. Winners at Sunday's 50th Annual Grammy Awards: Album of the Year: "River: The Joni Letters," Herbie Hancock. Record of the Year: "Rehab," Amy Winehouse. Song of the Year: "Rehab," Amy Winehouse (Amy Winehouse). New Artist: Amy Winehouse. Producer of the Year, Non-Classical: Mark Ronson. Pop Vocal Album: "Back to Black," Amy Winehouse. Female Pop Vocal Performance: "Rehab," Amy Winehouse. Male Pop Vocal Performance: "What Goes Around...Comes Around," Justin Timberlake. Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals: "Makes Me Wonder," Maroon 5. Pop Collaboration With Vocals: "Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)," Robert Plant & Alison Krauss. Pop Instrumental Album: "The Mix-Up," Beastie Boys. Pop Instrumental Performance: "One Week Last Summer," Joni Mitchell. Traditional Pop Vocal Album: "Call Me Irresponsible," Michael Buble. Alternative Music Album: "Icky Thump," The White Stripes. Rock Album: "Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace," Foo Fighters. Rock Song: "Radio Nowhere," Bruce Springsteen, songwriter (Bruce Springsteen). Solo Rock Vocal Performance: "Radio Nowhere," Bruce Springsteen. Rock Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals: "Icky Thump," The White Stripes. Hard Rock Performance: "The Pretender," Foo Fighters. Metal Performance: "Final Six," Slayer. Rock Instrumental Performance: "Once Upon a Time in The West," Bruce Springsteen. Rap Album: "Graduation," Kanye West. Rap Solo Performance: "Stronger," Kanye West. Rap Performance by a Duo or Group: "Southside," Common, featuring Kanye West. Rap/Sung Collaboration: "Umbrella," Rihanna Featuring Jay-Z. Rap Song: "Good Life," Aldrin Davis, Mike Dean, Faheem Najm & Kanye West, songwriters (J. Ingram & Q. Jones, songwriters) (Kanye West Featuring T-Pain). Country Album: "These Days," Vince Gill. Country Song: "Before He Cheats," Josh Kear & Chris Tompkins, songwriters (Carrie Underwood). Female Country Vocal Performance: "Before He Cheats," Carrie Underwood. Male Country Vocal Performance: "Stupid Boy," Keith Urban. Country Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals: "How Long," Eagles. Country Collaboration With Vocals: "Lost Highway," Willie Nelson & Ray Price. Country Instrumental Performance: "Throttleneck," Brad Paisley. R&B Album: "Funk This," Chaka Khan. R&B Song: "No One," Dirty Harry, Kerry Brothers & Alicia Keys, songwriters (Alicia Keys). Contemporary R&B Album: "Because of You," Ne-Yo. Female R&B Vocal Performance: "No One," Alicia Keys. Male R&B Vocal Performance: "Future Baby Mama," Prince. R&B Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals: "Disrespectful," Chaka Khan, featuring Mary J. Blige. Traditional R&B Vocal Performance: "In My Songs," Gerald Levert. Urban/Alternative Performance: "Daydreamin'," Lupe Fiasco, featuring Jill Scott.
Record Of The Year
And the nominees are ... “Irreplaceable” Beyoncé “The Pretender” Foo Fighters “Umbrella” Rihanna Featuring Jay-Z “What Goes Around” … “Comes Around” Justin Timberlake “Rehab” Amy Winehouse
The Corner’s choice:
Irreplaceable - Beyoncé Apparently Record of the Year is based more on sales, and you couldn’t go anywhere with out hearing this song last year.
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
The Corner’s choice:
Back To Black - Amy Winehouse Yes, she’s crazy. But in our opinion, her blend of R&B, soul and jazz is brilliant. Plus we want to see if she can make it through her speech without falling over.
Your choice:
Graduation - Kanye West 
“This sh*t is poppin’! The rhymes and beats hold up to Kanye’s standards.”
- Will Christians
Best New Artist
Feist Ledisi Paramore Taylor Swift Amy Winehouse
The Corner’s choice:
Amy Winehouse Yet again, Amy pulls out in front because of her unique sound.
Your choice:
Amy Winehouse 
“I like the realness of her songs about rehab.” - John Sheffield
Best Rap album
Finding Forever - Common Kingdom Come - Jay-Z Hip Hop Is Dead - Nas T.I. vs T.I.P. - T.I. Graduation - Kanye West
The Corner’s choice:
Finding Forever - Common From start to finish, we think it’s one of the best albums of the year. You put it in your CD player and and don’t need to skip one track.
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
The Corner’s choice:
“Umbrella” Rihanna Featuring Jay-Z It was addictive, for a while anyway.
Your choice:
Corinne Bailey Rae “Like a Star” 
“It’s the only real song out of the group.” - Sherome Hardison
Best Country Album
Long Trip Alone - Dierks Bentley These Days - Vince Gill Let It Go - Tim McGraw 5th Gear - Brad Paisley It Just Comes Natural - George Strait
The Corner’s choice:
“Let It Go” Tim McGraw You can’t go wrong with Tim.
Best Rock album
“Come On” Lucinda Williams “Icky Thump” The White Stripes “It’s Not Over” Daughtry “The Pretender” Foo Fighters “Radio Nowhere” Bruce Springsteen
The Corner’s choice:
“Pretender” Foo Fighters They rock harder than they have in a while on this one.
Your choice:
“Pretender” Foo Fighters 
“Their music is the most fitting for the genre.” - Emily Barker
Best Pop Vocal Album
Lost Highway - Bon Jovi The Reminder - Feist It Won’t Be Soon Before Long - Maroon 5 Memory Almost Full - Paul McCartney “Back To Black - Amy Winehouse
The Corner’s choice:
Back To Black - Amy Winehouse
Your choice:
The Reminder - Feist  “She has an intriguing voice and a fresh sound.” - Liz Guerra |
User Comments:
kanye is the M A N Posted by Art Approaching on 06/02 at 05:12 PM
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Beyonce deserves that album of the year! I love you Beyonce!