The Grammy Awards were announced (for the first time some were revealed on a live prime time network TV broadcast) yesterday.
I submit the following observations:
Shockingly shut out of the Best New Artist category were were Simon Cowell protege Leona ("Bleeding Love") Lewis and Katy ("I Kissed a Girl and "Hot and Cold") Perry, passed over while Disney's Jonas Brothers to earn a nod. However, Lewis and Perry did both score Best Female Pop Vocal Performance nominations, "Bleeding Love" was nominated for Single of the Year and Lewis's "Spirit" CD was noted in the Best Pop Vocal Album category.
Veteran recording acts as diverse as James Taylor, The Eagles, Neil Young, Robert Plant, Cyndi Lauper, Natalie Cole, Al Green, Stevie Wonder, Barry Manilow, Pual McCartney, Pete Seeger, Joan Baez, Bruce Springsteen, AC/DC, Judas Priest, Metallica, Rush, Sheryl Crowe and George Strait also scored nominations.
The competitors in the Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Story Telling) are:
"An Inconvenient Truth" (Al Gore) Beau Bridges, Cynthia Nixon & Blair Underwood
"Born Standing Up" Steve Martin
"I Am America (And So Can You!)" Stephen Colbert (& Various Artists)
"Life Beyond Measure" Sidney Poitier
"When You Are Engulfed In Flames" David Sedaris
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