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The 2009 Grammys: What You Didn't See on TV

February 9, 2009

With Alison Krauss' five Grammys on the night, she now has an astonishing 26 total Grammy wins. It makes her the most-winning woman of all time (a title she even held before tonight's haul) -- and is one behind Quincy Jones' living record of 27. “I'm still amazed I get to do this for a living," ...

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Voices Newly Amplified by Grammy Nominations

February 8, 2009

With 1,117 nominees performers, songwriters, producers and more sprinkled over 110 categories, the Grammy Awards can be an unnavigable thicket. Here are some worthy discoveries that shouldnt be allowed to slip through the cracks. Luis Fonsi The Puerto Rican star Luis Fonsi, 30, has been famous for a decade, but now hes becoming interesting ...

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Album of the Year Nominee Has Everything the Academy Loves ... but Will It Win?

February 8, 2009

Robert Plant And Alison Krauss Raising Sand Was Made For The Grammys If it were possible to create the perfect Grammy album, there's a good chance Robert Plant and Alison Krauss' Raising Sand could be it. Take two well-worn, respected veterans. Add one critically lauded producer. Throw in some sandpaper-and-velvet vocals and a baker's dozen of ...

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2009 Grammy Awards Live!

February 8, 2009

Live-blogging the 2009 Grammy Awards 5:01 p.m.: Here we go, opening the 2009 with a Grammy preview of 2010. U2's performing “Get On Your Boots." How many noms are U2 up for? That's right, none. Radiohead, or even Coldplay, should have opened the show. Let one of the album of the year artists start the Grammys. ...

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And the Winner Is... Grammy Faceoff '09

February 8, 2009

Did Weezy make the album of the year? Are the JoBros really the best new artists? Our A-list panel of singers, rappers and producers give you the lowdown on who's taking home a trophy on music's biggest night Grammy's Top 2009 Nominees: Lil Wayne, Coldplay, Radiohead, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss and More Grammy predictions are ...

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The Man Who Created the Word "Grammy" and Other Idle Gossip

February 8, 2009

According to the Grammy Awards website, the music industry's highest honor got its name from a nationwide “name the award" contest back in 1959. Not so according to Grammy-, Emmy- and Clio-winning writer-comedian Stan Freberg, who recently toured the Grammy Museum and emerged incensed. He says the honor's origins (and his role in them) have been ...

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Producers Select Grammy Openers

February 8, 2009

Labels once held sway over show's first acts Superstars often open the show like Prince and Beyonce. Other memorable acts have included Sting and the Police; Madonna and the gorillaz; Ricky Martin; and alicia keys with the late Frank Sinatra. One would think such lightning-in-a-bottle Grammy openers are the brainchildren of savvy music managers ...

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Grammy Scorecard List of Nominees/ Updated Winners

February 7, 2009

Field 10 - Jazz All other music categories: =winner RECORD OF THE YEAR “Chasing Pavements," Adele “Viva La Vida," Coldplay “Bleeding Love," Leona Lewis “Paper Planes," M.I.A “Please Read the Letter," Robert Plant and Alison Krauss ALBUM OF THE YEAR “Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends," Coldplay “Tha Carter III," Lil Wayne “Year ...

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Leo Fender Honored Posthumously

February 7, 2009

The Recording Academy will bestow a technical award on the guitar maker whose instruments revolutionized pop music's sound. No invention since the phonograph more dramatically affected how popular music is made than Fender guitars, arriving as they did with the birth of rock 'n' roll. Buddy Holly was an early Fender convert; Jimi Hendrix used the ...

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Grammy Rehearsals with Radiohead: 'There's a Surreality to It All'

February 7, 2009

The 51st Annual Grammy Awards are Sunday night, and the rehearsal schedule for today is stacked with big names -- U2, Paul McCartney, Coldplay and Stevie Wonder But the day got off to an especially compelling start as Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead strolled in, shook off the rain and performed “15 Step" to ...