The Lime: Heavy D

The nominations for the 51st annual GRAMMY Awards are out and for the first time they were announced on prime-time television as part of "The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live!! — Countdown To Music's Biggest Night." The one-hour special — broadcast live on CBS from Nokia Theatre L.A Live — featured past GRAMMY winners and nominees reading nominations in several categories, as well as performing songs from the GRAMMY Hall Of Fame in celebration of the grand opening of the GRAMMY Museum. The nominations are for recordings released during the eligibility year October 1 2007 through September 30 2008.

Lil Wayne leads nominations with eight nods; Coldplay gets seven; Jay-Z, Ne-Yo and Kanye West each earn six.

As for our Caribbean artists, Estelle's "American Boy" featuring Kanye West, is nominated for Song Of The Year and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration. The song is also up for an award in the Producer Of The Year (Non-Classical) Category:It was produced by will.i.am who also produced songs for Fergie, Flo Rida Sergio Mendes and Usher.

Leona Lewis was nominated for Record of the Year with "Bleeding Love", Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, and Best Pop Vocal Album (Spirit). Lewis’ “Bleeding Love” was recently named the number one downloaded song on iTunes for 2008, having sold 3.2 million digitally, according to her label, J Records. According to iTunes, the title track of Coldplay’s albumViva La Vida was its No. 2 most downloaded track, followed by “Low” by Flo Rida (featuring T-Pain), Katy Perry’s “I Kissed a Girl” and Rihanna’s “Disturbia.” The Barbados beauty also made the top 10 singles with “Don’t Stop the Music,”

Rihanna also has two GRAMMY noda this year for Best Dace Recording "Disturbia" and
Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals, "If I Never See Your Face Again" a song from her Good Girl Gone Bad Reloaded album featuring Maroon 5.

VI Massive, your boy Wayne Brady is nominated for Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance with "A Change Is Gonna Come" a track from A Long Time Coming

Now Lil Wayne was nominated for Album of the Year (Tha Carter III). Here are some Caribbean Artists who collaborated with Weezy and are mentioned in the category:
Busta Rhymes, Juelz Santana and Swizz Beatz,

Best Reggae Album (Vocal or Instrumental.)
Jah Is Real Burning Spear
Let's Get Physical Elephant Man
Vibes Heavy D
Repentance Lee "Scratch" Perry
Intoxication Shaggy
Amazing Sly & Robbie

Best Latin Jazz Album (Vocal or Instrumental.)
Afro Bop Alliance Caribbean Jazz Project
The Latin Side Of Wayne Shorter Conrad Herwig & The Latin Side Band
Song for Chico Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra
Nouveau Latino Nestor Torres
Marooned/Aislado Papo Vázquez The Mighty Pirates

Best Tropical Latin Album (Vocal or Instrumental.)
Cuba: Un Viaje Musical — A Musical JourneyAlbita, Rey Ruíz & Donato Poveda
Renacer DLG
Señor Bachata José Feliciano
Frutero Moderno Gonzalo Grau y La Clave Secreta
Back On The Streets... Taste Of Spanish Harlem Vol. 2 New Swing Sextet

Aint see no soca category....guess that list just too long, aint???

Grammy ballots will be mailed Dec. 17; they are due back on Jan. 14, 2009. The 51st Annual Grammy Awards will be held Feb. 8, 2009 at Staples Center in Los Angeles and again broadcast on CBS.
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