Friday
December 02, 2005
SGN.org
Volume 33
Issue 48
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the Music Lounge by Albert Rodriguez - SGN A & E Writer |
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| Bright and early, nominations for the 48th Annual Grammy Awards will be announced on Thursday, December 8. | |
| As usual, the Seattle Gay News will make congratulatory phone calls throughout the day to several nominated artists via their record labels and management. The eligibility period stretches from October 1, 2004 to September 30, 2005.
Here are the major contenders going into the nominations in key categories, plus longshots and personal favorites that I hope will get mentioned. Record of the Year major contenders: Speed of Sound or Fix You by Coldplay, Since U Been Gone by Kelly Clarkson, Lonely No More by Rob Thomas, Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own by U2, We Belong Together by Mariah Carey, Hollaback Girl by Gwen Stefani, Feel Good Inc. by Gorillaz, Ordinary People by John Legend, I May Hate Myself in the Morning by Lee Ann Womack, You'll Think of Me by Keith Urban, La Tortura by Shakira and Alejandro Sanz, Don't Phunk with My Heart by Black Eyed Peas, Best of You by Foo Fighters, Mr. Brightside by The Killers, Holiday or Boulevard of Broken Dreams by Green Day, Rain Fall Down by The Rolling Stones. Longshots and personal favorites: Soul Meets Body by Death Cab for Cutie, Hope There's Someone by Antony and the Johnsons, Bucky Done Gun by M.I.A., Talk by Coldplay, Diamonds from Sierra Leone by Kanye West, Mockingbird by Eminem, Everybody's Changing by Keane, Dance Me to the End of Love by Madeleine Peyroux. Album of the Year major contenders: X & Y by Coldplay, How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb by U2, Breakaway by Kelly Clarkson, Late Registration by Kanye West, Peachtree Road by Elton John, Encore by Eminem, Souls Alike by Bonnie Raitt, Demon Days by Gorillaz, There's More Where That Came From by Lee Ann Womack, A Bigger Bang by The Rolling Stones, Get Lifted by John Legend, In Your Honor by Foo Fighters, Love.Angel.Music.Baby by Gwen Stefani, The Emancipation of Mimi by Mariah Carey, A Time to Love by Stevie Wonder, Something to Be by Rob Thomas. Longshots and personal favorites: Plans by Death Cab for Cutie, I Am a Bird Now by Antony and the Johnsons, Arular by M.I.A., The Alternative to Love by Brendan Benson, Illionoise by Sufjan Stevens, Back to Bedlam by James Blunt. Song of the Year major contenders: Speed of Sound, Fix You, Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own, Since U Been Gone, Because of You, Ordinary People, I May Hate Myself in the Morning, Boulevard of Broken Dreams, We Belong Together, You'll Think of Me, Best of You. Longshots and personal favorites: repeat of those listed for Record of the Year. Best New Artist major contenders: John Legend, Anna Nalick, Keane, Madeleine Peyroux, Death Cab for Cutie, Howie Day, Fall Out Boy, My Chemical Romance, The Game. Longshots and personal favorites: M.I.A., Antony and the Johnsons, Sufjan Stevens, Sugarland, Mary Gauthier, James Blunt. Best Alternative Music Album major contenders: Extraordinary Machine by Fiona Apple, Guero by Beck, The Beekeeper by Tori Amos, Takk& by Sigur Ros, Front Parlour Ballads by Richard Thompson, Get Behind Me Satan by The White Stripes, Silent Alarm by Bloc Party, I'm Awake and It's Morning by Bright Eyes, Demon Days by Gorillaz, With Teeth by Nine Inch Nails, Antics by Interpol, Drawing Restraint 9 by Bjork. Longshots and personal favorites: I Am a Bird Now by Antony and the Johnsons, Plans by Death Cab for Cutie, Make Believe by Weezer, The Mysterious Production of Eggs by Andrew Bird. Best Pop Female Vocal major contenders: Since U Been Gone by Kelly Clarkson, We Belong Together by Mariah Carey, Hollaback Girl or Cool by Gwen Stefani, Right to Be Wrong by Joss Stone, These Words by Natasha Bedingfield, Dance Me to the End of Love by Madeleine Peyroux, Those Sweet Words by Norah Jones, Breathe (2 AM) by Anna Nalick, I Will Not Be Broken by Bonnie Raitt. Longshots and personal favorites: Sweet the Sting by Tori Amos, No by Shakira, O' Sailor by Fiona Apple, Ironic (acoustic version) by Alanis Morissette. Best Pop Vocal Album major contenders: Breakaway by Kelly Clarkson, Something to Be by Rob Thomas, Peachtree Road by Elton John, Love.Angel.Music.Baby by Gwen Stefani, The Emancipation of Mimi by Mariah Carey, Souls Alike by Bonnie Raitt, Chaos and Creation in the Backyard by Paul McCartney, Wildflower by Sheryl Crow, Possibilities by Herbie Hancock, Motown Two by Michael McDonald, Back Home by Eric Clapton. Longshots and personal favorites: Where You Live by Tracy Chapman, Wordplay by Jason Mraz, In Between Dreams by Jack Johnson, Back to Bedlam by James Blunt. |
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