Lil Wayne, has been showered with a leading eight Grammy nominations â including album of the year. Following close behind was Coldplay, with seven. Their “Viva La Vida” was also nominated for album of the year. Others in that top category included Radiohead, Ne-Yo and Robert Plant with Alison Krauss. In the other coveted category for record of the year, the nominees were British singer Adele for “Chasing Pavement”; M.I.A for “Paper Planes”; Coldplay for their CD’s title track; Leona Lewis for “Bleeding Love” and Robert Plant and Alison Krauss for “Please Read the Letter.” Other multiple nominees included Kanye West, Jay-Z and Ne-Yo, who each had six. For a full list of R&B and General Field (Best New Artist, Record of the Year) Click Here. See Hip Hop (Rap) Nominees Below: Best Rap Solo Performance Roc Boys (And The Winner Is)… Jay-Z A Milli Lil Wayne Paris, Tokyo Lupe Fiasco N.i.*.*.e.r. (The Slave And The Master) Nas Sexual Eruption Snoop Dogg Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group Royal Flush Big Boi Featuring Raekwon And Andre 3000 Swagga Like Us Jay-Z & T.I. Featuring Kanye West & Lil Wayne Mr. Carter Lil Wayne Featuring Jay-Z Wish You Would Ludacris Featuring T.I. Put On Young Jeezy Featuring Kanye West Best Rap/Sung Collaboration American Boy Estelle Featuring Kanye West Low Flo Rida Featuring T-Pain Green Light John Legend & Andre 3000 Got Money Lil Wayne Featuring T-Pain Superstar Lupe Fiasco Featuring Matthew Santos Best Rap Song Lollipop D. Carter, S. Garrett, D. Harrison, J. Scheffer & R. Zamor, songwriters (Lil Wayne Featuring Static Major)Track from: Tha Carter III Low T. Dillard, M. Humphrey & T-Pain, songwriters (Flo Rida Featuring T-Pain) Track from: Mail On Sunday Sexual Eruption Calvin Broadus, S. Lovejoy & D. Stewart, songwriters (Snoop Dogg) Track from: Ego Trippin Superstar Lupe Fiasco & Soundtrakk, songwriters (Lupe Fiasco Featuring Matthew Santos)Track from: The Cool Swagga Like Us D. Carter, S. Carter, Clifford Harris & Kanye West, songwriters (M. Arulpragasam, N. Headon, M. Jones, J. Mellor, T. Pentz & P. Simonon, songwriters) (Jay-Z & T.I. Featuring Kanye West & Lil Wayne) Best Rap Album American Gangster Jay-Z Tha Carter III Lil Wayne The Cool Lupe Fiasco Nas Nas Paper Trail T.I
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