Island Def Jam artists get 36 Grammy nominations

Congratulations to
ISLAND DEF JAM's
51st Annual Grammy Award
Nominees!!

IDJ RACKS UP A TOTAL OF 36 NOMINATIONS!!!!

Ne-Yo
Album of the Year- Year of the Gentleman
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance- Closer
Best Male R&B Vocal Performance- Miss Independent
Best R&B Song- Miss Independent
Best R&B Song – Spotlight by Jennifer Hudson (Songwriter award)
Best Contemporary R&B Album- Year of the Gentleman


Kanye West
Song of the Year- American Boy w/Estelle
Best Rap Performance By A Duo or Group- Put On w/Young Jeezy
Best Rap Performance By A Duo or Group- Swagga Like Us w/ JAY-Z, T.I., & Lil Wayne
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration- American Boy w/Estelle
Best Rap Song- Swagga Like Us w/ JAY-Z, T.I., & Lil Wayne
Album of the Year- Tha Carter III (Featured Artist)

JAY-Z
Best Rap Album- American Gangster
Best Rap Solo Performance- Roc Boys
Best Rap Performance By A Duo or Group- Swagga Like Us w/ Kanye West, T.I., & Lil Wayne
Best Rap Performance By A Duo or Group- Mr. Carter w/ Lil Wayne
Best Rap Song- Swagga Like Us w/ Kanye West, T.I., & Lil Wayne
Album of the Year- Tha Carter III (Featured Artist)

Rihanna
Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals- If I Never See Your Face Again w/Maroon 5
Best Dance Recording- Disturbia
Best Long Form Music Video- Good Girl Gone Bad Live

Duffy
Best New Artist
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance- Mercy
Best Pop Vocal Album- Rockferry

NAS
Best Rap Solo Performance- N.i.*.*.e.r. (The Slave And The Master)
Best Rap Album- NAS

Chrisette Michele
Best Urban/Alternative Performance- Be OK w/will.i.am

Karina
Best Contemporary R&B Album- First Love

Ludacris
Best Rap Performance By A Duo or Group- Wish You Would w/T.I.

Young Jeezy
Best Rap Performance By A Duo or Group- Put On w/Kanye West

Mariah Carey
Best Gospel Performance- I Understand W/Kim Burrell, Rance Allen, Bebe Winans & Hezekiah Walker’s Love Fellowship Tabernacle Church Choir

Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds
Album of the Year- Tha Carter III (Featured Artist)

Fabolous
Album of the Year- Tha Carter III (Featured Artist) )

Juelz Santana
Album of the Year- Tha Carter III (Featured Artist)

Def Jam
Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media- American Gangster (Various Artists)
Best Remixed Recording, Non- Classical- Closer (A Remixer Award)


The 51st Annual GRAMMY Awards will be held on Sunday, February 8, 2009 at Staples Center in Los Angeles and will be broadcast live on
CBS from 8 – 11:30 p.m. (ET/PT).