Mariah Carey once again proved she has made a definite comeback through this year's album 'The Emancipation Of Mimi' by securing eight nominations for next year's Grammy Awards, including one for the overall Album Of The Year prize.
Kanye West and John Legend also appeared on eight shortlists when the Grammy nominations were announced yesterday. Other multiple nominees include Stevie Wonder, who is on six shortlists, U2 and Bruce Springsteen, both nominated in five categories, Gorillaz, up for four awards, and Paul McCartney, nominated for three.
McCartney's 'Chaos and Creation in the Backyard' will compete with Carey's album for the Album Of The Year award, as will U2's 'How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb', Gwen Stefani's 'Love. Angel. Music. Baby' and West's 'Late Registration'.
Carey, Stefani and West are also up for Single Of The Year with 'We Belong Together', 'Hollaback Girl' and 'Gold Digger' respectively. Green Day's 'Boulevard of Broken Dreams' and Gorillaz' 'Feel Good Inc' are also up for that prize.
Other than McCartney and Gorillaz, there were quite a few other UK artists getting Grammy nominations this year, including Franz Ferdinand (Best Rock Performance; Best Alternative Music Album), Keane (Best New Artist), Chemical Brothers (Best Dance Recording; Best Dance Album), Fatboy Slim (Best Dance Recording; Best Dance Album), Jamiroquai (Best Short Form Music Video), and Rod Stewart (Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album).
The Grammys take place in LA on 8 Feb. There's something like 8765 categories at these awards, so we'll not publish the full nominations list in the Daily but, if you're really interested, you can access it here: http://www.grammy.com/awards/grammy/48noms.txt