More Grammy nominees

I listed down the pop and rock nominees at the 2007 Grammy Awards last Friday. This time around, I have the R ’n B and rap listing. It’s a great year for R&B and rap music. In fact, R ’n B diva Mary J. Blige is the leader of the pack with eight nominations, three in main categories like Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Vocal Collaboration and five in the field of R ’n B.

Rockers The Red Hot Chili Peppers comes next with six. Other topnotchers: hot newcomer James Blunt, country music trio The Dixie Chicks, guitar-toting heartthrob John Mayer plus Danger Mouse, Prince, Rick Rubin and will.i.am of The Black Eyed Peas who got five each. Beyoncé, Bryan-Michael Cox, Gnarls Barkley, Israel Houghton, Ludacris, T.I., Justin Timberlake and John Williams got four each.

Here is the list:

Female R ’n B Vocal: Ring the Alarm, Beyoncé; Be Without You, Mary J. Blige; Don’t Forget About Us, Mariah Carey; Day Dreaming, Natalie Cole; I Am Not My Hair, India.Arie.

Male R ’n B Vocal: Heaven, John Legend; So Sick, Ne-Yo; Black Sweat, Prince; I Call It Love, Lionel Richie; Got You Home, Luther Vandross.

Duo or Group R ’n B Vocal: Breezin’, George Benson and Al Jarreau; Love Changes, Jamie Foxx featuring Mary J. Blige; Everyday (Family Reunion), Chaka Khan, Gerald Levert, Yolanda Adams and Carl Thomas; Family Affair, Sly and The Family Stone, John Legend, Joss Stone with Van Hunt; Beautiful Loved and Blessed, Prince and Tamar.

Traditional R ’n B Vocal: Christmas Time is Here, Anita Baker; God Bless the Child, George Benson and Al Jarreau featuring Jill Scott; I Found My Everything, Mary J. Blige featuring Raphael Saadiq; You are So Beautiful, Sam Moore featuring Billy Preston, Zucchero, Eric Clapton and Robert Randolph; How Sweet It Is (To be Loved by You), The Temptations.

Urban Alternative Vocal: Crazy, Gnarls Barkley; That Heat, Sergio Mendez featuring Erykah Badu and will.i.am; Mas Que Nada, Sergio Mendez featuring The Black Eyed Peas; Idlewild Blue (Don’t Chu Worry ‘Bout Me), Oukast; 3121, Prince.

R ’n B Song: Be Without You, Mary J. Blige; Black Sweat, Prince; Déjà vu, Beyoncé; Don’t Forget About Us, Mariah Carey; I am Not My Hair, India.Arie.

R ’n B Album: The Breakthrough, Mary J. Blige; Unpredictable, Jamie Foxx; Testimony: Vol.1 Life & Relationship, India.Arie; 3121, Prince; Coming Home, Lionel Richie.

Contemporary R ’n B Album: B’Day, Beyoncé; Chris Brown, Chris Brown; 20 Y.O., Janet Jackson; Kelis was Here, Kelis; In My Own Words, Ne-Yo.

Rap Solo: Touch It, Busta Rhymes; We Run This, Missy Elliott; Kick, Push, Lupe Fiasco; Undeniable, Mos Def; What You Know, T.I.

Rap by a Duo or Group: Ridin, Chamillionaire featuring Krayzie Bone; Georgia, Ludacris and Field Mob featuring Jamie Foxx; Grillz, Nelly featuring Paul Wall, Ali and Gipp; Mighy "O", Outkast; Don’t Feel Right, The Roots.

Rap/Sung Collaboration: Smack That, Akon featuring Eminem; Déjà vu, Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z; Shake That, Eminem featuring Nate Dogg; Unpredictable, Jamie Foxx featuring Ludacris; My Love, Justin Timberlake featuring T.I.

Rap Song: It’s Going Down, Yung Joc; Kick, Push, Lupe Fiasco; Money Maker, Ludacris featuring Pharrell; Ridin, Chamillionaire featuring Krayzie Bone; What You Know, T.I.

Rap Album: Lupe Fiasco’s Food & Liquor, Lupe Fiasco; Release Therapy, Ludacris; In My Mind, Pharrell; Game Theory, The Roots; King, T.I.

Musical Show Album: The Color Purple; The Drowsy Chaperone; Jersey Boys; The Pajama Game; Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street.

Compilation Soundtrack Album: Brokeback Mountain; Cars; Grey’s Anatomy Vol. 2; Little Miss Sunshine; Walk the Line.

Score Soundtrack Album: The Chronicles of Narnia-The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe; The Da Vinci Code; Memoirs of a Geisha; Munich; Pirates of the Caribbean-Dead Man’s Chest.

Song Written for a Motion Picture, TV or other Visual Media: Can’t Take It In from The Chronicles of Narnia; I Need to Wake Up from An Inconvenient Truth; Our Town from Cars; There’s Nothing Like a Show on Broadway from The Producers; Travelin’ Thru from Transamerica.

Short Form Music Video: 8th of November, Big and Rich; When You Were Young, The Killers; Here It Goes Again, OK Go; Dani California, Red Hot Chili Peppers; Writing on the Walls, Underoath.

Long Form Music Video: Flow: Living in the Stream of Music, Terence Blanchard; Directions, Death Cab for Cutie; Demon Days – Live in Manchester, Gorrilaz; I’m Going to Tell You a Secret, Madonna; Wings for Wheels: The Making of Born to Run.