Thursday, December 31, 2009

The ''Revolver'' Remixes digital EP

“Revolver” has finally been released as a digital Remixes EP in the U.S. market and is already available for download on the iTunes music store and other online retailers such as Amazon.com.

Remixers for the new single – as MadonnaTribe readers already know – include Tracy Young, Paul Van Dyk and David Guetta, the latter also providing his own treatment to the new “Celebration” version featuring Akon. The Felguk Love Remix of “Celebration”, completes the promising set.

The cover for the Remixes EP is slightly different from the one of the One Love Remix – changes are limited to the artist and song name only while the artwork remains the latest variation of the iconic portrait assembled by Mr Brainwash from images by Mondino and Tolot.

As previoulsy reported the Remixes will also be available in physical formats in the upcoming weeks – the CD Maxi will be released on January 22, 2010 and a double vinyl will follow on February 5.

Tracklisting for the Digital Single is as follows:

01 Revolver (Madonna vs. David Guetta One Love Remix) (Feat. Lil Wayne) 03:16
01 Revolver (Madonna vs. David Guetta One Love Remix) 02:59
03 Revolver (Madonna vs. David Guetta One Love Club Remix) 04:31
04 Revolver (Paul van Dyk Remix) 08:35
05 Revolver (Paul van Dyk Dub) 08:35
06 Revolver (Tracy Young’s Shoot To Kill Remix) 09:24
07 Celebration (Featuring Akon) 03:54
08 Celebration (Felguk Love Remix) 06:38

Revolver
by Madonna

Price: $5.99

Album Savings: $1.93 compared to buying all songs

  • Original Release Date: December 25, 2009
  • Format - Music: MP3

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Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Miley Cyrus Says Something Snarky, Media Reacts Accordingly

So Miley Cyrus, who at 17 years old is apparently an expert at parenting, dancing with stripper poles, and posing with her shirt half off for Annie Liebovitz, has spoken out against the likes of Madonna and Angelina Jolie for the way they place their children in the public eye. Wait – isn’t she still a minor being presented to the public?

MomLogic.com has details on the singer’s rant, which she made during an interview in Dublin.

This skirt also doubles as a belt!

Full transcripts of the interview have not yet been released, so who knows the context just yet, but I have to say, I think Madonna and Angelina have been pretty discreet about how they present their children publicly. I was more disturbed by Michael Jackson parading his kids around with washcloths over their heads, which is a whole other extreme.

It would very hard to completely shelter your kids from the public if you happen to be a celebrity. There’s only so much you can do.

Still, I think Miley is a quite talented young woman, I enjoy an occasional iPod click on ‘The Climb” and that party that she keeps singing about, in the USA and all. I just think she does a little too much testifyin’ about life for a 17 year old. Do some more livin’ before you do so much talkin’, please.

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Saturday, December 26, 2009

Music Video Auteuses: Mary Lambert

You may know this lady from her work with Madonna (“Like a Prayer,” anyone?). Mary Lambert’s video work tapered off by the mid-1990s, as she transitioned into features like Pet Semetary. She’s also worked on documentaries, and I fully intend to rent 14 Women, a 2007 title she directed about the 109th Congress, which featured a woefully unprecedented 14 female Senators. For now, let’s celebrate all those music videos she made. Click on the artists’ names and enjoy!

The Go-Gos
Turn To You
Talk Show

Madonna
“Like a Virgin”
Like a Virgin

Eurythmics
“Would I Lie To You?”
Be Yourself Tonight

Janet Jackson
“Control”
Control

Rosanne Cash
“The Wheel”
The Wheel

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Saturday, December 19, 2009

'Tis the season to be random

Driving into work I was listening to the radio and they were talking about Tiger Woods. The DJ Alan said he always knew that Tiger wasn’t this squeaky clean guy he was portrayed to be. Sure you did. It’s amazing how many people “always know” things nobody knows.

And on the same morning, same time, same station, the female DJ, Rebecca, was talking about Barbara Walter’s show that aired the night before. Babs interviewed Lady GaGa. (who is totally overexposed) It’s Rebecca’s opinion that LG is “this generation’s Madonna.” The difference of course being that Madonna actually has a modicum of talent and therefore endured. LG will be forgotten within a decade.

I have been watching the Discovery channel’s Planet Earth series, this is from Shallow Seas. A pod of  humpbacked whales hunting krill in Antarctica, about one minute into the video, it’s just beautiful.

The Steelers are now 6-7, they lost to the Browns 13-6. I am at a loss for words, this is truly a disgrace. If it wasn’t for sunday afternoon football with Dad, I wouldn’t waste my time on another game this season.

Angelina Jolie is criticizing President Obama’s handling of the Sudan. Firstly, before we go storming into the Sudan to “bring stability” to the area, may I ask why we (Americans) are the world police? Secondly may I suggest before we send more American troops out to die in the Sudan, might we not settle Iraq and Afghanistan and end the needless bloodshed of American lives in those two wars before starting another? And finally we all care about AJ’s opinions because she is known as a brain trust?

On Friday December 11th, on the Today show, Matt Lauer interviewed Jaime Jungers the alleged mistress of Tiger woods. Being a porn star she does, after all, have a stellar reputation and is an upstanding member of society. ML just did an “extensive, in-depth” look into the war in Afghanistan, but why air that? President Obama just received the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, but why report on that? It is much more news worthy to interview prostitutes.

I walked in to best buy looking for a tape recorder for school. Turns out tape recorders are obsolete. It’s all about digital voice recorders now. ~sigh~ Why do I feel like a dinosaur?

Having just finished the discovery channel’s Planet Earth series, it’s not surprising that my favorite of all the series turned out to be Seasonal Forest. The Taiga forest, which contains more trees than all the rainforest combined, contains a third of all the trees on Earth, and replenishes the atmosphere of the entire planet. The Redwood forest which contains three of the worlds tallest trees, which pre-date the Swiss Alps and the Rocky mountains. The Sequoia National Forest’s General Sherman the largest living thing on earth, and  Bristle cone pine trees the oldest living organism on the planet, a life form that predates the pyramids, and was already three thousand years old during the time of Christ. It’s the only show in the series I watched twice. Just looking at these incredible forest made me feel at peace. Someday I hope to hike in all three of these forest.

My top four favorite episodes in the Planet Earth series, Seasonal Forest, Ice World, Shallow Oceans and finally, Ocean Deep.

So remember when I was whining talking about how unfair it was that when I lifted weights I didn’t get all ten thousand steps in? I work really hard, burn lots of calories, but still didn’t get the steps? Turns out that one forty-five minute session of weight lifting is equal to 5625 steps, or 125 steps per minute. (based on my body type per JC)

Starting to look forward to hot flashes because I have been perpetually cold for a year.

“Fear,” he said. “Fences and fear. Fences made of fear.” Gabriel’s ram~Three bags full by Leonie Swann

This, in a word, is reprehensible.

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Thursday, December 17, 2009

Madonna's spaghetti amore...

Madonna for Dolce&Gabbana by Steven Klein

The first images of the Dolce & Gabbana campaign featuring Madge were published in Vanity Fair Italia. As was told earlier by the designers the atmosphere of the photos would be inspired on the authentic Medittarenean/Sicilian heritage and Italian neorealism cinema, very ‘in sync’ with the collection. We must say we really like the picture of Madge obviously enjoying a plate of freshmade spaghetti…Yummm!

But it’s especially the intimate feel of the pictures. Everybody is used to see Madonna as a strong, independant career-woman, so to see this side of her washing up the dishes, and peeling onions, shows that being a domestic godess suits her very well!

(Source: Swide.com)

[Via http://thedigitalistas.com]

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Favorite Songs of 2009

I have heard some incredible music this year. As the decade comes to a close, it’s going out with a bang.

My favorite songs of the year were…

- “Celebration (ft. Akon)” by Madonna (Remix of her single “Celebration” which was released with her greatest hits compilation CD Celebration)

- “Uprising” by MUSE (released on their fifth studio album The Resistance)

- “Bad Romance” by Lady GaGa (released on her second studio album The Fame Monster)

- “She Wolf” by Shakira (released on her sixth studio album She Wolf)

- “My Life Would Suck Without You” by Kelly Clarkson (released on her fourth studio album All I Ever Wanted)

- “I Gotta Feeling” by Black Eyed Peas (released on their fifth studio album The E.N.D. (The Energy Never Dies))

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Tiger Uppercut!!!

EPISODE 48

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The Carolyn and Joe Show did NOT have sexual relations with Tiger Woods.
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Thursday, December 10, 2009

Certified Gold Album for MADGE!

As of Monday 23 November, RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America ) has certified Madonna’s Celebration album gold for a shipment of over 500,000 units (bringing the US total tallies for Madonna in the USA to 64 millions units). Celebration is also Madonna’s 19th Gold Album. Also Celebration: The Video Collection has been certified Platinum for shipments of over 100,000 units in the US. Source :  Madonnalicious.com

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Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Stars Sign Up For X-Factor Final

SIMON Cowell teased fans of the X-Factor on Sunday’s Xtra Factor by not revealing who will be duetting with his finalists this weekend.

But someone has now let the cat out of the bag and Joe will team up with George Michael, Stacey with Michael Buble and Olly with none other than Robbie Williams.

Thank you X-Factor for the hot line-up.

On Sunday, it is also rumoured that the divas will steal the show with Madonna, Beyonce and Leona Lewis all expected to perform.

In the meantime, Showbiz would like to pay tribute to Danyl who was in my opinion the best thing on the show.

[Via http://showbizstacey.wordpress.com]

Sunday, December 6, 2009

Sunday UPCHUCK


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Madonna: Feminist Icon, or Desperate Superstar?

Despite the slight tardiness of this blog post, in which I will attempt a brief analysis of Madonna’s last album from 2008, Hard Candy, I feel it necessary nonetheless to expound upon the album in the present moment. I’ll preface this analysis with an anecdote, concerning my purchase of the album. I admit, the incarnations of Madonna  I love more fervently and feel nostalgia towards fall within the time span between 1995 and 2003, when I believe the industry may have been more allowing for female pop singers to “get political,” but for tradition’s sake I bought the the 2008 album. My step-mother, who I’d gone shopping with, asked to take a closer inspection of it in the car, so I handed it to her and awaited any criticism. She looked at it with an unbelieving smile that said, “I can’t believe how sexual this is, and even worse is the fact that she’s displaying her sexuality at 50, with two children at home.” Songs like “Give it 2 Me” and “Candy Shop,” the titles of which she read aloud, indeed did seem to support her critical review (given that “Candy Shop” may serve as a metaphorical companion to “Hard Candy,” which… well I’m sure your imagination can fathom a sexual innuendo behind it). But upon listening to the entire album, I realized the album was hardly sexual at all. Yes, there are aspects of the lyrics that seem sexual, but I see them as metaphors for things non-sexual; and while Madonna is part of a music genre that thrives off of the exploitation of women’s sexuality, (at the moment I’m thinking of a magazine cover I came across about a month ago featuring the popular Lady Gaga in a giant champagne glass clothed in nothing but what was, I’m assuming, an attempt to wittily make use of  champagne foam) I believe her employment of sexual metaphors to satisfy the pop-music consumer while  simultaneously to mask any meaninfull expression of herself is quite brilliant. Thus, here is my polemic against all who regard Madonna as a sex-crazed desperate superstar.

“Hard Candy” – No, it’s not about penises. An i-Tunes review had done a rather good job at relating the title’s significance, but the review seems to have been shortened to exclude that part. I interpret the album title as reflecting Madonna’s position in the pop industry. She’s 50, she looks amazing, and she’s hanging on for her career in a particularly ageist industry, especially when concerning women. Her career is indeed similar to “hard candy,” when she’s continuing to do what she loves while bearing the difficulties of surviving in such an industry at the age of 50. Hence her boxing attire on the front cover: she’s battling against social norms, one might say. “Hard candy” is almost like an oxymoron expressing the simultaneous coexistence of hardship and enjoyment. Not exactly complete opposite concepts, but close.

“Candy Shop” – Perhaps, I admit, the most sexually seeming song on the album. Nonetheless, cloaked behind sexual innuendo’s such as, “my sugar is raw, sticky and sweet,” are assertions regarding Madonna’s capabilities as an entertainer.  “Don’t pretend you’re not hungry, I’ve seen it before… Get up out of your seat, come on up to the dance floor.” Yes, she’s old, but what she’s saying is, “I can still entertain the hell out of you, and my music will still make you move your feet.” Her sugar is indeed “raw,” but she’s not referring to any sugar you might think of as being a bodily fluid down under. She has “every flavor;” with Madonna performing at your party, you can’t get anything better. As a performer, she can and will satiate your hunger. That is what this song implies: Music industry, I’ve got everything you want!

“Give it 2 Me” – By far my favorite song on the album, and I confess I haven’t been a pop enthusiast for some time now. “If you can handle it, undress me.” Of course there’s a sexual line thrown in there to appease the masses, going along with a title that is almost synonymous with sex, but what this song actually expresses is the will to get what one desires out of life, and not letting anyone stop you. Thus, “Give it to me, yeah, no one’s gonna stop me, now!” My favorite part of the song is during the repetition of “get stupid.” In high school, there was a popular expression, based on a dance move expressed in a song, I’m guessing, regarding “going dumb” or “dummy.” “Get stupid” is Madonna’s equivalent. If you listen closely, you can also hear a “me” after “don’t stop.” It becomes then, “Get stupid, don’t stop me.” Madonna is not encouraging one to dance idiotically, as with “go dummy.” She’s literally saying “get stupid,” because you won’t be able to stop her career, or stop her from getting what she wants from life.

I admit that my step-mother’s criticism of Madonna’s open sexuality wasn’t the particular thing that vexed me. What disturbed me the most was her disbelief in the possibility that a mother at 50 could express her sexuality in such a manner. Like I said, it’s a sex-based industry, but I also don’t believe a woman must hide her sexuality in the closet once she becomes a mother, especially when its an inherent characteristic of humanity. As Madonna rightly sang, or rather strongly asserted with a satisfying degree of anger in her voice that many misinterpreted for poor singing during her recent “Sticky and Sweet” tour, “No I’m not sorry; it’s human nature.” I suppose some individuals simply cannot refrain from maintaining the dichotomy used to classify women for ages: you’re either the virgin, or the whore.

During the 90’s, Camille Paglia praised Madonna for being a feminist icon, for expressing that very same sexuality. I would now like to turn to a recent piece in which Paglia takes on a cynical perspective:

And now Madonna is trying to resuscitate herself, body and mind, by taking transfusions from Brazil! The poverty-ridden favelas of Rio de Janeiro are her latest charity — presumably because dusty, distant Malawi is too bare of the hordes of paparazzi required to record the latest feats of Our Lady Bountiful. How convenient that the best hotels of Ipanema are only minutes away from the Rio slums! Oh, that girl — always thinking, ain’t she?

Is it true, according to press rumors, that Madonna is vacationing with her boy toy Jesus Luz in a house in Bahia in the far northeast of Brazil? And that she is contemplating buying a house there?

Since when does engaging in charity work merit an admonition? Paglia also seems to have forgotten that “Madonna last month launched the construction of a multimillion dollar girls’ school she is funding in Malawi” (source: http://ca.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idCATRE5A84UE20091109). As for Jesus Luz, my personal approval or disapproval of any match with Madonna is irrelevant, but if the genders were reversed, there would be no scandal. Rather, the younger of the pair would be appropriated their very own reality TV special (Yes, I am referring to you, Anna Nicole Smith).

Madonna

mid 90's Madonna

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Thursday, December 3, 2009

Nominees Announced for the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards

The nominees have been announced for the 52nd annual Grammy Awards. The award ceremony will be held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on January 31, 2010. The ceremony will air on CBS that evening from 8-11:30 p.m.

Below is a list of nominees for some of the categories.

Record of the Year
Beyonce – “Halo”
The Black Eyed Peas – “I Gotta Feeling”
Kings Of Leon – “Use Somebody”
Lady Gaga – “Poker Face”
Taylor Swift – “You Belong With Me”

Album of the Year
Beyonce – I Am…Sasha Fierce
The Black Eyed Peas – The E.N.D.
Lady Gaga – The Fame
Dave Matthews Band – Big Whiskey and the Groogrux King
Taylor Swift – Fearless

Song of the Year
Lady Gaga – “Poker Face”
Maxwell – “Pretty Wings”
Beyonce – “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)”
Kings Of Leon – “Use Somebody”
Taylor Swift – “You Belong With Me”

Best New Artist
Zac Brown Band
Keri Hilson
MGMT
Silversun Pickups
The Ting Tings

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
Adele – “Hometown Glory”
Beyonce – “Halo”
Katy Perry – “Hot N Cold”
Pink – “Sober”
Taylor Swift – “You Belong With Me”

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
John Legend – “This Time”
Maxwell – “Love You”
Jason Mraz – “Make It Mine”
Seal – “If You Don’t Know Me By Now”
Stevie Wonder – “All About the Love Again”

Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals
The Black Eyed Peas – “I Gotta Feeling”
Bon Jovi – “We Weren’t Born to Follow”
The Fray – “Never Say Never”
Daryl Hall & John Oates – “Sara Smile”
MGMT – “Kids”

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals
Rosanne Cash & Bruce Springsteen – “Sea Of Heartbreak”
Ciara & Justin Timberlake – “Love Sex Magic”
Jason Mraz & Colbie Caillat – “Lucky”
Willie Nelson & Norah Jones – “Baby, It’s Cold Outside”
Taylor Swift & Colbie Caillat – “Breathe”

Best Pop Instrumental Performance
Herb Alpert – “Besame Mucho”
Bela Fleck – “Throw Down Your Heart”
Imogen Heap – “The Fire”
Maxwell – “Phoenix Rise”
Marcus Miller – “Funk Joint”

Best Pop Instrumental Album
Chris Botti – In Boston
Hiroshima – Legacy
Booker T. Jones – Potato Hole
The Rippingtons featuring Russ Freeman – Modern Art
Spyro Gyra – Down The Wire

Bets Pop Vocal Album
The Black Eyed Peas – The E.N.D.
Colbie Caillat – Breakthrough
Kelly Clarkson – All I Ever Wanted
The Fray – The Fray
Pink – Funhouse

Best Dance Recording
The Black Eyed Peas – “Boom Boom Pow”
David Guetta & Kelly Rowland – “When Love Takes Over”
Lady Gaga – “Poker Face”
Madonna – “Celebration”
Britney Spears – “Womanizer”

Best Electronic/Dance Album
The Crystal Method – Divided By Night
David Guetta – One Love
Lady Gaga – The Fame
LMFAO – Party Rock
Pet Shop Boys – Yes

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Tony Bennett – A Swingin’ Christmas
Michael Buble – Michael Buble Meets Madison Square Garden
Harry Connick, Jr. – Your Songs
Liza Minnelli – Liza’s At the Palace
Willie Nelson – American Classic

Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance
Bob Dylan – “Beyond Here Lies Nothin’”
John Fogerty – “Change in the Weather”
Prince – “Dreamer”
Bruce Springsteen – “Working on a Dream”
Neil Young – “Fork in the Road”

Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals
Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood – “Can’t Find My Way Home”
Coldplay – “Life in Technicolor II”
Green Day – “21 Guns”
Kings Of Leon – “Use Somebody”
U2 – “I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight”

Best Hard Rock Performance
AC/DC – “War Machine”
Alice In Chains – “Check My Brain”
Linkin Park – “What I’ve Done”
Metallica – “The Unforgiven III”
Nickelback – “Burn It to the Ground”

Best Metal Performance
Judas Priest – “Dissident Aggressor”
Lamb Of God – “Set To Fail”
Megadeth – “Head Crusher”
Ministry – “Senor Peligro”
Slayer – “Hate Worldwide”

Best Rock Instrumental Performance
Jeff Beck – “A Day in the Life”
Booker T. Jones – “Warped Sister”
Brad Paisley – “Playing With Fire”
Brian Setzer Orchestra – “Mr. Surfer Goes Jazzin’”
Steve Vai – “Now We Run”

Best Rock Song
Pearl Jam – “The Fixer”
U2 – “I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight”
Green Day – “21 Guns”
Kings Of Leon – “Use Somebody”
Bruce Springsteen – “Working on a Dream”

Best Rock Album
AC/DC – Black Ice
Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood – Live From Madison Square Garden
Green Day – 21st Century Breakdown
Dave Matthews Band – Big Whiskey and the Groogrux King
U2 – No Line on the Horizon

Best Alternative Music Album
David Byrne & Brian Eno – Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
Death Cab for Cutie – The Open Door
Depeche Mode – Sounds of the Universe
Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – It’s Blitz!

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
Beyonce – “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)”
Melanie Fiona – “It Kills Me”
Lalah Hathaway – “That Was Then”
Ledisi – “Goin’ Thru Changes”
Jazmine Sullivan – “Lions, Tigers & Bears”

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
Anthony Hamilton – “The Point of it All”
Maxwell – “Pretty Wings”
Musiq Soulchild – “Sobeautiful”
Pleasure P – “Under”
Charlie Wilson – “There Goes My Baby”

Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals
Jamie Foxx & T-Pain – “Blame It”
India.Arie & Musiq Soulchild – “Chocolate High”
Musiq Soulchild & Mary J. Blige – “Ifuleave”
Robert Randolph & The Clark Sisters – “Higher Ground”
Calvin Richardson & Ann Nesby – “Love Has Finally Come at Last”

Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance
Beyonce – “At Last”
Anthony Hamilton – “Soul Music”
Boney James & Quinn – “Don’t Let Me Be Lonely Tonight”
Ann Nesby – “Sow Love”
Calvin Richardson – “Woman Gotta Have It”

Best Urban/Alternative Performance
The Foreign Exchange – “Daykeeper”
Robert Glasper & Bilal – “All Matter”
India.Arie & Dobet Gnahore – “Pearls”
Eric Roberson, Ben O’Neill & Michelle Thompson – “A Tale of Two”

Best R&B Song
Jamie Foxx & T-Pain – “Blame It”
Jazmine Sullivan – “Lions, Tigers & Bears”
Maxwell – “Pretty Wings”
Beyonce – “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)”
Pleasure P – “Under”

Best R&B Album
Anthony Hamilton – The Point of it All
India.Arie – Testimony: Vol. 2, Love & Politics
Ledisi – Turn Me Loose
Maxwell – Blacksummers’ Night
Charlie Wilson – Uncle Charlie

Best Contemporary R&B Album
Beyonce – I Am…Sasha Fierce
Jamie Foxx – Intuition
Pleasure P – The Introduction of Marcus Cooper
Trey Songz – Ready
T-Pain – Thr33 Ringz

Best Rap Solo Performance
Drake – “Best I Ever Had”
Eminem – “Beautiful”
Jay-Z – “D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)”
Kid Cudi – “Day ‘N’ Nite”
Mos Def – “Casa Bey”

Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group
Beastie Boys & Nas – “Too Many Rappers”
Eminem, Dr. Dre & 50 Cent – “Crack A Bottle”
Fabolous & Jay-Z – “Money Goes, Honey Stay”
Kid Cudi, Kanye West & Common – “Make Her Say”
Kanye West & Young Jeezy – “Amazing”

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
Beyonce & Kanye West – “Ego”
Keri Hilson, Kanye West & Ne-Yo – “Knock You Down”
Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West – “Run This Town”
The Lonely Island & T-Pain – “I’m On a Boat”
T.I. & Justin Timberlake – “Dead And Gone”

Best Rap Song
Drake – “Best I Ever Had”
Kid Cudi – “Day ‘N’ Nite”
T.I. & Justin Timberlake – “Dead And Gone”
Jay-Z – “D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)”
Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West – “Run This Town”

Best Rap Album
Common – Universal Mind Control
Eminem – Relapse
Flo Rida – R.O.O.T.S.
Mos Def – The Ecstatic
Q-Tip – The Renaissance

Best Female Country Vocal Performance
Miranda Lambert – “Dead Flowers”
Martina McBride – “I Just Call You Mine”
Taylor Swift – “White Horse”
Carrie Underwood – “Just A Dream”
Lee Ann Womack – “Solitary Thinkin’”

Best Male Country Vocal Performance
Trace Adkins – “All I Ask For Anymore”
Billy Currington – “People Are Crazy”
Jamey Johnson – “High Cost of Living”
George Strait – “Living For the Night”
Keith Urban – “Sweet Thing”

Best Country Performance By a Duo or Group With Vocals
Brooks & Dunn – “Cowgirls Don’t Cry”
Zac Brown Band – “Chicken Fried”
Lady Antebellum – “I Run to You”
Rascal Flatts – “Here Comes Goodbye”
Sugarland – “It Happens”

Best Country Collaboration With Vocals
Dierks Bentley & Patty Griffin – “Beautiful World”
Kenny Chesney & Mac McAnally – “Down The Road”
Brad Paisley & Keith Urban – “Start A Band”
Carrie Underwood & Randy Travis – “I Told You So”
Lee Ann Womack & George Strait – “Everything But Quits”

Best Country Instrumental Performance
Alison Brown – “Under the (Five) Wire”
The Greencards – “The Crystal Merchant”
Sarah Jarosz – “Mansinneedof”
Steve Wariner – “Producer’s Medley”

Best Country Song
Trace Adkins – “All I Ask For Anymore”
Jamey Johnson – “High Cost of Living”
Lady Antebellum – “I Run to You”
Billy Currington – “People Are Crazy”
Taylor Swift – “White Horse”

Best Country Album
Zac Brown Band – The Foundation
George Strait – Twang
Taylor Swift – Fearless
Keith Urban – Defying Gravity
Lee Ann Womack – Call Me Crazy

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