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Kanye West and Amy Winehouse (if the poor girl survives her months-long bender) are poised to collect the most hardware Feb. 10 at the 2008 Grammy Awards (complete list). As expected, quite a few hacks (yeah, I'm talking to you T-Pain) got nominated, and it's criminal that M.I.A.'s Kala isn't up for Album of the Year.

Yeah, I could go on and on about all the acts that should have been honored with a nom, but instead of griping, here are my picks (in bold)  for who I'd like to see win in the major categories.

Record Of The Year

• Irreplaceable

Beyoncé

• The Pretender

Foo Fighters

• Umbrella

Rihanna Featuring Jay-Z

• What Goes Around…Comes Around

Justin Timberlake

• Rehab

  Amy Winehouse

Album Of The Year

• Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace

Foo Fighters

• These Days

Vince Gill

• River: The Joni Letters

Herbie Hancock

• Graduation

Kanye West

• Back To Black

Amy Winehouse

Song Of The Year

• Before He Cheats

Josh Kear & Chris Tompkins, songwriters (Carrie Underwood)

• Hey There Delilah

Tom Higgenson, songwriter (Plain White T's)

• Like A Star

Corinne Bailey Rae, songwriter (Corinne Bailey Rae)

• Rehab

Amy Winehouse, songwriter (Amy Winehouse)

• Umbrella

Shawn Carter, Kuk Harrell, Terius "Dream" Nash & Christopher Stewart,

Best New Artist

• Feist

• Ledisi

• Paramore

• Taylor Swift

• Amy Winehouse

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

• Candyman

Christina Aguilera

• 1234

Feist

• Big Girls Don't Cry

Fergie

• Say It Right

Nelly Furtado

• Rehab

Amy Winehouse

Best Dance Recording

• Do It Again

The Chemical Brothers

• D.A.N.C.E.

Justice

• Love Today

Mika

• Don't Stop The Music

Rihanna

• LoveStoned/I Think She Knows

Justin Timberlake

Best Electronic/Dance Album

• We Are The Night

The Chemical Brothers

• †

Justice

• Sound Of Silver

LCD Soundsystem

• We Are Pilots

Shiny Toy Guns

• Elements Of Life

Tiësto

Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance

• Timebomb

Beck

• Only Mama Knows

Paul McCartney

• Our Country

John Mellencamp

• Radio Nowhere

Bruce Springsteen

• Come On

Lucinda Williams

Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

• It's Not Over

Daughtry

• Working Class Hero

Green Day

• If Everyone Cared

Nickelback

• Instant Karma

U2

Track from: Instant Karma - The Campaign To Save Darfur

• Icky Thump

The White Stripes

Best Hard Rock Performance

• Sweet Sacrifice

Evanescence

• The Pretender

Foo Fighters

• I Don't Wanna Stop

Ozzy Osbourne

• Sick, Sick, Sick

Queens Of The Stone Age

• The Pot

Tool

Track from: 10,000 Days

[Volcano]

Best Metal Performance

• Nothing Left

As I Lay Dying

• Never Ending Hill

King Diamond

• Aesthetics Of Hate

Machine Head

• Redemption

Shadows Fall

• Final Six

Slayer

Track from: Christ Illusion

Best Rock Song

• Come On

Lucinda Williams, songwriter (Lucinda Williams)

• Icky Thump

Jack White, songwriter (The White Stripes)

• It's Not Over

Chris Daughtry, Gregg Wattenberg, Mark Wilkerson & Brett Young, songwriters

• The Pretender

Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel & Chris Shiflett, songwriters (Foo

Fighters)

• Radio Nowhere

Bruce Springsteen, songwriter (Bruce Springsteen)

Best Rock Album

• Daughtry

Daughtry

[RCA Records]

• Revival

John Fogerty

[Fantasy]

• Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace

Foo Fighters

[Roswell/RCA Records]

• Magic

Bruce Springsteen

[Columbia]

• Sky Blue Sky

Wilco

[Nonesuch Records]

Best Alternative Music Album

• Alright, Still...

Lily Allen

• Neon Bible

Arcade Fire

[Merge Records]

• Volta

Bjork

[Elektra/Atlantic]

• Wincing The Night Away

The Shins

[Sub Pop]

• Icky Thump

The White Stripes

[Third Man/Warner Bros.]

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance

• Just Fine

Mary J. Blige

[Geffen]

• When I See You

Fantasia

Track from: Fantasia

[J Records/19 Records/S Records]

• No One

Alicia Keys

[J Records/MBK Entertainment]

• If I Have My Way

Chrisette Michele

Track from: I Am

[Def Jam Recordings]

• Hate On Me

Jill Scott

Track from: The Real Thing

[Hidden Beach Recordings]

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance

(For a solo vocal performance.  Singles or Tracks only.)

• Woman

Raheem DeVaughn

[Jive Records]

• B.U.D.D.Y.

Musiq Soulchild

Track from: Luvanmusiq

[Atlantic Records]

• Because Of You

Ne-Yo

[Def Jam Recordings]

• Future Baby Mama

Prince

Track from: Planet Earth

[Columbia/NPG Records]

• Please Don't Go

Tank

Track from: Sex, Love & Pain

[Blackground/Universal Motown]

Field 6 - R&B

Category 25 -  Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

(For duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals.  Singles or Tracks only.)

• Same Girl

R. Kelly Featuring Usher

Track from: Double Up

[Jive]

• Disrespectful

Chaka Khan Featuring Mary J. Blige

[Burgundy/Sony/BMG]

• Hate That I Love You

Rihanna Featuring Ne-Yo

Track from: Good Girl Gone Bad

[Def Jam Recordings]

• Baby

Angie Stone Featuring Betty Wright

[Stax]

• Bartender

T-Pain Featuring Akon

[Jive]

Field 6 - R&B

Category 26 -  Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance

(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals.  Singles or Tracks only.)

• Walk A Mile In My Shoes

Otis Clay

Track from: Walk A Mile In My Shoes

[Echo Records]

• All Night Long

Randy Crawford & Joe Sample

Track from: Feeling Good

[PRA Records]

• In My Songs

Gerald Levert

Track from: In My Songs

[Atlantic]

• I Apologize

Ann Nesby

Track from: This Is Love

[Shanachie/It's Time Child Records]

• I Am Your Man

Ryan Shaw

Track from: This Is Ryan Shaw

[One Haven/Razor & Tie Entertainment]

Field 6 - R&B

Category 27 -  Best Urban/Alternative Performance

(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals.  Singles or Tracks only.)

• Make A Baby

Vikter Duplaix

Track from: Bold And Beautiful

[BBE]

• That’s The Way Of The World

Dwele

Track from: Interpretations: Celebrating The Music Of Earth, Wind & Fire

[Stax]

• Daydreamin'

Lupe Fiasco Featuring Jill Scott

Track from: Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor

[1st & 15th/Atlantic]

• Fantasy

Meshell Ndegeocello

Track from: Interpretations: Celebrating The Music Of Earth, Wind & Fire

[Stax]

• Dream

Alice Smith

Track from: For Lovers, Dreamers & Me

[BBE Records]

Field 6 - R&B

Category 28 -  Best R&B Song

(A Songwriter(s) Award.  For Song Eligibility Guidelines see Category #3.  (Artist names appear in parentheses.)  Singles or Tracks only.)

• Beautiful Flower

India.Arie & Joyce Simpson, songwriters (India.Arie)

[Universal Republic Records; Publishers: Gold & Iron Music Publishing, WB Music Corp.]

• Hate That I Love You

M.S. Eriksen, T.E. Hermansen & Shaffer Smith, songwriters (Rihanna Featuring

Ne-Yo)

Track from: Good Girl Gone Bad

[Def Jam Recordings; Publishers: EMI April Music, Sony/ATV Tunes]

• No One

Dirty Harry, Kerry Brothers & Alicia Keys, songwriters (Alicia Keys)

[J Records/MBK Entertainment; Publishers: Lellow Productions/EMI April Music, Book Of Daniel Music/EMI Music Publishing, D. Harry Productions]

• Teachme

Ivan Barias, Adam W. Blackstone, Randall C. Bowland, Carvin Haggins, Johnnie

Smith II & Corey Latif Williams, songwriters (Musiq Soulchild)

Track from: Luvanmusiq

[Atlantic; Publishers: Nivrac Tyke/Universal Publishing, Latif Music/Universal Publishing, Tetra Grammaton/Universal Music Publishing, Melodic Piano Productions, HC 1030 Publishing]

• When I See U

Louis Biancaniello, Waynne Nugent, Erika Nuri, Kevin Risto, Janet Sewel & Sam

Watters, songwriters (Fantasia)

Track from: Fantasia

[J Records/19 Records/S Records; Publishers: Breakthrough Creations/EMI April Music, S.M.Y. Publishing/Sony/ATV Tunes, Break North Music/Sony/ATV Music Publishing, Wayne Writers/Sony/ATV Tunes, J. Sewell Publishing, Golden The Super Kid Music]

Field 6 - R&B

Category 29 -  Best R&B Album

(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

• Funk This

Chaka Khan

[Burgundy Records]

• Lost & Found

Ledisi

[Verve Forecast]

• Luvanmusiq

Musiq Soulchild

[Atlantic]

• The Real Thing

Jill Scott

[Hidden Beach Recordings]

• Sex, Love & Pain

Tank

[Blackground/Universal Motown Records]

Field 6 - R&B

Category 30 -  Best Contemporary R&B Album

(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

• Konvicted

Akon

[SRC/Universal Motown]

• Just Like You

Keyshia Cole

[Geffen]

• Fantasia

Fantasia

[J Records/19 Records/S Records]

• East Side Story

Emily King

[J Records]

• Because Of You

Ne-Yo

[Def Jam Recordings]

Field 7 - Rap

Category 31 -  Best Rap Solo Performance

(For a solo Rap performance.  Singles or Tracks only.)

• The People

Common

Track from: Finding Forever

[Geffen]

• I Get Money

50 Cent

Track from: Curtis

[Shady/Aftermath/Interscope Records]

• Show Me What You Got

Jay-Z

Track from: Kingdom Come

[Roc-A-Fella Records]

• Big Things Poppin' (Do It)

T.I.

[Grand Hustle/Atlantic]

• Stronger

Kanye West

Track from: Graduation

[Roc-A-Fella Records]

Field 7 - Rap

Category 32 -  Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group

(For duo, group or collaborative performances of Rap only.  Singles or Tracks only.)

• Southside

Common Featuring Kanye West

Track from: Finding Forever

[Geffen]

• Make It Rain

Fat Joe Featuring Lil Wayne

Track from: Me, Myself & I

[Terror Squad Entertainment]

• Party Like A Rockstar

Shop Boyz

Track from: Rockstar Mentality

[OnDeck/Universal Republic Records]

• Int'l Players Anthem (I Choose You)

UGK Featuring OutKast

[Jive]

• Better Than I've Ever Been

Kanye West, Nas & KRS-One

[Nike]

Field 7 - Rap

Category 33 -  Best Rap/Sung Collaboration

(For a Rap/Sung collaborative performance by artists who do not normally perform together.  Singles or Tracks only.)

• I Wanna Love You

Akon Featuring Snoop Dogg

Track from: Konvicted

[SRC/Universal Motown]

• Kiss, Kiss

Chris Brown & T-Pain

[Jive]

• Let It Go

Keyshia Cole Featuring Missy Elliott & Lil' Kim

Track from: Just Like You

[Geffen]

• Umbrella

Rihanna Featuring Jay-Z

Track from: Good Girl Gone Bad

[Def Jam Recordings]

• Good Life

Kanye West Featuring T-Pain

Track from: Graduation

[Roc-A-Fella]

Field 7 - Rap

Category 34 -  Best Rap Song

(A Songwriter(s) Award.  For Song Eligibility Guidelines see Category #3.  (Artist names appear in parentheses.)  Singles or Tracks only.)

• Ayo Technology

Nate (Danja) Hills, Curtis Jackson, Timothy Mosley & Justin Timberlake,

songwriters (50 Cent Featuring Justin Timberlake & Timbaland)

Track from: Curtis

[Shady/Aftermath/Interscope Records; Publishers: 50 Cent Music Publishing/Virginia Beach Music/Danjahandz Music/WB Music Corp./Tenman Tunes]

• Big Things Poppin' (Do It)

Clifford Harris & Byron Thomas, songwriters (T.I.)

[Grand Hustle/Atlantic; Publishers: Crown Club Publishing/Warner Chappell Music, Fresh Is The Word]

• Can't Tell Me Nothing

A. Davis & Kanye West, songwriters (Kanye West)

Track from: Graduation

[Roc-A-Fella; Publishers: Very Good Beats/Hip Hop Since 1978]

• Crank That (Soulja Boy)

Soulja Boy Tell'Em, songwriter (Soulja Boy Tell'Em)

[Collipark/Interscope Records]

• Good Life

A. Davis, F. Najm & K. West, songwriters (J. Ingram & Q. Jones, songwriters)

(Kanye West Featuring T-Pain)

Track from: Graduation

[Roc-A-Fella; Publishers: Very Good Beats/Hip Hop Since 1978, Warner-Tamerlane Punlishing, Yellow Brick Road Music/Eiseman Music]

Field 7 - Rap

Category 35 -  Best Rap Album

(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

• Finding Forever

Common

[Geffen]

• Kingdom Come

Jay-Z

[Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam Recordings]

• Hip Hop Is Dead

Nas

[Def Jam/Columbia/The Jones Experience]

• T.I. vs T.I.P.

T.I.

[Grand Hustle/Atlantic]

• Graduation

Kanye West

[Roc-A-Fella Records]

Field 8 - Country

Category 36 -  Best Female Country Vocal Performance

(For a solo vocal performance.  Singles or Tracks only.)

• Simple Love

Alison Krauss

Track from: A Hundred Miles Or More: A Collection

[Rounder]

• Famous In A Small Town

Miranda Lambert

Track from: Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

[Columbia Nashville]

• Nothin' Better To Do

LeAnn Rimes

[Curb Records]

• Before He Cheats

Carrie Underwood

Track from: Some Hearts

[19 Recordings/Arista Nashville]

• Heaven, Heartache And The Power Of Love

Trisha Yearwood

[Big Machine Records]

Field 8 - Country

Category 37 -  Best Male Country Vocal Performance

(For a solo vocal performance.  Singles or Tracks only.)

• Long Trip Alone

Dierks Bentley

Track from: Long Trip Alone

[Capitol Records Nashville]

• A Woman's Love

Alan Jackson

Track from: Like Red On A Rose

[Arista Nashville]

• If You're Reading This

Tim McGraw

Track from: Let It Go

[Curb Records]

• Give It Away

George Strait

Track from: It Just Comes Natural

[MCA Nashville]

• Stupid Boy

Keith Urban

Track from: Love, Pain & The Whole Crazy Thing

[Capitol Records Nashville]

Field 8 - Country

Category 38 -  Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

(For established duos or groups with vocals.  Singles or Tracks only.)

• Proud Of The House We Built

Brooks & Dunn

[Arista Nashville]

• How Long

Eagles

[Eagles Recording Co. II]

• Moments

Emerson Drive

Track from: Countrified

[Midas Records, Inc.]

• Lucky Man

Montgomery Gentry

Track from: Some People Change

[Columbia Nashville]

• Sweet Memories

The Time Jumpers

Track from: Jumpin' Time

[Crosswind]

Field 8 - Country

Category 39 -  Best Country Collaboration With Vocals

(For a collaborative performance, with vocals, by artists who do not normally perform together.  Singles or Tracks only.)

• Days Aren't Long Enough

Steve Earle & Allison Moorer

Track from: Washington Square Serenade

[New West Records]

• Because Of You

Reba McEntire & Kelly Clarkson

[MCA Nashville]

• I Need You

Tim McGraw & Faith Hill

Track from: Let It Go

[Curb Records]

• Lost Highway

Willie Nelson & Ray Price

Track from: Last Of The Breed

[Lost Highway Records]

• Oh Love

Brad Paisley & Carrie Underwood

Track from: 5th Gear

[Arista Nashville]

Field 8 - Country

Category 40 -  Best Country Instrumental Performance

(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, without vocals.  Singles or Tracks only.)

• Little Monk

Russ Barenberg

Track from: When At Last

[Compass Records]

• Mucky The Duck

The Greencards

Track from: Viridian

[Dualtone Music Group]

• Throttleneck

Brad Paisley

Track from: 5th Gear

[Arista Nashville]

• Rawhide!

Andy Statman

Track from: East Flatbush Blues

[Shefa Records]

• Fidoodlin'

The Time Jumpers

Track from: Jumpin' Time

[Crosswind]

Field 8 - Country

Category 41 -  Best Country Song

(A Songwriter(s) Award.  For Song Eligibility Guidelines see Category #3.  (Artist names appear in parentheses.)  Singles or Tracks only.)

• Before He Cheats

Josh Kear & Chris Tompkins, songwriters (Carrie Underwood)

Track from: Some Hearts

[19 Recordings/Arista Nashville; Publishers: That Little House Music, Mighty Underdog Music/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing]

• Give It Away

Bill Anderson, Buddy Cannon & Jamey Johnson, songwriters (George Strait)

Track from: It Just Comes Natural

[MCA Nashville; Publishers: Sony/ATV Tree Publishing/Mr. Bubba Music, Run Slow Music, EMI Blackwood Music]

• I Need You

Tony Lane & David Lee, songwriters (Tim McGraw & Faith Hill)

Track from: Let It Go

[Curb Records; Publishers: Careers-BMG Music Publishing/Nervous Worm Music/Famous Music/Ed And Lucille Songs]

• If You're Reading This

Tim McGraw, Brad Warren & Brett Warren, songwriters (Tim McGraw)

Track from: Let It Go

[Curb Records; Publishers: Bucky And Clyde Music, Stylesonic Music]

• Long Trip Alone

Brett Beavers, Dierks Bentley & Steve Bogard, songwriters (Dierks Bentley)

Track from: Long Trip Alone

[Capitol Records Nashville; Publishers: Ensign Music/Rancho Papa Music/Home With The Armadillo Music, Big White Tracks]

Field 8 - Country

Category 42 -  Best Country Album

(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Long Trip Alone

Dierks Bentley

[Capitol Records Nashville]

• These Days

Vince Gill

[MCA Nashville]

• Let It Go

Tim McGraw

[Curb Records]

• 5th Gear

Brad Paisley

[Arista Nashville]

• It Just Comes Natural

George Strait

[MCA Nashville]

Field 8 - Country

Category 43 -  Best Bluegrass Album

(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Cherryholmes II Black And White

Cherryholmes

[Skaggs Family Records]

• Lefty's Old Guitar

J. D. Crowe & The New South

[Rounder]

• The Bluegrass Diaries

Jim Lauderdale

[Yep Roc Records]

• Scenechronized

Seldom Scene

[Sugar Hill]

• Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular

Tony Trischka

[Rounder]

Field 9 - New Age

Category 44 -  Best New Age Album

(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Faces Of The Sun

Peter Kater

[Silver Wave Records]

• Sacred Journey Of Ku -Kai, Volume 3

Kitaro

[Domo Records, Inc]

• One Guitar

Ottmar Liebert

[Spiral Subwave Records]

• Southwest

Eric Tingstad

[Cheshire Records]

• Crestone

Paul Winter Consort

[Living Music]

Field 10 - Jazz

Category 45 -  Best Contemporary Jazz Album

(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)

• Party Hats

Will Bernard

[Palmetto Records]

• Downright Upright

Brian Bromberg

[Artistry Music]

• Re-imagination

Eldar

[Masterworks Jazz]

• River: The Joni Letters

Herbie Hancock

[Verve]

• He Had A Hat

Jeff Lorber

[Blue Note]

Field 10 - Jazz

Category 46 -  Best Jazz Vocal Album

(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

• Avant Gershwin

Patti Austin

[Rendezvous Entertainment]

• Red Earth - A Malian Journey

Dee Dee Bridgewater

[DDB/Emarcy]

• Music Maestro Please

Freddy Cole

[HighNote Records]

• Nightmoves

Kurt Elling

[Concord Jazz]

• On The Other Side

Tierney Sutton (Band)

[Telarc Jazz]

Field 10 - Jazz

Category 47 -  Best Jazz Instrumental Solo

(For an instrumental jazz solo performance.  Two equal performers on one recording may be eligible as one entry.  If the soloist listed appears on a recording billed to another artist, the latter's name is in parenthesis for identification.  Singles or Tracks only.)

• Levees

Terence Blanchard, soloist

Track from: A Tale Of God's Will (A Requiem For Katrina)

[Blue Note]

• Anagram

Michael Brecker, soloist

Track from: Pilgrimage

[Heads Up International]

• Both Sides Now

Herbie Hancock, soloist

Track from: River: The Joni Letters

[Verve]

• Lullaby

Hank Jones, soloist

Track from: Kids: Live At Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola (Joe Lovano and Hank Jones)

[Blue Note]

• 1000 Kilometers

Paul McCandless, soloist

Track from: 1000 Kilometers (Oregon)

[CamJazz]