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Michael Jackson Autopsy Reenactment Is “Morbid, Sick And Insensitive”

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Does The Discovery Channel in Europe care that Michael Jackson was someone’s son? Three children’s father? A beloved brother?  I guess the answer is no and that none of that matters because the channel is planning to air a TV special called ‘Michael Jackson’s Autopsy: What Really Killed Michael Jackson.’  This debacle of a show intends to reenact Michael Jackson’s autopsy and is set to air  January 13, 2011.

E-Online is reporting that the co-executors of Michael Jackson’s estate, John Branca and John McClain, have sent a letter to Discovery berating the channel for “bad taste.”  

The letter reads in part,”Your decision to even schedule this program is in shockingly bad taste, insensitive to Michael’s family, and appears motivated solely by your blind desire to exploit Michael’s death, while cynically attempting to dupe the public into believing this show will have serious medical value.”

Just take a look at the print ad to get a sense of how insensitive this show’s creators and promoters are.
“The ad is debased, sick and insensitive. No doubt this fictitious, morbid image is being spread worldwide even now on the Internet, viewed by Michael’s loved ones, and even accepted as authentic by those who may be unaware that Discovery made it up,” the letter continued.

This is simply, appalling. 

Michael Jackson’s Album Sales Are In – Not Too Shabby

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Michael Jackson‘s posthumous new album, Michael, was released December 13 and has already sold 228,000 copies in the U.S. and hundreds of thousands more overseas.

In addition to the purchased units, another 3 million copies were shipped abroad for sale so the numbers should pick up in the upcoming weeks.

While the numbers aren’t earth shattering, they’re still pretty impressive for any new release. Compare them to the sales for the album released by Crystal Bowersox during the same week and you get a better sense for this posthumous accomplishment.

Michael debuted at #3 in the U.S.  It came behind Taylor Swift’s Speak Now, (259,000) and Susan Boyle’s The Gift (254,000). 

The album did hit #1 in Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Sweden. It also hit  was #3 and #4 in Japan and the UK, respectively.

Googlers And Bingers Clash In Their Top 2010 Celeb Searches. Who Won The Celeb Battle?

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Kim Kardashian vs. Justin Bieber.

Who was the Queen or King of top searched celebrities in 2010? Depends on whether you ask Bing or Google.

Last week, I reported on the list of top 2010 celebrities searched on Bing. On that list, Kim Kardashian was the clearcut winner. Justin did not even crack the top 5. “How on earth is that possible, I thought?”  Justin is everywhere and has his hands and name on everything, including book writing, nail polish, bedding, and oh, ya, music.

But, this week, Google’s list of top 2010 searched celebs has been unveiled and the two search engines have turned up quite different results. Google gave the crown to Justin Bieber and has Kimmie coming in at three.

Since Google has, well a google more users than Bing, I guess Justin Bieber wins this battle of searches just like he has won every other battle it seems this year.

But the full list of results (below) make me wonder who the typical Bing Search user and the typical Google Search user is because each user certainly differs in his/her taste for “celebrities.”

Are you a Google guy/gal or a Binger? I myself am a Google girl but you couldn’t tell based on these results as I can’t fully relate to either…

Michael Jackson’s “Hold My Hand” Video Is Released! Watch It Here.

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There has been more news about Michael Jackson this year than in some years when the legend was still alive. This time, it is the release of MJ’s new music video for “Hold My Hand” which is making headlines!

The video also features Akon, MJ’s singing partner on this song. This is the first video and single from the upcoming album, Michael which will be released Tuesday.

WATCH THE VIDEO BELOW:
 

Michael Jackson Gets Grammy Nod! See The Complete Nominee List For The 53rd Annual Grammy Awards

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The 53rd Annual Grammy Awards will take place February 13 in Los Angeles and the list of nominations has just been released. Leading with 10 nominations is Eminem! Bruno Mars has seven nods, and Lady Antebellum, Lady Gaga, and Jay-z have 6 nods each. Michael Jackson is also nominated for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for the song ‘This is It’.

Justin Bieber got two nominations and he just can’t believe it! This is what the Biebs Tweeted:

 Here’s the complete list of Grammy nominees:

Best New Artist

  • Justin Bieber
  • Drake
  • Florence and the Machine
  • Mumford & Sons
  • Esperanza Spalding
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

  • “King of Anything,” Sara Bareilles
  • “Halo (Live),” Beyoncé
  • “Chasing Pirates,” Norah Jones
  • “Bad Romance,” Lady Gaga
  • “Teenage Dream,” Katy Perry

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance

  • “Haven’t Met You Yet,” Michael Bublé
  • “This Is It,” Michael Jackson
  • “Whataya Want From Me,” Adam Lambert
  • “Just the Way You Are,” Bruno Mars
  • “Half of My Heart,” John Mayer

Album of the Year

  • The Suburbs, Arcade Fire
  • Recovery, Eminem
  • Teenage Dream, Katy Perry
  • Need You Now, Lady Antebellum
  • The Fame Monster, Lady Gaga

Record of the Year

  • “Nothing on You,” B.O.B featuring Bruno Mars
  • “Need You Now,” Lady Antebellum
  • “Love the Way You Lie,” Eminem featuring Rihanna
  • “F–k You! (aka Forget You!),” Cee Lo Green
  • “Empire State,” Jay-Z and Alicia Keys

Song of the Year

  • “Beg, Steal or Borrow,” Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs
  • F–k You! (aka Forget You!),” Cee Lo Green
  • “The House That Built Me,” Miranda Lambert
  • “Love the Way You Lie,” Eminem featuring Rihanna
  • “Need You Now,” Lady Antebellum

Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals

  • “Don’t Stop Believin’ (Regionals Version),” Glee cast
  • “Misery,” Maroon 5
  • “The Only Exception,” Paramore
  • “Babyfather,” Sade
  • “Hey, Soul Sister (Live),” Train

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals

  • “Airplanes II,” B.o.B, Eminem and Haley Williams
  • “California Gurls,” Katy Perry and Snoop Dogg
  • “Imagine,” Herbie Hancock, Pink, India.Arie, Seal, Konono No. 1, Jeff Beck and Oumou Sangare
  • “If It Wasn’t for Bad,” Elton John and Leon Russell
  • “Telephone,” Lady Gaga and Beyoncé

Best Pop Instrumental Performance

  • “Flow,” Laurie Anderson
  • “Nessun Dorma,” Jeff Beck
  • “No Mystery,” Stanley Clarke
  • “Orchestral Intro,” Gorillaz
  • “Sleepwalk,” The Brian Setzer Orchestra

Best Pop Instrumental Album

  • Pushing the Envelope, Gerald Albright
  • Take Your Pick, Larry Carlton and Tak Matsumoto
  • Heart and Soul, Kenny G
  • Singularity, Robby Krieger
  • Everything Is Everything: The Music of Donny Hathaway, Kirk Whalum

Best Pop Vocal Album

  • My World 2.0, Justin Bieber
  • I Dreamed a Dream, Susan Boyle
  • The Fame Monster, Lady Gaga
  • Battle Studies, John Mayer
  • Teenage Dream, Katy Perry

Best Electronic/Dance Album

  • These Hopeful Machines, BT
  • Further, The Chemical Brothers
  • Head First, Goldfrapp
  • Black Light, Groove Armada
  • La Roux, La Roux
Best Dance Recording

  • “Rocket,” Godfrapp
  • “In for the Kill,” La Roux
  • “Dance in the Dark,” Lady Gaga
  • “Only Girl (In the World),” Rihanna
  • “Dancing on My Own,” Robyn

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

  • Crazy Love, Michael Bublé
  • The Greatest Love Songs of All Time, Barry Manilow
  • Let It Be Me: Mathis In Nashville, Johnny Mathis
  • Fly Me to the Moon…The Great American Songbook: Volume V, Rod Stewart
  • Love Is the Answer, Barbra Streisand

Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance

  • “Run Back to Your Side,” Eric Clapton
  • “Crossroads,” John Mayer
  • “Helter Skelter,” Paul McCartney
  • “Silver Rider,” Robert Plant
  • “Angry World,” Neil Young

Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals

  • “Ready to Start,” Arcade Fire
  • “I Put a Spell on You,” Jeff Beck and Joss Stone
  • “Tighten Up,” The Black Keys
  • “Radioactive,” Kings of Leon
  • “Resistance,” Muse

Best Hard Rock Performance

  • “A Looking in View,” Alice in Chains
  • “Let Me Hear You Scream,” Ozzy Osbourne
  • “Black Rain,” Soundgarden
  • “Between the Lines,” Stone Temple Pilots
  • “New Fans,” Them Crooked Vultures

Best Metal Performance

  • “El Dorado,” Iron Maiden
  • “Let the Guilt Go,” Korn
  • “In your Words,” Lamb of God
  • “Sudden Death,” Megadeath
  • “World Painted Blood,” Slayer


Best Rock Instrumental Performance

  • “Hammerhead,” Jeff Beck
  • “Black Mud,” The Black Keys
  • “Do the Murray,” Los Lobos
  • “Kundalini Bonfire,” Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds
  • “The Deathless Horsie,” Dweezil Zappa

Best Rock Song

  • “Angry World,” Neil Young
  • “Little Lion Man,” Mumford & Sons
  • “Radioactive,” Kings of Leon
  • “Resistance,” Muse
  • “Tighten Up,” The Black Keys

Best Rock Album

  • Mojo, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
  • Le Noise, Neil Young
  • Emotion & Commotion, Jeff Beck
  • The Resistance, Muse
  • Backspacer, Pearl Jam
Best Alternative Music Album

  • The Suburbs, Arcade Fire
  • Infinite Arms, Band of Horses
  • Brothers, The Black Keys
  • Broken Bells, Broken Bells
  • Contra, Vampire Weekend

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance

  • “Second Chance,” El DeBarge
  • “Finding My Way Back,” Jaheim
  • “Why Would You Stay,” Kem
  • “We’re Still Friends,” Musiq Soulchild
  • “There Goes My Baby,” Usher

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
  • “Gone Already,” Faith Evans
  • “Bittersweet,” Fantasia
  • “Everything to Me,” Monica
  • “Tired,” Kelly Price
  • “Holding You Down (Going in Circles),” Jazmine Sullivan

Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals

  • “Love,” Chuck Brown, Jill Scott and Marcus Miller
  • “Take My Time,” Chris Brown and Tank
  • “You’ve Got a Friend,” Ronald Isley and Aretha Franklin
  • “Shine,” John Legend and The Roots
  • “Soldier of Love,” Sade

Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance

  • “When a Woman Loves,” R. Kelly
  • “Hang on in There,” John Legend and The Roots
  • “You’re So Amazing,” Calvin Richardson
  • “In Between,” Ryan Shaw
  • “Go” (Live), Betty Wright

Best Urban/Alternative R&B Performance

  • “Little One,” Bilal
  • “F–k You! (aka Forget You!),” Cee Lo Green
  • “Orion,” Carolyn Malachi
  • “Tightrope,” Janelle Monáe and Big Boi
  • “Still,” Eric Roberson

Best R&B Song

  • “Bittersweet,” Fantasia
  • “Finding My Way Back,” Jaheim
  • “Second Chance,” El DeBarge
  • “Shine,” John Legend and The Roots
  • “Why Would You Stay,” Kem

Best R&B Album
The Love & War Masterpiece, Raheem DeVaughn
Back to Me, Fantasia
Another Round, Jaheim
Wake Up!, John Legend and The Roots
Still Standing, Monica

Best Contemporary R&B Album

  • Graffiti, Chris Brown
  • Untitled, R. Kelly
  • Transition, Ryan Leslie
  • The Archandroid, Janelle Monae
  • Raymond V Raymond, Usher

Best Rap Solo Performance

  • “Over,” Drake
  • “Not Afraid,” Eminem
  • “How Low,” Ludacris
  • “I’m Back,” T.I.
  • “Power,” Kanye West

Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group

  • “Shutterbug,” Big Boi and Cutty
  • “Fancy,” Drake, T.I. and Swizz Beatz
  • “On to the Next One,” Jay-Z and Swizz Beatz
  • “My Chick Bad,” Ludacris and Nicki Minaj
  • “Lose My Mind,” Young Jeezy and Plies

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration

  • “Nothin’ on You,” B.o.B featuring Bruno Mars
  • “Deuces,” Chris Brown featuring Tyga and Kevin McCall
  • “Love the Way You Lie,” Eminem featuring Rihanna
  • “Empire State of Mind,” Jay-Z featuring Alicia Keys
  • “Wake Up! Everybody,” John Legend, the Roots, Melanie Fiona and Common

Best Rap Song

  • “Empire State of Mind,” Jay-Z featuring Alicia Keys
  • “Love the Way You Lie,” Eminem featuring Rihanna
  • “Not Afraid,” Eminem
  • “Nothin’ on You,” B.o.B featuring Bruno Mars
  • “On toe the Next One,” Jay-Z featuring Swizz Beatz

Best Rap Album

  • The Adventures of Bobby Ray, B.o.B
  • Thank Me Later, Drake
  • Recovery, Eminem
  • The Blueprint 3, Jay-Z
  • How I Got Over, The Roots

Best Female Country Vocal Performance

  • Jewel, “Satisfied”
  • Miranda Lambert, “The House That Built Me”
  • LeAnn Rimes, “Swingin'”
  • Carrie Underwood,”Temporary Home”
  • Gretchen Wilson, “I’d Love to Be Your Last”

Best Male Country Vocal Performance

  • “Macon,” Jamey Johnson
  • “Cryin’ for Me (Wayman’s Song),” Toby Keith
  • “Turning Home,” David Nail
  • “‘Til Summer Comes Around,” Keith Urban
  • “Gettin’ You Home,” Chris Young

Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals

  • “Free,” Zac Brown Band
  • “Elizabeth,” Dailey & Vincent
  • “Need You Now,” Lady Antebellum
  • “Little White Church,” Little Big Town
  • “Where Rainbows Never Die,” The SteelDrivers

Best Country Collaboration With Vocals

  • “Bad Angel,” Dierks Bentley, Miranda Lambert and Jamey Johnson
  • “Pride (In the Name of Love),” Dierks Bentley, Del McCoury and the Punch Brothers
  • “As She’s Walking Away,” Zac Brown Band and Alan Jackson
  • “Hillbilly Bone,” Blake Shelton and Trace Adkins
  • “I Run to You,” Marty Stuart and Connie Smith

Best Country Instrumental Performance

  • “Tattoo of a Smudge,” Cherryholmes
  • “Magic #9,” The Infamous Stringdusters
  • “New Chance Blues,” Punch Brothers
  • “Willow Creek,” Darrell Scott
  • “Hummingbyrd,” Marty Stuart

Best Country Song

  • “The Breath You Take,” George Strait
  • “Free,” Zac Brown Band
  • “The House That Built Me,” Miranda Lambert
  • “I’d Love to Be Your Last,” Gretchen Wilson
  • “If I Die Young,” The Band Perry
  • “Need You Now,” Lady Antebellum

Best Country Album

  • Up on That Ridge, Dierks Bentley
  • You Get What You Give, Zac Brown Band
  • The Guitar Song, Jamey Johnson
  • Need You Now, Lady Antebellum
  • Revolution, Miranda Lambert

Best New Age Album

  • Ocean, Michael Brant DeMaria
  • Sacred Journey of Ku-Kai, Vol. 4, Kitaro
  • Dancing Into Silence, R. Carlos Nakai, William Eaton and Will Clipman
  • Miho: Journey to the Mountain, Paul Winter Consort
  • Instrumental Oasis, Vol 4, Zamora

Best Contemporary Jazz Album

  • The Stanley Clarke Band, The Stanley Clarke Band
  • Never Can Say Goodbye, Joey DeFrancesco
  • Now Is the Time, Jeff Lorber Fusion
  • To the One, John McLaughlin
  • Backatown, Trombone Shorty

Best Jazz Vocal Album

  • Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959): To Billie With Love From Dee Dee, Dee Dee Bridgewater
  • Freddy Cole Sings Mr. B, Freddy Cole
  • When Lights Are Low, Denise Donatelli
  • Ages, Lorraine Feather
  • Water, Gregory Porter

Best Improvised Jazz Solo

  • “Solar,” Alan Broadbent
  • “A Change Is Gonna Come,” Herbie Hancock
  • “Body and Soul,” Keith Jarrett
  • “Lonely Woman,” Hank Jones
  • “Van Gogh,” Wynton Marsalis

Best Jazz Instrumental Album

  • Positootly!, John Beasley
  • The New Song and Dance, Clayton Brothers
  • Historicity, Vijay Iyer Trio
  • Moody 4B, James Moody
  • Providencia, Danilo Perez

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

  • Infernal Machines, Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society
  • Autumn: In Moving Pictures Jazz—Chamber Music Vol. 2, Billy Childs Ensemble Featuring the Ying String Quartet
  • Pathways, Dave Holland Octect
  • 54, Metropole Orkest, John Scofield and Vince Mendoza
  • Mingus Big Band Live at Jazz Standard, Mingus Big Band

Best Latin Jazz Album

  • Tango Grill, Pablo Aslan
  • Second Chance, Hector Martignon
  • Psychedelic Blues, Poncho Sanchez
  • Chucho’s Steps, Chucho Valdés and the Afro-Cuban Messengers
  • ¡Bien Bien!, Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet

Best Gospel Performance

  • “He Wants It All,” Forever Jones
  • “You Hold My World,” Israel Houghton
  • “Nobody Greater,” VaShawn Mitchell
  • “He’s Just Been That Good,” Kirk Whalum and Lalah Hathaway
  • “Grace,” BeBe and CeCe Winans

Best Gospel Song

  • “Beautiful Things,” Gungor
  • “Better Than a Hallelujah,” Amy Grant
  • “It’s What I Do,” Kirk Whalum and Lalah Hathaway
  • “Our God,” Chris Tomlin
  • “Return to Sender,” Ricky Skaggs

Best Rock or Rap Gospel Album

  • Church Music, David Crowder Band
  • For Those Who Wait, Fireflight
  • Beautiful Things, Gungor
  • Rehab, Lecrae
  • Hello Hurricane, Switchfoot

Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album

  • Beauty Will Rise, Steven Curtis Chapman
  • Love God, Love People, Israel Houghton
  • Pieces of a Real Heart, Sanctus Real
  • Mosaic, Ricky Skaggs
  • Tonight, TobyMac

Best Southern/Country/Bluegrass Album

  • Times Like These, Austins Bridge
  • The Reason, Diamond Rio
  • Expecting Good Things, Jeff and Sheri Easter
  • Journey On, Ty Herndon
  • Live at Oak Tree: Karen Peck and New River, Karen Peck and New River

Best Traditional Gospel Album

  • The Experience, Vanessa Bell Armstrong
  • A City Called Heaven, Shirley Caesar
  • Downtown Church, Patty Griffin
  • Here I Am, Marvin Sapp
  • All in One, Karen Clark Sheard

Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album

  • Get Ready, Forever Jones
  • Love Unstoppable, Fred Hammond
  • Triumphant, VaShawn Mitchell
  • Aaron Sledge, Aaron Sledge
  • Still, BeBe and CeCe Winans
Best Latin Rock, Alternative or Urban Album

  • Oro, ChocQuibTown

  • Amor Vincit Omnia, Draco
  • El Existential, Grupo Fantasma
  • Bulevar 2000, Nortec Collective Presents: Bostich+Fussible
  • 1977, Ana Tijoux

Best Latin Pop Album
  • Poquita Ropa, Ricardo Arjona
  • Alex Cuba, Alex Cuba
  • Boleto De Entrada, Kany Garcia
  • Paraiso Express, Alejandro Sanz
  • Otra Cosa, Julieta Venegas

Best Tropical Latin Album

  • Sin Salsa No Hay Paraiso, El Gran Combo De Puerto Rico

  • Asondeguerra, Juan Luis Guerra 4.40
  • Irrepetible, Gilberto Santa Rosa
  • Viva La Tradición, Spanish Harlem Orchestra
  • 100 Sones Cubanos, Various artists

Best Tejano Album

  • Recuerdos, Little Joe and La Familia

  • Sabes Bien, Juan P. Moreno
  • In the Pocket, Joe Posada
  • Homenaje A Mi Padre, Sunny Sauceda Y Todo Eso
  • Cookin, Tortilla Factory

Best Norteño Album

  • Indispensable, Angel Fresnillo

  • Classic, Intocable
  • Ni Hoy Ni Mañana, Gerardo Ortiz
  • Desde La Cantina Volumen 1, Pesado
  • Intensamente, Principez De La Music Norteña

Best Banda Album

  • Ando Bien Pedo, Banda Los Recoditos

  • Caricias Compradas…, Cuisillos
  • Con La Fuerza Del Corrido, El Chapo
  • Enamórate De Mí, El Güero Y Su Banda Centenario
  • Todo Depende De Ti, La Arrolladora Banda El Limon

Best Americana Album

  • The List, Rosanne Cash

  • Tin Can Trust, Los Lobos
  • Country Music, Willie Nelson
  • Band of Joy, Robert Plant
  • You Are Not Alone, Mavis Staples


Best Bluegrass Album

  • Circles Around Me, Sam Bush

  • Mountain Soul II, Patty Loveless
  • Family Circle, The Del McCoury Band
  • Legacy, Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band
  • Reckless, The SteelDrivers


Best Traditional Folk Album

  • Genuine Negro Jig, Carolina Chocolate Drops

  • Onward and Upward, Luther Dickinson & the Sons of Mudboy
  • Memories of John, The John Hartford Stringband
  • Maria Muldaur & Her Garden of Joy, Maria Muldaur
  • Ricky Skaggs Solo: Songs My Dad Loved, Ricky Skaggs


Best Contemporary Folk Album

  • Love Is Strange—En Vivo Con Tino, Jackson Browne and David Lindley

  • The Age of Miracles, Mary Chapin Carpenter
  • Somedays the Song Writes You, Guy Clark
  • God Willin’ & the Creek Don’t Rise, Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs
  • Dream Attic, Richard Thompson


Best Traditional Blues Album

  • Giant, James Cotton
  • Memphis Blues, Cyndi Lauper
  • The Well, Charlie Musselwhite
  • Joined at the Hip, Pinetop Perkins & Willie Big Eyes Smith
  • Plays Blues, Ballads & Favorites: Jimmie Vaughn

Best Contemporary Blues Album

  • Nothing’s Impossible, Solomon Burke

  • Tribal, Dr. John and the Lower 911
  • Living Proof, Buddy Guy
  • Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook, Bettye La Vette
  • Live! in Chicago, Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band featuring Hubert Sumlin, Willie “Big Eyes” Smith, Bryan Lee and Buddy Flett

Best Hawaiian Music Album
  • Huana Ke Aloha, Tia Carrere
  • Amy Hanaiali’i and Slack Key Masters of Hawaii, Amy Hanaiali’i and Slack Key Masters of Hawaii
  • Polani, Daniel Ho
  • The Legend, Ledward Kaapana
  • Maui on My Mind—Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar, Jeff Peterson

Best Native American Music Album

  • XI, Bear Creek

  • Temptations: Cree Round Dance Songs, Northern Cree
  • Woodnotes Wyld: Historic Flute Sounds From the Dr. Richard W. Payne Collection, Peter Phippen
  • 2010 Gathering of Nations Pow Wow: A Spirit’s Dance

Best Zydeco or Cajun Music Album

  • Zydeco Junkie, Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band

  • En Couleurs, Feufollet
  • Happy Go Lucky, D.L. Menard
  • Back Home, The Pine Leaf Boys
  • Creole Moon: Live at the Blue Moon Saloon, Cedric Watson et Bijou Créole

Best Reggae Album

  • Before the Dawn, Buju Banton
  • Isaacs Meets Isaac, Gregory Isaacs & King Isaacs
  • Revelation, Lee “Scratch” Perry
  • Made in Jamaica, Bob Sinclair and Sly & Robbie
  • One Pop Reggae, Sly & Robbie and the Family Taxi
  • Legacy, an Acoustic Tribute to Peter Tosh, Andrew Tosh

Best Traditional World Music Album

  • Pure Sounds, Gyuto Monks of Tibet

  • I Speak Fula, Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba
  • Grace, Soweto Gospel Choir
  • Ali and Toumani, Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté
  • Tango Universal, Vayo

Best Contemporary World Music Album

  • Throw Down Your Heart, Africa Sessions Part 2: Unreleased Tracks, Béla Fleck

  • All in One, Bebel Gilberto
  • Õÿö, Angelique Kidjo
  • Bom Tempo, Sergio Mendes
  • Om Namo Narayanaya: Soul Call, Chandrika Krishnamurthy Tandon

Best Musical Album for Children

  • Here Comes Science, They Might Be Giants

  • Jungle Gym, Justin Roberts
  • Sunny Days, Battersby Duo
  • Tomorrow’s Children, Pete Seeger With the Rivertown Kids and Friends
  • Weird Things Are Everywhere!, Judy Pancoast

Best Spoken Word Album for Children

  • Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition, Selma Blair

  • The Best Candy in the Whole World, Bill Harley
  • Healthy Food for Thought: Good Enough to Eat, Various artists
  • Julie Andrews’ Collection of Poems, Songs and Lullabies, Julie Andrews and Emma Walton Hamilton
  • Nanny McPhee Returns, Emma Thompson

Best Spoken Word Album

  • American on Purpose, Craig Ferguson

  • The Bedwetter, Sarah Silverman
  • The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Presents Earth (The Audiobook), Jon Stewart with Samantha Bee, Wyatt Cenac, Jason Jones, John Oliver and Sigourney Weaver
  • A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Future, Michael J. Fox
  • This Time Together: Laughter and Reflection, Carol Burnett
  • The Woody Allen Collection: Mere Anarchy, Side Effects, Without Feathers, Getting Even, Woody Allen

Best Comedy Album

  • Cho Dependent, Margaret Cho

  • I Told You I Was Freaky, Flight of the Conchords
  • Kathy Griffin Does the Bible Belt, Kathy Griffin
  • Stark Raving Black, Lewis Black
  • Weapons of Self Destruction, Robin Williams

Best Musical Show Album

  • American Idiot (Featuring Green Day)

  • Fela!
  • A Little Night Music
  • Promises, Promises
  • Sondheim on Sondheim

Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media

  • Crazy Heart

  • Glee: The Music, Vol. 1
  • Tremé
  • True Blood, Vol. 2
  • The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media

  • Alice in Wonderland
  • Avatar
  • Sherlock Holmes
  • Toy Story 3
  • Inception

Best Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media

  • “Down in New Orleans,” Dr. John (The Princess and the Frog)
  • “I See You,” Leona Lewis (Avatar)
  • “Kiss Like Your Kiss,” Lucina Williams (True Blood)
  • “This City,” Steve Earle (Tremé)
  • “The Weary Kind,” Ryan Bingham (Crazy Heart)

Best Instrumental Composition

  • “Aurora,” Patrick Williams
  • “Battle Circle,” Gerald Clayton
  • “Box of Cannoli,” Tim Hagans
  • “Fourth Stream…La Banda,” Bill Cunliffe
  • “The Path Among the Trees,” Billy Childs

Best Instrumental Arrangement

  • “Carlos,” Vince Mendoza
  • “Fanfare for a New Day,” Patrick Williams
  • “Itsbynne Reel,” Gil Goldstein
  • “Monet,” Ted Nash
  • “Skip to My Lou,” Frank Macchia

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)

  • “Baba Yetu,” Christopher Tin
  • “Based on a Thousand True Stories,” Vince Mendoza
  • “Don’t Explain,” Geoffrey Keezer
  • “Imagine,” Herbie Hancock and Larry Klein

Best Recording Package

  • Brothers, The Black Keys

  • Eggs, Oh No Ono
  • Hadestown, Anaïs Mitchell
  • What Will We Be, Devendra Banheart
  • Yonkers NY, Chip Taylor

Best Boxed/Special Limited Edition Package

  • Light: On the South Side, Various artists

  • Minotaur (Deluxe Edition), The Pixies
  • A Sideman’s Journey (Limited Collector’s Edition Super Deluxe Box Set), Voorman & Friends
  • Story Island, Various artists
  • Under Great White Northern Lights (Limited Edition Box Set), The White Stripes

Best Album Notes

  • Alan Lomax in Haiti: Recordings for the Library of Congress, 1936-1937, Various artists

  • Keep an Eye on the Sky, Big Star
  • Side Steps, John Coltrane
  • There Breathes a Hope: The Legacy of John Work II and His Fisk Jubilee Quartet, 1909-1916, Fisk University Jubilee Quartet
  • True Love Cast Out All Evil, Roky Erickson with Okkervil River

Best Historial Album

  • Alan Lomax in Haiti: Recordings for the Library of Congress, 1936-1937, Various artists

  • The Beatles (The Original Studio Recordings), The Beatles
  • The Complete Mothers’ Best Recordings…Plus!, Hank Williams
  • Not Fade Away: The Complete Studio Recordings and More, Buddy Holly
  • Where the Action Is! Los Angeles Nuggest 1965-1968, Various artists


Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

  • Battles Studies, John Mayer
  • Dirty Side Down, Widespread Panic
  • Emotion & Commotion, Jeff Beck
  • God Willin’ & the Creek Don’t Rise, Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs
  • Pink Elephant, N’dambi

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical

  • Rob Cavallo
  • Danger Mouse
  • Dr. Luke
  • Redone
  • The Smeezingtons (Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine)

Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical

  • Fantasy (Morgan Page Remix), Nadia Ali
  • Funk Nasty (Wolfgang Gartner Remix Edit), Andy Caldwell feat. Gram’ma Funk
  • Orpheus (Quiet Carnival) (Funk Generation Mix), Sergio Mendes
  • Revolver (David Guetta’s One Love Club Remix), Madonna 
  • Sweet Disposition (Axwell & Dirty South Remix), The Temper Trap

Best Surround Sound Album

  • Britten’s Orchestra, Michael Stern & Kansas City Symphony
  • The Incident, Porcupine Tree
  • Parallax Eden, David Miles Huber
  • Songs and Stories (Monster Music Version), George Benson
  • Trondheimsolistene, TrondheimSolistene

Best Engineered Album, Classical

  • Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony: Deus Ex Machina, Giancarlo Guerrero & Nashville Symphony Orchestra
  • Have You Ever Been…?, Turtle Island Quartet, Stefon Harris & Mike Marshall
  • Mackey, Steven: Dreamhouse, Gil Rose, Rinde Eckert, Catch Electric Guitar Quartet, Synergy Vocals & Boston Modern Orchestra Project
  • Porter, Quincy: Complete Viola Works, Eliesha Nelson & John McLaughlin Williams
  • Vocabularies, Bobby McFerrin

Producer of the Year, Classical

  • Blanton Alspaugh
  • David Frost
  • Tim Handley
  • Marina A. Ledin, Victor Ledin
  • James Mallinson

Best Classical Album

  • Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
  • Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony: Deus Ex Machina, Terrence Wilson, Nashville Symphony Orchestra
  • Mackey, Steven: Dreamhouse, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Synergy Vocals
  • Sacrificium, Il Giardino Armonico
  • Verdi: Requiem, Ildar Abdrazakov, Olga Borodina, Barbara Frittoli & Mario Zeffiri, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Chorus

Best Orchestra Performance

  • “Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4,” Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

  • “Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony: Deus Ex Machina,” Terrence Wilson, Nashville Symphony Orchestra
  • “Mackey, Steven: Dreamhouse,” Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Synergy Vocals
  • “Salieri: Overtures & Stage Music,” Mannheimer Mozartorchester
  • “Stravinsky: Pulcinella; Symphony in Three Movements; Four Études,” Roxana Constantinescu, Kyle Ketelsen & Nicholas Phan; Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Best Opera Recording

  • “Berg: Lulu,” Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
  • “Hasse: Marc’ Antonio E Cleopatra,” Ars Lyrica Houston
  • “Shchedrin: The Enchanted Wanderer,” Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre; Chorus of the Mariinsky Theatre
  • “Sullivan: Ivanhoe,” BBC National Orchestra of Wales: Adrian Partington Singers
  • “Saariaho: L’Amour De Loin,” Deutsches Symphonic-Orchester Berlin; Rundfunkchor Berlin)
Best Choral Performance

  • “Bach: Cantatas,” Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

  • “Baltic Runes,” Paul Hillier, conductor
  • “Haydn: The Creation,” René Jacobs, conductor
  • “Martin: Golgotha,” Daniel Reuss, conductor
  • “Verdi: Requiem,” Riccardo Muti, conductor

Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (With Orchestra)

  • “Daugherty: Deus Ex Machina,” Terrence Wilson
  • “Dorman, Avner: Mandolin Concerto,” Avi Avital
  • “Kletzki: Piano Concerto in D Minor, Op. 22,” Joseph Banowetz
  • “Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 23 & 24,” Mitsuko Uchida
  • “Porter, Quincy: Concerto for Viola & Orchestra,” Eliesha Nelson

Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (Without Orchestra)

  • “Chopin: The Nocturnes,” Nelson Freire
  • “Hamelin: Études,” Marc-André Hamelin
  • “Messiaen: Livre Du Saint-Sacrement,” Paul Jacobs
  • “Paganini: 24 Caprices,” Julia Fischer
  • “20th Century Harp Sonata,” Sarah Schuster Ericsson

Best Chamber Music Performance

  • “Beethoven: Complete Sonata for Violin & Piano,” Isabelle Faust & Alexander Melnikov
  • “Gnattali: solo & Chamber Works for Guitar,” Marc Regnier
  • “Ligeti: String of Quartets Nos. 1 & 2,” Parker Quartet
  • “Porter, Quincy: Complete Viola Works,” Eliesha Nelson & John McLaughlin
  • “Schoenberg: String Quartets Nos. 3 & 4,” Fred Sherry String Quartet

Best Small Ensemble Performance

  • “Ceremony and Devotion: Music for the Tudors,” Harry Christophers
  • “Dinastia Borja,” Jordi Savall
  • Trondheimsolistene—in Folk Style,” Øyvind Gimse & Geir Inge Lotsberg
  • “Victoria: Lamentations of Jeremiah.” Peter Phillips
  • “Whitacre, Eric: Choral Music,” Noel Edison

Best Classical Vocal Solo Performance

  • “Ombre De Mon Amant—French Baroque Arias,” Anne Sofie Von Otter
  • “Sacrificium,” Cecilia Bartoli
  • “Turina: Canto A Sevilla,” Lucia Duchonová
  • “Vivaldi: Opera Aria—Pyrotechnics,” Vivica Genaux
  • “Wagner: Wesendonck—Lieder,” Measha Brueggergosman

Best Classical Contemporary Composition

  • “Daughtery, MIchael: Deus Ex Machina,” Michael Daughtery
  • “Henze, Hans Werner: Appassionatamente Plus,” Hans Werner Henze
  • “Lindberg, Magnus: Graffiti,” Magnus Lindberg
  • “Pärt, Arvo: Symphony No. 4,” Arvo Pärt
  • “Shchedrin, Rodion Konstantinovich: The Enchanted Wanderer,” Rodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin

Best Classical Crossover Album

  • Meeting of the Spirits, Matt Haimovitz
  • Off the Map, The Silk Road Ensemble
  • Roots—My Life, My Song, Jessye Norman
  • Tin, Christopher: Calling All Dawns, Lucas Richamn
  • Vocabularies, Bobby McFerrin

Best Short Form Music Video

  • “F–k You!,” Cee Lo Green
  • “Bad Romance,” Lady Gaga
  • “Ain’t No Grave/The Johnny Cash Project,” Johnny Cash
  • “Love the Way You Lie (Explicit Version,” Eminem and Rihanna
  • “Stylo,” Gorillaz, Mos Def and Bobby Womack

Best Long Form Music Video

  • “No Distance Left to Run,” Blur
  • “When You’re Strange,” The Doors
  • “The Greatest Ears in Town: The Arif Mardin Story,” Arif Mardin
  • “Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage,” Rush
  • “Under Great White Northern Lights,” The White Stripes

Michael Jackson’s First Official Posthumous Single “Hold My Hand” Is Released – Hear It Here

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Less than a week after the first song off of Michael Jackson‘s first posthumous album was released, the first official single from the album has now been released as well.


“Hold My Hand” features rapper/singer Akon and was recorded in 2007, but Akon only recently recorded extra vocals for the song which, you may remember, leaked in an unfinished state in 2008.
The album named Michael will also feature 50 Cent and Lenny Kravitz and will hit the stores and iTunes on December 14.

Hear the song here:

Listen To A Newly-Released Michael Jackson Song, “Breaking News”

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Before his death in June 2009, Michael Jackson had been writing and recording songs for an upcoming album. Epic Records announced last Thursday that they will be releasing the album “Michael” on Dec. 14.

And now you can hear a full-stream version of a never-before-heard track, Breaking News, recorded in New Jersey in 2007 and recently brought to completion.

Listen to Breaking News:

Michael Jackson And Cirque Du Soleil Join Forces To Create “Immortal Tour”

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I just had an OMG moment at hearing this scrumptious news!

The best show on earth, Cirque du Soleil, is joining forces with the greatest catalog of music, that of Michael Jackson, to create Michael Jackson The Immortal World Tour, set to launch October of 2011.

The new Cirque du Soleil Immortal Tour show will focus on Michael Jackson’s three solo concert tours: the 1987 Bad World Tour, the Dangerous World Tour and the HIStory World Tour.

Beginning next October, the world tour will kick off in Canada, working its way to the U.S. and finding a permanent home at Vegas’ MGM Mirage hotel in 2012.

All I have to say to that is: Where and how soon can I buy my ticket?

In case you were wondering, the partnership between the Michael Jackson Estate and Cirque du Soleil ensures that each party will receive 50 percent of the profits. Michael Jackson already tops Forbes’ list of top-earning dead celebrities by having made $275 million after his death. I can’t imagine what this partnership will mean for his estate for years to come.

Forbes’ 10th Annual Top-Earning Dead Celebrities List Is More Than Hair Raising!

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Even in death, some celebrities make more money per year than most of us dream of making in an entire lifetime. In fact, the top revenue-grossing dead celeb, Michael Jackson, made more money over the past year than any other musician or actor, dead or alive.

Forbes said: “Jackson not only took the No.1 spot on our 10th annual ranking of the Top-Earning Dead Celebrities, with gross earnings of $275 million, he out-earned the other 12 deceased stars on the list combined. Still more impressive: His estate’s 12-month haul was greater than the pooled earnings of this year’s two biggest living acts, U2 and AC/DC. Jackson’s posthumous earnings come from his stake in the lucrative Sony/ATV catalog, the hit Sony film This Is It and renewed fan interest in music, videos and all things Michael Jackson.”

Full list of Forbes Top Earning Dead Celebrities: 
1. Michael Jackson – $275 million 
2. Elvis Presley – $60 million
3. J. R. R. Tolkein – $50 million
4. Charles Schulz – $33 million
5. John Lennon – $17 million
6. Stieg Larsson – $15 million
7. Dr. Seuss – $11 million
8. Albert Einstein – $10 million
9. George Steinbrenner – $8 million
10. Richard Rogers – $7 million
11. Jimi Hendrix and Steve McQueen – $6 million each
12. Aaron Spelling – $5 million

Lisa Marie Presley Tells Oprah That Her Marriage To Michael Jackson Was Not A Sham

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Did you catch Lisa Marie Presley on Oprah on Thursday? If not, I have part of the extremely moving interview below, thanks to AOL and Popeater.com.

Presley decided to do an interview and once and for all answer any questions the world may have about her relationship with her ex-husband, Michael Jackson. And she choose Oprah Winfrey as the lucky interviewer.

Presley started by saying: “Every time I’ve ever had an interview in the past, I tend to get very defensive because I was usually promoting something and it would always cross into my personal life. I wanted to sit and really have a conversation about things that are more on a personal level, before I do have an album coming out next year,” she said.

Presley said she was in England when she found out through a text from John Travolta that Jackson had died. She said she was “crying all day” before she had heard any news and could not understand why she was crying. Her reaction when she finally heard the news? “Real honest to goodness shock, not even tears. I was floored, honestly floored,” she said.

Presley said she didn’t know until right before the divorce that Jackson may have had a drug problem. “I didn’t really suspect and catch on until just before I filed for divorce. There was just an occasion, an incident where he had collapsed and he was in the hospital,” she described a1995 event when Jackson collapsed while rehearsing for an HBO concert and doctors blamed it on a viral infection.

“It was very confusing what was wrong. Every day there was a different report. And I couldn’t tell what was happening.  I couldn’t really get a straight answer about what was happening with him and I think we were all a little bit in the dark. At that point, I think I got from various indications that that was going on then.”

Presley wanted to make sure the world knew hers and Jackson’s love, marriage and romance was for real. “I honestly can tell you, it was every sense a normal marriage. One of the very highest points of my life was when things were going really well and he and I were united together and he and I had an understanding about some of the people and things that could go on around him and he was with me on those things and we were a unit and I could take care of him.  For some reason, I don’t know what happens when someone passes away and this is what’s come of it. But I’ve come to have all this love again and understanding for him. I don’t know why it had to take all that to have this happen. That upsets me a bit,” Presley said.

As to why the marriage ended, Presley said: “There was a very profound point in the marriage when he had to make a decision; was it the drugs and the sort of vampires or me? And he pushed me away.”

Watch a part of the interview below: