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Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Lil Wayne didn't get "A Milli" Grammy nominations, but
his total haul was still pretty amazing — eight.
Nominations for the prolific and ubiquitous rap MVP, who became pop's biggest
success in 2008 with his top-selling album, "Tha Carter III," included a coveted Album of the Year
bid.
Although the New Orleans rapper, who has been nominated for Grammys before
but has never taken home a trophy, was the leading nominee, he wasn't the only
big act to have a big night during the Recording Academy's Dec. 3 prime-time
network broadcast.
Nominations were announced in a new format this year, replacing previous
early morning press conferences with an hourlong CBS concert special. The
broadcast featured a brisk procession of performers and LL Cool J and Taylor Swift as hosts.
Following close behind during the Grammys' first-ever nominations
ceremony/concert combination was Coldplay, with seven nominations. The Chris Martin-led
British group's "Viva La Vida," one of the year's best-selling CDs, is
in Album of the Year contention along with Radiohead's groundbreaking "In Rainbows"; singer-songwriter Ne-Yo's "Year of the Gentleman"; and Robert Plant's collaboration with Alison Krauss, "Raising Sand."
Coldplay, Plant and Krauss were also nominated in the coveted Record of
the Year category for the respective songs "Viva La Vida" and "Please Read the
Letter." Other Record of the Year nominees were British songstress Leona Lewis for "Bleeding Love"; another British
newcomer, Adele, for "Chasing Pavements"; and M.I.A. for her breakthrough hit, "Paper Planes."
Some surprising omissions: Katy Perry, who had one of the year's biggest hits
with "I Kissed a Girl," was shut out of the top categories, including Record of
the Year and Best New Artist. Still, she was excited about her nomination for
Female Pop Vocal Performance: "I feel very grateful to be recognized by an
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