Golden Anniversary of the GRAMMY Awards Highlights This Year's Big Hits On One Essential Album

The Recording Academy's GRAMMY® Recordings and Universal Music Group's Hip-O/UMe have teamed up to release the 2008 GRAMMY Nominees CD, it was announced yesterday.

The 14th edition in the best-selling series honors many of the year's GRAMMY-nominated artists and songs. This year's compilation — hitting stores nationwide yesterday, Jan. 29 — includes some of the year's best music from several major categories. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of the CD will benefit the MusiCares Foundation® and the GRAMMY Foundation®.

Each of the 21 tracks on the collection represents GRAMMY-nominated music from this past year, including nominees in the categories of Record Of The Year, Album Of The Year, Song Of The Year, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, Best Pop Vocal Album, and Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals. The nominees CD is made possible by a special arrangement with all of the major music distribution companies and rotates labels from year to year.

"The eclectic mix of tracks contained on this compilation provides a sample of the great music created by our exceptionally talented nominees," said Neil Portnow, President/CEO of The Recording Academy. "With 21 diverse selections, the 2008 GRAMMY Nominee CD offers quality recordings for all music fans. We are proud to collaborate with Hip-O/UMe, which will undoubtedly prove to be yet another successful edition, following last years' best-selling and highest-charting-ever GRAMMY collection."

The 50th Annual GRAMMY Awards will be held on Feb. 10, 2008, at Staples Center in Los Angeles, and will be broadcast live in high-definition TV and 5.1 surround sound on the CBS Television Network at 8 PM. (ET/PT). The show also will be supported on radio via Westwood One worldwide and XM Satellite Radio.

2008 GRAMMY Nominees CD Tracklist:

1. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
"What Goes Around…Comes Around (Interlude)"
Record Of The Year

2. AMY WINEHOUSE
"Rehab"
Record Of The Year // Best Pop Vocal Album - Back To Black // Best Female Pop Vocal Performance // Album Of The Year - Back To Black // Song Of The Year // (more)

3. BEYONCÉ
"Irreplaceable"
Record Of The Year

4. FOO FIGHTERS
"The Pretender"
Record Of The Year // Album Of The Year

5. MAROON 5
"Makes Me Wonder"
Best Pop Vocal Album - It Won't Be Soon Before Long // Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals

6. FEIST
"1234"
Best Pop Vocal Album - The Reminder // Best New Artist // Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

7. BON JOVI
"(You Want To) Make A Memory"
Best Pop Vocal Album - Lost Highway // Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals

8. PAUL McCARTNEY
"Dance Tonight"
Best Pop Vocal Album

9. CHRISTINA AGUILERA
"Candyman"
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

10. NELLY FURTADO
"Say It Right"
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

11. KANYE WEST Featuring T-PAIN
"Good Life"
Best Rap Song // Best Rap/Sung Collaboration // Album Of The Year - Graduation // (more)

12. HERBIE HANCOCK
"River" Featuring Corinne Bailey Rae
Album Of The Year - River: The Joni Letters

13. VINCE GILL (Guest Vocalist: Sheryl Crow)
"What You Give Away "
Album Of The Year - These Days // Best Country Album - These Days

14. CARRIE UNDERWOOD
"Before He Cheats"
Song Of The Year

15. PLAIN WHITE T'S
"Hey There Delilah"
Song Of The Year // (more)

16. CORINNE BAILEY RAE
"Like A Star"
Song Of The Year

17. GREEN DAY
"Working Class Hero"
Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

18. DAUGHTRY
"It's Not Over "
Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

19. NICKELBACK
"If Everyone Cared"
Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

20. THE WHITE STRIPES
"Icky Thump"
Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

21. U2
"Instant Karma"
Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

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