Once into drugs, alcohol and abusive relationships, Mary J. Blige has cleaned up both her personal life and professional image and now has 3 Grammy’s to show for her transformation. Nominated for a whopping 8 big ones at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards, Mary J. Blige also performed solo and with Ludacris and Earth, Wind [...]

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Carrie Underwood is floating on top of the world since winning three Grammy Awards in the 2007 competition. The understated Underwood was the winner in season four of American Idol as well. One of the Grammy’s Underwood won was for “Jesus Take the Wheel” written by Hillary Lindsey, Brett James and Gordie Sampson. The Christian [...]

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Rap star Ludacris joined the Dixie Chicks at the 2007 Grammy Awards in throwing out a little rebellion of his own. In a year that favored rebellion over convention, Ludacris decided to throw a little shout out to both conservative Fox talk show host Bill O’Reilly and talk show diva Oprah Winfrey. The Ludacris tongue-in-cheek [...]

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In last Tuesday’s blog entry I predicted that the Dixie Chicks would get their groove back in this year’s Grammy Awards Ceremony. Not only did the Dixie Chicks win for Song of the Year, but also for Album of the Year, Record of the Year and Best Country Album as well. A few years back [...]

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The nominations for this year’s Grammy Awards (being presented this coming Sunday) for Song of the Year include the songs, “Be Without You” from Mary J. Blige’s The Breakthrough, “Jesus Take the Wheel” from Carrie Underwood’s Some Hearts, “Not Ready to Make Nice” from the Dixie Chicks’ Taking the Long Way, “Put Your Records On” [...]

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