Grammy Award & Recording Academy Honors

The New York Chapter of The Recording Academy honored John Lennon (among others) last night (December 7th) for outstanding achievements and contributions that have significantly enriched the music community. Bless you, John...we remember you, especially today!

There's alot going on...A Grammy Jam will celebrate the music of Stevie Wonder on December 10th at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles. Some of the artists that will perform (jam style) are George Benson, Chris Brown, Dean DeLeo and Robert DeLeo (of Stone Temple Pilots), George Duke, Josh Groban, Herbie Hancock, Hootie & The Blowfish, James Ingram, Randy Jackson, Keb' Mo', Aaron Neville, Slash, Angie Stone, Kirk Whalum, and of course, Stevie Wonder. Wonder has gathered 22 Grammies in his amazing career.

Rumors on the web have it that the top nominations for the upcoming Grammy awards will be Mariah Carey, Gwen Stefani and Kanye West. Well, let's see...Mariah staged a comeback...50 Cent had a multiplatinum album, Coldplay was everywhere and Kanye West's second album was huge. Then there's Kelly Clarkson and the Black Eyed Peas...but it's a big club. Alot of talented and deserving artists, singers and bands never even come close to grabbing a Grammy, but there's many different award shows nowadays that recognize their talent, dedication and achievements.

Very few artists have dominated the music scene like in past years, so it doesn't seem likely that any one artist or band will garner all the awards this time. Grammy nominations will be announced this Thursday morning in New York. The Grammy Awards will take place on Wednesday, February 8th in Los Angeles.

GRAMMY awards are presented annually by The Recording Academy to honor excellence in the recording arts and sciences and for artistic or technical achievement, not sales or chart positions.