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2008 Grammy Winners

Winners in the major categories:

ALBUM OF THE YEAR
River: The Joni Letters, Herbie Hancock

RECORD OF THE YEAR
‘’Rehab,'’ Amy Winehouse

SONG OF THE YEAR
‘’Rehab,'’ Amy Winehouse, songwriter (Amy Winehouse)

NEW ARTIST
Amy Winehouse

RAP ALBUM
Graduation, Kanye West

ROCK ALBUM
Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace, Foo Fighters

ALTERNATIVE MUSIC ALBUM
Icky Thump, The White Stripes

POP VOCAL ALBUM
Back to Black, Amy Winehouse

COUNTRY ALBUM
These Days, Vince Gill

R&B ALBUM
Funk This, Chaka Khan

CONTEMPORARY R&B ALBUM
Because Of You, Ne-Yo

FEMALE POP VOCAL PERFORMANCE
‘’Rehab,'’ Amy Winehouse

MALE POP VOCAL PERFORMANCE
‘’What Goes Around…Comes Around,'’ Justin Timberlake

POP PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCAL
‘’Makes Me Wonder,'’ Maroon 5

SOLO ROCK VOCAL PERFORMANCE
‘’Radio Nowhere,'’ Bruce Springsteen

ROCK PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCAL
‘’Icky Thump,'’ The White Stripes

HARD ROCK PERFORMANCE
‘’The Pretender,'’ Foo Fighters

ROCK SONG
‘’Radio Nowhere,'’ Bruce Springsteen, songwriter (Bruce Springsteen)

FEMALE R&B VOCAL PERFORMANCE
‘’No One,'’ Alicia Keys

MALE R&B VOCAL PERFORMANCE
‘’Future Baby Mama,'’ Prince

R&B PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCALS
‘’Disrespectful,'’ Chaka Khan Featuring Mary J. Blige

R&B SONG
‘’No One,'’ Alicia Keys

RAP SOLO PERFORMANCE
‘’Stronger,'’ Kanye West

RAP/SUNG COLLABORATION
‘’Umbrella,'’ Rihanna featuring Jay-Z

RAP PEFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP
‘’Southside,'’ Common Featuring Kanye West

RAP SONG
‘’Good Life,'’ Kanye West Featuring T-Pain

FEMALE COUNTRY VOCAL PERFORMANCE
‘’Before He Cheats,'’ Carrie Underwood

MALE COUNTRY VOCAL PERFORMANCE
‘’Stupid Boy,'’ Keith Urban

COUNTRY PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCALS
‘’How Long,'’ Eagles

COUNTRY SONG
‘’Before He Cheats,'’ Carrie Underwood

BEST COMPILATION SOUNDTRACK ALBUM FOR MOTION PICTURE, TELEVISION OR OTHER VISUAL MEDIA
Love, the Beatles (George Martin and Giles Martin, producers

The Grammys Red Carpet

Toccara

Rihanna & Janet Jackson

Roselyn Sanchez

Taylor Swift

Natalie Cole

Paramore

Plain White T's & Delilah DiCrescenzo

Joey Fatone & Lisa Rinna

Mika

Miley Cyrus

Fergie

Nelly Furtado

Heather Schmid

DeeDee Bridgewater

Fatith Hill

Fantasia Barrino

Carrie Underwood

Corrine Bailey Rae

Cyndi Lauper

Natasha Bedingfield

Beyonce

Brad Paisley & Kimberly Williams

Akon

Alicia Keys

Bai Ling

Hey There, Delilah DiCrescenzo!

I'll bet that five years ago when Olympic hopeful steeplechaser Delilah DiCrescenzo met unknown musician Tom Higgenson, she didn't think that she would be going to the Grammy's or be interviewed on 'The Today Show'. Unless it had to do with her going to the Olympics, that is.

It’s been a long chase both for her and for Tom Higgenson, lead singer for the Plain White T’s, who wrote the song five years ago after being introduced to DiCrescenzo by a friend. Higgenson was smitten and even though she had a boyfriend, he told her he was going to write a song about her.

“I thought he was just being flirtatious and leading me along,” the 24-year-old athlete told Lauer and Vieira. “I had a boyfriend at the time, so I really didn’t believe him.”

Higgenson and his band played the song for years at club dates and concerts, and it became a favorite with their fans. But it wasn’t until last summer that it broke out into the mainstream and began climbing the charts until it was the nation’s top single. That was when Higgenson performed the song on TODAY and told Ann Curry the story of unrequited love that had inspired it.

DiCrescenzo, meanwhile, remained all but anonymous. A graduate of Columbia University, she had returned to her native Chicago to work. A good but not great runner in high school and college, she gave the 3,000-meter steeplechase a try in 2006 and found that she was good enough in the grueling race to think about trying to make the Olympic team this year. To pursue that dream, she moved to Conshohocken, Pa., where she trains full-time while working as an assistant track and cross-country coach at Bryn Mawr.

She kept casually in touch with Higgenson, mostly through e-mails and instant messages. When the song was nominated for a Grammy as Song of the Year, he called and invited her to come to the Feb. 11 ceremony with him. With her boyfriend’s blessing, she accepted and found herself in the spotlight.

She said it’s something of a relief to go public with her identity and to clear up any confusion about her role in a love song whose lyrics seem unequivocal.

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"Hey There Delilah"

Hey there Delilah
What's it like in New York City?
I'm a thousand miles away
But girl, tonight you look so pretty
Yes you do
Times Square can't shine as bright as you
I swear it's true

Hey there Delilah
Don't you worry about the distance
I'm right there if you get lonely
Give this song another listen
Close your eyes
Listen to my voice, it's my disguise
I'm by your side

Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
What you do to me

Hey there Delilah
I know times are getting hard
But just believe me, girl
Someday I'll pay the bills with this guitar
We'll have it good
We'll have the life we knew we would
My word is good

Hey there Delilah
I've got so much left to say
If every simple song I wrote to you
Would take your breath away
I'd write it all
Even more in love with me you'd fall
We'd have it all

Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me

A thousand miles seems pretty far
But they've got planes and trains and cars
I'd walk to you if I had no other way
Our friends would all make fun of us
and we'll just laugh along because we know
That none of them have felt this way
Delilah I can promise you
That by the time we get through
The world will never ever be the same
And you're to blame

Hey there Delilah
You be good and don't you miss me
Two more years and you'll be done with school
And I'll be making history like I do
You'll know it's all because of you
We can do whatever we want to
Hey there Delilah here's to you
This one's for you

Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
What you do to me.

So romantic!

"My Grammy Moment" Winner Axed from 'Idol'

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It's news to me, though maybe not to others who have been paying attention, that Robyn Troup, the My Grammy Moment winner, was also an 'American Idol' contestant. I watched an episode of the auditions, but haven't really had a lot of time to focus on 'Idol' much so far. I did catch a minute or so of Troup's Grammy performance alongside Justin Timberlake, and I thought she was good, so it really surprises me to read this morning that she was eliminated already from 'American Idol'.

Robyn Troup, the winner of the My Grammy Moment contest who sang alongside Justin Timberlake at the awards show Sunday, making a brief appearance in the Hollywood round of American Idol Tuesday night before getting sent home by the judges. Sure, she might be good enough for the Grammys, but apparently she's just not of Idol caliber.

Wasn't last night, like, the first night of actual competition? How did someone that good, who was allowed to sing at the Grammy's, so bad that she gets thrown out right off the bat from 'Idol'? I don't get it, but it makes me wonder about my previous posting of that show being fixed somehow.

Any thoughts?

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Grammy's Big Winners

Congrats to ALL the Grammy winners. Time and space prevents me from listing every winner from the big night, but congratulations are in order.

Record of the Year
Not Ready to Make Nice- Dixie Chicks

Album of the Year
Taking the Long Way- Dixie Chicks

Best New Artist
Carrie Underwood

Song of the Year
Not Ready to Make Nice- Dixie Chicks

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
Ain’t No Other Man- Christina Aguilera

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
Waiting on the World to Change- John Mayer

Best Pop Vocal Album
Continuum- John Mayer

Best Dance Recording
Sexy Back- Justin Timberlake & Timbaland

Best Electronic/Dance Album
Confessions on the Dance Floor- Madonna

Best Hard Rock Performance
Woman- Wolfmother

Best Metal Performance
Eyes of the Insane- Slayer

Best Rock Song
Dani California- Red Hot Chili Peppers

Best Rock Album
Stadium Arcadia- Red Hot Chili Peppers

Best Alternative Album
St. Elsewhere- Gnarls Barkley

Best R&B Song
Be Without You- Mary J. Blige

Best R&B Album
The Breakthrough- Mary J. Blige

Best Rap Solo Performance
What You Know- T.I.

Best Rap Performance By Duo or Group
Ridin- Chamillionaire featuring Crazy Bone

Best Rap Collaboration
My Love- Justin Timberlake featuring T.I.

Best Rap Song
Money Maker- Ludacris

Best Rap Album
Release Therapy- Ludacris

Best Female Country Performance
Jesus, Take the Wheel- Carrie Underwood

Best Male Country Performance
The Reason Why- Vince Gill

Best Country Song
Jesus, Take the Wheel- Carrie Underwood

Best Country Album
Taking the Long Way- Dixie Chicks

Scarlett and JT: "Just Friends"

Though Scarlett Johannson made an appearance at the Grammy's last night, and even presented an award, she didn't do the red carpet with reported boy-toy, Justin Timberlake. When interviewed by E!'s Giuliana DePandi, and asked about her relationship with the former boy-bander, ScarJo gave the requisite canned answer "We're just friends."

"We have a lot of friends in common, and Justin's a sweetheart, and it's always good to see him," Johansson said, "but there's a lot of speculation and I try not to read that stuff. I think when two people are single and are seen together, it's immediately like a crazy feeding frenzy."

They were most recently seen together dirty dancing at a Superbowl party. I don't know about you, but I generally don't go around rubbing my naughty bits on my "friends".

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