L.A. Times - Entertainment — New Orleans rapper Lil Wayne, defying the trend of an industry in retreat by selling 1 million copies of his third album, Tha Carter III, in more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — New Orleans rapper Lil Wayne, defying the trend of an industry in retreat by selling 1 million copies of his third album, "Tha Carter III," in more info

ET Online — The nominees for The 51st Annual Grammy Awards were announced tonight from the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles at a brand new special event, "The Grammy Nominations Concert Live!! - Countdown To Music's Biggest Night." Find out which other artists ... more info

Pitchfork — Well, this was unexpected. Perhaps coming to terms with the fact that increasingly few people give a shit about the Grammys, the Recording Academy tonight announced its list of nominees for the 51st Annual Grammy Awards, and those nominees were...sho... more info

Pitchfork — Well, this was unexpected. Perhaps coming to terms with the fact that increasingly few people give a shit about the Grammys, the Recording Academy tonight announced its list of nominees for the 51st Annual Grammy Awards, and those nominees were...sho... more info

Pop Bytes — hey hey! tonight instead of the usual early morning nomination announcement - the 51st annual grammy award nominees were announced during a live concert that aired over on CBS (held in downtown los angeles) with a bunch of performances (including m... more info

MTV.com News — 2008's top-selling acts also garner the most nominations.By Chris Harris Lil Wayne Photo: Chris Polk/ FilmMagic/ Getty Images He had one of the biggest opening sales weeks of 2008, and now, Lil Wayne is the year's most-nominated Grammy con... more info

VH1 News — Lil Wayne and Coldplay, who had two of the biggest-selling albums in 2008, also garnered the most Grammy nominations during tonight's prime-time show, "The Grammy Nominations Concert Live!! — Countdown to Music's Biggest Night" more info

Mercury News, California — Lil Wayne — the most prolific, ubiquitous and successful performer on today's music scene — was the most rewarded by the Recording Academy on Wednesday, receiving eight Grammy nominations including album of the year for "Tha Carter III. more info

Perez Hilton — The Grammy Nominations were announced Wednesday night and the evening's two big surprises were…. Lil Wayne leading the field with noms and Katy Perry getting robbed! With more nominations than anyone, Wayne scored eight noms, followed by Coldplay w... more info