MTV.com News — The Recording Academy likes legends and safe bets, which is bad news for Weezy, M.I.A. and Radiohead.By James Montgomery and Gil Kaufman Lil Wayne Photo: Frank Micelotta/ Getty Images The only thing more fun than watching Mariah Carey wail... more info

Yahoo! Music UK — world entertainment news - Britney Spears is on course to claim her fifth number one album in America as her Circus threatens to limit Kanye West's reign on the Billboard chart to just a week. 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

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

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

Rolling Stone — Nominees for the 51st Annual Grammy Awards were announced in a new way this year — via a televised concert featuring performances by Christina Aguilera and John Mayer, among others. At the end of the night, Lil Wayne wound up leading all nominees w... more info

All About Jazz — Grammy Nominations Are Announced The British band Coldplay, which released “Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends,” earned a total seven Grammy Award nominations. Lil Wayne, whose album “Tha Carter III” has been one of ... more info

ContactMusic — KANYE WEST has stormed back to the top of the U.S. album chart, beating GUNS N' ROSES to number one. West's 808s + Heartbreak becomes the rapper's third chart-topping ... more info

Paste Magazine — When Kanye West's 808s & Heartbreak dropped last week, so did Stephen Colbert's Christmas spirit (as well as his album's place on the iTunes chart). As West sits at #1, the Colbert Christmas soundtrack hangs tentatively at #16. But the Comedy... more info