The 51st Annual Grammy Awards festivities kicked off on Wednesday with Grammy Career Day at USC then Vanity Fair celebrated the Grammys with a private dinner at Chateau Marmont hosted by Keyshia Cole, A&R executive Ron Fair, and Keyshia’s manager Manny Halley.The events drew celebrities such as Fantasia, Jazmine Sullivan, Ne-Yo, Keri Hilson, Newlyweds Fergie and Josh Duhamel, Akon, Kim Kardashian, Rodney Jerkins, and more.
As the 51st Annual GRAMMY awards draw near, a portrait of Rihanna for the awards and the 'Celebrate The Music That Makes Us' promotional campaign has surfaced this week. All of the text used for Rihanna's portrait contain song titles from artists who have influenced or affected her life and career. Rihanna says she was so inspired by Destiny's Child's that stormed onto the charts in 1997 with “No, No, No” that she’s named five of the groups songs in addition to cuts from Prince, Stevie Wonder, Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston in her recently revealed GRAMMY portrait. Some of the other GRAMMY artist that are involed in this campaign and that will have a portrait created using song titles that have inspired them include Stevie Wonder and Lil' Wayne.
Nominations for the 50th Annual GRAMMY Awards were announced today by The Recording Academy. Kanye West topped the nominations with eight, Amy Winehouse garnered six, and Jay-Z, Timbaland, Justin Timberlake, and T-Pain each earned five nods. Akon, Ne-Yo, and Rihanna received four each.
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