RCA Music Group Earns 21 Grammy Nominations

RCA Music Group Earns 21 Grammy Nominations

- Foo Fighters Lead the Way with Five Nominations Including Record of the Year and Album of the Year

- Daughtry Garners Nominations in Four Categories

- Carrie Underwood and Fantasia each Receive 3 Nominations

- Alicia Keys earns 2 Nominations

NEW YORK, Dec. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- RCA recording artists Foo Fighters and their album Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace earned a total of five nominations -- including Album of the Year and Best Rock Album -- at the 50th annual Grammy Awards announcements today in Los Angeles. The Foo Fighters track "The Pretender" is nominated for Record of the Year, Best Hard Rock Performance, and Best Rock Song. To date, Foo Fighters have earned four Grammy Awards including two for Best Rock Album for There Is Nothing Left To Lose (2000) and One By One (2003).

19 Recordings/RCA Records group Daughtry and earned four Grammy Award nominations. Daughtry's self-titled No. 1 album (certified 3X platinum) is nominated for Best Rock Album, with the track "Home" nominated for Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group with Vocals and the track "It's Not Over" nominated for Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group with Vocal and Best Rock Song.

Carrie Underwood's hit single "Before He Cheats," a track from the 6X platinum album Some Hearts, is nominated for Best Female Country Vocal Performance and for two songwriter awards, Song of the Year and Best Country Song. Carrie, who is already a 4x Grammy winner, is also nominated for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals for the track "Oh Love," performed with Brad Paisley on his album 5th Gear.

J Records artist Fantasia earned nominations for Best Contemporary R&B Album for her best-selling album Fantasia and Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for the track "When I See U," also nominated for Best R&B Song (a songwriters award).

J Records artist Alicia Keys, a nine-time Grammy Award winner, earned two nominations for her song "No One" (which she co-wrote for her album As I Am) as Best Female R&B Vocal Performance and as Best R&B Song (a songwriters award).

"Candyman," a song by RCA recording artist Christina Aguilera from her album Back to Basics, is nominated for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. Christina also picked up a co-nomination with the legendary Tony Bennett in the category of Best Pop Collaboration With Vocal for their duet on "Steppin' Out With My Baby" from the album Tony Bennett: An American Classic.

East Side Story, the J Records debut album by Emily King, is nominated in the category of Best Contemporary R&B Album. "Guaranteed," composed and performed by Eddie Vedder for the J Records soundtrack Into The Wild, is nominated for Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Tele­vision Or Other Visual Media.

RCA Records recording artist Mark Ronson is nominated for Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical for his work on his own release Version among many other nominated recordings including the album Back to Black by Amy Winehouse and the track "Littlest Things" by Lily Allen.

Special congratulations to these RCA Music Group artists who received Grammy Award nominations for the following recordings:

- Aretha Franklin -- Best Gospel Performance for "Never Gonna Break My
Faith" with Mary J. Blige, from the original soundtrack album Bobby.

- Kelly Clarkson -- Best Country Collaboration With Vocals for "Because of
You" (co-written by Kelly Clarkson) with Reba McEntire, from her album
Reba Duets.

- Christina Aguilera -- Best Pop Collaboration With Vocal for "Steppin'
Out With My Baby" with Tony Bennett, from his album Tony Bennett: An
American Classic.

- Carrie Underwood -- Best Country Collaboration With Vocals for "Oh Love"
with Brad Paisley, from his album 5th Gear.

Further congratulations go to:

- Arista recording artist Jennifer Hudson, whose incredible performance
contributed to the nomination of "Love You I Do" (composed by Siedah
Garrett & Henry Krieger) as Best Song Written For Motion Picture,
Television Or Other Visual Media, and to the nomination of the
Dreamgirls soundtrack for Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion
Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media.

- Howard Benson, nominated for Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical for his
work on Daughtry among other recordings.

The 50th annual Grammy Awards will be broadcast live from the Staples Center in Los Angeles on the CBS network beginning at 8:00 pm (ET) on Sunday, February 10, 2008.

Source: RCA Music Group

CONTACT: Mika El-Baz for RCA Music Group, +1-646-840-5670,
Mika.ElBaz@sonybmg.com

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