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5 -The nominees for the Grammy Awards, to be held early next year, have been announced. Nominations were made on Friday of last week for over 80 categories, which cover the main musical genres, albums, videos and films. Big on the nominations list are Beyoncé, Pharrell Williams, Iggy Azalea, Eminem, Rihanna, Wiz Khalifa, Nicki Minaj, Taylor Swift and Sam Smith.
4 – For the Best Reggae Album Category of the Grammys this year, the main contenders are Shaggy, Ziggy Marley, Sly and Robbie and Sean Paul. Other nominees in the category are Soja and Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry. Though this category has been dominated by the Marley family over the years, Sean Paul’s Full Frequency and Shaggy’s Out of Many, One Music have very strong chances of being winners.
3 – Hozier, a unique 24-year-old Irish singer, born Andrew Hozier-Bryne, is making a way for himself in the music industry with his Billboard hit Take Me To Church. He released his solo EP, Take Me To Church in 2013, but it wasn’t until after the video was released that Hozier garnered an international audience, as the video is aimed at speaking out about discrimination based on sexual orientation. Columbia then released his self-titled debut album, which debuted at number 2, with the title track currently at number 3 on Billboard.
2Shady Record’s recently released album, Shady XV, debuted at number 3 on Billboard Hot 200, and is in the top spot on the Rap Albums chart. The compilation features two disks; one with the greatest hits from the music group, and the other with new material from the founder of the group, Eminem. The album was officially released on November 24, and features the vocals of other Shady Records members such as Slaughterhouse, Bad Meets Evil, D12 and Yelawolf.
1 – It seems as if the popular Christmas songs for this year will be coming from Pentatonix. The five member a cappella group made sure of this with the release of their album That’s Christmas To Me right in time for the holiday season, and have received enough sales and downloads to become the second highest ranked album of the moment on Billboard. The album comprises new material from Pentatonix, as well as melodious cover of popular carols.
— Candiece Knight