Paul McCartney has been nominated in the following categories for the 2008 Grammy Awards: Best Pop Vocal Album for--Memory Almost Full, Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance for--Only Mama Knows, Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for--Dance Tonight.
Memory Almost Full's first recording session was at Abbey Road, back in the autumn of 2003 which was a project that was started before his last album, Chaos And Creation In The Backyard, which was (released September 2005). Paul's playing around with the mandolin was the basis for the opening track's song, "Dance Tonight"
The Beatles received two nominations for their "Love" album in the categories for--Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media and Best Surround Sound Album. There were two songs from the "Instant Karma-The Campaign to Save Darfur" album, which were nominated for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals. The Beatle's-related "Across the Universe" soundtrack got in on the category, Best Compilation Soundtrack Album.
Here are the nominees, catagories and the competion:
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance: Michael Buble--(Everything), John Mayer--(Belief), PAUL MCCARTNEY-- (DANCE TONIGHT), Seal--(Amazing), Justin Timberlake--(What Goes Around...Comes Around)
Best Pop Vocal Album: Bon Jovi--(Lost Highway), Feist--(The Reminder), Maroon 5--(It Won't Be Soon Before Long), PAUL MCCARTNEY--(MEMORY ALMOST FULL), Amy Winehouse--(Back to Black)
Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance: Beck--(Timebomb), PAUL MCCARTNEY--(ONLY MAMA KNOWS), John Mallencamp--(Our Country), Bruce Springsteen--(Radio Nowhere), Lucinda Williams--(Come On)
Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals: Daughtry--(It's Not Over), Green Day--(Working Class Hero), Nickelback--(If Everyone Cared), U2--INSTANT KARMA), The White Stripes--(Icky Thump)
Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media: ACROSS THE UNIVERSE, Dreamgirls, Hairspray, LOVE, Once
Best Surround Sound Album: The Flaming Lips--(At War with the Mystics 5.1, Porcupine Tree--(Fear of a Blank Planet), Charles Bruffy--(Kansas City Chorale & Phoenix Bach Choir), Grechaninov--(Passion Week), THE BEATLES--(LOVE), Robert Spano & Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chamber Chorus, Vaughan Williams: Symphony No.5; Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis.
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