Mariah Vindicated By Music Establishment

Mariah Carey has a damn good publicist! On the day the Grammy nominations are announced she has a Column One story on the front page of the Los Angeles Times titled "Back Atop The Charts, Her Way." The story continues with "Carey Rebounds After a Hard Fall" and "Pop Star Shakes Off Bad Run."

Later in the day, Mariah was vindicated with the announcemen of her Eight Grammy Nominations, tied for first with Kanye West and John Legend. Significantly, Mariah was the only who had three nominations in the big four categories (Album of the Year, Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Best New Artist). Mariah's nominations are:

1. Album of the Year, The Emancipation of Mimi
2. Record of the Year, "We Belong Together"
3. Song of the Year, "We Belong Together"
4. Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, "It's Like That"
5. Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, "We Belong Together"
6. Best Tradional R&B Vocal Performance, "Mine Again"
7. Best R&B Song, "We Belong Together"
8. Best Contemporary R&B Album, The Emancipation of Mimi

Oddly, Mariah currently only has 2 Grammy Awards, (Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for "Vision of Love" and Best New Artist from 1991). I think she has a good chance of winning at least one of the major awards. "We Belong Together" was the most played song of the year on radio. I'll definitely be tuned into the Grammy Awards on February 8, 2006.