Mary J Blige tops Grammy noms

08 December 2006

It's turning into a great week for Mary J Blige - just three days after taking home nine Billboard Awards in Las Vegas, she looks set to be crowned the queen of the Grammys.

The Family Affair singer leads the Grammy Awards nomination list, which was announced this morning in Los Angeles, with eight nods. The R&B star, who was among the presenters reading out the nominations, will compete for Record Of The Year and Song Of The Year (both for Be Without You), while her duet with Bono on U2's One re-recording is among the nominations in the Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal category.

All her other nods come in R&B categories, where she'll fight for awards with the likes of Prince and Beyonce Knowles.

The Red Hot Chili Peppers garnered six nominations, while Brit James Blunt, John Mayer, Danger Mouse, The Dixie Chicks, Prince, Black Eyed Peas star WILL.I.AM, producer Rick Rubin and composer John Williams claimed five nods each.

Beyoncé Knowles, Bryan Michael Cox, Gnarls Barkley, Israel Houghton, rapper T.I. and Justin Timberlake each have stakes in four categories.