Winners of the Grammys, the highest honours in the music industry, will be announced on Jan 31 at a ceremony in Los Angeles. Producer Quincy Jones, who had been tied with Jay-Z for most nominations before Tuesday, has received 80 Grammy nominations over his lifetime. McCartney's Grammy nomination total climbed to 81 on Tuesday with two nods for best rock album McCartney III and best rock song for Find My Way. Jay-Z has won 23 Grammys overall, including a best rap album award in 1999 and honours for songs Crazy In Love with his wife, Beyonce, in 2004 and Empire State Of Mind with Alicia Keys in 2011.Įarlier this year, Beyonce set the record for most Grammy wins by a woman with 28 over her career. Carter Enterprises, LLC., Distributed by Roc N. On To The Next One (Jay-Z + Swizz Beatz) 8. Provided to YouTube by Universal Music GroupEmpire State Of Mind His catalogue includes songs like Hard Knock Life, 99 Problems and Empire State of Mind as well as 14 No. Jamal from Philly I like this song with Alicia keys, empire state of mind, concrete jungle where dreams are made of, great lyrics from an artist and prophet, pronouncing words, and writing letters into songs, his creative mind never sleeps, so comforting to allow others to create a song and Jay Z sample it into a hit, takes real creativity. Empire State Of Mind (Jay-Z + Alicia Keys) 6. Once a drug dealer on the tough streets of Brooklyn, New York, Jay-Z rose through the rap world with hard, straight-forward songs that often portrayed the struggles of Black people in America. Run This Town (Jay-Z + Rihanna + Kanye West) 5. He made guest appearances on DMX song Bath Salts and Kanye West's Jail, which also earned Jay-Z a nod for West's album Donda. What We Talkin' About (Jay-Z + Luke Steele of Empire Of The Sun) 2. The three latest nominations for Jay-Z came for collaborations with other artistes. Rapper Jay-Z rose to the top of the list of artistes with the most Grammy nominations on Tuesday (Nov 23), hitting a lifetime total of 83 that put him just ahead of former Beatle Paul McCartney.

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