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Posted on: Saturday, January 5, 2002

Grammy Nominations
U2, India.Arie top Grammy nominees

Associated Press

Veteran rockers U2 received nods for Song of the Year and Album of the year.

Associated Press library photo Sept. 6, 2001

Veteran rockers U2 grabbed a leading eight Grammy nominations yesterday, but the day's biggest surprise was neosoul newcomer India.Arie, who nabbed seven nominations, including album of the year, record and song of the year and best new artist.

"My spirit is flying and I want to jump and shout," said India.Arie. The numerous nominations were surprising because India.Arie's disc was only a moderate success in sales, in comparison to the year's biggest sensation, Alicia Keys, whose "Songs in A Minor" sold 4.1 million copies. She received six nominations.

Record of the Year: "Video," India.Arie; "Fallin'," Alicia Keys; "Ms. Jackson," OutKast; "Drops of Jupiter," Train; "Walk On," U2.

Album of the Year: "Love and Theft," Bob Dylan; "Acoustic Soul," India.Arie; "Stankonia," OutKast; "All That You Can't Leave Behind," U2; "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" soundtrack, various artists.

Song of the Year: "Drops of Jupiter," Charlie Colin, Rob Hotchkiss, Pat Monahan, Jimmy Stafford and Scott Underwood (Train); "Fallin'," Alicia Keys (Alicia Keys); "I'm Like a Bird," Nelly Furtado (Nelly Furtado); "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of," U2 (U2); "Video," India.Arie, Carlos "Six July" Broady and Shannon Sanders (India.Arie).

New Artist: Nelly Furtado, David Gray, India.Arie, Alicia Keys, Linkin Park.

Pop Vocal Album: "Whoa, Nelly!," Nelly Furtado; "All For You," Janet Jackson; "Songs From the West Coast," Elton John; "Celebrity," 'N Sync; "Lovers Rock," Sade.

Rock Album: "Gold," Ryan Adams; "Just Push Play," Aerosmith; "Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea," PJ Harvey; "Hybrid Theory," Linkin Park; "All That You Can't Leave Behind," U2.

Rap Album: "Scorpion," Eve; "Pain Is Love," Ja Rule; "The Blueprint," Jay-Z; "Back For the First Time," Ludacris; "Stankonia," OutKast.

Country Album: "One More Day," Diamond Rio; "Set This Circus Down," Tim McGraw; "Rainbow Connection," Willie Nelson; "Timeless — Hank Williams Tribute," various artists; "Inside Out," Trisha Yearwood.

On the Web
For a complete nominations list, see grammy.org.