M.I.A.'s 'Paper Planes' Nominated for Record Of The Year

M.I.A.'s 'Paper Planes' Nominated for Record Of The Year

M.I.A.'s music doesn't really fit in any category, true, except maybe ... RECORD OF THE YEAR!

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Category 1

Record Of The Year nominees at the 51st Annual Grammy Awards ... (Award to the Artist and to the Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s) and/or Mixer(s), if other than the artist.)

   (Photo:  http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20081204/LATH530)    --  Paper Planes       M.I.A.       Diplo, producer; Switch, engineer/mixer       Track from: Kala       [Interscope]    --  Chasing Pavements       Adele       Eg White, producer; Tom Elmhirst & Steve Price, engineers/mixers       Track from: 19       [XL Recordings/Columbia]    --  Viva La Vida       Coldplay       Markus Dravs, Brian Eno & Rik Simpson, producers; Michael Brauer & Rik       Simpson, engineers/mixers       Track from: Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends       [Capitol Records]    --  Bleeding Love       Leona Lewis       Simon Cowell, Clive Davis & Ryan "Alias" Tedder, producers; Craig       Durrance, Phil Tan & Ryan "Alias" Tedder, engineers/mixers       [J Records/SYCO Music]    --  Please Read The Letter       Robert Plant & Alison Krauss       T Bone Burnett, producer; Mike Piersante, engineer/mixer       Track from: Raising Sand       [Rounder]    

MIND F Rabble Rousers! Let's hope to see M.I.A. with Switch and Diplo at that podium come February. It would be worth the price of the acceptance speech alone YES!!! M.I.A. M.I.A. M.I.A. M.I.A. ...

    For further information on M.I.A. please contact:    Jennie Boddy    Interscope Records    (212) 841.8023    jennie.boddy@umusic.com  

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Source: Interscope Records

CONTACT: Jennie Boddy of Interscope Records, +1-212-841-8023,
jennie.boddy@umusic.com

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