Andrea Corr and Bono perform at the Live 8 Finale in Edinburgh, Scotland Wednesday.
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More than 50,000 people filed into Edinburgh, Scotland's Murrayfield Stadium on Wednesday for the last of Bob Geldof's momentous Live 8 concerts, organized behind a single global mission: to raise awareness and support for the various social and economic issues facing Africa.

The postscript to the 10 concerts staged in cities all over the world on Saturday (see "Jay-Z, U2, Madonna, Pink Floyd Deliver Live 8 Highlights"), Wednesday's climactic finale featured Snow Patrol, James Brown, Travis, Annie Lennox, the Thrills, Feeder, Embrace, Texas, Wet Wet Wet, McFly, Neneh Cherry, Sugababes, and Youssou N'Dour, in addition to several guest speakers — supermodel Claudia Schiffer and actor George Clooney among them, according to BBC News.

All of the free event's participants took the stage as part of an eleventh-hour push to urge the leaders of the world's eight largest national economies — who convened yesterday for a three-day summit — to devise feasible methods by which Africa's epidemic poverty can be mitigated (see "The Road To Live 8: Why Are We Here?"). The final Live 8 gig unfolded just 40 miles away from this year's annual G8 caucus (see "What Is The G8, Anyway?").

U2 frontman Bono — who, along with Geldof, met face-to-face with some of the G8 leaders, and told Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin his refusal to pledge more foreign aid was "infuriating" — introduced former South African president Nelson Mandela, who, in a recorded message, told the assembled mass that the world needed to "work to make poverty history."

"Sometimes, it falls upon a generation to be great," Mandela continued. "You can be that generation. You have that opportunity."

According to The Associated Press, Geldof also addressed the massive crowd: "On Friday, there will be a great silence across the world while we await the verdict of eight men. Is [Africa] to live or die?"

In addition to orchestrating the Live 8 concerts, Geldof urged millions to march on Edinburgh on Wednesday, as part of the Make Poverty History movement; a few hundred did show, and an estimated 200,000 staged an anti-poverty march in the Scottish city over the weekend.

Get involved: Learn about the poverty crisis in Africa, the proposed solutions, and how you can help. Plus find all of our coverage of the international Live 8 concerts and more at our thinkMTV Live 8 hub.

• Snow Patrol
• James Brown
• Bono
• The Corrs
• Travis

Maroon 5 (file)
Photo: Octone Records

With Phantom Planet, the Thrills and the Donnas as their co-pilots, Maroon 5 will hit the road for two months on the fifth annual 2005 Honda Civic Tour.

Maroon 5 will headline the trek, which begins March 11 in Universal City, California.

"This is the first headlining U.S. tour we've done in a long time," bassist Mickey Madden said Thursday at a press conference in West Hollywood, California, announcing the outing. "We're playing some of the biggest places we've ever played, which is very exciting. And we're taking out some bands that we really like and who are good friends. We grew up with Phantom Planet here in L.A. The Donnas add a nice variety. And the Thrills are a band we really like. Our crowds tend to be receptive to who we take out."

As has been the case with Civic Tours in the past, which have featured such bands as Blink-182, Incubus, Good Charlotte, New Found Glory, Everclear and Dashboard Confessional, Maroon 5 will be accompanied on the tour by a car they designed. The band has chosen special custom features for the environmentally friendly Honda Civic Hybrid and Honda Civic Coupe, which will be showcased at each venue. Fans will also have the opportunity to win the customized cars.

Emphasizing their commitment to environmental protection, Maroon 5 designed a Web site as part of their participation in the tour, packed with information on how fans can help conserve the planet's natural resources ("Did you know you can run a TV set for three hours with the energy saved from recycling one aluminum can!"). They also provide links to various environmental organizations such as the World Wildlife Fund and the Natural Resources Defense Council.

Tickets go on sale beginning February 5, though fans can log on to the tour's Web site for special pre-sale information.

The trek will delay Maroon 5's follow-up to Songs About Jane, which the band will now record after the outing is wrapped. "We're extremely anxious to get back in the studio," Madden said. "We have a lot of songs written that are unfinished, but it's hard to write on the road" (see "Maroon 5 Dying To Get Back In The Studio To Record More Songs About Girls").

In the meantime, Maroon 5 are looking for an outlet for Kanye West's remix of "This Love."

"It's got a '70s soul, gospel sort of vibe," Madden said. "It's out there to be found now on the Internet. We're not sure how to release it exactly. It's a remix, but it's not a hip-hop remix, so it couldn't have a place on hip-hop radio."

Honda Civic Tour dates, according to the tour's organizers:

• 3/11 - Universal City, CA @ Universal Amphitheatre
• 3/13 - Universal City, CA @ Universal Amphitheatre
• 3/18 - Corpus Christi, TX @ Concrete Street Amphitheater
• 3/19 - Grand Prairie, TX @ Nokia Theatre at Grand Prairie
• 3/21 - Duluth, GA @ Gwinnett Center
• 3/22 - Charlotte, NC @ Cricket Arena
• 3/24 - West Palm Beach, FL @ Sound Advice Amphitheater
• 3/25 - Tampa, FL @ St. Pete Times Forum
• 3/26 - Kissimmee, FL @ Silver Spurs Arena
• 3/28 - Norfolk, VA @ Constant Convocation Center
• 3/29 - State College, PA @ Bryce Jordan Center
• 3/31 - Morgantown, WV @ WVU Coliseum
• 4/1 - Philadelphia, PA @ Liacouras Center
• 4/2 - Boston, MA @ Agganis Arena at Boston University
• 4/4 - Amherst, MA @ Mullins Center
• 4/6 - New York, NY @ Radio City Music Hall
• 4/7 - New York, NY @ Radio City Music Hall
• 4/14 - Auburn Hills, MI @ The Palace of Auburn Hills
• 4/15 - Pittsburgh, PA @ AJ Palumbo Center
• 4/16 - Columbia, MD @ Merriweather Post Pavilion
• 4/18 - Cleveland, OH @ Wolstein Center
• 4/19 - Chicago, IL @ UIC Pavilion
• 4/21 - St. Louis, MO @ Savvis Center
• 4/22 - Milwaukee, WI @ The Eagles Ballroom
• 4/23 - St. Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center
• 4/25 - Lincoln, NE @ Pershing Center
• 4/26 - Denver, CO @ Pepsi Center
• 4/29 - Portland, OR @ Portland Memorial Coliseum
• 4/30 - Seattle, WA @ Everett Event Center
• 5/4 - Fresno, CA @ Save Mart Center at Fresno State
• 5/5 - San Jose, CA @ HP Pavilion
• 5/6 - Sacramento, CA @ Arco Arena
• 5/8 - Anaheim, CA @ Theater at Arrowhead Pond
• 5/9 - San Diego, CA @ Jenny Craig Pavilion
• 5/11 - Phoenix, AZ @ Cricket Pavilion

• Maroon 5
• The Donnas
• Phantom Planet
• The Thrills

Nelly (file)
Photo: Universal

The closest competition Nelly will face on next week's Billboard albums chart comes from the St. Lunatic leader himself. Having simultaneously released two albums last week, the St. Louis MC has a lock on the #1 and #2 spots.

It's Suit that trumps Sweat, by more than 54,000 copies, according to SoundScan. The album featuring the smash single "My Place" (with Jaheim) sold more than 395,000 copies to take the top slot, while its companion moved more than 341,000 copies on the strength of the suggestive single "Flap Your Wings."

Nelly's two-album total barely pushes past the first-week sales of his last album, Nellyville, which in June 2002 also debuted at #1, with 23,000 fewer copies.

Tim McGraw's Live Like You Were Dying will drop a notch to run a distant third, with more than 121,000 copies sold. It'll be followed by Ray Charles' Genius Loves Company, which also takes a step back, to #4. The late soul pioneer's duets album sold more than 113,000 copies.

For the fourth week straight, the immovable object that is Now That's What I Call Music! 16 will remain at #5. The more than 100,000 copies it sold last week brings its eight-week total up to 1.8 million. Ashlee Simpson will also hold on to her old place at #6, as Autobiography tacked on another 75,000 to its total.

Although it sold slightly fewer copies last week than the week prior, Maroon 5's Songs About Jane managed to climb back into the top 10 by sidling up three spots to #8 and moving more than 63,000 copies. Usher, too, will make some forward progress, as Confessions takes a two-step shimmy up to #10, with more than 61,000 copies.

The remainder of next week's top 10 finds last week's top album, Alan Jackson's What I Do, dropping to #7, with more than 71,000 copies sold; and Anita Baker's My Everything moving from #4 to #9 with more than 63,000 copies sold.

Aside from the Nellys, the next new album to make the chart is from heavy-metal vets Megadeth. The band's 10th album will land at #18. Two notches later, Los Angeles' Irish punks Flogging Molly will place at #20 with Within a Mile of Home.

While the single "1985" is keeping Bowling for Soup part of the pop vernacular a year and a half after earning a Grammy nomination for their last album, 2002's Drunk Enough to Dance, it didn't immediately translate into massive album sales for the Wichita Falls, Texas, quartet. Their fourth album, A Hangover You Don't Deserve, will debut at #37.

Other notable debuts on next week's chart include Tears for Fears' reunion album, and first in nine years, Everybody Loves a Happy Ending, at #46; the TV series soundtrack Will & Grace: Let the Music Out! at #57; electronica act the Prodigy's Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned at #62; Gov't Mule's Deja Voodoo at #88; the Faint's Wet From Birth at #99; and the Thrills' Let's Bottle Bohemia at #153.

• Nelly
• Ashlee Simpson
• Maroon 5
• Bowling For Soup
• Usher

Accused child pornographer R. Kelly was warned by a Chicago judge Monday to stay away from accused child molester Michael Jackson. Cook County Circuit Judge Vincent Gaughan told the singer, who had asked the court's permission to attend next month's Grammy Awards, that despite penning Jackson's last single, "One More Chance," he's not to associate with him while in Los Angeles. Kelly has to be back in Chicago by February 18. ...

After a hearing Wednesday to determine if C-Murder will get a new murder trial, the rapper's attorneys said the court finally let them go through the police report, which they described as being "neither full nor complete." They said police neglected to tell them about yet another witness who had given a statement that the rapper was not involved in the shooting. C-Murder was convicted in September of killing a man at a nightclub MC battle in Louisiana. The hearing will resume on February 19. ...

James Brown was arrested and charged with criminal domestic violence Wednesday (January 28) in Aiken, South Carolina. The Godfather of Soul, who was to attend a bond hearing at 3 p.m. (two hours after being booked), served a two-and-a-half-year prison term after a 1988 arrest on drug and assault charges. He was convicted of a drug-related offense in 1998. ...

The White Stripes will release a 7-inch in Europe of their next single, "There's No Home for You Here," which will be available on import. The record will be backed by a 10-minute version of "Ball and Biscuit," recorded at Electric Lady studios. ... Godsmack have decided to release their acoustic EP on March 16. The disc was originally supposed to come out late last year, but the band delayed it because it didn't want to cannibalize sales of its most recent album, Faceless. Godsmack begin a tour with Metallica on March 2 in Phoenix. ...

On Wednesday, Courtney Love got a second continuance, until February 11, to address the misdemeanor drug charges against her, which stem from an early October incident. The former Hole singer asked for more time to see if her case qualifies for a program that would give her more rehab instead of jail time, so that she could bring in an outside attorney from Washington, D.C. The city's attorney's office said that if she does not qualify for the Prop. 36 program, they will set a trial date at the next hearing. ... Having teamed with jewelers M. Fabrikant & Sons, Russell Simmons' wife, Kimora Lee Simmons, is designing two lines for her own Simmons Jewelry Company. No word yet on when the high-priced accessories will become available. ...

Beastie Boys' Mike D and DFA recording artist Tim Sweeney will be joined by the B-52's' Fred Schneider, "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" fashion guru Carson Kressley and other celebrity DJs for the annual benefit party for the ARChive of Contemporary Music, on February 11. Tickets for the show at S.O.B.'s are $125. ... New York's Eyejammie Fine Arts Gallery, which last month featured an exhibition centered on Run-DMC, will next month have a photographic tribute to women in hip-hop. "Work It! Images of Women in Hip-Hop" exhibits photos of the most prominent women in the genre's history. It runs from February 20 to March 13. ...

Less than 48 hours after recording a concert Sunday in San Francisco, the Thrills released five of the songs on an EP titled From KFOG to iPod exclusively for Apple's iTunes Music Store. The songs, including the single "One Horse Town," can be downloaded for $4.95 or 99 cents each. ... '70s punk poetess Patti Smith will release her first album for Columbia Records on March 30. The still-untitled disc will be her first since 2000's Gung Ho. ... Default's next single, "Throw It All Away," will be sent to radio next month. On Super Bowl Sunday, the Canadian rockers will play an acoustic show during halftime at the club Dream in Washington, D.C. Default begin a tour with Evanescence on February 11. ...

New York University's Elmer Holmes Bobst Library has acquired a collection of papers from Richard Hell. Hell was a writer, photographer, musician and otherwise cultural fulcrum in the burgeoning punk scene of late 1970s New York. His collection consists of diaries, manuscripts, letters, photographs, posters, videos and other materials that will be open to scholars this time next year. ... Elvis Presley fans can now buy a piece of history ... a two-inch piece to be exact. A New Jersey company is selling snips of a 1954 master tape of "That's All Right" and nine other songs online at www.elvismastertape.com for $495. While the memorabilia fascinates some Presley fans, some musicologists are angered at the destruction of the original recording and even question its authenticity. ...

01.27.2004

Do they make formal wear in Kevlar? 50 Cent has signed on to perform at the 46th annual Grammy Awards, set for February 8. The rapper is up for five awards, including Best New Artist and Best Rap Album. The show will be broadcast live on CBS, and MTV News’ live pre-show, “Backstage at the Grammys,” kicks off at 7 p.m. ET. ...

Beyoncé will perform her Grammy-nominated single "Crazy in Love" at the 53rd annual NBA All-Star Game, set for February 15 in Los Angeles. She joins previously announced artists Christina Aguilera, who'll sing the national anthem, and Outkast, who'll perform their pair of current hit singles during player introductions. ... Meanwhile, Beyoncé has signed on to be the spokesperson for Tommy Hilfiger's new fragrance, to be launched in the fall, it was announced Tuesday (January 27). In addition to appearing in ads, she'll work with Hilfiger on the fragrance concept, which will be targeted at 15- to 25-year-olds. ...

The international Pepsi ad featuring Britney Spears, Beyoncé and Pink as gladiators and Enrique Iglesias as an evil emperor is now available online. Though it wasn't meant to be distributed in the U.S., the commercial, in which the pop stars sing a revamped version of Queen's "We Will Rock You," can be seen at www.popgal.net and www.worldofbritney.com. ... P. Diddy has officially been cast in the Broadway production of "A Raisin in the Sun." Audra McDonald ("It Runs in the Family") and Phylicia Rashad ("The Cosby Show") will co-star in the play, which opens in March. ...

Jury selection started Monday in a civil case being brought against P. Diddy by his former chauffer. Wardel Fenderson is seeking $3 million from the rap mogul and Bad Boy Entertainment, alleging that Diddy and his bodyguard Anthony "Wolf" Jones forced him to flee the scene of a nightclub shooting at Club New York in 1999. P. Diddy was acquitted of criminal wrongdoing in that case but rapper Jamal "Shyne" Barrow was convicted of assault and reckless endangerment and is in the middle of serving an eight-year sentence. ... Rock and roll legend Little Richard has signed on as the keynote speaker and headline performer at this year's South by Southwest Music and Media Conference. Both appearances take place March 18 in Austin, Texas, with the speech that morning at the Austin Convention Center and his concert that night at the Austin Music Hall. Previously announced featured speaker Antonio "L.A." Reid has canceled his appearance. ...

Courtney Love appeared in a Beverly Hills court Tuesday sporting her usual "just woke up" look to address felony drug charges stemming from an overdose in October. The former Hole singer, who voluntarily entered rehab before the court could order it, is trying to find out if she's eligible for a program that would give her more rehab instead of jail time. After meeting privately with Love, the judge decided more investigation was needed and continued her felony case until February 11. She's due back in court Wednesday to address the misdemeanor drug charges against her. ...

The Super Bowl will be over by February 4, but that doesn't mean Xbox Live players won't be able to play in their own championship games. Starting that day, 100 randomly selected live-action Xbox players will get to play a game of "ESPN NFL Football" with Big Boi from Outkast. It's part of a larger promotion to be unveiled in future months that will pit players against various celebrities in live, online matches. ... U.K. music rag NME has announced the nominees for its annual awards. Radiohead were nominated five times, including for Best Album for their 2003 release, Hail to the Thief. Other prominent nominees include the Darkness (Best Live Band), the White Stripes (Best Single for "Seven Nation Army") and the Strokes (Best Album). ...

There's more to an Orange County soundtrack than No Doubt and the Offspring, as the forthcoming Music From the O.C.: Mix 1 can attest. Due March 30, the first LP in what promises to be a series features Phantom Planet's "California," the track used as the theme to "The O.C," alongside contributions from Jet, Joseph Arthur, Dandy Warhols and Turin Brakes. ... Fans will be a prominent feature in the clip for "Ya'll Want a Single," the next single from Korn's latest album, Take a Look in the Mirror. The video, which follows the previous single "Right Now," was shot in Los Angeles on Friday by director Andrew Jenkins, a newcomer to the video world after having previously worked on TV commercials. ...

Are radio programmers out of touch with what listeners want to hear? Of the 10 top-selling singles of 2003, only a couple were radio hits. Here's the list, according to recently released data: Clay Aiken's "This Is the Night"/"Bridge Over Troubled Water" at #1 with 948,155 copies, followed by Ruben Studdard's "Flying Without Wings"/"Superstar" (728,243), Kid Rock's "Picture" (392,489), "American Idol" finalists' "God Bless the USA" (309,655), Hilary Duff's "So Yesterday" (141,360), Korn's "Did My Time" (132,967), the Eagles' "Hole in the World" (121,376), Mariah Carey's "Through the Rain" (116,785), Aaliyah's "Miss You" (98,358) and Jewel's "Intuition" (96,142). ...

While finishing up an as-yet-untitled book of poetry, former Smashing Pumpkins/ Zwan frontman Billy Corgan has begun working on his forthcoming solo debut with some help from Bon Harris, a founding member of the industrial dance band Nitzer Ebb. ... A coffee-table book celebrating the 20-year legacy of Pacific Northwest punks the Melvins is set for a March 2 release. "Neither Here, Nor There" features comments from the bandmembers and their friends and includes a compilation CD. After two decades, the band is still kicking, too. A short West Coast tour is in the works. ...

Gov't Mule will open eight dates on Kid Rock's upcoming tour. In the meantime, the band has started working on its first studio album since bassist Allen Woody died in August 2000. The LP will be released in the fall on Dave Matthews' ATO Records. ... And speaking of Matthews, his Dave Matthews Band will receive the Chairman's Award at the NAACP Image Awards ceremony March 6 in Los Angeles for their support of environmental causes and "dignified representation of people of color." FOX will broadcast the program March 11. ...

The Pharcyde's Imani and Bootie Brown have reunited for the group's first album in four years. Humboldt Beginnings, featuring the single "Choices," is due in April and will be promoted with a tour. ... Hip-hop violinist Miri Ben-Ari is working on her debut LP for Universal Records. So far Ari, who plays on about 90 percent of Kanye West's College Dropout LP, has tracks completed with Anthony Hamilton, Scarface and West. ...

Iron Maiden experienced luck of the Spinal Tap variety during their stint at New York's Hammerstein Ballroom. Tuesday night's show had to be canceled because the venue accidentally booked the band for the same time it had scheduled a Xerox convention. And on Saturday evening, Maiden had to cut their set short because someone poured a beer on the soundboard, causing it to short circuit. ... Metallica have added a second night in Los Angeles to their lengthy North American tour. The band will now play the L.A. Forum on March 5 and 6. Tickets for the second show will go on sale Saturday at 10 a.m. ... Swedish new wave-leaning quintet the Sounds are heading Stateside for their first U.S. headlining tour, starting February 15 in Milwaukee and ending March 28 in Atlanta. Along for the 30-date trek will be Kill Hannah and Ima Robot. ...

• R. Kelly
• James Brown
• The White Stripes
• Courtney Love
• Godsmack

The music industry is just coming out of its winter slumber and the timing couldn't be better: Grammy ramp-up is upon us. Getting in on the act is Grammy Nominees 2004, a disc whose track list reads like a Now That's What I Call Music! compilation. But, because of the sole inclusion of a Michael McDonald song, isn't. On the album you'll find Beyoncé's "Crazy in Love," Justin Timberlake's "Cry Me a River," 50 Cent's "In Da Club," Avril Lavigne's "I'm With You," Fountains of Wayne's "Stacy's Mom" and Sean Paul's "Gimme the Light."

One-girl revolution Ani DiFranco returns to her roots on Educated Guess, where she performs (and writes and records and produces) every song herself. Meanwhile, songbird Amel Larrieux becomes a Bravebird this week alongside the "Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!" soundtrack, featuring Liz Phair, John Mayer and Five for Fighting; new Wu-Tang protégés Northstar and their debut album, Bobby Digital Presents ... Northstar; and King Cobra's self-titled EP.

Also out this week are two notable DVDs: Belle and Sebastian's Fans Only and "The Complete First Season" of "Punk'd."

Out Tuesday, January 20:

• Charles Afton - Lost Sunset Lounge (Kriztal)
• Aluminum Group - More Happyness (Wishing Tree)
• The Beaton Family - Cape Breton Fiddle & Piano Music of Mabou (Smithsonian Folkways)
• Bevel - Down the Puppet String, Marionettes (Jagjaguwar)
• Books Lie - Hall of Fame of Fire (Level Plane)
• Boyskout - School of Etiquette (Alive)
• Califone - Heron King Blues (Thrill Jockey)
• Ray Charles - Rockin' Chair Blues (Delta)
• Bobby Conn - Homeland (Thrill Jockey)
• Camera Obscura - Underachievers Please Try Harder (Merge)
• Candy Butchers - Hang on Mike (Sony)
• Clones - Need a Wave (Punk Rock Dirtnap)
• The Dexateens - The Dexateens (Touch and Go)
• Dexter Freedish - Tripped Into Divine (Sixthman)
• Ani DiFranco - Educated Guess (Righteous Babe)
• Dios - Arboles (Dim Mak)
• Dizzee Rascal - Boy in Da Corner (Matador/XL)
• Dub Narcotic Sound System - Degenerate Introduction (K)
• Don Edwards - Last of the Troubadours - Saddle Songs Vol. 2 (Shanachie)
• Espers -Espers (Locust)
• The Evaporators - Ripple Rock (Alternative Tentacles)
• Sally Fingerett - A Woman's Gotta Do Her Thing (Shanachie)
• Lisa Gerrard and Patrick Cassidy - Immortal Memory (4AD)
• Hella - The Devil Isn't Red (5 Rue Christine)
• Hello Dave - Perfect Day (Fresh Tracks)
• The Hollow Points - Annihilation (Punk Rock Dirtnap)
• IIIrd Tyme Out - Erase the Miles (Rebel)
• The Impressions - Tribute to Curtis Mayfield (Delta)
• The Intelligence - Boredom and Terror (Omnibus)
• Rodd Keith - Ecstasy to Frenzy (Tzadik)
• Kronow - Deserve Damnation (Hapi Skratch)
• Kylesa - No Ending 110 Degree Heat Index (Prank)
• Joe Jackson - Live (Koch)
• King Cobra - King Cobra (Troubleman Unlimited)
• Kohn - Bruce Willis (Western Vinyl)
• Amel Larrieux - Bravebird (Blisslife)
• John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band (Koch)
• The Lost Patrol - Songs About Running Away (Burning Heart)
• Hannah Marcus - Desert Farmers (Bar/None)
• Al McKibbon - Black Orchid (Nine Yards)
• The Mekons - Punk Rock (Quarterstick)
• Miss Derringer - King James, Crown Royal & a Colt 45 (Sympathy for the Record Industry)
• Jason Molina - Pyramid Electric Co. (Secretly Canadian)
• Lorrie Morgan - Show Me How (Image Entertainment)
• Mother Superior - 13 Violets (Topbeat)
• Necronomitron - Necronomitron (Load)
• Neva Dinova/ Bright Eyes - Neva Dinova/ Bright Eyes (split disc, Crank!)
• New End Original - Lukewarm (Jade Tree)
• Northstar - Bobby Digital Presents ... Northstar (Koch/ In the Paint)
• Oneida - Secret Wars (Jagjaguwar)
• Greg Palast - Weapons of Mass Destruction (Alternative Tentacles)
• Raising the Fawn - By the Warmth of Your Flame (Sonic Unyon)
• Ramiyah - Ramiyah (Music World/Columbia)
• Rapider Than Horsepower - This Is My Big Night (Essay)
• Red Tyger Church - Free Energy (Alive)
• Seabound - Beyond Flatline (Metropolis)
• Sigmatropic - Sixteen Haiku & Other Stories (Thirsty Ear)
• Sister Hazel - Live*LIVE (Sixthman)
• Special Goodness - Land Air Sea (Epitaph)
• Statistics - Leave Your Name (Jade Tree)
• Casey Stratton - Standing at the Edge (Sony Classical)
• The Thrills - N.A.F.I.T.C. (Bacchus)
• Toys That Kill - Flys (Asian Man)
• Transistor Transistor/Wolves - Split (Level-Plane)
• Tussle - Don't Stop (Troubleman Unlimited)
• John Vanderslice - Cellar Door (Barsuk)
• Volcano, I'm Still Excited!! - Volcano, I'm Still Excited!! (Polyvinyl)
• The Willowz - The Willowz (Dionysus)
• The WPP - Baam! Jaam! (Substandard)
• Various artists - Acoustic Disc: 100% Handmade Bluegrass (Acoustic Disc)
• Various artists - Grammy Nominees 2004 (BMG)
• Various artists - Rhythm, Love and Soul (Sony)
• Various artists - "Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!" soundtrack (Aware/Columbia/Sony Music Soundtrax)
• DVD: Charly Antolini - Jazz Power: Hot Jazz Festival (Music Video Distributors/Inakustik)
• DVD: The Battle for L.A. (Redline)
• DVD: Belle & Sebastian - Fans Only (Matador)
• DVD: Friend 'n Fellow - Live (Music Video Distributors)
• DVD: Meat Beat Manifesto - In Dub 5.1 Surround (Music Video Distributors/Lakeshore)
• DVD: MTV Punk'd - "The Complete First Season" (Paramount)
• DVD: Sir Mix-A-Lot - Shhhh ... Don't Tell 'Em That (Image Entertainment)
• DVD: Sister Hazel - A Life in the Day (Sixthman)

January 27:

• Air - Talkie Walkie (Astralwerks)
• Twista - Kamikaze (Atlantic)

February 3:

• Five for Fighting - The Battle for Everything (Sony)
• Incubus - A Crow Left of the Murder (Sony) Read: "Incubus Experiment With New Sounds On Crow Left Of The Murder"
• TLC - Now and Forever (La Face) Read: "TLC Hits Album To Feature Lil Jon, Unreleased Left Eye Track"

February 10:

• Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (Blue Note) Read:"Norah Jones Returns Home With New Album"
• Courtney Love - America's Sweetheart (Virgin)
• Kylie Minogue - Body Language (Capitol)
• Various artists - "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" soundtrack (Capitol)

For a look back at previous big Grammy winners, red carpet photos and much more, visit our Grammy News Archive.

• Beyoncé
• Justin Timberlake
• Ani DiFranco
• Dizzee Rascal
• The Thrills

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