Beyonce and her beau, rapper Jay-Z, were among contenders for record of the year for "Crazy in Love." About her Grammy honors, Beyonce said, "This has been one crazy, special year. I feel humbled and blessed."
Barbra Streisand's "Movie Album" is up for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album. She's competing against Bette Midler, the late Rosemary Clooney, Rod Stewart and the team of Tony Bennett and k.d. lang.
Justin Timberlake has five Grammy nominations this year.
The late Warren Zevon got five nominations, including one for Song of the Year for "Keep Me in Your Heart," his collaboration with Jorge Calderon.Zevon died from lung cancer at age 56 on Sept. 7, 2003.
Rapper 50 Cent was among the nominees for Best New Artist.
Eminem is up for Record of the Year with "Lose Yourself."
Luther Vandross, who is recovering from a stroke, was honored with five nominations.
Missy Elliott garnered five Grammy nominations, including one for Album of the Year for "Under Construction."
Former President Bill Clinton and his wife, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, were nominated in spoken-word categories. Sen. Clinton received a bid for best spoken-word album, "Living History," while her husband had a mention along with former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev and actress Sophia Loren for their narration of "Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf/Beintus: Wolf Tracks" in the children's recording category.
Willie Nelson was nominated twice for best album with his solo disc "Live and Kickin'" and the collaboration with Ray Price "Run That One By Me One More Time."
Johnny Cash and his wife, June Carter Cash, shown performing together in Nashville on Sept. 13, 2002, both passed away in 2003. Carter Cash's recording, "Keep on the Sunny Side," was nominated for female country vocal performance, while a collaboration with her husband, "Temptation," was put in contention for country collaboration with vocals.
Singer Pharrell Williams, up for six Grammys, gestures after the nominations were announced Dec. 4, 2003, in Beverly Hills, Calif.
Evanescence's Amy Lee poses next to the Grammy poster after the 46th annual Grammy Awards nominations Dec. 4, 2003, in Beverly Hills. Lee was nominated for album of the year for "Fallen." The Grammy Awards ceremony is scheduled for Feb. 8 at the Staples Center arena in downtown Los Angeles.
Singers Dido, left, and Sarah McLachlan stand together after announcing nominees for the 46th annual Grammy Awards Dec. 4, 2003. Dido and McLachlan are nominated in the best female pop category.
Andre 3000 from the group OutKast performs "Hey Ya!" during rehearsals for the 31st annual American Music Awards, in this Nov. 13, 2003 file photo. Among their Grammy nominations, OutKast is up for album of the year for "Speakerboxxx/The Love Below."
Aretha Franklin, shown here arriving at the 45th Annual Grammy Awards, Feb. 23, 2003, is nominated this year for her release, "So Damn Happy."