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Kanye West Tops 54th GRAMMY Nominations 14-time GRAMMY winner Kanye West earns seven nods; Adele, Foo Fighters and Bruno Mars each garner six nods; Lil Wayne and Skrillex each receive five nods. 1 Dec 2011 05:00 Africa/Lagos Kanye West Leads GRAMMY® Nominations With Seven; Adele, Foo Fighters and Bruno Mars Each Earn Six; and Lil Wayne and Skrillex Each Garner Five ADELE, FOO FIGHTERS, LADY GAGA, BRUNO MARS, AND RIHANNA VIE FOR ALBUM OF THE YEAR AT 54TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS® FEB. 12, 2012, LIVE ON CBS PR Newswire LOS ANGELES, Nov. 30, 2011 LOS ANGELES, Nov. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Nominations for the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards® (www.grammy.com) were announced tonight by The Recording Academy® and reflected an eclectic mix of the best and brightest in music over the past year, as determined by the voting members of The Academy. For the fourth year, nominations for the annual GRAMMY Awards were announced on primetime television as part of "The GRAMMY® Nominations Concert Live!! — C...

18 Oct 2011 15:00 Africa/Lagos Steve Jobs Tops AskMen's Top 49 Most Influential Men of 2011 Voters Salute "visionaries", as Larry Page, Kanye West and Warren Buffett Join Jobs in AskMen's Top 49 PR Newswire LOS ANGELES, Oct. 18, 2011 LOS ANGELES, Oct. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, AskMen, the leading men's lifestyle website with 17 million monthly readers, announced the results of their 6th annual Top 49 Most Influential Men of 2011, as determined by more than 200,000 votes. Visionary Steve Jobs takes the #1 position after a month long public voting process which began in early September. The Top 49 Most Influential Men challenges AskMen's readers to determine which male figures have made the biggest impact and, ultimately, shaped what it means to be a man of influence in 2011. George Clooney holds the record as the only person to be named to the Top 49 for all six years. The year of the visionaries, Steve Jobs , SEAL Team Six, Larry Page , Warren Buffet a...

2 Jul 2011 05:01 Africa/Lagos The 2011 ESSENCE Music Festival Presented by Coca-Cola: Celebrating the "Roots of R&B" With Headline Performances by Kanye West, Usher, Jennifer Hudson, Chaka Khan, Mary J. Blige, Trey Songz, Fantasia, Charlie Wilson, Jill Scott, Boyz II Men, El Debarge, Kem and New Edition. Click here for the full report .