Maxwell’s Sings @ MJ Tribute

This is straight for girls… So go head Miss Sexy A @$!

“Put your feet up on the couch girl! I wanna paint your toenails.”

Maxwell performed a tribute to Michael Jackson with the song “Lady In My Life” last night as part of the live Grammy Nomination telecast on CBS. He ended up walking away with six nominations for “Pretty Wings” and his album “BlackSummer’s Night”. That’s pretty good for someone who took an 8 year hiatus.

Congratulations are also in order for Beyonce who was nominated for 10 Grammy’s that included “Song of The Year (Single Ladies)”, Album of The Year, Record of the Year (Halo), & Best Female Pop performance (Halo). Taylor Swift was right behind her with 8 grammy nominations, followed by Kanye West with 6 nominations. He shares his nods with Beyonce (Best Rap/Sung Collaboration – Ego), Young Jeezy (Best Rap Performance by A Duo – Amazing) & Jay-z & Rihanna (Best Rap Song – Run This Town). Lady Gaga and Jay-z were nominated for 5 a piece. Jamie Foxx was nominated for 3 and Keri Hilson was nominated for two which include “Best New Artist” and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration (Knock You Down)

Pleasure P snagged 3 including “Best R&B Song (Under), Best Contemporary R&B Album, & Best Male R&B Performance (Under). T-Pain had 4 nominations which included Best R&B Song (Blame It), Best R&B Performance by a duo (Blame It w/ Jamie Foxx) & Best R&B Album (Thr33 Rings), Jazmine Sullivan had 2 nods which included “Best Female R&B Vocal (Lions, Tigers & Bears) & Best R&B Song (Lions, Tigers & Bears). Trey Songz was nominated for Best Contemporary R&B Album, Ciara for Best Pop Collab with Justin Timberlake (Love, Sex, Magic), Kelly Rowland for Best Dance Recording (When Love Takes Over) & Best Remixed Recording (When Love Takes Over) and newcomer Melanie Fiona was nominated for Best Female R&B Vocal (It Kills Me).

Drake didn’t release an album this year and still managed to snag two nominations. ["Best Rap Song" (Best I Ever Had), & Best Rap Solo Performance (Best I Ever Had). ] He was quoted backstage as saying “Today was a special moment in my life that I can never forget. I used to have trouble going to sleep at an early hour. I used to dream about hearing my name called because I had a Grammy nomination press conference, like this”.