The Grammys reveals 2008 ‘dance nominees’

The Grammys reveals 2008 ‘dance nominees’

5 December, 2008 | 3.20AM

• Written by: Terry Church
• Filed under: Music News: grammys

The organizers of The Grammys have revealed themselves to be a little out of touch with the dance world.

The nominees for this year’s Best Dance Recording and Best Electronic/Dance Album categories are a disappointment.

In the Best Dance Recording section is a trio of pop stars: Rihanna has been nominated for ‘Disturbia’, as has Sam Sparro’s ‘Black & Gold’ and Lady Gaga & Colby O’Donis’ ‘Just Dance’.

Hot Chip’s ‘Ready For The Floor’ rescues the nominations slightly (at least the track is actually dance music) but the inclusion of Daft Punk’s ‘Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger’, a track originally released in 2001 but re-released in 2007, is a bit strange (should re-releases count?).

The best dance album category isn’t much better, as Cyndi Lauper, Kylie Minogue, and Robyn have all been nominated alongside Daft Punk and Brazilian Girls.

There are a few dance representatives in the Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical category as well, including Deadmau5 for his remix of ‘The Longest Road’, Justice for ‘Electric Feel’, Stonebridge’s version of ‘Closer’ and Junkie XL ‘4 Minutes’.

And M.I.A.’s ‘Paper Planes’ (which counts Diplo and Switch as its engineers) made it into the Record of the Year category.

Grammy Nominees

Best Dance Recording

‘Harder Better Faster Stronger’
Daft Punk

‘Ready For The Floor’
Hot Chip

‘Just Dance’
Lady Gaga & Colby O’Donis

‘Give It 2 Me’
Madonna

‘Disturbia’
Rihanna

‘Black & Gold’
Sam Sparro

Best Electronic/Dance Album

‘New York City’
Brazilian Girls

‘Alive 2007’
Daft Punk

‘Bring Ya To The Brink’
Cyndi Lauper

‘X’
Kylie Minogue

‘Last Night’
Moby

‘Robyn’
Robyn

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