Sort of. Here's the deal. There's a category in The Grammy's for Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media Field. Be that as it may, Miley Cyrus' tween-adored track, The Climb, was a contender for the award, until this morning.
It was initially reporthted that a previously nominated track was “disqualified.” That track [The Climb] which appears on the soundtrack to Hannah Montana: The Movie, was removed from consideration, leaving the nom open for the song with the next-highest vote count: Karen O's All is Love, from Where the Wild Things Are.
According to Cyrus' camp, they had previously remnoived it from contention, yet an error still had the song available for ballot votes. The nomination gives Karen two nods, the other being received for Best Alternative Album and It's Blitz!
The category nominees now look as such.
All Is Love (From Where The Wild Things Are)
Karen O. & Nick Zinner, songwriters (Karen O. & The Kids)
Decode (From Twilight)
Josh Farro, Hayley Williams & Taylor York, songwriters (Paramore)
Jai Ho (From Slumdog Millionaire)
Gulzar, A.R. Rahman & Tanvi Shah, songwriters (A.R. Rahman, Sukhvinder Singh, Tanvi Shah, Mahalaxmi Iyer & Vijay Prakash)
Once In A Lifetime (From Cadillac Records)
Ian Dench, James Dring, Amanda Ghost, Beyoncé Knowles, Scott McFarnon & Jody Street, songwriters (Beyoncé)
The Wrestler (From The Wrestler)
Bruce Springsteen, songwriter (Bruce Springsteen)
mp3: Karen O - All Is Love (My!Gay!Husband! Glory Days Club Edit)
Ellie Goulding, the 22-year old singer/songwriter, who has been quick to steal the hearts of boys and girls blogwide, was named as the Brit 2010 Critics' Choice Award Winner last night. The prize goes to the act most likely to break through in the coming year.
Previous winners of the award include Adele and Florence + The Machine, and while Goulding has yet to crack a top 40 hit, her first single, Under The Sheets, has quickly become a mainstay and favorite across indepndent and worldwide media sources. We've touted her as "the one to watch in 2010", and the award is further confirmation that we're in for a massive takeover by the winsome gal.
Runners-up shortlisted for this year's award were Delphic and Marina and The Diamonds.
The Critics' Choice award for emerging acts is announced two months before the main Brit Award nominations are revealed on January 18. Goulding will perform at the event and pick up her award at the main ceremony, honoring all winners, on February 16.
mp3: Ellie Goulding - Under The Sheets (Kids At The Bar Remix)
mp3: Ellie Goulding - The End
Our favorite rockin' chick, Juliette Lewis, was recently in Berlin, both to hit up Europe with her Terra Incognita tour, as well as to attend and present a statue at the MTV EMA Awards earlier this month.
As a special supplement to the awards, Lewis did a brief interview with the German constituents pre-show host, complete with an acoustic performance of Fantasy Bar, from her latest album.
Oh, did we mention that this rendition takes place in the back of a car? Check it out!
Reminder for all you European friends and readers: Juliette Lewis powers on through your towns, continuing on tour for the next month. All remaining dates can be found here.
And for even more goodness, check our interview with Ms. Lewis here, in case you missed our incessant swoonings.
mp3: Juliette and The Licks - Sticky Honey (Endo DandB Remix)
The Fire and Reason are up against some tough competition in LOGO's NEWNOWNEXT Awards in the Brink of Fame category. Our favorite NYC spicy electro-alt duo are matched up against heavyhitters like Ladyhawke, LMFAO, Lykke Li, Morningwood, and Sam Sparro!
It's great to see them get the recognition they deserve! TFaR, who has been unleashing one hot track/remix after another, will be PERFORMING and hopefully winning the award on LOGO TV June 13th at 9PM!
GO VOTE HERE!
And hey, guess what? We have a brand new UNRELEASED track from The Fire and Reason. Grab it below.
mp3: The Fire and Reason - This Isnt Love
