1.   Seizing the microphone, he complained about losing in the best rap album category.

2.   Still, the record, also nominated in the best orchestral album category, is up against some formidable competition from its own company.

3.   Rapper Eminem, who won three Grammys last week, including one for best rap album, lost out in the album category to his mentor Dr. Dre.

4.   And it got her a Grammy nomination in the traditional pop album category, competing with Julie Andrews, Rosemary Clooney, John Raitt and Frank Sinatra.

5.   Besides, after Keys was shut out of the best album category, Grammy voters will want to make amends.

6.   De La Hoya lost to Shakira in the Latin pop album category, where he was nominated for his self-titled debut album.

7.   He won two awards apiece in the single and album categories, because he produced as well as performed on them.

8.   This is the first year for the best Native American music album category.