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Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals (Category #8)
(For a collaborative performance, with vocals, by artists who do not normally perform together. Singles or Tracks only.)

Lesson Learned – Alicia Keys & John Mayer
Track from: As I Am [J Records]

4 Minutes – Madonna, Justin Timberlake & Timbaland
Track from: Hard Candy [Warner Bros.]

Rich Woman – Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
Track from: Raising Sand [Rounder]

If I Never See Your Face Again – Rihanna & Maroon 5
Track from: Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded [Def Jam]

No Air – Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown
Track from: Jordin Sparks [Jive]

Best Dance Recording (Category #12)
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances. Vocal or Instrumental. Singles or tracks only.)

Harder Better Faster Stronger – Daft Punk
Thomas Bangalter & Guy Manuel de Homem-Christo, producers; Thomas Bangalter & Guy Manuel de Homem-Christo, mixers / Track from: Alive 2007 [Virgin Records]

Ready For The Floor – Hot Chip
Hot Chip, producers; Dan Carey, mixer / Track from: Made In The Dark [Astralwerks/DFA]

Just Dance – Lady Gaga & Colby O’Donis
RedOne, producer; Robert Orton, mixer [Streamline/Interscope/Kon Live]

Give It 2 Me – Madonna
Madonna & The Neptunes, producers; Andrew Coleman & Spike Stent, mixers / Track from: Hard Candy [Warner Bros.]

Disturbia – Rihanna
Brian Kennedy, producer; Phil Tan, mixer / Track from: Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded [Def Jam]

Black & Gold – Sam Sparro
Jesse Rogg & Sam Sparro, producers; Jeremy Wheatley, mixer / Track from: Sam Sparro
[Universal Republic Records]

Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical (Category #94)
(A Remixer’s Award. (Artists names appear in parentheses for identification.) Singles or Tracks only.)

Closer (StoneBridge Radio Edit)
StoneBridge, remixer (Ne-Yo) [Def Jam]

Electric Feel (Justice Remix)
Justice, remixers (MGMT) / Track from: Oracular Spectacular [Columbia]

4 Minutes (Junkie XL Remix)
Junkie XL, remixer (Madonna Featuring Justin Timberlake) [Warner Bros.]

Just Fine (Moto Blanco Remix)
Moto Blanco, remixers (Mary J. Blige) / Track from: Growing Pains [Geffen]

The Longest Road (Deadmau5 Remix)
Deadmau5, remixer (Morgan Page Featuring Lissie) / Track from: Elevate [Nettwerk]

source : grammy.com

When Marc Jacobs found himself in a meeting on a recent Monday morning to brainstorm about Louis Vuitton’s next fashion advertising campaign, inspiration struck. “I just blurted out, ‘I think we should do Madonna,’” said the designer, Vuitton’s creative director, mentioning he’d attended a concert by the pop icon the night before in Paris. “I was totally just blown away by it, and moved by her performance, by what she had to say, and her energy.”

As the meeting went on, Jacobs tapped out a message to Madonna on his BlackBerry, and within about five minutes came the reply: “I’d love to.”

The result is six atmospheric pictures of a smoldering Madonna by Steven Meisel that will break in a range of fashion magazines in February. “It’s a big change from what we were doing. It tells a story,” said Antoine Arnault, Vuitton’s director of communications. “This I think is an amazing coup, but more than that, there’s real logic behind it. It’s very linked to Marc’s fashion show.”

Although Arnault declined to give figures, he said media budgets for the fashion campaign would be on par with a year ago. And he dismissed as “absurd” reports pegging Madonna’s fees at $10 million. “It’s very far away from that,” he assured.

The campaign marks the end of Vuitton’s six-year collaboration with photographers Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott, with the parting characterized as amicable, and another reunion for long-time collaborators Madonna and Meisel. Jacobs last worked with Meisel in his Perry Ellis days. (Arnault noted it’s “very probable” Vuitton’s association with Meisel will continue.)

The campaign takes the very Parisian theme of Jacobs’ hit spring Vuitton collection, with a smoky French bistro the setting, and the sepia-toned images evoking a Brassai atmosphere. “As clich

Madonna, Paul Oakenfold – Dolphin Stadium – Miami, Fla. – Nov. 26, 2008
$6,137,030
47,998 /47,998
1 / 1
$350, $55
Live Nation Global Touring

Madonna – Minute Maid Park – Houston, Texas – Nov. 16, 2008
$5,170,100
41,498 /41,498
1 / 1
$350, $55
Live Nation Global Touring

Madonna – Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall – Atlantic City, N.J. – Nov. 22, 2008
$3,231,000
13,293 /13,293
1 / 1
$350, $50
Live Nation Global Touring/Caesars Atlantic City

Madonna – Philips Arena – Atlanta, Ga. – Nov. 24, 2008
$2,632,952
14,843 /14,843
1 / 1
$352, $57
Live Nation Global Touring

Madonna – Ford Field – Detroit, Mich. – Nov. 18, 2008
$2,395,900
30,119 /30,119
1 / 1
$350, $25
Live Nation Global Touring

Madonna – Wachovia Center – Philadelphia, Pa. – Nov. 20, 2008
$2,318,530
13,790 /13,790
1 / 1
$350, $55
Live Nation Global Touring

For Immediate Release:

T4F has announced that tonight’s engagement of Madonna on December 3 at River Plate Stadium in Buenos Aires has been postponed due to unforeseen technical difficulties. However, in order not to disappoint any of her fans, Madonna has moved around her schedule so that all four shows in Buenos Aires will be performed.

The new schedule will be as follows: Madonna will perform at River Plate Stadium on December 4, 5, 7 and 8. Please note that tickets for tonight’s performance, December 3, will be honored on Friday, December 5. In addition, please note that tickets for Saturday, December 6 will be honored on Monday, December 8.

With this revised schedule, Madonna is happy to accommodate her many fans. The shows will continue to be filmed for later broadcast. The support and understanding of the many fans of Madonna is most greatly appreciated. She looks forward to performing all four shows on this historic run at the famous River Plate Stadium.

Just to recap:

- Fans holding tickets for Wednesday, December 3 will attend the show on Friday, December 5.
- Fans holding tickets for Thursday, December 4 will attend the show on Thursday, December 4.
- Fans holding tickets for Saturday, December 6 will attend the show on Monday, December 8.
- Fans holding tickets for Sunday, December 7 will attend the show on Sunday, December 7.

source : madonna.com/ap

Madonna met with a president and a former guerrilla-held hostage Tuesday at Argentina’s presidential palace, where she filmed “Evita” 12 years ago.

The pop star, in Buenos Aires on the Latin America leg of her “Sticky & Sweet” world tour, showed up early for a visit Argentine President Cristina Fernandez — who was then meeting with one of the world’s best-known ex-hostages.

Former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt was freed in July after being held more than six years in jungle camps by leftist rebels from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia. She was visiting Argentina to thank its government for working to free hundreds of other hostages left behind.

Fernandez brought Madonna and Betancourt together for a brief meeting that was closed to the press.

The trip marks Madonna’s third visit to Buenos Aires, where in 1996 she played Eva Peron, the first lady of Argentina from 1946-52, in the musiscal film “Evita.”

Then-President Carlos Menem permitted her to film one of the movie’s most famous scenes on the balcony of the palace, where she sang “Don’t Cry for Me Argentina.”

source : madonna.com/ap

Madonna in Caras Magazine (Argentina)

Madonna in La Nacion Revista Magazine (Argentina)

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Madonna’s Sticky & Sweet Tour in Los Angeles (November 06 2008) – Pictures by Chris

Greeted by enthusiastic fans, Madonna arrived in Buenos Aires (December 01 2008) /

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Madonna decided to cancel a series of tour dates in Australia, according to Sydney Sunday newspaper, The Daily Telegraph. The gigs pulling-off reportedly happened because of current global crisis which resulted on the high-price tickets people can’t afford to buy.

A source said as quoted by the publication, “It got as close as anything ever gets. Madonna was coming to Australia, the dates were resolved, then economics got in the way.” In line with the source’s statement, local promoter Michael Coppel stated, “Everyone is feeling their way. The risk level has gone up substantially.”

Beside Madonna, Neil Diamond, Paul McCartney, Eagles, Green Day, and Metallica also scrapped their Aussie tour dates due to the economic crisis. “It’s unknown territory at the moment. A lot of tours went on sale before the dollar crashed. We are only starting to see the affect of the economy on the tour industry,” promoter Michael Chugg explained.

Madonna has wrapped up her “Sticky & Sweet” tour on November 26 at Miami’s Dolphin Stadium. From the 28-date roadshow, kicked off on August 23 at Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium, she earned a total of $91.5 million profit with over $207 million in ticket sales.

source : aceshowbiz