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<b><i><u><span style="font-size: 14pt; ">PRESS HERE Artists Score 6 </span></u></i></b><b><i><u><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Grammy® </span></u></i></b><b><i><u><span style="font-size: 14pt; "> Nominations</span></u></i></b></div>
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<b><i><u><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">Alison Krauss & Union Station, Maroon 5, Raphael Saadiq, TV On The Radio, Zooey Deschanel<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; ">NEW YORK (Dec. 1, 2011) – Nominations for the 54<sup>th</sup> Annual GRAMMY Awards (<a href="http://www.grammy.com/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">www.grammy.com</a>) were announced last night by the Recording
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<b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Alison Krauss & Union Station’s <i>Paper Airplane </i></span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">received nominations for:<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">*Best Bluegrass Album<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">*Best </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<img width="139" height="141" align="left" hspace="12" alt="akus_cover_final.jpg" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_1" id="a58711c9-bd2f-4480-bc86-2944362c30c2" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CCB042.B5011960"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; ">Upon
its release in April <b><i>Paper Airplane</i></b> (Rounder) became <b>Alison Krauss & Union Station’s</b> fastest selling and highest charting release to date. The album - the band’s first in seven years -debuted on the <b><i>Billboard </i>Top 200 Album Chart</b> at <b>#3</b>and
at <b>#1</b> on the <b>Country, Bluegrass </b>and <b>Folk Albums Charts,</b> a career best for the Nashville-based 5-piece. Since signing with Rounder Records at the age of 14 in 1985 Krauss has sold in excess of 12 million albums and garnered <b><u>26 Grammy®
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<b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Maroon 5 </span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">received a nomination for<b>:<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">*Best Pop Duo/Group Performance (“Moves Like Jagger”)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Maroon 5</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> has received a <b>GRAMMY</b> Award nomination for “<b>Moves Like Jagger</b>” with <b>Christina Aguilera</b> in
the category of “<b>Best Pop Duo/Group Performance</b>.” This marks the <b>8<sup>th </sup>GRAMMY</b> nomination for the <b>3-time GRAMMY</b> award winning band. “<b>Moves Like Jagger</b>” was an instant smash hit, skyrocketing to <b>#1</b> on the <b>Top 40</b>and <b>Hot
AC</b> charts along with claiming the <b>#1</b> spot on the <b>Billboard Hot 100</b>. The song was re-released on Maroon 5’s critically acclaimed album <b><u>Hands All Over</u></b><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">For more information please go to <a href="http://www.maroon5.com/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">www.maroon5.com</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Raphael Saadiq</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> received a nomination for<b>:<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">*Best Traditional R&B Performance (“Good Man”)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Raphael Saadiq</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> has received a <b>GRAMMY</b> nomination for “<b>Good Man</b>” in the category of “<b>Best Traditional
R&B Performance</b>.” This marks Saadiq’s <b>13<sup>th</sup> GRAMMY </b>nomination for the award winning artist. Released this summer, “<b>Good Man</b>” followed in in the success of the critically acclaimed album <b><u>Stone Rollin’</u></b><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">.</span> Debuting
at #1 on the R&B chart, the album received praise across the board with <b><i>Spin</i></b> calling Saadiq “a virtuoso whose finest flourishes lie in the details” and with<b><i>Rolling Stone</i></b> saying “He doesn’t just rediscover the past, he remakes it.” <a href="http://www.RaphaelSaadiq.com/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">www.RaphaelSaadiq.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">TV on The Radio </span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">received a nomination for<b>:<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">*Best Long Form Music Video (Nine Types of Light)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Types of Light - </span></i></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Film</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">, the amazing visual component to TV on The Radio’s acclaimed album, has just
been nominated for a GRAMMY in the category of <b>“Best Long Form Music Video.”</b> The movie is meant to be an aesthetic re-imagining of the record, and includes a music video for every song on the album. The band personally asked their friends and the filmmakers
they admired to help direct the music videos. Tunde Adebimpe, the director for the full <b>Nine Types of Light</b> movie, storybooked the music videos together with interviews from local WATCH THE FILM!!! <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8B5GP0AiQMc" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: windowtext; ">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8B5GP0AiQMc</span></a><b><i><o:p></o:p></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">(<a href="mailto:jennie@pressherepublicity.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">jennie@pressherepublicity.com</a>)<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">*Best Song Written for Visual Media for She & Him’s performance of "So Long" for <i>Winnie The Pooh<o:p></o:p></i></span></b></div>
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effervescent singer-songwriter <b>Zooey Deschanel (She)</b> has received a<b> GRAMMY</b> nomination for <b>Best Song Written for Visual Media</b> for her original tune <b>“So Long”</b>, which was performed by her band <b>She & Him</b> for the<b> <i>Winnie
The Pooh</i></b>soundtrack.<b> </b>The vibrant Deschanel-penned song is a brilliant addition to the soundtrack, featuring Zooey’s inimitable vocals and piano playing alongside <b>M.Ward’s</b> impressive guitar work<b>. </b>After releasing three albums as <b>She
& Him</b> (including the latest <b><i>A Very She & Him Christmas</i></b>), this is the duo’s first <b>GRAMMY</b> recognition.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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