NEW YORK, Nov. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Hugely successful Grammy nominated R&B singer and songwriter KEYSHIA COLE is set to close out 2008 with a bang.

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By Chris Morris LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - In yet another year dominated by R&B, hip-hop and pop-R&B performers, Kanye West, his protege John Legend and renascent vocalist Mariah Carey lead the field for the 48th annual Grammy Awards with eight nominations apiece.

By Chris Michaud NEW YORK (Reuters) - Veteran punk rockers Green Day dominated at the annual MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday, scoring seven wins including the evening's top honor of Video of the Year for "Boulevard of Broken Dreams." The group, whose members noted in accepting the big prize that they have been together for 16 years, opened the show with a performance of the song that won them six of their seven awards.

By Margo Whitmire LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - R&B singer R. Kelly nabbed his fifth No. 1 entry on the U.S. pop albums chart Wednesday with "TP.3 Reloaded," selling almost three times as many copies as Missy Elliott's new release at No. 2.