Kanye West has grabbed 8 nominations for this year’s Grammy Awards, the most of any nominees. Amy Winehouse is second with 6 nominations. West’s album Graduation is one of the best selling of 2007. It sold nearly 1 million units its first week, an alarming number given today’s music environment. Graduation was nominated for Album of the Year, along with Winehouse’s Back to Black, which was also nominated for song of the year.

Dr. Jan Adams, the man currently being held responsible for the death of hip-hop star Kanye West’s mother, Donda West, will plead his case tomorrow on Larry King Live, TMZ reports.  His case is especially interesting and tragic because of the allegedly poor track record that has gone largely unnoticed.  Adams has appeared on many nationally televised shows like Oprah, and somehow never been exposed until now.

New York - Hip-hop artist Kanye West's third album "Graduation" has established a new one-week digital sales record, logging over 132,000 album downloads in the week following its release on Sept. 11. The album broke the previous record of 102,000 first-week digital album sales, set earlier this year by Maroon 5. Kanye's album also debuted at #1 on Billboard's charts, racking up nearly 957,000 physical unit sales.

Redmond, Wash. - Microsoft said this week that hip-hop artists Kanye West and Talib Kweli will offer exclusive tracks on the Zune Marketplace for its Zune digital media player. Featured will be a remix of West's "Can't Tell Me Nuthin" feat. Young Jeezy, and Kweli's "Hush." Kweli will also compose a custom playlist on the Zune Marketplace, while Zune.net will feature an exclusive interview with Kanye.