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Famous as :

Bluegrass-country singer

Birth Name :

Alison Krauss

Birth Date :

July 23, 1971

Birth Place :

Decatur, Illinois

Spouse :

Pat Bergeson (Lyle Lovett's band member, 1997 - Aug 2001)

Claim to fame :

Album "I've Got That Old Feeling" (1990)

Winners List of 51st Annual Grammy Awards

February 09, 2009 11:02:52

and walked out of the 51st Annual Grammy Awards with another nod. Through their collaborative album "", the two musicians got the coveted Album of the Year title.

The duet effort has successfully put aside 's "", 's "", 's "" and 's "". Previously, the record was also announced as Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album.

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51st Grammys: Robert Plant and Alison Krauss Got Record of the Year

February 09, 2009 10:02:13

Duo and swept their third trophy, receiving the honor of Record of the Year for their collaborative track "Please Read This Letter". "It's time for somebody else to say something," so Robert said before giving the platform to producer T Bone Burnett, who stated, "Good things happen out of nowhere."

and joined forces, performing "Swagga Like Us", which has been honored as this year's Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group. They were joined by , and pregnant .

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U2, Kid Rock Joining This Year's Grammys Performers Lineup

January 30, 2009 10:01:57

, , and have been added as musical acts for stars-studded show of 2009 Grammy Awards. They are joined by previously-revealed performers, which include , , and .

While U2 are not on the nominations list of the 51st Annual Grammy Awards, Kid Rock has been announced as one of the musicians receiving multiple nods at the event. He is up against , Paul McCartney, , and for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance title. He also competes for an award in Best Rock Album category with , , and .

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Alison Krauss Teams Up with Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant

August 07, 2007 09:08:13

's has been waiting for years to complete a duet album with blue grass singer and now the time has come. A compilation consisting of cover songs titled '' will be released October 23.

Among those in the track list are Plant's hit 'Please Read the Letter' that he did with band mate Jimmy Page and appeared on his 1999's album 'Walking Into Clarksdale', Gene Clark's 'Polly', Naomi Neville's 'Fortune Teller', and ' duet with Kathleen Brennan on 'Trampled Rose'.

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10 Albums Topping Billboard 100 in 15th Week

April 12, 2007 10:04:40

A 15.7 per cent increase is gained by the album sales this week, thanks to the highly commercial "Now That's What I Call Music! 24" that moves 213,000 units. Despite the compilation's 7 per cent drop from last week, it enters the chart at #1, a flip-flop position to last week's reigner "" by . The country singer's album has to give up the top position after a 46 per cent drop at 177,000.

A new album from country diva titled "" bows at #3 by selling 144,000 copies at the first week. Just one position behind is teen star-turning mature with her third studio album "" that sells 140,000. The biggest surprise of all in the chart comes next. Just when everybody thinks the hottest producer in town will shoot straight to No. 1, they have to question why only debuts at No. 5. His " Timbaland Presents Shock Value" moves 138,000 copies despite the first single "Give It To Me" featuring and that constantly climbs up the Hot 100 chart.

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Alison Krauss, Union Station and Jerry Douglas Team Up in a Tour

March 23, 2007 11:03:22

To promote her upcoming compilation titled "A Hundred Miles or More", bluegrass singer penned Union Station and Jerry Douglas to appear alongside her in a summer tour. It is partly also conducted to support Douglas' effort "The Best of the Sugar Hill Years".

Scheduled to kick off June 14 in Jackson, Mississippi, the trek will visit Minneapolis, Oklahoma City, Phoenix, Los Angeles, Birmingham and many more before wrapping up in Dayton, Ohio on July 29. Not only that, Krauss still has to complete the tour with guitarist Tony Rice that begins April 21 in Chattanooga, Tenn. and ends in May before hitting the road again.

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Krauss Is Producing Alan Jackson's New Album

May 20, 2006 02:05:46

The idea for the new set wasn't come up just like that. It popped up at a show last November, when and discussed about recording a bluegrass album.

After some discussion, the two then went into the studio to record some cuts and, satisfied with the results, decided to finish the project.

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The 37th Annual Dove Awards Recipients

April 06, 2006 02:04:36

American Idol winner picks one more award that will surely becomes an additional to her many honors. The singer has on Wednesday April 5th, 2006 at the 37th annual Dove Awards picked Country Recorded Song of the Year award thanks to her single "Jesus, Take the Wheel" from album "Some Hearts".

Track down the many award recipients, Underwood is just one among some other famous artists, like who picks Group of the Year prize and Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year award for "Lifesong".

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Lee Ann Womack Dominates the 39th CMA

November 16, 2005 04:11:18

Two thumbs up for for she satisfyingly topped the 39th Annual CMA Awards with three awards all at once. All the event attendances witnessing the singer's victory, brought home the awards for Album of the Year for "There's More Where That Came From," Single of the Year for "I May Hate Myself in the Morning," and Musical Event of the Year for "Good News, Bad News," a duet with .

Meanwhile, Australian-born singer only won two, which were Male Vocalist of the Year for a second year in a row and Entertainer of the Year. Other winners at the event, held Tuesday, Nov. 15 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, among others were; Bill Anderson / Jon Randall for Song of the Year for "Whiskey Lullaby," sung by and ; won Female Vocalist; and won Vocal Group of the Year for the third year straight.

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Krauss & Her Union Lead Bluegrass Nominees

August 31, 2005 01:08:20

and her band Union Station swept clean 14 nominations on Tuesday from the International Bluegrass Music Association, which holds its 16th annual awards show October 27 at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium. The nominations, given to Krauss and her group, individually or collectively, among others include Entertainer of the Year, Album of the Year for "Lonely Runs Both Ways," Instrumental Group, Vocal Group, Song of the Year, Gospel Recorded Performance, Female Vocalist for Krauss, Male Vocalist for Dan Tyminski and Individual Instrumental nominations for Jerry Douglas (dobro), Barry Bales (bass) and Ron Block (banjo).

In time, Rhonda Vincent and her band The Rage also among nominees, got 8, while Doyle Lawson and his group Quicksilver got seven. Larry Sparks' album "40," which feature Krauss and Tyminski, was nominated for Album of the Year and Recorded Event of the Year. Other performers earning multiple nominations included Blue Highway, the Del McCoury Band, Mountain Heart, Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder and Paul Williams.

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