For the upcoming 51st annual Grammy Awards, rap star Lil Wayne has notched up eight nominations.

The rapper holds the most nominations including ”Album of the Year” for his multi-platinum selling album Tha Carter III.

Ne-Yo is set to battle it out with Wayne over the year’s best album with ‘Year of the Gentleman.

Kanye West is up for 6 awards this time around including his feature on Estelle’s hit record ‘American Boy’.

Speaking on UK artists, Leona Lewis is up for a Grammy in the ‘Record of The Year catergory. Also in same catergory is the lovely M.I.A., who is nominated for her smash hit ‘Paper Planes’. 

Its been a great year for Lupe Fiasco. He’s up for four awards including “Best Rap/Sung Collaboration,” “Best Rap Album” and “Best Rap Solo Performance” for tracks taken from The Cool.

And finally Jay-Z is up for 6 awards this year after the successful release of American Gangster last year.

The 51st Grammy Awards show is scheduled to air on the 8th of February 2009 in California.