Georgia’s leading Grammy nominee, R&B singer-songwriter Ne-Yo, won two of the six he was up for, and he had plenty of metro-area company:

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T.I., left, and Tiny arrive at the 51st Annual Grammy Awards.

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Blind Boys of Alabama
Traditional gospel album (“Down in New Orleans”)
Georgia tie: Drummer Eric “Ricky” McKinnie is a native of Kirkwood and still lives there.

Ne-Yo
Male R&B vocal performance (“Miss Independent”)
R&B song (“Miss Independent”)
Georgia tie: Ne-Yo was born in Arkansas and raised in Las Vegas, but he now calls Atlanta home.

Jennifer Nettles (of Sugarland)
Country song (“Stay”)
Georgia tie: Nettles is from Douglas, Ga.

Sugarland
Country performance by a duo or group with vocals (“Stay”)
Georgia tie: Sugarland got its start in the Atlanta music scene.

T.I.
Rap performance by a duo or group (“Swagga Like Us,” featuring Jay-Z, Kanye West and Lil Wayne)
Georgia tie: T.I. is an Atlanta native.

CeCe Winans
Pop/contemporary gospel album (“Thy Kingdom Come”)
Georgia tie: Detroit native Winans relocated to Atlanta.

Steven Lance Ledbetter and Art Rosenbaum
Historical album
“Art of Field Recording Volume I: Fifty Years of Traditional American Music Documented by Art Rosenbaum”
Georgia tie: Rosenbaum is a retired UGA professor and Ledbetter is an Atlanta-based producer.