It comes as a very pleasant surprise to learn that Seal has received a nomination for the 40th Grammy Awards. This years nominations were announced on January 6th at Radio City Music Hall in New York, and the final round of voting will begin on January 14th when the ballots will be mailed to more than 9 thousand voting members.
The winners will be announced at Radio City Music Hall on Wednesday, Febuary 25th, when you can catch the latest news live via webcast on www.grammy.com. If you can't contain your enthusiasm until then, you can chat about the nominees and awards on Yahoo!s Chat site.

Of more concern to Seal fans out there is impact this could have on the still incomplete third album. If the latest release date of March is met, then an win for Seal could help rekindle interest just in time for the new album. Let's keep our fingers crossed...

Details of the category and other nominees are:

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
For a Solo Vocal Performance. Singles or Tracks

Every Time I Close My Eyes
Babyface
Track from: The Day
Epic Records

Candle In The Wind 1997
Elton John
Track from: N/A
Rocket Records

Whenever Wherever Whatever
Maxwell
Track from: MTV Unplugged
Columbia Records

Fly Like An Eagle
Seal
Track from: Space Jam: Music From And Inspired By The Motion Picture
Warner Sunset/Atlantic Records

Barely Breathing
Duncan Sheik
Track from: Duncan Sheik
Atlantic Records