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Kylie scores Grammy nomination

December 09, 2005
AUSTRALIA'S pop princess Kylie Minogue has had some good news at the end of a traumatic year - she's been nominated for another prestigious Grammy award.

Minogue won her first Grammy last year for best dance song Come Into My World.

She has been nominated this year for I Believe In You in the same category.

In May this year, Minogue, 37, was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent surgery in Melbourne. She is now recovering in France where she is living with her boyfriend, French actor Olivier Martinez.

The illness forced Minogue to postpone the Australian leg of her tour, Kylie's Showgirl: The Greatest Hits. But she is now expected to stage the show at the end of next year.

Meanwhile, Australia's hottest country export - and rumoured fiance of Nicole Kidman - Keith Urban has been nominated for another award.

He's up for the Grammy for Best Male Country Vocal Performance for his song, You'll Think Of Me.

Urban has won several major country music awards in the US this year, including the prestigious Country Music Award's male vocalist of the year last month.

Urban, who won the Horizon Award in 2001, recently released his third album, Be Here, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Country Albums Chart and No. 3 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart.

The nominations for the 48th Grammy Awards were announced in New York today and the winners will be announced at ceremony in Los Angeles on February 8 next year.