Just how did a singer by the name of Eartha get nominated for a Grammy for Best Female R&B Artist? “The raw numbers tell quite a story. The albums from which Aaliyah, Ashanti, Blige and Scott’s nominated songs were taken have sold a collective 7 million copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The total sales in SoundScan-surveyed outlets for Eartha’s album, ‘Sidebars’: 52. You didn’t hear her on radio, either. Her nominated song, ‘I’m Still Standing,’ did not appear among the top 1,000 songs played on R&B or adult R&B radio stations in 2002.”