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Grammy Awards - 2009

Complete List of Winners

Complete List of Nominations


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Robert Plant and Alison Krauss accept their Grammy for Record of the Year for 'Please Read The Letter' at the 51st annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, February 8, 2009.
Photo by Lucy Nicholson

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Complete List of Winners

Grammy Awards

The complete list of winners:

Album of the Year: "Raising Sand," Robert Plant and Alison Krauss; T Bone Burnett, producer; Mike Piersante, engineer/mixer; Gavin Lurssen, mastering engineer (Rounder)

Rap Album: "Tha Carter III," Lil Wayne (Cash Money/Universal Motown)

Rap Album: "Tha Carter III," Lil Wayne (Cash Money/Universal Motown)

Male Pop Vocal Performance: "Say," John Mayer; track from "Continuum" (Columbia)

Record of the Year: "Please Read The Letter," Robert Plant and Alison Krauss; T Bone Burnett, producer; Mike Piersante, engineer/mixer; track from "Raising Sand" (Rounder)

New Artist: Adele

Rock Album: "Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends," Coldplay (Capitol)

Pop Collaboration With Vocals: "Rich Woman," Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, track from "Raising Sand" (Rounder)

Song of the Year: "Viva La Vida," Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion and Chris Martin, songwriters (Coldplay), track from "Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends" (Capitol Records; Publishers: Universal Music-MGB Songs)

Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals: "Stay," Sugarland, track from "Enjoy the Ride" (Mercury)

R&B Album: "Jennifer Hudson," Jennifer Hudson (Arista)

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical: Rick Rubin

Producer of the Year, Classical: David Frost

Female Pop Vocal Performance: "Chasing Pavements," Adele, track from "19" (Columbia/XL)Traditional Pop Vocal Album: "Still Unforgettable," Natalie Cole (DMI)

Pop Vocal Album: "Rockferry," Duffy (Mercury)

Pop Instrumental Performance: "I Dreamed There Was No War," Eagles, track from "Long Road Out of Eden" (Eagles Recording Company)

Pop Instrumental Album: "Jingle All the Way," Bela Fleck & The Flecktones (Rounder)

Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals: "Viva La Vida," Coldplay, track from "Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends" (Capitol)

Alternative Music Album: "In Rainbows," Radiohead (TBD)

Solo Rock Vocal Performance: "Gravity," John Mayer, track from "Where The Light Is: Live in Los Angeles" (Columbia)

Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals: "Sex on Fire," Kings of Leon (RCA)

Hard Rock Performance: "Wax Simulacra," The Mars Volta (Universal Motown)

Metal Performance: "My Apocalypse," Metallica, track from "Death Magnetic" (Warner Bros.)

Rock Instrumental Performance: "Peaches En Regalia," Zappa Plays Zappa featuring Steve Vai and Napoleon Murphy Brock (Strobosonic/Razor & Tie Entertainment)

Rock Song: "Girls in Their Summer Clothes," Bruce Springsteen, songwriter (Bruce Springsteen), track from "Magic" (Columbia; Publisher: Bruce Springsteen)

Rap Solo Performance: "A Milli," Lil Wayne, track from "Tha Carter III" (Cash Money/Universal Motown)

Rap Performance by a Duo or Group: "Swagga Like Us," Jay-Z and T.I. featuring Kanye West and Lil Wayne (Roc-A-Fella/Grand Hustle/Atlantic)

Rap/Sung Collaboration: "American Boy," Estelle featuring Kanye West, track from "Shine" (Homeschool/Atlantic)

Rap Song: "Lollipop," Dwayne Carter, Darius Harrison, James Scheffer, Stephen Garrett and Rex Zamor, songwriters (Lil Wayne featuring Static Major), track from "Tha Carter III" (Cash Money/Universal Motown; Publishers: Young Money Publishing/Warner-Chappell Music, Herbalicious Music/Blackfountain Music/EMI-April Music, JimiPub Music/EMI Blackwood, Three Nails and A Crown Publishing/Roynet Music)

Country Song: "Stay," Jennifer Nettles, songwriter (Sugarland), track from "Enjoy the Ride" (Mercury Records; Publisher: Jennifer Nettles Publishing)

Country Album: "Troubadour," George Strait (MCA Nashville)

Female Country Vocal Performance: "Last Name," Carrie Underwood, track from "Carnival Ride" (19/Arista/Arista Nashville)

Male Country Vocal Performance: "Letter to Me," Brad Paisley, track from "5th Gear" (Arista Nashville)

Country Collaboration with Vocals: "Killing the Blues," Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, track from "Raising Sand" (Rounder)

Country Instrumental Performance: "Cluster Pluck," Brad Paisley, James Burton, Vince Gill, John Jorgenson, Albert Lee, Brent Mason, Redd Volkaert and Steve Wariner (Arista Nashville)

R&B Song: "Miss Independent," Mikkel S. Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen and Shaffer Smith, songwriters (Ne-Yo), track from "Year of the Gentleman" (Def Jam/Compound; Publishers: Pen in the Ground Publishing, Universal Music-Z Tunes)

Contemporary R&B Album: "Growing Pains," Mary J. Blige (Geffen)

Female R&B Vocal Solo: "Superwoman," Alicia Keys, track from "As I Am" (J)

Male R&B Vocal Solo: "Miss Independent," Ne-Yo, track from "Year of the Gentleman" (Def Jam/Compound)

R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals: "Stay With Me (By the Sea)," Al Green featuring John Legend, track from "Lay It Down" (Blue Note)

Traditional R&B Vocal Performance: "You've Got the Love I Need," Al Green featuring Anthony Hamilton, track from "Lay It Down" (Blue Note)

Urban/Alternative Performance: "Be OK," Chrisette Michele featuring will.i.am, track from "I Am" (Def Jam)

Dance Recording: "Harder Better Faster Stronger," Daft Punk, Thomas Bangalter and Guy Manuel de Homem-Christo, producers; Thomas Bangalter and Guy Manuel de Homem-Christo, mixers; track from "Alive 2007" (Virgin)

Electronic Dance Album: "Alive 2007," Daft Punk (Virgin)

Bluegrass Album: "Honoring the Fathers of Bluegrass: Tribute to 1946 and 1947," Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder (Skaggs Family)

Traditional Blues Album: "One Kind Favor," B.B. King (Geffen)

Contemporary Blues Album: "City That Care Forgot," Dr. John and The Lower 911 (429)

New Age Album: "Peace Time," Jack DeJohnette (Golden Beams/Kindred Rhythm)

Contemporary Jazz Album: "Randy in Brasil," Randy Brecker (MAMA)

Jazz Vocal Album: "Loverly," Cassandra Wilson (Blue Note)

Jazz Instrumental Solo: "BE-BOP," Terence Blanchard, soloist; track from "Live at the 2007 Monterey Jazz Festival" (Monterey Jazz Festival 50th Anniversary All-Stars) (Monterey Jazz Festival)

Jazz Instrumental Album Individual or Group: "The New Crystal Silence," Chick Corea and Gary Burton (Concord)

Large Jazz Ensemble Album: "Monday Night Live at the Village Vanguard," The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra (Planet Arts Recordings)

Latin Jazz Album: "Song for Chico," Arturo O'Farrill and The Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra (Zoho)

Latin Pop Album: "La Vida ... Es Un Ratico," Juanes (Universal Music Latino)

Latin Rock or Alternative Album: "45," Jaguares (EMI Music)

Latin Urban Album: "Los Extraterrestres," Wisin y Yandel (Machete Music)

Tropical Latin Album: "Senor Bachata," Jose Feliciano (Universal Music Latino)

Regional Mexican Album: "Amor, Dolor y Lagrimas: Musica Ranchera," Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings) in a tie with "Canciones de Amor," Mariachi Divas (Shea/East Side)

Tejano Album: "Viva La Revolucion," Ruben Ramos and The Mexican Revolution (Revolution)

Norteno Album: "Raices," Los Tigres Del Norte (Fonovisa)

Banda Album: "No Es De Madera" Joan Sebastian (Musart/Balboa)

Traditional Folk Album: "At 89," Pete Seeger (Appleseed Recordings)

Contemporary Folk/Americana Album: "Raising Sand," Robert Plant and Alison Krauss (Rounder)

Native American Music Album: "Come to Me Great Mystery: Native American Healing Songs," (Various Artists) Tom Wasinger, producer (Silver Wave)

Hawaiian Music Album: "Ikena," Tia Carrere and Daniel Ho (Daniel Ho Creations)

Zydeco or Cajun Music Album: "Live at the 2008 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival," BeauSoleil and Michael Doucet (MunckMix)

Engineering Album, Classical: "Traditions and Transformations: Sounds of Silk Road Chicago," David Frost, Tom Lazarus and Christopher Willis, engineers (Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Alan Gilbert, Silk Road Ensemble, Wu Man, Yo-Yo Ma and Chicago Symphony Orchestra) (CSO Resound)

Reggae Album: "Jah Is Real," Burning Spear (Burning Music Production)

Traditional World Music Album: "Ilembe: Honoring Shaka Zulu," Ladysmith Black Mambazo (Heads Up International)

Contemporary World Music Album: "Global Drum Project," Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Sikiru Adepoju and Giovanni Hidalgo (Shout! Factory)

Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media: "Juno," (Various Artists) Peter Afterman, Jason Reitman and Margaret Yen, producers (Fox Music/Rhino)

Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Television or Other Visual Media: "The Dark Knight," James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer, composers (Warner Sunset/Warner Bros.)

Polka Album: "Let the Whole World Sing," Jimmy Sturr and His Orchestra (Rounder)

Gospel Performance: "Get Up," Mary Mary; track from "The Sound" (Columbia)

Gospel Song: "Help Me Believe," Kirk Franklin, songwriter (Kirk Franklin); track from "The Fight of My Life" (Fo Yo Soul Ent./Zomba Gospel; Publishers: Universal Music-Z Songs/Kerrion Publishing)

Rock or Rap Gospel Album: "Alive and Transported," TobyMac (ForeFront Records EMI CMG)

Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album: "Thy Kingdom Come," CeCe Winans (PureSprings Gospel/EMI Gospel)

Southern, Country, Bluegrass Gospel: "Lovin' Life," Gaither Vocal Band (Gaither Music Group)

Traditional Gospel Album: "Down in New Orleans," The Blind Boys of Alabama (Time Life)

Contemporary R&B Gospel Album: "The Fight of My Life," Kirk Franklin (Fo Yo Soul Entertainment/Zomba Gospel)

Classical Album: "Weill: Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny," James Conlon, conductor; Anthony Dean Griffey, Patti LuPone and Audra McDonald; Fred Vogler, producer (Donnie Ray Albert, John Easterlin, Steven Humes, Mel Ulrich and Robert Worle; Los Angeles Opera Chorus; Los Angeles Opera Orchestra) (EuroArts)

Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media: "Down to Earth," ("WALL-E") Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman, songwriters (Peter Gabriel) (Walt Disney/Pixar; Publishers: Walt Disney Music, Wonderland Music/Pixar Talking Pictures/Pixar Music)

Musical Show Album: "In the Heights," Kurt Deutsch, Alex Lacamoire, Andres Levin, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Joel Moss and Bill Sherman, producers; Lin-Manuel Miranda, composer/lyricist (Original Broadway Cast with Lin-Manuel Miranda and Others) (Razor & Tie Entertainment/Ghostlight)

Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Story Telling): "An Inconvenient Truth (Al Gore)," Beau Bridges, Cynthia Nixon and Blair Underwood (Simon & Schuster Audio)

Musical Album for Children: "Here Come the 123s," They Might Be Giants (Disney Sound)

Spoken Word Album Children: "Yes to Running! Bill Harley Live," Bill Harley (Round River)

Comedy Album: "It's Bad for Ya," George Carlin (Eardrum)

Instrumental Composition: "The Adventures of Mutt," (from "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull," John Williams, composer (John Williams), track from "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" soundtrack (Concord)

Instrumental Arrangement: "Define Dancing," (from "WALL-E") Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman, arrangers (Thomas Newman), track from "WALL-E" soundtrack (Walt Disney)

Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s): "Here's That Rainy Day," Nan Schwartz, arranger (Natalie Cole), track from "Still Unforgettable" (DMI)

Engineered Album, Non-Classical: "Consolers of the Lonely," Joe Chiccarelli, Vance Powell and Jack White III, engineers (The Raconteurs) (Third Man/Warner Bros.)

Remixed Recording: "Electric Feel (Justice Remix)," Justice, remixers (MGMT), Track from: "Oracular Spectacular" (Columbia)

Surround Sound Album: "Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Night on Bald Mountain; Prelude to Khovanshchina," Michael Bishop, surround mix engineer; Michael Bishop, surround mastering engineer; Robert Woods, surround producer (Paavo Jarvi and Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra) (Telarc)

Opera Recording: "Weill: Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny," James Conlon, conductor; Anthony Dean Griffey, Patti LuPone and Audra McDonald; Fred Vogler, producer (Donnie Ray Albert, John Easterlin, Steven Humes, Mel Ulrich and Robert Worle; Los Angeles Opera Orchestra; Los Angeles Opera Chorus) (EuroArts)

Orchestral Performance: "Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4," Bernard Haitink, conductor (Chicago Symphony Orchestra) (CSO Resound)

Choral Performance: "Symphony of Psalms," Sir Simon Rattle, conductor; Simon Halsey, chorus master (Berliner Philharmoniker; Rundfunkchor Berlin) track from "Stravinsky: Symphonies" (EMI Classics)

Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (With Orchestra): "Schoenberg/Sibelius: Violin Concertos," Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor; Hilary Hahn (Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra) (Deutsche Grammophon)

Instrumental Soloist Performance (Without Orchestra): "Piano Music of Salonen, Stucky, and Lutoslawski," Gloria Cheng (Telarc)

Chamber Music Performance: "Carter, Elliott: String Quartets Nos. 1 and 5," Pacifica Quartet (Naxos)

Small Ensemble Performance: "Spotless Rose: Hymns to the Virgin Mary," Charles Bruffy, conductor; Phoenix Chorale (Chandos)

Classical Vocal Performance: "Corigliano: Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan," Hila Plitmann (JoAnn Falletta; Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra) (Naxos)

Classical Contemporary Composition: "Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan," John Corigliano (JoAnn Falletta); track from: "Corigliano: Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan" (Naxos)

Classical Crossover Album: "Simple Gifts," The King's Singers (Signum)

Short Form Music Video: "Pork and Beans," Weezer, Mathew Cullen, video director; Bernard Rahill, video producder (DGC/Interscope)

Long Form Music Video: "Runnin' Down a Dream," Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Peter Bogdanovich, video director; Skot Bright, video producer (Warner Bros.)

Recording Package: "Death Magnetic," Bruce Duckworth, Sarah Moffat and David Turner, art directors (Metallica) (Warner Bros.)

Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package: "In Rainbows," Stanley Donwood, Mel Maxwell and Christiaan Munro, art directors (Radiohead)

Album Notes: "Kind of Blue: 50th Anniversary Collector's Edition," Francis Davis, album notes writer (Miles Davis) (Columbia/Legacy Recordings)

Historical Album: "Art of Field Recording Volume I: Fifty Years of Traditional American Music Documented by Art Rosenbaum," Steven Lance Ledbetter and Art Rosenbaum, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineering (Various Artists) (Dust-to-Digital)


Complete list of 51st Grammy Award winners


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T-Bone Burnet accepts the award for album of the year at the 51st Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 8, 2009, in Los Angeles.
Photo by Mark J. Terrill

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Kelly Carlin-McCall accepts the best comedy album on behalf of her deceased father, George Carlin, at the 51st Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 8, 2009, in Los Angeles.
Photo by Mark J. Terrill

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Complete List of Nominations

Grammy Awards

The complete list of nominations:

Record Of The Year

• Adele - "Chasing Pavements"

• Coldplay - "Viva la Vida"

• Leona Lewis - "Bleeding Love"

• M.I.A. - "Paper Planes"

• Robert Plant and Alison Krauss - "Please Read the Letter"




Album Of The Year

• Coldplay - Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends

• Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III

• Ne-Yo - Year of the Gentleman

• Robert Plant and Alison Krauss - Raising Sand

• Radiohead - In Rainbows




Song Of The Year

• Estelle featuring Kanye West - "American Boy"

• Adele - "Chasing Pavements"

• Jason Mraz - "I'm Yours"

• Sarah Bareilles - "Love Song"

• Coldplay - "Viva la Vida"




Best New Artist

• Adele

• Duffy

• Jonas Brothers

• Lady Antebellum

• Jazmine Sullivan




Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

• Adele - "Chasing Pavements"

• Sara Bareilles - "Love Song"

• Duffy - "Mercy"

• Leona Lewis - "Bleeding Love"

• Katy Perry - "I Kissed a Girl"

• Pink - "So What"




Best Male Pop Vocal Performance

• Kid Rock - "All Summer Long"

• John Mayer - "Say"

• Paul McCartney - "That Was Me"

• Jason Mraz - "I'm Yours"

• Ne-Yo - "Closer"

• James Taylor - "Wichita Lineman"




Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

• Coldplay - "Viva la Vida"

• Eagles - "Waiting in the Weeds"

• Gnarls Barkley - "Going On"

• Maroon 5 - "Won't Go Home Without You"

• One Republic - "Apologize"




Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals

• Alicia Keys and John Mayer - "Lesson Learned"

• Madonna, Justin Timberlake & Timbaland - "Four Minutes"

• Robert Plant and Alison Krauss - "Rich Woman"

• Rihanna & Maroon 5 - "If I Never See Your Face Again"

• Jordin Sparks and Chris Brown - "No Air"




Best Pop Instrumental Performance

• Steve Cropper and Felix Cavaliere - "Love Appetite"

• Eagles - "I Dreamed There Was No War"

• Fourplay - "Fortune Teller"

• Stanley Jordan - "Steppin' Out"

• Marcus Miller - "Blast!"




Best Pop Instrumental Album

• Sax for Stax - Gerald Albright

• Greatest Hits Rerecorded Volume One - Larry Carlton

• Jingle All the Way - Bιla Fleck and the Flecktones

• The Spice of Life - Earl Klugh

• A Night Before Christmas - Spyro Gyra




Best Pop Vocal Album

• Detours - Sheryl Crow

• Rockferry - Duffy

• Long Road Out of Eden - Eagles

• Spirit - Leona Lewis

• Covers - James Taylor




Best Dance Recording

• Harder Better Faster Stronger - Daft Punk

• Ready for the Flow - Hot Chip

• Just Dance - Lady Gaga and Colby O'Donis

• Give It 2 Me - Madonna

• Disturbia - Rihanna

• Black and Gold - Sam Sparro




Best Electronic/Dance Album

• New York City - Brazilian Girls

• Alive 2007 - Daft Punk

• Bring Ya to the Brink - Cyndi Lauper

• X - Kylie Minogue

• Last Night - Moby

• Robyn - Robyn




Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

• Still Unforgettable - Natalie Cole

• The Sinatra Project - Michael Feinstein

• Noλl - Josh Groban

• In the Swing of Christmas - Barry Manilow

• Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall - Rufus Wainwright




Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance

• John Mayer - "Gravity"

• Paul McCartney - "I Saw Her Standing There"

• Bruce Springsteen - "Girls in Their Summer Clothes"

• Eddie Vedder - "Rise"

• Neil Young - "No Hidden Path"




Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

• AC/DC - "Rock N Roll Train"

• Coldplay - "Violet Hill"

• Eagles - "Long Road Out of Eden"

• Kings of Leon - "Sex on Fire"

• Radiohead - "House of Cards"




Best Hard Rock Performance

• Disturbed - "Inside the Fire"

• Judas Priest - "Visions"

• The Mars Volta - "Wax Simulacra"

• Mφtley Crόe - "Saints of Los Angeles"

• Rob Zombie - "Lords of Salem"




Best Metal Performance

• DragonForce - "Heroes of Our Time"

• Judas Priest - "Nostradamus"

• Metallica - "My Apocalypse"

• Ministry - "Under My Thumb"

• Slipknot - "Psychosocial"




Best Rock Instrumental Performance

• David Gilmour - "Castellorizon"

• Metallica - "Suicide & Redemption"

• Nine Inch Nails - "34 Ghosts I-IV"

• Rush - "Hope (Live for the Art of Peace)"

• Zappa Plays Zappa - "Peaches en Regalia"




Best Rock Song

• Bruce Springsteen - "Girls in Their Summer Clothes"

• Radiohead - "House of Cards"

• Death Cab for Cutie - "I Will Possess Your Heart"

• Kings of Leon - "Sex on Fire"

• Coldplay - "Violet Hill"




Best Rock Album

• Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends - Coldplay

• Rock n Roll Jesus - Kid Rock

• Only by the Night - Kings of Leon

• Death Magnetic - Metallica

• Consolers of the Lonely - the Raconteurs




Best Alternative Music Album

• Modern Guilt - Beck

• Narrow Stairs - Death Cab for Cutie

• The Odd Couple - Gnarls Barkley

• Evil Urges - My Morning Jacket

• In Rainbows - Radiohead




Best Female R&B Vocal Performance

• Beyoncι - "Me, Myself And I"

• Keyshia Cole - "Heaven Sent"

• Jennifer Hudson - "Spotlight"

• Alicia Keys - "Superwoman"

• Jazmine Sullivan - "Need U Bad"




Best Male R&B Vocal Performance

• Eric Benιt - "You're the Only One"

• Chris Brown - "Take You Down"

• Ne-Yo - "Miss Independent"

• Trey Songz - "Can't Help But Wait"

• Usher - "Here I Stand"




Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

• Boyz II Men - "Ribbon in the Sky"

• Anthony David Featuring India.Arie - "Wordsl"

• Al Green Featuring John Legend - "Stay With Me (by the Sea)"

• Jennifer Hudson Featuring Fantasia - "I'm His Only Woman"

• Raphael Saadiq Featuring Stevie Wonder and C.J. Hilton - "Never Give You Up"




Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance

• Wayne Brady - "A Change Is Gonna Come"

• Al Green Featuring Anthony Hamilton - "You've Got the Love I Need"

• (Linda Jones) With Helen Bruner and Terry Jones - "Baby I Know"

• Raphael Saadiq - "Love That Girl"

• Jazmine Sullivan - "In Love With Another Man"




Best Urban/Alternative Performance

• Kenna - "Say Goodbye to Love"

• Maiysha - "Wanna Be"

• Chrisette Michele Featuring will.i.am - "Be OK"

• Janelle Monae - "Many Moons"

• Wayna Featuring Kokayi - "Lovin You (Music)"




Best R&B Song

• Jazmine Sullivan - "Bust Your Windows"

• Raheem DeVaughn - "Customer"

• Keyshia Cole - "Heaven Sent"

• Ne-Yo - "Miss Independent"

• Jennifer Hudson - "Spotlight"




Best R&B Album

• Eric Benet - Love & Life

• Boyz II Men - Motown: A Journey Through Hitsville USA

• Al Green - Lay It Down

• Jennifer Hudson - Jennifer Hudson

• Raphael Saadiq - The Way I See It




Best Contemporary R&B Album

• Mary J. Blige - Growing Pains

• J. Holiday - Back of My Lac'

• Karina - First Love

• Ne-Yo - Year of the Gentleman

• Jazmine Sullivan - Fearless




Best Rap Solo Performance

• Jay-Z - "Roc Boys (and the Winner Is)..."

• Lil Wayne - "A Milli"

• Lupe Fiasco - "Paris, Tokyo"

• Nas - "N.i.-.-.e.r. (the Slave and the Master)"

• Snoop Dogg - "Sexual Eruption"




Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group

• Big Boi Featuring Raekwon and Andre 3000 - "Royal Flush"

• Jay-Z & T.I. Featuring Kanye West & Lil Wayne - "Swagga Like Us"

• Lil Wayne Featuring Jay-Z - "Mr. Carter"

• Ludacris Featuring T.I. - "Wish You Would"

• Young Jeezy Featuring Kanye West - "Put On"




Best Rap/Sung Collaboration

• Estelle Featuring Kanye West - "American Boy"

• Flo Rida Featuring T-Pain - "Low"

• John Legend & Andre 3000 - "Green Light"

• Lil Wayne Featuring T-Pain - "Got Money"

• Lupe Fiasco Featuring Matthew Santos - "Superstar"




Best Rap Song

• Lil Wayne Featuring Static Major - "Lollipop"

• Flo Rida Featuring T-Pain - "Low"

• Snoop Dogg - "Sexual Eruption"

• Lupe Fiasco Featuring Matthew Santos - "Superstar"

• Jay-Z & T.I. Featuring Kanye West and Lil Wayne - "Swagga Like Us"




Best Rap Album

• Jay-Z - American Gangster

• Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III

• Lupe Fiasco - The Cool

• Nas - Nas

• T.I. - Paper Trail




Best Female Country Vocal Performance

• Martina McBride - "For These Times"

• LeAnn Rimes - "What I Cannot Change"

• Carrie Underwood - "Last Name"

• Lee Ann Womack - "Last Call"

• Trisha Yearwood - "This Is Me You're Talking To"




Best Male Country Vocal Performance

• Trace Adkins - "You're Gonna Miss This"

• Jamey Johnson - "In Color"

• James Otto - "Just Got Started Lovin' You"

• Brad Paisley - "Letter to Me"

• George Strait - "Troubadour"




Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

• Brooks & Dunn - "God Must Be Busy"

• Lady Antebellum - "Love Don't Live Here"

• Rascal Flatts - "Every Day"

• The SteelDrivers - "Blue Side of the Mountain"

• Sugarland - "Stay"




Best Country Collaboration With Vocals

• Kenny Chesney and George Strait - "Shiftwork"

• Robert Plant and Alison Krauss - "Killing the Blues"

• George Strait and Patty Loveless - "House of Cash"

• Sugarland, Jake Owen and Little Big Town - "Life in a Northern Town"

• Trisha Yearwood and Keith Urban - "Let the Wind Chase You"




Best Country Instrumental Performance

• Cherryholmes - "Sumatra"

• Jerry Douglas and Lloyd Green - "Two Small Cars In Rome"

• Bιla Fleck and the Flecktones - "Sleigh Ride"

• Charlie Haden, Pat Metheny, Jerry Douglas and Bruce Hornsby - "Is This America? (Katrina 2005)"

• Brad Paisley, James Burton, Vince Gill, John Jorgenson, Albert Lee, Brent Mason, Redd Volkaert and Steve Wariner - "Cluster Pluck"




Best Country Song

• Randy Travis - "Dig Two Graves"

• George Strait - "I Saw God Today"

• Jamey Johnson - "In Color"

• Sugarland - "Stay"

• Trace Adkins - "You're Gonna Miss This"




Best Country Album

• That Lonesome Song - Jamey Johnson

• Sleepless Nights - Patty Loveless

• Troubadour - George Strait

• Around The Bend - Randy Travis

• Heaven, Heartache and the Power of Love - Trisha Yearwood




Best Bluegrass Album

• Cherryholmes III: Don't Believe - Cherryholmes

• Del McCoury Band-Live at the 2008 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival - Del McCoury Band

• The Ultimate Collection/Live at the Ryman - Earl Scruggs With Family and Friends

• Honoring the Fathers Of Bluegrass: Tribute to 1946 and 1947 - Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder

• Wheels - Dan Tyminski




Best New Age Album

• Meditations - William Ackerman

• Pathfinder - Will Clipman

• Peace Time - Jack DeJohnette

• Ambrosia - Peter Kater

• The Scent of Light - Ottmar Liebert and Luna Negra




Best Contemporary Jazz Album

• Randy In Brasil - Randy Brecker

• Floating Point - John McLaughlin

• Cannon Re-Loaded: All-Star Celebration of Cannonball Adderley - Various Artists

• Miles From India - Various Artists

• Lifecycle - Yellowjackets Featuring Mike Stern




Best Jazz Vocal Album

• Imagina: Songs of Brasil - Karrin Allyson

• Breakfast on the Morning Tram - Stacey Kent

• If Less Is More...Nothing Is Everything Kate McGarry

• Loverly - Cassandra Wilson

• Distances - Norma Winstone (Glauco Venier & Klaus Gesing)




Best Jazz Instrumental Solo

• Terence Blanchard - "Be-Bop"

• Till Brφnner - "Seven Steps to Heaven"

• Gary Burton and Chick Corea - "Waltz for Debby"

• Pat Metheny - "Son of Thirteen"

• James Moody - "Be-Bop"




Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group

• The New Crystal Silence - Chick Corea and Gary Burton

• History, Mystery - Bill Frisell

• Brad Mehldau Trio: Live - Brad Mehldau Trio

• Day Trip - Pat Metheny With Christian McBride and Antonio Sanchez

• Standards - Alan Pasqua, Dave Carpenter and Peter Erskine Trio




Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

• Appearing Nightly - Carla Bley and Her Remarkable Big Band

• Act Your Age - Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band

• Symphonica - Joe Lovano With WDR Big Band and Rundfunk Orchestra

• Blauklang - Vince Mendoza

• Monday Night Live at the Village Vanguard - the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra




Best Latin Jazz Album

• Afro Bop Alliance - Caribbean Jazz Project

• The Latin Side of Wayne Shorter - Conrad Herwig and the Latin Side Band

• Song for Chico - Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra

• Nouveau Latino - Nestor Torres

• Marooned/Aislado - Papo Vαzquez and the Mighty Pirates




Best Gospel Performance

• Kim Burrell, Rance Allen, Bebe Winans, Mariah Carey and Hezekiah Walker's Love Fellowship Tabernacle Church Choir - "I Understand"

• Casting Crowns - "East to West"

• Mary Mary - "Get Up"

• Take 6 - "Shall We Gather at the River"

• CeCe Winans - "Waging War"




Best Gospel Song

• 21:03 With Fred Hammond, Smokie Norful and J. Moss - "Cover Me"

• Mary Mary - "Get Up"

• Brandon Heath - "Give Me Your Eyes"

• Kirk Franklin - "Help Me Believe"

• MercyMe - "You Reign"




Best Rock Or Rap Gospel Album

• Hello - After Edmund

• Our World Redeemed - Flame

• We Need Each Other - Sanctus Real

• Rock What You Got - Superchick

• Alive and Transported - TobyMac




Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album

• This Moment - Steven Curtis Chapman

• What If We - What If We

• Opposite Way - Leeland

• Hello Love - Hello Love

• Thy Kingdom Come - CeCe Winans




Best Southern, Country, Or Bluegrass Gospel Album

• Room for More - Booth Brothers

• Lovin' Life - Gaither Vocal Band

• Steps to Heaven - Charlie Louvin

• Hymned Again - Bart Millard

• Ephesians One - Karen Peck J MossNew River




Best Traditional Gospel Album

• Down In New Orleans - the Blind Boys of Alabama

• I'll Say Yes - the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir

• Take It Back - Dorinda Clark-Cole

• Deitrick Haddon Presents...Together In Worship - Voices of Unity

• Bishop Charles E. Blake Presents...No Limit - the West Angeles COGIC Mass Choir




Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album

• Reflections - Jason Champion

• The Fight of My Life - Kirk Franklin

• The Sound - Mary Mary

• Donald Lawrence Introduces: Family Prayer - the Murrills

• Stand Out - Tye Tribbett & G.A.




Best Latin Pop Album

• Cara B - Jorge Drexler

• Palabras Del Silencio - Luis Fonsi

• La Vida...Es un Ratico - Juanes

Cσmplices• - Luis Miguel

Tarde o Temprano• - Tommy Torres




Best Latin Rock Or Alternative Album

• Sonidos Gold - Grupo Fantasma

• 45 - Jaguares

• La Verdad - Locos por Juana

• Tijuana Sound Machine - Nortec Collective Presents: Bostich & Fussible

• Mediocre - Ximena Sariρana




Best Latin Urban Album

• La Novela - Akwid

• La Sinfonia - La Sinfonia

• The Royalty: La Realeza - R.K.M. and Ken-Y

• En lo Claro - Voltio

• Los Extraterrestres - Wisin y Yandel




Best Tropical Latin Album

• Cuba: Un Viaje Musical-A Musical Journey - Albita, Rey Ruνz and Donato Poveda

• Renacer - DLG

• Seρor Bachata - Josι Feliciano

• Frutero Moderno - Gonzalo Grau and la Clave Secreta

• Back on the Streets... Taste Of Spanish Harlem Vol. 2 - New Swing Sextet




Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album

• Amor, Dolor y Lαgrimas: Mϊsica Ranchera - Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano

• Desde Mιxico: "Cumbia Cusinela," - Huichol Musical

• Vαmonos Pa'l Rνo - Los Pikadientes de Caborca

• Canciones de Amor - Mariachi Divas

• A Puro Dolor - Nadia




Best Tejano Album

• Music Lessons - Chente Barrera and Taconazo

• Friends and Legends - Joe Posada

• Viva la Revolucion - Rubιn Ramos and the Mexican Revolution

• All That Jazz... - Tortilla Factory

• Heir to the Throne - Albert Zamora




Best Norteρo Album

• Me Enamore de un Angel - Los Palominos

• Raνces - Los Tigres del Norte

• Corridos: Defendiendo el Honor - Pesado

• Six Pack - Siggno

• Cuidado - Solido




Best Banda Album

• Tu Inspiracion - Alacranes Musical

• Que Bonito... ‘Es Lo Bonito! - Banda El Recodo de Cruz Lizαrraga

• Vive y Dejame Vivir - Cuisillos

• Tiro de Gracia - Lupillo Rivera

• No Es de Madera - Joan Sebαstian




Best Traditional Blues Album

• The Blues Rolls On - Elvin Bishop

• Skin Deep - Buddy Guy

• All Odds Against Me - John Lee Hooker Jr.

• One Kind Favor - B.B. King

• Pinetop Perkins and Friends - Pinetop Perkins and Friends




Best Contemporary Blues Album

• Peace, Love & BBQ - Marcia Ball

• Like A Fire - Solomon Burke

• City That Care Forgot - Dr. John And The Lower 911

• Maestro - Taj Mahal

• Simply Grand - Irma Thomas




Best Traditional Folk Album

• Coal - Kathy Mattea

• Comedians & Angels - Tom Paxton

• Bring Me Home - Peggy Seeger

• At 89 - Pete Seeger

• Strangers In Another Country - Rosalie Sorrels




Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album

• Day After Tomorrow - Joan Baez

• I, Flathead - Ry Cooder

• Sex & Gasoline - Rodney Crowell

• All I Intended To Be - Emmylou Harris

• Raising Sand - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss




Best Native American Music Album

• Songs From the Black Hills - Bryan Akipa

• Spo'Mo'Kin'Nan - Black Lodge

• Red Rock - Northern Cree

• Come to Me Great Mystery-Native American Healing Songs - Various Artists

• Faith - Kevin Yazzie




Best Hawaiian Music Album

• 'Ikena - Tia Carrere & Daniel Ho

• 'Aumakua - Amy Hanaiali'i

• Force of Nature - Led Kaapana and Mike Kaawa

• Hawaiian Slack Key Kings Masters Series Vol. II - Various Artists

• The Spirit of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar - Various Artists




Best Zydeco Or Cajun Music Album

• Live at the 2008 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival - BeauSoleil & Michael Doucet

• From Now On - Michael Doucet

• Homage au Passι - Pine Leaf Boys

• Live at the 2008 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival - Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys

• Cedric Watson - Cedric Watson




Best Reggae Album

• Jah Is Real - Burning Spear

• Let's Get Physical - Elephant Man

• Vibes - Heavy D

• Repentance - Lee "Scratch" Perry

• Intoxication - Shaggy

• Amazing - Sly & Robbie




Best Traditional World Music Album

• Calcutta Chronicles: Indian Slide Guitar Odyssey - Debashish Bhattacharya

• The Mandι Variations - Toumani Diabatι

• Ilembe: Honoring Shaka Zulu - Ladysmith Black Mambazo

• Dancing In The Light - Lakshmi Shankar




Best Contemporary World Music Album

• Shake Away - Lila Downs

• Banda Larga Cordel - Gilberto Gil

• Global Drum Project - Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Sikiru Adepoju & Giovanni Hidalgo

• Rokku mi Rokka (Give and Take) - Youssou N'Dour

• Live at the Nelson Mandela Theater - Soweto Gospel Choir




Best Polka Album

• El Maestro del Acordeσn y Sus Polkas - Paulino Bernal

• Speechless - LynnMarie and Charlie Kelley as the Boxhounds

• Back to Back Hall of Fame Polkas - Walter Ostanek and His Band, Jerry Darlak and the Touch and Bob Kravos and His Band

• Hungry for More - Polka Family Band

• Let the Whole World Sing - Jimmy Sturr And His Orchestra




Best Musical Album For Children

• Beethoven's Wig 4: Dance Along Symphonies - Beethoven's Wig

• Big Round World - Trout Fishing In America

• Here Come the 123s - They Might Be Giants

• Here Comes Brady Rymer and the Little Band That Could - Brady Rymer and the Little Band That Could

• The Shoe Bird - Gerard Schwarz Conducting the Seattle Symphony




Best Spoken Word Album For Children

• Around the Campfire - Buck Howdy With BB

• The Big One-Oh - Dean Pitchford

• Brown Bear and Friends - Gwyneth Paltrow

• The Cricket in Times Square - Tony Shalhoub

• Yes to Running! Bill Harley Live - Bill Harley




Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Story Telling)

• An Inconvenient Truth (Al Gore) - Beau Bridges, Cynthia Nixon and Blair Underwood

• Born Standing Up - Steve Martin

• I Am America (and So Can You!) - Stephen Colbert (and Various Artists)

• Life Beyond Measure - Sidney Poitier

• When You Are Engulfed In Flames - David Sedaris




Best Comedy Album

• Anticipation - Lewis Black

• Flight of the Conchords - Flight of the Conchords

• For Your Consideration - Kathy Griffin

• It's Bad for Ya - George Carlin

• Songs of the Bushmen - Harry Shearer




Best Musical Show Album

• Gypsy

• In the Heights

• The Little Mermaid

• South Pacific

• Young Frankenstein: The Musical




Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media

• American Gangster

• August Rush

• Juno

• Mamma Mia!

• Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street




Best Score Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media

• The Dark Knight - James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer

• Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - John Williams

• Iron Man - Ramin Djawadi

• There Will Be Blood - Jonny Greenwood

• WALL-E - Thomas Newman




Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media

• "Down to Earth" (from WALL-E) - Peter Gabriel

• "Ever Ever After" (from Enchanted) - Carrie Underwood

• "Say" (from The Bucket List) - John Mayer

• "That's How You Know" (from Enchanted) - Amy Adams

• "Walk Hard (from Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story) - John C. Reilly




Best Instrumental Composition

• "The Adventures of Mutt" (from Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull) - John Williams

• "Alegria" - Chick Corea and Gary Burton

• "Claire's Closet" - Yellowjackets Featuring Mike Stern

• "Danzσn de Etiqueta" - Lee Ritenour and Dave Grusin

• "Hit the Ground Running" - Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band




Best Instrumental Arrangement

• Harry Connick Jr. - "Ash Wednesday"

• Maynard Ferguson - "Besame Mucho"

• Frank Macchia and the Prague Orchestra - "Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair"

• Joe Zawinul - "In a Silent Way"

• Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band - "Yo Tannenbaum"




Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)

• "Alfie" - Traincha and the Metropole Orchestra

• "Grace" - Take 6

• "Here's That Rainy Day" - Natalie Cole

• "Johnny One Note" - John Pizzarelli

• "Lazy Afternoon" - Danilo Perez




Best Recording Package

• Death Magnetic - Metallica

• Hawk Nelson...Is My Friend! - Hawk Nelson

• Nouns - No Age

• Radio Retaliation - Thievery Corporation

• Summer Rains - the Ditty Bops




Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package

• Ghosts I-IV - Nine Inch Nails

• In Rainbows - Radiohead

• Poems and Songs - Wu Sheng

• Pretty. Odd. - Panic at the Disco

• @#%&*! Smilers - Aimee Mann




Best Album Notes

• Art of Field Recording Volume I: Fifty Years of Traditional American Music - Documented by Art Rosenbaum, Various Artists

• Debate '08: Taft and Bryan Campaign on the Edison Phonograph - William Jennings Bryan and William Howard Taft

• Kind of Blue: 50th Anniversary Collector's Edition - Miles Davis

• Rare and Unreleased Recordings From the Golden Reign of the Queen of Soul - Aretha Franklin

• The Unsung Father of Country Music: 1925-1934 - Ernest V. Stoneman




Best Historical Album

• Art of Field Recording Volume I: Fifty Years of Traditional American Music Documented by Art Rosenbaum - Various Artists

• Classic Columbia, Okeh and Vocalion: Lester Young With Count Basie (1936-1940) - Lester Young With Count Basie

• Debate '08: Taft and Bryan Campaign on the Edison Phonograph - William Jennings Bryan and William Howard Taft

• Polk Miller and His Old South Quartette - Polk Miller and His Old South Quartette

• To Be Free: The Nina Simone Story - Nina Simone




Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

• Consolers of the Lonely - the Raconteurs

• Just a Little Lovin' - Shelby Lynne

• Lay It Down - Al Green

• Still Unforgettable - Natalie Cole

• We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things. - Jason Mraz




Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical

• Danger Mouse - Attack and Release (the Black Keys), Modern Guilt (Beck), The Odd Couple (Gnarls Barkley)

• Nigel Godrich - In Rainbows

• Johnny Karkazis - Big Bad World (Plain White T's), The Illusion of Progress (Staind), Light From Above (Black Tide), 3 Doors Down (3 Doors Down)

• Rick Rubin - Death Magnetic (Metallica), Home Before Dark (Neil Diamond), Mercy (Dancing for the Death of an Imaginary Enemy) (Ours), Seeing Things (Jakob Dylan), Weezer (Red Album) (Weezer)

• Will.i.am - "American Boy" (Estelle Featuring Kanye West), Encanto (Sergio Mendes), "Funky Bahia" (Sergio Mendes Featuring Will.i.am & Siedah Garrett), "In the Ayer" (Flo Rida Featuring Will.i.am), "Pick It Up" (Fergie), "Picture Perfect" (Chris Brown Featuring Will.i.am), "What's Your Name" (Usher Featuring Will.i.am)




Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical

• "Closer" - (StoneBridge Radio Edit), Ne-Yo

• "Electric Feel" - (Justice Remix), MGMT

• "4 Minutes" - (Junkie XL Remix), Madonna Featuring Justin Timberlake

• "Just Fine" - (Moto Blanco Remix), Mary J. Blige

• "The Longest Road" - (Deadmau5 Remix), Morgan Page Featuring Lissie




Best Surround Sound Album

• Divertimenti - Ψyvind Gimse and TrondheimSolistene

• Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Night on Bald Mountain; Prelude to Khovanshchina - Paavo Jδrvi and Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

• Rheinberger: Sacred Choral Works - Charles Bruffy, Phoenix Bach Choir and Kansas City Chorale

• Ringo 5.1 The Surround Sound Collection - Ringo Starr

• Sensurround + B-Sides - Cornelius




Best Engineered Album, Classical

• Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique - Gustavo Dudamel & Los Angeles Philharmonic

• Divertimenti - Ψyvind Gimse and TrondheimSolistene

• Puccini: La Bohθme - Robert Spano and Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus

• Respighi: Church Windows, Brazilian Impressions, Rossiniana - JoAnn Falletta and Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

• Traditions and Transformations: Sounds of Silk Road Chicago - Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Alan Gilbert, Silk Road Ensemble, Wu Man, Yo-Yo Ma and Chicago Symphony Orchestra




Producer Of The Year, Classical

• David Frost

• David Groves

• Judith Sherman

• Robert Woods

• Robina G. Young




Best Classical Album

• Maria, Adam Fischer - Orchestra La Scintilla

• O'Regan, Tarik - Threshold Of Night, Company Of Strings; Company of Voices and Conspirare

• Schoenberg/Sibelius: Violin Concertos - Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

• Spotless Rose: Hymns to the Virgin Mary - Phoenix Chorale

• Weill: Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny - Donnie Ray Albert, John Easterlin, Steven Humes, Mel Ulrich and Robert Wφrle; Los Angeles Opera Chorus; Los Angeles Opera Orchestra




Best Orchestral Performance

• Iceland Symphony Orchestra - D'Indy: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

• Royal Scottish National Orchestra - Glazunov: Symphony No. 6, La Mer, Introduction and Dance From Salome

• Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Prokofiev: Scythian Suite, Op. 20

• Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4

• Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra - Walden, Chris: Symphony No. 1, The Four Elements




Best Opera Recording

• Dun, Tan: The First Emperor - The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

• Lully: Psychι, Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra - Boston Early Music Festival Chorus

• Monteverdi: L'Orfeo - Concerto Italiano

• Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin - the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; the Metropolitan Opera Chorus

• Weill: Rise And Fall Of The City Of Mahagonny - Donnie Ray Albert, John Easterlin, Steven Humes, Mel Ulrich and Robert Wφrle; Los Angeles Opera Orchestra; Los Angeles Opera Chorus




Best Choral Performance

• Company of Strings; Company Of Voices & Conspirare, O'Regan - Tarik: Threshold of Night

• Kansas City Chorale and Phoenix Bach Choir - Rheinberger: Sacred Choral Works

• Berliner Philharmoniker - Rundfunkchor Berlin, Symphony of Psalms

• Jaroslaw Brek, Iwona Hossa and Ewa Marciniec; Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra; Warsaw Philharmonic Choir - Szymanowski, Karol: Stabat Mater

• Steve Davislim, Mihoko Fujimura, Matthew Rose and Indra Thomas; London Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Chorus - Tippett: A Child of Our Time




Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra)

• National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine - Bloch/Lees: Violin Concertos

• Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Harrison: Pipa Concerto

• Norwegian Chamber Orchestra - Mozart: Piano Concertos 17 and 20

• L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande - Saint-Saλns: Piano Concertos 2 and 5

• Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra - Schoenberg/Sibelius: Violin Concertos




Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra)

• Marc-Andrι Hamelin - In a State of Jazz

• Gloria Cheng - Piano Music of Salonen, Stucky and Lutoslawski

• Wei Li - Red Cliff Capriccio

• Cameron Carpenter - Revolutionary

• Joan Jeanrenaud - Strange Toys




Best Chamber Music Performance

• Stephen Hough; Takαcs Quartet - Brahms: String Quartet Op. 51, No. 2, Piano Quintet Op. 34

• Pacifica Quartet, Carter - Elliott: String Quartets Nos. 1 and 5

• Trio Mediaeval - Folk Songs

• ARC Ensemble - Right Through the Bone-Julius Rφntgen Chamber Music

• Jennifer Koh and Reiko Uchida - String Poetic




Best Small Ensemble Performance

• TrondheimSolistene - Divertimenti

• Moscow Soloists, Dun: Pipa Concerto; Hayashi: Viola Concerto - Takemitsu: Nostalgia

• Schoenberg Ensemble - Im Wunderschoenen Monat Mai

• Meredith Monk and Vocal Ensemble - Monk: Impermanence

• Phoenix Chorale - Spotless Rose: Hymns to the Virgin Mary




Best Classical Vocal Performance

• JoAnn Falletta; Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra - Corigliano: Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan

• Gil Rose; Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Fussell, Charles - Wilde

• Eduard Topchjan; Serouj Kradjian; Chamber Players of the Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra - Gomidas Songs

• Adam Fischer; Orchestra la Scintilla - Maria

• Christian Gerhaher and Daniel Hope; Bengt Forsberg and Gerold Huber - Terezνn: Theresienstadt




Best Classical Contemporary Composition

• Peter Eφtvφs - "Dalbavie: Concerto Pour Flϋte"

• Robert Spano - "Gandolfi: The Garden of Cosmic Speculation"

• JoAnn Falletta - "Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan"

• Douglas Boyd - "Violin Concerto No. 2"

• Chris Walden - "Walden, Chris: Symphony No. 1, the Four Elements"




Best Classical Crossover Album

• Baroque - Gabriela Montero

• Indigo Road - Ronn McFarlane

• Old School - East Village Opera Company

• The Othello Syndrome - Uri Caine Ensemble

• Simple Gifts - the King's Singers




Best Short Form Music Video

• Erykah Badu - "Honey"

• Gnarls Barkley - "Who's Gonna Save My Soul"

• Alicia Keys and Jack White - "Another Way to Die"

• Radiohead - "House of Cards"

• Weezer - "Pork and Beans"




Best Long Form Music Video

• John Mayer - "Where the Light Is-Live in Los Angeles"

• Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - "Runnin' Down a Dream"

• Rihanna - "Good Girl Gone Bad Live"

• Various Artists - "Respect Yourself-the Stax Records Story"

• The Who - "Amazing Journey: The Story of the Who"



Nominations for 51st Annual Grammy Awards


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