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2009 GRAMMY AWARD WINNERS AND NOMINEES

(Winners will be denoted by a Ż)

[Previous Years: 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003]

 

 

General Field

 

Category 1

 

Record Of The Year

 

Chasing Pavements

Adele

From: 19

 

Viva La Vida

Coldplay

From: Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends

 

Bleeding Love

Leona Lewis

 

Paper Planes

M.I.A.

From: Kala

 

Please Read The Letter

Robert Plant & Alison Krauss

From: Raising Sand

Category 2

 

Album Of The Year

 

Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends

Coldplay

 

Tha Carter III

Lil Wayne

 

Year Of The Gentleman

Ne-Yo

 

Raising Sand

Robert Plant & Alison Krauss

 

In Rainbows

Radiohead

 

Category 3

 

Song Of The Year

American Boy

William Adams, Keith Harris, Josh Lopez, Caleb Speir, John Stephens, Estelle Swaray & Kanye West, songwriters (Estelle feat. Kanye West)

From: Shine

 

Chasing Pavements

Adele Adkins & Eg White, songwriters (Adele)

From: 19

 

I'm Yours

Jason Mraz, songwriter (Jason Mraz)

From: We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things.

 

Love Song

Sara Bareilles, songwriter (Sara Bareilles)

From: Little Voice

 

Viva La Vida

Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion & Chris Martin, songwriters (Coldplay)

From: Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends

 

Category 4

 

Best New Artist

Adele

Duffy

Jonas Brothers

Lady Antebellum

Jazmine Sullivan

 

Field 1 — Pop

 

 

 

Category 5

 

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

Chasing Pavements

Adele

From: 19

 

Love Song

Sara Bareilles

From: Little Voice

 

Mercy

Duffy

From: Rockferry

 

Bleeding Love

Leona Lewis

 

I Kissed A Girl

Katy Perry

From: One Of The Boys

 

So What

Pink

Category 6

 

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance

All Summer Long

Kid Rock

From: Rock N Roll Jesus

 

Say

John Mayer

From: Continuum

 

That Was Me

Paul McCartney

From: Amoeba's Secret

 

I'm Yours

Jason Mraz

From: We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things.

 

Closer

Ne-Yo

From: Year Of The Gentleman

 

Wichita Lineman

James Taylor

From: Covers

 

Category 7

 

Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

 

Viva La Vida

Coldplay

From: Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends

 

Waiting In The Weeds

Eagles

From: Long Road Out Of Eden

 

Going On

Gnarls Barkley

From: The Odd Couple

 

Won't Go Home Without You

Maroon 5

From: It Won't Be Soon Before Long

 

 

Apologize

OneRepublic

From: Dreaming Out Loud

 

Category 8

 

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals

 

Lesson Learned

Alicia Keys & John Mayer

From: As I Am

 

4 Minutes

Madonna, Justin Timberlake & Timbaland

From: Hard Candy

 

Rich Woman

Robert Plant & Alison Krauss

From: Raising Sand

 

If I Never See Your Face Again

Rihanna & Maroon 5

From: Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded

 

 

No Air

Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown

From: Jordin Sparks

 

Category 9

 

Best Pop Instrumental Performance

 

Love Appetite

Steve Cropper & Felix Cavaliere

From: Nudge It Up A Notch

 

I Dreamed There Was No War

Eagles

From: Long Road Out Of Eden

 

Fortune Teller

Fourplay

From: Energy

 

Steppin' Out

Stanley Jordan

From: State Of Nature

 

 

Blast!

Marcus Miller

From: Marcus

 

 

Category 10

 

Best Pop Instrumental Album

 

Sax For Stax

Gerald Albright

 

Greatest Hits Rerecorded Volume One

Larry Carlton

 

Jingle All The Way

Béla Fleck & The Flecktones

 

The Spice Of Life

Earl Klugh

 

A Night Before Christmas

Spyro Gyra

 

Category 11

 

Best Pop Vocal Album

 

Detours

Sheryl Crow

 

Rockferry

Duffy

 

Long Road Out Of Eden

Eagles

 

Spirit

Leona Lewis

 

Covers

James Taylor 

 

Field 2 — Dance

 

Category 12

 

Best Dance Recording

 

Harder Better Faster Stronger

Daft Punk

Thomas Bangalter & Guy Manuel de Homem-Christo, producers; Thomas Bangalter & Guy Manuel de Homem-Christo, mixers

From: Alive 2007

 

Ready For The Floor

Hot Chip

Hot Chip, producers; Dan Carey, mixer

From: Made In The Dark

 

Just Dance

Lady Gaga & Colby O'Donis

RedOne, producer; Robert Orton, mixer

 

Give It 2 Me

Madonna

Madonna & The Neptunes, producers; Andrew Coleman & Spike Stent, mixers

From: Hard Candy

 

Disturbia

Rihanna

Brian Kennedy, producer; Phil Tan, mixer

From: Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded

 

 

Black & Gold

Sam Sparro

Jesse Rogg & Sam Sparro, producers; Jeremy Wheatley, mixer

From: Sam Sparro

 

Category 13

 

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

 

Field 3 — Traditional Pop

 

Category 14

 

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

 

Still Unforgettable

Natalie Cole

 

The Sinatra Project

Michael Feinstein

 

Noël

Josh Groban

 

In The Swing Of Christmas

Barry Manilow

 

Rufus Does Judy At Carnegie Hall

Rufus Wainwright

 

 

 

 

 

Field 4 — Rock

 

Category 15

 

Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance

 

Gravity

John Mayer

From: Where The Light Is — Live In Los Angeles

 

I Saw Her Standing There

Paul McCartney

From: Amoeba's Secret

 

Girls In Their Summer Clothes

Bruce Springsteen

From: Magic

 

Rise

Eddie Vedder

 

 

No Hidden Path

Neil Young

From: Chrome Dreams II

 

 

Category 16

 

Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

 

Rock N Roll Train

AC/DC

 

Violet Hill

Coldplay

From: Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends

 

Long Road Out Of Eden

Eagles

From: Long Road Out Of Eden

 

Sex On Fire

Kings Of Leon

 

House Of Cards

Radiohead

From: In Rainbows

 

 

Category 17

 

Best Hard Rock Performance

 

Inside The Fire

Disturbed

From: Indestructible

 

Visions

Judas Priest

From: Nostradamus

 

Wax Simulacra

The Mars Volta

 

Saints Of Los Angeles

Mötley Crüe

From: Saints Of Los Angeles

Lords Of Salem

Rob Zombie

From: Zombie Live

 

 

 

 

Category 18

 

Best Metal Performance

 

Heroes Of Our Time

DragonForce

 

Nostradamus

Judas Priest

From: Nostradamus

 

My Apocalypse

Metallica

From: Death Magnetic

 

Under My Thumb

Ministry

From: Cover Up

 

Psychosocial

Slipknot

 

 

 

 

Category 19

 

Best Rock Instrumental Performance

 

Castellorizon

David Gilmour

From: Live In Gdansk

 

Suicide & Redemption

Metallica

From: Death Magnetic

 

34 Ghosts I-IV

Nine Inch Nails

From: Ghosts I-IV

 

Hope (Live For The Art Of Peace)

Rush

From: Songs For Tibet: The Art Of Peace

 

Peaches En Regalia

Zappa Plays Zappa Featuring Steve Vai & Napoleon Murphy Brock

Category 20

 

Best Rock Song

 

Girls In Their Summer Clothes

Bruce Springsteen, songwriter (Bruce Springsteen)

From: Magic

 

House Of Cards

Colin Greenwood, Jonny Greenwood, Ed O'Brien, Philip Selway & Thom Yorke, songwriters (Radiohead)

From: In Rainbows

 

I Will Possess Your Heart

Benjamin Gibbard, Nicholas Harmer, Jason McGerr & Christopher Walla, songwriters (Death Cab For Cutie)

From: Narrow Stairs

 

Sex On Fire

Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill & Nathan Followill, songwriters (Kings Of Leon)

 

Violet Hill

Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion & Chris Martin, songwriters (Coldplay)

From: Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends

 

 

 

Category 21

 

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

 

 

Field 5 — Alternative

 

 

 

Category 22

 

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

 

Field 6 — R&B

 

Category 23

 

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance

 

Me, Myself And I

Beyoncé

From: The Beyonce Experience Live Audio

 

Heaven Sent

Keyshia Cole

From: Just Like You

 

Spotlight

Jennifer Hudson

 

Superwoman

Alicia Keys

From: As I Am

 

Need U Bad

Jazmine Sullivan

 

 

Category 24

 

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance

 

 

You're The Only One

Eric Benét

From: Love & Life

 

Take You Down

Chris Brown

From: Exclusive

 

Miss Independent

Ne-Yo

From: Year Of The Gentleman

 

Can't Help But Wait

Trey Songz

From: Trey Day

 

Here I Stand

Usher

From: Here I Stand

 

Category 25

 

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

 

Ribbon In The Sky

Boyz II Men

From: Motown: A Journey Through Hitsville USA

 

Words

Anthony David Featuring India.Arie

From: Acey Duecy

 

Stay With Me (By The Sea)

Al Green Featuring John Legend

From: Lay It Down

 

I'm His Only Woman

Jennifer Hudson Featuring Fantasia

From: Jennifer Hudson

 

Never Give You Up

Raphael Saadiq Featuring Stevie Wonder & CJ Hilton

From: The Way I See It

 

 

Category 26

 

Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance

 

A Change Is Gonna Come

Wayne Brady

From: A Long Time Coming

 

You've Got The Love I Need

Al Green Featuring Anthony Hamilton

From: Lay It Down

 

Baby I Know

(Linda Jones) With Helen Bruner & Terry Jones

From: Soul Talkin

 

Love That Girl

Raphael Saadiq

From: The Way I See It

 

In Love With Another Man

Jazmine Sullivan

From: Fearless

 

Category 27

 

Best Urban/Alternative Performance

 

Say Goodbye To Love

Kenna

From: Make Sure They See My Face

 

Wanna Be

Maiysha

From: This Much Is True:

 

Be OK

Chrisette Michele Featuring will.i.am

From: I Am

 

Many Moons

Janelle Monae

From: Metropolis: The Chase Suite (Special Edition)

 

Lovin You (Music)

Wayna Featuring Kokayi

From: Higher Ground

Category 28

 

Best R&B Song

 

Bust Your Windows

Salaam Remi & Jazmine Sullivan, songwriters (Deandre Way, songwriter) (Jazmine Sullivan)

From: Fearless

 

Customer

I. Barias, Raheem DeVaughn, C. Haggins, K. Oliver & Johnnie Smith, songwriters (Raheem DeVaughn)

From: Love Behind The Melody

 

Heaven Sent

Keyshia Cole, Jason Farmer & Alex Francis, songwriters (Keyshia Cole)

From: Just Like You

 

Miss Independent

Mikkel S. Eriksen, T.E. Hermansen & S. Smith, songwriters (Ne-Yo)

From: Year Of The Gentleman

 

Spotlight

Mikkel S. Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen & Shaffer Smith, songwriters (Jennifer Hudson)

 

 

Category 29

 

Best R&B Album

 

Love & Life

Eric Benét

 

Motown: A Journey Through Hitsville USA

Boyz II Men

 

Lay It Down

Al Green

 

Jennifer Hudson

Jennifer Hudson

 

The Way I See It

Raphael Saadiq

 

 

Category 30

 

Best Contemporary R&B Album

 

Growing Pains

Mary J. Blige

 

Back Of My Lac'

J. Holiday

 

First Love

Karina

 

Year Of The Gentleman

Ne-Yo

 

Fearless

Jazmine Sullivan

 

 

Field 7 — Rap

 

 Category 31

 

Best Rap Solo Performance

 

Roc Boys (And The Winner Is)...

Jay-Z

From: American Gangster

 

 

A Milli

Lil Wayne

From: Tha Carter III

 

Paris, Tokyo

Lupe Fiasco

From: The Cool

 

N.i.*.*.e.r. (The Slave And The Master)

Nas

From: Untitled

 

Sexual Eruption

Snoop Dogg

From: Ego Trippin

 

Category 32

 

Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group

 

Royal Flush

Big Boi Featuring Raekwon And Andre 3000

 

Swagga Like Us

Jay-Z & T.I. Featuring Kanye West & Lil Wayne

 

Mr. Carter

Lil Wayne Featuring Jay-Z

From: Tha Carter III

 

Wish You Would

Ludacris Featuring T.I.

 

Put On

Young Jeezy Featuring Kanye West

 

Category 33

 

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration

 

American Boy

Estelle Featuring Kanye West

From: Shine

 

Low

Flo Rida Featuring T-Pain

From: Mail On Sunday

 

Green Light

John Legend & Andre 3000

 

Got Money

Lil Wayne Featuring T-Pain

From: Tha Carter III

 

Superstar

Lupe Fiasco Featuring Matthew Santos

From: The Cool

 

Category 34

 

Best Rap Song

 

Lollipop

D. Carter, S. Garrett, D. Harrison, J. Scheffer & R. Zamor, songwriters (Lil Wayne Featuring Static Major)

From: Tha Carter III

 

Low

Tramar Dillard, M. Humphrey, Faheem Najm, Korey Roberson & Howard Simmons, songwriters (Flo Rida Featuring T-Pain)

From: Mail On Sunday

 

Sexual Eruption

Calvin Broadus, S. Lovejoy & D. Stewart, songwriters (Snoop Dogg)

From: Ego Trippin

 

Superstar

Lupe Fiasco & Soundtrakk, songwriters (Lupe Fiasco Featuring Matthew Santos)

From: The Cool

 

Swagga Like Us

Jeff Bhaskev, D. Carter, S. Carter, Clifford Harris, Plain Pat & Kanye West, songwriters (M. Arulpragasam, N. Headon, M. Jones, J. Mellor, T. Pentz & P. Simonon, songwriters) (Jay-Z & T.I. Featuring Kanye West & Lil Wayne)

 

Category 35

 

Best Rap Album

 

American Gangster

Jay-Z

 

Tha Carter III

Lil Wayne

 

The Cool

Lupe Fiasco

 

Nas

Nas

 

Paper Trail

T.I.

 

Field 8 — Country

 

 Category 36

 

Best Female Country Vocal Performance

 

For These Times

Martina McBride

From: Waking Up Laughing

 

What I Cannot Change

LeAnn Rimes

From: Family

 

Last Name

Carrie Underwood

From: Carnival Ride

 

Last Call

Lee Ann Womack

 

This Is Me You're Talking To

Trisha Yearwood

From: Heaven, Heartache And The Power Of Love

 

 

Category 37

 

Best Male Country Vocal Performance

 

You're Gonna Miss This

Trace Adkins

From: American Man, Greatest Hits Volume II

 

In Color

Jamey Johnson

 

Just Got Started Lovin' You

James Otto

From: Sunset Man

 

Letter To Me

Brad Paisley

From: 5th Gear

 

Troubadour

George Strait

From: Troubadour

 

 

 

Category 38

 

Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

 

God Must Be Busy

Brooks & Dunn

From: Cowboy Town

 

Love Don't Live Here

Lady Antebellum

From: Lady Antebellum

 

Every Day

Rascal Flatts

From: Still Feels Good

 

Blue Side Of The Mountain

The SteelDrivers

From: The SteelDrivers

 

Stay

Sugarland

From: Enjoy The Ride

 

Category 39

 

Best Country Collaboration With Vocals

 

Shiftwork

Kenny Chesney & George Strait

From: Just Who I Am: Poets And Pirates

 

Killing The Blues

Robert Plant & Alison Krauss

From: Raising Sand

 

House Of Cash

George Strait & Patty Loveless

From: Troubadour

 

Life In A Northern Town

Sugarland, Jake Owen & Little Big Town

From: Love On The Inside [Deluxe Fan Edition]

 

Let The Wind Chase You

Trisha Yearwood & Keith Urban

From: Heaven, Heartache And The Power Of Love

 

Category 40

 

Best Country Instrumental Performance

 

Sumatra

Cherryholmes

From: Cherryholmes III: Don't Believe

 

Two Small Cars In Rome

Jerry Douglas & Lloyd Green

From: Glide

 

Sleigh Ride

Béla Fleck & The Flecktones

From: Jingle All The Way

 

Is This America? (Katrina 2005)

Charlie Haden, Pat Metheny, Jerry Douglas & Bruce Hornsby

From: Family & Friends — Rambling Boy

 

Cluster Pluck

Brad Paisley, James Burton, Vince Gill, John Jorgenson, Albert Lee, Brent Mason, Redd Volkaert & Steve Wariner

 

Category 41

 

Best Country Song

 

Dig Two Graves

Ashley Gorley & Bob Regan, songwriters (Randy Travis)

From: Around The Bend

 

I Saw God Today

Rodney Clawson, Monty Criswell & Wade Kirby, songwriters (George Strait)

From: Troubadour

 

In Color

Jamey Johnson, Lee Thomas Miller & James Otto, songwriters (Jamey Johnson)

From: That Lonesome Song

 

Stay

Jennifer Nettles, songwriter (Sugarland)

From: Enjoy The Ride

 

You're Gonna Miss This

Ashley Gorley & Lee Thomas Miller, songwriters (Trace Adkins)

From: American Man, Greatest Hits Volume II

 

 

Category 42

 

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

 

Category 43

 

Best Bluegrass Album

 

Cherryholmes III: Don't Believe

Cherryholmes

 

Del McCoury Band — Live At The 2008 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival

Del McCoury Band

 

The Ultimate Collection / Live At The Ryman

Earl Scruggs With Family & Friends

 

Honoring The Fathers Of Bluegrass: Tribute To 1946 And 1947

Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder

 

Wheels

Dan Tyminski

 

 

Field 9 — New Age

 

 Category 44

 

Best New Age Album

 

 Meditations

William Ackerman

 

Pathfinder

Will Clipman

 

Peace Time

Jack DeJohnette

 

Ambrosia

Peter Kater

 

The Scent Of Light

Ottmar Liebert & Luna Negra

 

 

Field 10 — Jazz

 

 

Category 45

 

Best Contemporary Jazz Album

 

Randy In Brasil

Randy Brecker

 

Floating Point

John McLaughlin

 

Cannon Re-Loaded: All-Star Celebration Of Cannonball Adderley

(Various Artists)

Gregg Field & Tom Scott, producers

 

Miles From India

(Various Artists)

Bob Belden, producer

 

Lifecycle

Yellowjackets Featuring Mike Stern

 

Category 46

 

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)

 

 

Category 47

 

Best Jazz Instrumental Solo

 

Be-Bop

Terence Blanchard, soloist

From: Live At The 2007 Monterey Jazz Festival (Monterey Jazz Festival 50th Anniversary All-Stars)

 

Seven Steps To Heaven

Till Brönner, soloist

From: The Standard (Take 6)

 

Waltz For Debby

Gary Burton & Chick Corea, soloists

From: The New Crystal Silence

 

Son Of Thirteen

Pat Metheny, soloist

From: Day Trip

 

Be-Bop

James Moody, soloist

From: Live At The 2007 Monterey Jazz Festival (Monterey Jazz Festival 50th Anniversary All-Stars)

 

Category 48

 

Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group

 

The New Crystal Silence

Chick Corea & Gary Burton

 

History, Mystery

Bill Frisell

 

Brad Mehldau Trio: Live

Brad Mehldau Trio

 

Day Trip

Pat Metheny With Christian McBride & Antonio Sanchez

 

Standards

Alan Pasqua, Dave Carpenter & Peter Erskine Trio

 

Category 49

 

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 & Rundfunk Orchestra

 

Blauklang

Vince Mendoza

 

Monday Night Live At The Village Vanguard

The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra

 

Category 50

 

Best Latin Jazz Album

 

Afro Bop Alliance

Caribbean Jazz Project

 

The Latin Side Of Wayne Shorter

Conrad Herwig & The Latin Side Band

 

Song For Chico

Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra

 

Nouveau Latino

Nestor Torres

 

Marooned/Aislado

Papo Vázquez The Mighty Pirates

 

 

Field 11 — Gospel

 

Category 51

 

Best Gospel Performance

 

I Understand

Kim Burrell, Rance Allen, Bebe Winans & Mariah Carey

From: Randy Jackson's Music Club, Volume One

 

East To West

Casting Crowns

From: The Altar And The Door Live

 

Get Up

Mary Mary

From: The Sound

 

Shall We Gather At The River

Take 6

From: The Standard

 

Waging War

CeCe Winans

From: Thy Kingdom Come

 

 

Category 52

 

Best Gospel Song

 

Cover Me

James L. Moss, songwriter (21:03 With Fred Hammond, Smokie Norful & J Moss)

 

Get Up

Erica Campbell, Tina Campbell, Warryn Campbell & Eric Dawkins, songwriters (Mary Mary)

From: The Sound

 

Give Me Your Eyes

Brandon Heath & Jason Ingram, songwriters (Brandon Heath)

From: What If We

 

Help Me Believe

Kirk Franklin, songwriter (Kirk Franklin)

From: The Fight Of My Life

 

You Reign

Jim Bryson, Steven Curtis Chapman, Nathan Cochran, Barry Graul, Bart Millard, Mike Scheuchzer & Robby Shaffer, songwriters (MercyMe)

From: All That Is Within Me

 

Category 53

 

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

 

Category 54

 

Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album

 

This Moment

Steven Curtis Chapman

 

What If We

Brandon Heath

 

Opposite Way

Leeland

 

Hello Love

Chris Tomlin

 

Thy Kingdom Come

CeCe Winans

 

 

Category 55

 

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 & New River

 

 

Category 56

 

Best Traditional Gospel Album

 

Down In New Orleans

The Blind Boys Of Alabama

 

I'll Say Yes

The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir

Carol Cymbala, producer

 

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

 

 

Category 57

 

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.

 

 

Field 12 — Latin

 

Category 58

 

Best Latin Pop Album

 

Cara B

Jorge Drexler

 

Palabras Del Silencio

Luis Fonsi

 

La Vida...Es Un Ratico

Juanes

 

Cómplices

Luis Miguel

 

Tarde O Temprano

Tommy Torres

 

 

Category 59

 

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 Sarińana

 

 

Category 60

 

Best Latin Urban Album

 

La Novela

Akwid

 

La Sinfonia

La Sinfonia

 

The Royalty: La Realeza

Rkm & Ken-y

 

En Lo Claro

Voltio

 

Los Extraterrestres

Wisin y Yandel

 

 

Category 61

 

Best Tropical Latin Album

 

Cuba: Un Viaje Musical — A Musical Journey

Albita, Rey Ruíz & Donato Poveda

 

Renacer

DLG

 

Seńor Bachata

José Feliciano

 

Frutero Moderno

Gonzalo Grau y La Clave Secreta

 

Back On The Streets... Taste Of Spanish Harlem Vol. 2

New Swing Sextet

 

 

Category 62

 

Best Regional Mexican Album

 

Amor, Dolor Y Lágrimas: Música Ranchera

Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano

 

Desde México: "Cumbia Cusinela"

Huichol Musical

 

Vámonos Pa'l Río

Los Pikadientes De Caborca

 

Canciones De Amor

Mariachi Divas

 

A Puro Dolor

Nadia

 

 

 

Category 63

 

Best Tejano Album

 

Music Lessons

Chente Barrera y Taconazo

 

Friends & Legends

Joe Posada

 

Viva La Revolucion

Ruben Ramos & The Mexican Revolution

 

All That Jazz...

Tortilla Factory

 

Heir To The Throne

Albert Zamora

 

 

 

Category 64

 

Best Norteńo Album

 

 Me Enamore De Un Angel

Los Palominos

 

Raíces

Los Tigres Del Norte

 

Corridos: Defendiendo El Honor

Pesado

 

Six Pack

Siggno

 

Cuidado

Solido

 

 

Category 65

 

Best Banda Album

 

Tu Inspiracion

Alacranes Musical

 

Que Bonito... ˇEs Lo Bonito!

Banda El Recodo de Cruz Lizárraga

 

 

Vive Y Dejame Vivir

Cuisillos

 

Tiro De Gracia

Lupillo Rivera

 

No Es De Madera

Joan Sebástian

 

 

Field 13 — Blues

 

Category 66

 

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 & Friends

Pinetop Perkins & Friends

 

 

Category 67

 

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

 

Field 14 — Folk

 

 

Category 68

 

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

 

Category 69

 

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

 

Category 70

 

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)

Tom Wasinger, producer

 

Faith

Kevin Yazzie

 

Category 71

 

Best Hawaiian Music Album

 

'Ikena

Tia Carrere & Daniel Ho

 

'Aumakua

Amy Hanaiali`i

 

Force Of Nature

Led Kaapana & Mike Kaawa

 

Hawaiian Slack Key Kings Masters Series Vol. II

(Various Artists)

Chris Lau & Milton Lau, producers

 

The Spirit Of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar

(Various Artists)

Daniel Ho, George Kahumoku, Jr., Dennis Kamakahi, Paul Konwiser & Wayne Wong, producers

 

 

 

Category 72

 

Best Zydeco Or Cajun Music Album

 

Live At The 2008 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival

BeauSoleil & Michael Doucet

 

From Now On

Michael Doucet

 

Homage Au Passé

Pine Leaf Boys

 

Live At The 2008 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival

Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys

 

Cedric Watson

Cedric Watson

 

 

Field 15 — Reggae

 

 

 

Category 73

 

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

 

 

Field 16 — World Music

 

 

 

Category 74

 

Best Traditional World Music Album

 

Calcutta Chronicles: Indian Slide Guitar Odyssey

Debashish Bhattacharya

 

The Mandé Variations

Toumani Diabaté

 

Ilembe: Honoring Shaka Zulu

Ladysmith Black Mambazo

 

Dancing In The Light

Lakshmi Shankar

 

 

Category 75

 

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

 

 

 

Field 17 — Polka

 

 

 

Category 76

 

Best Polka Album

 

El Maestro Del Acordeón Y Sus Polkas

Paulino Bernal

[Urbana Records]

 

 

 

Speechless

LynnMarie & Charlie Kelley As The Boxhounds

 

Back To Back Hall Of Fame Polkas

Walter Ostanek & His Band, Jerry Darlak & The Touch And Bob Kravos & His Band

 

Hungry For More

Polka Family Band

 

Let The Whole World Sing

Jimmy Sturr And His Orchestra

 

 

Field 18 — Children's

 

 

 

Category 77

 

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

 

 

Category 78

 

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

 

 

Field 19 — Spoken Word

 

 

 

Category 79

 

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

 

An Inconvenient Truth (Al Gore)

Beau Bridges, Cynthia Nixon & Blair Underwood

 

Born Standing Up

Steve Martin

 

I Am America (And So Can You!)

Stephen Colbert (& Various Artists)

 

Life Beyond Measure

Sidney Poitier

 

When You Are Engulfed In Flames

David Sedaris

 

 

 

Field 20 — Comedy

 

 

 

Category 80

 

Best Comedy Album

 

Anticipation

Lewis Black

[Comedy Central Records]

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

Field 21 — Musical Show

 

 

 

Category 81

 

Best Musical Show Album

 

Gypsy

Robert Sher, producer (Jule Styne, composer; Stephen Sondheim, lyricist) (2008 Broadway Cast With Patti LuPone & Others)

 

In The Heights

Kurt Deutsch, Alex Lacamoire, Andrés Levin, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Joel Moss & Bill Sherman, producers; Lin-Manuel Miranda, composer/lyricist (Original Broadway Cast With Lin-Manuel Miranda And Others)

 

The Little Mermaid

Bruce Botnick, Michael Kosarin, Alan Menken & Chris Montan, producers; Alan Menken, composer; Glenn Slater, lyricist (Howard Ashman, lyricist) (Original Broadway Cast With Sierra Boggess, Tituss Burgess & Others)

 

South Pacific

David Caddick, David Lai & Ted Sperling, producers (Richard Rodgers, composer; Oscar Hammerstein II, lyricist) (New Broadway Cast With Kelli O'Hara, Paulo Szot & Others)

 

Young Frankenstein; The Musical

Doug Besterman, producer; Mel Brooks, composer/lyricist (Original Broadway Cast With Roger Bart, Megan Mullally, Sutton Foster & Others)

 

 

Field 22 — Film/TV/Visual Media

 

 

 

Category 82

 

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

 

American Gangster

(Various Artists)

 

August Rush

(Various Artists)

 

Juno

(Various Artists)

 

Mamma Mia!

Meryl Streep (& Various Artists)

 

Sweeney Todd — The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street

(Various Artists)

 

 

Category 83

 

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

 

The Dark Knight

James Newton Howard & Hans Zimmer, composers

 

Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull

John Williams, composer

 

Iron Man

Ramin Djawadi, composer

 

There Will Be Blood

Jonny Greenwood, composer

 

Wall-E

Thomas Newman, composer

 

Category 84

 

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

 

Down To Earth (From Wall-E)

Peter Gabriel & Thomas Newman, songwriters (Peter Gabriel)

From: Wall-E

 

Ever Ever After (From Enchanted)

Alan Menken & Stephen Schwartz, songwriters (Carrie Underwood)

From: Enchanted

 

Say (From The Bucket List)

John Mayer, songwriter (John Mayer)

From: Continuum

 

That's How You Know (From Enchanted)

Alan Menken & Stephen Schwartz, songwriters (Amy Adams)

From: Enchanted

 

Walk Hard (From Walk Hard — The Dewey Cox Story)

Judd Apatow, Marshall Crenshaw, Jake Kasdan & John C. Reilly, songwriters (John C. Reilly)

From: Walk Hard The Dewey Cox Story

 

 

Field 23 — Composing/Arranging

 

 

 

Category 85

 

Best Instrumental Composition

 

The Adventures Of Mutt (From Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull)

John Williams, composer (John Williams)

From: Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull — Soundtrack

 

Alegria

Chick Corea, composer (Chick Corea & Gary Burton)

From: The New Crystal Silence

 

Claire's Closet

Russell Ferrante, composer (Yellowjackets Featuring Mike Stern)

From: Lifecycle

 

Danzón De Etiqueta

Dave Grusin, composer (Lee Ritenour & Dave Grusin)

From: Amparo

 

Hit The Ground Running

Gordon Goodwin, composer (Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band)

From: Act Your Age

 

Category 86

 

Best Instrumental Arrangement

 

Define Dancing (From Wall-E)

Peter Gabriel & Thomas Newman, arrangers (Thomas Newman)

From: Wall-E — Soundtrack

 

Down In The Valley

Frank Macchia, arranger (Frank Macchia Featuring The Prague Orchestra)

From: Landscapes

 

Duke Ellington's Sound Of Love

Michael Abene, arranger (Joe Lovano With WDR Big Band & Rundfunk Orchestra)

From: Symphonica

 

St. Louis Blues

Bob Brookmeyer, arranger (The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra)

From: Monday Night Live At The Village Vanguard

 

Yesterdays

Gordon Goodwin, arranger (Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band Featuring Art Tatum)

From: Act Your Age

 

 

Category 87

 

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)

 

Alfie

Vince Mendoza, arranger (Traincha & The Metropole Orchestra)

From: The Look Of Love — Burt Bacharach Songbook

 

Grace

Cedric Dent, arranger (Take 6)

From: The Standard

 

Here's That Rainy Day

Nan Schwartz, arranger (Natalie Cole)

From: Still Unforgettable

 

Johnny One Note

Don Sebesky, arranger (John Pizzarelli)

From: With A Song In My Heart

 

Lazy Afternoon

Claus Ogerman, arranger (Danilo Perez)

From: Across The Crystal Sea

 

Field 24 — Package

 

 

 

Category 88

 

Best Recording Package

 

Death Magnetic

Bruce Duckworth, Sarah Moffat & David Turner, art directors (Metallica)

 

Hawk Nelson...Is My Friend!

Don Clark, art director (Hawk Nelson)

 

Nouns

No Age & Brian Roettinger, art directors (No Age)

 

Radio Retaliation

Neal Ashby, Matthew Curry & Patrick Donohue, art directors (Thievery Corporation)

 

Summer Rains

Amanda Barrett, Abby DeWald, Renee Jablow & Rick Whitmore, art directors (The Ditty Bops)

 

 

Category 89

 

Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package

 

Ghosts I-IV

Jeff Anderson, Trent Reznor & Rob Sheridan, art directors (Nine Inch Nails)

 

In Rainbows

Stanley Donwood, Mel Maxwell & Christiaan Munro, art directors (Radiohead)

 

Poems & Songs

Qing-Yang Xiao, art director (Wu Sheng)

 

Pretty. Odd.

Alex Kirzhner & Panic At The Disco, art directors (Panic At The Disco)

 

@#%&*! Smilers

Aimee Mann & Gail Marowitz, art directors (Aimee Mann)

 

 

Field 25 — Album Notes

 

 

 

Category 90

 

Best Album Notes

 

Art Of Field Recording Volume I: Fifty Years Of Traditional American Music Documented By Art Rosenbaum

Art Rosenbaum, album notes writer (Various Artists)

 

Debate '08: Taft And Bryan Campaign On The Edison Phonograph

Patrick Feaster & David Giovannoni, album notes writers (William Jennings Bryan & William Howard Taft)

 

Kind Of Blue: 50th Anniversary Collector's Edition

Francis Davis, album notes writer (Miles Davis)

 

Rare & Unreleased Recordings From The Golden Reign Of The Queen Of Soul

David Ritz & Jerry Wexler, album notes writers (Aretha Franklin)

 

The Unsung Father Of Country Music: 1925-1934

Henry "Hank" Sapoznik, album notes writer (Ernest V. Stoneman)

 

Field 26 — Historical

 

 

Category 91

 

Best Historical Album

 

 Art Of Field Recording Volume I: Fifty Years Of Traditional American Music Documented By Art Rosenbaum

Steven Lance Ledbetter & Art Rosenbaum, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Various Artists)

 

Classic Columbia, OKeh And Vocalion Lester Young With Count Basie (1936-1940)

Scott Wenzel, compilation producer; Malcolm Addey, Michael Brooks, Matt Cavaluzzo, Andreas Meyer & Mark Wilder, mastering engineers (Lester Young With Count Basie)

 

Debate '08: Taft And Bryan Campaign On The Edison Phonograph

David Giovannoni, Meagan Hennessey & Richard Martin, compilation producers; Richard Martin, mastering engineer (William Jennings Bryan & William Howard Taft)

 

Polk Miller & His Old South Quartette

Ken Flaherty, Jr., compilation producer; Marcos Sueiro Bal, Ken Flaherty, Jr., Kurt Nauck & Glenn Sage, mastering engineers (Polk Miller & His Old South Quartette)

 

To Be Free: The Nina Simone Story

Richard Seidel, compilation producer; Mark G. Wilder, mastering engineer (Nina Simone)

 

 

Field 27 — Production, Non-Classical

 

 

 

Category 92

 

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

 

Consolers Of The Lonely

Joe Chiccarelli, Vance Powell & Jack White III, engineers (The Raconteurs)

 

Just A Little Lovin'

Al Schmitt, engineer (Shelby Lynne)

 

Lay It Down

Jimmy Douglass, Russell "The Dragon" Elevado & John Smeltz, engineers (Al Green)

 

Still Unforgettable

Steve Genewick, Al Schmitt & Bill Schnee, engineers (Natalie Cole)

 

We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things.

Dyre Gormsen & Tony Maserati, engineers (Jason Mraz)

 

 

Category 93

 

Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical

 

 Danger Mouse

 

·         Attack & Release (The Black Keys) (A)

 

·         Modern Guilt (Beck) (A)

 

·         The Odd Couple (Gnarls Barkley) (A)

 

Nigel Godrich

 

·         In Rainbows (Radiohead) (A)

 

Johnny K

 

·         Big Bad World (Plain White T's) (A)

 

·         The Illusion Of Progress (Staind) (A)

 

·         Light From Above (Black Tide) (A)

 

·         3 Doors Down (3 Doors Down) (A)

 

Rick Rubin

 

·         Death Magnetic (Metallica) (A)

 

·         Home Before Dark (Neil Diamond) (A)

 

·         Mercy (Dancing For The Death Of An Imaginary Enemy) (Ours) (A)

 

·         Seeing Things (Jakob Dylan) (A)

 

·         Weezer (Red Album) (Weezer) (A)

 

 

 will.i.am

 

·         American Boy (Estelle Featuring Kanye West) (T)

 

·         Encanto (Sergio Mendes) (A)

 

·         Funky Bahia (Sergio Mendes Featuring will.i.am & Siedah Garrett) (T)

 

·         In The Ayer (Flo Rida Featuring will.i.am) (T)

 

·         Pick It Up (Fergie) (T)

 

·         Picture Perfect (Chris Brown Featuring will.i.am) (T)

 

·         What's Your Name (Usher Featuring will.i.am) (T)

 

 

 

Category 94

 

Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical

 

Closer (StoneBridge Radio Edit)

StoneBridge, remixer (Ne-Yo)

 

Electric Feel (Justice Remix)

Justice, remixers (MGMT)

From: Oracular Spectacular

 

4 Minutes (Junkie XL Remix)

Junkie XL, remixer (Madonna Featuring Justin Timberlake)

 

Just Fine (Moto Blanco Remix)

Moto Blanco, remixers (Mary J. Blige)

From: Growing Pains

 

The Longest Road (Deadmau5 Remix)

Deadmau5, remixer (Morgan Page Featuring Lissie)

From: Elevate

 

 

Field 28 — Surround Sound

 

 

 

Category 95

 

Best Surround Sound Album

 

Divertimenti

Morten Lindberg & Hans Peter L'Orange, surround mix engineers; Morten Lindberg, surround mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround producer (Řyvind Gimse & TrondheimSolistene)

 

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 Järvi & Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra)

 

Rheinberger: Sacred Choral Works

John Newton, surround mix engineer; Jonathan Cooper & Mark Donahue, surround mastering engineers; Blanton Alspaugh, surround producer (Charles Bruffy, Phoenix Bach Choir & Kansas City Chorale)

 

Ringo 5.1 The Surround Sound Collection

Bruce Sugar, surround mix engineer; Chris Bellman, surround mastering engineer; Bill Crowley, Ringo Starr & Bruce Sugar, surround producers (Ringo Starr)

 

Sensurround + B-Sides

Tohru Takayama, surround mix engineer; Keigo Oyamada, surround producer (Cornelius)

 

 

Field 29 — Production, Classical

 

 

 

Category 96

 

Best Engineered Album, Classical

 

Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

Fred Vogler, engineer (Gustavo Dudamel & Los Angeles Philharmonic)

 

Divertimenti

Morten Lindberg & Hans Peter L'Orange, engineers (Řyvind Gimse & TrondheimSolistene)

 

Puccini: La Bohčme

Michael Bishop, engineer (Robert Spano & Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus)

 

Respighi: Church Windows, Brazilian Impressions, Rossiniana

John Newton, engineer (JoAnn Falletta & Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra)

 

Traditions And Transformations: Sounds Of Silk Road Chicago

David Frost, Tom Lazarus & Christopher Willis, engineers (Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Alan Gilbert, Silk Road Ensemble, Wu Man, Yo-Yo Ma & Chicago Symphony Orchestra)

 

 

 

 

Category 97

 

Producer Of The Year, Classical

 

David Frost

 

·         Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique (Gustavo Dudamel & Los Angeles Philharmonic)

 

·         Right Through The Bone — Julius Röntgen Chamber Music (ARC Ensemble)

 

·         Schubert: Sonata In D Maj.; Liszt: Don Juan Fantasy (Min Kwon)

 

·         Traditions And Transformations: Sounds Of Silk Road Chicago (Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Alan Gilbert, Yo-Yo Ma, Silk Road Ensemble, Wu Man & Chicago Symphony Orchestra)

 

 

David Groves

 

·         Baroque (Gabriela Montero)

 

·         Beethoven: Piano Sonatas (Jonathan Biss)

 

·         Polish Spirit (Nigel Kennedy & Jacek Kaspszyk)

 

·         Respighi: Roman Trilogy, Il Tramonto (Antonio Pappano)

 

·         Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 1 (Martha Argerich)

 

 

Judith Sherman

 

·         Carter, Elliott: String Quartets Nos. 1 And 5 (Pacifica Quartet)

 

·         Piano Music Of Salonen, Stucky And Lutoslawski (Gloria Cheng)

 

·         Reich: Daniel Variations (Grant Gershon, Alan Pierson, Los Angeles Master Chorale & London Sinfonietta)

 

·         Riley, Terry: The Cusp Of Magic (Kronos Quartet & Wu Man)

 

·         String Poetic (Jennifer Koh & Reiko Uchida)

 

 

 

 

 Robert Woods

 

·         Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition, Night On Bald Mountain, Prelude To Khovanshchina (Paavo Järvi & Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra)

 

·         Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5, Lieutenant Kijé Suite (Paavo Järvi & Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra)

 

·         Puccini: La Bohčme (Robert Spano & Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus)

 

·         Ravel: Boléro (Erich Kunzel & Cincinnati Pops Orchestra)

 

·         Revolutionary (Cameron Carpenter)

 

 

 

 

Robina G. Young

 

·         Beethoven: String Quartets Op. 18, Nos. 1-6 (Tokyo String Quartet)

 

·         Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 'Eroica' (Andrew Manze & Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra)

 

·         Birds On Fire (Fretwork)

 

·         Heavenly Harmonies (Stile Antico)

 

·         Scattered Rhymes (Paul Hillier, Orlando Consort & The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir)

 

 

 

 

 

Field 30 — Classical

 

 

 

Category 98

 

Best Classical Album

 

Maria

Cecilia Bartoli; Christopher Raeburn, producer; Wolf-Dieter Karwatky & Philip Siney, engineers/mixers (Adam Fischer; Orchestra La Scintilla)

 

O'Regan, Tarik: Threshold Of Night

Craig Hella Johnson, conductor; Blanton Alspaugh, producer; John Newton, engineer/mixer; Mark Donahue, mastering engineer (Company Of Strings; Company Of Voices & Conspirare)

 

Schoenberg/Sibelius: Violin Concertos

Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor; Hilary Hahn; Sid McLauchlan & Arend Prohmann, producers; Stephan Flock, engineer/mixer (Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra)

 

Spotless Rose: Hymns To The Virgin Mary

Charles Bruffy, conductor; Phoenix Chorale; Blanton Alspaugh, producer; John Newton, engineer/mixer; Jonathan Cooper & Mark Donahue, mastering engineers

 

Weill: Rise And Fall Of The City Of Mahagonny

James Conlon, conductor; Anthony Dean Griffey, Patti LuPone & Audra McDonald; Fred Vogler, producer (Donnie Ray Albert, John Easterlin, Steven Humes, Mel Ulrich & Robert Wörle; Los Angeles Opera Chorus; Los Angeles Opera Orchestra)

 

 

Category 99

 

Best Orchestral Performance

 

D'Indy: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

Rumon Gamba, conductor (Iceland Symphony Orchestra)

 

Glazunov: Symphony No. 6, La Mer, Introduction And Dance From Salome

José Serebrier, conductor (Royal Scottish National Orchestra)

 

Prokofiev: Scythian Suite, Op. 20

Alan Gilbert, conductor (Chicago Symphony Orchestra)

From: Traditions And Transformations: Sounds Of Silk Road Chicago

 

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4

Bernard Haitink, conductor (Chicago Symphony Orchestra)

 

Walden, Chris: Symphony No. 1, The Four Elements

Chris Walden, conductor (Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra)

 

 

Category 100

 

Best Opera Recording

 

Tan Dun: The First Emperor

Tan Dun, conductor; Michelle DeYoung, Plácido Domingo, Elizabeth Futral, Paul Groves, Wu Hsing-Kuo & Hao Jiang Tian; Jay David Saks, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)

 

Lully: Psyché

Paul O´Dette & Stephen Stubbs, conductors; Colin Balzer, Karina Gauvin, Carolyn Sampson & Aaron Sheehan; Renate Wolter-Seevers, producer (Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra; Boston Early Music Festival Chorus)

 

Monteverdi: L'Orfeo

Rinaldo Alessandrini, conductor; Sara Mingardo, Monica Piccinini, Anna Simboli & Furio Zanasi; Jean-Pierre Loisil, producer (Concerto Italiano)

 

 

Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin

Valery Gergiev, conductor; Renée Fleming, Dmitri Hvorostovsky & Ramón Vargas; Jay David Saks, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)

 

Weill: Rise And Fall Of The City Of Mahagonny

James Conlon, conductor; Anthony Dean Griffey, Patti LuPone & Audra McDonald; Fred Vogler, producer (Donnie Ray Albert, John Easterlin, Steven Humes, Mel Ulrich & Robert Wörle; Los Angeles Opera Orchestra; Los Angeles Opera Chorus)

 

Category 101

 

Best Choral Performance

 

O'Regan, Tarik: Threshold Of Night

Craig Hella Johnson, conductor (Company Of Strings; Company Of Voices & Conspirare)

 

Rheinberger: Sacred Choral Works

Charles Bruffy, conductor (Kansas City Chorale & Phoenix Bach Choir)

 

 

Symphony Of Psalms

Sir Simon Rattle, conductor; Simon Halsey, chorus master (Berliner Philharmoniker; Rundfunkchor Berlin)

From: Stravinsky: Symphonies

 

Szymanowski, Karol: Stabat Mater

Antoni Wit, conductor; Henryk Wojnarowski, chorus master (Jaroslaw Brek, Iwona Hossa & Ewa Marciniec; Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra; Warsaw Philharmonic Choir)

 

Tippett: A Child Of Our Time

Colin Davis, conductor; Joseph Cullen, chorus master (Steve Davislim, Mihoko Fujimura, Matthew Rose & Indra Thomas; London Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Chorus)

 

 

 

 

Category 102

 

Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra)

 

Bloch/Lees:Violin Concertos

John McLaughlin Williams, conductor; Elmar Oliveira (National Symphony Orchestra Of Ukraine)

 

Harrison: Pipa Concerto

Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor; Wu Man (Chicago Symphony Orchestra)

From: Traditions And Transformations: Sounds Of Silk Road Chicago

 

Mozart: Piano Concertos 17 & 20

Leif Ove Andsnes (Norwegian Chamber Orchestra)

 

Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos 2 & 5

Charles Dutoit, conductor; Jean-Yves Thibaudet (L'Orchestre De La Suisse Romande)

 

Schoenberg/Sibelius: Violin Concertos

Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor; Hilary Hahn (Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra)

 

 

Category 103

 

Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra)

 

In A State Of Jazz

Marc-André Hamelin

 

Piano Music Of Salonen, Stucky, And Lutoslawski

Gloria Cheng

 

Red Cliff Capriccio

Wei Li

 

Revolutionary

Cameron Carpenter

 

Strange Toys

Joan Jeanrenaud

 

 

Category 104

 

Best Chamber Music Performance

 

Brahms: String Quartet Op. 51, No. 2, Piano Quintet Op. 34

Stephen Hough; Takács Quartet

 

Carter, Elliott: String Quartets Nos. 1 And 5

Pacifica Quartet

 

Folk Songs

Trio Mediaeval

 

Right Through The Bone — Julius Röntgen Chamber Music

ARC Ensemble

 

String Poetic

Jennifer Koh & Reiko Uchida

 

 

Category 105

 

Best Small Ensemble Performance

 

Divertimenti

Řyvind Gimse, conductor; TrondheimSolistene

 

 Tan Dun: Pipa Concerto; Hayashi: Viola Concerto; Takemitsu: Nostalgia

Roman Balashov, conductor; Yuri Bashmet; Moscow Soloists (Wu Man)

 

Im Wunderschoenen Monat Mai

Reinbert De Leeuw, conductor; Barbara Sukowa; Schoenberg Ensemble

 

Monk: Impermanence

Meredith Monk & Vocal Ensemble

 

Spotless Rose: Hymns To The Virgin Mary

Charles Bruffy, conductor; Phoenix Chorale

 

 

Category 106

 

Best Classical Vocal Performance

 

Corigliano: Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems Of Bob Dylan

Hila Plitmann (JoAnn Falletta; Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra)

 

Fussell, Charles: Wilde

Sanford Sylvan (Gil Rose; Boston Modern Orchestra Project)

 

Gomidas Songs

Isabel Bayrakdarian (Eduard Topchjan; Serouj Kradjian; Chamber Players Of The Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra)

 

Maria

Cecilia Bartoli (Adam Fischer; Orchestra La Scintilla)

 

Terezín: Theresienstadt

Anne Sofie Von Otter (Christian Gerhaher & Daniel Hope; Bengt Forsberg & Gerold Huber)

 

 

Category 107

 

Best Classical Contemporary Composition

 

Dalbavie: Concerto Pour Flűte

Marc-André Dalbavie (Peter Eötvös)

From: Dalbavie/Jarrell/Pintscher: Flute Concertos

 

Gandolfi: The Garden Of Cosmic Speculation

Michael Gandolfi (Robert Spano)

 

Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems Of Bob Dylan

John Corigliano (JoAnn Falletta)

From: Corigliano: Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems Of Bob Dylan

 

Violin Concerto No. 2

George Tsontakis (Douglas Boyd)

From: Tsontakis: Violin Concerto No. 2, Clair De Lune

 

Walden, Chris: Symphony No. 1, The Four Elements

Chris Walden (Chris Walden)

 

 

Category 108

 

Best Classical Crossover Album

 

Baroque

Gabriela Montero

 

Indigo Road

Ronn McFarlane

 

Olde School

East Village Opera Company

 

The Othello Syndrome

Uri Caine Ensemble

 

Simple Gifts

The King's Singers

 

 

Field 31 — Music Video

 

 

 

Category 109

 

Best Short Form Music Video

 

Honey

Erykah Badu

Erykah Badu & Mr. Roboto, video directors; Megan Gutman, video producer

 

Who's Gonna Save My Soul

Gnarls Barkley

Chris Milk, video director; Anne Johnson, video producer

 

Another Way To Die

Alicia Keys & Jack White

PR Brown & MK12, video directors; Dexton Deboree, Lance Ebeling, Mick Ebeling, Sheira Rees-Davies & Jane Tredget, video producers

 

House Of Cards

Radiohead

James Frost, video director; Dawn Fanning, video producer

 

Pork And Beans

Weezer

Mathew Cullen, video director; Bernard Rahill, video producer

 

 

Category 110

 

Best Long Form Music Video

 

Where The Light Is — Live In Los Angeles

John Mayer

Danny Clinch, video director; Lindha Narvaez, video producer

 

Runnin' Down A Dream

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Peter Bogdanovich, video director; Skot Bright, video producer

 

Good Girl Gone Bad Live

Rihanna

Paul Caslin, video director; John Paveley, Ruth Paveley & Rupert Style, video producers

 

Respect Yourself — The Stax Records Story

(Various Artists)

Robert Gordon & Morgan Neville, video directors; Mark Crosby, Robert Gordon & Morgan Neville, video producers

 

Amazing Journey: The Story Of The Who

The Who

Paul Crowder & Murray Lerner, video directors; Robert Rosenberg & Nigel Sinclair, video producers


 

 

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