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2008 GRAMMY AWARD WINNERS AND NOMINEES
(Winners
will be denoted by a ¯)
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General Field
Category 1
Record Of The Year
Irreplaceable
Beyoncé
Beyoncé Knowles, S. Smith & Stargate, producers; Jim Caruana, Jason Goldstein &
Geoff Rice, engineers/mixers
From: B'Day
The Pretender
Foo Fighters
Gil Norton, producer; Adrian Bushby & Rich Costey, engineers/mixers
Umbrella
Rihanna Featuring
Jay-Z
Kuk Harrell & C. "Tricky" Stewart, producers; Kuk Harrell & Manny Marroquin,
engineers/mixers
From: Good Girl Gone Bad
What Goes Around…Comes Around
Justin Timberlake
Nate (Danja) Hills, Timbaland & Justin
Timberlake, producers; Jimmy Douglass & Timbaland, engineers/mixers
Rehab
¯Amy Winehouse
Mark Ronson, producer; Tom Elmhirst, engineer/mixer
From: Back To Black
Category 2
Album Of The Year
Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
Foo Fighters
Gil Norton, producer; Adrian Bushby & Rich Costey, engineers/mixers; Brian
Gardner, mastering engineer
These Days
Vince Gill
John Anderson, Guy Clarke, Rodney Crowell, Diana Krall & The Del McCoury Band,
featured artists; Vince Gill, John Hobbs & Justin Niebank, producers; Neal
Cappellino & Justin Niebank, engineers/mixers; Adam Ayan, mastering engineer
¯River: The Joni Letters
Herbie Hancock
Leonard Cohen, Norah Jones, Joni Mitchell,
Corinne Bailey Rae, Luciana Souza & Tina Turner, featured artists; Herbie
Hancock & Larry Klein, producers; Helik
Hadar, engineer/mixer; Bernie Grundman, mastering engineer
Graduation
Kanye West
Dwele, Lil Wayne, Mos Def &
T-Pain, featured artists; Warryn "Baby Dubb"
Campbell, Eric Hudson, Brian "Allday" Miller, Nottz, Patrick "Plain Pat"
Reynolds, Gee Roberson, Toomp & Kanye West, producers; Bruce Beuchner, Andrew
Dawson, Mike Dean, Anthony Kilhoffer, Greg Koller, Manny Marroquin, Nottz Raw,
Tony Rey, Seiji Sekine, Paul Sheehy & D. Sloan, engineers/mixers; Vlado Meller,
mastering engineer
Back To Black
Amy Winehouse
Mark Ronson & Salaam Remi, producers; Tom Elmhirst, Gary Noble & Franklin
Socorro, engineers/mixers; Mark Ronson, mastering engineer
Category 3
Song Of The Year
"Before He Cheats"
Josh Kear & Chris Tompkins, songwriters (Carrie
Underwood)
Some Hearts
"Hey There Delilah"
Tom Higgenson, songwriter (Plain White T's)
Every Second Counts
"Like A Star"
Corinne Bailey Rae, songwriter (Corinne
Bailey Rae)
Corinne Bailey Rae
¯"Rehab"
Amy Winehouse, songwriter (Amy Winehouse)
Back To Black
"Umbrella"
Shawn Carter, Kuk Harrell, Terius "Dream" Nash & Christopher Stewart,
songwriters (Rihanna Featuring
Jay-Z)
Good Girl Gone Bad
Category 4
Best New Artist
Feist
Ledisi
Paramore
Taylor Swift
¯Amy Winehouse
Field 1 — Pop
Category 5
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
"Candyman"
Christina Aguilera
"1234"
Feist
The Reminder
"Big Girls Don't Cry"
Fergie
The Dutchess
"Say It Right"
Nelly Furtado
Loose
¯"Rehab"
Amy Winehouse
Back To Black
Category 6
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
"Everything"
Michael Bublé
Call Me Irresponsible
"Belief"
John Mayer
The Village Sessions
"Dance Tonight"
Paul McCartney
Memory Almost Full
"Amazing"
Seal
¯"What Goes Around...Comes Around"
Justin Timberlake
Category 7
Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
"(You Want To) Make A Memory"
Bon Jovi
Lost Highway
"Home"
Daughtry
¯"Makes Me Wonder"
Maroon 5
It Won't Be Soon Before Long
"Hey There Delilah"
Plain White T's
Every Second Counts
"Window In The Skies"
U2
U218 - Singles
Category 8
Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals
"Steppin' Out"
Tony Bennett &
Christina Aguilera
Duets: An American Classic
"Beautiful Liar"
Beyoncé & Shakira
B'Day (Deluxe Edition)
¯"Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)"
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
"The Sweet Escape"
Gwen Stefani & Akon
The Sweet Escape
"Give It To Me"
Timbaland Featuring
Nelly Furtado &
Justin Timberlake
Timbaland Presents: Shock Value
Category 9
Best Pop Instrumental Performance
"Off The Grid"
Beastie Boys
The Mix-Up
"Paris Sunrise #7"
Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals
Lifeline
"Over The Rainbow"
Dave Koz
At The Movies
¯"One Week Last Summer"
Joni Mitchell
Shine
"Simple Pleasures"
Spyro Gyra
Good To Go-Go
Category 10
Best Pop Instrumental Album
¯The Mix-Up
Beastie Boys
Italia
Chris Botti
At
The Movies
Dave Koz
Good To Go-Go
Spyro Gyra
Roundtrip
Kirk Whalum
Category 11
Best Pop Vocal Album
Lost Highway
Bon Jovi
The Reminder
Feist
It
Won't Be Soon Before Long
Maroon 5
Memory Almost Full
Paul McCartney
¯Back To Black
Amy Winehouse
Field 2 — Dance
Category 12
Best Dance Recording
"Do
It Again"
The Chemical Brothers
Tom Rowlands & Ed Simons, producers
We Are The Night
"D.A.N.C.E."
Justice
Gaspard Auge & Xavier de Rosnay, producers; Gaspard Auge & Xavier de Rosnay,
mixers
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"Love Today"
Mika
Jodi Marr, John Merchant, Mika & Greg Wells, producers; Greg Wells, mixer
Life In Cartoon Motion
"Don't Stop The Music"
Rihanna
StarGate, producer; Phil Tan, mixer
Good Girl Gone Bad
¯"LoveStoned/I Think She Knows"
Justin Timberlake
Nate (Danja) Hills,
Timbaland & Justin Timberlake, producers; Jimmy Douglass &
Timbaland, mixers
FutureSex/LoveSounds
Category 13
Best Electronic/Dance Album
¯We
Are The Night
The Chemical Brothers
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Justice
Sound Of Silver
LCD Soundsystem
We
Are Pilots
Shiny Toy Guns
Elements Of Life
Tiësto
Field 3 — Traditional Pop
Category 14
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
¯Call Me Irresponsible
Michael Bublé
Cool Yule
Bette Midler
Trav'lin' Light
Queen Latifah
Live In Concert 2006
Barbra Streisand
James Taylor At Christmas
James Taylor
Field 4 — Rock
Category 15
Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance
"Timebomb"
Beck
"Only Mama Knows"
Paul McCartney
Memory Almost Full
"Our Country"
John Mellencamp
Freedom's Road
¯"Radio Nowhere"
Bruce Springsteen
Magic
"Come On"
Lucinda Williams
West
Category 16
Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
"It's Not Over"
Daughtry
"Working Class Hero"
Green Day
Instant Karma - The Amnesty International Campaign To Save Darfur
"If
Everyone Cared"
Nickelback
All The Right Reasons Special Edition
"Instant Karma"
U2
Instant Karma - The Amnesty International Campaign To Save Darfur
¯"Icky Thump"
The White Stripes
Icky Thump
Category 17
Best Hard Rock Performance
"Sweet Sacrifice"
Evanescence
The Open Door
¯"The Pretender"
Foo Fighters
"I
Don't Wanna Stop"
Ozzy Osbourne
Black Rain
"Sick, Sick, Sick"
Queens Of The Stone Age
Era Vulgaris
"The Pot"
Tool
10,000 Days
Category 18
Best Metal Performance
"Nothing Left"
As I Lay Dying
An Ocean Between Us
"Never Ending Hill"
King Diamond
Give Me Your Soul...Please
"Aesthetics Of Hate"
Machine Head
The Blackening
"Redemption"
Shadows Fall
Threads Of Life
¯"Final Six"
Slayer
Christ Illusion
Category 19
Best Rock Instrumental Performance
"The Ecstasy Of Gold"
Metallica
We All Love Ennio Morricone
"Malignant Narcissism"
Rush
Snakes & Arrows
"Always With Me, Always With You"
Joe Satriani
Satriani Live!
¯"Once Upon A Time In The West"
Bruce Springsteen
We All Love Ennio Morricone
"The Attitude Song"
Steve Vai
Sound Theories Vol. I & II
Category 20
Best Rock Song
"Come On"
Lucinda Williams, songwriter (Lucinda Williams)
West
"Icky Thump"
Jack White, songwriter (The White Stripes)
Icky Thump
"It's Not Over"
Chris Daughtry, Gregg Wattenberg, Mark Wilkerson & Brett Young, songwriters
(Daughtry)
"The Pretender"
Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel & Chris Shiflett, songwriters (Foo
Fighters)
¯"Radio Nowhere"
Bruce Springsteen, songwriter (Bruce Springsteen)
Magic
Category 21
Best Rock Album
Daughtry
Daughtry
Revival
John Fogerty
¯Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
Foo Fighters
Magic
Bruce Springsteen
Sky Blue Sky
Wilco
Field 5 — Alternative
Category 22
Best Alternative Music Album
"Alright, Still..."
Lily Allen
"Neon Bible"
Arcade Fire
"Volta"
Bjork
"Wincing The Night Away"
The Shins
¯"Icky Thump"
The White Stripes
Field 6 — R&B
Category 23
Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
"Just Fine"
Mary J. Blige
"When I See You"
Fantasia
Fantasia
¯"No
One"
Alicia Keys
"If
I Have My Way"
Chrisette Michele
I Am
"Hate On Me"
Jill Scott
The Real Thing
Category 24
Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
"Woman"
Raheem DeVaughn
"B.U.D.D.Y."
Musiq Soulchild
Luvanmusiq
"Because Of You"
Ne-Yo
¯"Future Baby Mama"
Prince
Planet Earth
"Please Don't Go"
Tank
Sex, Love & Pain
Category 25
Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
"Same Girl"
R. Kelly Featuring Usher
Double Up
¯"Disrespectful"
Chaka Khan Featuring Mary J. Blige
"Hate That I Love You"
Rihanna Featuring Ne-Yo
Good Girl Gone Bad
"Baby"
Angie Stone Featuring Betty Wright
"Bartender"
T-Pain Featuring Akon
Category 26
Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance
"Walk A Mile In My Shoes"
Otis Clay
Walk A Mile In My Shoes
"All Night Long"
Randy Crawford & Joe Sample
Feeling Good
¯"In
My Songs"
Gerald Levert
In My Songs
"I
Apologize"
Ann Nesby
This Is Love
"I
Am Your Man"
Ryan Shaw
This Is Ryan Shaw
Category 27
Best Urban/Alternative Performance
"Make A Baby"
Vikter Duplaix
Bold And Beautiful
"That’s The Way Of The World"
Dwele
Interpretations: Celebrating The Music Of Earth, Wind & Fire
¯"Daydreamin'"
Lupe Fiasco Featuring Jill Scott
Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor
"Fantasy"
Meshell Ndegeocello
Interpretations: Celebrating The Music Of Earth, Wind & Fire
"Dream"
Alice Smith
For Lovers, Dreamers & Me
Category 28
Best R&B Song
"Beautiful Flower"
India.Arie & Joyce Simpson, songwriters (India.Arie)
"Hate That I Love You"
M.S. Eriksen, T.E. Hermansen & Shaffer Smith, songwriters (Rihanna
Featuring Ne-Yo)
Good Girl Gone Bad
¯"No
One"
Dirty Harry, Kerry Brothers & Alicia Keys, songwriters (Alicia Keys)
"Teachme"
Ivan Barias, Adam W. Blackstone, Randall C. Bowland, Carvin Haggins, Johnnie
Smith II & Corey Latif Williams, songwriters (Musiq Soulchild)
Luvanmusiq
"When I See U"
Louis Biancaniello, Waynne Nugent, Erika Nuri, Kevin Risto, Janet Sewel & Sam
Watters, songwriters (Fantasia)
Fantasia
Category 29
Best R&B Album
¯Funk This
Chaka Khan
Lost & Found
Ledisi
Luvanmusiq
Musiq Soulchild
The Real Thing
Jill Scott
Sex, Love & Pain
Tank
Category 30
Best Contemporary R&B Album
Konvicted
Akon
Just Like You
Keyshia Cole
Fantasia
Fantasia
East Side Story
Emily King
¯Because Of You
Ne-Yo
Field 7 — Rap
Category 31
Best Rap Solo Performance
"The People"
Common
Finding Forever
"I
Get Money"
50 Cent
Curtis
"Show Me What You Got"
Jay-Z
Kingdom Come
"Big Things Poppin' (Do It)"
T.I.
¯"Stronger"
Kanye West
Graduation
Category 32
Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group
¯"Southside"
Common Featuring Kanye West
Finding Forever
"Make It Rain"
Fat Joe Featuring Lil Wayne
Me, Myself & I
"Party Like A Rockstar"
Shop Boyz
Rockstar Mentality
"Int'l Players Anthem (I Choose You)"
UGK Featuring OutKast
Better Than I've Ever Been
Kanye West, Nas & KRS-One
Category 33
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
"I
Wanna Love You"
Akon Featuring Snoop Dogg
Konvicted
"Kiss, Kiss"
Chris Brown & T-Pain
"Let It Go"
Keyshia Cole Featuring Missy Elliott & Lil' Kim
Just Like You
¯"Umbrella"
Rihanna Featuring
Jay-Z
Good Girl Gone Bad
"Good Life"
Kanye West Featuring T-Pain
Graduation
Category 34
Best Rap Song
"Ayo Technology"
Nate (Danja) Hills, Curtis Jackson, Timothy Mosley & Justin Timberlake,
songwriters (50 Cent Featuring
Justin Timberlake &
Timbaland)
Curtis
"Big Things Poppin' (Do It)"
Clifford Harris & Byron Thomas, songwriters (T.I.)
"Can't Tell Me Nothing"
A. Davis & Kanye West, songwriters (Kanye West)
Graduation
"Crank That (Soulja Boy)"
Soulja Boy Tell'Em, songwriter (Soulja Boy Tell'Em)
¯"Good Life"
A. Davis, F. Najm & K. West, songwriters (J. Ingram & Q. Jones, songwriters)
(Kanye West Featuring
T-Pain)
Graduation
Category 35
Best Rap Album
Finding Forever
Common
Kingdom Come
Jay-Z
Hip Hop Is Dead
Nas
T.I. vs T.I.P.
T.I.
¯Graduation
Kanye West
Field 8 — Country
Category 36
Best Female Country Vocal Performance
Simple Love
Alison Krauss
A Hundred Miles Or More: A Collection
Famous In A Small Town
Miranda Lambert
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Nothin' Better To Do
LeAnn Rimes
¯Before He Cheats
Carrie Underwood
Some Hearts
Heaven, Heartache And The Power Of Love
Trisha Yearwood
Category 37
Best Male Country Vocal Performance
Long Trip Alone
Dierks Bentley
Long Trip Alone
A
Woman's Love
Alan Jackson
Like Red On A Rose
If
You're Reading This
Tim McGraw
Let It Go
Give It Away
George Strait
It Just Comes Natural
¯Stupid Boy
Keith Urban
Love, Pain & The Whole Crazy Thing
Category 38
Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
Proud Of The House We Built
Brooks & Dunn
¯How Long
Eagles
Moments
Emerson Drive
Countrified
Lucky Man
Montgomery Gentry
Some People Change
Sweet Memories
The Time Jumpers
Jumpin' Time
Category 39
Best Country Collaboration With Vocals
Days Aren't Long Enough
Steve Earle & Allison Moorer
Washington Square Serenade
Because Of You
Reba McEntire & Kelly Clarkson
I
Need You
Tim McGraw & Faith Hill
Let It Go
¯Lost Highway
Willie Nelson & Ray Price
Last Of The Breed
Oh
Love
Brad Paisley & Carrie Underwood
5th Gear
Category 40
Best Country Instrumental Performance
Little Monk
Russ Barenberg
When At Last
Mucky The Duck
The Greencards
Viridian
¯Throttleneck
Brad Paisley
5th Gear
Rawhide!
Andy Statman
East Flatbush Blues
Fidoodlin'
The Time Jumpers
Jumpin' Time
Category 41
Best Country Song
¯Before He Cheats
Josh Kear & Chris Tompkins, songwriters (Carrie
Underwood)
Some Hearts
Give It Away
Bill Anderson, Buddy Cannon & Jamey Johnson, songwriters (George Strait)
It Just Comes Natural
I
Need You
Tony Lane & David Lee, songwriters (Tim McGraw &
Faith Hill)
Let It Go
If
You're Reading This
Tim McGraw, Brad Warren & Brett Warren, songwriters (Tim McGraw)
Let It Go
Long Trip Alone
Brett Beavers, Dierks Bentley & Steve Bogard, songwriters (Dierks Bentley)
Long Trip Alone
Category 42
Best Country Album
Long Trip Alone
Dierks Bentley
¯These Days
Vince Gill
Let It Go
Tim McGraw
5th Gear
Brad Paisley
It
Just Comes Natural
George Strait
Category 43
Best Bluegrass Album
Cherryholmes II Black And White
Cherryholmes
Lefty's Old Guitar
J. D. Crowe & The New South
¯The Bluegrass Diaries
Jim Lauderdale
Scenechronized
Seldom Scene
Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular
Tony Trischka
Field 9 — New Age
Category 44
Best New Age Album
Faces Of The Sun
Peter Kater
Sacred Journey Of Ku -Kai, Volume 3
Kitaro
One Guitar
Ottmar Liebert
Southwest
Eric Tingstad
¯Crestone
Paul Winter Consort
Field 10 — Jazz
Category 45
Best Contemporary Jazz Album
Party Hats
Will Bernard
Downright Upright
Brian Bromberg
Re-imagination
Eldar
¯River: The Joni Letters
Herbie Hancock
He
Had A Hat
Jeff Lorber
Category 46
Best Jazz Vocal Album
¯Avant Gershwin
Patti Austin
Red Earth - A Malian Journey
Dee Dee Bridgewater
Music Maestro Please
Freddy Cole
Nightmoves
Kurt Elling
On
The Other Side
Tierney Sutton (Band)
Category 47
Best Jazz Instrumental Solo
Levees
Terence Blanchard, soloist
A Tale Of God's Will (A Requiem For Katrina)
¯Anagram
Michael Brecker, soloist
Pilgrimage
Both Sides Now
Herbie Hancock, soloist
River: The Joni Letters
Lullaby
Hank Jones, soloist
Kids: Live At Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola (Joe Lovano and Hank Jones)
1000 Kilometers
Paul McCandless, soloist
1000 Kilometers (Oregon)
Category 48
Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group
¯Pilgrimage
Michael Brecker
Live At The Village Vanguard
The Bill Charlap Trio
Kids: Live At Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola
Joe Lovano And Hank Jones
Line By Line
John Patitucci
Back East
Joshua Redman
Category 49
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
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