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2008 GRAMMY AWARD WINNERS AND NOMINEES
(Winners
will be denoted by a ¯)
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
†
"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
†
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
¯A
Tale Of God's Will (A Requiem For Katrina)
Terence Blanchard
Eternal Licks & Grooves
The Bob Florence Limited Edition
Hommage
The Bill Holman Band
Sky Blue
Maria Schneider Orchestra
With Love
Charles Tolliver Big Band
Category 50
Best Latin Jazz Album
¯Funk Tango
Paquito D'Rivera Quintet?
The Magician
Sammy Figueroa And His Latin Jazz Explosion
Borrowed Time (TIEMPO PRESTADO)
Steve Khan
Refugee
Hector Martignon
Big Band Urban Folktales
Bobby Sanabria Big Band
Field 11 — Gospel
Category 51
Best Gospel Performance
East To West
Casting Crowns
The Altar And The Door
¯Blessed & Highly Favored
The Clark Sisters
Live - One Last Time
¯Never Gonna Break My Faith
Aretha Franklin & Mary J. Blige (Featuring The Harlem Boys Choir)
Bobby: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
With Long Life
Israel And New Breed Featuring T-Bone
A Deeper Level
He
Set My Life To Music
CeCe Winans
She Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool - A Tribute To Barbara
Mandrell
Category 52
Best Gospel Song
¯Blessed & Highly Favored
Karen Clark-Sheard, songwriter (The Clark Sisters)
Live - One Last Time
East To West
Mark Hall & Bernie Herms, songwriters (Casting Crowns)
The Altar And The Door
Encourage Yourself
Donald Lawrence, songwriter (Donald Lawrence & The Tri-City Singers)
The Grand Finale: Encourage Yourself
Made To Love
Cary Barlowe, Toby McKeehan, Jamie Moore & Aaron Rice, songwriters (TobyMac)
Portable Sounds
Praise On The Inside
James L. Moss, songwriter (J. Moss)
Category 53
Best Rock Or Rap Gospel Album
¯Before The Daylight's Shot
Ashley Cleveland
HIStory: Our Place In His Story
The Cross Movement
Open Book
Da' T.R.U.T.H.
The Reckoning
Pillar
Comatose
Skillet
Category 54
Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album
The Altar And The Door
Casting Crowns
¯A
Deeper Level
Israel And New Breed
True Beauty
Mandisa
Stand
Michael W. Smith
Portable Sounds
TobyMac
Category 55
Best Southern, Country, Or Bluegrass Gospel Album
Amazing Grace
Bill & Gloria Gaither And The Homecoming Friends
Journey Of Joy
Karen Peck And New River
Everybody's Brother
Billy Joe Shaver
¯Salt Of The Earth
Ricky Skaggs & The Whites
Tell Someone
Kenny & Amanda Smith Band
I'll Fly Away: Country Hymns & Songs Of Faith
Various Artists
Ed Cash, producer
Category 56
Best Traditional Gospel Album
¯Live - One Last Time
The Clark Sisters
The Grand Finale': Encourage Yourself
Donald Lawrence & The Tri-City Singers
Life Changing
Smokie Norful
Thirsty
Marvin Sapp
Cherch
Bebe Winans
Category 57
Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album
Grateful
Coko
¯Free To Worship
Fred Hammond
V2…
J. Moss
T57
Trin-I-Tee 5:7
Alone But Not Alone
Marvin Winans
Field 12 — Latin
Category 58
Best Latin Pop Album
Papito
Miguel Bosé & Varios Artistas
12
Segundos De Oscuridad
Jorge Drexler
Navidades Luis Miguel
Luis Miguel
Dicen Que El Tiempo
Jennifer Peña
¯El
Tren De Los Momentos
Alejandro Sanz
Category 59
Best Latin Rock Or Alternative Album
¯No
Hay Espacio
Black:Guayaba
Adelantando
Jarabe De Palo
Amantes Sunt Amentes
Panda
Kamikaze
Rabanes
Memo Rex Commander Y El Corazón Atómico De La Via Láctea
Zoé
Category 60
Best Latin Urban Album
E.S.L.
Akwid
El
Abayarde Contra-Ataca
Tego Calderón
¯Residente O Visitante
Calle 13
El
Cartel: The Big Boss
Daddy Yankee
Vacaneria!
Fulanito
Category 61
Best Tropical Latin Album
Greetings From Havana
Cubanismo
En
Primera Plana
Issac Delgado
Arroz Con Habichuela
El Gran Combo De Puerto Rico
¯La
Llave De Mi Corazón
Juan Luis Guerra
United We Swing
Spanish Harlem Orchestra
Category 62
Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album
¯100% Mexicano
Pepe Aguilar
El
Indomable
Cristian Castro
Para Siempre
Vicente Fernández
Puro Dolor
Paquita La Del Barrio
Esta Tierra Es Tuya (This Land Is Your Land)
Sones De México Ensemble
Category 63
Best Tejano Album
Ram Herrera And The Outlaw Band 2007
Ram Herrera And The Outlaw Band
¯Before The Next Teardrop Falls
Little Joe & La Familia
Corazon De Oro
David Marez
35th Anniversary
Ruben Ramos
Vagar Libremente
Sunny Sauceda
Category 64
Best Norteño Album
El
Amor Que Nunca Fue
Conjunto Primavera
Crossroads
Intocable
Ven Y Dime
Los Rieleros Del Norte
¯Detalles Y Emociones
Los Tigres Del Norte
Gracias Por Tu Amor
Pesado
Category 65
Best Banda Album
¯Te
Va A Gustar
El Chapo
Los Mejores Corridos
El Potro De Sinaloa
Lobo Domesticado
Valentin Elizalde
Conquistando Corazones
K-PAZ De La Sierra
Entre Copas Y Botellas
Lupillo Rivera
Field 13 — Blues
Category 66
Best Traditional Blues Album
Pinetop Perkins On The 88's - Live In Chicago
Pinetop Perkins
Live...And In Concert From San Francisco
Otis Rush
10
Days Out: Blues From The Backroads
Kenny Wayne Shepherd Featuring Various Artists
Old School
Koko Taylor
¯Last Of The Great Mississippi Delta Bluesmen: Live In Dallas
Henry James Townsend, Joe Willie "Pinetop" Perkins, Robert Lockwood, Jr. & David
"Honeyboy" Edwards
Category 67
Best Contemporary Blues Album
Into The Blues
Joan Armatrading
Is
It News
Doyle Bramhall
¯The Road To Escondido
JJ Cale & Eric Clapton
Truth
Robben Ford
The Scene Of The Crime
Bettye LaVette
Field 14 — Folk
Category 68
Best Traditional Folk Album
Try Me One More Time
David Bromberg
Let Us Now Praise Sleepy John
Peter Case
Banjo Talkin'
Cathy Fink
¯Dirt Farmer
Levon Helm
Charlie Louvin
Charlie Louvin
Category 69
Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album
The Calling
Mary Chapin Carpenter
My
Name Is Buddy
Ry Cooder
¯Washington Square Serenade
Steve Earle
Children Running Through
Patty Griffin
Orphans
Tom Waits
Category 70
Best Native American Music Album
Oklahoma Style
Walter Ahhaitty & Friends
Watch This Dancer!
Black Lodge
The Ballad Of Old Times
Davis Mitchell
Reconnections
R. Carlos Nakai, Cliff Sarde & William Eaton
¯Totemic Flute Chants
Johnny Whitehorse
Category 71
Best Hawaiian Music Album
Ka
Hikina O Ka Hau (The Coming Of The Snow)
Keola Beamer
Hawaiiana
Tia Carrere
He'eia
Cyril Pahinui
Hawaiian Blossom
Raiatea
¯Treasures Of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar
Various Artists
Daniel Ho, George Kahumoku, Jr., Paul Konwiser & Wayne Wong, producers
Category 72
Best Zydeco Or Cajun Music Album
Le
Cowboy Creole
Geno Delafose & French Rockin' Boogie
King Cake
Lisa Haley
Live: Á La Blue Moon
Lost Bayou Ramblers
Blues De Musicien
Pine Leaf Boys
Racines
Racines
The La Louisianne Sessions
Roddie Romero And The Hub City All-Stars
¯Live! Worldwide
Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience
Field 15 — Reggae
Category 73
Best Reggae Album
The Burning Spear Experience
Burning Spear
¯Mind Control
Stephen Marley
The End Of An American Dream
Lee "Scratch" Perry
Anniversary
Sly & Robbie And The Taxi Gang
Light Your Light
Toots & The Maytals
Field 16 — World Music
Category 74
Best Traditional World Music Album
When The Soul Is Settled: Music Of Iraq
Rahim Al Haj With Souhail Kaspar
From Mali To America
Cheick Hamala Diabate & Bob Carlin
Live At Couleur Café
Konono Nº1
¯African Spirit
Soweto Gospel Choir
Singing For Life: Songs Of Hope, Healing, And HIV/AIDS In Uganda
Various Artists
Gregory Barz, producer
Category 75
Best Contemporary World Music Album
Céu
Céu
Gil Luminoso
Gilberto Gil
Momento
Bebel Gilberto
¯Djin Djin
Angelique Kidjo
An
Ancient Muse
Loreena McKennitt
Field 17 — Polka
Category 76
Best Polka Album
Polka's Revenge
Brave Combo
Bulletproof Polkas
John Gora & Gorale
Polka Freak Out
Bubba Hernandez & Alex Meixner
Dueling Polkas
Walter Ostanek And His Band & Brian Sklar And The Western Senators
¯Come Share The Wine
Jimmy Sturr And His Orchestra
Field 18 — Children's
Category 77
Best Musical Album For Children
Chickens
Buck Howdy With BB
Experience...101
Sweet Honey In The Rock
¯A
Green And Red Christmas
The Muppets
Ted Kryczko & Ed Mitchell, producers
I
Wanna Play
Bill Harley
My
Green Kite
Peter Himmelman
The Velveteen Rabbit - Love Can Make You Real
Various Artists
Don Sebesky & Janina Serden, producers
Category 78
Best Spoken Word Album For Children
¯Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows
Jim Dale
Making The Heart Whole Again: Stories For A Wounded World
Milbre Burch
The One And Only Shrek
Meryl Streep & Stanley Tucci
Who's Got Game? The Ant Or The Grasshopper? The Lion Or The Mouse? Poppy Or The
Snake?
Toni Morrison
Wickety Whack - Brer Rabbit Is Back
Diane Ferlatte
Field 19 — Spoken Word
Category 79
Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Story Telling)
¯The Audacity Of Hope: Thoughts On Reclaiming The American Dream
Barack Obama
Celebrations
Maya Angelou
Giving: How Each Of Us Can Change The World
Bill Clinton
Sunday Mornings In Plains: Bringing Peace To A Changing World
Jimmy Carter
Things I Overheard While Talking To Myself
Alan Alda
Field 20 — Comedy
Category 80
Best Comedy Album
America's Mexican
George Lopez
Dirty Girl
Lisa Lampanelli
¯The Distant Future
Flight Of The Conchords
I
Still Have A Pony.
Steven Wright
Songs Pointed & Pointless
Harry Shearer
Field 21 — Musical Show
Category 81
Best Musical Show Album
A
Chorus Line
David Caddick, producer (Marvin Hamlisch, composer; Edward Kleban, lyricist)
(2006 New Cast Recording With Various Artists)
Company
Tommy Krasker, producer (Stephen Sondheim, composer/lyricist) (2006 Cast
Recording With Raúl Esparza & Others)
Grey Gardens
Steven Epstein, producer (Scott Frankel, composer; Michael Korie, lyricist)
(Original Broadway Cast With Christine Ebersole, Mary Louise Wilson & Others)
¯Spring Awakening
Duncan Sheik, producer; Duncan Sheik, composer; Steven Sater, lyricist (Original
Broadway Cast With Jonathan Groff, Lea Michele & Others)
West Side Story
Nick Patrick, producer (Leonard Bernstein, composer; Stephen Sondheim, lyricist)
(Vittorio Grigolo, Hayley Westenra, Connie Fisher & Others)
Field 22 — Film/TV/Visual Media
Category 82
Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual
Media
Across The Universe
(Various Artists)
T Bone Burnett, Elliot Goldenthal & Tessa Gohl, producers
Dreamgirls
(Beyoncé, Jennifer Hudson & Anika Noni Rose)
Harry Mason, Jr., Randy Spendlove, Matt Sullivan & Damon Thomas, producers
Hairspray
(Various Artists)
Marc Shaiman, producer
¯Love
(The Beatles)
George Martin & Giles Martin, producers
Once
Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova
Glen Hansard, producer
Category 83
Best Score Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
Babel
Gustavo Santaolalla, composer
Blood Diamond
James Newton Howard, composer
The Departed
Howard Shore, composer
Happy Feet
John Powell, composer
Pan's Labyrinth
Javier Navarrete, composer
¯Ratatouille
Michael Giacchino, composer
Category 84
Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
Falling Slowly (From Once)
Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova, songwriters (Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova)
Once
Guaranteed (From Into The Wild)
Eddie Vedder, songwriter (Eddie Vedder)
Into The Wild
¯Love You I Do (From Dreamgirls)
Siedah Garrett & Henry Krieger, songwriters (Jennifer Hudson)
Dreamgirls
The Song Of The Heart (From Happy Feet)
Prince Rogers Nelson, songwriter (Prince)
Happy Feet
You Know My Name (From Casino Royale)
David Arnold & Chris Cornell, songwriters (Chris Cornell)
Carry On
Field 23 — Composing/Arranging
Category 85
Best Instrumental Composition
Ash Wednesday
Harry Connick, Jr., composer (Harry Connick, Jr.)
Chanson Du Vieux Carré
¯Cerulean Skies
Maria Schneider, composer (Maria Schneider Orchestra)
Sky Blue
Deep Six
Mark Walker, composer (Oregon)
1000 Kilometers
I
Knew Her (From Notes On A Scandal)
Philip Glass, composer (Philip Glass)
Notes On A Scandal - Soundtrack
Spectacle
Béla Fleck, composer (Chick Corea & Béla Fleck)
The Enchantment
Category 86
Best Instrumental Arrangement
Ash Wednesday
Harry Connick, Jr., arranger (Harry Connick, Jr.)
Chanson Du Vieux Carré
Besame Mucho
Steve Wiest, arranger (Maynard Ferguson)
The One And Only Maynard Ferguson
Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair
Frank Macchia, arranger (Frank Macchia & The Prague Orchestra)
Emotions
¯In
A Silent Way
Vince Mendoza, arranger (Joe Zawinul)
Brown Street
Yo
Tannenbaum (From
Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas)
Gordon Goodwin, arranger (Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band)
Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas - Soundtrack
Category 87
Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
Cry Me A River
Jorge Calandrelli, arranger (Ella Fitzgerald & Jorge Calandrelli)
Love Letters From Ella
¯I'm Gonna Live Till I Die
John Clayton, arranger (Queen Latifah)
Trav'lin' Light
In
The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning
Jay Ashby, Darmon Meader & Kim Nazarian, arrangers (New York Voices)
A Day Like This
Overture/Gershwin Medley
Michael Abene, arranger (Patti Austin)
Avant Gershwin
Smile
Pete McGuinness, arranger (The Pete McGuinness Jazz Orchestra)
First Flight
Field 24 — Package
Category 88
Best Recording Package
¯Cassadaga
Zack Nipper, art director (Bright Eyes)
The Dio Years
Masaki Koike, art director (Black Sabbath)
Friend & Foe
Craig Thompson, art director (Menomena)
Secrets Keep You Sick
Don Clark, art director (The Fold)
White Horse
Qing-Yang Xiao, art director (GTS)
Category 89
Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package
The Black Parade - Special Edition
Matt Taylor, Ellen Wakayama & Gerard Way, art directors (My Chemical Romance)
A
Fever You Can't Sweat Out - Limited Edition Collectible Deluxe Box
Alex Kirzhner, art director (Panic! At The Disco)
Icky Thump - Limited Edition USB Flash Drive
Bill Mooney, art director (The White Stripes)
Venus Doom
Matt Taylor & Valo, art directors (Him)
¯What It Is!: Funky Soul And Rare Grooves (1967-1977)
Masaki Koike, art director (Various Artists)
Field 25 — Album Notes
Category 90
Best Album Notes
Actionable Offenses: Indecent Phonograph Recordings From The 1890s
Patrick Feaster & David Giovannoni, album notes writers (Various Artists)
Classic Chu Berry Columbia And Victor Sessions
Loren Schoenberg, album notes writer (Chu Berry)
¯John Work, III: Recording Black Culture
Bruce Nemerov, album notes writer (Various Artists)
Off The Record: The Complete 1923 Jazz Band Recordings
David Sager, album notes writer (King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band)
Ricky Jay Plays Poker
Ricky Jay, album notes writer (Various Artists)
Field 26 — Historical
Category 91
Best Historical Album
Actionable Offenses: Indecent Phonograph Recordings From The 1890s
David Giovannoni, Meagan Hennessey & Richard Martin, compilation producers;
Richard Martin, mastering engineer (Various Artists)
Forever Changing: The Golden Age Of Elektra Records 1963-1973 (Deluxe Edition)
Stuart Batsford, Mick Houghton & Phil Smee, compilation producers; Dan Hersch &
Bill Inglot, mastering engineers (Various Artists)
¯The Live Wire - Woody Guthrie In Performance 1949
Nora Guthrie & Jorge Arévalo Mateus, compilation producers; Jamie Howarth, Steve
Rosenthal, Warren Russell-Smith & Dr. Kevin Short, mastering engineers (Woody
Guthrie)
Love Is The Song We Sing: San Francisco Nuggets 1965-1970
Alec Palao, compilation producer; Dan Hersch, Bill Inglot & Dave Schultz,
mastering engineers (Various Artists)
People Take Warning! Murder Ballads & Disaster Songs 1913-1938
Christopher King & Henry "Hank" Sapoznik, compilation producers; Christopher
King & Robert Vosgien, mastering engineers (Various Artists)
Field 27 — Production, Non-Classical
Category 92
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
¯Beauty & Crime
Tchad Blake, Cameron Craig, Emery Dobyns & Jimmy Hogarth, engineers (Suzanne
Vega)
Destination Moon
Dave O'Donnell & Elliot Scheiner, engineers (Deborah Cox)
Don't Mess With The Dragon
Robert Carranza, Serban Ghenea, John Hanes & KC Porter, engineers (Ozomatli)
Floratone
Tucker Martine, engineer (Floratone)
II
Jason Lehning, engineer (Viktor Krauss)
Category 93
Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical
Howard Benson
• Daughtry (Daughtry) (A)
• Devils & Angels (Mêlée) (A)
• Direction (The Starting Line) (A)
• Five Score And Seven Years Ago (Relient K) (A)
• Stay Inside (Sound The Alarm) (A)
Joe Chiccarelli
• Mercy (Burden Brothers) (A)
• The Narcotic Story (Oxbow) (A)
• Nightmoves (Kurt Elling) (A)
• Wincing The Night Away (The Shins) (A)
Mike Elizondo
• It Won't Be Soon Before Long (Maroon 5) (A)
• Under The Blacklight (Rilo Kiley) (A)
¯Mark Ronson
• Back To Black (Amy Winehouse) (T)
• Littlest Things (Lily Allen) (T)
• Rehab (Amy Winehouse) (T)
• Version (Mark Ronson) (A)
• You Know I'm No Good (Amy Winehouse) (T)
Timbaland
• Come Around (M.I.A. Featuring Timbaland) (T)
• Give It To Me (Timbaland Featuring Nelly Furtado &
Justin Timberlake) (T)
• Make Me Better (Fabolous Featuring Ne-Yo) (S)
• Timbaland Presents: Shock Value (Timbaland) (A)
• The Way I Are (Timbaland Featuring Keri Hilson & D.O.E.) (S)
Category 94
Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical
Angelicus (Andy Moor Full Length Mix)
Andy Moor, remixer (Delerium Featuring Isabel Bayrakdarian)
Nuages Du Monde
¯Bring The Noise (Benny Benassi Sfaction Remix)
Benny Benassi, remixer (Public Enemy)
Bring The Noise/Give It Up EP
Like A Child (Carl Craig Remix)
Carl Craig, remixer (Junior Boys)
The Dead Horse E.P.
Proper Education (Club Mix - Radio Edit)
Eric Prydz, remixer (Eric Prydz Vs. Pink Floyd)
Sorry (Dirty South Mix)
Dirty South, remixer (Kaskade)
Field 28 — Surround Sound
Category 95
Best Surround Sound Album
At
War With The Mystics 5.1
The Flaming Lips & Dave Fridmann, surround mix engineers; The Flaming Lips &
Dave Fridmann, surround mastering engineers; The Flaming Lips & Dave Fridmann,
surround producers (The Flaming Lips)
Fear Of A Blank Planet
Steven Wilson, surround mix engineer; Darcy Proper, surround mastering engineer;
Porcupine Tree, surround producers (Porcupine Tree)
Grechaninov: Passion Week
John Newton, surround mix engineer; Jonathan Cooper, surround mastering
engineer; Blanton Alspaugh, surround producer (Charles Bruffy, Kansas City
Chorale & Phoenix Bach Choir)
¯Love
Paul Hicks, surround mix engineer; Tim Young, surround mastering engineer;
George Martin & Giles Martin, surround producers (The Beatles)
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5; Fantasia On A Theme By Thomas Tallis; Serenade
To Music
Michael Bishop, surround mix engineer; Michael Bishop, surround mastering
engineer; Elaine Martone, surround producer (Robert Spano & Atlanta Symphony
Orchestra & Chamber Chorus)
Field 29 — Production, Classical
Category 96
Best Engineered Album, Classical
Garden Of Dreams
Keith O. Johnson, engineer (Jerry Junkin & Dallas Wind Symphony)
¯Grechaninov: Passion Week
John Newton, engineer (Charles Bruffy, Phoenix Bach Choir & Kansas City Chorale)
Nielsen: Clarinet & Flute Concertos
Arne Akselberg & Tobias Lehmann, engineers (Sabine Meyer, Emmanuel Pahud & Simon
Rattle)
Spirit Of The Season
Bruce Leek, Fred Vogler & Trent Walker, engineers (Craig Jessop, Mack Wilberg &
Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
Strauss: Don Juan, Death And Transfiguration
Lawrence Rock, engineer (Lorin Maazel & New York Philharmonic)
Category 97
Producer Of The Year, Classical
Blanton Alspaugh
• Eternal Rest: Mäntyjärvi, Ticheli, Martin, Clausen (Charles Bruffy, Phoenix
Bach Choir & Kansas City Chorale)
• Grechaninov: Passion Week (Charles Bruffy, Phoenix Bach Choir & Kansas City
Chorale)
• The Harrington String Quartet: Daniel McCarthy (The Harrington String Quartet)
• Hartke: The Greater Good (Stewart Robertson & Glimmerglass Opera Orchestra)
• Rider On The Plains: Cello Concertos By Virgil Thomson And Charles Fussell
(Emmanuel Feldman)
John Fraser
• Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 2, Scherzos (Simon Trpceski)
• Great Handel (Ian Bostridge)
• Kate Royal (Kate Royal)
• Krommer/Spohr: Clarinet Concertos (Julian Bliss, Sabine Meyer & Kenneth
Sillito)
• Schubert: Piano Sonata D958, Lieder, Fragments (Leif Ove Andsnes & Ian
Bostridge)
Marina A. Ledin, Victor Ledin
• Balakirev And Russian Folksong (Joseph Banowetz)
• Louisiana - A Pianist's Journey (Kenneth Boulton)
• Piano Impromptus (Jungran Kim Khwarg)
• 20th Century Piano Sonatas (Allison Brewster Franzetti)
¯Judith Sherman
• American Virtuosa: Tribute To Maud Powell (Rachel Barton Pine & Matthew Hagle)
• From Barrelhouse To Broadway: The Musical Odyssey Of Joe Jordan (Rick Benjamin
& The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra)
• Górecki: String Quartet No. 3 '...Songs Are Sung' (Kronos Quartet)
• Strange Imaginary Animals (Eighth Blackbird)
• Tchaikovsky: Three String Quartets, Souvenir De Florence (Ying Quartet)
Robina G. Young
• As Steals The Morn...Handel Arias & Scenes For Tenor (Mark Padmore, Andrew
Manze & The English Concert)
• Bach, CPE: Symphonies 1-4, Cello Concerto (Andrew Manze & The English Concert)
• Brahms: Variations (Olga Kern)
• Music For Compline (Stile Antico)
• Stockhausen: Stimmung (Paul Hillier & Theatre Of Voices)
Field 30 — Classical
Category 98
Best Classical Album
Cherubini: Missa Solemnis In E
Riccardo Muti, conductor; Wilhelm Meister, producer (Ildar Abdrazakov, Herbert
Lippert, Marianna Pizzolato & Ruth Ziesak; Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen
Rundfunks)
Grechaninov: Passion Week
Charles Bruffy, conductor; Blanton Alspaugh, producer (Kansas City Chorale &
Phoenix Bach Choir)
Homage: The Age Of The Diva
Renée Fleming; David Frost, producer (Valery Gergiev; Orchestra Of The Mariinsky
Theatre)
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson Sings Peter Lieberson: Neruda Songs
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson; Dirk Sobotka, producer (James Levine; Boston Symphony
Orchestra)
¯Tower: Made In America
Leonard Slatkin, conductor; Tim Handley, producer (Nashville Symphony)
Category 99
Best Orchestral Performance
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9
Osmo Vänskä, conductor (Minnesota Orchestra)
Shostakovich: The Golden Age
José Serebrier, conductor (Royal Scottish National Orchestra)
Stravinsky: Le Sacre Du Printemps
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic)
¯Tower: Made In America
Leonard Slatkin, conductor (Nashville Symphony)
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5, Fantasia On A Theme By Thomas Tallis, Serenade
To Music
Robert Spano, conductor (Atlanta Symphony Orchestra)
Category 100
Best Opera Recording
Albéniz: Pepita Jiménez
José De Eusebio, conductor; Enrique Baquerizo, Carlos Chausson, Plácido Domingo,
Jane Henschel & Carol Vaness; Michael Haas, producer (Orquesta Y Coro De La
Comunidad De Madrid)
Donizetti: Dom Sébastien, Roi De Portugal
Mark Elder, conductor; Carmelo Corrado Caruso, Giuseppe Filianoti, Vesselina
Kasarova, Simon Keenlyside & Alastair Miles; Patric Schmid, producer (The Royal
Opera Chorus; The Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
¯Humperdinck: Hansel & Gretel
Sir Charles Mackerras, conductor; Rebecca Evans, Jane Henschel & Jennifer
Larmore; Brian Couzens, producer (Sarah Coppen, Diana Montague & Sarah Tynan;
New London Children's Choir; Philharmonia Orchestra)
Lully: Thésée
Paul O´Dette & Stephen Stubbs, conductors; Howard Crook, Ellen Hargis, Laura
Pudwell & Harry Van Der Kamp; Renate Wolter-Seevers, producer (Boston Early
Music Festival Chorus; Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra)
Verdi: La Traviata
Zubin Mehta, conductor; Piotr Beczala, Paolo Gavanelli & Anja Harteros; Andreas
Caemmerer & Felix Gargerle, producers (Choir Of The Bavarian State Opera;
Bavarian State Orchestra)
Category 101
Best Choral Performance
¯Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem
Simon Rattle, conductor; Simon Halsey, chorus master (Thomas Quasthoff &
Dorothea Röschmann; Rundfunkchor Berlin; Berliner Philharmoniker)
Cherubini: Missa Solemnis In E
Riccardo Muti, conductor; Peter Dijkstra, chorus master (Ildar Abdrazakov,
Herbert Lippert, Marianna Pizzolato & Ruth Ziesak; Chor Des Bayerischen
Rundfunks; Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks)
Grechaninov: Passion Week
Charles Bruffy, conductor (Kansas City Chorale & Phoenix Bach Choir)
Penderecki: Symphony No. 7 'Seven Gates Of Jerusalem'
Antoni Wit, conductor; Henryk Wojnarowski, chorus master (Boris Carmeli, Ewa
Marciniec, Aga Mikolaj, Wieslaw Ochman, Olga Pasichnyk & Romuald Tesarowicz;
Warsaw National Philharmonic Choir; Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra)
Schönberg: Gurrelieder
Michael Gielen, conductor; Howard Arman & Michael Gläser, choir directors
(Melanie Diener, Ralf Lukas, Yvonne Naef, Andreas Schmidt, Gerhard Siegel &
Robert Dean Smith; Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks & MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig;
SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden Und Freiburg)
Category 102
Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra)
¯Barber/Korngold/Walton: Violin Concertos
Bramwell Tovey, conductor; James Ehnes (Vancouver Symphony Orchestra)
Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 4
Christoph Eschenbach, conductor; Lang Lang (Orchestre De Paris)
Nielsen: Clarinet & Flute Concertos
Simon Rattle, conductor; Sabine Meyer & Emmanuel Pahud (Berliner Philharmoniker)
Rózsa: Violin Concerto, Op. 24
Dmitry Yablonsky, conductor; Anastasia Khitruk (Russian Philharmonic Orchestra)
Rózsa: Violin Concerto, Sinfonia Concertante
Tchaikovsky/Saint-Saëns/Ginastera
Ari Rasilainen, conductor; Sol Gabetta (Münchner Rundfunkorchester)
Category 103
Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra)
¯Beethoven Sonatas, Vol. 3
Garrick Ohlsson
Haydn: Piano Sonatas
Marc-André Hamelin
Louisiana - A Pianist's Journey
Kenneth Boulton
Solo Piazzolla
Manuel Barrueco
20th Century Piano Sonatas
Allison Brewster Franzetti
Category 104
Best Chamber Music Performance
On
The Threshold Of Hope
Artists Of The Royal Conservatory Ensemble (Richard Margison, Joaquin Valdepeñas
& Diane Werner)
Saint-Saëns/Poulenc/Devienne/Milhaud
Oleg Maisenberg & Sabine Meyer
¯Strange Imaginary Animals
Eighth Blackbird
Tchaikovsky: Three String Quartets, Souvenir De Florence
Ying Quartet (James Dunham & Paul Katz)
30
Songs Of The Russian People
Joseph Banowetz & Alton Chung Ming Chan
Balakirev And Russian Folksong
Category 105
Best Small Ensemble Performance
Bach: Brandenburg Concertos
Swiss Baroque Soloists
Bridges - Eddie Daniels Plays The Music Of Frank Proto
Frank Proto, conductor; Eddie Daniels; Ensemble Sans Frontière
Mahler: Das Lied Von Der Erde
Kenneth Slowik, conductor; The Smithsonian Chamber Players & Santa Fe Pro Musica
Music For Compline
Stile Antico
¯Stravinsky: Apollo, Concerto In D; Prokofiev: 20 Visions Fugitives
Yuri Bashmet, conductor; Moscow Soloists
Category 106
Best Classical Vocal Performance
Gitano - Zarzuela Arias
Rolando Villazón (Plácido Domingo; Orquesta De La Comunidad De Madrid)
Homage: The Age Of The Diva
Renée Fleming (Valery Gergiev; Orchestra Of The Mariinsky Theatre)
¯Lorraine Hunt Lieberson Sings Peter Lieberson: Neruda Songs
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (James Levine; Boston Symphony Orchestra)
Russian Album
Anna Netrebko (Valery Gergiev; Orchestra Of The Mariinsky Theatre)
Sea Pictures, Op. 37
Sarah Connolly (Simon Wright; Bournemouth Symphony Chorus; Bournemouth Symphony
Orchestra)
Elgar: Sea Pictures
Category 107
Best Classical Contemporary Composition
Amargós: Northern Concerto
Joan Albert Amargós (Lan Shui, conductor; Danish National Symphony Orchestra/DR)
Movements - Michala Petri Plays Amargós/Börtz/Stucky
Chesky: Concerto For Bassoon And Orchestra
David Chesky (Rossen Gergov, conductor; Symphony Orchestra Of Norrlands Opera)
Urban Concertos
Higdon: Zaka
Jennifer Higdon (Eighth Blackbird)
Strange Imaginary Animals
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson Sings Peter Lieberson: Neruda Songs
Peter Lieberson (James Levine, conductor; Boston Symphony Orchestra)
¯Made In America
Joan Tower (Leonard Slatkin, conductor; Nashville Symphony Orchestra)
Tower: Made In America
Category 108
Best Classical Crossover Album
The Jazz Album - Watch What Happens
Thomas Quasthoff
¯A
Love Supreme: The Legacy Of John Coltrane
Turtle Island Quartet
Spirit Of The Season
Craig Jessop & Mack Wilberg, conductors (Mormon Tabernacle Choir; Orchestra At
Temple Square)
Whirled Chamber Music
Quartet San Francisco
Wolfgang's Big Night Out
Brian Setzer (The Brian Setzer Orchestra)
Field 31 — Music Video
Category 109
Best Short Form Music Video
¯God's Gonna Cut You Down
Johnny Cash
Tony Kaye, video director; Rachel Curl, video producer
1234
Feist
Patrick Daughters, video director; Geoff McLean, video producer
Gone Daddy Gone
Gnarls Barkley
Chris Milk, video director; Barbara Benson, video producer
D.A.N.C.E.
Justice
Jonas & Francois & So-Me, video directors; Jonas & Francois & So-Me, video
producers
Typical
Mute Math
Israel Anthem, video director; Brandon Arolfo, video producer
Category 110
Best Long Form Music Video
Live & Loud At The Fillmore
Dierks Bentley
Russell Thomas, video director; James Whetherly, video producer
Trapped In The Closet Chapters 13-22
R. Kelly
R. Kelly, Victor Mignatti & Jim Swaffield, video directors; Ann Carli, video
producer
¯The Confessions Tour
Madonna
Jonas Akerlund, video director; Sara Martin & David May, video producers
10
Days Out - Blues From The Backroads
Kenny Wayne Shepherd & Various Artists
Noble Jones, video director; Kenny Wayne Shepherd, video producer
Liberacion - The Songs Of The New Cuban Underground
Various Artists
Reuben Fields, video director; Dean Bates, video producer
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