Rock On The Net: 26th Annual Grammy Awards

Album of the Year Thriller Michael Jackson	iTunes Amazon.mp3	other nominees: David Bowie - Let's Dance Billy Joel - An Innocent Man The Police - Synchronicity soundtrack - Flashdance
Record of the Year "Beat It" Michael Jackson [ from the LP Thriller ]	iTunes Amazon.mp3	other nominees: Irene Cara - "Flashdance... What A Feeling" The Police - "Every Breath You Take" Lionel Richie - "All Night Long (All Night)" Michael Sembello - "Maniac"
Song of the Year (awarded to the songwriter) "Every Breath You Take" (Sting) [ from the LP Synchronicity ]	iTunes Amazon.mp3	other nominees: "All Night Long (All Night)" (Lionel Richie) "Beat It" (Michael Jackson) "Billie Jean" (Michael Jackson) "Maniac" (Michael Sembello & Dennis Matkosky)
Best New Artist Culture Club	iTunes Amazon.mp3	other nominees: Big Country Eurythmics Men Without Hats Musical Youth
Best Pop Vocal Performance - Female "Flashdance... What A Feeling" Irene Cara [ from the Flashdance soundtrack ]	iTunes Amazon.mp3	other nominees: Sheena Easton - "Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair)" Linda Ronstadt - What's New Donna Summer - "She Works Hard For The Money" Bonnie Tyler - "Total Eclipse Of The Heart"
Best Pop Vocal Performance - Male Thriller Michael Jackson	iTunes Amazon.mp3	other nominees: Billy Joel - "Uptown Girl" Prince - 1999 Lionel Richie - "All Night Long (All Night)" Michael Sembello - "Maniac"
Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group "Every Breath You Take" The Police [ from the LP Synchronicity ]	iTunes Amazon.mp3	other nominees: Culture Club - "Do You Really Want To Hurt Me" James Ingram & Patti Austin - "How Do You Keep The Music Playing Michael Jackson & Paul McCartney - "The Girl Is Mine") Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton - "Islands In The Stream"
Best Pop Instrumental Performance "Being With You" George Benson [ from the LP In Your Eyes ]	iTunes Amazon.mp3	other nominees: Herb Alpert - Blow Your Own Horn Larry Carlton - Friends Joe Jackson - "Breakdown" Helen St. John - "Love Theme From Flashdance"
Best R&B Vocal Performance - Female Chaka Khan Chaka Khan	iTunes Amazon.mp3	other nominees: Aretha Franklin - Get It Right Jennifer Holliday - Feel My Soul Patti LaBelle - "The Best Is Yet To Come" Stephanie Mills - Merciless Deniece Williams - I'm So Proud
Best R&B Vocal Performance - Male "Billie Jean" Michael Jackson [ from the LP Thriller ]	iTunes Amazon.mp3	other nominees: Marvin Gaye - Midnight Love James Ingram - "Party Animal" Jeffrey Osborne - Stay With Me Tonight Prince - "International Lover"
Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group "Ain't Nobody" Rufus & Chaka Khan [ from the LP Live - Stompin' At The Savoy ]	iTunes	other nominees: DeBarge - In A Special Way Earth, Wind & Fire - "Fall In Love With Me" Shalamar - "Dead Giveaway" The Weather Girls - "It's Raining Men"
Best R&B Song (awarded to the songwriter) "Billie Jean" (Michael Jackson) [ from the LP Thriller ]	iTunes Amazon.mp3	other nominees: "Ain't Nobody" (Hawk Wolinski) "Electric Avenue" (Eddy Grant) "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)" (James Ingram & Quincy Jones) "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" (Michael Jackson)
Best R&B Instrumental Performance "Rockit" Herbie Hancock [ from the LP Future Shock ]	iTunes Amazon.mp3	other nominees: James Brown - "Today" Gap Band - "Where Are We Going?" Quincy Jones & Jerry Hey - "Billie Jean" Kashif - "The Mood"
Best Country Vocal Performance - Female "A Little Good News" Anne Murray [ from the LP A Little Good News ]	iTunes Amazon.mp3	other nominees: Deborah Allen - "Baby I Lied" Crystal Gayle - "Baby What About You" Emmylou Harris - Last Date Dolly Parton - Burlap And Satin
Best Country Vocal Performance - Male "I.O.U." Lee Greenwood [ from the LP Somebody's Gonna Love You ]	iTunes Amazon.mp3	other nominees: Ray Charles - "Born To Love Me" Earl Thomas Conley - "Holding Her And Loving You" Vern Gosdin - "If You're Gonna Do Me Wrong (Do It Right)" Ronnie Milsap - "Stranger In My House" Kenny Rogers - "All My Life"
Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal The Closer You Get Alabama	iTunes Amazon.mp3	other nominees: Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers Band - "Houston (Means I'm One Day Closer To You)" Merle Haggard & Willie Nelson - Pancho & Lefty Willie Nelson & Waylon Jennings - Take It To The Limit Oak Ridge Boys - American Made
Best Country Song (awarded to the songwriter) "Stranger In My House" (Mike Reid) [ from the LP Keyed Up ]	iTunes Amazon.mp3	other nominees: "Baby I LIed" (Deborah Allen, Rory Bourke & Rafe Van Hoy) "I.O.U." (Kerry Chater & Austin Roberts) "Lady Down On Love" (Randy Owen) "A Little Good News" (Tommy Rocco, Charlie Black & Rory Bourke)
Best Rock Vocal Performance - Female "Love Is A Battlefield" Pat Benatar [ from the LP Live From Earth ]	iTunes Amazon.mp3	other nominees: Joan Armatrading - The Key Kim Carnes - "Invisible Hands" Stevie Nicks - "Stand Back" Bonnie Tyler - Faster Than The Speed Of Night
Best Rock Vocal Performance - Male "Beat It" Michael Jackson [ from the LP Thriller ]	iTunes Amazon.mp3	other nominees: David Bowie - "Cat People (Putting Out Fire)" Phil Collins - "I Don't Care Anymore" Bob Seger - The Distance Rick Springfield - "Affair Of The Heart"
Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group Synchronicity The Police	iTunes Amazon.mp3	other nominees: Big Country - "In A Big Country" Huey Lewis & The News - "Heart & Soul" Talking Heads - "Burning Down The House" ZZ Top - Eliminator
Best Rock Instrumental Performance "Brimstone & Treacle" Sting [ from the Brimstone & Treacle soundtrack ]		other nominees: Allan Holdsworth - "Road Games" Rainbow - "Anybody There" Pete Townshend - "Unused Piano" Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - "Rude Mood"
Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Special Flashdance	iTunes Amazon.mp3	other nominees: Gandhi Star Wars: Return Of The Jedi Stayin' Alive Tootsie
Best Comedy Recording Comedian Eddie Murphy	iTunes Amazon.mp3	other nominees: Bill Cosby - Bill Cosby Monty Python - Monty Python's The Meaning Of Live Joan Rivers - What Becomes A Semi-Legendy Most? Robin Williams - Throbbing Python
Producer of the Year (non-classical) Quincy Jones, Michael Jackson	iTunes Amazon.mp3	other nominees: James Anthony Carmichael, Lionel Richie Jay Graydon Quincy Jones Phil Ramone

a complete list of all categories (including jazz, gospel and classical) can be found at http://www.grammy.com/