Album
of the Year
Herbie Hancock
River: The Joni
Letters |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3 |
other
nominees: Foo
Fighters - Echoes, Silence,
Patience And Grace
Vince Gill - These Days
Kanye
West - Graduation
Amy
Winehouse - Back To Black
|
Record
of the Year
Amy
Winehouse
"Rehab"
[ from Back To Black ] |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3 |
other
nominees: Beyoncé -
"Irreplaceable"
Foo
Fighters -
"The Pretender"
Rihanna & Jay-Z -
"Umbrella"
Justin
Timberlake -
"What Goes Around... Comes
Around"
|
Song
of the Year
(awarded to the songwriter)
"Rehab"
(Amy
Winehouse)
[ from Back To Black ] |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3 |
other
nominees: "Before
He Cheats" (Josh Kear &
Chris Tompkins)
"Hey There Delilah" (Tom
Higgenson)
"Like A Star" (Corinne
Bailey Rae)
"Umbrella" (Shawn
Carter, Kuk Harrell,
Terius 'Dream' Nash &
Christopher Stewart)
|
Best
New Artist
Amy
Winehouse |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3 |
other
nominees: Feist
Ledisi
Paramore
Taylor
Swift
|
Best
Pop Vocal Performance - Female
Amy
Winehouse
"Rehab"
[ from Back To Black ] |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3 |
other
nominees: Christina
Aguilera -
"Candyman"
Feist -
"1234"
Fergie -
"Big Girls Don't Cry
(Personal)"
Nelly
Furtado -
"Say It Right"
|
Best
Pop Vocal Performance - Male
Justin
Timberlake
"What Goes Around... Comes
Around"
[ from FutureSex /
LoveSounds ] |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3 |
other
nominees: Michael
Buble -
"Everything"
John
Mayer -
"Belief"
Paul
McCartney -
"Dance Tonight"
Seal -
"Amazing
|
Best
Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo or
Group
Maroon
5
"Makes Me Wonder"
[ from It Won't Be Soon
Before Long ] |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3 |
other
nominees: Bon
Jovi -
"(You Want To) Make A
Memory"
Daughtry -
"Home"
Plain
White T's -
"Hey There Delilah"
U2 -
"Window In The Skies"
|
Best
Pop Vocal Album
Amy
Winehouse
Back To Black |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3 |
other
nominees: Bon
Jovi - Lost Highway
Feist - The Reminder
Maroon
5 - It Won't Be Soon
Before Long
Paul
McCartney - Memory Almost
Full
|
Best
Pop Instrumental Performance
Joni Mitchell
"One Week Last Summer"
[ from Shine ] |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3 |
other
nominees: Beastie
Boys -
"Off The Grid"
Ben Harper & The Innocent
Criminals - "Paris
Sunrise #7"
Dave Koz -
"Over The Rainbow"
Spyro Gyra -
"Simple Pleasures"
|
Best
Pop Instrumental Album
Beastie
Boys
The Mix-Up |
 |
other
nominees: Chris
Botti - Italia
Dave Koz - At The Movies
Spyro Gyra
- Good To Go-Go
Kirk Whalum
- Roundtrip
|
Best
Pop Collaboration with Vocals
Robert Plant
& Alison Krauss
"Gone Gone Gone"
[ from Raising Sand ] |
 |
other
nominees: Tony
Bennett & Christina
Aguilera -
"Steppin' Out"
Beyoncé &
Shakira -
"Beautiful Liar"
Gwen
Stefani & Akon -
"The Sweet Escape"
Timbaland, Nelly
Furtado & Justin
Timberlake-
"Give It To Me"
|
Best
Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Michael
Buble
Call Me
Irresponsible |
 |
other
nominees: Bette
Midler -
Cool Yule
Queen
Latifah -
Trav'in' Light
Barbra
Streisand -
Live In Concert
James
Taylor -
James Taylor At
Christmas
|
Best
Dance Recording
Justin
Timberlake
"LoveStoned"
[ from FutureSex /
LoveSounds ] |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3 |
other
nominees: Chemical
Brothers - "Do It
Again"
Justice -
"D.A.N.C.E."
Mika -
"Love Today"
Rihanna -
"Don't Stop The Music"
|
Best
Electronic / Dance Album
Chemical Brothers
We Are The Night |
 |
other
nominees: Justice
- Cross
LCD Soundsystem -
Sound Of Silver
Shiny Toy Guns
- We Are Pilots
Tiesto - Elements Of Life
|
Best
R&B Vocal Performance -
Female
Alicia
Keys
"No One"
[ from As I Am ] |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3 |
other
nominees: Mary
J. Blige - "Just
Fine"
Fantasia -
"When I See You"
Chrisette Michele
- "If I Had My Way"
Jill
Scott -
"Hate On Me"
|
Best
R&B Vocal Performance - Male
Prince
"Future Baby Mama"
[ from Planet Earth ] |
 |
other
nominees: Raheem
DeVaughn -
"Woman"
Soulchild -
"B.U.D.D.Y."
Ne-Yo -
"Because Of You"
Tank -
"Please Don't Go"
|
Best
R&B Vocal Performance by a
Duo or Group
Chaka
Khan & Mary
J. Blige
"Disrespectful"
[ from Funk This ] |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3 |
other
nominees: R.
Kelly & Usher -
"Same Girl"
Rihanna & Ne-Yo -
"Hate That I Love You"
Angie Stone
& Betty Wright
- "Baby"
T-Pain &
Akon -
"Bartender"
|
Best
R&B Song
(awarded to the songwriter)
"No One"
(Dirty Harry, Kerry Brothers
& Alicia Keys)
[ from As I Am ] |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3 |
other
nominees: "Beautiful
Flower" (India.Arie &
Joyce Simpson)
"Hate That I Love You"
(M.S. Eriksen, T.E. Hermansen
& Shaffer Smith)
"Teachme" (Ivan Barias,
Adam W. Blackstone, Randall C.
Bowland, Carvin Haggins, Johnnie
Smith II & Corey Latif
Williams)
"When I See U" (Louis
Biancaniello, Waynne Nugent,
Erika Nuri, Kevin Risto, Janet
Swel & Sam Watters)
|
Best
R&B Album
Chaka
Khan
Funk This |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3 |
other
nominees: Ledisi
- Lost & Found
Musiq Soulchild
- Luvanmusiq
Jill
Scott - The Real Thing:
Words And Sounds Vol. 3
Tank - Sex, Love &
Pain
|
Best
Traditional R&B Vocal
Performance
Gerald Levert
"In My Songs"
[ from In My Songs ] |
 |
other
nominees: Otis
Clay - "Walk A Mile
In My Shoes"
Randy Crawford
& Joe Sample
- "All Night Long"
Ann Nesby -
"I Apologize"
Ryan Shaw -
"I Am Your Man"
|
Best
Urban / Alternative Performance
Lupe
Fiasco & Jill
Scott
"Daydreamin'"
[ from Lupe Fiasco's
Food & Liquor ] |
 |
other
nominees: Vikter
Duplaix - "Make A
Baby"
Dwele -
"That' The Way Of The
World"
Me'Shell
NdegeOcello -
"Fantasy"
Alice Smith -
"Dream"
|
Best
Contemporary R&B Album
Ne-Yo
Because Of You |
 |
other
nominees: Akon - Konvicted
Keyshia Cole - Just Like You
Fantasia - Fantasia
Emily King - East Side Story
|
Best
Country Vocal Performance -
Female
Carrie
Underwood
"Before He Cheats"
[ from Some Hearts ] |
 |
other
nominees: Alison
Kraus - "Simple
Love"
Miranda
Lambert -
"Famous In A Small
Town"
LeAnn
Rimes -
"Nothin' Better To Do"
Trisha Yearwood
- "Heaven, Heartache And The
Power Of Love"
|
Best
Country Vocal Performance - Male
Keith
Urban
"Stupid Boy"
[ from Love, Pain &
The Whole Crazy Thing ] |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3 |
other
nominees: Dierks
Bentley - "Long
Trip Alone"
Alan
Jackson - "A
Woman's Love"
Tim
McGraw - "If
You're Reading This"
George Strait -
"Give It Away"
|
Best
Country Vocal Performance by a
Duo or Group
The
Eagles
"How Long"
[ from Long Road Out Of
Eden ] |
iTunes |
other
nominees: Brooks
& Dunn - "Proud
Of The House We Built"
Emerson Drive -
"Moments"
Montgomery Gentry
- "Lucky Man"
The Time Jumpers
- "Sweet Memories"
|
Best Country
Collaboration with Vocals
Willie
Nelson & Ray
Price
"Lost Highway"
[ from Last Of The
Breed ] |
 |
other
nominees: Steve
Earle & Allison
Moorer - "Days
Aren't Long Enough"
Reba
McEntire & Kelly
Clarkson -
"Because Of You"
Tim
McGraw & Faith
Hill - "I
Need You"
Brad Paisley
& Carrie
Underwood - "Oh
Love"
|
Best
Country Album
Vince Gill
These Days |
 |
other
nominees: Dierks
Bentley - Long Trip Alone
Tim
McGraw - Let It Go
Brad Paisley
- 5th Gear
George Strait
- It Just Comes
Natural
|
Best
Country Song
(awarded to the songwriter)
"Before He Cheats"
(Josh Kear & Chris Tompkins)
[ from Some Hearts ] |
|
other
nominees: "Give
It Away" (Bill Anderson,
Buddy Cannon & Jamey Johnson)
"I Need You" (Tony Lane
& David Lee)
"If You're Reading
This" (Tim McGraw, Brad
Warren & Brett Warren)
"Long Trip Alone"
(Brett Beavers, Dierks Bentley
& Steve Bogard)
|
Best
Rock Song
(awarded to the songwriter)
"Radio Nowhere"
(Bruce
Springsteen)
[ from Magic ] |
 |
other
nominees: "Come
On" (Lucinda Williams)
"Icky Thump" (Jack White)
"It's Not Over" (Chris
Daughtry, Gregg Wattenberg,
Mark Wilkerson & Brett Young)
"The Pretender" (Foo
Fighters)
|
Best
Solo Rock Vocal Performance
Bruce
Springsteen
"Radio Nowhere"
[ from Magic ] |
|
other
nominees: Beck -
"Timebomb"
Paul
McCartney -
"Only Mama Knows"
John
Mellencamp -
"Our Country"
Lucinda Williams
- "Come On"
|
Best
Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo
or Group
White
Stripes
"Icky Thump"
[ from Icky Thump ] |
 |
other
nominees: Daughtry -
"It's Not Over"
Green
Day -
"Working Class Hero"
Nickelback - "If
Everyone Card"
U2 -
"Instant Karma
|
Best
Hard Rock Performance
Foo
Fighters
"The Pretender"
[ from Echoes, Silence,
Patience And Grace ] |
 |
other
nominees: Evanescence -
"Sweet Sacrifice"
Ozzy
Osbourne - "I
Don't Wanna Stop"
Queens Of The Stone Age
- "Sick, SIck, Sick"
Tool -
"The Pot"
|
Best
Metal Performance
Slayer
"Final Six"
[ from Christ Illusion ] |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3 |
other
nominees: As
I Lay Dying -
"Nothing Left"
King Diamond -
"Never Ending Hill"
Machine Head -
"Aesthetics Of Hate"
Shadows Fall -
"Redemption"
|
Best
Rock Instrumental Performance
Bruce
Springsteen
"Once Upon A Time In The
West"
[ from Magic ] |
|
other
nominees: Metallica -
"The Ecstasy Of Gold"
Rush -
"Malignant Narcissism"
Joe Satriani -
"Always With Me, Always With
You"
Steve Vai -
"The Attitude Song"
|
Best
Rock Album
Foo
Fighters
Echoes, Silence,
Patience And Grace |
|
other
nominees: Daughtry - Daughtry
John Fogerty
- Revival
Bruce
Springsteen - Magic
Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
|
Best
Alternative Music Album
White
Stripes
Icky Thump |
|
other
nominees: Lily
Allen - Alright,
Still...
Arcade
Fire - Neon Bible
Björk - Volta
The Shins -
Wincing The
Night Away
|
Best
Rap/Sung Collaboration
Rihanna & Jay-Z
"Umbrella"
[ from Good Girl Gone
Bad ] |
 |
other
nominees: Akon & Snoop
Dogg - "I
Wanna Love You"
Chris
Brown & T-Pain -
"Kiss Kiss"
Keyshia Cole, Missy
Elliott & Lil'
Kim -
"Let It Go"
Kanye
West & T-Pain -
"Good Life"
|
Best
Rap Solo Performance
Kanye
West
"Stronger"
[ from Graduation ] |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3 |
other
nominees: Common
- "The People"
50
Cent - "I
Get Money"
Jay-Z -
"Show Me What You Got"
T.I. -
"Big Things Poppin' (Do
It)"
|
Best
Rap Performance by a Duo or Group
Common & Kanye
West
"Southside"
[ from Finding Forever ] |
 |
other
nominees: Fat
Joe & Lil
Wayne -
"Make It Rain"
Shop Boyz -
"Party Like A Rockstar"
UGK & OutKast -
"Int'l Players Anthem (I
Choose You)"
Kanye
West, Nas & KRS-One
- "Better Than I've Ever
Been"
|
Best Rap
Song
(awarded to the songwriter)
"Good Life"
(A. Davis, F. Najm & Kanye West)
[ from Graduation ] |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3 |
other
nominees: "Ayo
Technology" (Nate (Danja)
Hills, Curtis
Jackson, Timothy Mosley
& Justin
Timberlake)
"Big Things Poppin' (Do
It)" (Clifford
Harris & Byron Thomas)
"Can't Tell Me Nothing"
(A. Davis & Kanye West)
"Crank That" (Soulja
Boy)
|
Best
Rap Album
Kanye
West
Graduation |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3 |
other
nominees: Common
- Finding Forever
Jay-Z - Kingdom Come
Nas - Hip Hop Is Dead
T.I. - T.I. Vs. Tip
|
Best
Compilation Soundtrack Album For
A Motion Picture, Television or
Visual Media
Love |
 |
other
nominees: Across The
Universe
Dreamgirls
Hairspray
Once
|
Best Score
Soundtrack Album For A Motion
Picture, Television or Visual
Media
Ratatouille |
 |
other
nominees: Babel
Blood Diamond
The Departed
Happy Feet
Pan's Labyrinth
|
Best Song
Written for a Motion Picture,
Television or Visual Media
(awarded to the
songwriter)
"Love You I Do"
(Siedah Garrett & Henry
Krieger)
[ from Dreamgirls soundtrack
] |
 |
other
nominees: "Falling
Slowly" (Glen Hansard &
Marketa Irglova)
"Guaranteed" (Eddie
Vedder)
"The Song Of The Heart"
(Prince
Rogers Nelson)
"You Know My Name"
(David Arnold & Chris
Cornell)
|
Best Musical
Show Album
Spring Awakening |
 |
other
nominees: A Chorus Line
Company
Grey Gardens
West Side Story
|
Best
Music Video, Short Form
Johnny
Cash
"God's Gonna Cut You
Down"
[ from American V: A
Hundred Highways ] |
 |
other
nominees: Feist
- "1234"
Gnarls
Barkley -
"Gone Daddy Gone"
Justice -
"D.A.N.C.E."
Mute Math -
"Typical"
|
Best
Music Video, Long Form
Madonna
The Confessions
Tour - Live From London |
 |
other
nominees: Dierks
Bentley - Live & Loud
At The Fillmore
R.
Kelly - Trapped In The
Closet Chapters 13-22
Kenny Wayne Shepherd
- 10 Days Out -
Blues From The Backroads
various artists - Liberacion
- The Songs Of The New Cuban
Underground
|
Producer of
the Year
(non-classical)
Mark
Ronson |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3 |
other
nominees: Howard
Benson
Joe Chiccarelli
Mike Elizondo
Timbaland
|
| Lifetime
Achievement Award |
|
Burt
Bacharach
The Band
Cab Calloway
Doris Day
Itshak Perlman
Max Roach
Earl Scruggs |
