Record Of The Year
Boulevard Of Broken Dreams
Green Day
Rob Cavallo & Green Day, producers; Chris Lord-Alge & Doug McKean, engineers/mixers

 

Album Of The Year
How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
U2
Brian Eno, Flood, Daniel Lanois, Jacknife Lee, Steve Lillywhite & Chris Thomas, producers; Greg Collins, Flood, Carl Glanville, Simon Gogerly, Nellee Hooper, Jacknife Lee & Steve Lillywhite, engineers/mixers; Arnie Acosta, mastering engineer

 

Song Of The Year
Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
U2, songwriters (U2)

 

Best New Artist
John Legend

 

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
Since U Been Gone
Kelly Clarkson

 

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
From The Bottom Of My Heart

Stevie Wonder

 

Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal
This Love
Maroon 5

 

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals
Feel Good Inc.
Gorillaz Featuring De La Soul

 

Best Pop Instrumental Performance
Caravan
Les Paul

 

Best Pop Instrumental Album
At This Time
Burt Bacharach

 

Best Pop Vocal Album
Breakaway
Kelly Clarkson

 

Best Dance Recording
Galvanize
The Chemical Brothers Featuring Q-Tip
The Chemical Brothers, producers; The Chemical Brothers & Steve Dub, mixers

 

Best Electronic/Dance Album
Push The Button
The Chemical Brothers

 

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
The Art Of Romance
Tony Bennett

 

Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance
Devils & Dust
Bruce Springsteen

 

Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal
Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
U2

 

Best Hard Rock Performance
B.Y.O.B.
System Of A Down

 

Best Metal Performance
Before I Forget
Slipknot

 

Best Rock Instrumental Performance
69 Freedom Special
Les Paul & Friends

 

Best Rock Song
City Of Blinding Lights
U2, songwriters (U2)

 

Best Rock Album
How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
U2

 

Best Alternative Music Album
Get Behind Me Satan
The White Stripes

 

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
We Belong Together
Mariah Carey

 

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
Ordinary People
John Legend

 

Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
So Amazing
Beyoncé & Stevie Wonder

 

Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance
A House Is Not A Home

Aretha Franklin

 

Best Urban/Alternative Performance
Welcome To Jamrock
Damian Marley

 

Best R&B Song
We Belong Together
J. Austin, M. Carey, J. Dupri & M. Seal, songwriters; (D. Bristol, K. Edmonds, S. Johnson, P. Moten, S. Sully & B. Womack, songwriters) (Mariah Carey)

 

Best R&B Album
Get Lifted
John Legend

 

Best Contemporary R&B Album
The Emancipation Of Mimi
Mariah Carey

 

Best Rap Solo Performance
Gold Digger
Kanye West

 

Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group
Don't Phunk With My Heart
The Black Eyed Peas

 

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
Numb/Encore
Jay-Z Featuring Linkin Park

 

Best Rap Song
Diamonds From Sierra Leone
D. Harris & Kanye West, songwriters; (J. Barry & D. Black, songwriters) (Kanye West)

 

Best Rap Album
Late Registration
Kanye West

 

COUNTRY
The Connection
Emmylou Harris

 

Best Male Country Vocal Performance
You'll Think Of Me
Keith Urban

 

Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal
Restless
Alison Krauss And Union Station

 

Best Country Collaboration With Vocals
Like We Never Loved At All
Faith Hill & Tim McGraw

 

Best Country Instrumental Performance
Unionhouse Branch
Alison Krauss And Union Station

 

Best Country Song
Bless The Broken Road
Bobby Boyd, Jeff Hanna & Marcus Hummon, songwriters (Rascal Flatts)

 

Best Country Album
Lonely Runs Both Ways
Alison Krauss And Union Station

 

Best Bluegrass Album
The Company We Keep
The Del McCoury Band

 

Best New Age Album
Silver Solstice
Paul Winter Consort

 

Best Contemporary Jazz Album
The Way Up
Pat Metheny Group

 

Best Jazz Vocal Album
Good Night, And Good Luck
Dianne Reeves

 

Best Jazz Instrumental Solo
Why Was I Born?
Sonny Rollins, soloist

 

Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group
Beyond The Sound Barrier
Wayne Shorter Quartet

 

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Overtime
Dave Holland Big Band

 

Best Latin Jazz Album
Listen Here!
Eddie Palmieri

 

Best Gospel Performance
Pray
CeCe Winans

 

Best Gospel Song
Be Blessed
Yolanda Adams, James Harris III, Terry Lewis & James Q. Wright, songwriters (Yolanda Adams)

 

Best Rock Gospel Album
Until My Heart Caves In
Audio Adrenaline

 

Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album
Lifesong
Casting Crowns

 

Best Southern, Country, or Bluegrass Gospel Album
Rock Of Ages...Hymns & Faith
Amy Grant

 

Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album
Psalms, Hymns & Spiritual Songs
Donnie McClurkin

 

Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album
Purified
CeCe Winans

 

Best Gospel Choir Or Chorus Album
One Voice
Gladys Knight, choir director; Saints Unified Voices

 

Best Latin Pop Album
Escucha
Laura Pausini

 

Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album
Fijación Oral Vol. 1
Shakira

 

Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album
Bebo De Cuba
Bebo Valdés

 

Best Salsa/Merengue Album
Son Del Alma
Willy Chirino

 

Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album
México En La Piel
Luis Miguel

 

Best Tejano Album
Chicanisimo
Little Joe Y La Familia

 

Best Traditional Blues Album
80
B.B. King & Friends

 

Best Contemporary Blues Album
Cost Of Living
Delbert McClinton

 

Best Traditional Folk Album
Fiddler's Green
Tim O'Brien

 

Best Contemporary Folk Album
Fair & Square
John Prine

 

Best Native American Music Album
Sacred Ground - A Tribute To Mother Earth
Various Artists
Jim Wilson, producer

 

Best Hawaiian Music Album
Masters Of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar - Vol. 1
Various Artists
Daniel Ho, Paul Konwiser & Wayne Wong, producers

 

Best Reggae Album
Welcome To Jamrock
Damian Marley

 

Best Traditional World Music Album
In The Heart Of The Moon
Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté

 

Best Contemporary World Music Album
Eletracústico
Gilberto Gil

 

Best Polka Album
Shake, Rattle And Polka!
Jimmy Sturr And His Orchestra

 

Best Musical Album For Children
Songs From The Neighborhood - The Music Of Mister Rogers
Various Artists
Dennis Scott, producer

 

Best Spoken Word Album For Children
Marlo Thomas & Friends: Thanks & Giving All Year Long
Various Artists
Christopher Cerf & Marlo Thomas, producers

 

Best Spoken Word Album
Dreams From My Father (Senator Barack Obama)
Senator Barack Obama

 

Best Comedy Album
Never Scared
Chris Rock

 

Best Musical Show Album
Monty Python's Spamalot
John Du Prez & Eric Idle, producers; John Du Prez, composer; Eric Idle, composer/lyricist (Original Broadway Cast Including David Hyde Pierce, Tim Curry, Hank Azaria & Sara Ramirez)

 

Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
Ray
(Ray Charles); James Austin, Stuart Benjamin & Taylor Hackford, producers

 

Best Score Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
Ray
Craig Armstrong, composer

 

Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
Believe
Glen Ballard & Alan Silvestri, songwriters (Josh Groban)

 

Best Instrumental Composition
Into The Light
Billy Childs, composer (Billy Childs Ensemble)

 

Best Instrumental Arrangement
The Incredits
Gordon Goodwin, arranger (Various Artists)

 

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
What Are You Doing For The Rest Of Your Life?
Billy Childs, Gil Goldstein & Heitor Pereira, arrangers (Chris Botti & Sting)

 

Best Recording Package
The Forgotten Arm
Aimee Mann & Gail Marowitz, art directors (Aimee Mann)

 

Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package
The Legend
Ian Cuttler, art director (Johnny Cash)

 

Best Album Notes
The Complete Library Of Congress Recordings By Alan Lomax
John Szwed, album notes writer (Jelly Roll Morton)

 

Best Historical Album
The Complete Library Of Congress Recordings By Alan Lomax
Jeffrey Greenberg & Anna Lomax Wood, compilation producers; Adam Ayan & Steve Rosenthal, mastering engineers (Jelly Roll Morton)

 

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
Back Home
Alan Douglas & Mick Guzauski, engineers (Eric Clapton)

Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical
Steve Lillywhite
How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb (U2)
Mr. A-Z (Jason Mraz)

 

Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical
Superfly (Louie Vega EOL Mix)
Louie Vega, remixer (Curtis Mayfield)

Best Surround Sound Album
Brothers In Arms - 20th Anniversary Edition
Chuck Ainlay, surround mix engineer; Bob Ludwig, surround mastering engineer; Chuck Ainlay & Mark Knopfler, surround producers (Dire Straits)

 

Best Engineered Album, Classical
Mendelssohn: The Complete String Quartets
Da-Hong Seetoo, engineer (Emerson String Quartet)

Producer Of The Year, Classical
Tim Handley
Adams: Shaker Loops (Marin Alsop)
Bolcom: Songs Of Innocence And Of Experience (Leonard Slatkin, Christine Brewer & Joan Morris)
Brahms: Sym. No. 1 (Marin Alsop & London Philharmonic Orchestra)
Daugherty: Philadelphia Stories (Marin Alsop & Evelyn Glennie)
Glass: Syms. Nos. 2 And 3 (Marin Alsop & Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra)

 

Best Classical Album
Bolcom: Songs Of Innocence And Of Experience
Leonard Slatkin, conductor; Jerry Blackstone, William Hammer, Jason Harris, Christopher Kiver, Carole Ott & Mary Alice Stollak, choir directors; Tim Handley, producer (Christine Brewer & Joan Morris; University Of Michigan School Of Music Symphony Orchestra)

 

Best Orchestral Performance
Shostakovich: Sym. No. 13
Mariss Jansons, conductor (Sergei Aleksashkin; Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks; Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks)

 

Best Opera Recording
Verdi: Falstaff
Sir Colin Davis, conductor; Carlos Alvarez, Bülent Bezdüz, Marina Domashenko, Jane Henschel, Ana Ibarra, Maria Josè Moreno & Michele Pertusi; James Mallinson, producer (London Symphony Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra)

 

Best Choral Performance
Bolcom: Songs Of Innocence And Of Experience
Leonard Slatkin, conductor; Jerry Blackstone, William Hammer, Jason Harris, Christopher Kiver, Carole Ott & Mary Alice Stollak, choir directors (Christine Brewer, Measha Brueggergosman, Ilana Davidson, Nmon Ford, Linda Hohenfeld, Joan Morris, Carmen Pelton, Marietta Simpson & Thomas Young; Michigan State University Children's Choir, University Of Michigan Chamber Choir, University Of Michigan Orpheus Singers, University Of Michigan University Choir & University Musical Society Choral Union; University Of Michigan School Of Music Symphony Orchestra)

 

Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra)
Beethoven: Piano Cons. Nos. 2 & 3
Claudio Abbado, conductor; Martha Argerich (Mahler Chamber Orchestra)

 

Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra)
Scriabin, Medtner, Stravinsky
Evgeny Kissin

 

Best Chamber Music Performance
Mendelssohn: The Complete String Quartets
Emerson String Quartet

 

Best Small Ensemble Performance (with or without Conductor)
Boulez: Le Marteau Sans Maître, Dérive 1 & 2
Pierre Boulez, conductor; Hilary Summers; Ensemble Intercontemporain

 

Best Classical Vocal Performance
Bach: Cantatas
Thomas Quasthoff (Rainer Kussmaul; Members Of The RIAS Chamber Choir; Berlin Baroque Soloists)

 

Best Classical Contemporary Composition
Bolcom: Songs Of Innocence And Of Experience
William Bolcom (Leonard Slatkin)

 

Best Classical Crossover Album
4 + Four
Turtle Island String Quartet & Ying Quartet

 

Best Short Form Music Video
Lose Control
Missy Elliott Featuring Ciara & Fat Man Scoop
Missy Elliott & Dave Meyers, video directors; Joseph Sasson, video producer

 

Best Long Form Music Video
No Direction Home (Bob Dylan)
Martin Scorsese, video director; Margaret Bodde, Susan Lacy, Jeff Rosen, Martin Scorsese, Nigel Sinclair & Anthony Wall, video producers