The World Music Grammy Awards go to Angelique Kidjo and Soweto Gospel Choir

Record Of The Year

• Rehab
  Amy Winehouse
  Mark Ronson, producer; Tom Elmhirst, Vaughan Merrick, Dom Morley, Mark Ronson & Gabriel Roth, engineers/mixers
  Track from: Back To Black
  [Universal Republic Records]

Album Of The Year

• 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
  [Verve]  

Song Of The Year

• Rehab
  Amy Winehouse, songwriter (Amy Winehouse)
  Track from: Back To Black [Universal Republic Records; Publisher: EMI Music Publishing]

Best New Artist

• Amy Winehouse

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Rehab
  Amy Winehouse
  Track from: Back To Black [Universal Republic Records]

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

• What Goes Around…Comes Around
  Justin Timberlake
  [Jive]

Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
(For established duos or groups, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Makes Me Wonder
  Maroon 5
  Track from: It Won’t Be Soon Before Long
  [Octone/A&M Records]

Best Pop Instrumental Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, without vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

• One Week Last Summer
  Joni Mitchell
  Track from: Shine
  [Hear Music]

Best Pop Instrumental Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)

• The Mix-Up –
  Beastie Boys [Capitol Records]

Best Pop Vocal Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

• Back To Black
  Amy Winehouse
  [Universal Republic Records]

Best Dance Recording
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances. Vocal or Instrumental. Singles or tracks only.)

• LoveStoned/I Think She Knows
  Justin Timberlake
  Nate (Danja) Hills, Timbaland & Justin Timberlake, producers; Jimmy Douglass & Timbaland, mixers
  Track from: FutureSex/LoveSounds
  [Jive/Zomba]

Best Electronic/Dance Album
(For vocal or instrumental albums. Albums only.)

• We Are The Night
  The Chemical Brothers
  [Astralwerks]

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

• Call Me Irresponsible
  Michael Bublé
  [143 Records/Reprise]

Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Radio Nowhere
  Bruce Springsteen
  Track from: Magic
  [Columbia]

Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
(For duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Icky Thump
  The White Stripes
  Track from: Icky Thump
  [Third Man/Warner Bros.]

Best Hard Rock Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

• The Pretender
  Foo Fighters
  [Roswell/RCA Records]

Best Metal Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Final Six
  Slayer
  Track from: Christ Illusion
  [American Recording/Columbia]

Best Rock Instrumental Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, without vocals. Includes Rock, Hard Rock and Metal. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Once Upon A Time In The West
  Bruce Springsteen
  Track from: We All Love Ennio Morricone
  [Sony Classical]

Best Rock Song
(A Songwriter(s) Award. Includes Rock, Hard Rock & Metal songs. For Song Eligibility Guidelines see Category #3. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.)

• Radio Nowhere
  Bruce Springsteen, songwriter (Bruce Springsteen)
  Track from: Magic
  [Columbia; Publisher: Bruce Springsteen]

Best Rock Album
(Vocal or Instrumental. Includes Hard Rock and Metal.)

• Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
  Foo Fighters
  [Roswell/RCA Records]

Best Alternative Music Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Icky Thump
  The White Stripes
  [Third Man/Warner Bros.]

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

• No One
  Alicia Keys
  [J Records/MBK Entertainment]

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Future Baby Mama
  Prince
  Track from: Planet Earth
  [Columbia/NPG Records]

Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
(For duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Disrespectful
  Chaka Khan Featuring Mary J. Blige
  [Burgundy/Sony/BMG]

Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

• In My Songs
  Gerald Levert
  Track from: In My Songs
  [Atlantic]

Best Urban/Alternative Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Daydreamin’
  Lupe Fiasco Featuring Jill Scott
  Track from: Lupe Fiasco’s Food & Liquor
  [1st & 15th/Atlantic]

Best R&B Song
(A Songwriter(s) Award. For Song Eligibility Guidelines see Category #3. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.)

• No One
  Dirty Harry, Kerry Brothers & Alicia Keys, songwriters (Alicia Keys)
  [J Records/MBK Entertainment; Publishers: Lellow Productions/EMI April Music, Book Of Daniel Music/EMI Music Publishing, D. Harry Productions]

Best R&B Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

• Funk This
  Chaka Khan
  [Burgundy Records]

Best Contemporary R&B Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

• Because Of You
  Ne-Yo
  [Def Jam Recordings]

Best Rap Solo Performance
(For a solo Rap performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Stronger
  Kanye West
  Track from: Graduation
  [Roc-A-Fella Records]

Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group
(For duo, group or collaborative performances of Rap only. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Southside
  Common Featuring Kanye West
  Track from: Finding Forever
  [Geffen]

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
(For a Rap/Sung collaborative performance by artists who do not normally perform together. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Umbrella
  Rihanna Featuring Jay-Z
  Track from: Good Girl Gone Bad
  [Def Jam Recordings]

Best Rap Song
(A Songwriter(s) Award. For Song Eligibility Guidelines see Category #3. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.)

• Good Life
  Aldrin Davis, Mike Dean, Faheem Najm & Kanye West, songwriters (J. Ingram & Q. Jones, songwriters)(Kanye West Featuring T-Pain)
  Track from: Graduation
  [Roc-A-Fella; Publishers: Yellow Brick Road Music/Eiseman Music/EMI Blackwood Music/Please Gimme My Publishing/Careers BMG Music Publishing, Warner-Tamerlane Publishing]

Best Rap Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

• Graduation
  Kanye West
  [Roc-A-Fella Records]

Best Female Country Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Before He Cheats
  Carrie Underwood
  Track from: Some Hearts
  [19 Recordings/Arista Nashville]

Best Male Country Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Stupid Boy
  Keith Urban
  Track from: Love, Pain & The Whole Crazy Thing
  [Capitol Records Nashville]

Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
(For established duos or groups with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

• How Long
  Eagles
  [Eagles Recording Co. II]

Best Country Collaboration With Vocals
(For a collaborative performance, with vocals, by artists who do not normally perform together. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Lost Highway
  Willie Nelson & Ray Price
  Track from: Last Of The Breed
  [Lost Highway Records]

Best Country Instrumental Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, without vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Throttleneck
  Brad Paisley
  Track from: 5th Gear
  [Arista Nashville]

Best Country Song
(A Songwriter(s) Award. For Song Eligibility Guidelines see Category #3. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.)

• Before He Cheats
  Josh Kear & Chris Tompkins, songwriters (Carrie Underwood)
  Track from: Some Hearts
  [19 Recordings/Arista Nashville; Publishers: Big Loud Shirt Industries, Mighty Underdog Music/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing]

Best Country Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• These Days
  Vince Gill
  [MCA Nashville]

Best Bluegrass Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• The Bluegrass Diaries
  Jim Lauderdale
  [Yep Roc Records]

Best New Age Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Crestone
  Paul Winter Consort
  [Living Music]

Best Contemporary Jazz Album

• River: The Joni Letters
  Herbie Hancock
  [Verve]

Best Jazz Vocal Album

• Avant Gershwin
  Patti Austin
  [Rendezvous Entertainment]

Best Jazz Instrumental Solo

• Anagram
  Michael Brecker, soloist
  Track from: Pilgrimage
  [Heads Up International]

Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group

• Pilgrimage
  Michael Brecker
  [Heads Up International]

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

• A Tale Of God’s Will (A Requiem For Katrina)
  Terence Blanchard
  [Blue Note]

Best Gospel Performance
(Tie)

• Blessed & Highly Favored
  The Clark Sisters
  Track from: Live – One Last Time
  [EMI Gospel]

   

• Never Gonna Break My Faith
  Aretha Franklin & Mary J. Blige (Featuring The Harlem Boys Choir)
  Track from: Bobby: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
  [Island Def Jam]

Best Gospel Song
(A Songwriter(s) Award. For Song Eligibility Guidelines see Category #3. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.)

• Blessed & Highly Favored
  Karen Clark-Sheard, songwriter (The Clark Sisters)
  Track from: Live – One Last Time
  [EMI Gospel; Publisher: K. Sheard’s Melody]

Best Rock Or Rap Gospel Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

• Before The Daylight’s Shot
  Ashley Cleveland
  [204 Records]

Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

• A Deeper Level
  Israel And New Breed
  [Integrity Music]

Best Southern, Country, Or Bluegrass Gospel Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

• Salt Of The Earth
  Ricky Skaggs & The Whites
  [Skaggs Family Records]

Best Traditional Gospel Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

• Live – One Last Time
  The Clark Sisters
  [EMI Gospel]

Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

• Free To Worship
  Fred Hammond
  [Verity]

Best Latin Pop Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• El Tren De Los Momentos
  Alejandro Sanz
  [Warner Music Latina]

Best Latin Rock Or Alternative Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• No Hay Espacio
  Black:Guayaba
  [Machete Music]

Best Latin Urban Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Residente O Visitante
  Calle 13
  [Norte]

Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• 100% Mexicano
  Pepe Aguilar
  [EMI Televisa]

Best Tejano Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Before The Next Teardrop Falls
  Little Joe & La Familia
  [TDI Records]

Best Norteño Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Detalles Y Emociones
  Los Tigres Del Norte
  [Fonovisa Records]

Best Banda Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Te Va A Gustar
  El Chapo
  [Disa]

Best Contemporary Blues Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• The Road To Escondido
  JJ Cale & Eric Clapton
  [Reprise Records/Warner Music Group]

Best Polka Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Come Share The Wine
  Jimmy Sturr And His Orchestra
  [Rounder]

Best Musical Album For Children
(For albums consisting of predominantly music or song vs. spoken word.)

• A Green And Red Christmas
  The Muppets
  Ted Kryczko & Ed Mitchell, producers
  [Walt Disney Records]

Best Spoken Word Album For Children
(For albums consisting of predominantly spoken word vs. music or song.)

• Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows
  Jim Dale
  [Listening Library]

Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Story Telling)

• The Audacity Of Hope: Thoughts On Reclaiming The American Dream
  Barack Obama
  [Random House Audio]

Best Comedy Album
(For comedy recordings, spoken or musical)

• The Distant Future
  Flight Of The Conchords
  [Sub Pop]

Best Musical Show Album
(Award to the Album Producer(s), and to the Lyricist(s) & Composer(s) of 51% or more of a new score. (Artist, Lyricist & Composer names appear in parentheses.))

• Spring Awakening
  Duncan Sheik, producer; Duncan Sheik, composer; Steven Sater, lyricist (Original Broadway Cast With Jonathan Groff, Lea Michele & Others)
  [Decca Broadway]

Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
(Award to the Artist(s) and/or Producer(s) of a majority of the tracks on the album, or to the individual(s) actively responsible for the concept and musical direction and for the selection of artists, songs and producers, as applicable.)

• Love
  (The Beatles)
  George Martin & Giles Martin, producers
  [Apple Records/Capitol Records]

Best Score Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
(Award to Composer(s) for an original score created specifically for, or as a companion to, a current legitimate motion picture, television show or series or other visual media.)

• Ratatouille
  Michael Giacchino, composer
  [Walt Disney Records]

Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
(A Songwriter(s) award. For a song (melody & lyrics) written specifically for a motion picture, television or other visual media, and released for the first time during the Eligibility Year. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.)

• Love You I Do (From Dreamgirls)
  Siedah Garrett & Henry Krieger, songwriters (Jennifer Hudson)
  Track from: Dreamgirls
  [Music World Music/Sony Urban Music/Columbia/Sony Music Soundtrax; Publishers: Miroku Music/Williamson Music/Black Chick Music Publishing, SKG Songs]

Best Instrumental Composition
(A Composer’s Award for an original composition (not an adaptation) first released during the Eligibility Year. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Cerulean Skies
  Maria Schneider, composer (Maria Schneider Orchestra)
  Track from: Sky Blue
  [ArtistShare]

Best Instrumental Arrangement
(An Arranger’s Award. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.)

• In A Silent Way
  Vince Mendoza, arranger (Joe Zawinul)
  Track from: Brown Street
  [Heads Up International]

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
(An Arranger’s Award. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.)

• I’m Gonna Live Till I Die
  John Clayton, arranger (Queen Latifah)
  Track from: Trav’lin’ Light
  [Verve]

Best Recording Package

• Cassadaga
  Zachary Nipper, art director (Bright Eyes)
  [Saddle Creek]

Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package

• What It Is!: Funky Soul And Rare Grooves (1967-1977)
  Masaki Koike, art director (Various Artists)
  [Rhino]

Best Album Notes

• John Work, III: Recording Black Culture
  Bruce Nemerov, album notes writer (Various Artists)
  [Spring Fed Records]

Best Historical Album

• 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)
  [Woody Guthrie Publications]

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
(An Engineer’s Award. (Artists names appear in parentheses.))

• Beauty & Crime
  Tchad Blake, Cameron Craig, Emery Dobyns & Jimmy Hogarth, engineers (Suzanne Vega)
  [Blue Note]

Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical
(A Producer’s Award. (Artists names appear in parentheses.))

• 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)

Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical
(A Remixer’s Award. (Artists names appear in parentheses for identification.) Singles or Tracks only.)

• Bring The Noise (Benny Benassi Sfaction Remix)
  Benny Benassi, remixer (Public Enemy)
  Track from: Bring The Noise/Give It Up EP
  [Ultra Records]

Best Surround Sound Album
(For vocal or instrumental albums. Albums only.)

• Love
  Paul Hicks, surround mix engineer; Tim Young, surround mastering engineer; George Martin & Giles Martin, surround producers (The Beatles)
  [Apple/Capitol Records]

Best Engineered Album, Classical
(An Engineer’s Award. (Artist names appear in parentheses.))

• Grechaninov: Passion Week
  John Newton, engineer (Charles Bruffy, Phoenix Bach Choir & Kansas City Chorale)
  [Chandos]

Producer Of The Year, Classical
(A Producer’s Award. (Artist names appear in parentheses.))

• 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)

Best Classical Album
(Award to the Artist(s) and to the Album Producer(s) if other than the Artist.)

• Tower: Made In America
  Leonard Slatkin, conductor; Tim Handley, producer; Tim Handley, engineer/mixer (Nashville Symphony)
  [Naxos]

Best Orchestral Performance
(Award to the Conductor and to the Orchestra.)

• Tower: Made In America
  Leonard Slatkin, conductor (Nashville Symphony)
  [Naxos]

Best Opera Recording
(Award to the Conductor, Album Producer(s) and Principal Soloists.)

• 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)
  [Chandos Opera In English]

Best Choral Performance
(Award to the Choral Conductor, and to the Orchestra Conductor if an Orchestra is on the recording, and to the Choral Director or Chorus Master if applicable.)

• Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem
  Simon Rattle, conductor; Simon Halsey, chorus master (Thomas Quasthoff & Dorothea Röschmann; Rundfunkchor Berlin; Berliner Philharmoniker)
  [EMI Classics]

Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra)
(Award to the Instrumental Soloist(s) and to the Conductor.)

• Barber/Korngold/Walton: Violin Concertos
  Bramwell Tovey, conductor; James Ehnes (Vancouver Symphony Orchestra)
  [CBC Records]

Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra)
(Award to the Instrumental Soloist.)

• Beethoven Sonatas, Vol. 3
  Garrick Ohlsson
  [Bridge Records, Inc.]

Best Chamber Music Performance
(Award to the Artists.)

• Strange Imaginary Animals
  Eighth Blackbird
  [Cedille Records]

Best Small Ensemble Performance
(Award to the Ensemble (and to the Conductor.))

• Stravinsky: Apollo, Concerto In D; Prokofiev: 20 Visions Fugitives
  Yuri Bashmet, conductor; Moscow Soloists
  [Onyx Classics]

Best Classical Vocal Performance
(Award to the Vocal Soloist(s).)

• Lorraine Hunt Lieberson Sings Peter Lieberson: Neruda Songs
  Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (James Levine; Boston Symphony Orchestra)
  [Nonesuch Records]

Best Classical Contemporary Composition
(A Composer’s Award. (For a contemporary classical composition composed within the last 25 years, and released for the first time during the Eligibility Year.))

• Made In America
  Joan Tower (Leonard Slatkin, conductor; Nashville Symphony Orchestra)
  Track from: Tower: Made In America
  [Naxos]

Best Classical Crossover Album
(Award to the Artist(s) and/or to the Conductor.)

• A Love Supreme: The Legacy Of John Coltrane
  Turtle Island Quartet
  [Telarc]

Best Short Form Music Video
(For an individual track or single promotional clip. Award to the Artist and to the Video Director/Producer.)

• God’s Gonna Cut You Down
  Johnny Cash
  Tony Kaye, video director; Rachel Curl, video producer
  [American Records/Lost Highway Records]

Best Long Form Music Video
(For video album packages consisting of more than one song or track. Award to the Artist and to the Video Director/Producer of at least 51% of the total playing time.)

• The Confessions Tour
  Madonna
  Jonas Akerlund, video director; Sara Martin & David May, video producers
  [Warner Bros.]