Complete List of Nominees for the 51st Annual Grammy Awards

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    The Grammys will be handed out Feb. 8 in Los Angeles. Here's the complete list of nominations:

    Record of the Year
    * "Chasing Pavements," Adele
    * "Viva la Vida," Coldplay
    * "Bleeding Love," Leona Lewis
    * "Paper Planes," M.I.A.
    * "Please Read the Letter," Robert Plant and Alison Krauss

    Album of the Year
    * Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends, Coldplay
    * Tha Carter III, Lil Wayne
    * Year of the Gentleman, Ne-Yo
    * Raising Sand, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss
    * In Rainbows, Radiohead

    Song of the Year
    * "American Boy," Estelle featuring Kanye West
    * "Chasing Pavements," Adele
    * "I'm Yours," Jason Mraz
    * "Love Song," Sarah Bareilles
    * "Viva la Vida," Coldplay

    Best New Artist
    * Adele
    * Duffy
    * Jonas Brothers
    * Lady Antebellum
    * Jazmine Sullivan

    Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
    * Adele, "Chasing Pavements"
    * Sara Bareilles, "Love Song"
    * Duffy, "Mercy"
    * Leona Lewis, "Bleeding Love"
    * Katy Perry, "I Kissed a Girl"
    * Pink, "So What"

    Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
    * Kid Rock, "All Summer Long,"
    * John Mayer, "Say"
    * Paul McCartney, "That Was Me"
    * Jason Mraz, "I'm Yours"
    * Ne-Yo, "Closer"
    * James Taylor, "Wichita Lineman"

    Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
    * Coldplay, "Viva la Vida"
    * Eagles, "Waiting in the Weeds"
    * Gnarls Barkley, "Going On"
    * Maroon 5, "Won't Go Home Without You"
    * One Republic, "Apologize"

    Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals
    * Alicia Keys and John Mayer, "Lesson Learned"
    * Madonna, Justin Timberlake & Timbaland, "Four Minutes"
    * Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, "Rich Woman"
    * Rihanna & Maroon 5, "If I Never See Your Face Again"
    * Jordin Sparks and Chris Brown, "No Air"

    Best Pop Instrumental Performance
    * Steve Cropper and Felix Cavaliere, "Love Appetite"
    * Eagles, "I Dreamed There Was No War"
    * Fourplay, "Fortune Teller"
    * Stanley Jordan, "Steppin' Out"
    * Marcus Miller, "Blast!"

    Best Pop Instrumental Album
    * Sax for Stax, Gerald Albright
    * Greatest Hits Rerecorded Volume One, Larry Carlton
    * Jingle All the Way, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones
    * The Spice of Life, Earl Klugh
    * A Night Before Christmas, Spyro Gyra

    Best Pop Vocal Album
    * Detours, Sheryl Crow
    * Rockferry, Duffy
    * Long Road Out of Eden, Eagles
    * Spirit, Leona Lewis
    * Covers, James Taylor

    Best Dance Recording
    * "Harder Better Faster Stronger," Daft Punk
    * "Ready for the Flow," Hot Chip
    * "Just Dance," Lady Gaga and Colby O'Donis
    * "Give It 2 Me," Madonna
    * "Disturbia," Rihanna
    * "Black and Gold," Sam Sparro

    Best Electronic/Dance Album
    * New York City, Brazilian Girls
    * Alive 2007, Daft Punk
    * Bring Ya to the Brink, Cyndi Lauper
    * X, Kylie Minogue
    * Last Night, Moby
    * Robyn, Robyn

    Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
    * Still Unforgettable, Natalie Cole
    * The Sinatra Project, Michael Feinstein
    * Noel, Josh Groban
    * In the Swing of Christmas, Barry Manilow
    * Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall, Rufus Wainwright

    Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance
    * John Mayer, "Gravity"
    * Paul McCartney, "I Saw Her Standing There"
    * Bruce Springsteen, "Girls in Their Summer Clothes"
    * Eddie Vedder, "Rise"
    * Neil Young, "No Hidden Path"

    Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
    * AC/DC, "Rock N Roll Train"
    * Coldplay, "Violet Hill"
    * Eagles, "Long Road Out of Eden"
    * Kings of Leon, "Sex on Fire"
    * Radiohead, "House of Cards"

    Best Hard Rock Performance
    * Disturbed, "Inside the Fire"
    * Judas Priest, "Visions"
    * The Mars Volta, "Wax Simulacra"
    * Motley Crüe, "Saints of Los Angeles"
    * Rob Zombie, "Lords of Salem"

    Best Metal Performance
    * DragonForce, "Heroes of Our Time"
    * Judas Priest, "Nostradamus"
    * Metallica, "My Apocalypse"
    * Ministry, " Under My Thumb"
    * Slipknot, "Psychosocial"

    Best Rock Instrumental Performance
    * David Gilmour, "Castellorizon"
    * Metallica, "Suicide & Redemption"
    * Nine Inch Nails, "34 Ghosts I-IV"
    * Rush, "Hope (Live for the Art of Peace)"
    * Zappa Plays Zappa, "Peaches en Regalia"

    Best Rock Song
    * "Girls in Their Summer Clothes," Bruce Springsteen
    * "House of Cards," Radiohead
    * "I Will Possess Your Heart," Death Cab for Cutie
    * "Sex on Fire," Kings of Leon
    * "Violet Hill," Coldplay

    Best Rock Album
    * Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends, Coldplay
    * Rock n Roll Jesus, Kid Rock
    * Only by the Night, Kings of Leon
    * Death Magnetic, Metallica
    * Consolers of the Lonely, the Raconteurs

    Best Alternative Music Album
    * Modern Guilt, Beck
    * Narrow Stairs, Death Cab for Cutie
    * The Odd Couple, Gnarls Barkley
    * Evil Urges, My Morning Jacket
    * In Rainbows, Radiohead

    Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
    * Beyonce, "Me, Myself And I"
    * Keyshia Cole, "Heaven Sent"
    * Jennifer Hudson, "Spotlight"
    * Alicia Keys, "Superwoman"
    * Jazmine Sullivan, "Need U Bad"

    Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
    * Eric Benet, "You're the Only One"
    * Chris Brown, "Take You Down"
    * Ne-Yo, "Miss Independent"
    * Trey Songz, "Can't Help But Wait"
    * Usher, "Here I Stand"

    Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals
    * Boyz II Men, "Ribbon in the Sky"
    * Anthony David Featuring India.Arie, "Wordsl"
    * Al Green Featuring John Legend, "Stay With Me (by the Sea)"
    * Jennifer Hudson Featuring Fantasia, "I'm His Only Woman"
    * Raphael Saadiq Featuring Stevie Wonder and C.J. Hilton, "Never Give You Up"

    Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance
    * Wayne Brady, "A Change Is Gonna Come"
    * Al Green Featuring Anthony Hamilton, "You've Got the Love I Need"
    * (Linda Jones) With Helen Bruner and Terry Jones, "Baby I Know"
    * Raphael Saadiq, "Love That Girl"
    * Jazmine Sullivan, "In Love With Another Man"

    Best Urban/Alternative Performance
    * Kenna, "Say Goodbye to Love"
    * Maiysha, "Wanna Be"
    * Chrisette Michele Featuring will.i.am, "Be OK"
    * Janelle Monae, "Many Moons"
    * Wayna Featuring Kokayi, "Lovin You (Music)"

    Best R&B Song
    * "Bust Your Windows," Jazmine Sullivan
    * "Customer," Raheem DeVaughn
    * "Heaven Sent," Keyshia Cole
    * "Miss Independent," Ne-Yo
    * "Spotlight," Jennifer Hudson

    Best R&B Album
    * Love & Life, Eric Benet
    * Motown: A Journey Through Hitsville USA, Boyz II Men
    * Lay It Down, Al Green
    * Jennifer Hudson, Jennifer Hudson
    * The Way I See It, Raphael Saadiq

    Best Contemporary R&B Album
    * Growing Pains, Mary J. Blige
    * Back of My Lac', J. Holiday
    * First Love, Karina
    * Year of the Gentleman, Ne-Yo
    * Fearless, Jazmine Sullivan

    Best Rap Solo Performance
    * Jay-Z, "Roc Boys (and the Winner Is)..."
    * Lil Wayne, "A Milli"
    * Lupe Fiasco, "Paris, Tokyo"
    * Nas, "N.i.-.-.e.r. (the Slave and the Master)"
    * Snoop Dogg, "Sexual Eruption"

    Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group
    * Big Boi Featuring Raekwon and Andre 3000, "Royal Flush"
    * Jay-Z & T.I. Featuring Kanye West & Lil Wayne, "Swagga Like Us"
    * Lil Wayne Featuring Jay-Z, "Mr. Carter"
    * Ludacris Featuring T.I., "Wish You Would"
    * Young Jeezy Featuring Kanye West, "Put On"

    Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
    * Estelle Featuring Kanye West, "American Boy"
    * Flo Rida Featuring T-Pain, "Low"
    * John Legend & Andre 3000, "Green Light"
    * Lil Wayne Featuring T-Pain, "Got Money"
    * Lupe Fiasco Featuring Matthew Santos, "Superstar"

    Best Rap Song
    * "Lollipop," Lil Wayne Featuring Static Major
    * "Low," Flo Rida Featuring T-Pain
    * "Sexual Eruption," Snoop Dogg
    * "Superstar," Lupe Fiasco Featuring Matthew Santos
    * "Swagga Like Us," Jay-Z & T.I. Featuring Kanye West and Lil Wayne

    Best Rap Album
    * American Gangster, Jay-Z
    * Tha Carter III, Lil Wayne
    * The Cool, Lupe Fiasco
    * Nas, Nas
    * Paper Trail, T.I.

    Best Female Country Vocal Performance
    * Martina McBride, "For These Times"
    * LeAnn Rimes, "What I Cannot Change"
    * Carrie Underwood, "Last Name"
    * Lee Ann Womack, "Last Call"
    * Trisha Yearwood, "This Is Me You're Talking To"

    Best Male Country Vocal Performance
    * Trace Adkins, "You're Gonna Miss This"
    * Jamey Johnson, "In Color"
    * James Otto, "Just Got Started Lovin' You"
    * Brad Paisley, "Letter to Me "
    * George Strait, "Troubadour"

    Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals
    * Brooks & Dunn, "God Must Be Busy"
    * Lady Antebellum, "Love Don't Live Here"
    * Rascal Flatts, "Every Day"
    * The SteelDrivers, "Blue Side of the Mountain"
    * Sugarland, "Stay"

    Best Country Collaboration With Vocals
    * Kenny Chesney and George Strait, "Shiftwork"
    * Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, "Killing the Blues"
    * George Strait and Patty Loveless, "House of Cash"
    * Sugarland, Jake Owen and Little Big Town, "Life in a Northern Town"
    * Trisha Yearwood and Keith Urban, "Let the Wind Chase You"

    Best Country Instrumental Performance

    * Cherryholmes, "Sumatra "
    * Jerry Douglas and Lloyd Green, "Two Small Cars In Rome"
    * Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, "Sleigh Ride "
    * Charlie Haden, Pat Metheny, Jerry Douglas and Bruce Hornsby, "Is This America? (Katrina 2005)"
    * Brad Paisley, James Burton, Vince Gill, John Jorgenson, Albert Lee, Brent Mason, Redd Volkaert and Steve Wariner, "Cluster Pluck"

    Best Country Song

    * "Dig Two Graves," Randy Travis
    * "I Saw God Today," George Strait
    * "In Color," Jamey Johnson
    * "Stay," Sugarland
    * "You're Gonna Miss This," Trace Adkins

    Best Country Album

    * That Lonesome Song, Jamey Johnson
    * Sleepless Nights, Patty Loveless
    * Troubadour, George Strait
    * Around The Bend, Randy Travis
    * Heaven, Heartache and the Power of Love, Trisha Yearwood

    Best Bluegrass Album

    * Cherryholmes III: Don't Believe, Cherryholmes
    * Del McCoury Band--Live at the 2008 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, Del McCoury Band
    * The Ultimate Collection/Live at the Ryman, Earl Scruggs With Family and Friends
    * Honoring the Fathers Of Bluegrass: Tribute to 1946 and 1947, Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder
    * Wheels, Dan Tyminski

    Best New Age Album

    * Meditations, William Ackerman
    * Pathfinder, Will Clipman
    * Peace Time, Jack DeJohnette
    * Ambrosia, Peter Kater
    * The Scent of Light, Ottmar Liebert and Luna Negra

    Best Contemporary Jazz Album

    * Randy In Brasil, Randy Brecker
    * Floating Point, John McLaughlin
    * Cannon Re-Loaded: All-Star Celebration of Cannonball Adderley, Various Artists
    * Miles From India, Various Artists
    * Lifecycle, Yellowjackets Featuring Mike Stern

    Best Jazz Vocal Album

    * Imagina: Songs of Brasil, Karrin Allyson
    * Breakfast on the Morning Tram, Stacey Kent
    * If Less Is More...Nothing Is Everything, Kate McGarry
    * Loverly, Cassandra Wilson
    * Distances, Norma Winstone (Glauco Venier & Klaus Gesing)

    Best Jazz Instrumental Solo

    * "Be-Bop," Terence Blanchard
    * "Seven Steps to Heaven," Till Brönner
    * "Waltz for Debby," Gary Burton and Chick Corea
    * "Son of Thirteen," Pat Metheny
    * "Be-Bop," James Moody

    Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group

    * The New Crystal Silence, Chick Corea and Gary Burton
    * History, Mystery, Bill Frisell
    * Brad Mehldau Trio: Live, Brad Mehldau Trio
    * Day Trip, Pat Metheny With Christian McBride and Antonio Sanchez
    * Standards, Alan Pasqua, Dave Carpenter and Peter Erskine Trio

    Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

    * Appearing Nightly, Carla Bley and Her Remarkable Big Band
    * Act Your Age, Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band
    * Symphonica, Joe Lovano With WDR Big Band and Rundfunk Orchestra
    * Blauklang, Vince Mendoza
    * Monday Night Live at the Village Vanguard, the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra

    Best Latin Jazz Album

    * Afro Bop Alliance, Caribbean Jazz Project
    * The Latin Side of Wayne Shorter, Conrad Herwig and the Latin Side Band
    * Song for Chico, Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra
    * Nouveau Latino, Nestor Torres
    * Marooned/Aislado, Papo Vázquez and the Mighty Pirates

    Best Gospel Performance

    * Kim Burrell, Rance Allen, Bebe Winans, Mariah Carey and Hezekiah Walker's Love Fellowship Tabernacle Church Choir, "I Understand"
    * Casting Crowns, "East to West"
    * Mary Mary, "Get Up"
    * Take 6, "Shall We Gather at the River"
    * CeCe Winans, "Waging War"

    Best Gospel Song

    * "Cover Me," 21:03 With Fred Hammond, Smokie Norful and J. Moss
    * "Get Up," Mary Mary
    * "Give Me Your Eyes," Brandon Heath
    * "Help Me Believe," Kirk Franklin
    * "You Reign," MercyMe

    Best Rock or Rap Gospel Album

    * Hello, After Edmund
    * Our World Redeemed, Flame
    * We Need Each Other, Sanctus Real
    * Rock What You Got, Superchick
    * Alive and Transported, TobyMac

    Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album

    * This Moment, Steven Curtis Chapman
    * What If We, What If We
    * Opposite Way, Leeland
    * Hello Love, Hello Love
    * Thy Kingdom Come, CeCe Winans

    Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album

    * Room for More, Booth Brothers
    * Lovin' Life, Gaither Vocal Band
    * Steps to Heaven, Charlie Louvin
    * Hymned Again, Bart Millard
    * Ephesians One, Karen Peck J MossNew River

    Best Traditional Gospel Album

    * Down In New Orleans, the Blind Boys of Alabama
    * I'll Say Yes, the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir
    * Take It Back, Dorinda Clark-Cole
    * Deitrick Haddon Presents...Together In Worship, Voices of Unity
    * Bishop Charles E. Blake Presents...No Limit, the West Angeles COGIC Mass Choir

    Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album

    * Reflections, Jason Champion
    * The Fight of My Life, Kirk Franklin
    * The Sound, Mary Mary
    * Donald Lawrence Introduces: Family Prayer, the Murrills
    * Stand Out, Tye Tribbett & G.A.

    Best Latin Pop Album

    * Cara B, Jorge Drexler
    * Palabras Del Silencio, Luis Fonsi
    * La Vida...Es un Ratico, Juanes
    * Cómplices, Luis Miguel
    * Tarde o Temprano, Tommy Torres

    Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album

    * Sonidos Gold, Grupo Fantasma
    * 45, Jaguares
    * La Verdad, Locos por Juana
    * Tijuana Sound Machine, Nortec Collective Presents: Bostich & Fussible
    * Mediocre, Ximena Sariñana

    Best Latin Urban Album

    * La Novela, Akwid
    * La Sinfonia, La Sinfonia
    * The Royalty: La Realeza, R.K.M. and Ken-Y
    * En lo Claro, Voltio
    * Los Extraterrestres, Wisin y Yandel

    Best Tropical Latin Album

    * Cuba: Un Viaje Musical--A Musical Journey, Albita, Rey Ruíz and Donato Poveda
    * Renacer, DLG
    * Señor Bachata, José Feliciano
    * Frutero Moderno, Gonzalo Grau and la Clave Secreta
    * Back on the Streets... Taste Of Spanish Harlem Vol. 2, New Swing Sextet

    Best Regional Mexican Album

    * Amor, Dolor y Lágrimas: Música Ranchera, Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano
    * Desde México: "Cumbia Cusinela," Huichol Musical
    * Vámonos Pa'l Río, Los Pikadientes de Caborca
    * Canciones de Amor, Mariachi Divas
    * A Puro Dolor, Nadia

    Best Tejano Album

    * Music Lessons, Chente Barrera and Taconazo
    * Friends and Legends, Joe Posada
    * Viva la Revolucion, Rubén Ramos and the Mexican Revolution
    * All That Jazz..., Tortilla Factory
    * Heir to the Throne, Albert Zamora

    Best Norteño Album

    * Me Enamore de un Angel, Los Palominos
    * Raíces, Los Tigres del Norte
    * Corridos: Defendiendo el Honor, Pesado
    * Six Pack, Siggno
    * Cuidado, Solido

    Best Banda Album

    * Tu Inspiracion, Alacranes Musical
    * Que Bonito... ¡Es Lo Bonito!, Banda El Recodo de Cruz Lizárraga
    * Vive y Dejame Vivir, Cuisillos
    * Tiro de Gracia, Lupillo Rivera
    * No Es de Madera, Joan Sebástian

    Best Traditional Blues Album

    * The Blues Rolls On, Elvin Bishop
    * Skin Deep, Buddy Guy
    * All Odds Against Me, John Lee Hooker Jr.
    * One Kind Favor, B.B. King
    * Pinetop Perkins and Friends, Pinetop Perkins and Friends

    Best Contemporary Blues Album

    * Peace, Love & BBQ, Marcia Ball
    * Like A Fire, Solomon Burke
    * City That Care Forgot, Dr. John And The Lower 911
    * Maestro, Taj Mahal
    * Simply Grand, Irma Thomas

    Best Traditional Folk Album

    * Coal, Kathy Mattea
    * Comedians & Angels, Tom Paxton
    * Bring Me Home, Peggy Seeger
    * At 89, Pete Seeger
    * Strangers In Another Country, Rosalie Sorrels

    Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album

    * Day After Tomorrow, Joan Baez
    * I, Flathead, Ry Cooder
    * Sex & Gasoline, Rodney Crowell
    * All I Intended To Be, Emmylou Harris
    * Raising Sand, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss

    Best Native American Music Album

    * Songs From the Black Hills, Bryan Akipa
    * Spo'Mo'Kin'Nan, Black Lodge
    * Red Rock, Northern Cree
    * Come to Me Great Mystery--Native American Healing Songs, Various Artists
    * Faith, Kevin Yazzie

    Best Hawaiian Music Album

    * 'Ikena, Tia Carrere & Daniel Ho
    * 'Aumakua, Amy Hanaiali'i
    * Force of Nature, Led Kaapana and Mike Kaawa
    * Hawaiian Slack Key Kings Masters Series Vol. II, Various Artists
    * The Spirit of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar, Various Artists

    Best Zydeco or Cajun Music Album

    * Live at the 2008 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, BeauSoleil & Michael Doucet
    * From Now On, Michael Doucet
    * Homage au Passé, Pine Leaf Boys
    * Live at the 2008 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys
    * Cedric Watson, Cedric Watson

    Best Reggae Album

    * Jah Is Real, Burning Spear
    * Let's Get Physical, Elephant Man
    * Vibes, Heavy D
    * Repentance, Lee "Scratch" Perry
    * Intoxication, Shaggy
    * Amazing, Sly & Robbie

    Best Traditional World Music Album

    * Calcutta Chronicles: Indian Slide Guitar Odyssey, Debashish Bhattacharya
    * The Mandé Variations, Toumani Diabaté
    * Ilembe: Honoring Shaka Zulu, Ladysmith Black Mambazo
    * Dancing In The Light, Lakshmi Shankar

    Best Contemporary World Music Album

    * Shake Away, Lila Downs
    * Banda Larga Cordel, Gilberto Gil
    * Global Drum Project, Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Sikiru Adepoju & Giovanni Hidalgo
    * Rokku mi Rokka (Give and Take), Youssou N'Dour
    * Live at the Nelson Mandela Theater, Soweto Gospel Choir

    Best Polka Album

    * El Maestro del Acordeón y Sus Polkas, Paulino Bernal
    * Speechless, LynnMarie and Charlie Kelley as the Boxhounds
    * Back to Back Hall of Fame Polkas, Walter Ostanek and His Band, Jerry Darlak and the Touch and Bob Kravos and His Band
    * Hungry for More, Polka Family Band
    * Let the Whole World Sing, Jimmy Sturr And His Orchestra

    Best Musical Album for Children

    * Beethoven's Wig 4: Dance Along Symphonies, Beethoven's Wig
    * Big Round World, Trout Fishing In America
    * Here Come the 123s, They Might Be Giants
    * Here Comes Brady Rymer and the Little Band That Could, Brady Rymer and the Little Band That Could
    * The Shoe Bird, Gerard Schwarz Conducting the Seattle Symphony

    Best Spoken Word Album for Children

    * Around the Campfire, Buck Howdy With BB
    * The Big One-Oh, Dean Pitchford
    * Brown Bear and Friends, Gwyneth Paltrow
    * The Cricket in Times Square, Tony Shalhoub
    * Yes to Running! Bill Harley Live, Bill Harley

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

    * An Inconvenient Truth (Al Gore), Beau Bridges, Cynthia Nixon and Blair Underwood
    * Born Standing Up, Steve Martin
    * I Am America (and So Can You!), Stephen Colbert (and Various Artists)
    * Life Beyond Measure, Sidney Poitier
    * When You Are Engulfed In Flames, David Sedaris

    Best Comedy Album

    * Anticipation, Lewis Black
    * Flight of the Conchords, Flight of the Conchords
    * For Your Consideration, Kathy Griffin
    * It's Bad for Ya, George Carlin
    * Songs of the Bushmen, Harry Shearer

    Best Musical Show Album

    * Gypsy
    * In the Heights
    * The Little Mermaid
    * South Pacific
    * Young Frankenstein: The Musical

    Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media

    * American Gangster
    * August Rush
    * Juno
    * Mamma Mia!
    * Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

    Best Score Soundtrack Album tor Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media

    * The Dark Knight, James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer
    * Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, John Williams
    * Iron Man, Ramin Djawadi
    * There Will Be Blood, Jonny Greenwood
    * WALL-E, Thomas Newman

    Best Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media

    * "Down to Earth" (from WALL-E), Peter Gabriel
    * "Ever Ever After" (from Enchanted), Carrie Underwood
    * "Say" (from The Bucket List), John Mayer
    * "That's How You Know" (from Enchanted), Amy Adams
    * "Walk Hard (from Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story), John C. Reilly

    Best Instrumental Composition

    * "The Adventures of Mutt" (from Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull), John Williams
    * "Alegria," Chick Corea and Gary Burton
    * "Claire's Closet," Yellowjackets Featuring Mike Stern
    * "Danzón de Etiqueta," Lee Ritenour and Dave Grusin
    * "Hit the Ground Running," Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band

    Best Instrumental Arrangement

    * Harry Connick Jr., "Ash Wednesday"
    * Maynard Ferguson, "Besame Mucho"
    * Frank Macchia and the Prague Orchestra, "Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair"
    * Joe Zawinul, "In a Silent Way"
    * Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band, "Yo Tannenbaum"

    Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)

    * "Alfie," Traincha and the Metropole Orchestra
    * "Grace," Take 6
    * "Here's That Rainy Day," Natalie Cole
    * "Johnny One Note," John Pizzarelli
    * "Lazy Afternoon," Danilo Perez

    Best Recording Package

    * Death Magnetic, Metallica
    * Hawk Nelson...Is My Friend!, Hawk Nelson
    * Nouns, No Age
    * Radio Retaliation, Thievery Corporation
    * Summer Rains, the Ditty Bops

    Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package

    * Ghosts I-IV, Nine Inch Nails
    * In Rainbows, Radiohead
    * Poems and Songs, Wu Sheng
    * Pretty. Odd., Panic at the Disco
    * @#%&*! Smilers, Aimee Mann

    Best Album Notes

    * Art of Field Recording Volume I: Fifty Years of Traditional American Music Documented by Art Rosenbaum, Various Artists
    * Debate '08: Taft and Bryan Campaign on the Edison Phonograph, William Jennings Bryan and William Howard Taft
    * Kind of Blue: 50th Anniversary Collector's Edition, Miles Davis
    * Rare and Unreleased Recordings From the Golden Reign of the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin
    * The Unsung Father of Country Music: 1925-1934, Ernest V. Stoneman

    Best Historical Album

    * Art of Field Recording Volume I: Fifty Years of Traditional American Music Documented by Art Rosenbaum, Various Artists
    * Classic Columbia, Okeh and Vocalion: Lester Young With Count Basie (1936-1940), Lester Young With Count Basie
    * Debate '08: Taft and Bryan Campaign on the Edison Phonograph, William Jennings Bryan and William Howard Taft
    * Polk Miller and His Old South Quartette, Polk Miller and His Old South Quartette
    * To Be Free: The Nina Simone Story, Nina Simone

    Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

    * Consolers of the Lonely, the Raconteurs
    * Just a Little Lovin', Shelby Lynne
    * Lay It Down, Al Green
    * Still Unforgettable, Natalie Cole
    * We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things., Jason Mraz

    Producer of the Year, Non-Classical

    * Danger Mouse: Attack and Release (the Black Keys), Modern Guilt (Beck), The Odd Couple (Gnarls Barkley)
    * Nigel Godrich, In Rainbows
    * Johnny Karkazis: Big Bad World (Plain White T's), The Illusion of Progress (Staind), Light From Above (Black Tide), 3 Doors Down (3 Doors Down)
    * Rick Rubin: Death Magnetic (Metallica), Home Before Dark (Neil Diamond), Mercy (Dancing for the Death of an Imaginary Enemy) (Ours), Seeing Things (Jakob Dylan), Weezer (Red Album) (Weezer)
    * Will.i.am: "American Boy" (Estelle Featuring Kanye West), Encanto (Sergio Mendes), "Funky Bahia" (Sergio Mendes Featuring Will.i.am & Siedah Garrett), "In the Ayer" (Flo Rida Featuring Will.i.am), "Pick It Up" (Fergie), "Picture Perfect" (Chris Brown Featuring Will.i.am), "What's Your Name" (Usher Featuring Will.i.am)

    Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical

    * "Closer" (StoneBridge Radio Edit), Ne-Yo
    * "Electric Feel" (Justice Remix), MGMT
    * "4 Minutes" (Junkie XL Remix), Madonna Featuring Justin Timberlake
    * "Just Fine" (Moto Blanco Remix), Mary J. Blige
    * "The Longest Road" (Deadmau5 Remix), Morgan Page Featuring Lissie

    Best Surround Sound Album

    * Divertimenti, Øyvind Gimse and TrondheimSolistene
    * Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Night on Bald Mountain; Prelude to Khovanshchina, Paavo Järvi and Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
    * Rheinberger: Sacred Choral Works, Charles Bruffy, Phoenix Bach Choir and Kansas City Chorale
    * Ringo 5.1 The Surround Sound Collection, Ringo Starr
    * Sensurround + B-Sides, Cornelius

    Best Engineered Album, Classical

    * Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, Gustavo Dudamel & Los Angeles Philharmonic
    * Divertimenti, Øyvind Gimse and TrondheimSolistene
    * Puccini: La Bohème: Robert Spano and Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
    * Respighi: Church Windows, Brazilian Impressions, Rossiniana, JoAnn Falletta and Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
    * Traditions and Transformations: Sounds of Silk Road Chicago, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Alan Gilbert, Silk Road Ensemble, Wu Man, Yo-Yo Ma and Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Producer of the Year, Classical

    * David Frost
    * David Groves
    * Judith Sherman
    * Robert Woods
    * Robina G. Young

    Best Classical Album

    * Maria, Adam Fischer; Orchestra La Scintilla
    * O'Regan, Tarik: Threshold Of Night, Company Of Strings; Company of Voices and Conspirare
    * Schoenberg/Sibelius: Violin Concertos, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    * Spotless Rose: Hymns to the Virgin Mary, Phoenix Chorale
    * Weill: Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny, Donnie Ray Albert, John Easterlin, Steven Humes, Mel Ulrich and Robert Wörle; Los Angeles Opera Chorus; Los Angeles Opera Orchestra

    Best Orchestral Performance

    * Iceland Symphony Orchestra, D'Indy: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1
    * Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Glazunov: Symphony No. 6, La Mer, Introduction and Dance From Salome
    * Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Prokofiev: Scythian Suite, Op. 20
    * Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4
    * Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra, Walden, Chris: Symphony No. 1, The Four Elements

    Best Opera Recording

    * Dun, Tan: The First Emperor, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
    * Lully: Psyché, Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra; Boston Early Music Festival Chorus
    * Monteverdi: L'Orfeo, Concerto Italiano
    * Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin, the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; the Metropolitan Opera Chorus
    * Weill: Rise And Fall Of The City Of Mahagonny; Donnie Ray Albert, John Easterlin, Steven Humes, Mel Ulrich and Robert Wörle; Los Angeles Opera Orchestra; Los Angeles Opera Chorus

    Best Choral Performance

    * Company of Strings; Company Of Voices & Conspirare, O'Regan, Tarik: Threshold of Night
    * Kansas City Chorale and Phoenix Bach Choir, Rheinberger: Sacred Choral Works
    * Berliner Philharmoniker; Rundfunkchor Berlin, Symphony of Psalms
    * Jaroslaw Brek, Iwona Hossa and Ewa Marciniec; Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra; Warsaw Philharmonic Choir, Szymanowski, Karol: Stabat Mater
    * Steve Davislim, Mihoko Fujimura, Matthew Rose and Indra Thomas; London Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Chorus, Tippett: A Child of Our Time

    Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra)

    * National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, Bloch/Lees: Violin Concertos
    * Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Harrison: Pipa Concerto
    * Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Mozart: Piano Concertos 17 and 20
    * L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos 2 and 5
    * Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Schoenberg/Sibelius: Violin Concertos

    Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra)

    * Marc-André Hamelin, In a State of Jazz
    * Gloria Cheng, Piano Music of Salonen, Stucky and Lutoslawski
    * Wei Li, Red Cliff Capriccio
    * Cameron Carpenter, Revolutionary
    * Joan Jeanrenaud, Strange Toys

    Best Chamber Music Performance

    * Stephen Hough; Takács Quartet, Brahms: String Quartet Op. 51, No. 2, Piano Quintet Op. 34
    * Pacifica Quartet, Carter, Elliott: String Quartets Nos. 1 and 5
    * Trio Mediaeval, Folk Songs
    * ARC Ensemble, Right Through the Bone--Julius Röntgen Chamber Music
    * Jennifer Koh and Reiko Uchida, String Poetic

    Best Small Ensemble Performance

    * TrondheimSolistene, Divertimenti
    * Moscow Soloists, Dun: Pipa Concerto; Hayashi: Viola Concerto; Takemitsu: Nostalgia
    * Schoenberg Ensemble, Im Wunderschoenen Monat Mai
    * Meredith Monk and Vocal Ensemble, Monk: Impermanence
    * Phoenix Chorale, Spotless Rose: Hymns to the Virgin Mary

    Best Classical Vocal Performance

    * JoAnn Falletta; Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Corigliano: Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan
    * Gil Rose; Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Fussell, Charles: Wilde
    * Eduard Topchjan; Serouj Kradjian; Chamber Players of the Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra, Gomidas Songs
    * Adam Fischer; Orchestra la Scintilla, Maria
    * Christian Gerhaher and Daniel Hope; Bengt Forsberg and Gerold Huber, Terezín: Theresienstadt

    Best Classical Contemporary Composition

    * Peter Eötvös, "Dalbavie: Concerto Pour Flûte"
    * Robert Spano, "Gandolfi: The Garden of Cosmic Speculation"
    * JoAnn Falletta, "Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan"
    * Douglas Boyd, "Violin Concerto No. 2"
    * Chris Walden, "Walden, Chris: Symphony No. 1, the Four Elements"

    Best Classical Crossover Album

    * Baroque, Gabriela Montero
    * Indigo Road, Ronn McFarlane
    * Old School, East Village Opera Company
    * The Othello Syndrome, Uri Caine Ensemble
    * Simple Gifts, the King's Singers

    Best Short Form Music Video

    * Erykah Badu, "Honey"
    * Gnarls Barkley, "Who's Gonna Save My Soul"
    * Alicia Keys and Jack White, "Another Way to Die"
    * Radiohead, "House of Cards"
    * Weezer, "Pork and Beans"

    Best Long Form Music Video

    * John Mayer, "Where the Light Is--Live in Los Angeles"
    * Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers , "Runnin' Down a Dream"
    * Rihanna, "Good Girl Gone Bad Live"
    * Various Artists, "Respect Yourself--the Stax Records Story"
    * The Who, "Amazing Journey: The Story of the Who"


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