2008 Grammy Awards
Details & Performances
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- Venue: Staples Center
- City: Los Angeles
- Date: February 10, 2008
Awards
Album of the Year
Best Album Notes
- Bruce Nemerov - John Work, III: Recording Black Culture
- Patrick Feaster and David Giovannoni - Actionable Offenses: Indecent Phonograph Recordings from the 1890s
- Loren Schoen - Classic Chu Berry Columbia and Victor Sessions
- David Sager - Off the Record: The Complete 1923 Jazz Band Recordings
- Ricky Jay - Ricky Jay Plays Poker
Best Alternative Music Album
Best Banda Album
- El Chapo - Te Va a Gustar
- El Potro De Sinaloa - Los Mejores Corridos
- Valentin Elizalde - Lobo Domesticado
- K-PAZ De La Sierra - Conquistando Corazones
- Lupillo Rivera - Entre Copas y Botellas
Best Bluegrass Album
- Jim Lauderdale - The Bluegrass Diaries
- Cherryholmes - Cherryholmes II: Black and White
- J. D. Crowe and The New South - Lefty's Old Guitar
- The Seldom Scene - Scenechronized
- Tony Trischka - Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular
Best Boxed/Special Limited Edition
- Masaki Koike - What It Is!: Funky Soul and Rare Grooves (1967-1977)
- Matt Taylor, Ellen Wakayama & Gerard Way - The Black Parade
- Alex Kirzhner - A Fever You Can't Sweat Out
- Stan Chow - Icky Thump
- Matt Taylor & Valo - Venus Doom
Best Chamber Music Performance
- Eighth Blackbird - Strange Imaginary Animals
- Artists Of The Royal Conservatory Ensemble - On the Threshold of Hope
- Oleg Maisenberg & Sabine Meyer - Saint-Saens/Poulenc/Devienne/Milhaud
- Ying Quartet - Tchaikovsky: Three String Quartets, Souvenir De Florence
- Joseph Banowetz & Alton Chung Ming Chan - 30 Songs of the Russian People
Best Children's Music Album
- The Muppets - A Green and Red Christmas
- Buck Howdy with BB - Chickens
- Sweet Honey in the Rock - Experience...10
- Bill Harley - I Wanna Play
- Peter Himmelman - My Green Kite
- Various Artists - The Velveteen Rabbit
Best Children's Spoken Word Album
- Jim Dale - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- Milbre Burch - Making the Heart Whole Again: Stories for a Wounded World
- Meryl Streep & Stanley Tucci - The One and Only Shrek
- Toni Morrison - Who's Got Game? The Ant or the Grasshopper? The Lion or the Mouse? Poppy or the Snake?
- Diane Ferlatte - Wickety Whack: Brer Rabbit Is Back
Best Choral Performance
- Thomas Quasthoff & Dorothea Roschmann - Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem
- Abdrazakov, Herbert Lippert, Marianna Pizzolato & Ruth Ziesak - Cherubini: Missa Solemnis in E
- Charles Bruffy - Grechaninov: Passion Week
- Antoni Wit - Penderecki: Symphony No. 7 'Seven Gates Of Jerusalem'
- Michael Gielen - Schonberg: Gurrelieder
Best Classical Album
- Nashville Symphony - Tower: Made In America
- Ildar Abdrazakov, Herbert Lippert, Marianna Pizzolato & Ruth Ziesak; Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks - Cherubini: Missa Solemnis in E
- Various Artists - Passion Week Lyrics
- Valery Gergiev; Orchestra Of The Mariinsky Theatre - Homage: The Age of the Diva
- James Levine; Boston Symphony Orchestra - Lorraine Hunt Lieberson Sings Peter Lieberson: Neruda Songs
Best Classical Contemporary Composition
- Joan Tower - Made in America
- Joan Albert Amargos - Amargos: Northern Concerto
- David Chesky - Chesky: Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra
- Jennifer Higdon - Higdon: Zaka
- Peter Lieberson - Lorraine Hunt Lieberson Sings Peter Lieberson: Neruda Songs
Best Classical Crossover Album
- Turtle Island String Quartet - A Love Supreme: The Legacy of John Coltrane
- Thomas Quasthoff - The Jazz Album: Watch What Happens
- Craig Jessop & Mack Wilberg - Spirit of the Season
- Quartet San Francisco - Whirled Chamber Music
- Brian Setzer (The Brian Setzer Orchestra) - Wolfgang's Big Night Out
Best Classical Vocal Performance
- Lorraine Hunt Lieberson - Lorraine Hunt Lieberson Sings Peter Lieberson: Neruda Songs
- Rolando Villazon - Gitano: Zarzuela Arias
- Renee Fleming - Homage: The Age of the Diva
- Anna Netrebko - Russian Album
- Sarah Connolly - Sea Pictures, Op. 37
Best Comedy Album
- Flight of the Conchords - The Distant Future
- George Lopez - America's Mexican
- Lisa Lampanelli - Dirty Girl
- Steven Wright - I Still Have a Pony
- Harry Shearer - Songs Pointed & Pointless
Best Compilation Soundtrack Album
- George Martin & Giles Martin (The Beatles) - Love
- Various Artists - Across The Universe
- Various Artists - Dreamgirls
- Various Artists - Hairspray Lyrics
- Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova - Once
Best Contemporary Blues Album
Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album
Best Contemporary Jazz Album
- Herbie Hancock - River: The Joni Letters
- Will Bernard - Party Hats
- Brian Bromberg - Downright Upright
- Eldar - Re-imagination
- Jeff Lorber - He Had a Hat
Best Contemporary R&B Album
Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album
- Fred Hammond - Free to Worship
- Coko - Grateful
- J. Moss - V2
- Trin-i-tee 5:7 - T57
- Marvin Winans - Alone But Not Alone
Best Contemporary World Music Album
Best Country Album
Best Country Collaboration w/ Vocals
- Willie Nelson & Ray Price - Lost Highway
- 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 Instrumental Performance
Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
Best Country Song
Best Dance Recording
Best Electronic/Dance Album
Best Engineered Album, Classical
- Various Artists - Passion Week Lyrics
- Jerry Junkin & Dallas Wind Symphony - Garden of Dreams
- Sabine Meyer, Emmanuel Pahud & Simon Rattle - Nielsen: Clarinet & Flute Concertos
- Craig Jessop, Mack Wilberg & Mormon Tabernacle Choir - Spirit of the Season
- Lorin Maazel & New York Philharmonic - Strauss: Don Juan, Death and Transfiguration
Best Engineered Album, Non Classical
Best Female Country Vocal Performance
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
Best Gospel Performance
- The Clark Sisters - Blessed & Highly Favored
- Aretha Franklin & Mary J. Blige (Featuring The Harlem Boys Choir) - Never Gonna Break My Faith
- Casting Crowns - East To West Lyrics
- Israel And New Breed Featuring T-Bone - With Long Life
- CeCe Winans - He Set My Life to Music
Best Gospel Song
Best Hard Rock Performance
Best Hawaiian Music Album
- Various Artists - Treasures of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar
- Keola Beamer - Ka Hikina O Ka Hau
- Tia Carrere - Hawaiiana
- Cyril Pahinui - He'eia
- Raiatea Helm - Hawaiian Blossom
Best Historical Album
- Nora Guthrie & Jorge Arevalo Mateus - The Live Wire: Woody Guthrie in Performance 1949
- David Giovannoni, Meagan Hennessey & Richard Martin - Actionable Offenses: Indecent Phonograph Recordings From the 1890s
- Stuart Batsford, Mick Houghton & Phil Smee - Forever Changing: The Golden Age of Elektra Records 1963-1973 (Deluxe Edition)
- Alec Palao - Love Is the Song We Sing: San Francisco Nuggets 1965-1970
- Christopher King & Henry "Hank" Sapoznik - People Take Warning! Murder Ballads & Disaster Songs 1913-1938
Best Instrumental Arrangement
- Vince Mendoza - In a Silent Way
- Harry Connick, Jr. - Ash Wednesday
- Steve Wiest - Besame Mucho
- Frank Macchia - Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair
- Gordon Goodwin - Yo Tannenbaum (From Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas)
Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
- John Clayton - I'm Gonna Live Till I Die
- Jorge Calandrelli - Cry Me a River
- Jay Ashby, Darmon Meader & Kim Nazarian - In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning
- Michael Abene - Overture/Gershwin Medley
- Pete McGuinness - Smile
Best Instrumental Composition
- Maria Schneider - Cerulean Skies
- Harry Connick, Jr. - Ash Wednesday
- Mark Walker - Deep Six
- Philip Glass - I Knew Her
- Bela Fleck - Spectacle
Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra)
- Garrick Ohlsson - Beethoven Sonatas, Vol. 3
- Marc-Andre Hamelin - Haydn
- Kenneth Boulton - Louisiana: A Pianist's Journey
- Manuel Barrueco - Solo Piazzolla
- Allison Brewster Franzetti - 20th Century Piano Sonatas
Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra)
- Bramwell Tovey - Barber/Korngold/Walton: Violin Concertos
- Christoph Eschenbach - Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 4
- Simon Rattle - Nielsen: Clarinet & Flute Concert
- Dmitry Yablonsky - Rozsa: Violin Concerto, Op. 24
- Ari Rasila - Tchaikovsky/Saint-Saens/Ginastera
Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group
- Michael Brecker - Pilgrimage Lyrics
- The Bill Charlap Trio - Live at the Village Vanguard
- Joe Lovano and Hank Jones - Kids: Live at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola
- John Patitucci - Line by Line
- Joshua Redman - Back East
Best Jazz Instrumental Solo Performance
Best Jazz Vocal Album
- Patti Austin - Avant Gershwin
- Dee Dee Bridgewater - Red Earth: A Malian Journey
- Freddy Cole - Music Maestro Please
- Kurt Elling - Nightmoves
- Tierney Sutton - On the Other Side
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
- Terence Blanchard - A Tale of God's Will (A Requiem for Katrina)
- The Bob Florence Limited Edition - Eternal Licks & Grooves
- The Bill Holman Band - Hommage
- Maria Schneider Orchestra - Sky Blue
- Charles Tolliver Big Band - With Love
Best Latin Jazz Album
- Paquito Rivera Quintet - Funk Tango
- Sammy Figueroa and his Latin Jazz Explosion - The Magician
- Steve Khan - Borrowed Time
- Hector Martignon - Refugee
- Bobby Sanabria Big Band - Big Band Urban Folktales
Best Latin Pop Album
- Alejandro Sanz - El Tren de los Momentos
- Miguel Bose - Papito Lyrics
- Jorge Drexler - 12 Segundos de Oscuridad
- Luis Miguel - Navidades
- Jennifer Pena - Dicen Que el Tiempo
Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album
- Black Guayaba - No Hay Espacio
- Jarabe De Palo - Adelantando
- Panda - Amantes Sunt Amentes
- Los Rabanes - Kamikaze
- Zoe - Memo Rex Commander y el Corazon Atomico de la Via Lactea
Best Latin Urban Album
Best Long Form Music Video
- Madonna - The Confessions Tour
- Dierks Bentley - Live and Loud at the Fillmore
- R. Kelly - Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 13-22
- Kenny Wayne Shepherd and various artists - 10 Days Out: Blues from the Backroads
- Various artists - Liberacion: Songs of the Cuban Underground
Best Male Country Vocal Performance
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
Best Metal Performance
Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album
- Pepe Aguilar - 100% Mexicano
- Cristian Castro - El Indomable
- Vicente Fernandez - Para Siempre
- Paquita la del Barrio - Puro Dolor
- Sones De Mexico Ensemble - Esta Tierra Es Tuya (This Land Is Your Land)
Best Musical Show Album
- Original Broadway Cast - Spring Awakening
- Various Artists - A Chorus Line
- Raul Esparza & Others - Company
- Original Broadway Cast - Grey Gardens
- Vittorio Grigolo, Hayley Westenra, Connie Fisher & Others - West Side Story
Best Native American Music Album
- Johnny Whitehorse - Totemic Flute Chants
- Walter Ahhaitty & Friends - Oklahoma Style
- Black Lodge - Watch This Dancer!
- Davis Mitchell - The Ballad of Old Times
- R. Carlos Nakai, Cliff Sarde, William Eaton & Randy Wood - Reconnections
Best New Age Album
- Paul Winter Consort - Crestone
- Peter Kater - Faces of the Sun
- Ottmar Liebert - One Guitar
- Eric Tingstad - Southwest
- Kitaro - Sacred Journey of Ku-Kai, Volume 3
Best New Artist
Best Norteno Album
- Los Tigres Del Norte - Detalles y Emociones
- Conjunto Primavera - El Amor Que Nunca Fue
- Intocable - Crossroads
- Los Rieleros Del Norte - Ven y Dime
- Pesado - Gracias por Tu Amor
Best Opera Recording
- Sarah Coppen, Diana Montague & Sarah Tynan; New London Children's Choir - Humperdinck: Hansel & Gretel
- Orquesta Y Coro De La Comunidad De Madrid - Albeniz: Pepita Jimenez
- The Royal Opera Chorus; The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House - Donizetti: Dom Sebastien, Roi De Portugal
- Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra - Lully: Thesee
- Choir Of The Bavarian State Opera; Bavarian State Orchestra - Verdi: La Traviata
Best Orchestra Performance
- Nashville Symphony - Tower: Made in America
- Minnesota Orchestra - Beethoven: Symphony No. 9
- Royal Scottish National Orchestra - Shostakovich: The Golden Age
- Los Angeles Philharmonic - Stravinsky: Le Sacre Du Printemps
- Atlanta Symphony Orchestra - Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5, Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis, Serenade to Music
Best Polka Album
- Jimmy Sturr & His Orchestra - Come Share the Wine
- Brave Combo - Polka's Revenge
- John Gora & Gorale - Bulletproof Polkas
- Bubba Hernandez & Alex Meixner - Polka Freak Out
- Walter Ostanek and His Band & Brian Sklar and the Western Senators - Dueling Polkas
Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals
- Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)
- Tony Bennett & Christina Aguilera - Steppin' Out
- Beyonce & Shakira - Beautiful Liar
- Gwen Stefani & Akon - The Sweet Escape
- Timbaland featuring Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake - Give It to Me
Best Pop Instrumental Album
Best Pop Instrumental Performance
Best Pop Performance by a Duo/Group w/ Vocals
Best Pop Vocal Album
Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album
Best R&B Album
Best R&B Performance By a Duo/Group W/ Vocals
- Chaka Khan featuring Mary J. Blige - Disrespectful
- R. Kelly featuring Usher - Same Girl
- Rihanna featuring Ne-Yo - Hate That I Love You
- Angie Stone featuring Betty Wright - Baby
- T-Pain featuring Akon - Bartender
Best R&B Song
Best Rap Album
