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This is truly the grand-daddy of all awards shows. The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences recognizes outstanding musical achievements. The Grammys always prove to be a night of spectacle and performance that truly can't be missed.

Host: LL Cool J, Taylor Swift
Date: February 7, 2009
City: Los Angeles

This Year's Performers

The Nominees

Record Of The Year

Album Of The Year

Song Of The Year

  • Winner:
    Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion & Chris Martin, songwriters (Coldplay)     Viva La Vida
  • Sara Bareilles, songwriter (Sara Bareilles) Love Song
  • Jason Mraz, songwriter (Jason Mraz) I'm Yours
  • Adele Adkins & Eg White, songwriters (Adele) Chasing Pavements
  • William Adams, Keith Harris, Josh Lopez, Caleb Speir, John Stephens, Estelle Swaray & Kanye West, songwriters (Estelle Featuring Kanye West) American Boy

Best New Artist

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance

Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals

  • Winner:
    Robert Plant & Alison Krauss     Rich Woman
  • Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown No Air
  • Rihanna & Maroon 5 If I Never See Your Face Again
  • Alicia Keys & John Mayer Lesson Learned
  • Madonna, Justin Timberlake & Timbaland 4 Minutes

Best Pop Instrumental Performance

Best Pop Instrumental Album

Best Pop Vocal Album

Best Dance Recording

Best Electronic/dance Album

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

Best Hard Rock Performance

Best Metal Performance

Best Rock Instrumental Performance

Best Rock Song

  • Winner:
    Bruce Springsteen, songwriter (Bruce Springsteen)     Girls In Their Summer Clothes
  • Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion & Chris Martin, songwriters (Coldplay) Violet Hill
  • Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill & Nathan Followill, songwriters (Kings Of Leon) Sex On Fire
  • Benjamin Gibbard, Nicholas Harmer, Jason McGerr & Christopher Walla, songwriters (Death Cab For Cutie) I Will Possess Your Heart
  • Colin Greenwood, Jonny Greenwood, Ed O'Brien, Philip Selway & Thom Yorke, songwriters (Radiohead) House Of Cards

Best Rock Album

Best Alternative Music Album

Best Female R&b Vocal Performance

Best Male R&b Vocal Performance

Best R&b Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

Best Traditional R&b Vocal Performance

Best Urban/alternative Performance

Best R&b Song

  • Winner:
    Mikkel S. Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen & Shaffer Smith, songwriters (Jennifer Hudson)     Spotlight
  • M.S. Eriksen, T.E. Hermansen & S. Smith, songwriters (Ne-Yo) Miss Independent
  • Keyshia Cole, Jason Farmer & Alex Francis, songwriters (Keyshia Cole) Heaven Sent
  • I. Barias, Raheem DeVaughn, C. Haggins, K. Oliver & J. Smith, songwriters (Raheem DeVaughn) Customer
  • Salaam Remi & Jazmine Sullivan, songwriters (Deandre Way, songwriter) (Jazmine Sullivan) Best R&B Song

Best R&b Album

Best Contemporary R&b Album

Best Rap Solo Performance

Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group

Best Rap/sung Collaboration

Best Rap Song

  • Winner:
    D. Carter, S. Garrett, D. Harrison, J. Scheffer & R. Zamor, songwriters (Lil Wayne Featuring Static Major)     Lollipop
  • D. Carter, S. Carter, Clifford Harris & Kanye West, songwriters (M. Arulpragasam, N. Headon, M. Jones, J. Mellor, T. Pentz & P. Simonon, songwriters) (Jay-Z & T.I. Featuring Kanye West & Lil Wayne) Swagga Like Us
  • Lupe Fiasco & Soundtrakk, songwriters (Lupe Fiasco Featuring Matthew Santos) Superstar
  • Calvin Broadus, S. Lovejoy & D. Stewart, songwriters (Snoop Dogg) Sexual Eruption
  • T. Dillard, M. Humphrey & T-Pain, songwriters (Flo Rida Featuring T-Pain) Low

Best Rap Album

Best Female Country Vocal Performance

Best Male Country Vocal Performance

Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

Best Country Collaboration With Vocals

  • Winner:
    Robert Plant & Alison Krauss     Killing The Blues
  • Trisha Yearwood & Keith Urban Let The Wind Chase You
  • Sugarland, Jake Owen & Little Big Town Life In A Northern Town
  • George Strait & Patty Loveless House Of Cash
  • Kenny Chesney & George Strait Shiftwork

Best Country Instrumental Performance

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

Best Country Song

  • Winner:
    Jennifer Nettles, songwriter (Sugarland)     Stay
  • Ashley Gorley & Lee Thomas Miller, songwriters (Trace Adkins) You're Gonna Miss This
  • Jamey Johnson, Lee Thomas Miller & James Otto, songwriters (Jamey Johnson) In Color
  • Rodney Clawson, Monty Criswell & Wade Kirby, songwriters (George Strait) I Saw God Today
  • Ashley Gorley & Bob Regan, songwriters (Randy Travis) Dig Two Graves

Best Country Album

Best Bluegrass Album

Best New Age Album

Best Contemporary Jazz Album

Best Jazz Vocal Album

Best Jazz Instrumental Solo

  • Winner:
    Terence Blanchard, soloist     Be-Bop
  • James Moody, soloist Be-Bop
  • Pat Metheny, soloist Son Of Thirteen
  • Gary Burton & Chick Corea, soloists Waltz For Debby
  • Till Brönner, soloist Seven Steps To Heaven

Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual Or Group

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

  • Winner:
    The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra     Monday Night Live At The Village Vanguard
  • Vince Mendoza Blauklang
  • Joe Lovano With WDR Big Band & Rundfunk Orchestra Symphonica
  • Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band Act Your Age
  • Carla Bley And Her Remarkable Big Band Appearing Nightly

Best Latin Jazz Album

  • Winner:
    Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra     Song For Chico
  • Papo Vázquez The Mighty Pirates Marooned/Aislado
  • Nestor Torres Nouveau Latino
  • Caribbean Jazz Project Afro Bop Alliance
  • Conrad Herwig & The Latin Side Band The Latin Side Of Wayne Shorter

Best Gospel Performance

Best Gospel Song

  • Winner:
    Kirk Franklin, songwriter (Kirk Franklin)     Help Me Believe
  • Jim Bryson, Steven Curtis Chapman, Nathan Cochran, Barry Graul, Bart Millard, Mike Scheuchzer & Robby Shaffer, songwriters (MercyMe) You Reign
  • Brandon Heath & Jason Ingram, songwriters (Brandon Heath) Give Me Your Eyes
  • Erica Campbell, Tina Campbell, Warryn Campbell & Eric Dawkins, songwriters (Mary Mary) Get Up
  • James L. Moss, songwriter (21:03 With Fred Hammond, Smokie Norful & J Moss) Cover Me

Best Rock Or Rap Gospel Album

Best Pop/contemporary Gospel Album

Best Southern, Country, Or Bluegrass Gospel Album

Best Traditional Gospel Album

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

Best Contemporary R&b Gospel Album

Best Latin Pop Album

Best Latin Rock Or Alternative Album

Best Latin Urban Album

Best Tropical Latin Album

Best Regional Mexican Album

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

Best Tejano Album

Best Norteño Album

Best Banda Album

Best Traditional Blues Album

Best Contemporary Blues Album

Best Traditional Folk Album

Best Contemporary Folk/americana Album

Best Native American Music Album

  • Winner:
    Tom Wasinger, producer     Come To Me Great Mystery — Native American Healing Songs (Various Artists)
  • Kevin Yazzie Faith
  • Northern Cree Red Rock
  • Black Lodge Spo'Mo'Kin'Nan
  • Bryan Akipa Songs From The Black Hills

Best Hawaiian Music Album

  • Winner:
    Tia Carrere & Daniel Ho     'Ikena
  • Daniel Ho, George Kahumoku, Jr., Dennis Kamakahi, Paul Konwiser & Wayne Wong, producers The Spirit Of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar (Various Artists)
  • Chris Lau & Milton Lau, producers # Hawaiian Slack Key Kings Masters Series Vol. II (Various Artists)
  • Led Kaapana & Mike Kaawa Force Of Nature
  • Amy Hanaiali`i 'Aumakua

Best Zydeco Or Cajun Music Album

  • Winner:
    BeauSoleil & Michael Doucet     Live At The 2008 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
  • Cedric Watson Cedric Watson
  • Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys Live At The 2008 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
  • Pine Leaf Boys Homage Au Passé
  • Michael Doucet From Now On

Best Reggae Album

Best Traditional World Music Album

Best Contemporary World Music Album

Best Polka Album

  • Winner:
    Jimmy Sturr And His Orchestra     Let The Whole World Sing
  • Polka Family Band Hungry For More
  • Walter Ostanek & His Band, Jerry Darlak & The Touch And Bob Kravos & His Band Back To Back Hall Of Fame Polkas
  • LynnMarie & Charlie Kelley As The Boxhounds Speechless
  • Paulino Bernal El Maestro Del Acordeón Y Sus Polkas

Best Musical Album For Children

Best Spoken Word Album For Children

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

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

Best Comedy Album

Best Musical Show Album

  • Winner:
    Kurt Deutsch, Alex Lacamoire, Andrés Levin, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Joel Moss & Bill Sherman, producers; Lin-Manuel Miranda, composer/lyricist (Original Broadway Cast With Lin-Manuel Miranda And Others)     In The Heights
  • Doug Besterman, producer; Mel Brooks, composer/lyricist (Original Broadway Cast With Roger Bart, Megan Mullally, Sutton Foster & Others) Young Frankenstein; The Musical
  • David Caddick, David Lai & Ted Sperling, producers (Richard Rodgers, composer; Oscar Hammerstein II, lyricist) (New Broadway Cast With Kelli O'Hara, Paulo Szot & Others) South Pacific
  • Bruce Botnick, Michael Kosarin, Alan Menken & Chris Montan, producers; Alan Menken, composer; Glenn Slater, lyricist (Howard Ashman, lyricist) (Original Broadway Cast With Sierra Boggess, Tituss Burgess & Others) The Little Mermaid
  • Robert Sher, producer (Jule Styne, composer; Stephen Sondheim, lyricist) (2008 Broadway Cast With Patti LuPone & Others) Gypsy

Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media

Best Score Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media

  • Winner:
    James Newton Howard & Hans Zimmer, composers     The Dark Knight
  • Thomas Newman, composer Wall-E
  • Jonny Greenwood, composer There Will Be Blood
  • Ramin Djawadi, composer Iron Man
  • John Williams, composer Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull

Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media

  • Winner:
    Peter Gabriel & Thomas Newman, songwriters (Peter Gabriel)     Down To Earth (From Wall-E)
  • Judd Apatow, Marshall Crenshaw, Jake Kasdan & John C. Reilly, songwriters (John C. Reilly) Walk Hard (From Walk Hard — The Dewey Cox Story)
  • Alan Menken & Stephen Schwartz, songwriters (Amy Adams) That's How You Know (From Enchanted)
  • John Mayer, songwriter (John Mayer) Say (From The Bucket List)
  • Alan Menken & Stephen Schwartz, songwriters (Carrie Underwood) Ever Ever After (From Enchanted)

Best Instrumental Composition

  • Winner:
    John Williams, composer (John Williams)     The Adventures Of Mutt (From Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull)
  • Gordon Goodwin, composer (Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band) Hit The Ground Running
  • Dave Grusin, composer (Lee Ritenour & Dave Grusin) Danzón De Etiqueta
  • Russell Ferrante, composer (Yellowjackets Featuring Mike Stern) Claire's Closet
  • Chick Corea, composer (Chick Corea & Gary Burton) Alegria

Best Instrumental Arrangement

  • Winner:
    Peter Gabriel & Thomas Newman, arrangers (Thomas Newman)     Define Dancing (From Wall-E)
  • Gordon Goodwin, arranger (Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band Featuring Art Tatum) Yesterdays
  • Bob Brookmeyer, arranger (The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra) St. Louis Blues
  • Michael Abene, arranger (Joe Lovano With WDR Big Band & Rundfunk Orchestra) Duke Ellington's Sound Of Love
  • Frank Macchia, arranger (Frank Macchia Featuring The Prague Orchestra) Down In The Valley

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)

  • Winner:
    Nan Schwartz, arranger (Natalie Cole)     Here's That Rainy Day
  • Claus Ogerman, arranger (Danilo Perez) Lazy Afternoon
  • Don Sebesky, arranger (John Pizzarelli) Johnny One Note
  • Vince Mendoza, arranger (Traincha & The Metropole Orchestra) Alfie
  • Cedric Dent, arranger (Take 6) Grace

Best Recording Package

  • Winner:
    Bruce Duckworth, Sarah Moffatt & David Turner, art directors (Metallica)     Death Magnetic
  • Amanda Barrett, Abby DeWald, Renee Jablow & Rick Whitmore, art directors (The Ditty Bops) Summer Rains
  • Neal Ashby, Matthew Curry & Patrick Donohue, art directors (Thievery Corporation) Radio Retaliation
  • No Age & Brian Roettinger, art directors (No Age) Nouns
  • Don Clark, art director (Hawk Nelson) Hawk Nelson...Is My Friend!

Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package

  • Winner:
    Stanley Donwood, Mel Maxwell & Xian Munro, art directors (Radiohead)     In Rainbows
  • Aimee Mann & Gail Marowitz, art directors (Aimee Mann) @#%&*! Smilers
  • Alex Kirzhner & Panic At The Disco, art directors (Panic At The Disco) Pretty. Odd.
  • Qing-Yang Xiao, art director (Wu Sheng) Poems & Songs
  • Jeff Anderson, Trent Reznor & Rob Sheridan, art directors (Nine Inch Nails) Ghosts I-IV

Best Album Notes

  • Winner:
    Francis Davis, album notes writer (Miles Davis)     Kind Of Blue: 50th Anniversary Collector's Edition
  • Henry "Hank" Sapoznik, album notes writer (Ernest V. Stoneman) The Unsung Father Of Country Music: 1925-1934
  • David Ritz & Jerry Wexler, album notes writers (Aretha Franklin) Rare & Unreleased Recordings From The Golden Reign Of The Queen Of Soul
  • Art Rosenbaum, album notes writer (Various Artists) Art Of Field Recording Volume I: Fifty Years Of Traditional American Music Documented By Art Rosenbaum
  • Patrick Feaster & David Giovannoni, album notes writers (William Jennings Bryan & William Howard Taft) Debate '08: Taft And Bryan Campaign On The Edison Phonograph

Best Historical Album

  • Winner:
    Steven Lance Ledbetter & Art Rosenbaum, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Various Artists)     Art Of Field Recording Volume I: Fifty Years Of Traditional American Music Documented By Art Rosenbaum
  • Richard Seidel, compilation producer; Mark G. Wilder, mastering engineer (Nina Simone) To Be Free: The Nina Simone Story
  • Ken Flaherty, Jr., compilation producer; Marcos Sueiro Bal, Ken Flaherty, Jr., Kurt Nauck & Glenn Sage, mastering engineers (Polk Miller & His Old South Quartette) Polk Miller & His Old South Quartette
  • David Giovannoni, Meagan Hennessey & Richard Martin, compilation producers; Richard Martin, mastering engineer (William Jennings Bryan & William Howard Taft) Debate '08: Taft And Bryan Campaign On The Edison Phonograph
  • Scott Wenzel, compilation producer; Malcolm Addey, Michael Brooks, Matt Cavaluzzo, Andreas Meyer & Mark Wilder, mastering engineers (Lester Young With Count Basie) Classic Columbia, OKeh And Vocalion Lester Young With Count Basie (1936-1940)

Best Engineered Album, Non-classical

  • Winner:
    Joe Chiccarelli, Vance Powell & Jack White III, engineers (The Raconteurs)     Consolers Of The Lonely
  • Dyre Gormsen & Tony Maserati, engineers (Jason Mraz) We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things.
  • Steve Genewick, Al Schmitt & Bill Schnee, engineers (Natalie Cole) Still Unforgettable
  • Jimmy Douglass, Russell "The Dragon" Elevado & John Smeltz, engineers (Al Green) Lay It Down
  • Al Schmitt, engineer (Shelby Lynne) Just A Little Lovin'

Producer Of The Year, Non-classical

  • Winner:
    # Death Magnetic (Metallica) (A) # Home Before Dark (Neil Diamond) (A) # Mercy (Dancing For The Death Of An Imaginary Enemy) (Ours) (A) # Seeing Things (Jakob Dylan) (A) # Weezer (Red Album) (Weezer) (A)     Rick Rubin
  • # American Boy (Estelle Featuring Kanye West) (T) # Encanto (Sergio Mendes) (A) # Funky Bahia (Sergio Mendes Featuring will.i.am & Siedah Garrett) (T) # In The Ayer (Flo Rida Featuring will.i.am) (T) # Pick It Up (Fergie) (T) # Picture Perfect (Chris will.i.am
  • # Big Bad World (Plain White T's) (A) # The Illusion Of Progress (Staind) (A) # Light From Above (Black Tide) (A) # 3 Doors Down (3 Doors Down) (A) Johnny K
  • In Rainbows (Radiohead) (A) Nigel Godrich
  • # Attack & Release (The Black Keys) (A) # Modern Guilt (Beck) (A) # The Odd Couple (Gnarls Barkley) (A) Danger Mouse

Best Remixed Recording, Non-classical

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

Best Surround Sound Album

  • Winner:
    Michael Bishop, surround mix engineer; Michael Bishop, surround mastering engineer; Robert Woods, surround producer (Paavo Järvi & Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra)     Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition; Night On Bald Mountain; Prelude To Khovanshchina
  • Toru Takayama, surround mix engineer; Ryuichi Tanaka & Yu Yamaguchi, surround mastering engineers; Keigo Oyamada, surround producer (Cornelius) Sensurround + B-Sides
  • Bruce Sugar, surround mix engineer; Chris Bellman, surround mastering engineer; Bill Crowley, Ringo Starr & Bruce Sugar, surround producers (Ringo Starr) Ringo 5.1 The Surround Sound Collection
  • John Newton, surround mix engineer; Jonathan Cooper & Mark Donahue, surround mastering engineers; Blanton Alspaugh, surround producer (Charles Bruffy, Phoenix Bach Choir & Kansas City Chorale) Rheinberger: Sacred Choral Works
  • Morten Lindberg & Hans Peter L'Orange, surround mix engineers; Morten Lindberg, surround mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround producer (Øyvind Gimse & TrondheimSolistene) Divertimenti

Best Engineered Album, Classical

  • Winner:
    David Frost, Tom Lazarus & Christopher Willis, engineers (Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Alan Gilbert, Silk Road Ensemble, Wu Man, Yo-Yo Ma & Chicago Symphony Orchestra)     Traditions And Transformations: Sounds Of Silk Road Chicago
  • John Newton, engineer (JoAnn Falletta & Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra) Respighi: Church Windows, Brazilian Impressions, Rossiniana
  • Michael Bishop, engineer (Robert Spano & Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus) Puccini: La Bohème
  • Morten Lindberg & Hans Peter L'Orange, engineers (Øyvind Gimse & TrondheimSolistene) Divertimenti
  • Fred Vogler, engineer (Gustavo Dudamel & Los Angeles Philharmonic) Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

Producer Of The Year, Classical

  • Winner:
    # Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique (Gustavo Dudamel & Los Angeles Philharmonic) # Right Through The Bone — Julius Röntgen Chamber Music (ARC Ensemble) # Schubert: Sonata In D Maj.; Liszt: Don Juan Fantasy (Min Kwon) # Traditions And Transformations: So     David Frost
  • # Beethoven: String Quartets Op. 18, Nos. 1-6 (Tokyo String Quartet) # Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 'Eroica' (Andrew Manze & Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra) # Birds On Fire (Fretwork) # Heavenly Harmonies (Stile Antico) # Scattered Rhymes (Paul Hillier, Robina G. Young
  • # Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition, Night On Bald Mountain, Prelude To Khovanshchina (Paavo Järvi & Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra) # Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5, Lieutenant Kijé Suite (Paavo Järvi & Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra) # Puccini: La Boh Robert Woods
  • # Carter, Elliott: String Quartets Nos. 1 And 5 (Pacifica Quartet) # Piano Music Of Salonen, Stucky And Lutoslawski (Gloria Cheng) # Reich: Daniel Variations (Grant Gershon, Alan Pierson, Los Angeles Master Chorale & London Sinfonietta) # Riley, Terr Judith Sherman
  • # Baroque (Gabriela Montero) # Beethoven: Piano Sonatas (Jonathan Biss) # Polish Spirit (Nigel Kennedy & Jacek Kaspszyk) # Respighi: Roman Trilogy, Il Tramonto (Antonio Pappano) # Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 1 (Martha Argerich) David Groves

Best Classical Album

  • Winner:
    James Conlon, conductor; Anthony Dean Griffey, Patti LuPone & Audra McDonald; Fred Vogler, producer (Donnie Ray Albert, John Easterlin, Steven Humes, Mel Ulrich & Robert Wörle; Los Angeles Opera Chorus; Los Angeles Opera Orchestra)     Weill: Rise And Fall Of The City Of Mahagonny
  • Charles Bruffy, conductor; Phoenix Chorale; Blanton Alspaugh, producer; John Newton, engineer/mixer; Jonathan Cooper, mastering engineer Spotless Rose: Hymns To The Virgin Mary
  • Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor; Hilary Hahn; Sid McLauchlan & Arend Prohmann, producers; Stephan Flock, engineer/mixer (Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra) Schoenberg/Sibelius: Violin Concertos
  • Craig Hella Johnson, conductor; Blanton Alspaugh, producer; John Newton, engineer/mixer; Mark Donahue, mastering engineer (Company Of Strings; Company Of Voices & Conspirare) O'Regan, Tarik: Threshold Of Night
  • Cecilia Bartoli; Christopher Raeburn, producer; Wolf-Dieter Karwatky & Philip Siney, engineers/mixers (Adam Fischer; Orchestra La Scintilla) Maria

Best Orchestral Performance

  • Winner:
    Bernard Haitink, conductor (Chicago Symphony Orchestra)     Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4
  • Chris Walden, conductor (Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra) Walden, Chris: Symphony No. 1, The Four Elements
  • Alan Gilbert, conductor (Chicago Symphony Orchestra) Prokofiev: Scythian Suite, Op. 20
  • José Serebrier, conductor (Royal Scottish National Orchestra) Glazunov: Symphony No. 6, La Mer, Introduction And Dance From Salome
  • Rumon Gamba, conductor (Iceland Symphony Orchestra) D'Indy: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

Best Opera Recording

  • Winner:
    James Conlon, conductor; Anthony Dean Griffey, Patti LuPone & Audra McDonald; Fred Vogler, producer (Donnie Ray Albert, John Easterlin, Steven Humes, Mel Ulrich & Robert Wörle; Los Angeles Opera Orchestra; Los Angeles Opera Chorus)     Weill: Rise And Fall Of The City Of Mahagonny
  • Valery Gergiev, conductor; Renée Fleming, Dmitri Hvorostovsky & Ramón Vargas; Jay David Saks, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus) Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin
  • Rinaldo Alessandrini, conductor; Sara Mingardo, Monica Piccinini, Anna Simboli & Furio Zanasi; Jean-Pierre Loisil, producer (Concerto Italiano) Monteverdi: L'Orfeo
  • Paul O´Dette & Stephen Stubbs, conductors; Colin Balzer, Karina Gauvin, Carolyn Sampson & Aaron Sheehan; Renate Wolter-Seevers, producer (Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra; Boston Early Music Festival Chorus) Lully: Psyché
  • Tan Dun, conductor; Michelle DeYoung, Plácido Domingo, Elizabeth Futral, Paul Groves, Wu Hsing-Kuo & Hao Jiang Tian; Jay David Saks, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus) Tan Dun: The First Emperor

Best Choral Performance

  • Winner:
    Sir Simon Rattle, conductor; Simon Halsey, chorus master (Berliner Philharmoniker; Rundfunkchor Berlin)     Symphony Of Psalms
  • Colin Davis, conductor; Joseph Cullen, chorus master (Steve Davislim, Mihoko Fujimura, Matthew Rose & Indra Thomas; London Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Chorus) Tippett: A Child Of Our Time
  • Antoni Wit, conductor; Henryk Wojnarowski, chorus master (Jaroslaw Brek, Iwona Hossa & Ewa Marciniec; Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra; Warsaw Philharmonic Choir) Szymanowski, Karol: Stabat Mater
  • Craig Hella Johnson, conductor (Company Of Strings; Company Of Voices & Conspirare) O'Regan, Tarik: Threshold Of Night
  • Charles Bruffy, conductor (Kansas City Chorale & Phoenix Bach Choir) Rheinberger: Sacred Choral Works

Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra)

  • Winner:
    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor; Hilary Hahn (Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra)     Schoenberg/Sibelius: Violin Concertos
  • Charles Dutoit, conductor; Jean-Yves Thibaudet (L'Orchestre De La Suisse Romande) Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos 2 & 5
  • Leif Ove Andsnes (Norwegian Chamber Orchestra) Mozart: Piano Concertos 17 & 20
  • Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor; Wu Man (Chicago Symphony Orchestra) Harrison: Pipa Concerto
  • John McLaughlin Williams, conductor; Elmar Oliveira (National Symphony Orchestra Of Ukraine) Bloch/Lees:Violin Concertos

Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra)

  • Winner:
    Gloria Cheng     Piano Music Of Salonen, Stucky, And Lutoslawski
  • Joan Jeanrenaud Strange Toys
  • Cameron Carpenter Revolutionary
  • Wei Li Red Cliff Capriccio
  • Marc Andre Hamelin In A State Of Jazz

Best Chamber Music Performance

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

Best Small Ensemble Performance

  • Winner:
    Charles Bruffy, conductor; Phoenix Chorale     Spotless Rose: Hymns To The Virgin Mary
  • Meredith Monk & Vocal Ensemble Monk: Impermanence
  • Reinbert De Leeuw, conductor; Barbara Sukowa; Schoenberg Ensemble Im Wunderschoenen Monat Mai
  • Roman Balashov, conductor; Yuri Bashmet; Moscow Soloists (Wu Man) Tan Dun: Pipa Concerto; Hayashi: Viola Concerto; Takemitsu: Nostalgia
  • Øyvind Gimse, conductor; TrondheimSolistene Divertimenti

Best Classical Vocal Performance

  • Winner:
    Hila Plitmann (JoAnn Falletta; Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra)     Corigliano: Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems Of Bob Dylan
  • Anne Sofie Von Otter (Christian Gerhaher & Daniel Hope; Bengt Forsberg & Gerold Huber) Terezín: Theresienstadt
  • Cecilia Bartoli (Adam Fischer; Orchestra La Scintilla) Maria
  • Isabel Bayrakdarian (Eduard Topchjan; Serouj Kradjian; Chamber Players Of The Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra) Gomidas Songs
  • Sanford Sylvan (Gil Rose; Boston Modern Orchestra Project) Fussell, Charles: Wilde

Best Classical Contemporary Composition

  • Winner:
    John Corigliano (JoAnn Falletta)     Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems Of Bob Dylan
  • Chris Walden (Chris Walden) Walden, Chris: Symphony No. 1, The Four Elements
  • George Tsontakis (Douglas Boyd) Violin Concerto No. 2
  • Marc-André Dalbavie (Peter Eötvös) Dalbavie: Concerto Pour Flûte
  • Michael Gandolfi (Robert Spano) Gandolfi: The Garden Of Cosmic Speculation

Best Classical Crossover Album

  • Winner:
    The King's Singers     Simple Gifts
  • Uri Caine Ensemble The Othello Syndrome
  • East Village Opera Company Olde School
  • Ronn McFarlane Indigo Road
  • Gabriela Montero Baroque

Best Short Form Music Video

  • Winner:
    Weezer Mathew Cullen, video director; Bernard Rahill, video producer     Pork And Beans
  • Radiohead James Frost, video director; Dawn Fanning, video producer House Of Cards
  • Alicia Keys & Jack White PR Brown & MK12, video directors; Mick Ebeling, Sheira Rees-Davies & Jane Tredget, video producers Another Way To Die
  • Gnarls Barkley Chris Milk, video director; Anne Johnson, video producer Who's Gonna Save My Soul
  • Erykah Badu & Mr. Roboto, video directors; Megan Gutman, video producer Honey

Best Long Form Music Video

  • Winner:
    Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Peter Bogdanovich, video director; Skot Bright, video producer     Runnin' Down A Dream
  • The Who Paul Crowder & Murray Lerner, video directors; Robert Rosenberg & Nigel Sinclair, video producers Amazing Journey: The Story Of The Who
  • (Various Artists) Robert Gordon & Morgan Neville, video directors; Mark Crosby, Robert Gordon & Morgan Neville, video producers Respect Yourself — The Stax Records Story
  • Rihanna Paul Caslin, video director; John Paveley, Ruth Paveley & Rupert Style, video producers Good Girl Gone Bad Live
  • John Mayer Danny Clinch, video director; Lindha Narvaez, video producer Where The Light Is — Live In Los Angeles

GaGamir

GaGa Hasnt Arrived To Music Indrusty Yet HaHa Great GaGa

MirnaAS

yeha i believe that this year's best Album of the year came form lil' Wayne...he was the best and the one with more sence

Muse!!!!!

Why didnt twilight get nominated for best music in a motion pictur?!!! Sur the movie wasnt that good but nthe music was

anubhavgr8

the list was too long. cud hav made it brief. wheres the best singer man??????

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