Special merit awards

MusiCares Person of the Year

• Neil Diamond

Lifetime Achievement Award winners

• Gene Autry
• The Blind Boys of Alabama
• The Four Tops
• Hank Jones
• Brenda Lee
• Dean Martin
• Tom Paxton

Trustees Award winners

• George Avakian
• Elliott Carter
• Allen Toussaint

Technical Grammy Award winners

• Clarence "Leo" Fender
• Universal Audio

President's Merit Award

• Clive Davis

General

For all of these there are both nominees and winners, the winners are in bold.

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 & Alison Krauss

Album of the Year

Raising Sand - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss

Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends - Coldplay

Year of the Gentleman - Ne-Yo

Tha Carter III - Lil' Wayne

In Rainbows - Radiohead

Song of the Year

"American Boy" - Estelle feat. Kanye West

"Chasing Pavements" - Adele

"I'm Yours" - Jason Mraz

"Love Song" - Sara Bareilles

"Viva la Vida" - Coldplay

Best New Artist

Adele

Duffy

The Jonas Brothers

Lady Antebellum

Jazmine Sullivan

Pop

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

"Chasing Pavements" – Adele

"Love Song" - Sara Bareilles

"Mercy" - Duffy

"Bleeding Love" - Leona Lewis

"I Kissed a Girl - Katy Perry

"So What" - Pink

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance

"All Summer Long" - Kid Rock

"Say" – John Mayer

"That Was Me" - Paul McCartney

"I'm Yours" - Jason Mraz

"Closer" - Ne-Yo

"Wichita Lineman" - James Taylor

Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals

"Viva la Vida" – Coldplay

"Waiting in the Weeds" - Eagles (band)

"Going On" - Gnarls Barkley

"Won't Go Home Without You" - Maroon 5

"Apologize" - OneRepublic

Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals

"Lessons Learned" - Alicia Keys & John Mayer

"4 Minutes" - Madonna, Justin Timberlake & Timbaland

"Rich Woman" – Robert Plant & Alison Krauss

"If I Never See Your Face Again" - Maroon 5 & Rihanna

"No Air" - Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown

Best Pop Instrumental Performance

"Love Appetite" - Steve Cropper & Felix Cavaliere

"I Dreamed There Was No War" – Eagles

"Fortune Teller" - Fourplay

"Steppin' Out" - Stanley Jordan

"Blast!" - Marcus Miller

Best Pop Instrumental Album

Sax for Stax - Gerald Albright

Greatest Hits Rerecorded Volume One - Larry Carlton

Jingle All the Way – Béla 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

Dance

Best Dance Recording

"Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" – Daft Punk

"Ready for the Floor" - Hot Chip

"Just Dance" - Lady Gaga feat. Colby O' Donis

"Give It 2 Me" - Madonna

"Disturbia" - Rihanna

"Black & 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

Traditional pop

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

Still Unforgettable – Natalie Cole

The Sinatra Project - Michael Feinstein

Noël - Josh Groban

In the Swing of Christmas - Barry Manilow

Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall - Rufus Wainwright

Rock

Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance

"Gravity" – John Mayer

"I Saw Her Standing There" - Paul McCartney

"Girls in Their Summer Clothes" - Bruce Springsteen

"Rise" - Eddie Vedder

"No Hidden Path" - Neil Young

Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals

"Sex on Fire" – Kings of Leon

"Rock N' Roll Train" - AC/DC

"Violet Hill" - Coldplay

"Long Road Out of Eden" - Eagles

"House of Cards" - Radiohead

Best Hard Rock Performance

"Inside the Fire" - Disturbed

"Visions" - Judas Priest

"Wax Simulacra" – The Mars Volta"

"Saints of Los Angeles" - Mötley Crüe

"Lords of Salem" - Rob Zombie

Best Metal Performance

"Heroes of Our Time" - Dragonforce

"Nostradamus" - Judas Priest

"My Apocalypse" – Metallica

"Under My Thumb" - Ministry

"Psychosocial" - Slipknot

Best Rock Instrumental Performance

"Castellorizon" - David Gilmour

"Suicide & Redemption" - Metallica

"34 Ghosts I-IV" - Nine Inch Nails

"Hope (Live For The Art Of Peace)" - Rush

"Peaches En Regalia" – Zappa Plays Zappa featuring Steve Vai & Napoleon Murphy Brock

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

Alternative

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

R&B

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance

"Me, Myself and I"- Beyoncé

"Heaven Sent" - Keyshia Cole

"Spotlight" - Jennifer Hudson

"Superwoman" – Alicia Keys

"Need U Bad" - Jazmine Sullivan

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance

"You're the Only One" - Eric Benét

"Take You Down" - Chris Brown

"Miss Independent" – Ne-Yo

"Can't Help But Wait" - Trey Songz

"Here I Stand" - Usher

Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals

"Ribbon in the Sky" - Boyz II Men

"Words" - Anthony David feat. India.Arie

"Stay with Me (By the Sea)" – Al Green featuring John Legend

"I'm His Only Woman" - Jennifer Hudson feat. Fantasia

"Never Give You Up" - Raphael Saadiq feat. Stevie Wonder & CJ Hilton

Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance

"A Change is Gonna Come" - Wayne Brady

"You've Got the Love I Need" – Al Green featuring Anthony Hamilton

"Baby I Know" - Linda Jones with Helen Bruner & Terry Jones

"Love That Girl" - Raphael Saadiq

"In Love With Another Man" - Jazmine Sullivan

Best Urban/Alternative Performance

"Say Goodbye to Love" - Kenna

"Wanna Be" - Maiysha

"Be OK" – Chrisette Michele featuring will.i.am

"Many Moons (song)" - Janelle Monae

"Lovin You (Music)" - Wayna feat. Kokayi

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 Benét

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

Rap

Best Rap Solo Performance

"Roc Boys (And the Winner Is)..." - Jay-Z

"A Milli" – Lil Wayne

"Paris, Tokyo" - Lupe Fiasco

"Sexual Eruption" - Snoop Dogg

Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group

"Royal Flush (song) - Big Boi feat. Raekwon and Andre 3000

"Swagga Like Us" – Jay-Z & T.I. featuring Kanye West, & Lil Wayne

"Mr. Carter - Lil Wayne feat. Jay-Z

"Wish You Would" - Ludacris feat. T.I.

"Put On" - Young Jeezy feat. Kanye West

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration

"American Boy" – Estelle featuring Kanye West

"Low" - Flo Rida feat. T-Pain

"Green Light" - John Legend & Andre 3000

"Got Money" - Lil Wayne feat. T-Pain

"Superstar" - Lupe Fiasco feat. Matthew Santos

Best Rap Song

"Lollipop" – Lil Wayne featuring Static Major

"Low - Flo Rida feat. T-Pain

"Sexual Eruption" - Snoop Dogg

"Superstar" - Lupe Fiasco feat. Matthew Santos

"Swagga Like Us" - Jay-Z & T.I. feat. 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.

Country

Best Female Country Vocal Performance

"For These Times" - Martina McBride

"What I Cannot Change" - LeAnn Rimes

"Last Name" – Carrie Underwood

"Last Call" - Lee Ann Womack

"This Is Me You're Talking To" - Trisha Yearwood

Best Male Country Vocal Performance

"You're Gonna Miss This" - Trace Adkins

"In Color" - Jamey Johnson

"Just Got Started Lovin' You" - James Otto

"Letter to Me" – Brad Paisley

"Troubadour" - George Strait

Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals

"God Must Be Busy" - Brooks & Dunn

"Love Don't Live Here" - Lady Antebellum

"Every Day" - Rascall Flatts

"Blue Side of the Mountain" - The Steel Drivers

"Stay" – Sugarland

Best Country Collaboration with Vocals

"Shiftwork" - Kenny Chesney & George Strait

"Killing the Blues" – Robert Plant & Alison Krauss

"House of Cash" - George Strait & Patty Loveless

"Life in a Northern Town" - Jake Owen & Little Big Town

"Let the Wind Chase You" - Trisha Yearwood & Keith Urban

Best Country Instrumental Performance

"Sumatra" - Cherryholmes

"Two Small Cars In Rome" - Jerry Douglas & Lloyd Green

"Sleigh Ride" - Béla Fleck & The Flecktones

"Is This America? (Katrina 2005)" - Charlie Haden, Pat Metheny, Jerry Douglas & Bruce Hornsby

"Cluster Pluck" – Brad Paisley, James Burton, Vince Gill, John Jorgenson, Albert Lee, Brent Mason, Redd Volkaert & Steve Wariner

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 & Heritage Festival - Del McCoury Band

The Ultimate Collection / Live At The Ryman - Earl Scruggs

Honoring the Fathers of Bluegrass: Tribute to 1946 and 1947 – Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder

Wheels - Dan Tyminski

New Age

Best New Age Album

Meditations - William Ackerman

Pathfinder - Will Clipman

Peace Time – Jack DeJohnette

Ambrosia - Peter Kater

The Scent of Light - Ottmar Liebert & Luna Negra

Jazz

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 feat. 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

Best Jazz Instrumental Solo

"Be-Bop" – Terence Blanchard

"Seven Steps to Heaven" - Till Brönner

"Waltz for Debby" - Gary Burton & Chick Corea

"Son of Thirteen" - Pat Metheny

"Be-Bop" - James Moody

Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group

The New Crystal Silence – Chick Corea & Gary Burton

History, Mystery - Bill Frisell

Brad Mehldau Trio: Live - Brad Mehldau Trio

Day Trip - Pat Metheny with Christian McBride & Antonio Sanchez

Standards - Alan Pasqua, Dave Carpenter & Peter Erskine

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

Monday Night Live at the Village Vanguard – The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra

Best Latin Jazz Album

Song for Chico – Arturo O'Farrill and The Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra

Gospel

Best Gospel Performance

• "Get Up" – Mary Mary
• "East to West" - Casting Crowns
• "I Understand" - Kim Burrell, Rance Allen, BeBe Winans, Mariah Carey, & Hezekiah Walker's LFC
• "Shall We Gather at the River" - Take 6
• "Waging War" - CeCe Winans

Best Gospel Song

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

Best Rock or Rap Gospel Album

• Alive and Transported – tobyMac
• Hello - After Edmund
• Our World Redeemed - Flame
• We Need Each Other - Sanctus Real
• Rock What You Got - Superchick

Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album

• Thy Kingdom Come – CeCe Winans
• This Moment - Steven Curtis Chapman
• What If We - Brandon Heath
• Opposite Way - Leeland
• Hello Love - Chris Tomlin

Best Southern, Country, or Bluegrass Gospel Album

• Lovin' Life – Gaither Vocal Band
• Room For More - Booth Brothers
• Steps to Heaven - Charlie Louvin
• Hymned Again - Bart Millard
• Ephesians One - Karen Peck and New River

Best Traditional Gospel Album

• Down in New Orleans – The Blind Boys of Alabama
• I'll Say Yes - Carol Cymbala & The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir
• Take It Back - Dorinda Clark-Cole
• Voices in Unity: Together In Worship - Deitrick Haddon
• No Limit - Bishop Charles E. Blake presents the West Angeles Church of God in Christ Choir

Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album

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

Latin

Best Latin Pop Album

• La Vida... Es un Ratico – Juanes

Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album

• 45 – Jaguares

Best Latin Urban Album

• Los Extraterrestres – Wisin & Yandel

Best Tropical Latin Album

• Señor Bachata – José Feliciano

Best Regional Mexican Album

• Amor, Dolor y Lágrimas: Música Ranchera – Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano
• Canciones de Amor – Mariachi Divas

Best Tejano Album

• Viva La Revolucion – Ruben Ramos & The Mexican Revolution

Best Norteño Album

• Raíces – Los Tigres del Norte

Best Banda Album

• No Es De Madera – Joan Sebastian

Blues

Best Traditional Blues Album

• One Kind Favor – B.B. King

Best Contemporary Blues Album

• City That Care Forgot – Dr. John And The Lower 911

Folk

Best Traditional Folk Album

• At 89 – Pete Seeger

Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album

• Raising Sand by Robert Plant & Alison Krauss

Best Native American Music Album

• Come to Me Great Mystery: Native American Healing Songs – Various artists (Tom Wasinger, producer)

Best Hawaiian Music Album

• Ikena – Tia Carrere & Daniel Ho

Best Zydeco or Cajun Music Album;

• Live at the 2008 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival – BeauSoleil & Michael Doucet

Reggae

Best Reggae Album

• Jah Is Real – Burning Spear

World music

Best Traditional World Music Album

• Ilembe: Honoring Shaka Zulu – Ladysmith Black Mambazo

Best Contemporary World Music Album

• Global Drum Project – Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Sikiru Adepoju & Giovanni Hidalgo

Polka

Best Polka Album

• Let the Whole World Sing – Jimmy Sturr and His Orchestra

Children's music

Best Musical Album For Children

• Here Come the 123s – They Might Be Giants

Best Spoken Word Album for Children

• Yes To Running! Bill Harley Live – Bill Harley

Spoken word

Best Spoken Word Album

• An Inconvenient Truth – Beau Bridges, Cynthia Nixon & Blair Underwood

Comedy

Best Comedy Album

• It's Bad for Ya – George Carlin

Musical show

Best Musical Show Album

• In the Heights – Original Broadway Cast with Lin-Manuel Miranda & Others
  • Kurt Deutsch, Alex Lacamoire, Andrés Levin, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Joel Moss & Bill Sherman, producers; Lin-Manuel Miranda, composer/lyricist

Film, television and other visual media

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 for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media

The Dark Knight - James Newton Howard & Hans Zimmer

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - John Williams

Iron Man - Ramin Djawadi

There Will Be Blood - Johnny 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

Composing and arranging

Best Instrumental Composition

• "The Adventures of Mutt" (from Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull) – John Williams
  • John Williams, composer

Best Instrumental Arrangement

• "Define Dancing" (from WALL-E) – Thomas Newman
  • Peter Gabriel & Thomas Newman, arrangers

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)

• "Here's That Rainy Day" – Natalie Cole
  • Nan Schwartz, arranger

Package

Best Recording Package

• Death Magnetic – Bruce Duckworth, Sarah Moffatt & David Turner, art directors (Metallica)

Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package

• In Rainbows – Stanley Donwood, Mel Maxwell & Xian Munro, art directors (Radiohead)

Album notes

Best Album Notes

• Kind Of Blue: 50th Anniversary Collector's Edition – Francis Davis, album notes writer (Miles Davis)

Historical

Best Historical Album

• Art Of Field Recording Volume I: Fifty Years Of Traditional American Music – Documented By Art Rosenbaum Steven; Lance Ledbetter & Art Rosenbaum, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Various Artists)

Production, non-classical

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

• Consolers of the Lonely – The Raconteurs
  • Joe Chiccarelli, Vance Powell & Jack White III, engineers

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical

• 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)

Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical

• "Electric Feel" (Justice Remix)
  • (MGMT), remixers Justice

Produksi, Surround Sound

Best Surround Sound Album

• Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Night on Bald Mountain; Prelude to Khovanshchina – Paavo Järvi & Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra – Michael Bishop & Robert Woods

Produksi, Klasik

Best Engineered Album, Classical

• David Frost, Tom Lazarus & Christopher Willis – Traditions and Transformations: Sounds of Silk Road Chicago – Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Alan Gilbert, Silk Road Ensemble, Wu Man, Yo-Yo Ma & Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Producer of the Year, Classical

• David Frost
  • Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique – Gustavo Dudamel & Los Angeles Philharmonic
  • Right Through The Bone—Julius Röntgen Chamber Music
  • Schubert: Sonata in D major; Liszt: Don Juan Fantasy – Min Kwon
  • Traditions And Transformations: Sounds Of Silk Road Chicago – Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Alan Gilbert, Yo-Yo Ma, Silk Road Ensemble, Wu Man & Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Klasik

Best Classical Album

• Kurt Weill: Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny – James Conlon, conductor

Best Orchestral Performance

• Bernard Haitink, conductor (Chicago Symphony Orchestra) – Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4

Best Opera Recording

• Weill: Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny – James Conlon, conductor; Fred Vogler, producer; Anthony Dean Griffey, Patti LuPone & Audra McDonald – Donnie Ray Albert, John Easterlin, Steven Humes, Mel Ulrich & Robert Wörle Los Angeles Opera Orchestra and Chorus

Best Choral Performance

• Symphony of Psalms – Sir Simon Rattle, conductor; Simon Halsey, chorus master – Berlin Philharmonic; Rundfunkchor Berlin

Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (With Orchestra)

• Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor; Hilary Hahn (Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra) – Schoenberg/Sibelius: Violin Concertos

Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (Without Orchestra)

• Gloria Cheng – Piano music of Salonen, Stucky, and Lutosławski

Best Chamber Music Performance

• Pacifica Quartet – Elliott Carter: String Quartets Nos. 1 and 5

Best Small Ensemble Performance

• Charles Bruffy, conductor; Phoenix Chorale – Spotless Rose: Hymns To The Virgin Mary

Best Classical Vocal Performance

• Hila Plitmann – Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan – JoAnn Falletta (Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra)

Best Classical Contemporary Composition

• Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan – John Corigliano (JoAnn Falletta)

Classical Crossover Album

• Simple Gifts – King's Singers

Video Musik

Best Short Form Music Video

• "Pork and Beans" – Weezer
  • Mathew Cullen, video director; Bernard Rahill, video producer

Best Long Form Music Video

• Runnin' Down a Dream – Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
  • Peter Bogdanovich, video director; Skot Bright, video producer