Grammy Nominations Announced

Category 4

Best New Artist

(For a new artist who releases, during the Eligibility Year, the first recording which establishes the public identity of that artist.)

• James Blunt

• Chris Brown

• Imogen Heap

• Corinne Bailey Rae

• Carrie Underwood

Field 1 — Pop
Category 5Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Ain’t No Other Man
  Christina Aguilera

  Track from: Back To Basics
  [RCA Records]

• Unwritten
  Natasha Bedingfield
  Track from: Unwritten
  [Epic/Phonogenic]

• You Can Close Your Eyes
  Sheryl Crow
  Track from: Sheryl Crow Artist’s Choice Deluxe Edition
  [Hear Music/Universal Music]

• Stupid Girls
  Pink

  Track from: I’m Not Dead
  [LaFace/Zomba Label Group]

• Black Horse And The Cherry Tree
  KT Tunstall
  [Relentless/Virgin]

Category 8

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals

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

• For Once In My Life
  Tony Bennett & Stevie Wonder

  Track from: Duets: An American Classic
  [RPM Records/Columbia]

• One
  Mary J. Blige & U2
  Track from: The Breakthrough
  [Geffen/Matriarch Records]

• Always On Your Side
  Sheryl Crow & Sting
  Track from: Wildflower
  [A&M Records]

• Promiscuous

  Nelly Furtado & Timbaland
  Track from: Loose
  [Geffen/Mosley Music Group]

• Hips Don’t Lie
  Shakira & Wyclef Jean

  Track from: Oral Fixation Vol. 2
  [Epic]

Category 9

Best Pop Instrumental Performance

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

• Mornin’
  George Benson (& Al Jarreau)

  Track from: Givin’ It Up
  [Concord Records/Monster Music]

• Drifting
  Enya
  Track from: Amarantine
  [Reprise]

• Subterfuge
  Béla Fleck & The Flecktones
  Track from: The Hidden Land
  [Columbia/Legacy]

• Song H

  Bruce Hornsby
  Track from: Intersections: 1985 - 2005
  [RCA Legacy]

• My Favorite Things
  The Brian Setzer Orchestra
  Track from: Dig That Crazy Christmas

  [Surfdog Records]

Category 10

Best Pop Instrumental Album

(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)

• New Beginnings
  Gerald Albright
  [Peak Records]

• Fire Wire
  Larry Carlton
  [Bluebird/RCA Victor]

• X
  Fourplay
  [Bluebird/RCA Victor]

• Fingerprints
  Peter Frampton
  [A&M Records/New Door Records]

• Wrapped In A Dream
  Spyro Gyra

  [Heads Up International]

Category 11

Best Pop Vocal Album

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

• Back To Basics
  Christina Aguilera
  [RCA Records]

• Back To Bedlam
  James Blunt
  [Custard/Atlantic]

• The River In Reverse
  Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint

  [Verve Forecast]

• Continuum
  John Mayer
  [Aware/Columbia]

• FutureSex/LoveSounds
  Justin Timberlake

  [Jive Records/Zomba Label Group]

Category 12

Best Dance Recording

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

• Suffer Well

  Depeche Mode
  Ben Hillier, producer; Steve Fitzmaurice & Ben Hillier, mixers
  Track from: Playing The Angel
  [Sire/Reprise/Mute]

• Ooh La La
  Goldfrapp

  Goldfrapp, producers; Mark “Spike” Stent, mixer
  Track from: Supernature
  [Mute]

• Get Together
  Madonna
  Madonna & Stuart Price, producers; Mark “Spike” Stent, mixer

  Track from: Confessions On A Dance Floor
  [Warner Bros.]

• I’m With Stupid
  Pet Shop Boys
  Trevor Horn, producer; Robert Orton, mixer
  Track from: Fundamental

  [Rhino Entertainment]

• Sexy Back
  Justin Timberlake & Timbaland
  Danja, Timbaland & Justin Timberlake, producers; Jimmy Douglass, mixer
  [Jive Records/Zomba Label Group]

Category 13

Best Electronic/Dance Album

(For vocal or instrumental albums. Albums only.)

• Supernature
  Goldfrapp
  [Mute]

• Confessions On A Dance Floor

  Madonna
  [Warner Bros.]

• A Lively Mind
  Oakenfold
  [Maverick]

• Fundamental

  Pet Shop Boys
  [Rhino Entertainment]

• The Garden
  Zero 7
  [Atlantic]

Category 14

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

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

• Duets: An American Classic
  Tony Bennett
  [RPM Records/Columbia]

• Caught In The Act
  Michael Bublé
  [143-Reprise]

• Wintersong
  Sarah McLachlan
  [Arista Records/Nettwerk]

• Bette Midler Sings The Peggy Lee Songbook
  Bette Midler
  [Columbia]

• Timeless Love
  Smokey Robinson
  [New Door Records]

Category 15

Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance

(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Nausea
  Beck

  [Interscope Records]

• Someday Baby
  Bob Dylan
  Track from: Modern Times
  [Columbia]

• Route 66

  John Mayer
  Track from: Cars — Soundtrack (Various Artists)
  [Disney]

• Saving Grace
  Tom Petty

  Track from: Highway Companion
  [American]

• Lookin’ For A Leader
  Neil Young
  Track from: Living With War
  [Reprise]

Category 16

Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

(For duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Talk
  Coldplay
  Track from: X&Y
  [Capitol]

• How To Save A Life
  The Fray
  Track from: How To Save A Life
  [Epic]

• Steady, As She Goes
  The Raconteurs

  Track from: Broken Boy Soldiers
  [V2/Third Man Records]

• Dani California
  Red Hot Chili Peppers
  Track from: Stadium Arcadium
  [Warner Bros.]

• The Saints Are Coming
  U2 & Green Day
  [Interscope Records/Warner Bros.]

Category 17

Best Hard Rock Performance

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

• Crazy Bitch
  Buckcherry
  [Eleven Seven Music]

• Every Day Is Exactly The Same
  Nine Inch Nails
  Track from: With Teeth

  [nothing/Interscope Records]

• Lonely Day
  System Of A Down
  Track from: Hypnotize
  [American/Columbia]

• Vicarious

  Tool
  Track from: 10,000 Days
  [Volcano/Zomba Label Group]

• Woman
  Wolfmother
  Track from: Wolfmother

  [Modular/Interscope Records]

Category 18

Best Metal Performance

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

• Redneck
  Lamb Of God
  Track from: Sacrament

  [Epic]

• Colony Of Birchmen
  Mastodon
  Track from: Blood Mountain
  [Reprise/Relapse Records]

• Lies, Lies, Lies

  Ministry
  Track from: Rio Grande Blood
  [13th Planet Records/Megaforce Records]

• Eyes Of The Insane
  Slayer
  Track from: Christ Illusion

  [American]

• 30/30-150
  Stone Sour
  [Roadrunner Records]

Category 19

Best Rock Instrumental Performance

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

• Chun Li’s Flying Bird Kick
  Arctic Monkeys
  [Domino Recording]

• The Wizard Turns On…
  The Flaming Lips
  Track from: At War With The Mystics

  [Warner Bros.]

• Black Hole Sun
  Peter Frampton
  [A&M Records/New Door Records]

• Catsellorizon
  David Gilmour

  Track from: On An Island
  [Columbia]

• Super Colossal
  Joe Satriani
  Track from: Super Colossal
  [Epic]

Category 20

Best Rock Song

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

• Chasing Cars
  Nathan Connolly, Gary Lightbody, Jonny Quinn, Tom Simpson & Paul Wilson, songwriters (Snow Patrol)
  Track from: Eyes Open

  [A&M Records; Publisher: Big Life Music.]

• Dani California
  Flea, John Frusciante, Anthony Kiedis & Chad Smith, songwriters (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
  Track from: Stadium Arcadium
  [Warner Bros.; Publisher: Moebetoblame Music.]

• Lookin’ For A Leader
  Neil Young, songwriter (Neil Young)
  Track from: Living With War
  [Reprise; Publisher: Silver Fiddle Music.]

• Someday Baby
  Bob Dylan, songwriter (Bob Dylan)

  Track from: Modern Times
  [Columbia; Publisher: Bob Dylan.]

• When You Were Young
  Brandon Flowers, Dave Keuning, Mark Stoermer & Ronnie Vannucci, songwriters (The Killers)
  [Island Records; Publisher: Universal-Polygram Int.]

Category 21

Best Rock Album

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

• Try!
  John Mayer Trio
  [Aware/Columbia]

• Highway Companion

  Tom Petty
  [American]

• Broken Boy Soldiers
  The Raconteurs
  [V2/Third Man Records]

• Stadium Arcadium

  Red Hot Chili Peppers
  [Warner Bros.]

• Living With War
  Neil Young
  [Reprise]

Category 22

Best Alternative Music Album

(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not
  Arctic Monkeys
  [Domino Recording]

• At War With The Mystics
  The Flaming Lips
  [Warner Bros.]

• St. Elsewhere
  Gnarls Barkley
  [Downtown/Atlantic]

• Show Your Bones
  Yeah Yeah Yeahs
  [Interscope Records]

• The Eraser
  Thom Yorke
  [XL Recordings]

Category 23

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance

(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Ring The Alarm

  Beyoncé
  Track from: B’Day
  [Sony Urban Music/Columbia]

• Be Without You
  Mary J. Blige
  Track from: The Breakthrough

  [Geffen Records]

• Don’t Forget About Us
  Mariah Carey
  Track from: The Emancipation Of Mimi (Ultra Platinum Edition)
  [Island Records]

• Day Dreaming

  Natalie Cole
  Track from: Leavin’
  [Verve Records]

• I Am Not My Hair
  India.Arie
  Track from: Testimony: Vol. 1, Life & Relationship

  [Motown Records]

Category 24

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance

(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Heaven
  John Legend

  Track from: Once Again
  [Columbia/GOOD/Sony Urban Music]

• So Sick
  Ne-Yo
  Track from: In My Own Words
  [Def Jam Recordings]

• Black Sweat
  Prince
  Track from: 3121
  [Universal Records]

• I Call It Love
  Lionel Richie

  Track from: Coming Home
  [Island Def Jam Recordings]

• Got You Home
  Luther Vandross
  [J Records/Epic/Legacy Recordings]

Category 25

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

(For duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Breezin’
  George Benson & Al Jarreau
  Track from: Givin’ It Up
  [Concord Records/Monster Music]

• Love Changes

  Jamie Foxx Featuring Mary J. Blige
  Track from: Unpredictable
  [J Records]

• Everyday (Family Reunion)
  Chaka Khan, Gerald Levert, Yolanda Adams & Carl Thomas
  Track from: Madea’s Family Reunion — Music From The Motion Picture

  [Motown Records]

• Family Affair
  (Sly & The Family Stone), John Legend, Joss Stone With Van Hunt
  Track from: Different Strokes By Different Folks
  [Epic/Legacy Recordings]

• Beautiful, Loved And Blessed

  Prince & Támar
  Track from: 3121
  [Universal Records]

Category 26

Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance

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

• Christmas Time Is Here
  Anita Baker
  Track from: Christmas Fantasy
  [Blue Note Records]

• God Bless The Child
  George Benson & Al Jarreau Featuring Jill Scott

  Track from: Givin’ It Up
  [Concord Records/Monster Music]

• I Found My Everything
  Mary J. Blige Featuring Raphael Saadiq
  Track from: The Breakthrough
  [Geffen Records]

• You Are So Beautiful
  Sam Moore Featuring Billy Preston, Zucchero, Eric Clapton & Robert Randolph
  Track from: Overnight Sensational
  [Rhino Entertainment]

• How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)

  The Temptations
  Track from: Reflections
  [New Door Records]

Category 27

Best Urban/Alternative Performance

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

• Crazy

  Gnarls Barkley
  Track from: St. Elsewhere
  [Downtown/Atlantic]

• That Heat
  Segio Mendes Featuring Erykah Badu & Will.i.am
  Track from: Timeless

  [Concord Records/Hear Music]

• Mas Que Nada
  Sergio Mendes Featuring The Black Eyed Peas
  Track from: Timeless
  [Concord Records/Hear Music/Will.i.am music]

• Idlewild Blue (Don’t Chu Worry ‘Bout Me)

  Outkast
  Track from: Idlewild
  [La Face Records/Zomba Label Group]

• 3121
  Prince
  Track from: 3121

  [Universal Records]

Category 28

Best R&B Song

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

• Be Without You
  Johnta Austin, Mary J. Blige, Bryan-Michael Cox & Jason Perry, songwriters (Mary J. Blige)

  Track from: The Breakthrough
  [Geffen Records; Publishers: Chrysalis Music, Mary J. Blige Music, Naked Under My Clothes Music, Universal Music Corp., Babyboy’s Little Publishing, Jason’s Lyrics, Noontime South, Reach Global Tunes, WB Music.]

• Black Sweat
  Prince, songwriter (Prince)
  Track from: 3121
  [Universal Records; Publisher: Controversy Music.]

• Deja Vu
  Shawn Carter, Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins, Beyoncé Knowles, Makeba, Keli Nicole Price & Delisha Thomas, songwriters (Beyoncé Featuring Jay-Z)
  [Sony Urban Music/Columbia; Publishers: Beyoncé Publishing, EMI Blackwood Music, 23000 Music Publishing, Makeba Yoga Flames Music/Janice Combs Publishing/EMI Blackwood, Price Tag, EMI April Music/Carter Boys Publishing.]

• Don’t Forget About Us
  Johnta Austin, Mariah Carey, Bryan-Michael Cox & Jermaine Dupri, songwriters (Mariah Carey)
  Track from: The Emancipation Of Mimi (Ultra Platinum Edition)
  [Island Records; Publishers: Rye Songs, Shaniah Cymone Music, EMI April Music, Babyboy’s Little Publishing Company, Noontime South, Naked Under My Clothes, Chrysalis Music.]

• I Am Not My Hair
  Drew Ramsey, Shannon Sanders & India Arie Simpson, songwriters (India.Arie)

  Track from: Testimony: Vol. 1, Life & Relationship
  [Motown Records; Publishers: Gold & Iron Music, Wang Out Music Sony, Combustion Windswept, Noka International/Famous Music.]

Category 29

Best R&B Album

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

• The Breakthrough

  Mary J. Blige
  [Geffen Records]

• Unpredictable
  Jamie Foxx
  [J Records]

• Testimony: Vol. 1, Life & Relationship

  India.Arie
  [Motown Records]

• 3121
  Prince
  [Universal Republic]

• Coming Home

  Lionel Richie
  [Island Def Jam Recordings]

Category 30

Best Contemporary R&B Album

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

• B’Day

  Beyoncé
  [Sony Urban Music/Columbia]

• Chris Brown
  Chris Brown
  [Jive Records/Zomba Label Group]

• 20 Y.O.

  Janet Jackson
  [Virgin Records]

• Kelis Was Here
  Kelis
  [Jive Records/Zomba Label Group/Dope Entertainment]

• In My Own Words

  Ne-Yo
  [Def Jam Recordings]

Category 31

Best Rap Solo Performance

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

• Touch It
  Busta Rhymes
  Track from: The Big Bang
  [Aftermath/Interscope Records]

• We Run This
  Missy Elliott

  Track from: The Cookbook
  [Goldmind/Atlantic]

• Kick, Push
  Lupe Fiasco
  Track from: Lupe Fiasco’s Food & Liquor
  [1st & 15th/Atlantic]

• Undeniable
  Mos Def
  [Geffen Records]

• What You Know
  T.I.
  Track from: King

  [Grand Hustle/Atlantic]

Category 32

Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group

(For duo, group or collaborative performances of Rap only. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Ridin
  Chamillionaire Featuring Krayzie Bone
  [Universal Records]

• Georgia
  Ludacris & Field Mob (Featuring Jamie Foxx)
  Track from: Ludacris Presents…Disturbing Tha Peace And From Field Mob — Light Poles And Pine Trees
  [DTP/Geffen/Def Jam Recordings]

• Grillz

  Nelly Featuring Paul Wall, Ali & Gipp
  Track from: Sweatsuit
  [Universal Records]

• Mighty “O”
  Outkast
  [La Face/Zomba Label Group]

• Don’t Feel Right
  The Roots
  [Def Jam Recordings]

Category 33

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration

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

• Smack That

  Akon Featuring Eminem
  [SRC/Universal Records]

• Deja Vu
  Beyoncé Featuring Jay-Z
  [Sony Urban Music/Columbia]

• Shake That
  Eminem Featuring Nate Dogg
  Track from: Curtain Call — The Hits
  [Aftermath/Shady/Interscope Records]

• Unpredictable

  Jamie Foxx Featuring Ludacris
  Track from: Unpredictable
  [J Records]

• My Love
  Justin Timberlake Featuring T.I.
  Track from: FutureSex/LoveSounds

  [Jive Records/Zomba Label Group]

Category 34

Best Rap Song

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

• It’s Goin’ Down
  Chadron Moore & Jasiel Robinson, songwriters (Yung Joc)
  Track from: New Joc City

  [Bad Boy South; Publishers: Granny Man Publishing, Malik/Mekhi Music, Basement Funk, Regina’s Son Music.]

• Kick, Push
  Wasalu Muhammad Jaco, songwriter (Lupe Fiasco)
  Track from: Lupe Fiasco’s Food & Liquor
  [1st & 15th/Atlantic; Publishers: Hey Lu Chill Music/Heavy as Heaven, 1st & 15th Publishing/Mr. Lopez Music.]

• Money Maker
  Christopher Bridges & Pharrell Williams, songwriters (Ludacris Featuring Pharrell)
  Track from: Release Therapy
  [Disturbing The Peace/Def Jam Recordings; Publishers: EMI Blackwood Music, Waters of Nazareth Publishing.]

• Ridin

  Anthony Henderson, J. Slainas, O. Salinas & Hakeem Seriki, songwriters
  (Chamillionaire Featuring Krayzie Bone)
  [Universal Records; Publishers: Chamilitary Camp Music, Play-N-Skilz Music, EMI Publishing.]

• What You Know
  A. Davis & Clifford Harris, songwriters; (Donny Hathaway, Leroy Hutson & Curtis Mayfield, songwriters) (T.I.)

  Track from: King
  [Grand Hustle/Atlantic; Publishers: Club Crown Publishing, Toomp Stone Publishing, Careers-BMG Music, WB Music Corp., Warner-Tamerlane Publishing.]

Category 35

Best Rap Album

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

• Lupe Fiasco’s Food & Liquor
  Lupe Fiasco

  [1st & 15th/Atlantic]

• Release Therapy
  Ludacris
  [Disturbing Tha Peace]

• In My Mind
  Pharrell

  [Star Trak/Interscope Records]

• Game Theory
  The Roots
  [Def Jam Recordings]

• King
  T.I.

  [Grand Hustle/Atlantic]

Category 36

Best Female Country Vocal Performance

(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Kerosene

  Miranda Lambert
  Track from: Kerosene
  [Epic]

• I Still Miss Someone
  Martina McBride
  [RCA Nashville]

• Something’s Gotta Give
  LeAnn Rimes
  Track from: This Woman
  [Curb Records]

• Jesus, Take The Wheel
  Carrie Underwood

  Track from: Some Hearts
  [Arista/Arista Nashville/19]

• I Don’t Feel Like Loving You Today
  Gretchen Wilson
  [Epic Nashville]

Category 37

Best Male Country Vocal Performance

(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Every Mile A Memory
  Dierks Bentley
  [Capitol Records Nashville]

• The Reason Why
  Vince Gill

  [MCA Nashville]

• The Seashores Of Old Mexico
  George Strait
  Track from: Somewhere Down In Texas
  [MCA Nashville]

• Would You Go With Me

  Josh Turner
  Track from: Your Man
  [MCA Nashville]

• Once In A Lifetime
  Keith Urban
  [Capitol Records Nashville]

Category 38

Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

(For established duos or groups with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Not Ready To Make Nice
  Dixie Chicks
  Track from: Taking The Long Way
  [Open Wide/Columbia]

• Heaven’s My Home
  The Duhks
  Track from: Migrations
  [Sugar Hill Records]

• Boondocks
  Little Big Town

  Track from: The Road To Here
  [Equity Music Group]

• What Hurts The Most
  Rascal Flatts
  Track from: Me And My Gang
  [Lyric Street Records]

• Leave The Pieces
  The Wreckers
  Track from: Stand Still — Look Pretty
  [Maverick]

Category 39

Best Country Collaboration With Vocals

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

• Who Says You Can’t Go Home
  Bon Jovi & Jennifer Nettles
  Track from: Have A Nice Day
  [Island]

• Tomorrow Is Forever

  Solomon Burke & Dolly Parton
  Track from: Nashville
  [Shout! Factory]

• Calling Me
  Kenny Rogers & Don Henley

  Track from: Water & Bridges
  [Capitol Records Nashville]

• Midnight Angel
  Rhonda Vincent & Bobby Osborne
  Track from: All American Bluegrass Girl

  [Rounder]

• Love Will Always Win
  Trisha Yearwood & Garth Brooks
  Track from: Jasper County
  [MCA Nashville]

Category 40

Best Country Instrumental Performance

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

• Jerusalem Ridge
  Casey Driessen
  Track from: 3D
  [Sugar Hill Records]

• Gameshow Rag/Cannonball Rag
  Tommy Emmanuel
  Track from: The Mystery
  [Favored Nations Acoustic]

• Whiskey Before Breakfast
  Bryan Sutton & Doc Watson

  Track from: Not Too Far From The Tree
  [Sugar Hill Records]

• The Eleventh Reel
  Chris Thile
  Track from: How To Grow A Woman From The Ground
  [Sugar Hill Records]

• Nature Of The Beast
  Jim VanCleve
  Track from: No Apologies
  [Rural Rhythm Records]

Category 41

Best Country Song

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

• Every Mile A Memory
  Brett Beavers, Dierks Bentley & Steve Bogard, songwriters (Dierks Bentley)
  [Capitol Records Nashville; Publishers: Dierks Bentley Publishing, Brett Beavers Publishing, Ensign Music, Rancho Papa Music.]

• I Don’t Feel Like Loving You Today
  Matraca Berg & Jim Collins, songwriters (Gretchen Wilson)

  [Epic Nashville; Publishers: Songs of Universal, Hannaberg Music, Warner-Tamerlane Publishing, Make Shift Music.]

• Jesus, Take The Wheel
  Brett James, Hillary Lindsey & Gordie Sampson, songwriters (Carrie Underwood)
  Track from: Some Hearts
  [Arista/Arista Nashville/19; Publishers: Dimensional Music of 1091/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, Raylene Music/BPJ Administration, No Such Music, Passing Stranger Music/1609 Songs/Music of Windswept.]

• Like Red On A Rose

  Melanie Castleman & Robert Lee Castleman, songwriters (Alan Jackson)
  Track from: Like Red On A Rose
  [Arista Nashville/Sony BMG; Publishers: Farm Use Only Music, Cassamel Music.]

• What Hurts The Most
  Steve Robson & Jeffrey Steele, songwriters (Rascal Flatts)

  Track from: Me And My Gang
  [Lyric Street Records; Publishers: Gottahaveable Music, Songs of Windswept Pacific, Almo Music.]

Category 42

Best Country Album

(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Taking The Long Way
  Dixie Chicks

  [Open Wide/Columbia]

• Like Red On A Rose
  Alan Jackson
  [Arista Nashville/Sony BMG]

• The Road To Here
  Little Big Town

  [Equity Music Group]

• You Don’t Know Me: The Songs Of Cindy Walker
  Willie Nelson
  [Lost Highway]

• Your Man
  Josh Turner

  [MCA Nashville]

Category 43

Best Bluegrass Album

(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Long List Of Heartaches
  The Grascals
  [Rounder]

• Bluegrass
  Jim Lauderdale
  [Yep Roc]

• Instrumentals
  Ricky Skaggs And Kentucky Thunder
  [Skaggs Family Records]

• Live At The Ryman
  Marty Stuart And His Fabulous Superlatives
  [Superlatone Records/Universal South Records]

• All American Bluegrass Girl
  Rhonda Vincent
  [Rounder]

Category 44

Best New Age Album

(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• A Posteriori
  Enigma

  [Virgin Records]

• Amarantine
  Enya
  [Reprise]

• Beyond Words
  Gentle Thunder With Will Clipman & AmoChip Dabney

  [Delvian Records / GT Productions]

• Elements Series: Fire
  Peter Kater
  [Real Music]

• The Magical Journeys Of Andreas Vollenweider
  Andreas Vollenweider

  [Kin Kou/SLG Records]

Category 45

Best Contemporary Jazz Album

(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)

• The Hidden Land

  Béla Fleck & The Flecktones
  [Columbia]

• People People Music Music
  Groove Collective
  [Savoy Jazz Worldwide]

• Rewind That
  Christian Scott
  [Concord Jazz]

• Sexotica
  Sex Mob
  [Thirsty Ear Recordings, Inc.]

• Who Let The Cats Out?
  Mike Stern
  [Heads Up]

Category 46

Best Jazz Vocal Album

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

• Footprints

  Karrin Allyson
  [Concord Jazz]

• Easy To Love
  Roberta Gambarini
  [Groovin’ High/Kindred Rhythm]

• Live At Jazz Standard With Fred Hersch

  Nancy King
  [Maxjazz]

• From This Moment On
  Diana Krall
  [Verve]

• Turned To Blue

  Nancy Wilson
  [MCG Jazz]

Category 47

Best Jazz Instrumental Solo

(For an instrumental jazz solo performance. Two equal performers on one recording may be eligible as one entry. If the soloist listed appears on a recording billed to another artist, the latter’s name is in parenthesis for identification. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Some Skunk Funk
  Michael Brecker, soloist

  Track from: Some Skunk Funk (Randy Brecker w/Michael Brecker)
  [Telarc Jazz/BHM]

• Paq Man
  Paquito D’Rivera, soloist
  Track from: From The Heart (Hilario Duran And His Latin Jazz Big Band)
  [Alma Records]

• Freedom Jazz Dance
  Taylor Eigsti, soloist
  Track from: Lucky To Be Me
  [Concord Jazz]

• Hippidy Hop (Drum Solo)
  Roy Haynes, soloist

  Track from: Whereas
  [Dreyfus Jazz]

• Hope
  Branford Marsalis, soloist
  Track from: Braggtown
  [Marsalis Music/Rounder]

Category 48

Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group

(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)

• Sound Grammar
  Ornette Coleman
  [Sound Grammar]

• The Ultimate Adventure

  Chick Corea
  [Stretch Records]

• Trio Beyond — Saudades
  Jack DeJohnette, Larry Goldings & John Scofield
  [ECM]

• Beyond The Wall
  Kenny Garrett
  [Nonesuch]

• Sonny, Please
  Sonny Rollins
  [Doxy Records]

Category 49

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

(For large jazz ensembles, including big band sounds. Albums must contain 51% or more INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)

• Some Skunk Funk
  Randy Brecker With Michael Brecker, Jim Beard, Will Lee, Peter Erskine, Marcio Doctor & Vince Mendoza conducting The WDR Big Band Köln
  [Telarc Jazz/BHM]

• Spirit Music
  Bob Brookmeyer — New Art Orchestra
  [ArtistShare]

• Streams Of Expression
  Joe Lovano Ensemble

  [Blue Note Records]

• Live In Tokyo At The Blue Note
  Mingus Big Band
  [Sunnyside/Sue Mingus Music]

• Up From The Skies — Music Of Jim McNeely

  The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra
  [Planet Arts Recordings]

Category 50

Best Latin Jazz Album

(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Codes
  Ignacio Berroa

  [Blue Note Records]

• Cubist Music
  Edsel Gomez
  [Zoho]

• Simpático
  The Brian Lynch/Eddie Palmieri Project

  [ArtistShare]

• Absolute Quintet
  Dafnis Prieto
  [Zoho]

• Viva
  Diego Urcola, Edward Simon, Avishai Cohen, Antonio Sanchez & Pernell Saturnino

  [CAM Jazz]

Category 51

Best Gospel Performance

(For solo, duo, group as collaborative performances. Singles or tracks with vocal containing Gospel lyrics. All genres of Gospel music are eligible.)

• Victory

  Yolanda Adams
  Track from: The Gospel — Soundtrack
  [Verity Records]

• Not Forgotten
  Israel & New Breed

  Track from: Alive In South Africa
  [Integrity Gospel]

• The Blessing Of Abraham
  Donald Lawrence & The Tri-City Singers
  Track from: Finale Act One
  [EMI Gospel]

• Made To Worship
  Chris Tomlin
  Track from: See The Morning
  [Sparrow Records/SixStepsRecords]

• Victory
  Tye Tribbett & G.A.

  Track from: Victory Live!
  [Columbia, Sony Urban]

Category 52

Best Gospel Song

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

• The Blessing Of Abraham
  Donald Lawrence, songwriter (Donald Lawrence & The Tri-City Singers)

  Track from: Finale Act One
  [EMI Gospel; Publishers: QW Songs, Zomba Publishing.]

• Imagine Me
  Kirk Franklin, songwriter (Kirk Franklin)
  [Fo Yo Soul/Verity/Zomba; Publishers: Zomba Songs, Kerrion Publishing, Lilly Mack Music.]

• Mountain Of God

  Brown Bannister & Mac Powell, songwriters (Third Day)
  Track from: Wherever You Are
  [Essential Records; Publishers: Vandura 2500 Songs, New Spring (Zomba), Banistuci Music.]

• Not Forgotten
  Israel Houghton & Aaron Lindsey, songwriters (Israel & New Breed)

  Track from: Alive In South Africa
  [Integrity Gospel; Publishers: Sound of the New Breed, Integrity’s Praise! Music, Aaron Lindsey Publishing.]

• Victory
  Tye Tribbett, songwriter (Tye Tribbett & G.A.)
  Track from: Victory Live!
  [Columbia, Sony Urban; Publisher: G.A.S. Music.]

Category 53

Best Rock Or Rap Gospel Album

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

• DecembeRadio
  DecembeRadio
  [Slanted Records]

• Where The Past Meets Today

  Sarah Kelly
  [Gotee Records]

• Turn Around
  Jonny Lang
  [A&M Records]

• End Of Silence

  Red
  [Essential Records]

• Bone-A-Fide
  T-Bone
  [Bone Yard/Flicker Records]

Category 54

Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album

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

• Sound Of Melodies
  Leeland
  [Essential Records]

• Coming Up To Breathe
  MercyMe

  [INO Records]

• Wherever You Are
  Third Day
  [Essential Records]

• See The Morning
  Chris Tomlin

  [Sixstepsrecords/sparrow]

• Introducing Ayiesha Woods
  Ayiesha Woods
  [Gotee Records]

Category 55

Best Southern, Country, Or Bluegrass Gospel Album

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

• Kenny Bishop
  Kenny Bishop
  [Daywind Records]

• Give It Away
  Gaither Vocal Band
  [Gaither Music Group]

• Precious Memories
  Alan Jackson
  [ACR Records/Arista Nashville]

• The Promised Land
  The Del McCoury Band
  [McCoury Music]

• Glory Train
  Randy Travis
  [Word Records/Curb/Warner Bros.]

Category 56

Best Traditional Gospel Album

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

• An Invitation To Worship

  Byron Cage
  [Zomba/Gospocentric]

• Paved The Way
  The Caravans
  [Malaco Records]

• Still Keeping It Real

  The Dixie Hummingbirds
  [MCG Records]

• Alive In South Africa
  Israel & New Breed
  [Integrity Gospel]

• Finalé Act One

  Donald Lawrence & The Tri-City Singers
  [EMI Gospel]

Category 57

Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album

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

• Set Me Free

  Myron Butler & Levi
  [EMI Gospel]

• Hero
  Kirk Franklin
  [Fo Yo Soul/Zomba]

• A Timeless Christmas

  Israel And New Breed
  [Integrity Gospel]

• This Is Me
  Kierra Kiki Sheard
  [EMI Gospel]

• Victory Live!

  Tye Tribbett & G.A.
  [Columbia, Sony Urban]

Category 58

Best Latin Pop Album

(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Adentro
  Arjona
  [Norte/Sony BMG]

• Lo Que Trajo El Barco
  Obie Bermúdez

  [EMI/Televisa]

• Individual
  Fulano
  [FM Records]

• Trozos De Mi Alma 2
  Marco Antonio Solis

  [Fonovisa Records]

• Limón Y Sal
  Julieta Venegas
  [Norte/Sony BMG]

Category 59

Best Latin Rock, Alternative Or Urban Album

(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Lo Demás Es Plástico
  Black:Guayaba
  [OLE Music]

• The Underdog/El Subestimado
  Tego Calderón

  [Jiggiri/Atlantic]

• Calle 13
  Calle 13
  [Norte/Sony BMG]

• Superpop Venezuela
  Los Amigos Invisibles

  [Gozadera Records]

• Amar Es Combatir
  Maná
  [Warner Music Latina]

Category 60

Best Tropical Latin Album

(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Fuzionando
  Oscar D’Leon
  [Norte/Sony BMG]

• Salsatón: Salsa Con Reggaetón
  Andy Montañez

  [Univision Music Group]

• Hoy, Mañana Y Siempre
  Tito Nieves
  [Univision Music Group]

• Directo Al Corazón

  Gilberto Santa Rosa
  [Norte/Sony BMG]

• What You’ve Been Waiting For — Lo Que Esperabas
  Tiempo Libre
  [Shanachie Entertainment]

Category 61

Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album

(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Historias De Mi Tierra
  Pepe Aguilar
  [Norte/Sony BMG]

• No Es Brujería

  Ana Bárbara
  [Fonovisa Records]

• 25 Aniversario
  Mariachi Sol De Mexico De José Hernández
  [Venemusic]

• A Toda Ley
  Pablo Montero
  [Univision Records]

• Orgullo De Mujer
  Alicia Villarreal
  [Universal]

Category 62

Best Tejano Album

(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Sigue El Taconazo
  Chente Barrera
  [Q-Vo Records]

• It’s…All Right

  Jimmy Edward
  [On The Edge]

• Live In Session
  Bob Gallarza
  [On The Edge]

• All Of Me

  Jay Perez
  [Tejas Records]

• Rebecca Valadez
  Rebecca Valadez
  [AMI Records Latin]

Category 63

Best Norteño Album

(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Algo De Mí
  Conjunto Primavera
  [Fonovisa Records]

• Puro Pa’ Arriba
  Los Huracanes Del Norte

  [Univision Records]

• Historias Que Contar
  Los Tigres Del Norte
  [Fonovisa Records]

• Piénsame Un Momento
  Pesado

  [Warner Music Latina]

• Prefiero La Soledad
  Retoño
  [JB Records]

Category 64

Best Banda Album

(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• 20 Mil Heridas
  Banda Machos
  [Warner Music Latina]

• Mas Fuerte Que Nunca
  Banda El Recodo de Cruz Lizárraga

  [Fonovisa Records]

• Amor Gitano
  Cuisillos
  [Musart]

• A Mucha Honra
  Ezequiel Peña

  [Fonovisa Records]

• Más Allá Del Sol
  Joan Sebástian
  [Musart]

Category 65

Best Traditional Blues Album

(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Brother To The Blues
  Tab Benoit With Louisiana’s Leroux

  [Telarc Blues]

• Bronx In Blue
  Dion
  [Razor & Tie]

• People Gonna Talk
  James Hunter

  [Rounder]

• Guitar Groove-A-Rama
  Duke Robillard
  [Stony Plain Records]

• Risin’ With The Blues
  Ike Turner

  [Zoho Roots]

Category 66

Best Contemporary Blues Album

(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Live From Across The Pond
  Robert Cray Band
  [Vanguard Records/Nozzle Records]

• Sippiana Hericane
  Dr. John & The Lower 911
  [Blue Note Records]

• Suitcase
  Keb’ Mo’

  [Epic/One Haven/Red Ink]

• Hope And Desire
  Susan Tedeschi
  [Verve Forecast]

• After The Rain
  Irma Thomas

  [Rounder]

Category 67

Best Traditional Folk Album

(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• I Stand Alone

  Ramblin’ Jack Elliott
  [Anti]

• Gonna Let It Shine
  Odetta
  [M.C. Records]

• Adieu False Heart

  Linda Ronstadt & Ann Savoy
  [Vanguard Records]

• We Shall Overcome — The Seeger Sessions
  Bruce Springsteen
  [Columbia]

• A Distant Land To Roam
  Ralph Stanley
  [Columbia/DMZ]

Category 68

Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album

(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Solo Acoustic Vol. 1

  Jackson Browne
  [Inside Recordings]

• Black Cadillac
  Rosanne Cash
  [Capitol]

• Workbench Songs

  Guy Clark
  [Dualtone Music Group]

• Modern Times
  Bob Dylan
  [Columbia]

• All The Roadrunning

  Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris
  [Warner Bros./Nonesuch]

Category 69

Best Native American Music Album

(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Voice Of The Drum
  Black Eagle

  [Soar]

• Heart Of The Wind
  Robert Tree Cody & Will Clipman
  [Canyon Records]

• American Indian Story
  Jana

  [Soar]

• Long Winter Nights
  Northern Cree & Friends
  [Canyon Records]

• Dance With The Wind
  Mary Youngblood

  [Silver Wave Records]

Category 70

Best Hawaiian Music Album

(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Generation Hawai’i
  Amy Hanaiali’i
  [Hanaiali’i Records]

• Grandmaster Slack Key Guitar
  Ledward Ka’apana
  [Rhythm And Roots Records]

• The Wild Hawaiian
  Henry Kapono
  [Eclectic Records]

• Hawaiian Slack Key Kings
  Various Artists
  Chris Lau & Milton Lau, producers
  [Rhythm And Roots Records]

• Legends Of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar — Live From Maui

  Various Artists
  Daniel Ho, George Kahumoku, Jr., Paul Konwiser & Wayne Wong, producers
  [Daniel Ho Creations]

Category 71

Best Reggae Album

(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Too Bad
  Buju Banton
  [Gargamel Music, Inc.]

• Love Is My Religion

  Ziggy Marley
  [Tuff Gong Worldwide]

• Youth
  Matisyahu
  [Epic/Or/JDub]

• Rhythm Doubles

  Sly & Robbie
  [Taxi Records]

• Who You Fighting For
  UB40
  [Rhino Entertainment]

Category 72

Best Traditional World Music Album

(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Music Of Central Asia Vol. 2: Invisible Face Of The Beloved: Classical Music Of The Tajiks And Uzbeks
  The Academy Of Maqâm

  [Smithsonian Folkways Recordings]

• Endless Vision
  Hossein Alizadeh & Djivan Gasparyan
  [World Village]

• Hambo In The Snow
  Andrea Hoag, Loretta Kelley & Charlie Pilzer

  [Azalea City Recordings]

• Golden Strings Of The Sarode
  Aashish Khan & Zakir Hussain
  [Moment Records]

• Blessed
  Soweto Gospel Choir

  [Shanachie]

Category 73

Best Contemporary World Music Album

(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Tiki
  Richard Bona
  [Decca]

• M’Bemba
  Salif Keita
  [Decca]

• Wonder Wheel
  The Klezmatics
  [Jewish Music Group]

• Long Walk To Freedom
  Ladysmith Black Mambazo
  [Heads Up International]

• Savane
  Ali Farka Toure
  [World Circuit/Nonesuch]

Category 74

Best Polka Album

(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Batteries Not Included
  Eddie Blazonczyk’s Versatones

  [Bel-Aire Records]

• As Sweet As Candy
  Lenny Gomulka & Chicago Push
  [Push Records]

• Party Dress
  LynnMarie & The Boxhounds

  [Squeeze Record]

• Good Friends Good Music
  Walter Ostanek & Fred Ziwich
  [Ranch Recordings]

• Polka In Paradise
  Jimmy Sturr And His Orchestra

  [Rounder]

Category 75

Best Musical Album For Children

(For albums consisting of predominantly music or song vs. spoken word.)

• Baby Einstein Meet The Orchestra

  Various Artists
  Ted Kryczko & Ed Mitchell, producers
  [Walt Disney Records]

• Beethoven’s Wig 3: Many More Sing Along Symphonies
  Beethoven’s Wig
  [Rounder]

• Catch That Train!
  Dan Zanes And Friends
  [Festival Five Records]

• My Best Day
  Trout Fishing In America
  [Trout Records]

• The Sunny Side Of The Street
  John Lithgow
  [Razor & Tie]

Category 76

Best Spoken Word Album For Children

(For albums consisting of predominantly spoken word vs. music or song.)

• Blah Blah Blah: Stories About Clams, Swamp Monsters, Pirates & Dogs
  Bill Harley
  [Round River Records/Empyrean Records]

• Christmas In The Trenches
  John McCutcheon
  [Peachtree Press]

• Disney’s Little Einsteins Musical Missions
  Various Artists
  Ted Kryczko & Ed Mitchell, producers
  [Walt Disney Records]

• Peter Pan

  Jim Dale
  [Listening Library]

• The Witches
  Lynn Redgrave
  [Harper Children’s Audio]

Category 77

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

(Narrated/dramatized books include authors’ names in parenthesis for identification.)

• I Shouldn’t Even Be Doing This! (Bob Newhart)
  Bob Newhart
  [Hyperion Audiobooks]

• New Rules — Polite Musings From A Timid Observer
  Bill Maher
  [Phoenix Audio]

• Our Endangered Values: America’s Moral Crisis (Jimmy Carter)
  Jimmy Carter

  [Simon & Schuster Audio]

• The Truth (With Jokes) (Al Franken)
  Al Franken
  [Brilliance Audio]

• With Ossie And Ruby: In This Life Together (Ossie Davis & Ruby Dee)

  Ossie Davis & Ruby Dee
  [Time Warner]

Category 78

Best Comedy Album

(For comedy recordings, spoken or musical)

• Blue Collar Comedy Tour — One For The Road
  Bill Engvall, Ron White, Jeff Foxworthy & Larry The Cable Guy
  [Warner Bros.]

• The Carnegie Hall Performance
  Lewis Black

  [Comedy Central Records]

• Life Is Worth Losing
  George Carlin
  [Atlantic]

• Straight Outta Lynwood
  “Weird Al” Yankovic

  [Volcano/Zomba Label Group]

• You Can’t Fix Stupid
  Ron White
  [Image Entertainment]

Category 79

Best Musical Show Album

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

• The Color Purple
  Jay David Saks, producer; Stephen Bray, Brenda Russell & Allee Willis, composers/lyricists (Original Broadway Cast With LaChanze, Elisabeth Withers-Mendes & Others)
  [Angel Records]

• The Drowsy Chaperone
  Kurt Deutsch, Joel Moss & Phil Reno, producers; Lisa Lambert & Greg Morrison, composers/lyricists (Original Broadway Cast With Bob Martin, Sutton Foster, Beth Leavel & Others)
  [Ghostlight]

• Jersey Boys
  Bob Gaudio, producer (Bob Gaudio, composer; Bob Crewe, lyricist) (Original Broadway Cast With Christian Hoff, Daniel Reichard, J. Robert Spencer, John Lloyd Young & Others)

  [Rhino]

• The Pajama Game
  Harry Connick, Jr. & Tracey Freeman, producers (Richard Adler & Jerry Ross, composers/lyricists) (New Broadway Cast With Harry Connick, Jr., Kelli O’Hara & Others)
  [Columbia]

• Sweeney Todd — The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

  Tommy Krasker, producer (Stephen Sondheim, composer/lyricist) (Broadway Cast With Patti LuPone, Michael Cerveris & Others)
  [Nonesuch]

Category 80

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

(Award to the Artist(s) and/or Producer(s) of a majority of the tracks on the album, or to the individual(s) actively responsible for the concept and musical direction and for the selection of artists, songs and producers, as applicable.)

• Brokeback Mountain
  Various Artists
  [Verve Forecast]

• Cars
  Various Artists
  [Walt Disney Records/Pixar]

• Grey’s Anatomy — Volume 2
  Various Artists
  [Hollywood Records]

• Little Miss Sunshine
  Various Artists

  [Lakeshore Records]

• Walk The Line
  Joaquin Phoenix & Various Artists
  [Wind-Up Records]

Category 81

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

(Award to Composer(s) for an original score created specifically for, or as a companion to, a current legitimate motion picture, television show or series or other visual media.)

• The Chronicles Of Narnia — The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe
  Harry Gregson-Williams, composer
  [Walt Disney Records]

• The Da Vinci Code
  Hans Zimmer, composer

  [Decca]

• Memoirs Of A Geisha
  John Williams, composer
  [Sony Classical]

• Munich
  John Williams, composer

  [Decca]

• Pirates Of The Caribbean — Dead Man’s Chest
  Hans Zimmer, composer
  [Walt Disney Records]

Category 82

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

(A Songwriter(s) award. For a song (melody & lyrics) written specifically for a motion picture, television or other visual media, and released for the first time during the Eligibility Year. (Artist names appear in parenthesis.) Singles or Tracks only.)

• Can’t Take It In (From The Chronicles Of Narnia — The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe)
  Imogen Heap, songwriter (Imogen Heap)
  [Walt Disney Records; Publishers: Walt Disney Music, Rondor Music.]

• I Need To Wake Up (From An Inconvenient Truth)

  Melissa Etheridge, songwriter (Melissa Etheridge)
  [Island Def Jam; Publisher: Songs of Ridge Road.]

• Our Town (From Cars)
  Randy Newman, songwriter (James Taylor)
  [Walt Disney Records/Pixar; Publishers: Walt Disney Music, Pixar Talking Pictures.]

• There’s Nothing Like A Show On Broadway (From The Producers)

  Mel Brooks, songwriter (Nathan Lane & Matthew Broderick)
  [Sony Classical; Publisher: Mel Brooks Music.]

• Travelin’ Thru (From Transamerica)
  Dolly Parton, songwriter (Dolly Parton)
  [Nettwerk Records; Publisher: Velvet Apple Music.]

Category 83

Best Instrumental Composition

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

• Argument
  Taylor Eigsti, composer (Taylor Eigsti)

  Track from: Lucky To Be Me
  [Concord Jazz]

• A Concerto In Swing
  Patrick Williams, composer (The Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra & Big Band)
  Track from: Elevation
  [Concord Records]

• A Prayer For Peace
  John Williams, composer (John Williams)
  Track from: Munich — Soundtrack
  [Decca Records]

• Sayuri’s Theme And End Credits

  John Williams, composer (John Williams, Yo-Yo Ma & Itzhak Perlman)
  Track from: Memoirs Of A Geisha — Soundtrack
  [Sony Classical]

• Valentine
  Fred Hersch, composer (Fred Hersch)

  Track from: In Amsterdam: Live At The Bimhuis
  [Palmetto Records]

Category 84

Best Instrumental Arrangement

(An Arranger’s Award. (Artist names appear in parenthesis.) Singles or Tracks only.)

• Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes
  Gordon Goodwin, arranger (Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band)

  Track from: The Phat Pack
  [Immergent]

• Three Ghouls
  Chick Corea, arranger (Chick Corea)
  Track from: The Ultimate Adventure
  [Stretch Records]

• Three Women
  Gil Goldstein, arranger (Gil Goldstein)
  Track from: Under Rousseau’s Moon
  [Half Note]

• Tom & Eddie

  Patrick Williams, arranger (The Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra & Big Band)
  Track from: Elevation
  [Concord Records]

• Up From The Skies
  Jim McNeely, arranger (The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra)
  Track from: Up From The Skies — Music Of Jim McNeely

  [Planet Arts Recordings]

Category 85

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)

(An Arranger’s Award. (Artist names appear in parenthesis.) Singles or Tracks only.)

• For Once In My Life
  Jorge Calandrelli, arranger (Tony Bennett & Stevie Wonder)
  Track from: Duets: An American Classic

  [RPM Records/Columbia]

• Good Morning Heartache
  Gil Goldstein & Greg Phillinganes, arrangers (Chris Botti & Jill Scott)
  Track from: To Love Again — The Duets
  [Columbia Records]

• My Flame Burns Blue (Blood Count)
  Vince Mendoza, arranger (Elvis Costello With The Metropole Orkest)
  Track from: My Flame Burns Blue
  [Deutsche Grammophon]

• Stardust
  Slide Hampton, arranger (Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band)

  Track from: Dizzy’s Business
  [MCG Jazz]

• Suninga
  Gil Goldstein, arranger (Gil Goldstein)
  Track from: Under Rousseau’s Moon
  [Half Note]

Category 86

Best Recording Package

• The Best Worst-Case Scenario
  Ryan Clark, art director (Fair)

  [Tooth & Nail Records]

• Personal File
  Randall Martin, art director (Johnny Cash)
  [Columbia/Legacy Recordings]

• Reprieve
  Ani DiFranco & Brian Grunert, art directors (Ani DiFranco)

  [Righteous Babe Records]

• 10,000 Days
  Adam Jones, art director (Tool)
  [Tool Dissectional/Volcano/Zomba Label Group]

• Versions
  Neal Ashby & Matthew Curry, art directors (Thievery Corporation)

  [ESL Music]

Category 87

Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package

• The Cellar Door Sessions 1970
  Howard Fritzson, Dan Ichimoto & Seth Rothstein, art directors (Miles Davis)
  [Columbia/Legacy Recordings]

• Fonotone Records
  Susan Archie & Henry Owings, art directors (Various Artists)
  [Dust-To-Digital]

• A Life Less Lived — The Gothic Box
  Hugh Brown & Jean Krikorian, art directors (Various Artists)

  [Rhino Entertainment]

• One Kiss Can Lead To Another: Girl Group Sounds Lost & Found
  Hugh Brown, Sheryl Farber & Maria Villar, art directors (Various Artists)
  [Rhino Entertainment]

• Stadium Arcadium

  Flea, John Frusciante, Anthony Kiedis, Chad Smith & Matt Taylor, art directors
  (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
  [Warner Bros.]

Category 88

Best Album Notes

• Good For What Ails You: Music Of The Medicine Shows, 1926-1937
  Marshall Wyatt, album notes writer (Various Artists)
  [Old Hat Records]

• If You Got To Ask, You Ain’t Got It!
  Dan Morgenstern, album notes writer (Fats Waller)

  [Bluebird/Legacy Recordings]

• Lost Sounds: Blacks And The Birth Of The Recording Industry 1891-1922
  Tim Brooks, album notes writer (Various Artists)
  [Archeophone Records]

• Pirate Radio
  Ben Edmonds, album notes writer (Pretenders)

  [Rhino Entertainment/Warner Bros./Sire Records]

• There Is A Season
  David Fricke, album notes writer (The Byrds)
  [Columbia/Legacy Recordings]

Category 89

Best Historical Album

• Good For What Ails You: Music Of The Medicine Shows, 1926-1937
  Marshall Wyatt, compilation producer; Christopher King, mastering engineer (Various Artists)
  [Old Hat Records]

• Lost Sounds: Blacks And The Birth Of The Recording Industry 1891-1922
  Meagan Hennessey & Richard Martin, compilation producers; Tim Brooks, David Giovannoni & Richard Martin, mastering engineers (Various Artists)

  [Archeophone Records]

• One Kiss Can Lead To Another: Girl Group Sounds Lost & Found
  Sheryl Farber & Gary Stewart, compilation producers; Dan Hersch, Bill Inglot & Dave Schultz, mastering engineers (Various Artists)
  [Rhino Entertainment]

• Poetry On Record: 98 Poets Read Their Work (1888-2006)

  Rebekah Presson Mosby, compilation producer; Randy Perry, mastering engineer (Various Artists)
  [Shout! Factory]

• Rockin’ Bones: 1950’s Punk & Rockabilly
  James Austin & Cheryl Pawelski, compilation producers; Bill Inglot & Dave Schultz, mastering engineers (Various Artists)
  [Rhino Entertainment]

Category 90

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

(An Engineer’s Award. (Artists names appear in parenthesis.))

• Adieu False Heart
  Gary Paczosa, engineer (Linda Ronstadt & Ann Savoy)

  [Vanguard Records]

• At War With The Mystics
  The Flaming Lips & Dave Fridmann, engineers (The Flaming Lips)
  [Warner Bros. Records]

• Like Red On A Rose
  Brandon Bell, Terry Christian & Gary Paczosa, engineers (Alan Jackson)

  [Arista Nashville]

• The Phat Pack
  Marcelo Penell, Dave Sharenow & Tommy Vicari, engineers (Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band)
  [Immergent]

• Suitcase
  Rik Pekkonen & John Porter, engineers (Keb’ Mo’)

  [Epic/One Haven/Red Ink]

Category 91

Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical

(A Producer’s Award. (Artists names appear in parenthesis.))

• Howard Benson
  • Every Man For Himself (Hoobastank) (A)
  • Flyleaf (Flyleaf) (A)
  • In With The Out Crowd (Less Than Jake) (A)
  • One-X (Three Days Grace) (A)
  • The Paramour Sessions (Papa Roach) (A)
  • Popaganda (Head Automatica) (A)
  • Saosin (Saosin) (A)
• T Bone Burnett
  • Thunderbird (Cassandra Wilson) (A)
  • The True False Identity (T Bone Burnett) (A)
  • Walk The Line — Soundtrack (Joaquin Phoenix & Various Artists) (A)
• Danger Mouse
  • Pieces Of The People We Love (The Rapture) (T)
  • St. Elsewhere (Gnarls Barkley) (A)
• Rick Rubin
  • American V: A Hundred Highways (Johnny Cash) (A)
  • God’s Gonna Cut You Down (Johnny Cash) (T)
  • Stadium Arcadium (Red Hot Chili Peppers) (A)
  • Taking The Long Way (Dixie Chicks) (A)
  • 12 Songs (Neil Diamond) (A)
• Will.i.am
  • About You (Mary J. Blige Featuring Will.i.am) (T)
  • Big Girls Don’t Cry (Fergie) (T)
  • Damn Girl (Justin Timberlake Featuring Will.i.am) (T)
  • I Am Somebody (Santana Featuring Will.i.am) (T)
  • I Love My B**** (Busta Rhymes Featuring Kelis & Will.i.am) (T)
  • Mas Que Nada (Sergio Mendes Featuring The Black Eyed Peas) (T)
  • Timeless (Sergio Mendes) (A)

Category 92

Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical

(A Remixer’s Award. (Artists names appear in parenthesis for identification.) Singles or Tracks only.)

• Be Without You (Moto Blanco Vocal Mix)
  Moto Blanco, remixer (Mary J. Blige)
  [Geffen Records]

• Damage Thorn (Buick Project Remix)

  Buick Project, remixers (Tiefschwarz & Tracey Thorn)
  [Fine/Four Music Productions]

• Deja Vu (Freemasons Club Mix - No Rap)
  Russell Small & James Wiltshire, remixers (Beyoncé)
  [Columbia/Sony Urban Music]

• Talk (Thin White Duke Mix)
  Jacques Lu Cont, remixer (Coldplay)
  Track from: Talk Remix EP
  [Capitol Records]

• World Hold On (E-Smoove Remix)
  E-Smoove, remixer (Bob Sinclair)

  [Ultra Records]

Category 93

Best Surround Sound Album

(For vocal or instrumental albums. Albums only.)

• Immortal Nystedt

  Morten Lindberg & Hans Peter L’Orange, surround mix engineers; Morten Lindberg, surround mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround producer (Ensemble 96 Conducted By Øystein Fevang)
  [2L]

• Long Walk To Freedom
  Martin Walters, surround mix engineer; Martin Walters, surround mastering engineer; Martin Walters, surround producer (Ladysmith Black Mambazo)
  [Heads Up International]

• Morph The Cat
  Elliot Scheiner, surround mix engineer; Darcy Proper, surround mastering engineer; Donald Fagen, surround producer (Donald Fagen)
  [Reprise Records]

• Straight Outta Lynwood
  Tony Papa, surround mix engineer; Bernie Grundman, surround mastering engineer; Al Yankovic, surround producer (”Weird Al” Yankovic)
  [Volcano/Zomba Label Group]

• A Valid Path
  P.J. Olsson & Alan Parsons, surround mix engineers; Bob Michaels, surround mastering engineer; Alan Parsons, surround producer (Alan Parsons)
  [Immergent]

Category 94

Best Engineered Album, Classical

(An Engineer’s Award. (Artist names appear in parenthesis.))

• Elgar: Enigma Variations; Britten: The Young Person’s Guide To The Orchestra, Four Sea Interludes
  Michael Bishop, engineer (Paavo Järvi & Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra)
  [Telarc]

• Látigo

  Leslie Ann Jones, engineer (Quartet San Francisco)
  [Violinjazz Recordings]

• Mahler: Symphony No. 2
  Wolf-Dieter Karwatky & Rainer Maillard, engineers (Pierre Boulez, Wiener Philharmoniker, Christine Schäfer, Michelle DeYoung & Wiener Singverein)
  [Deutsche Grammophon]

• Requiem
  John Newton, engineer (Craig Hella Johnson & Conspirare)
  [Clarion Records]

• Vaughan Williams: Mass In G Min., And Other A Cappella Works
  Jack Renner, engineer (Norman Mackenzie & Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chamber Chorus)

  [Telarc]

Category 95

Producer Of The Year, Classical

(A Producer’s Award. (Artist names appear in parenthesis.))

• Manfred Eicher
  • Honegger/Martinù/Bach/Pintscher/Ravel (Frank Peter Zimmermann & Heinrich Schiff)
  • Kurtág: Kafka-Fragmente (Juliane Banse & András Keller)
  • Nuove Musiche (Rolf Lislevand, Arianna Savall, Pedro Estevan, Bjørn Kjellemyr, Guido Morini, Marco Ambrosini & Thor-Harald Johnsen)
  • Schubert: String Quartet G Maj. (Gidon Kremer & Kremerata Baltica)
  • Silvestrov/Pärt/Ustvolskaya: Misterioso (Alexei Lubimov, Alexander Trostiansky & Kyrill Rybakov)
• Stephen Johns
  • Angel Dances (12 Cellists Of Berliner Philharmoniker)
  • Holst: The Planets (Sir Simon Rattle & Berliner Philharmoniker)
  • Schubert: Symphony No. 9 ‘The Great’ (Sir Simon Rattle & Berliner Philharmoniker)
  • Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1; Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1 (Sarah Chang & Simon Rattle)
  • Vivaldi: Flute Concertos (Emmanuel Pahud & Richard Tognetti)
• James Mallinson
  • Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1-9 (Bernard Haitink & London Symphony Orchestra)
  • Elgar: The Dream Of Gerontius (Sir Colin Davis, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Alastair Miles, David Rendall, London Symphony Chorus & London Symphony Orchestra)
  • Prokofiev: The Complete Symphonies (Valery Gergiev & London Symphony Orchestra)
  • Sibelius: Kullervo (Sir Colin Davis, Monica Groop, Peter Mattei, London Symphony Chorus & London Symphony Orchestra)
  • Smetana: Má Vlast (Sir Colin Davis & London Symphony Orchestra)
• Elaine Martone
  • Del Tredici: Paul Revere’s Ride; Theofanidis: The Here And Now; Bernstein: Lamentation (Robert Spano, Norman Mackenzie, Hila Plitmann & Atlanta Symphony Orchestra And Chorus)
  • Elgar: Enigma Variations; Britten: The Young Person’s Guide To The Orchestra, Four Sea Interludes (Paavo Järvi & Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra)
  • Gershwin: Rhapsody In Blue (Michel Camilo, Ernest Martinez Izquierdo & Barcelona Symphony Orchestra)
  • Mahler: Symphony No. 1, Songs Of A Wayfarer (Benjamin Zander, Christopher Maltman & Philharmonia Orchestra)
  • Renaissance Favorites For Guitar (David Russell)
• Sid McLauchlan
  • Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7 (Gustavo Dudamel & Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra Of Venezuela)
  • Golijov: Ainadamar: Fountain Of Tears (Robert Spano, Kelley O’Connor, Women Of The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Dawn Upshaw)
  • Italia, Ti Amo (Plácido Domingo, Eugene Kohn & Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra)
  • Simple Gifts (Bryn Terfel)
  • Wagner: Excerpts From ‘The Ring Of The Nibelung’ (Ben Heppner, Peter Schneider, Burkhard Ulrich & Staatskapelle Dresden)

Category 96

Best Classical Album

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

• Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1-9
  Bernard Haitink, conductor; James Mallinson, producer (London Symphony Orchestra)
  [LSO Live]

• Lieberson: Rilke Songs, The Six Realms, Horn Concerto
  David Starobin, producer (Justin Brown & Donald Palma; Michaela Fukacova, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson & William Purvis; Peter Serkin; The Odense Symphony Orchestra)

  [Bridge Records, Inc.]

• Mahler: Symphony No. 7
  Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Andreas Neubronner, producer (San Francisco Symphony)
  [San Francisco Symphony]

• Martha Argerich And Friends: Live From The Lugano Festival 2005
  Martha Argerich And Friends; Ulrich Ruscher, producer

  [EMI Classics]

• Mozart: La Clemenza Di Tito
  René Jacobs, conductor; Marie-Claude Chappuis, Bernarda Fink, Sergio Foresti, Sunhae Im, Mark Padmore & Alexandrina Pendatchanska; Martin Sauer, producer (Freiburger Barockorchester)
  [Harmonia Mundi]

Category 97

Best Orchestral Performance

(Award to the Conductor and to the Orchestra.)

• Bax: Tone Poems
  Vernon Handley, conductor (BBC Philharmonic)
  [Chandos]

• Glazunov: Symphonies 4 & 7
  José Serebrier, conductor (Royal Scottish National Orchestra)

  [Warner Classics]

• Mahler: Symphony No. 6 In A Min.
  Iván Fischer, conductor (Budapest Festival Orchestra)
  [Channel Classics]

• Mahler: Symphony No. 7
  Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor (San Francisco Symphony)

  [San Francisco Symphony]

• Prokofiev: The Complete Symphonies
  Valery Gergiev, conductor (London Symphony Orchestra)
  [Philips]

Category 98

Best Opera Recording

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

• Bennett: The Mines Of Sulphur
  Stewart Robertson, conductor; Brian Anderson, Dorothy Byrne, Beth Clayton, Kristopher Irmiter, Brandon Jovanovich, James Maddalena, Michael Todd Simpson & Caroline Worra; Blanton Alspaugh, producer (Glimmerglass Opera Orchestra)
  [Chandos]

• Golijov: Ainadamar: Fountain Of Tears
  Robert Spano, conductor; Kelley O’Connor & Dawn Upshaw; Valérie Gross & Sid McLauchlan, producers (Women Of The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra)

  [Deutsche Grammophon]

• Mozart: La Clemenza Di Tito
  René Jacobs, conductor; Marie-Claude Chappuis, Bernarda Fink, Sergio Foresti, Sunhae Im, Mark Padmore & Alexandrina Pendatchanska; Martin Sauer, producer (RIAS Kammerchor; Freiburger Barockorchester)
  [Harmonia Mundi]

• Smetana: The Bartered Bride

  Sir Charles Mackerras, conductor; Yvette Bonner, Paul Charles Clarke, Neal Davies, Susan Gritton, Kit Hesketh-Harvey, Yvonne Howard, Robin Leggate, Diana Montague, Geoffrey Moses, Timothy Robinson & Peter Rose; Brian Couzens, producer (The Royal Opera Chorus; Philharmonia Orchestra)
  [Chandos Opera In English]

• Verdi: La Traviata
  Carlo Rizzi, conductor; Thomas Hampson, Anna Netrebko & Rolando Villazón; Rainer Maillard, producer (Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor; Wiener Philharmoniker)
  [Deutsche Grammophon]

Category 99

Best Choral Performance

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

• Immortal Nystedt
  Øystein Fevang, conductor (Bærum Vokalensemble & Ensemble 96)
  [2L]

• Mozart: Great Mass In C Min.
  Paul McCreesh, conductor (Sarah Connolly, Neal Davies, Timothy Robinson & Camilla Tilling; Gabrieli Consort; Gabrieli Consort & Players)
  [Deutsche Grammophon]

• Pärt: Da Pacem
  Paul Hillier, conductor (Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir)

  [Harmonia Mundi]

• Requiem
  Craig Hella Johnson, conductor (Conspirare)
  [Clarion Records]

• Whitacre: Cloudburst And Other Choral Works
  Stephen Layton, conductor (Thomas Guthrie, Elin Manahan Thomas & Simon Wall; Polyphony)

  [Hyperion]

Category 100

Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra)

(Award to the Instrumental Soloist(s) and to the Conductor.)

• Brahms: The Piano Concertos
  Riccardo Chailly, conductor; Nelson Freire (Gewandhausorchester)
  [Decca]

• Henze: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 And 3
  Christopher Lyndon-Gee, conductor; Peter Sheppard Skaerved (Saarbrücken Radio Symphony Orchestra)
  [Naxos]

• Messiaen: Oiseaux Exotiques (Exotic Birds)
  John McLaughlin Williams, conductor; Angelin Chang (Cleveland Chamber Symphony)

  Track from: Cleveland Chamber Symphony: Music That Dares To Explore, Vol. 6
  [TNC]

• Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos 1 & 2
  Antonio Pappano, conductor; Leif Ove Andsnes (Berliner Philharmoniker)
  [EMI Classics]

• Schmidt: Concertos

  Ole Schmidt, conductor; Ulla Miilmann (Danish National Symphony Orchestra / DR)
  [Dacapo Records]

Category 101

Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra)

(Award to the Instrumental Soloist.)

• Bach: The Sonatas And Partitas For Violin Solo
  Gidon Kremer

  [ECM New Series]

• Bacheler: The Bachelar’s Delight
  Paul O’Dette
  [Harmonia Mundi]

• Beethoven: The Piano Sonatas, Vol. II
  András Schiff

  [ECM New Series]

• Chopin: Nocturnes
  Maurizio Pollini
  [Deutsche Grammophon]

• Primrose: Viola Transcriptions
  Roberto Díaz (Robert Koenig)

  [Naxos]

Category 102

Best Chamber Music Performance

(Award to the Artists.)

• Chamber Works For Winds And Strings By Mozart
  The Chicago Chamber Musicians
  [Summit Records]

• Corigliano: Violin Sonata, Etude Fantasy
  Andrew Russo (Corey Cerovsek & Steven Heyman)
  [Black Box]

• Intimate Voices
  Emerson String Quartet

  [Deutsche Grammophon]

• Martha Argerich And Friends: Live From The Lugano Festival 2005
  Martha Argerich And Friends
  [EMI Classics]

• Shostakovich: Piano Trios 1 & 2, Seven Romances On Verses By Alexander Blok
  Beaux Arts Trio

  [Warner Classics]

Category 103

Best Small Ensemble Performance

(Award to the Ensemble (and to the Conductor.))

• Angel Dances
  12 Cellists Of Berliner Philharmoniker
  [EMI Classics]

• Ikon
  Harry Christophers, conductor; The Sixteen
  [Decca]

• Miguel De Cervantes — Don Quijote De La Mancha — Romances Y Músicas

  Jordi Savall, conductor; Hespèrion XXI & La Capella Reial De Catalunya
  [Alia Vox]

• Padilla: Sun Of Justice
  Peter Rutenberg, conductor; Los Angeles Chamber Singers’ Cappella
  [RCM — Rubedo Canis Musica]

• Shostakovich/Sviridov/Vainberg: Chamber Symphonies
  Yuri Bashmet; Moscow Soloists
  [Onyx Classics]

Category 104

Best Classical Vocal Performance

(Award to the Vocal Soloist(s).)

• Britten: Song Cycles

  Ian Bostridge (Sir Simon Rattle; Radek Baborák; Berliner Philharmoniker)
  [EMI Classics]

• Canciones Argentinas
  Bernarda Fink & Marcos Fink (Carmen Piazzini)
  [Harmonia Mundi]

• Consider, My Soul
  Thomas Quasthoff (Sebastian Weigle; Staatskapelle Dresden)
  [Deutsche Grammophon]

• Rilke Songs
  Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (Peter Serkin)
  Track from: Lieberson: Rilke Songs, The Six Realms, Horn Concerto

  [Bridge Records, Inc.]

• Songs Of Amy Beach
  Patrick Mason (Joanne Polk)
  [Bridge Records, Inc.]

Category 105

Best Classical Contemporary Composition

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

• Boston Concerto
  Elliott Carter (Oliver Knussen)
  Track from: The Music Of Elliott Carter, Vol. Seven
  [Bridge Records, Inc.]

• Golijov: Ainadamar: Fountain Of Tears
  Osvaldo Golijov (Robert Spano)

  [Deutsche Grammophon]

• The Here And Now
  Christopher Theofanidis (Robert Spano)
  Track from: Del Tredici: Paul Revere’s Ride; Theofanidis: The Here And Now; Bernstein: Lamentation
  [Telarc]

• Paul Revere’s Ride

  David Del Tredici (Robert Spano)
  Track from: Del Tredici: Paul Revere’s Ride; Theofanidis: The Here And Now; Bernstein: Lamentation
  [Telarc]

• A Scotch Bestiary
  James MacMillan (James MacMillan)
  Track from: MacMillan: A Scotch Bestiary, Piano Concerto No. 2

  [Chandos]

Category 106

Best Classical Crossover Album

(Award to the Artist(s) and/or to the Conductor.)

• The Film Music Of Erich Wolfgang Korngold
  Rumon Gamba, conductor (BBC Philharmonic)
  [Chandos]

• Invention & Alchemy
  David Lockington, conductor; Deborah Henson-Conant (The Grand Rapids Symphony)
  [Golden Cage Music]

• Látigo
  Quartet San Francisco (John Santos)

  [Violinjazz Recordings]

• Simple Gifts
  Bryn Terfel (London Voices; London Symphony Orchestra)
  [Deutsche Grammophon]

• Song Zu Ying: The Diva Goes To The Movies
  Song Zu Ying (China National Symphony Orchestra)

  [JB Audiophile]

Category 107

Best Short Form Music Video

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

• 8th Of November

  Big & Rich
  Robert Deaton, George Flanigen & Marc Oswald, video directors; Robert Deaton, George Flanigen, Steve Lamar & Marc Oswald, video producers
  [Warner Bros.]

• When You Were Young
  The Killers

  Anthony Mandler, video director; Gina Leonard, video producer
  [Island Def Jam]

• Here It Goes Again
  OK Go
  Dan Konopka, Damian Kulash, Jr, Timothy Nordwind, Andy Ross & Trish Sie, video directors; Dan Konopka, Damien Kulash, Jr., Timothy Nordwind, Andy Ross & Trish Sie, video producers

  [Capitol]

• Dani California
  Red Hot Chili Peppers
  Tony Kaye, video director; Rachel Curl, video producer
  [Warner Bros.]

• Writing On The Walls

  Underoath
  [Solid State/Tooth & Nail]

Category 108

Best Long Form Music Video

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

• Flow: Living In The Stream Of Music
  Terence Blanchard

  Jim Gabour, video director; Robin Burgess & Jim Gabour, video producers