Posted 12/7/2004 12:18 PM     Updated 2/7/2005 5:24 PM
BEYOND WORDS

Grammy Award nominees in top categories
Nominations in top categories for the 47th annual Grammy Awards:

1. Record of the Year: Let's Get It Started, The Black Eyed Peas; Here We Go Again, Ray Charles and Norah Jones; American Idiot, Green Day; Heaven, Los Lonely Boys; Yeah! Usher featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris.

2. Album of the Year: Genius Loves Company, Ray Charles and Various Artists; American Idiot, Green Day; The Diary of Alicia Keys, Alicia Keys; Confessions, Usher; The College Dropout, Kanye West.

3. Song of the Year: Daughters, John Mayer (John Mayer); If I Ain't Got You, Alicia Keys (Alicia Keys); Jesus Walks, C. Smith and Kanye West (Kanye West); Live Like You Were Dying, Tim Nichols and Craig Wiseman (Tim McGraw); The Reason, Daniel Estrin and Douglas Robb (Hoobastank).

4. New Artist: Los Lonely Boys; Maroon 5; Joss Stone; Kanye West; Gretchen Wilson.

5. Female Pop Vocal Performance: Oceania, Bjork; The First Cut Is the Deepest, Sheryl Crow; Sunrise, Norah Jones; What You Waiting For? Gwen Stefani; You Had Me, Joss Stone.

6. Male Pop Vocal Performance: Let's Misbehave, Elvis Costello; You Raise Me Up, Josh Groban; Daughters, John Mayer; Cinnamon Girl, Prince; Love's Divine, Seal.

7. Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal: My Immortal, Evanescence; The Reason, Hoobastank; Heaven, Los Lonely Boys; She Will Be Loved, Maroon 5; It's My Life, No Doubt.

8. Pop Collaboration With Vocals: Redemption Song, Johnny Cash and Joe Strummer; Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word, Ray Charles and Elton John; Here We Go Again, Ray Charles and Norah Jones; Something, Paul McCartney and Eric Clapton; Moon River, Stevie Wonder and Take 6.

9. Pop Instrumental Performance: Chasing Shadows, Herb Alpert, Russ Freeman, James Genus, Gene Lake and Jason Miles; Take You Out, George Benson; 11th Commandment, Ben Harper; Song F, Bruce Hornsby; Rat Pack Boogie, Brian Setzer.

10. Pop Instrumental Album: Pure, Boney James; Saxophonic, Dave Koz; Forever, For Always, For Luther, Various Artists; Henry Mancini: Pink Guitar, Various Artists; EP 2003: Music for the Epicurean Harkener, Mason Williams.

11. Pop Vocal Album: Genius Loves Company, Ray Charles and Various Artists; Feels Like Home, Norah Jones; Afterglow, Sarah McLachlan; Mind, Body and Soul, Joss Stone; Brian Wilson Presents Smile, Brian Wilson.

12. Dance Recording: Good Luck, Basement Jaxx featuring Lisa Kekaula; Get Yourself High, The Chemical Brothers; Slow, Kylie Minogue; Comfortably Numb, Scissor Sisters; Toxic, Britney Spears.

13. Electronic/Dance Album: Kish Kash, Basement Jaxx; Legion of Boom, The Crystal Method; Creamfields, Paul Oakenfold; Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned, Prodigy; Reflections, Paul Van Dyk.

14. Traditional Pop Vocal Album: Only You, Harry Connick Jr.; Count Your Blessings, Barbara Cook; Ultimate Mancini, Monica Mancini; Just for a Thrill, Ronnie Milsap; Stardust ... The Great American Songbook Volume III, Rod Stewart.

15. Solo Rock Vocal Performance: Wonderwall, Ryan Adams; The Revolution Starts Now, Steve Earle; Breathe, Melissa Etheridge; Code of Silence, Bruce Springsteen; Metropolitan Glide, Tom Waits.

16. Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal: Monkey to Man, Elvis Costello and The Imposters; Take Me Out, Franz Ferdinand; American Idiot, Green Day; Somebody Told Me, The Killers; Vertigo, U2.

17. Hard Rock Performance: Megalomaniac, Incubus; Some Kind of Monster, Metallica; Feelin' Way Too Damn Good, Nickelback; Duality, Slipknot; Slither, Velvet Revolver.

18. Metal Performance: Nymphetamine, Cradle of Filth; Live for This, Hatebreed; The End of Heartache, Killswitch Engage; Whiplash, Motorhead; Vermilion, Slipknot.

19. Rock Instrumental Performance: Instrumental Illness, The Allman Brothers Band; Onda, Los Lonely Boys; O Baterista, Rush; Whispering a Prayer, Steve Vai; Mrs. O'Leary's Cow, Brian Wilson.

20. Rock Song: American Idiot, Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tre Cool (Green Day); Fall to Pieces, Duff, Dave Kushner, Slash, Matt Sorum and Scott Weiland (Velvet Revolver); Float On, Isaac Brock, Dann Gallucci, Eric Judy and Benjamin Weikel (Modest Mouse); Somebody Told Me, Brandon Flowers, Dave Keuning, Mark Stoermer and Ronnie Vannucci (The Killers); Vertigo, Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge and Larry Mullen (U2).

21. Rock Album: The Delivery Man, Elvis Costello and The Imposters; American Idiot, Green Day; The Reason, Hoobastank; Hot Fuss, The Killers; Contraband, Velvet Revolver.

22. Alternative Music Album: Medulla, Bjork; Franz Ferdinand, Franz Ferdinand; Uh Huh Her, PJ Harvey; Good News for People Who Love Bad News, Modest Mouse; A Ghost Is Born, Wilco.

23. Female R&B Vocal Performance: I Want You, Janet Jackson; If I Ain't Got You, Alicia Keys; I'm Still in Love, Teena Marie; Whatever, Jill Scott; U-Haul, Angie Stone.

24. Male R&B Vocal Performance: Charlene, Anthony Hamilton; Happy People, R. Kelly; What We Do Here, Brian McKnight; Call My Name, Prince; Burn, Usher.

25. R&B Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals: Lose Your Breath, Destiny's Child; Show Me The Way, Earth, Wind and Fire featuring Raphael Saadiq; Say Yes, Floetry; Diary, Alicia Keys featuring Tony! Toni! Tone!; My Boo, Usher and Alicia Keys.

26. Traditional R&B Vocal Performance: You're My Everything, Anita Baker; Sinner's Prayer, Ray Charles and B.B. King; I Can't Stop, Al Green; New Day, Patti LaBelle; Musicology, Prince.

27. Urban/Alternative Performance: Sex, Love and Money, Mos Def; Are You Experienced? Musiq; She Wants to Move, N.E.R.D; Star, The Roots; Cross My Mind, Jill Scott.

28. R&B Song: Burn, Bryan Michael Cox, Jermaine Dupri and Usher Raymond (Usher); Call My Name, Prince (Prince); My Boo, Jermaine Dupri, Alicia Keys, Usher Raymond, Manuel Seal and Adonis Shropshire (Usher and Alicia Keys); Yeah! Chris Bridges, Sean Garrett, LaMarquis Jefferson, Robert McDowell, James Phillips, Jonathan Smith and Patrick J. Que Smith (Usher featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris); You Don't Know My Name, Alicia Keys, Harold Lilly and Kanye West (Alicia Keys).

29. R&B Album: My Everything, Anita Baker; I Can't Stop, Al Green; The Diary of Alicia Keys, Alicia Keys; Musicology, Prince; Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds Vol. 2, Jill Scott.

30. Contemporary R&B Album: Afrodisiac, Brandy; Damita Jo, Janet Jackson; It's About Time, Christina Milian; Confessions, Usher; Hurt No More, Mario Winans.

31. Rap Solo Performance: On Fire, Lloyd Banks; Just Lose It, Eminem; 99 Problems, Jay-Z; Overnight Celebrity, Twista; Through the Wire, Kanye West.

32. Rap Performance by a Duo or Group: Ch-Check It Out, Beastie Boys; Let's Get It Started, The Black Eyed Peas; Don't Say Nuthin', The Roots; Drop It Like It's Hot, Snoop Dogg and Pharrell; Lean Back, Terror Squad.

33. Rap/Sung Collaboration: Why, Jadakiss featuring Anthony Hamilton; Dip It Low, Christina Milian featuring Fabolous; Slow Jamz, Twista featuring Kanye West and Jamie Foxx; Yeah! Usher featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris; All Falls Down, Kanye West and Syleena Johnson.

34. Rap Song: Drop It Like It's Hot, Calvin Broadus, Chad Hugo, S. Thomas and Pharrell Williams (Snoop Dogg); Hey Mama, Will Adams and Anthony Henry (The Black Eyed Peas); Jesus Walks, C. Smith and Kanye West (Kanye West); Let's Get It Started, Will Adams, Mike Fratantuno, Jaime Gomez, George Pajon, Jr., Allan Pineda and Terence Yoshiaki (The Black Eyed Peas); 99 Problems, Shawn Carter and Rick Rubin (Jay-Z).

35. Rap Album: To the 5 Boroughs, Beastie Boys; The Black Album, Jay-Z; The DEFinition, LL Cool J; Suit, Nelly; The College Dropout, Kanye West.

36. Female Country Vocal Performance: You Will Be My Ain True Love, Alison Krauss; Miss Being Mrs., Loretta Lynn; In My Daughter's Eyes, Martina McBride; She's Not Just a Pretty Face, Shania Twain; Redneck Woman, Gretchen Wilson.

37. Male Country Vocal Performance: Engine One-Forty-Three, Johnny Cash; In My Own Mind, Lyle Lovett; Live Like You Were Dying, Tim McGraw; You Are My Flower, Willie Nelson; You'll Think of Me, Keith Urban.

38. Country Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal: New San Antonio Rose, Asleep at the Wheel; Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy), Big and Rich; You Can't Take the Honky Tonk Out of the Girl, Brooks and Dunn; Top of the World, Dixie Chicks; It's Hard to Kiss the Lips at Night That Chew Your Ass Out All Day Long, The Notorious Cherry Bombs.

39. Country Collaboration With Vocals: Hey Good Lookin', Jimmy Buffett, Clint Black, Kenny Chesney, Alan Jackson, Toby Keith and George Strait; Creepin' In, Norah Jones and Dolly Parton; Portland Oregon, Loretta Lynn and Jack White; Pancho and Lefty, Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard and Toby Keith; Coat of Many Colors, Shania Twain with Alison Krauss and Union Station.

40. Country Instrumental Performance: Billy in the Low Ground, Asleep at the Wheel; Puppies 'N Knapsacks, Sam Bush; Luxury Liner, Albert Lee, Vince Gill and Brad Paisley; Earl's Breakdown, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band featuring Earl Scruggs, Randy Scruggs, Vassar Clements and Jerry Douglas; Bowtie, Mark O'Connor, Chris Thile, Bryan Sutton and Byron House.

41. Country Song: It's Hard to Kiss the Lips at Night That Chew Your Ass Out All Day Long, Rodney Crowell and Vince Gill (The Notorious Cherry Bombs); Live Like You Were Dying, Tim Nichols and Craig Wiseman (Tim McGraw); Miss Being Mrs., Loretta Lynn (Loretta Lynn); Portland Oregon, Loretta Lynn (Loretta Lynn and Jack White); Redneck Woman, John Rich and Gretchen Wilson (Gretchen Wilson).

42. Country Album: Van Lear Rose, Loretta Lynn; Live Like You Were Dying, Tim McGraw; Tambourine, Tift Merritt; Be Here, Keith Urban; Here for the Party, Gretchen Wilson.

43. Bluegrass Album: The Bluegrass Sessions, Lynn Anderson; Twenty Year Blues, Nashville Bluegrass Band; Brand New Strings, Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder; Carrying On, Ralph Stanley II; A Tribute to Jimmy Martin The King of Bluegrass , Various Artists.

44. New Age Album: Returning, Will Ackerman; Atlantis, David Arkenstone; Two Horizons, Moya Brennan; American River, Jonathan Elias; Piano, Peter Kater.

45. Contemporary Jazz Album: Journey, Fourplay; Unspeakable, Bill Frisell; In Praise of Dreams, Jan Garbarek; The Hang, Don Grusin; Strength, Roy Hargrove (The RH Factor).

46. Jazz Vocal Album: American Song, Andy Bey; Twentysomething, Jamie Cullum; Accentuate the Positive, Al Jarreau; The Dana Owens Album, Queen Latifah; R.S.V.P. (Rare Songs, Very Personal), Nancy Wilson.

47. Jazz Instrumental Solo: What's New, Alan Broadbent; I Want to Be Happy, Don Byron; Speak Like a Child, Herbie Hancock; Buleria, Solea y Rumba, Donny McCaslin; Wee, John Scofield.

48. Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group: Somewhere, Bill Charlap Trio; Fountain of Youth, Roy Haynes; The Out-Of-Towners, Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette Trio; Eternal, Branford Marsalis Quartet; Illuminations, McCoy Tyner with Gary Bartz, Terence Blanchard, Christian McBride and Lewis Nash.

49. Large Jazz Ensemble Album: Get Well Soon, Bob Brookmeyer New Art Orchestra; On the Wild Side, John La Barbera Big Band; Coral, David Sanchez; Concert in the Garden, Maria Schneider Orchestra; The Way: Music of Slide Hampton, The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra.

50. Latin Jazz Album: Bebop Timba, Raphael Cruz; Jerry Gonzalez y Los Piratas Del Flamenco, Jerry Gonzalez y Los Piratas Del Flamenco; Land of the Sun, Charlie Haden; Another Kind of Blue: The Latin Side of Miles Davis, Conrad Herwig Nonet; Soundances, Diego Urcola.

51. Gospel Performance: The Stone, Shirley Caesar and Ann Nesby; Heaven Help Us All, Ray Charles and Gladys Knight; Lay My Burden Down, Dr. John and Mavis Staples; Celebrate (He Lives), Fred Hammond; There Will Be a Light, Ben Harper and The Blind Boys of Alabama.

52. Rock Gospel Album: Take Me Away, Sarah Kelly; Collide, Skillet; Lose This Life, Tait; Wire, Third Day; Welcome to Diverse City, TobyMac; Holy Hip Hop Taking the Gospel to the Streets , Various Artists.

53. Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album: The Creed, Avalon; All Things New, Steven Curtis Chapman; Who We Are Instead, Jars of Clay; Everyday People, Nicole C. Mullen; Rising Son, Rain Song.

54. Southern, Country, or Bluegrass Gospel Album: Driven, the Crabb Family; 20th Century Gospel: From Hymns to Blackwood Brothers Tribute to Christian Country, the Jordanaires, Art Greenhaw and the Light Crust Doughboys and Nokie Edwards; Universal United House of Prayer, Buddy Miller; Worship and Faith, Randy Travis; Amazing Grace 3: A Country Salute to Gospel, Various Artists.

55. Traditional Soul Gospel Album: The Live Experience, The Rance Allen Group; There Will Be a Light, Ben Harper and The Blind Boys of Alabama; The Water I Give, Dottie Peoples; The Praise and Worship Songs, Richard Smallwood; Still Here, The Williams Brothers.

56. Contemporary Soul Gospel Album: Somethin' 'Bout Love, Fred Hammond; Live From Another Level, Israel and New Breed; He-Motions, Bishop T. D. Jakes; Nothing Without You, Smokie Norful; Out the Box, Tonex and The Peculiar People.

57. Gospel Choir or Chorus Album: Can't Nobody Do Me Like Jesus, Shabach; Live in New York, New York Fellowship Mass Choir II; Live ... This is Your House, The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir; Spirit and Truth, Newbirth Total Praise Choir; Unplugged ... The Way Church Used to Be, New Generation Chorale.

58. Latin Pop Album: Amar Sin Mentiras, Marc Anthony; SinVerguenza, Bacilos; Pau-latina, Paulina Rubio; Diego Torres: MTV Unplugged, Diego Torres; El Rock De Mi Pueblo, Carlos Vives.

59. Latin Rock/Alternative Album: Komp 104.9 Radio Compa, Akwid; Lipstick, Alejandra Guzman; Mi Sangre, Juanes; Street Signs, Ozomatli; Si, Julieta Venegas.

60. Traditional Tropical Latin Album: Inolvidable, Candido and Graciela; !Ahora Si! Israel Lopez Cachao ; Angel Melendez and the 911 Mambo Orchestra, Angel Melendez and the 911 Mambo Orchestra; Flor De Amor, Omara Portuondo; Recuerda a Benny More, Tropicana All Stars.

61. Salsa/Merengue Album: Valio La Pena, Marc Anthony; Travesia, Victor Manuelle; Autentico, Gilberto Santa Rosa; Creciendo, Son de Cali; Across 110th Street, Spanish Harlem Orchestra featuring Ruben Blades.

62. Mexican/Mexican-American Album: Titere En Tus Manos, Ramon Ayala y Sus Bravos Del Norte; Por Ti, Banda El Recodo De Cruz Lizarraga; Alma Ranchera, Rocio Dorcal; Intimamente, Intocable; Veintisiete, Los Temerarios.

63. Tejano Album: Polkas, Gritos y Acordeones, David Lee Garza, Joel Guzman and Sunny Sauceda; Takin' on the World, Stefani Montiel; Entre Amigos, Emilio Navaira; Mi Destino, Jay Perez; Vivo, Vida.

64. Traditional Blues Album: Me and Mr. Johnson, Eric Clapton; Baby, Don't You Tear My Clothes, James Cotton; Blues With a Vengeance, John Lee Hooker Jr.; Blues to the Bone, Etta James; Ladies Man, Pinetop Perkins.

65. Contemporary Blues Album: N'awlinz Dis Dat or D'udda, Dr. John; Keep It Simple, Keb' Mo'; What's Wrong With This Picture? Van Morrison; Sanctuary, Charlie Musselwhite; I'm a Bluesman, Johnny Winter.

66. Traditional Folk Album: Gitane Cajun, BeauSoleil; The Morning Glory Ramblers, Norman and Nancy Blake; My Last Go Round, Rosalie Sorrels and Friends; ... And the Tin Pan Bended, and the Story Ended ... , Dave Van Ronk; Beautiful Dreamer — The Songs of Stephen Foster, Various Artists.

67. Contemporary Folk Album: Educated Guess, Ani DiFranco; The Revolution Starts ... Now, Steve Earle; Land of Milk and Honey, Eliza Gilkyson; Impossible Dream, Patty Griffin; The Unbroken Circle — The Musical Heritage of the Carter Family, Various Artists.

68. Native American Music Album: Straight Up Northern, Black Eagle; Family Traditions, Black Lodge Singers; Cedar Dream Songs, Bill Miller; Covenant, Joanne Shenandoah; Feed the Fire, Mary Youngblood.

69. Hawaiian Music Album: Some Call It Aloha ... Don't Tell, The Brothers Cazimero; Amy and Willie Live, Amy Hanaiali'i Gilliom and Willie K; Cool Elevation, Ho'okena; Ke'alaokamaile, Keali'i Reichel; Slack Key Guitar Volume 2, Various Artists.

70. Reggae Album: Black Magic, Jimmy Cliff; The Dub Revolutionaries, Sly and Robbie; African Holocaust, Steel Pulse; True Love, Toots and The Maytals; Def Jamaica, Various Artists.

71. Traditional World Music Album: Si, Soy Llanero — Joropo Music From the Orinoco Plains of Colombia, El Grupo Cimarron; Raise Your Spirit Higher, Ladysmith Black Mambazo; Tango Varon, Sandra Luna; Jolgorio, Pero Negro; Abayudaya — Music From the Jewish People of Uganda, Various Artists.

72. Contemporary World Music Album: Cositas Buenas, Paco De Lucia; Bebel Gilberto, Bebel Gilberto; Roots, Gipsy Kings; Oyaya! Angelique Kidjo; Egypt, Youssou N'Dour.

73. Polka Album: Highways and Dancehalls, Eddie Blazonczyk's Versatones; Let's Kiss: 25th Anniversary Album, Brave Combo; Pangora's Box, John Gora and Gorale; Come On Over, Henny and The Versa J's; Polkas United, Walter Ostanek and Gaylord Klancnik.

74. Musical Album for Children: Beethoven's Wig 2 — More Sing Along Symphonies, Beethoven's Wig; cELLAbration! A Tribute to Ella Jenkins, Various Artists; House Party, Dan Zanes and Friends; Merry Fishes To All, Trout Fishing in America; Sharing Cultures With Ella Jenkins, Ella Jenkins.

75. Spoken Word Album for Children: The Best Halloween Ever, Elaine Stritch; Carnival of the Animals, John Lithgow; The Emperor's New Clothes, Peter Schickele; Green Eggs and Ham and Other Servings of Dr. Seuss, Various Artists; The Story of Classical Music, Marin Alsop; The Train They Call The City of New Orleans, Tom Chapin.

76. Spoken Word Album: Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, David Sedaris; Live and Kickin' at the National Storytelling Festival, David Holt and Zeb Holt; My Life, Bill Clinton; The Pleasure of My Company, Steve Martin; The World According to Mr. Rogers (Fred Rogers), Tyne Daly, John Lithgow, Lily Tomlin, Andre Watts.

77. Comedy Album: Come Poop With Me, Triumph The Insult Comic Dog; The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents ... America: A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction, Jon Stewart and The Cast of the Daily Show; The Funny Thing Is ... , Ellen DeGeneres; Live at Carnegie Hall, David Sedaris; The O'Franken Factor Factor — The Very Best of the O'Franken Factor, Al Franken.

78. Musical Show Album: Assassins,Avenue Q — The Musical,The Boy From Oz,Wicked,Wonderful Town.

79. Compilation Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media: Cold Mountain, Various Artists; De-Lovely, Various Artists; Garden State, Various Artists; Kill Bill — Vol. 2, Various Artists; Shrek 2, Various Artists.

80. Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media: Angels in America, Thomas Newman, composer; Big Fish, Danny Elfman, composer; Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Jon Brion, composer; Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, John Williams, composer; The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Howard Shore, composer.

81. Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media: Accidentally in Love, David Bryson, Adam Duritz, David Immergluck, Matthew Malley and Dan Vickrey, songwriters, track from Shrek 2 ; Belleville Rendez-Vous, Benoit Charest and Sylvain Chomet, songwriters, track from The Triplets of Belleville ; Into the West, Annie Lennox, Howard Shore and Fran Walsh, songwriters, track from The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ; The Scarlet Tide, Henry Burnett and Elvis Costello, songwriters, track from Cold Mountain ; You Will Be My Ain True Love, Sting, songwriter, track from Cold Mountain.

82. Instrumental Composition: Ada Plays, Gabriel Yared, composer (Gabriel Yared), from Cold Mountain — Soundtrack ; Buleria, Solea Y Rumba, Maria Schneider, composer (Maria Schneider Orchestra), from Concert In The Garden ; Merengue, Paquito D'Rivera, composer (Yo-Yo Ma), from Obrigado Brazil — Live in Concert ; Past Present and Future, Slide Hampton, composer (The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra), from The Way — Music of Slide Hampton ; Three Romances, Maria Schneider, composer (University Of Miami Concert Jazz Band).

83. Instrumental Arrangement: Bella Luce, Phil Kelly, arranger (Phil Kelly and The NW Prevailing Winds), from Convergence Zone ; Libertango, Jorge Calandrelli, arranger (Yo-Yo Ma), from Obrigado Brazil — Live in Concert ; The Long Passage, Chick Corea, arranger (Chick Corea Elektric Band), from To the Stars ; Past Present and Future, Slide Hampton, arranger (The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra), from The Way — Music of Slide Hampton ; Sing, Sing, Sing, Jim McNeely, arranger (David Liebman Big Band), from Beyond the Line.

84. Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s): Dancing in the Dark, Vince Mendoza, arranger (Jane Monheit), from Taking a Chance on Love ; Joy to the World, Joseph Joubert, Michael McElroy and Buryl Red, arrangers (Michael McElroy and The Broadway Inspirational Voices with Joseph Joubert), from Great Joy — A Gospel Christmas ; Over the Rainbow, Victor Vanacore, arranger (Ray Charles & Johnny Mathis), from Genius Loves Company ; Summertime, John Clayton and David Foster, arrangers (Renee Olstead), from Renee Olstead ; Unchained Melody, Steve Gaboury, Cyndi Lauper and Don Sebesky, arrangers (Cyndi Lauper), from At Last.

85. Recording Package: Chutes Too Narrow, Jesse LeDoux, art director (The Shins); Educated Guess, Ani DiFranco and Brian Grunert, art directors (Ani DiFranco); A Ghost is Born, Peter Buchanan-Smith and Dan Nadel, art directors (Wilco); To The 5 Boroughs, Nathanial Hornblower and Dechen Wangdu, art directors (Beastie Boys); The Wandering Accordion, Qing-Yang Xiao, art director (Various Artists).

86. Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package: The Complete Verve Master Takes, Hollis King, art director (Charlie Parker); Goodbye, Babylon, Susan Archie, art director (Various Artists); The Hip Hop Box, Michele Horie and Ryan Rogers, art directors (Various Artists); Once in a Lifetime, Stefan Sagmeister, art director (Talking Heads); Unearthed, Christine Cano, art director (Johnny Cash).

87. Album Notes: The Bootleg Series Vol. 6: Bob Dylan Live 1964 — Concert at Philharmonic Hall, Sean Wilentz, album notes writer (Bob Dylan); Carry It On, Barry Alfonso, album notes writer (Peter, Paul and Mary); The Complete Columbia Recordings of Woody Herman and His Orchestra and Woodchoppers (1945-1947), Loren Schoenberg, album notes writer (Woody Herman and His Orchestra); Let the Buyer Beware, Paul Krassner, album notes writer (Lenny Bruce); No Thanks! The 70 s Punk Rebellion, Chris Morris, album notes writer (Various Artists).

88. Historical Album: The Complete Columbia Recordings of Woody Herman and His Orchestra and Woodchoppers (1945-1947), Scott Wenzel, compilation producer; Goodbye, Babylon, Steven Lance Ledbetter, compilation producer; Let the Buyer Beware, Hal Willner, compilation producer; Night Train to Nashville: Music City Rhythm and Blues, 1945-1970, Daniel Cooper and Michael Gray, compilation producers; Unearthed, Rick Rubin, compilation producer.

89. Engineered Album, Non-Classical: Brian Wilson Presents Smile, Mark Linett, engineer (Brian Wilson); Feels Like Home, Jay Newland, engineer (Norah Jones); Genius Loves Company, Robert Fernandez, John Harris, Terry Howard, Pete Karam, Joel Moss, Al Schmitt and Ed Thacker, engineers; The Girl in the Other Room, Al Schmitt, engineer (Diana Krall); Give, Tchad Blake, engineer (The Bad Plus).

90. Producer of the Year, Non-Classical: T Bone Burnett; Rob Cavallo; Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis; Tommy LiPuma; John Shanks.

91. Remixed Recording, Non-Classical: Amazing (Full Intention Club Mix), Michael Gray and Jon Pearn, remixers (George Michael); It's My Life (Jacques Lu Cont's Thin White Duke Mix), Jacques Lu Cont, remixer (No Doubt); Motor Inn (Felix Da Housecat's High Octane Mix), Felix Da Housecat, remixer (Iggy Pop with Feedom, featuring Peaches); She Wants to Move (Basement Jaxx Mix), Basement Jaxx, remixers (N.E.R.D.); Watching Cars Go by (Sasha's Remix), Sasha, remixer (Felix Da Housecat).

92. Surround Sound Album: Avalon, Bob Ludwig, surround mastering; Genius Loves Company, Robert Hadley and Doug Sax, surround mastering; Mahler: Symphony No. 4, Markus Heiland, surround mastering; Nick of Time, James Guthrie and Doug Sax, surround mastering; Raise Your Spirit Higher, Paul Blakemore, surround mastering.

93. Engineered Album, Classical: Glazunov: Symphony No. 5; the Seasons, Op. 67 (Complete Ballet), Jean Chatauret and Jean-Martial Golaz, engineers (Jose Serebrier); Higdon: City Scape; Concerto for Orchestra, Jack Renner, engineer (Robert Spano); Kurka: Symphonic Works (Symphony No. 2, Op. 24; Julius Caesar; Music for Orchestra, etc.), Bill Maylone and Christopher Willis, engineers (Carlos Kalmar); LAGQ's Guitar Heroes (Towner, McLaughlin, Hendrix, Metheny, etc.), Robert Friedrich, engineer (Los Angeles Guitar Quartet); Turnage-Scofield: Scorched, Wolfgang Decker and Charly Morell, engineers (Hugh Wolff).

94. Producer of the Year, Classical: Manfred Eicher, David Frost, James Mallinson, Robina G. Young and Daniel Zalay.

95. Classical Album: Adams: On the Transmigration of Souls, Lorin Maazel, conductor; John Adams and Lawrence Rock, producers; Britten: Peter Grimes, Colin Davis, conductor; Jonathan Lemalu, Anthony Michaels-Moore, James Philharmonic); Bax: Symphony No. 7; Tintagel (Tone Poem), David Lloyd-Jones, conductor (Royal Scottish National Orchestra); Glazunov: Symphony No. 5; the Seasons, Op. 67 (Complete Ballet), Jose Serebrier, conductor (Royal Scottish National Orchestra); Higdon: City Scape; Concerto for Orchestra, Robert Spano, conductor (Atlanta Symphony Orchestra); Martinu: Symphonies Nos. 3 and 4, Jiri Belohlavek, conductor (Czech Philharmonic Orchestra).

97. Opera Recording: Monteverdi: L'Orfeo, Emmanuelle Haim, conductor/harpsichord/organ; Ian Bostridge, Patrizia Ciofi and Natalie Dessay; Daniel Zalay, producer (Various Artists; European Voices; Concert D'Astree); Montsalvatge: El Gato Con Botas, Antoni Ros Marba, conductor; Antonio Comas, Enric Martinez-Castignani, Marisa Martins, Isabel Monar and Stefano Palatchi; Antoni Parera Fons, producer (Orquestra Simfonica Del Gran Teatre Del Liceu); Mozart: Le Nozze Di Figaro, Rene Jacobs, conductor; Patrizia Ciofi, Veronique Gens, Simon Keenlyside, Angelika Kirchschlager and Lorenzo Regazzo; Martin Sauer, producer (Various Artists; Concerto Koln); Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Emmanuelle Haim, harpsichord/conductor; Ian Bostridge and Susan Graham; Daniel Zalay, producer (Various Artists; European Voices; Le Concert D'Astree); Scarlatti, A.: Griselda, Rene Jacobs, conductor; Dorothea Roschmann and Lawrence Zazzo; Martin Sauer, producer (Various Artists; Akademie Fur Alte Musik, Berlin).

98. Choral Performance: Baltic Voices 2 (Sisask, Tulev, Schnittke, etc.), Paul Hillier, conductor (Estonian Philhamonic Chamber Choir); Berlioz: Requiem, Robert Spano, conductor; Norman Mackenzie, choir director (Frank Lopardo, tenor; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra); Penderecki: St. Luke Passion, Antoni Wit, conductor; Henryk Wojnarowski, organ, chorus master (Jaroslaw Malanowicz, organ and Romuald Tesarowicz, bass; Izabella Klosinska, soprano, Krzysztof Kolberger, evangelist and Adam Kruszewski, baritone; Warsaw Boys Choir and Warsaw National Philharmonic Choir; Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra); Rachmaninov: Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, Stephen Cleobury, conductor (Choir of King's College, Cambridge); Silvestrov: Requiem for Larissa, Volodymyr Sirenko, conductor; Yevhen Savchuk, chorus master (National Choir of Ukraine Dumka ; National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine).

99. Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra): Berg/Britten: Violin Concertos, Paul Watkins, conductor; Daniel Hope, violin (BBC Symphony Orchestra); Bliss: Piano Concerto, David Lloyd-Jones, conductor; Peter Donohoe, piano (Royal Scottish National Orchestra); Carter: Piano Concerto, Kenneth Schermerhorn, conductor; Mark Wait, piano (Nashville Symphony Orchestra); Mansurian: ... And Then I Was in Time Again , Christoph Poppen, conductor; Kim Kashkashian, viola (Munich Chamber Orchestra); Previn: Violin Concerto Anne-Sophie /Bernstein: Serenade, Andre Previn, conductor; Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin (Boston Symphony Orchestra and London Symphony Orchestra).

100. Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra): Aire Latino (Morel, Villa-Lobos, Ponce, etc.), David Russell, guitar; Debussy: Images; Etudes, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano; Pletnev Plays Schumann (Etudes Symphoniques, Op. 13; Arabeske, Op. 18, etc.), Mikhail Pletnev, piano; Shostakovich: Piano Works (Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 61; Five Preludes; Nocturne, etc.), Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano; Ysaye: Sonatas for Violin Solo, Op. 27, Thomas Zehetmair, violin.

101. Chamber Music Performance: Adams: Road Movies, Leila Josefowicz, violin and John Novacek, piano; Bartok: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1 and 2, etc., Leif Ove Andsnes, piano and Christian Tetzlaff, violin; Bridge: String Quartets Nos. 1 and 3, Maggini Quartet; Machaut: Motets, the Hilliard Ensemble; Prokofiev (Arr. Pletnev): Cinderella — Suite for Two Pianos/Ravel: Ma Mere L'Oye, Martha Argerich, piano and Mikhail Pletnev, piano.

102. Small Ensemble Performance (with or without Conductor): Biber: Harmonia Artificiosa, Reinhard Goebel, conductor/violin/violino piccolo/viola d'amore; Musica Antiqua Koln; Carlos Chavez — Complete Chamber Music, Vol. 2, Jeff von der Schmidt, conductor; Southwest Chamber Music; Gibbons: With a Merrie Noyse (This Is the Record of John; Almighty and Everlasting God, etc.) Bill Ives, conductor; Fretwork; The Cho. of Magdalen College, Oxford (Jonathan Hardy, organ); Rameau: Dardanus; Le Temple De La Gloire, Jeanne Lamon, conductor; Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra; Wyner: the Mirror; Passover Offering, etc., James Guttman, double bass, Matthew Kirchner, tenor, Richard Lalli, baritone, Carol Meyer, soprano, Robert Schulz, percussion, Daniel Stepner, violin, Richard Stoltzman, clarinet/conductor, David Taylor, cello, Ronald Thomas, cello and Carol Wincenc, flute (Yehudi Weyner, speaker).

103. Classical Vocal Performance: Grieg and Sibelius Songs, Karita Mattila, soprano; Handel: Arias (Theodora; La Lucrezia-Cantata; Serse), Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, mezzo soprano; Ives: Songs (The Things Our Fathers Loved; the Housatonic at Stockbridge, etc.), Susan Graham, mezzo soprano; Marx: Orchestral Songs (Songs for High and Middle Voice; Verklartes Jahr), Angela Maria Blasi, soprano and Stella Doufexis, mezzo soprano; A Romantic Songbook (Strauss, Schumann, Schubert, Mendelssohn, etc.), Thomas Quasthoff, bass-baritone.

104. Classical Contemporary Composition: Adams: on the Transmigration of Souls, John Adams (Lorin Maazel; Brooklyn Youth Chorus and New York Choral Artists; New York Philharmonic); Higdon: Concerto for Orchestra, Jennifer Higdon (Robert Spano; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra); Mansurian: ... And Then I Was in Time Again , Tigran Mansurian (Kim Kashkashian, viola; Christoph Poppen; Munich Chamber Orchestra); Previn: Violin Concerto Anne-Sophie , Andre Previn (Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin; Andre Previn; Boston Symphony Orchestra); Silvestrov: Requiem for Larissa, Valentin Silvestrov (Volodymyr Sirenko; Yevhen Savchuk; National Choir of Ukraine Dumka ; National Symphony Orchestra Of Ukraine).

105. Classical Crossover Album: Classic Meets Cuba (Mambozart; Preludio; Guten Abend, etc.), Cuba Percussion and Klazz Brothers; East Meets West (Shankar, Ravel, Falla, Bartok, etc.), Daniel Hope, violin (Asok Chakraborty, tabla, Sebastian Knauer, piano and lutheal, Gaurav Mazumdar, sitar and Gilda Sebastian, tanpura); Korngold: the Adventures of Robin Hood, William Stromberg, conductor (Moscow Symphony Orchestra); LAGQ's Guitar Heroes, Los Angeles Guitar Quartet; Turnage-Scofield: Scorched, Hugh Wolff, conductor; Peter Erskine, drums, John Patitucci, electric bass and John Scofield, guitar (HR Big Band; Radio Sinfonieorchester Frankfurt).

106. Short Form Music Video: Take Me Out, Franz Ferdinand; American Idiot, Green Day; Flawless, George Michael; Walkie Talkie Man, Steriogram; Vertigo, U2.

107. Long Form Music Video: John Adams: the Death of Klinghoffer, John Adams and London Symphony Orchestra; Coldplay Live 2003, Coldplay; Concert for George, Various Artists; Martin Scorsese Presents: The Blues — A Musical Journey, Various Artists; Tom Dowd and the Language of Music, Various Artists.


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