Album of the Year: Raising Sand - Robert Plant and Alison Krauss Rap Album: Tha Carter III - Lil Wayne Male Pop Vocal Performance: “Say” - John Mayer Record of the Year: Please Read the Letter - Robert Plant and Alison Krauss New Artist: Adele Rock Album: Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends - Coldplay Pop Collaboration With Vocals: “Rich Woman” - Robert Plant and Alison Krauss Song of the Year: “Viva La Vida” - Coldplay Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals: “Stay” - Sugarland R&B Album: Jennifer Hudson - Jennifer Hudson Producer of the Year, Non-Classical: Rick Rubin Producer of the Year, Classical: David Frost Female Pop Vocal Performance: “Chasing Pavements” - Adele Pop Vocal Album: Rockferry - Duffy Pop Instrumental Performance: “I Dreamed There Was No War” - Eagles Pop Instrumental Album: Jingle All the Way - Béla Fleck & The Flecktones Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals: “Viva La Vida” - Coldplay Alternative Music Album: In Rainbows - Radiohead Solo Rock Vocal Performance: “Gravity” - John Mayer Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals: “Sex on Fire” - Kings of Leon Hard Rock Performance: “Wax Simulacra” - The Mars Volta Metal Performance: “My Apocalypse” - Metallica Rock Instrumental Performance: “Peaches En Regalia” - Zappa Plays Zappa Rock Song: “Girls in Their Summer Clothes” - Bruce Springsteen Rap Solo Performance: “A Milli” - Lil Wayne Rap Performance by a Duo or Group: “Swagga Like Us” - Jay-Z and T.I. featuring Kanye West and Lil Wayne Rap/Sung Collaboration: “American Boy” - Estelle featuring Kanye West Rap Song: “Lollipop” - Dwayne Carter, Darius Harrison, James Scheffer, Stephen Garrett and Rex Zamor Country Song: “Stay” - Sugarland Female Country Vocal Performance: “Last Name” - Carrie Underwood Male Country Vocal Performance: “Letter to Me” - Brad Paisley Country Collaboration with Vocals: “Killing the Blues” - Robert Plant and Alison Krauss Country Instrumental Performance: “Cluster Pluck” - Brad Paisley, James Burton, Vince Gill, John Jorgenson, Albert Lee, Brent Mason, Redd Volkaert and Steve Wariner R&B Song: “Miss Independent” - Mikkel S. Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen and Shaffer Smith Contemporary R&B Album: Growing Pains - Mary J. Blige Female R&B Vocal Solo: “Superwoman” - Alicia Keys Male R&B Vocal Solo: “Miss Independent” - Ne-Yo R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals: “Stay With Me (By the Sea)” - Al Green featuring John Legend Traditional R&B Vocal Performance: “You’ve Got the Love I Need” - Al Green featuring Anthony Hamilton Urban/Alternative Performance: “Be OK” - Chrisette Michele featuring will.i.am Dance Recording: “Harder Better Faster Stronger” - Daft Punk Electronic Dance Album: Alive 2007 - Daft Punk Bluegrass Album: Honoring the Fathers of Bluegrass: Tribute to 1946 and 1947 - Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder Traditional Blues Album: One Kind Favor - B.B. King Contemporary Blues Album: City That Care Forgot - Dr. John and The Lower 911 New Age Album: Peace Time - Jack DeJohnette Contemporary Jazz Album: Randy in Brasil - Randy Brecker Jazz Vocal Album: Loverly - Cassandra Wilson Jazz Instrumental Solo: “BE-BOP” - Terence Blanchard Jazz Instrumental Album Individual or Group: The New Crystal Silence - Chick Corea and Gary Burton Large Jazz Ensemble Album: Monday Night Live at the Village Vanguard - The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra Latin Jazz Album: Song for Chico - Arturo O’Farrill and The Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra Latin Pop Album: La Vida … Es Un Ratico - Juanes Latin Rock or Alternative Album: 45 - Jaguares Latin Urban Album: Los Extraterrestres - Wisin y Yandel Tropical Latin Album: Senor Bachata - Jose Feliciano Regional Mexican Album: Amor, Dolor y Légrimas: Musica Ranchera – Los Camperos Canciones De Amor – Mariachi Divas Tejano Album: Viva La Revolucion - Ruben Ramos and The Mexican Revolution Norteño Album: Raíces - Los Tigres Del Norte Banda Album: No Es De Madera - Joan Sebástian Traditional Folk Album: At 89 - Pete Seeger Contemporary Folk/Americana Album: Raising Sand - Robert Plant and Alison Krauss (Rounder) Native American Music Album: Come to Me Great Mystery: Native American Healing Songs - Various Artists Hawaiian Music Album: Ikena - Tia Carrere and Daniel Ho Zydeco or Cajun Music Album: Live at the 2008 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival - BeauSoleil and Michael Doucet Engineering Album, Classical: Traditions and Transformations: Sounds of Silk Road Chicago - David Frost, Tom Lazarus and Christopher Willis Reggae Album: Jah Is Real - Burning Spear Traditional World Music Album: Ilembe: Honoring Shaka Zulu - Ladysmith Black Mambazo Contemporary World Music Album: Global Drum Project - Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Sikiru Adepoju and Giovanni Hidalgo Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media: Juno - Various Artists Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Television or Other Visual Media: The Dark Knight Polka Album: Let the Whole World Sing - Jimmy Sturr and His Orchestra Gospel Performance: “Get Up” - Mary Mary Gospel Song: “Help Me Believe” - Kirk Franklin Rock or Rap Gospel Album: Alive and Transported - TobyMac Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album: Thy Kingdom Come - CeCe Winans Southern, Country, Bluegrass Gospel Album: Lovin’ Life - Gaither Vocal Band Traditional Gospel Album: Down in New Orleans - The Blind Boys of Alabama Contemporary R&B Gospel Album: The Fight of My Life - Kirk Franklin Classical Album: Weill: Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny - James Conlon, conductor Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media: Down to Earth from WALL-E - Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman Musical Show Album: In the Heights - Kurt Deutsch, Alex Lacamoire, Andres Levin, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Joel Moss and Bill Sherman, producers; Lin-Manuel Miranda, composer/lyricist Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Story Telling): An Inconvenient Truth (Al Gore) - Beau Bridges, Cynthia Nixon and Blair Underwood Musical Album for Children: Here Come the 123s - They Might Be Giants Spoken Word Album Children: Yes to Running! Bill Harley Live - Bill Harley Comedy Album: It’s Bad for Ya - George Carlin Instrumental Composition: “The Adventures of Mutt” - Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - John Williams Instrumental Arrangement: “Define Dancing” from WALL-E, Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s): “Here’s That Rainy Day” - Nan Schwartz Engineered Album, Non-Classical: Consolers of the Lonely - Joe Chiccarelli, Vance Powell and Jack White III, engineers Remixed Recording: “Electric Feel” (Justice Remix) - Justice Surround Sound Album: Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Night on Bald Mountain; Prelude to Khovanshchina - Michael Bishop Opera Recording: Weill: Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny - James Conlon, conductor Orchestral Performance: Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4 - Bernard Haitink, conductor Chicago Symphony Orchestra Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (With Orchestra): “Schoenberg/Sibelius: Violin Concertos” - Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor; Hilary Hahn Instrumental Soloist Performance (Without Orchestra): “Piano Music of Salonen, Stucky, and Lutoslawski” - Gloria Cheng Chamber Music Performance: “Carter, Elliott: String Quartets Nos. 1 and 5” - Pacifica Quartet Small Ensemble Performance: “Spotless Rose: Hymns to the Virgin Mary” - Charles Bruffy, conductor; Phoenix Chorale Classical Vocal Performance: “Corigliano: Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan” - Hila Plitmann Classical Contemporary Composition: Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan - John Corigliano Classical Crossover Album: Simple Gifts - The King’s Singers Short Form Music Video: Pork and Beans - Weezer, Mathew Cullen Long Form Music Video: Runnin’ Down a Dream - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Recording Package: Death Magnetic - Bruce Duckworth, Sarah Moffat and David Turner Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package: In Rainbows - Stanley Donwood, Mel Maxwell and Christiaan Munro Album Notes: Kind of Blue: 50th Anniversary Collector’s Edition - Francis Davis Historical Album: Art of Field Recording Volume I: Fifty Years of Traditional American Music Documented by Art Rosenbaum - Steven Lance Ledbetter and Art Rosenbaum, compilation producers
