And the winner is..... Album of the Year: Robert Plant and Alison Krauss,
Raising SandBest Rap Album: Lil Wayne,
Tha Carter III
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance: John Mayer, "Say"
Record of the Year: Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, "Please Read the Letter"
Best New Artist: Adele
Best Rock Album: Coldplay,
Viva la VidaBest Pop Collaboration With Vocals: Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, "Rich Woman"
Song of the Year: Coldplay, "Viva la Vida"
Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group: Sugarland, "Stay"
Best R&B Album: Jennifer Hudson,
Jennifer HudsonIndustry Icon Award: Clive Davis
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Producer of the Year, Non-Classical: Rick Rubin (Death Magnetic, Home Before Dark, Mercy, Seeing Things, Weezer)
Best Rock Song: Bruce Springsteen, "Girls in Their Summer Clothes"
Best Rock Instrumental Performance: "Peaches En Regalia,"
Zappa Plays Zappa, Featuring Steve Vai & Napoleon Murphy Brock
Best Metal Performance: Metallica, "My Apocalypse"
Best Hard Rock Performance: The Mars Volta, "Wax Simulacra"
Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals: Kings of Leon, "Sex on Fire"
Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance: John Mayer, "Gravity"
Best Alternative Music Album: Radiohead,
In RainbowsBest Pop Vocal Album: Duffy,
Rockferry
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Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals: Coldplay, "Viva la Vida"
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance: Adele, "Chasing Pavements"
Best Pop Instrumental Album: Béla Fleck and the Flecktones,
Jingle All The WayBest Pop Instrumental Performance: Eagles, "I Dreamed There Was No War"
Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books): Al Gore,
An Inconvenient Truth (Beau Bridges, Cynthia Nixon and Blair Underwood)
Best Contemporary R&B Album: Mary J. Blige,
Growing PainsBest R&B Song: Ne-Yo, "Miss Independent" (Mikkel S. Eriksen, T.E. Hermansen and S. Smith, songwriters)
Best Urban/Alternative Performance: Chrisette Michele Featuring will.i.am, "Be OK"
Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance: Al Green Featuring Anthony Hamilton, "You've Got the Love I Need"
Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals: Al Green Featuring John Legend, "Stay With Me (by the Sea)"
Best Female R&B Vocal Performance: Alicia Keys; " Superwoman"
Best Male R&B Vocal Performance: Ne-Yo, "Miss Independent"
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Best Rap Song: Lil Wayne Featuring Static Major, "Lollipop" (D. Carter, S. Garrett, D. Harrison, J. Scheffer and R. Zamor, songwriters)
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration: Estelle Featuring
Kanye West, "American Boy"
Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group: Jay-Z and T.I. Featuring Kanye West and Lil Wayne, "Swagga Like Us"
Best Rap Solo Performance: Lil Wayne, "A Milli"
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: Natalie Cole,
Still UnforgettableBest Country Album: George Strait,
TroubadourBest Country Song: Sugarland, "Stay" (Jennifer Nettles, songwriter)
Best Bluegrass Album: Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder,
Honoring the Fathers of Bluegrass: Tribute to 1946 and 1947Best Country Instrumental Performance: Brad Paisley, James Burton, Vince Gill, John Jorgenson, Albert Lee, Brent Mason, Redd Volkaert and Steve Wariner, "Cluster Pluck"
Best Country Collaboration With Vocals: Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, "Killing the Blues"
Best Male Country Vocal Performance: Brad Paisley, "Letter to Me"
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Best Female Country Vocal Performance: Carrie Underwood, "Last Name"
Best Reggae Album: Burning Spear,
Jah Is RealBest Hawaiian Music Album: Tia Carrere and Daniel Ho,
IkenaBest Contemporary Folk/Americana Album: Robert Plant and Alison Krauss,
Raising SandBest Traditional Folk Album: Pete Seeger,
At 89Best Traditional Blues Album: B.B. King,
One Kind FavorBest Contemporary Blues Album: Dr. John and the Lower 911,
City That Care ForgotBest Long Form Music Video: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, "Runnin' Down a Dream"
Best Short Form Music Video: Weezer, "Pork and Beans"
Best Classical Album: Weill,
Rise and Fall of the City of MahagonnyProducer of the Year, Classical: David Frost
Best Classical Crossover Album: The King's Singers,
Simple GiftsBest Classical Contemporary Composition: John Corigliano, composer,
Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan (JoAnn Falletta, conductor)
Best Classical Vocal Performance: John Corigliano,
Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob DylanBest Small Ensemble Performance: Spotless Rose,
Hymns to the Virgin MaryBest Chamber Music Performance: Elliott Carter, Pacifica Quartet,
String Quartets Nos. 1 and 5Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (Without Orchestra): Gloria Cheng,
Piano Music of Salonen, Stucky, and LutoslawskiBest Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (With Orchestra): Hilary Hahn,
Schoenberg, Sibelius: Violin Concertos (Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor)
Best Choral Performance: Sir Simon Rattle, "Symphony of Psalms"
Best Opera Recording: Weill,
Rise and Fall of the City of MahagonnyBest Orchestral Performance: Shostakovich, "Symphony No. 4," Bernard Haitink, conductor (Chicago Symphony Orchestra)
Best Engineered Album, Classical: Traditions and Transformations: Sounds of Silk Road ChicagoBest Electronic/Dance Album: Daft Punk,
Alive 2007Best Dance Recording: Daft Punk, "Harder Better Faster Stronger"
Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album: Kirk Franklin,
The Fight of My LifeBest Traditional Gospel Album: The Blind Boys of Alabama,
Down in New OrleansBest Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album: Gaither Vocal Band,
Lovin' LifeBest Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album: CeCe Winans,
Thy Kingdom ComeBest Rock or Rap Gospel Album: TobyMac,
Alive and TransportedBest Gospel Song: Kirk Franklin, "Help Me Believe"
Best Gospel Performance: Mary Mary, "Get Up"
Best Latin Jazz Album: Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra,
Song for Chico
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Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album: The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra,
Monday Night Live at the Village VanguardBest Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group: Chick Corea and Gary Burton,
The New Crystal SilenceBest Jazz Instrumental Solo: Terence Blanchard, soloist, "Be-Bop"
Best Jazz Vocal Album: Cassandra Wilson,
LoverlyBest Contemporary Jazz Album: Randy Brecker,
Randy in BrasilBest New Age Album: Jack DeJohnette,
Peace TimeBest Comedy Album: George Carlin,
It's Bad For YaBest Polka Album: Jimmy Sturr and His Orchestra,
Let the Whole World SingBest Contemporary World Music Album: Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Sikiru Adepoju and Giovanni Hidalgo,
Global Drum ProjectBest Traditional World Music Album: Ladysmith Black Mambazo,
Ilembe: Honoring Shaka ZuluBest Zydeco or Cajun Music Album: Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys,
Live at the 2008 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage FestivalBest Native American Music Album: Come to Me Great Mystery—Native American Healing SongsBest Norteño Album: Los Tigres del Norte,
Raíces Best Banda Album: Joan Sebástian,
No Es de Madera Best Tejano Album: Ruben Ramos and the Mexican Revolution,
Viva la RevolucionBest Regional Mexican Album: Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano,
Amor, Dolor Y Lágrimas: Música Ranchera Best Tropical Latin Album: José Feliciano,
Señor BachataBest Latin Rock or Alternative Album: 45,
JaguaresBest Latin Pop Album: Juanes,
La Vida...Es un RaticoBest Musical Show Album: In the HeightsBest Musical Album for Children: They Might Be Giants,
Here Come The 123sBest Spoken Word Album for Children: Bill Harley,
Yes to Running!Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s): Natalie Cole, "Here's That Rainy Day" (Nan Schwartz, arranger)
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Best Instrumental Arrangement: Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman, "Define Dancing" (From
Wall-E) (Thomas Newman, arranger)
Best Instrumental Composition: "The Adventures of Mutt" (From
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull)
Best Surround Sound Album: Mussorgsky,
Pictures at an Exhibition; Night on Bald Mountain; Prelude to KhovanshchinaBest Remixed Recording, Non-Classical: MGMT, "Electric Feel," Justice Remix (Justice, remixers)
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical: The Raconteurs (Joe Chiccarelli, Vance Powell and
Jack White III),
Consolers of the LonelyBest Historical Album: Art of Field Recording, Volume I: Fifty Years of Traditional American Music (Documented by Art Rosenbaum)
Best Album Notes: Miles Davis,
Kind of Blue: 50th Anniversary Collector's Edition (Francis Davis, album notes writer)
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package: In RainbowsBest Recording Package: Metallica,
Death Magnetic (Bruce Duckworth, Sarah Moffat and David Turner, art directors)
Best Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media: Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman, "Down to Earth" (From
Wall-E)
Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media: James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer,
The Dark KnightBest Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media: Juno