blake fielder cizil lied about suicide bid

- Amy ‘asking why he’d tell such an awful lie’

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–>Amy Winehouse’s husband lied to her about trying to commit suicide in jail.

Blake Fielder-Civil – who is currently in London’s Pentonville Prison awaiting trial on charges of assault and conspiracy to pervert the course of justice – phoned his troubled wife to tell her he had been found unconscious in his cell after attempting to hang himself.

Amy was left distraught by Blake’s confession, but her friends have now persuaded her she would have been informed by the prison if the suicide bid had actually happened.

A source said: “Blake told Amy he had tried to hang himself in his cell. Now it seems it didn’t happen and she’s asking why he’d tell such an awful lie.”

A prison source said: “We can state 100 per cent that he has not been involved in any suicide attempt.”

A note written by Blake has revealed his fear Amy will leave him if she manages to overcome her drugs battle. It read: “Baby, oh darling. I’m so worried that now you’re thinking straight you’ll realise I’m not worthy of you.”

Blake’s friend added: “He wants to pile on the guilt so she can’t leave him. He’s utterly controlling, even when behind bars.”

At last night’s (10.02.08) Grammys, Amy dedicated her five awards to Blake. Speaking via satellite, she said: “This is to my mum and dad – and for my Blake incarcerated.”

Amy Winehouse to get own clothing line

BACK TO BLACK singer AMY WINEHOUSE is reportedly considering launching a cosmetics and clothing line inspired by own sense of style.

The often-troubled star is rumoured to be aiming to capitalise upon her success and unique image, enabling fans to copy her style.

According to the Sun, a friend of the GRAMMY-winning artist, said that AMY has a “distinctive look”.

“She wants to bring out a range of cosmetics and fashion products. There could be hairspray, head scarves, liquid eyeliner, perfume,” they explained.

Another source within the fashion industry told the newspaper that they expected the products to sell well in the capital.

Recently appearing with producer MARK RONSON at the BRIT AWARDS, AMY took home five GRAMMY AWARDS earlier this year.

Jennifer Lopez gives birth to twins

 

It’s a true birthday celebration, as we celebrate the birth of Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony’s twins!

The twins, a girl and a boy, were born early this morning (Friday), in Long Island, New York. The baby girl was born at 12:12 a.m. and weighed 5 lbs. 7 oz., and the boy followed 11 minutes later, at 12:23 a.m., weighing 6 lbs.

Jennifer’s manager, Simon Fields, told People Magazine:

Jennifer and Marc are delighted, thrilled and over the moon,” Lopez’s manager Simon Fields tells PEOPLE exclusively.

They’re the first children for Jennifer Lopez, 38, and the fourth and fifth for Marc Anthony, who is 39.

People reported that “the couple celebrated the impending births with a baby shower in New York on Jan. 19. ‘They were just beaming the entire time,’ said one partygoer.”

Soulja Boy Latest News

recent comments made to me made me further research, i visited his offiical site http://www.souljaboytellem.com where there was a fake picture posted of him dead.

for one this doesn’t even look like Soulja Boy and apparently wasn’t his mother supposed to be dead too. I read comments on his site and even people there said he ain’t dead and this is just a publicity stunt by his PR company, i personally believe that. I also visited Yahoo! answers, didn’t really give great answers, so finally i say SOULJA BOY IS NOT DEAD! thank you for reading

Grammy’s Winners

Grammy Winners as of Grammy.com

Record Of The Year
(Award to the Artist and to the Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s) and/or Mixer(s), if other than the artist.)

• Irreplaceable
  Beyoncé
  Beyoncé Knowles, S. Smith & Stargate, producers; Jim Caruana, Jason Goldstein & Geoff Rice, engineers/mixers
  Track from: B’Day
  [Sony Urban Music/Columbia/Music World Productions]
• The Pretender
  Foo Fighters
  Gil Norton, producer; Adrian Bushby & Rich Costey, engineers/mixers
  [Roswell/RCA Records]
• Umbrella
  Rihanna Featuring Jay-Z
  Kuk Harrell, Terius “The Dream” Nash & C. “Tricky” Stewart, producers; Kuk Harrell & Manny Marroquin, engineers/mixers
  Track from: Good Girl Gone Bad
  [Def Jam]
• What Goes Around…Comes Around
  Justin Timberlake
  Nate (Danja) Hills, Timbaland & Justin Timberlake, producers; Jimmy Douglass & Timbaland, engineers/mixers
  [Jive/Zomba]
• Rehab
  Amy Winehouse
  Mark Ronson, producer; Tom Elmhirst, Vaughan Merrick, Dom Morley, Mark Ronson & Gabriel Roth, engineers/mixers
  Track from: Back To Black
  [Universal Republic Records]
  

Category 2

Album Of The Year
(Award to the Artist(s) and to the Album Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s)/Mixer(s) & Mastering Engineer(s), if other than the artist.)

• Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
  Foo Fighters
  Gil Norton, producer; Adrian Bushby & Rich Costey, engineers/mixers; Brian Gardner, mastering engineer
  [Roswell/RCA Records]
• These Days
  Vince Gill
  John Anderson, Guy Clark, Rodney Crowell, Diana Krall & The Del McCoury Band, featured artists; Vince Gill, John Hobbs & Justin Niebank, producers; Neal Cappellino & Justin Niebank, engineers/mixers; Adam Ayan, mastering engineer
  [MCA Nashville]
• River: The Joni Letters
  Herbie Hancock
  Leonard Cohen, Norah Jones, Joni Mitchell, Corinne Bailey Rae, Luciana Souza & Tina Turner, featured artists; Herbie Hancock & Larry Klein, producers; Helik Hadar, engineer/mixer; Bernie Grundman, mastering engineer
  [Verve]
  
• Graduation
  Kanye West
  Dwele, Lil Wayne, Mos Def & T-Pain, featured artists; Warryn “Baby Dubb” Campbell, Mike Dean, Eric Hudson, Brian “Allday” Miller, Nottz, Patrick “Plain Pat” Reynolds, Gee Roberson, Toomp & Kanye West, producers; Craig Bauer, Bruce Buechner, Andrew Dawson, Mike Dean, Anthony Kilhoffer, Greg Koller, Manny Marroquin, Nottz Raw, Tony Rey, Seiji Sekine, Paul Sheehy & D. Sloan, engineers/mixers; Vlado Meller, mastering engineer
  [Roc-A-Fella Records]
• Back To Black
  Amy Winehouse
  Mark Ronson & Salaam Remi, producers; Tom Elmhirst, Vaughan Merrick, Dom Morley, Gary Noble, Derek Pacuk, Matt Paul, Mark Ronson, Gabriel Roth & Franklin Socorro, engineers/mixers; Stuart Hawkes, mastering engineer
  [Universal Republic Records]

Category 3

Song Of The Year
(A Songwriter(s) Award. A song is eligible if it was first released or if it first achieved prominence during the Eligibility Year. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.)

• Before He Cheats
  Josh Kear & Chris Tompkins, songwriters (Carrie Underwood)
  Track from: Some Hearts
  [19 Recordings/Arista Nashville; Publishers: Big Loud Shirt Industries, Mighty Underdog Music/Sony/ATV Cross Keys]
• Hey There Delilah
  Tom Higgenson, songwriter (Plain White T’s)
  Track from: Every Second Counts
  [Hollywood Records/Fearless Records; Publisher: So Happy Publishing]
• Like A Star
  Corinne Bailey Rae, songwriter (Corinne Bailey Rae)
  Track from: Corinne Bailey Rae
  [Capitol Records; Publisher: Global Talent Publishing]
• Rehab
  Amy Winehouse, songwriter (Amy Winehouse)
  Track from: Back To Black
  [Universal Republic Records; Publisher: EMI Music Publishing]
  
• Umbrella
  Shawn Carter, Kuk Harrell, Terius “Dream” Nash & Christopher Stewart,
  songwriters (Rihanna Featuring Jay-Z)
  Track from: Good Girl Gone Bad
  [Def Jam; Publisher: Peer Music]

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.)

• Feist
• Ledisi
• Paramore
• Taylor Swift
• Amy Winehouse
  

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Field 1 — Pop

Category 5

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Candyman
  Christina Aguilera
  [RCA Records]
• 1234
  Feist
  Track from: The Reminder
  [Cherry Tree / Interscope Records]
• Big Girls Don’t Cry
  Fergie
  Track from: The Dutchess
  [A&M Records]
• Say It Right
  Nelly Furtado
  Track from: Loose
  [Geffen]
• Rehab
  Amy Winehouse
  Track from: Back To Black
  [Universal Republic Records]
  

Category 6

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Everything
  Michael Bublé
  Track from: Call Me Irresponsible
  [143 Records/Reprise]
• Belief
  John Mayer
  Track from: The Village Sessions
  [Columbia/Aware]
• Dance Tonight
  Paul McCartney
  Track from: Memory Almost Full
  [MPL/Hear Music]
• Amazing
  Seal
  [Warner Bros.]
• What Goes Around…Comes Around
  Justin Timberlake
  [Jive]
  

Category 7

Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
(For established duos or groups, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

• (You Want To) Make A Memory
  Bon Jovi
  Track from: Lost Highway
  [Island/Mercury]
• Home
  Daughtry
  [RCA Records/19 Recordings]
• Makes Me Wonder
  Maroon 5
  Track from: It Won’t Be Soon Before Long
  [Octone/A&M Records]
  
• Hey There Delilah
  Plain White T’s
  Track from: Every Second Counts
  [Hollywood Records]
• Window In The Skies
  U2
  Track from: U218 – Singles
  [Interscope Records]

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.)

• Steppin’ Out
  Tony Bennett & Christina Aguilera
  Track from: Duets: An American Classic
  [Columbia]
• Beautiful Liar
  Beyoncé & Shakira
  Track from: B’Day (Deluxe Edition)
  [Columbia/Sony Urban]
• Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)
  Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
  [Rounder Records]
  
• The Sweet Escape
  Gwen Stefani & Akon
  Track from: The Sweet Escape
  [Interscope Records]
• Give It To Me
  Timbaland Featuring Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake
  Track from: Timbaland Presents: Shock Value
  [Mosley/Blackground/Interscope Records]

Category 9

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

• Off The Grid
  Beastie Boys
  Track from: The Mix-Up
  [Capitol Records]
• Paris Sunrise #7
  Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals
  Track from: Lifeline
  [Virgin Records]
• Over The Rainbow
  Dave Koz
  Track from: At The Movies
  [Capitol Records]
• One Week Last Summer
  Joni Mitchell
  Track from: Shine
  [Hear Music]

• Simple Pleasures
  Spyro Gyra
  Track from: Good To Go-Go
  [Heads Up International]

Category 10

Best Pop Instrumental Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)

• The Mix-Up
  Beastie Boys
  [Capitol Records]
  
• Italia
  Chris Botti
  [Columbia]
• At The Movies
  Dave Koz
  [Capitol/EMI]
• Good To Go-Go
  Spyro Gyra
  [Heads Up International]
• Roundtrip
  Kirk Whalum
  [Rendezvous Entertainment]

Category 11

Best Pop Vocal Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

• Lost Highway
  Bon Jovi
  [Island/Mercury]
• The Reminder
  Feist
  [Cherry Tree/Interscope Records]
• It Won’t Be Soon Before Long
  Maroon 5
  [Octone/A&M Records]
• Memory Almost Full
  Paul McCartney
  [MPL/Hear Music]
• Back To Black
  Amy Winehouse
  [Universal Republic Records]

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Field 2 — Dance

Category 12

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

• Do It Again
  The Chemical Brothers
  Tom Rowlands & Ed Simons, producers
  Track from: We Are The Night
  [Astralwerks]
• D.A.N.C.E.
  Justice
  Gaspard Auge & Xavier de Rosnay, producers; Gaspard Auge & Xavier de Rosnay, mixers
  Track from: †
  [Downtown/Vice/Ed Banger]
• Love Today
  Mika
  Jodi Marr, John Merchant, Mika & Greg Wells, producers; Greg Wells, mixer
  Track from: Life In Cartoon Motion
  [Casablanca/Universal Republic Records]
• Don’t Stop The Music
  Rihanna
  Stargate, producer; Phil Tan, mixer
  Track from: Good Girl Gone Bad
  [Def Jam]
• LoveStoned/I Think She Knows
  Justin Timberlake
  Nate (Danja) Hills, Timbaland & Justin Timberlake, producers; Jimmy Douglass & Timbaland, mixers
  Track from: FutureSex/LoveSounds
  [Jive/Zomba]
  

Category 13

Best Electronic/Dance Album
(For vocal or instrumental albums. Albums only.)

• We Are The Night
  The Chemical Brothers
  [Astralwerks]

• †
  Justice
  [Downtown/Vice/Ed Banger]
• Sound Of Silver
  LCD Soundsystem
  [Capitol Records/DFA]
• We Are Pilots
  Shiny Toy Guns
  [Universal Motown]
• Elements Of Life
  Tiësto
  [Ultra Records]

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Field 3 — Traditional Pop

Category 14

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

• Call Me Irresponsible
  Michael Bublé
  [143 Records/Reprise]
  
• Cool Yule
  Bette Midler
  [Columbia]
• Trav’lin’ Light
  Queen Latifah
  [Verve]
• Live In Concert 2006
  Barbra Streisand
  [Columbia]
• James Taylor At Christmas
  James Taylor
  [Columbia]

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Field 4 — Rock

Category 15

Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Timebomb
  Beck
  [Interscope Records]
• Only Mama Knows
  Paul McCartney
  Track from: Memory Almost Full
  [MPL/Hear Music]
• Our Country
  John Mellencamp
  Track from: Freedom’s Road
  [UME/Universal Republic]
• Radio Nowhere
  Bruce Springsteen
  Track from: Magic
  [Columbia]
  
• Come On
  Lucinda Williams
  Track from: West
  [Lost Highway Records]

Category 16

Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
(For duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

• It’s Not Over
  Daughtry
  [RCA Records/19 Recordings]
• Working Class Hero
  Green Day
  Track from: Instant Karma – The Amnesty International Campaign To Save Darfur
  [Warner Bros.]
• If Everyone Cared
  Nickelback
  Track from: All The Right Reasons Special Edition
  [Roadrunner Records]
• Instant Karma
  U2
  Track from: Instant Karma – The Amnesty International Campaign To Save Darfur
  [Warner Bros.]
• Icky Thump
  The White Stripes
  Track from: Icky Thump
  [Third Man/Warner Bros.]
  

Category 17

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

• Sweet Sacrifice
  Evanescence
  Track from: The Open Door
  [Wind-up Records, LLC]
• The Pretender
  Foo Fighters
  [Roswell/RCA Records]
  
• I Don’t Wanna Stop
  Ozzy Osbourne
  Track from: Black Rain
  [Epic]
• Sick, Sick, Sick
  Queens Of The Stone Age
  Track from: Era Vulgaris
  [Interscope Recods]
• The Pot
  Tool
  Track from: 10,000 Days
  [Volcano]

Category 18

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

• Nothing Left
  As I Lay Dying
  Track from: An Ocean Between Us
  [Metal Blade Records]
• Never Ending Hill
  King Diamond
  Track from: Give Me Your Soul…Please
  [Metal Blade Records]
• Aesthetics Of Hate
  Machine Head
  Track from: The Blackening
  [Roadrunner Records]
• Redemption
  Shadows Fall
  Track from: Threads Of Life
  [Atlantic]
• Final Six
  Slayer
  Track from: Christ Illusion
  [American Recording/Columbia]
  

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.)

• The Ecstasy Of Gold
  Metallica
  Track from: We All Love Ennio Morricone
  [Sony Classical]
• Malignant Narcissism
  Rush
  Track from: Snakes & Arrows
  [Anthem/Atlantic]
• Always With Me, Always With You
  Joe Satriani
  Track from: Satriani Live!
  [Epic/Red Ink]
• Once Upon A Time In The West
  Bruce Springsteen
  Track from: We All Love Ennio Morricone
  [Sony Classical]
  
• The Attitude Song
  Steve Vai
  Track from: Sound Theories Vol. I & II
  [Epic/Red Ink]

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 parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.)

• Come On
  Lucinda Williams, songwriter (Lucinda Williams)
  Track from: West
  [Lost Highway Records; Publishers: Warner-Tamerlane Publishing/Lucy Jones Music]
• Icky Thump
  Jack White, songwriter (The White Stripes)
  Track from: Icky Thump
  [Third Man/Warner Bros.; Publisher: Peppermint Stripe Music]
• It’s Not Over
  Chris Daughtry, Gregg Wattenberg, Mark Wilkerson & Brett Young, songwriters (Daughtry)
  [RCA Records/19 Recordings; Publishers: Surface Pretty Deep Ugly Music, G Watt Music/EMI April Music, Warner-Tamerlane Publishing, Floating Leaf]
• The Pretender
  Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel & Chris Shiflett, songwriters (Foo
  Fighters)
  [Roswell/RCA Records; Publishers: M.J. Twelve Music, I Love The Punk Rock Music, Living Under A Rock Music, Flying Earform Music]
• Radio Nowhere
  Bruce Springsteen, songwriter (Bruce Springsteen)
  Track from: Magic
  [Columbia; Publisher: Bruce Springsteen]

Category 21

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

• Daughtry
  Daughtry
  [RCA Records]
• Revival
  John Fogerty
  [Fantasy]
• Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
  Foo Fighters
  [Roswell/RCA Records]
  
• Magic
  Bruce Springsteen
  [Columbia]
• Sky Blue Sky
  Wilco
  [Nonesuch Records]

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Field 5 — Alternative

Category 22

Best Alternative Music Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Alright, Still…
  Lily Allen
  [Capitol Records]
• Neon Bible
  Arcade Fire
  [Merge Records]
• Volta
  Bjork
  [Elektra/Atlantic]
• Wincing The Night Away
  The Shins
  [Sub Pop]
• Icky Thump
  The White Stripes
  [Third Man/Warner Bros.]
  

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Field 6 — R&B

Category 23

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Just Fine
  Mary J. Blige
  [Geffen]
• When I See You
  Fantasia
  Track from: Fantasia
  [J Records/19 Records/S Records]
• No One
  Alicia Keys
  [J Records/MBK Entertainment]
  
• If I Have My Way
  Chrisette Michele
  Track from: I Am
  [Def Jam Recordings]
• Hate On Me
  Jill Scott
  Track from: The Real Thing
  [Hidden Beach Recordings]

Category 24

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Woman
  Raheem DeVaughn
  [Jive Records]
• B.U.D.D.Y.
  Musiq Soulchild
  Track from: Luvanmusiq
  [Atlantic Records]
• Because Of You
  Ne-Yo
  [Def Jam Recordings]
• Future Baby Mama
  Prince
  Track from: Planet Earth
  [Columbia/NPG Records]
  
• Please Don’t Go
  Tank
  Track from: Sex, Love & Pain
  [Blackground/Universal Motown]

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.)

• Same Girl
  R. Kelly Featuring Usher
  Track from: Double Up
  [Jive]
• Disrespectful
  Chaka Khan Featuring Mary J. Blige
  [Burgundy/Sony/BMG]
  
• Hate That I Love You
  Rihanna Featuring Ne-Yo
  Track from: Good Girl Gone Bad
  [Def Jam Recordings]
• Baby
  Angie Stone Featuring Betty Wright
  [Stax]
• Bartender
  T-Pain Featuring Akon
  [Jive]

Category 26

Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Walk A Mile In My Shoes
  Otis Clay
  Track from: Walk A Mile In My Shoes
  [Echo Records]
• All Night Long
  Randy Crawford & Joe Sample
  Track from: Feeling Good
  [PRA Records]
• In My Songs
  Gerald Levert
  Track from: In My Songs
  [Atlantic]
  
• I Apologize
  Ann Nesby
  Track from: This Is Love
  [Shanachie/It's Time Child Records]
• I Am Your Man
  Ryan Shaw
  Track from: This Is Ryan Shaw
  [Razor & Tie Entertainment]

Category 27

Best Urban/Alternative Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Make A Baby
  Vikter Duplaix
  Track from: Bold And Beautiful
  [BBE]
• That’s The Way Of The World
  Dwele
  Track from: Interpretations: Celebrating The Music Of Earth, Wind & Fire
  [Stax]
• Daydreamin’
  Lupe Fiasco Featuring Jill Scott
  Track from: Lupe Fiasco’s Food & Liquor
  [1st & 15th/Atlantic]
  
• Fantasy
  Meshell Ndegeocello
  Track from: Interpretations: Celebrating The Music Of Earth, Wind & Fire
  [Stax]
• Dream
  Alice Smith
  Track from: For Lovers, Dreamers & Me
  [BBE Records]

Category 28

Best R&B Song
(A Songwriter(s) Award. For Song Eligibility Guidelines see Category #3. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.)

• Beautiful Flower
  India.Arie & Joyce Simpson, songwriters (India.Arie)
  [Universal Republic Records; Publishers: Gold & Iron Music Publishing, WB Music Corp.]
• Hate That I Love You
  Mikkel S. Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen & Shaffer Smith, songwriters (Rihanna Featuring Ne-Yo)
  Track from: Good Girl Gone Bad
  [Def Jam Recordings; Publishers: EMI April Music, Sony/ATV Tunes]
• No One
  Dirty Harry, Kerry Brothers & Alicia Keys, songwriters (Alicia Keys)
  [J Records/MBK Entertainment; Publishers: Lellow Productions/EMI April Music, Book Of Daniel Music/EMI Music Publishing, D. Harry Productions]
  
• Teachme
  Ivan Barias, Adam W. Blackstone, Randall C. Bowland, Carvin Haggins, Johnnie Smith II & Corey Latif Williams, songwriters (Musiq Soulchild)
  Track from: Luvanmusiq
  [Atlantic; Publishers: Nivrac Tyke/Universal Publishing, Latif Music/Universal Publishing, Tetra Grammaton/Universal Music Publishing, Melodic Piano Productions, HC 1030 Publishing]
• When I See U
  Louis Biancaniello, Waynne Nugent, Erika Nuri, Kevin Risto, Janet Sewel & Sam Watters, songwriters (Fantasia)
  Track from: Fantasia
  [J Records/19 Records/S Records; Publishers: Breakthrough Creations/EMI April Music, S.M.Y. Publishing/Sony/ATV Tunes, Break North Music/Sony/ATV Music Publishing, Wayne Writers/Sony/ATV Tunes, J. Sewell Publishing, Golden The Super Kid Music]

Category 29

Best R&B Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

• Funk This
  Chaka Khan
  [Burgundy Records]
  
• Lost & Found
  Ledisi
  [Verve Forecast]
• Luvanmusiq
  Musiq Soulchild
  [Atlantic]
• The Real Thing
  Jill Scott
  [Hidden Beach Recordings]
• Sex, Love & Pain
  Tank
  [Blackground/Universal Motown Records]

Category 30

Best Contemporary R&B Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

• Konvicted
  Akon
  [SRC/Universal Motown]
• Just Like You
  Keyshia Cole
  [Confidential Records/Geffen]
• Fantasia
  Fantasia
  [J Records/19 Records/S Records]
• East Side Story
  Emily King
  [J Records]
• Because Of You
  Ne-Yo
  [Def Jam Recordings]
  

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Field 7 — Rap

Category 31

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

• The People
  Common
  Track from: Finding Forever
  [Geffen]
• I Get Money
  50 Cent
  Track from: Curtis
  [Shady/Aftermath/Interscope Records]
• Show Me What You Got
  Jay-Z
  Track from: Kingdom Come
  [Roc-A-Fella Records]
• Big Things Poppin’ (Do It)
  T.I.
  [Grand Hustle/Atlantic]
• Stronger
  Kanye West
  Track from: Graduation
  [Roc-A-Fella Records]
  

Category 32

Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group
(For duo, group or collaborative performances of Rap only. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Southside
  Common Featuring Kanye West
  Track from: Finding Forever
  [Geffen]
  
• Make It Rain
  Fat Joe Featuring Lil Wayne
  Track from: Me, Myself & I
  [Terror Squad Entertainment]
• Party Like A Rockstar
  Shop Boyz
  Track from: Rockstar Mentality
  [OnDeck/Universal Republic Records]
• Int’l Players Anthem (I Choose You)
  UGK Featuring OutKast
  [Jive]
• Better Than I’ve Ever Been
  Kanye West, Nas & KRS-One
  [Nike]

Category 33

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

• I Wanna Love You
  Akon Featuring Snoop Dogg
  Track from: Konvicted
  [SRC/Universal Motown]
• Kiss, Kiss
  Chris Brown & T-Pain
  [Jive]
• Let It Go
  Keyshia Cole Featuring Missy Elliott & Lil’ Kim
  Track from: Just Like You
  [Confidential Records/Geffen]
• Umbrella
  Rihanna Featuring Jay-Z
  Track from: Good Girl Gone Bad
  [Def Jam Recordings]
  
• Good Life
  Kanye West Featuring T-Pain
  Track from: Graduation
  [Roc-A-Fella]
  

Category 34

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

• Ayo Technology
  Nate (Danja) Hills, Curtis Jackson, Timothy Mosley & Justin Timberlake,
  songwriters (50 Cent Featuring Justin Timberlake & Timbaland)
  Track from: Curtis
  [Shady/Aftermath/Interscope Records; Publishers: 50 Cent Music Publishing/Virginia Beach Music/Danjahandz Music/WB Music Corp./Tenman Tunes]
• Big Things Poppin’ (Do It)
  Clifford Harris & Byron Thomas, songwriters (T.I.)
  [Grand Hustle/Atlantic; Publishers: Crown Club Publishing/Warner Chappell Music, Fresh Is The Word]
• Can’t Tell Me Nothing
  Aldrin Davis & Kanye West, songwriters (Kanye West)
  Track from: Graduation
  [Roc-A-Fella; Publishers: Very Good Beats/Hip Hop Since 1978]
• Crank That (Soulja Boy)
  Soulja Boy Tell’Em, songwriter (Soulja Boy Tell’Em)
  [Collipark/Interscope Records; Publisher: Element 9 Recordings]
• Good Life
  Aldrin Davis, Mike Dean, Faheem Najm & Kanye West, songwriters (J. Ingram & Q. Jones, songwriters) (Kanye West Featuring T-Pain)
  Track from: Graduation
  [Roc-A-Fella; Publishers: Yellow Brick Road Music/Eiseman Music/EMI Blackwood Music/Please Gimme My Publishing/Careers BMG Music Publishing, Warner-Tamerlane Publishing]

Category 35

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

• Finding Forever
  Common
  [Geffen]
• Kingdom Come
  Jay-Z
  [Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam Recordings]
• Hip Hop Is Dead
  Nas
  [Def Jam/Columbia/The Jones Experience]
• T.I. vs T.I.P.
  T.I.
  [Grand Hustle/Atlantic]
• Graduation
  Kanye West
  [Roc-A-Fella Records]
  

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Field 8 — Country

Category 36

Best Female Country Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Simple Love
  Alison Krauss
  Track from: A Hundred Miles Or More: A Collection
  [Rounder]
• Famous In A Small Town
  Miranda Lambert
  Track from: Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
  [Columbia Nashville]
• Nothin’ Better To Do
  LeAnn Rimes
  [Curb Records]
• Before He Cheats
  Carrie Underwood
  Track from: Some Hearts
  [19 Recordings/Arista Nashville]
  
• Heaven, Heartache And The Power Of Love
  Trisha Yearwood
  [Big Machine Records]

Category 37

Best Male Country Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Long Trip Alone
  Dierks Bentley
  Track from: Long Trip Alone
  [Capitol Records Nashville]
• A Woman’s Love
  Alan Jackson
  Track from: Like Red On A Rose
  [Arista Nashville]
• If You’re Reading This
  Tim McGraw
  Track from: Let It Go
  [Curb Records]
• Give It Away
  George Strait
  Track from: It Just Comes Natural
  [MCA Nashville]
• Stupid Boy
  Keith Urban
  Track from: Love, Pain & The Whole Crazy Thing
  [Capitol Records Nashville]
  

Category 38

Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
(For established duos or groups with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Proud Of The House We Built
  Brooks & Dunn
  [Arista Nashville]
• How Long
  Eagles
  [Eagles Recording Co. II]
  
• Moments
  Emerson Drive
  Track from: Countrified
  [Midas Records, Inc.]
• Lucky Man
  Montgomery Gentry
  Track from: Some People Change
  [Columbia Nashville]
• Sweet Memories
  The Time Jumpers
  Track from: Jumpin’ Time
  [Crosswind]

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.)

• Days Aren’t Long Enough
  Steve Earle & Allison Moorer
  Track from: Washington Square Serenade
  [New West Records]
• Because Of You
  Reba McEntire & Kelly Clarkson
  [MCA Nashville]
• I Need You
  Tim McGraw & Faith Hill
  Track from: Let It Go
  [Curb Records]
• Lost Highway
  Willie Nelson & Ray Price
  Track from: Last Of The Breed
  [Lost Highway Records]
  
• Oh Love
  Brad Paisley & Carrie Underwood
  Track from: 5th Gear
  [Arista Nashville]

Category 40

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

• Little Monk
  Russ Barenberg
  Track from: When At Last
  [Compass Records]
• Mucky The Duck
  The Greencards
  Track from: Viridian
  [Dualtone Music Group]
• Throttleneck
  Brad Paisley
  Track from: 5th Gear
  [Arista Nashville]
  
• Rawhide!
  Andy Statman
  Track from: East Flatbush Blues
  [Shefa Records]
• Fidoodlin’
  The Time Jumpers
  Track from: Jumpin’ Time
  [Crosswind]

Category 41

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

• Before He Cheats
  Josh Kear & Chris Tompkins, songwriters (Carrie Underwood)
  Track from: Some Hearts
  [19 Recordings/Arista Nashville; Publishers: Big Loud Shirt Industries, Mighty Underdog Music/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing]
  
• Give It Away
  Bill Anderson, Buddy Cannon & Jamey Johnson, songwriters (George Strait)
  Track from: It Just Comes Natural
  [MCA Nashville; Publishers: Sony/ATV Tree Publishing/Mr. Bubba Music, Run Slow Music, EMI Blackwood Music]
• I Need You
  Tony Lane & David Lee, songwriters (Tim McGraw & Faith Hill)
  Track from: Let It Go
  [Curb Records; Publishers: Careers-BMG Music Publishing/Nervous Worm Music/Famous Music/Ed And Lucille Songs]
• If You’re Reading This
  Tim McGraw, Brad Warren & Brett Warren, songwriters (Tim McGraw)
  Track from: Let It Go
  [Curb Records; Publishers: Bucky And Clyde Music, Stylesonic Music]
• Long Trip Alone
  Brett Beavers, Dierks Bentley & Steve Bogard, songwriters (Dierks Bentley)
  Track from: Long Trip Alone
  [Capitol Records Nashville; Publishers: Ensign Music/Rancho Papa Music/Home With The Armadillo Music, Big White Tracks]

Category 42

Best Country Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Long Trip Alone
  Dierks Bentley
  [Capitol Records Nashville]
• These Days
  Vince Gill
  [MCA Nashville]
  
• Let It Go
  Tim McGraw
  [Curb Records]
• 5th Gear
  Brad Paisley
  [Arista Nashville]
• It Just Comes Natural
  George Strait
  [MCA Nashville]

Category 43

Best Bluegrass Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Cherryholmes II Black And White
  Cherryholmes
  [Skaggs Family Records]
• Lefty’s Old Guitar
  J. D. Crowe & The New South
  [Rounder]
• The Bluegrass Diaries
  Jim Lauderdale
  [Yep Roc Records]
  
• Scenechronized
  Seldom Scene
  [Sugar Hill]
• Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular
  Tony Trischka
  [Rounder]

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Field 9 — New Age

Category 44

Best New Age Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Faces Of The Sun
  Peter Kater
  [Silver Wave Records]
• Sacred Journey Of Ku -Kai, Volume 3
  Kitaro
  [Domo Records, Inc]
• One Guitar
  Ottmar Liebert
  [Spiral Subwave Records]
• Southwest
  Eric Tingstad
  [Cheshire Records]
• Crestone
  Paul Winter Consort
  [Living Music]
  

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Field 10 — Jazz

Category 45

Best Contemporary Jazz Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)

• Party Hats
  Will Bernard
  [Palmetto Records]
• Downright Upright
  Brian Bromberg
  [Artistry Music]
• Re-imagination
  Eldar
  [Masterworks Jazz]
• River: The Joni Letters
  Herbie Hancock
  [Verve]
  
• He Had A Hat
  Jeff Lorber
  [Blue Note]

Category 46

Best Jazz Vocal Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

• Avant Gershwin
  Patti Austin
  [Rendezvous Entertainment]
  
• Red Earth – A Malian Journey
  Dee Dee Bridgewater
  [DDB/Emarcy]
• Music Maestro Please
  Freddy Cole
  [HighNote Records]
• Nightmoves
  Kurt Elling
  [Concord Jazz]
• On The Other Side
  Tierney Sutton (Band)
  [Telarc 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.)

• Levees
  Terence Blanchard, soloist
  Track from: A Tale Of God’s Will (A Requiem For Katrina)
  [Blue Note]
• Anagram
  Michael Brecker, soloist
  Track from: Pilgrimage
  [Heads Up International]
  
• Both Sides Now
  Herbie Hancock, soloist
  Track from: River: The Joni Letters
  [Verve]
• Lullaby
  Hank Jones, soloist
  Track from: Kids: Live At Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola (Joe Lovano and Hank Jones)
  [Blue Note]
• 1000 Kilometers
  Paul McCandless, soloist
  Track from: 1000 Kilometers (Oregon)
  [CamJazz]

Category 48

Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)

• Pilgrimage
  Michael Brecker
  [Heads Up International]
  
• Live At The Village Vanguard
  The Bill Charlap Trio
  [Blue Note]
• Kids: Live At Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola
  Joe Lovano And Hank Jones
  [Blue Note]
• Line By Line
  John Patitucci
  [Concord Jazz]
• Back East
  Joshua Redman
  [Nonesuch Records]

Category 49

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

• A Tale Of God’s Will (A Requiem For Katrina)
  Terence Blanchard
  [Blue Note]
  
• Eternal Licks & Grooves
  The Bob Florence Limited Edition
  [MAMA Records]
• Hommage
  The Bill Holman Band
  [Jazzed Media]
• Sky Blue
  Maria Schneider Orchestra
  [ArtistShare]
• With Love
  Charles Tolliver Big Band
  [Blue Note]

Category 50

Best Latin Jazz Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Funk Tango
  Paquito D’Rivera Quintet?
  [Paquito Records]
  
• The Magician
  Sammy Figueroa And His Latin Jazz Explosion
  [Savant Records]
• Borrowed Time (TIEMPO PRESTADO)
  Steve Khan
  [Tone Center Records]
• Refugee
  Hector Martignon
  [Zoho]
• Big Band Urban Folktales
  Bobby Sanabria Big Band
  [Jazzheads]

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Field 11 — Gospel

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.)

• East To West
  Casting Crowns
  Track from: The Altar And The Door
  [Beach Street Records/Reunion Records]

  (Tie)

• Blessed & Highly Favored
  The Clark Sisters
  Track from: Live – One Last Time
  [EMI Gospel]
  
• Never Gonna Break My Faith
  Aretha Franklin & Mary J. Blige (Featuring The Harlem Boys Choir)
  Track from: Bobby: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
  [Island Def Jam]

• With Long Life
  Israel And New Breed Featuring T-Bone
  Track from: A Deeper Level
  [Integrity Music]
• He Set My Life To Music
  CeCe Winans
  Track from: She Was Country When Country Wasn’t Cool – A Tribute To Barbara Mandrell
  [BNA Records]

Category 52

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

• Blessed & Highly Favored
  Karen Clark-Sheard, songwriter (The Clark Sisters)
  Track from: Live – One Last Time
  [EMI Gospel; Publisher: K. Sheard's Melody]
  
• East To West
  Mark Hall & Bernie Herms, songwriters (Casting Crowns)
  Track from: The Altar And The Door
  [Beach Street Records/Reunion Records; Publishers: Club Zoo Music, Sparrow Song, Swecs Music, Banahama Tunes/Word Music]
• Encourage Yourself
  Donald Lawrence, songwriter (Donald Lawrence & The Tri-City Singers)
  Track from: The Grand Finale: Encourage Yourself
  [EMI Gospel; Publishers: QW Songs/Zomba Publishing]
• Made To Love
  Cary Barlowe, Toby McKeehan, Jamie Moore & Aaron Rice, songwriters (TobyMac)
  Track from: Portable Sounds
  [ForeFront Records; Publishers: Achtober Songs/Emack Music/Lowe Bar Music/Jammu Music/Rizzle Music]
• Praise On The Inside
  James L. Moss, songwriter (J. Moss)
  [Gospo Centric; Publisher: Millenni-era Music]

Category 53

Best Rock Or Rap Gospel Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

• Before The Daylight’s Shot
  Ashley Cleveland
  [204 Records]
  
• HIStory: Our Place In His Story
  The Cross Movement
  [Cross Movement Records]
• Open Book
  Da’ T.R.U.T.H.
  [Cross Movement Records]
• The Reckoning
  Pillar
  [Flicker Records]
• Comatose
  Skillet
  [Atlantic/Lava/Ardent/INO]

Category 54

Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

• The Altar And The Door
  Casting Crowns
  [Beach Street Records/Reunion Records]
• A Deeper Level
  Israel And New Breed
  [Integrity Music]
  
• True Beauty
  Mandisa
  [Sparrow Records]
• Stand
  Michael W. Smith
  [Reunion Records]
• Portable Sounds
  TobyMac
  [ForeFront Records]

Category 55

Best Southern, Country, Or Bluegrass Gospel Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

• Amazing Grace
  Bill & Gloria Gaither And The Homecoming Friends
  [Gaither Music Group]
• Journey Of Joy
  Karen Peck And New River
  [Daywind Records]
• Everybody’s Brother
  Billy Joe Shaver
  [Compadre Records/Music World Entertainment]
• Salt Of The Earth
  Ricky Skaggs & The Whites
  [Skaggs Family Records]
  
• Tell Someone
  Kenny & Amanda Smith Band
  [Rebel Records]
• I’ll Fly Away: Country Hymns & Songs Of Faith
  Various Artists
  Ed Cash, producer
  [Sparrow Records]

Category 56

Best Traditional Gospel Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

• Live – One Last Time
  The Clark Sisters
  [EMI Gospel]
  
• The Grand Finale’: Encourage Yourself
  Donald Lawrence & The Tri-City Singers
  [EMI Gospel]
• Life Changing
  Smokie Norful
  [EMI Gospel]
• Thirsty
  Marvin Sapp
  [Verity]
• Cherch
  Bebe Winans
  [Koch Records]

Category 57

Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

• Grateful
  Coko
  [Light Records]
• Free To Worship
  Fred Hammond
  [Verity]
  
• V2…
  J. Moss
  [Gospo Centric/Zomba Gospel]
• T57
  Trin-I-Tee 5:7
  [Spirit Rising Music/Music World Entertainment]
• Alone But Not Alone
  Marvin Winans
  [Pure Springs Gospel]

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Field 12 — Latin

Category 58

Best Latin Pop Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Papito
  Miguel Bosé & Varios Artistas
  [Warner Music Latina]
• 12 Segundos De Oscuridad
  Jorge Drexler
  [Warner Music Latina]
• Navidades Luis Miguel
  Luis Miguel
  [Warner Music Latina]
• Dicen Que El Tiempo
  Jennifer Peña
  [Univision Records]
• El Tren De Los Momentos
  Alejandro Sanz
  [Warner Music Latina]

Category 59

Best Latin Rock Or Alternative Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• No Hay Espacio
  Black:Guayaba
  [Machete Music]
• Adelantando
  Jarabe De Palo
  [Warner Music Latina]
• Amantes Sunt Amentes
  Panda
  [Warner Music Latina]
• Kamikaze
  Rabanes
  [Universal Music Latino]
• Memo Rex Commander Y El Corazón Atómico De La Via Láctea
  Zoé
  [Noiselab/EMI Mexico]

Category 60

Best Latin Urban Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• E.S.L.
  Akwid
  [Univision Records]
• El Abayarde Contra-Ataca
  Tego Calderón
  [Warner Music Latina]
• Residente O Visitante
  Calle 13
  [Norte]
  
• El Cartel: The Big Boss
  Daddy Yankee
  [El Cartel/Interscope Records]
• Vacaneria!
  Fulanito
  [Cutting Records Inc.]

Category 61

Best Tropical Latin Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Greetings From Havana
  Cubanismo
  [AIM Trading Group P/L]
• En Primera Plana
  Issac Delgado
  [La Calle Records]
• Arroz Con Habichuela
  El Gran Combo De Puerto Rico
  [Norte/Discos 605]
• La Llave De Mi Corazón
  Juan Luis Guerra
  [EMI Televisa]
  
• United We Swing
  Spanish Harlem Orchestra
  [Six Degrees]

Category 62

Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• 100% Mexicano
  Pepe Aguilar
  [EMI Televisa]
  
• El Indomable
  Cristian Castro
  [Universal Music Latino]
• Para Siempre
  Vicente Fernández
  [Norte/SonyBMG]
• Puro Dolor
  Paquita La Del Barrio
  [Balboa Records, Co./Discos Musart]
• Esta Tierra Es Tuya (This Land Is Your Land)
  Sones De México Ensemble
  [Sones de Mexico Ensemble, Inc.]

Category 63

Best Tejano Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Ram Herrera And The Outlaw Band 2007
  Ram Herrera And The Outlaw Band
  [Tejas Records]
• Before The Next Teardrop Falls
  Little Joe & La Familia
  [TDI Records]

• Corazon De Oro
  David Marez
  [Baby Dude Records]
• 35th Anniversary
  Ruben Ramos
  [Revolution Records]
• Vagar Libremente
  Sunny Sauceda
  [Tejas Records]

Category 64

Best Norteño Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• El Amor Que Nunca Fue
  Conjunto Primavera
  [Fonovisa Records]
• Crossroads
  Intocable
  [EMI Televisa]
• Ven Y Dime
  Los Rieleros Del Norte
  [Fonovisa Records]
• Detalles Y Emociones
  Los Tigres Del Norte
  [Fonovisa Records]
  
• Gracias Por Tu Amor
  Pesado
  [Warner Music Latina]

Category 65

Best Banda Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Te Va A Gustar
  El Chapo
  [Disa]
  
• Los Mejores Corridos
  El Potro De Sinaloa
  [Machete Music]
• Lobo Domesticado
  Valentin Elizalde
  [Universal Music Latino]
• Conquistando Corazones
  K-PAZ De La Sierra
  [Disa]
• Entre Copas Y Botellas
  Lupillo Rivera
  [Venemusic]

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Field 13 — Blues

Category 66

Best Traditional Blues Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Pinetop Perkins On The 88′s – Live In Chicago
  Pinetop Perkins
  [Sagebrush Productions/Vizztone Label Group]

• 10 Days Out: Blues From The Backroads
  Kenny Wayne Shepherd Featuring Various Artists
  [Reprise Records]
• Old School
  Koko Taylor
  [Alligator Records]
• Last Of The Great Mississippi Delta Bluesmen: Live In Dallas
  Henry James Townsend, Joe Willie “Pinetop” Perkins, Robert Lockwood, Jr. & David “Honeyboy” Edwards
  [The Blue Shoe Project]
  

Category 67

Best Contemporary Blues Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Into The Blues
  Joan Armatrading
  [429 Records]
• Is It News
  Doyle Bramhall
  [Yep Roc Records]
• The Road To Escondido
  JJ Cale & Eric Clapton
  [Reprise Records/Warner Music Group]
  
• Truth
  Robben Ford
  [Concord Records]
• The Scene Of The Crime
  Bettye LaVette
  [Anti]

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Field 14 — Folk

Category 68

Best Traditional Folk Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Try Me One More Time
  David Bromberg
  [Appleseed Recordings]
• Let Us Now Praise Sleepy John
  Peter Case
  [Yep Roc Records]
• Banjo Talkin’
  Cathy Fink
  [Rounder]
• Dirt Farmer
  Levon Helm
  [Dirt Farmer Music/Vanguard Records]
  
• Charlie Louvin
  Charlie Louvin
  [Tompkins Square]

Category 69

Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• The Calling
  Mary Chapin Carpenter
  [Zoe Records]
• My Name Is Buddy
  Ry Cooder
  [Nonesuch Records Inc./Warner Music Group]
• Washington Square Serenade
  Steve Earle
  [New West Records]
  
• Children Running Through
  Patty Griffin
  [ATO Records]
• Orphans
  Tom Waits
  [Anti]

Category 70

Best Native American Music Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Oklahoma Style
  Walter Ahhaitty & Friends
  [SOAR]
• Watch This Dancer!
  Black Lodge
  [Canyon Records]
• The Ballad Of Old Times
  Davis Mitchell
  [SOAR]
• Reconnections
  R. Carlos Nakai, Cliff Sarde & William Eaton
  [Canyon Records]
• Totemic Flute Chants
  Johnny Whitehorse
  [Silver Wave Records]

Category 71

Best Hawaiian Music Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Ka Hikina O Ka Hau (The Coming Of The Snow)
  Keola Beamer
  [Dancing Cat Productions]
• Hawaiiana
  Tia Carrere
  [Daniel Ho Creations]
• He’eia
  Cyril Pahinui
  [Dancing Cat Productions]
• Hawaiian Blossom
  Raiatea
  [Raiatea Helm Records]
• Treasures Of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar
  Various Artists
  Daniel Ho, George Kahumoku, Jr., Paul Konwiser & Wayne Wong, producers
  [Daniel Ho Creations]
  

Category 72

Best Zydeco Or Cajun Music Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Le Cowboy Creole
  Geno Delafose & French Rockin’ Boogie
  [Times Square Records]
• King Cake
  Lisa Haley
  [Blue Fiddle Records]
• Live: Á La Blue Moon
  Lost Bayou Ramblers
  [Swallow Records]
• Blues De Musicien
  Pine Leaf Boys
  [Arhoolie Records]
• Racines
  Racines
  [Swallow Records]
• The La Louisianne Sessions
  Roddie Romero And The Hub City All-Stars
  [Octavia Records]
• Live! Worldwide
  Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience
  [AIM Trading Group P/L]
  

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Field 15 — Reggae

Category 73

Best Reggae Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• The Burning Spear Experience
  Burning Spear
  [Burning Music Production]
• Mind Control
  Stephen Marley
  [Tuff Gong/Ghetto Youths/Universal Republic]
  
• The End Of An American Dream
  Lee “Scratch” Perry
  [Megawave]
• Anniversary
  Sly & Robbie And The Taxi Gang
  [Taxi Records]
• Light Your Light
  Toots & The Maytals
  [Fantasy]

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Field 16 — World Music

Category 74

Best Traditional World Music Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• When The Soul Is Settled: Music Of Iraq
  Rahim Al Haj With Souhail Kaspar
  [Smithsonian Folkways Recordings]
• From Mali To America
  Cheick Hamala Diabate & Bob Carlin
  [5-String Productions]
• Live At Couleur Café
  Konono Nº1
  [Crammed Discs/Rykodisc]
• African Spirit
  Soweto Gospel Choir
  [Shanachie Entertainment]
  
• Singing For Life: Songs Of Hope, Healing, And HIV/AIDS In Uganda
  Various Artists
  Gregory Barz, producer
  [Smithsonian Folkways Recordings]

Category 75

Best Contemporary World Music Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Céu
  Céu
  [Six Degrees Records/Urban Jungle Records/Starbucks Entertainment]
• Gil Luminoso
  Gilberto Gil
  [DRG Brazil]
• Momento
  Bebel Gilberto
  [Ziriguiboom/Crammed Discs/Six Degrees]
• Djin Djin
  Angelique Kidjo
  [Razor & Tie Direct/Starbucks Entertainment]
  
• An Ancient Muse
  Loreena McKennitt
  [Verve Records/Universal Music Group]

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Field 17 — Polka

Category 76

Best Polka Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Polka’s Revenge
  Brave Combo
  [DenTone]
• Bulletproof Polkas
  John Gora & Gorale
  [Sunshine Diversified Ent.]
• Polka Freak Out
  Bubba Hernandez & Alex Meixner
  [Moon Zero Bird Records]
• Dueling Polkas
  Walter Ostanek And His Band & Brian Sklar And The Western Senators
  [Sunshine (Polkamania)]
• Come Share The Wine
  Jimmy Sturr And His Orchestra
  [Rounder]
  

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Field 18 — Children’s

Category 77

Best Musical Album For Children
(For albums consisting of predominantly music or song vs. spoken word.)

• Chickens
  Buck Howdy With BB
  [Prairie Dog Entertainment]
• Experience…101
  Sweet Honey In The Rock
  [Appleseed]
• A Green And Red Christmas
  The Muppets
  Ted Kryczko & Ed Mitchell, producers
  [Walt Disney Records]
  
• I Wanna Play
  Bill Harley
  [Round River Records]
• My Green Kite
  Peter Himmelman
  [Rounder]
• The Velveteen Rabbit – Love Can Make You Real
  Various Artists
  Don Sebesky & Janina Serden, producers
  [Brown Barn Records]

Category 78

Best Spoken Word Album For Children
(For albums consisting of predominantly spoken word vs. music or song.)

• Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows
  Jim Dale
  [Listening Library]
  
• Making The Heart Whole Again: Stories For A Wounded World
  Milbre Burch
  [Kind Crone Productions]
• The One And Only Shrek
  Meryl Streep & Stanley Tucci
  [Audio Renaissance]
• Who’s Got Game? The Ant Or The Grasshopper? The Lion Or The Mouse? Poppy Or The Snake?
  Toni Morrison
  [Simon & Schuster Audio]
• Wickety Whack – Brer Rabbit Is Back
  Diane Ferlatte
  [Diane Ferlatte]

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Field 19 — Spoken Word

Category 79

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

• The Audacity Of Hope: Thoughts On Reclaiming The American Dream
  Barack Obama
  [Random House Audio]
  
• Celebrations
  Maya Angelou
  [Random House Audio]
• Giving: How Each Of Us Can Change The World
  Bill Clinton
  [Random House Audio]
• Sunday Mornings In Plains: Bringing Peace To A Changing World
  Jimmy Carter
  [Simon & Schuster Audio]
• Things I Overheard While Talking To Myself
  Alan Alda
  [Random House Audio]

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Field 20 — Comedy

Category 80

Best Comedy Album
(For comedy recordings, spoken or musical)

• America’s Mexican
  George Lopez
  [Comedy Central Records]
• Dirty Girl
  Lisa Lampanelli
  [Warner Bros.]
• The Distant Future
  Flight Of The Conchords
  [Sub Pop]
  
• I Still Have A Pony.
  Steven Wright
  [Comedy Central Records]
• Songs Pointed & Pointless
  Harry Shearer
  [Courgette Records]

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Field 21 — Musical Show

Category 81

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 parentheses.))

• A Chorus Line
  David Caddick, producer (Marvin Hamlisch, composer; Edward Kleban, lyricist)(2006 New Cast Recording With Various Artists)
  [Masterworks Broadway]
• Company
  Tommy Krasker, producer (Stephen Sondheim, composer/lyricist) (2006 Cast Recording With Raúl Esparza & Others)
  [Nonesuch Records/PS Classics]
• Grey Gardens
  Steven Epstein, producer (Scott Frankel, composer; Michael Korie, lyricist)
  (Original Broadway Cast With Christine Ebersole, Mary Louise Wilson & Others)
  [PS Classics]
• Spring Awakening
  Duncan Sheik, producer; Duncan Sheik, composer; Steven Sater, lyricist (Original Broadway Cast With Jonathan Groff, Lea Michele & Others)
  [Decca Broadway]
  
• West Side Story
  Nick Patrick, producer (Leonard Bernstein, composer; Stephen Sondheim, lyricist)(Vittorio Grigolo, Hayley Westenra, Connie Fisher & Others)
  [Decca Broadway]

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Field 22 — Film/TV/Visual Media

Category 82

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.)

• Across The Universe
  (Various Artists)
  T Bone Burnett, Elliot Goldenthal & Teese Gohl, producers
  [Interscope Records]
• Dreamgirls
  (Beyoncé Knowles, Jennifer Hudson & Anika Noni Rose)
  Harvey Mason, Jr., Randy Spendlove, Matt Sullivan & Damon Thomas, producers
  [Music World Music/Sony Urban Music/Columbia/Sony Music Soundtrax]
• Hairspray
  (Various Artists)
  Marc Shaiman, producer
  [New Line Records]
• Love
  (The Beatles)
  George Martin & Giles Martin, producers
  [Apple Records/Capitol Records]
  
• Once
  Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova
  Glen Hansard, producer
  [Canvasback/Columbia/Sony Music Soundtrax]

Category 83

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.)

• Babel
  Gustavo Santaolalla, composer
  [Concord Records]
• Blood Diamond
  James Newton Howard, composer
  [Varese Sarabande]
• The Departed
  Howard Shore, composer
  [New Line Records]
• Happy Feet
  John Powell, composer
  [Warner Sunset/Atlantic]
• Pan’s Labyrinth
  Javier Navarrete, composer
  [Milan Records]
• Ratatouille
  Michael Giacchino, composer
  [Walt Disney Records]
  

Category 84

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 parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.)

• Falling Slowly (From Once)
  Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova, songwriters (Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova)
  Track from: Once
  [Canvasback/Columbia/Sony Music Soundtrax; Publisher: Copyright Control]
• Guaranteed (From Into The Wild)
  Eddie Vedder, songwriter (Eddie Vedder)
  Track from: Into The Wild
  [J Records; Publisher: Monkey Wrench]
• Love You I Do (From Dreamgirls)
  Siedah Garrett & Henry Krieger, songwriters (Jennifer Hudson)
  Track from: Dreamgirls
  [Music World Music/Sony Urban Music/Columbia/Sony Music Soundtrax; Publishers: Miroku Music/Williamson Music/Black Chick Music Publishing, SKG Songs]
  
• The Song Of The Heart (From Happy Feet)
  Prince Rogers Nelson, songwriter (Prince)
  Track from: Happy Feet
  [Warner Sunset/Atlantic; Publishers: Controversy Music/Universal Music Corp.]
• You Know My Name (From Casino Royale)
  David Arnold & Chris Cornell, songwriters (Chris Cornell)
  Track from: Carry On
  [Suretone/Interscope Records; Publishers: Disappearing One/EMI April Music/UA Music/New Columbia Pictures Music, Thrust/Magnum Music/Bucks Music/United Lion Music/Colpix Music]

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Field 23 — Composing/Arranging

Category 85

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

• Ash Wednesday
  Harry Connick, Jr., composer (Harry Connick, Jr.)
  Track from: Chanson Du Vieux Carré
  [Marsalis Music/Rounder]
• Cerulean Skies
  Maria Schneider, composer (Maria Schneider Orchestra)
  Track from: Sky Blue
  [ArtistShare]
  
• Deep Six
  Mark Walker, composer (Oregon)
  Track from: 1000 Kilometers
  [CamJazz]
• I Knew Her (From Notes On A Scandal)
  Philip Glass, composer (Philip Glass)
  Track from: Notes On A Scandal – Soundtrack
  [Rounder/Fox Music]
• Spectacle
  Béla Fleck, composer (Chick Corea & Béla Fleck)
  Track from: The Enchantment
  [Concord Records]

Category 86

Best Instrumental Arrangement
(An Arranger’s Award. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.)

• Ash Wednesday
  Harry Connick, Jr., arranger (Harry Connick, Jr.)
  Track from: Chanson Du Vieux Carré
  [Marsalis Music/Rounder]
• Besame Mucho
  Steve Wiest, arranger (Maynard Ferguson)
  Track from: The One And Only Maynard Ferguson
  [Maynard Ferguson Trust]
• Black Is The Color Of My True Love’s Hair
  Frank Macchia, arranger (Frank Macchia & The Prague Orchestra)
  Track from: Emotions
  [Cacophony]
• In A Silent Way
  Vince Mendoza, arranger (Joe Zawinul)
  Track from: Brown Street
  [Heads Up International]
  
• Yo Tannenbaum (From Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas)
  Gordon Goodwin, arranger (Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band)
  Track from: Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas – Soundtrack
  [Immergent]

Category 87

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
(An Arranger’s Award. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.)

• Cry Me A River
  Jorge Calandrelli, arranger (Ella Fitzgerald & Jorge Calandrelli)
  Track from: Love Letters From Ella
  [Concord Jazz/Starbucks Entertainment]
• I’m Gonna Live Till I Die
  John Clayton, arranger (Queen Latifah)
  Track from: Trav’lin’ Light
  [Verve]
  
• In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning
  Jay Ashby, Darmon Meader & Kim Nazarian, arrangers (New York Voices)
  Track from: A Day Like This
  [MCG Jazz]
• Overture/Gershwin Medley
  Michael Abene, arranger (Patti Austin)
  Track from: Avant Gershwin
  [Rendezvous Entertainment]
• Smile
  Pete McGuinness, arranger (The Pete McGuinness Jazz Orchestra)
  Track from: First Flight
  [Summit Records]

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Field 24 — Package

Category 88

Best Recording Package

• Cassadaga
  Zachary Nipper, art director (Bright Eyes)
  [Saddle Creek]
  
• The Dio Years
  Masaki Koike, art director (Black Sabbath)
  [Rhino]
• Friend & Foe
  Craig Thompson, art director (Menomena)
  [Barsuk Records]
• Secrets Keep You Sick
  Don Clark, art director (The Fold)
  [Tooth & Nail Records]
• White Horse
  Qing-Yang Xiao, art director (GTS)
  [Ring Of Fire Music/Major Music]

Category 89

Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package

• The Black Parade – Special Edition
  Matt Taylor, Ellen Wakayama & Gerard Way, art directors (My Chemical Romance)
  [Reprise Records]
• A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out – Limited Edition Collectible Deluxe Box
  Alex Kirzhner, art director (Panic! At The Disco)
  [DeCayDance/Fueled By Ramen]
• Icky Thump – Limited Edition USB Flash Drive
  Robin Bechtel, Taylor Brigode, Bill Mooney & Jack White, art directors (The White Stripes)
  [Third Man/Warner Bros.]
• Venus Doom
  Matt Taylor & Valo, art directors (Him)
  [Sire]
• What It Is!: Funky Soul And Rare Grooves (1967-1977)
  Masaki Koike, art director (Various Artists)
  [Rhino]
  

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Field 25 — Album Notes

Category 90

Best Album Notes

• Actionable Offenses: Indecent Phonograph Recordings From The 1890s
  Patrick Feaster & David Giovannoni, album notes writers (Various Artists)
  [Archeophone Records]
• Classic Chu Berry Columbia And Victor Sessions
  Loren Schoenberg, album notes writer (Chu Berry)
  [Mosaic Records]
• John Work, III: Recording Black Culture
  Bruce Nemerov, album notes writer (Various Artists)
  [Spring Fed Records]
  
• Off The Record: The Complete 1923 Jazz Band Recordings
  David Sager, album notes writer (King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band)
  [Off The Record]
• Ricky Jay Plays Poker
  Ricky Jay, album notes writer (Various Artists)
  [Octone/Legacy Recordings]

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Field 26 — Historical

Category 91

Best Historical Album

• Actionable Offenses: Indecent Phonograph Recordings From The 1890s
  David Giovannoni, Meagan Hennessey & Richard Martin, compilation producers; Richard Martin, mastering engineer (Various Artists)
  [Archeophone Records]
• Forever Changing: The Golden Age Of Elektra Records 1963-1973 (Deluxe Edition)
  Stuart Batsford, Mick Houghton & Phil Smee, compilation producers; Dan Hersch & Bill Inglot, mastering engineers (Various Artists)
  [Rhino]
• The Live Wire – Woody Guthrie In Performance 1949
  Nora Guthrie & Jorge Arévalo Mateus, compilation producers; Jamie Howarth, Steve Rosenthal, Warren Russell-Smith & Dr. Kevin Short, mastering engineers (Woody Guthrie)
  [Woody Guthrie Publications]
• Love Is The Song We Sing: San Francisco Nuggets 1965-1970
  Alec Palao, compilation producer; Dan Hersch, Bill Inglot & Dave Schultz, mastering engineers (Various Artists)
  [Rhino]
• People Take Warning! Murder Ballads & Disaster Songs 1913-1938
  Christopher King & Henry “Hank” Sapoznik, compilation producers; Christopher King & Robert Vosgien, mastering engineers (Various Artists)
  [Tompkins Square]

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Field 27 — Production, Non-Classical

Category 92

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
(An Engineer’s Award. (Artists names appear in parentheses.))

• Beauty & Crime
  Tchad Blake, Cameron Craig, Emery Dobyns & Jimmy Hogarth, engineers (Suzanne Vega)
  [Blue Note]
  
• Destination Moon
  Dave O’Donnell & Elliot Scheiner, engineers (Deborah Cox)
  [Decca Records]
• Don’t Mess With The Dragon
  Robert Carranza, Serban Ghenea, John Hanes & KC Porter, engineers (Ozomatli)
  [Concord Records]
• Floratone
  Tucker Martine, engineer (Floratone)
  [Blue Note]
• II
  Jason Lehning, engineer (Viktor Krauss)
  [Back Porch Records]

Category 93

Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical
(A Producer’s Award. (Artists names appear in parentheses.))

• Howard Benson
  • Daughtry (Daughtry) (A)
  • Devils & Angels (Mêlée) (A)
  • Direction (The Starting Line) (A)
  • Five Score And Seven Years Ago (Relient K) (A)
  • Stay Inside (Sound The Alarm) (A)
• Joe Chiccarelli
  • Mercy (Burden Brothers) (A)
  • The Narcotic Story (Oxbow) (A)
  • Nightmoves (Kurt Elling) (A)
  • Wincing The Night Away (The Shins) (A)
• Mike Elizondo
  • It Won’t Be Soon Before Long (Maroon 5) (A)
  • Under The Blacklight (Rilo Kiley) (A)
• Mark Ronson
  • Back To Black (Amy Winehouse) (T)
  • Littlest Things (Lily Allen) (T)
  • Rehab (Amy Winehouse) (T)
  • Version (Mark Ronson) (A)
  • You Know I’m No Good (Amy Winehouse) (T)
  
• Timbaland
  • Come Around (M.I.A. Featuring Timbaland) (T)
  • Give It To Me (Timbaland Featuring Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake) (T)
  • Make Me Better (Fabolous Featuring Ne-Yo) (S)
  • Timbaland Presents: Shock Value (Timbaland) (A)
  • The Way I Are (Timbaland Featuring Keri Hilson & D.O.E.) (S)

Category 94

Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical
(A Remixer’s Award. (Artists names appear in parentheses for identification.) Singles or Tracks only.)

• Angelicus (Andy Moor Full Length Mix)
  Andy Moor, remixer (Delerium Featuring Isabel Bayrakdarian)
  Track from: Nuages Du Monde
  [Nettwerk Records]
• Bring The Noise (Benny Benassi Sfaction Remix)
  Benny Benassi, remixer (Public Enemy)
  Track from: Bring The Noise/Give It Up EP
  [Ultra Records]
  
• Like A Child (Carl Craig Remix)
  Carl Craig, remixer (Junior Boys)
  Track from: The Dead Horse E.P.
  [Domino Recording Company Ltd.]
• Proper Education (Club Mix – Radio Edit)
  Eric Prydz, remixer (Eric Prydz Vs. Pink Floyd)
  [Ultra Records]
• Sorry (Dirty South Mix)
  Dirty South, remixer (Kaskade)
  [Ultra Records]

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Field 28 — Surround Sound

Category 95

Best Surround Sound Album
(For vocal or instrumental albums. Albums only.)

• At War With The Mystics 5.1
  The Flaming Lips & Dave Fridmann, surround mix engineers; The Flaming Lips & Dave Fridmann, surround mastering engineers; The Flaming Lips & Dave Fridmann, surround producers (The Flaming Lips)
  [Warner Bros.]
• Fear Of A Blank Planet
  Steven Wilson, surround mix engineer; Darcy Proper, surround mastering engineer; Porcupine Tree, surround producers (Porcupine Tree)
  [Atlantic Records]
• Grechaninov: Passion Week
  John Newton, surround mix engineer; Jonathan Cooper, surround mastering engineer; Blanton Alspaugh, surround producer (Charles Bruffy, Kansas City Chorale & Phoenix Bach Choir)
  [Chandos Records]
• Love
  Paul Hicks, surround mix engineer; Tim Young, surround mastering engineer; George Martin & Giles Martin, surround producers (The Beatles)
  [Apple/Capitol Records]
  
• Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5; Fantasia On A Theme By Thomas Tallis; Serenade To Music
  Michael Bishop, surround mix engineer; Michael Bishop, surround mastering engineer; Elaine Martone, surround producer (Robert Spano & Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chamber Chorus)
  [Telarc]

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Field 29 — Production, Classical

Category 96

Best Engineered Album, Classical
(An Engineer’s Award. (Artist names appear in parentheses.))

• Garden Of Dreams
  Keith O. Johnson, engineer (Jerry Junkin & Dallas Wind Symphony)
  [Reference Recordings]
• Grechaninov: Passion Week
  John Newton, engineer (Charles Bruffy, Phoenix Bach Choir & Kansas City Chorale)
  [Chandos]
  
• Nielsen: Clarinet & Flute Concertos 
  Arne Akselberg & Tobias Lehmann, engineers (Sabine Meyer, Emmanuel Pahud & Simon Rattle)
  [EMI Classics]
• Spirit Of The Season
  Bruce Leek, Fred Vogler & Trent Walker, engineers (Craig Jessop, Mack Wilberg & Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
  [Mormon Tabernacle Choir]
• Strauss: Don Juan, Death And Transfiguration
  Lawrence Rock, engineer (Lorin Maazel & New York Philharmonic)
  [Deutsche Grammophon]

Category 97

Producer Of The Year, Classical
(A Producer’s Award. (Artist names appear in parentheses.))

• Blanton Alspaugh
  • Eternal Rest: Mäntyjärvi, Ticheli, Martin, Clausen (Charles Bruffy, Phoenix Bach Choir & Kansas City Chorale)
  • Grechaninov: Passion Week (Charles Bruffy, Phoenix Bach Choir & Kansas City Chorale)
  • The Harrington String Quartet: Daniel McCarthy (The Harrington String Quartet)
  • Hartke: The Greater Good (Stewart Robertson & Glimmerglass Opera Orchestra)
  • Rider On The Plains: Cello Concertos By Virgil Thomson And Charles Fussell (Emmanuel Feldman)
• John Fraser
  • Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 2, Scherzos (Simon Trpceski)
  • Great Handel (Ian Bostridge)
  • Kate Royal (Kate Royal)
  • Krommer/Spohr: Clarinet Concertos (Julian Bliss, Sabine Meyer & Kenneth Sillito)
  • Schubert: Piano Sonata D958, Lieder, Fragments (Leif Ove Andsnes & Ian Bostridge)
• Marina A. Ledin, Victor Ledin
  • Balakirev And Russian Folksong (Joseph Banowetz)
  • Louisiana – A Pianist’s Journey (Kenneth Boulton)
  • Piano Impromptus (Jungran Kim Khwarg)
  • 20th Century Piano Sonatas (Allison Brewster Franzetti)
• Judith Sherman
  • American Virtuosa: Tribute To Maud Powell (Rachel Barton Pine & Matthew Hagle)
  • From Barrelhouse To Broadway: The Musical Odyssey Of Joe Jordan (Rick Benjamin & The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra)
  • Górecki: String Quartet No. 3 ‘…Songs Are Sung’ (Kronos Quartet)
  • Strange Imaginary Animals (Eighth Blackbird)
  • Tchaikovsky: Three String Quartets, Souvenir De Florence (Ying Quartet)
  
• Robina G. Young
  • As Steals The Morn…Handel Arias & Scenes For Tenor (Mark Padmore, Andrew Manze & The English Concert)
  • Bach, CPE: Symphonies 1-4, Cello Concerto (Andrew Manze & The English Concert)
  • Brahms: Variations (Olga Kern)
  • Music For Compline (Stile Antico)
  • Stockhausen: Stimmung (Paul Hillier & Theatre Of Voices)

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Field 30 — Classical

Category 98

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

• Cherubini: Missa Solemnis In E
  Riccardo Muti, conductor; Wilhelm Meister, producer; Klemens Kamp, engineer/mixer (Ildar Abdrazakov, Herbert Lippert, Marianna Pizzolato & Ruth Ziesak; Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks)
  [EMI Classics]
• Grechaninov: Passion Week
  Charles Bruffy, conductor; Blanton Alspaugh, producer; John Newton, engineer/mixer; Jonathan Cooper, mastering engineer (Kansas City Chorale & Phoenix Bach Choir)
  [Chandos]
• Homage: The Age Of The Diva
  Renée Fleming; David Frost, producer; Mike Hatch, Wolf-Dieter Karwatky & Richard King, engineers/mixers (Valery Gergiev; Orchestra Of The Mariinsky Theatre)
  [Decca Records]
• Lorraine Hunt Lieberson Sings Peter Lieberson: Neruda Songs
  Lorraine Hunt Lieberson; Dirk Sobotka, producer; Mark Donahue & John Newton, engineers/mixers; Mark Donahue, mastering engineer (James Levine; Boston Symphony Orchestra)
  [Nonesuch Records]
• Tower: Made In America
  Leonard Slatkin, conductor; Tim Handley, producer; Tim Handley, engineer/mixer (Nashville Symphony)
  [Naxos]
  

Category 99

Best Orchestral Performance
(Award to the Conductor and to the Orchestra.)

• Beethoven: Symphony No. 9
  Osmo Vänskä, conductor (Minnesota Orchestra)
  [BIS Records]
• Shostakovich: The Golden Age
  José Serebrier, conductor (Royal Scottish National Orchestra)
  [Naxos]
• Stravinsky: Le Sacre Du Printemps
  Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic)
  [Deutsche Grammophon]
• Tower: Made In America
  Leonard Slatkin, conductor (Nashville Symphony)
  [Naxos]
  
• Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5, Fantasia On A Theme By Thomas Tallis, Serenade To Music
  Robert Spano, conductor (Atlanta Symphony Orchestra)
  [Telarc]

Category 100

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

• Albéniz: Pepita Jiménez
  José De Eusebio, conductor; Enrique Baquerizo, Carlos Chausson, Plácido Domingo, Jane Henschel & Carol Vaness; Michael Haas, producer (Orquesta Y Coro De La Comunidad De Madrid)
  [Deutsche Grammophon]
• Donizetti: Dom Sébastien, Roi De Portugal
  Mark Elder, conductor; Carmelo Corrado Caruso, Giuseppe Filianoti, Vesselina Kasarova, Simon Keenlyside & Alastair Miles; Patric Schmid, producer (The Royal Opera Chorus; The Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
  [Opera Rara]
• Humperdinck: Hansel & Gretel
  Sir Charles Mackerras, conductor; Rebecca Evans, Jane Henschel & Jennifer Larmore; Brian Couzens, producer (Sarah Coppen, Diana Montague & Sarah Tynan; New London Children’s Choir; Philharmonia Orchestra)
  [Chandos Opera In English]
  
• Lully: Thésée
  Paul O´Dette & Stephen Stubbs, conductors; Howard Crook, Ellen Hargis, Laura Pudwell & Harry Van Der Kamp; Renate Wolter-Seevers, producer (Boston Early Music Festival Chorus; Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra)
  [CPO]
• Verdi: La Traviata
  Zubin Mehta, conductor; Piotr Beczala, Paolo Gavanelli & Anja Harteros; Andreas Caemmerer & Felix Gargerle, producers (Choir Of The Bavarian State Opera; Bavarian State Orchestra)
  [Farao Classics]

Category 101

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.)

• Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem
  Simon Rattle, conductor; Simon Halsey, chorus master (Thomas Quasthoff & Dorothea Röschmann; Rundfunkchor Berlin; Berliner Philharmoniker)
  [EMI Classics]
  
• Cherubini: Missa Solemnis In E
  Riccardo Muti, conductor; Peter Dijkstra, chorus master (Ildar Abdrazakov, Herbert Lippert, Marianna Pizzolato & Ruth Ziesak; Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks; Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks)
  [EMI Classics]
• Grechaninov: Passion Week
  Charles Bruffy, conductor (Kansas City Chorale & Phoenix Bach Choir)
  [Chandos]
• Penderecki: Symphony No. 7 ‘Seven Gates Of Jerusalem’
  Antoni Wit, conductor; Henryk Wojnarowski, chorus master (Boris Carmeli, Ewa Marciniec, Aga Mikolaj, Wieslaw Ochman, Olga Pasichnyk & Romuald Tesarowicz; Warsaw National Philharmonic Choir; Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra)
  [Naxos]
• Schönberg: Gurrelieder
  Michael Gielen, conductor; Howard Arman & Michael Gläser, choir directors (Melanie Diener, Ralf Lukas, Yvonne Naef, Andreas Schmidt, Gerhard Siegel & Robert Dean Smith; Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks & MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig; SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden Und Freiburg)
  [Haenssler Classic]

Category 102

Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra)
(Award to the Instrumental Soloist(s) and to the Conductor.)

• Barber/Korngold/Walton: Violin Concertos
  Bramwell Tovey, conductor; James Ehnes (Vancouver Symphony Orchestra)
  [CBC Records]
  
• Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 4
  Christoph Eschenbach, conductor; Lang Lang (Orchestre De Paris)
  [Deutsche Grammophon]
• Nielsen: Clarinet & Flute Concertos
  Simon Rattle, conductor; Sabine Meyer & Emmanuel Pahud (Berliner Philharmoniker)
  [EMI Classics]
• Rózsa: Violin Concerto, Op. 24
  Dmitry Yablonsky, conductor; Anastasia Khitruk (Russian Philharmonic Orchestra)
  Track from: Rózsa: Violin Concerto, Sinfonia Concertante
  [Naxos]
• Tchaikovsky/Saint-Saëns/Ginastera
  Ari Rasilainen, conductor; Sol Gabetta (Münchner Rundfunkorchester)
  [RCA Red Seal]

Category 103

Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra)
(Award to the Instrumental Soloist.)

• Beethoven Sonatas, Vol. 3
  Garrick Ohlsson
  [Bridge Records, Inc.]
  
• Haydn: Piano Sonatas
  Marc-André Hamelin
  [Hyperion]
• Louisiana – A Pianist’s Journey
  Kenneth Boulton
  [Cambria Master Recordings]
• Solo Piazzolla
  Manuel Barrueco
  [Tonar]
• 20th Century Piano Sonatas
  Allison Brewster Franzetti
  [Naxos]

Category 104

Best Chamber Music Performance
(Award to the Artists.)

• On The Threshold Of Hope
  Artists Of The Royal Conservatory Ensemble (Richard Margison, Joaquin Valdepeñas & Diane Werner)
  [RCA Red Seal]
• Saint-Saëns/Poulenc/Devienne/Milhaud
  Oleg Maisenberg & Sabine Meyer
  [EMI Classics]
• Strange Imaginary Animals
  Eighth Blackbird
  [Cedille Records]
  
• Tchaikovsky: Three String Quartets, Souvenir De Florence
  Ying Quartet (James Dunham & Paul Katz)
  [Telarc]
• 30 Songs Of The Russian People
  Joseph Banowetz & Alton Chung Ming Chan
  Track from: Balakirev And Russian Folksong
  [Toccata Classics]

Category 105

Best Small Ensemble Performance
(Award to the Ensemble (and to the Conductor.))

• Bach: Brandenburg Concertos
  Swiss Baroque Soloists
  [Naxos]
• Bridges – Eddie Daniels Plays The Music Of Frank Proto
  Frank Proto, conductor; Eddie Daniels; Ensemble Sans Frontière
  [Red Mark]
• Mahler: Das Lied Von Der Erde
  Kenneth Slowik, conductor; The Smithsonian Chamber Players & Santa Fe Pro Musica
  [Dorian Recordings/ Sono Luminus]
• Music For Compline
  Stile Antico
  [Harmonia Mundi]
• Stravinsky: Apollo, Concerto In D; Prokofiev: 20 Visions Fugitives
  Yuri Bashmet, conductor; Moscow Soloists
  [Onyx Classics]
  

Category 106

Best Classical Vocal Performance
(Award to the Vocal Soloist(s).)

• Gitano – Zarzuela Arias
  Rolando Villazón (Plácido Domingo; Orquesta De La Comunidad De Madrid)
  [Virgin Classics]
• Homage: The Age Of The Diva
  Renée Fleming (Valery Gergiev; Orchestra Of The Mariinsky Theatre)
  [Decca Records]
• Lorraine Hunt Lieberson Sings Peter Lieberson: Neruda Songs
  Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (James Levine; Boston Symphony Orchestra)
  [Nonesuch Records]
  
• Russian Album
  Anna Netrebko (Valery Gergiev; Orchestra Of The Mariinsky Theatre)
  [Deutsche Grammophon]
• Sea Pictures, Op. 37
  Sarah Connolly (Simon Wright; Bournemouth Symphony Chorus; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra)
  Track from: Elgar: Sea Pictures
  [Naxos]

Category 107

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.))

• Amargós: Northern Concerto
  Joan Albert Amargós (Lan Shui, conductor; Danish National Symphony Orchestra/DR)
  Track from: Movements – Michala Petri Plays Amargós/Börtz/Stucky
  [OUR Recordings]
• Chesky: Concerto For Bassoon And Orchestra
  David Chesky (Rossen Gergov, conductor; Symphony Orchestra Of Norrlands Opera)
  Track from: Urban Concertos
  [Chesky Records]
• Higdon: Zaka
  Jennifer Higdon (Eighth Blackbird)
  Track from: Strange Imaginary Animals
  [Cedille Records]
• Lorraine Hunt Lieberson Sings Peter Lieberson: Neruda Songs
  Peter Lieberson (James Levine, conductor; Boston Symphony Orchestra)
  [Nonesuch]
• Made In America
  Joan Tower (Leonard Slatkin, conductor; Nashville Symphony Orchestra)
  Track from: Tower: Made In America
  [Naxos]
  

Category 108

Best Classical Crossover Album
(Award to the Artist(s) and/or to the Conductor.)

• The Jazz Album – Watch What Happens
  Thomas Quasthoff
  [Deutsche Grammophon]
• A Love Supreme: The Legacy Of John Coltrane
  Turtle Island Quartet
  [Telarc]
  
• Spirit Of The Season
  Craig Jessop & Mack Wilberg, conductors (Mormon Tabernacle Choir; Orchestra At Temple Square)
  [Mormon Tabernacle Choir]
• Whirled Chamber Music
  Quartet San Francisco
  [Violinjazz Recordings]
• Wolfgang’s Big Night Out
  Brian Setzer (The Brian Setzer Orchestra)
  [Surfdog Records]

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Field 31 — Music Video

Category 109

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

• God’s Gonna Cut You Down
  Johnny Cash
  Tony Kaye, video director; Rachel Curl, video producer
  [American Records/Lost Highway Records]
  
• 1234
  Feist
  Patrick Daughters, video director; Geoff McLean, video producer
  [Cherrytree/Interscope]
• Gone Daddy Gone
  Gnarls Barkley
  Chris Milk, video director; Barbara Benson, video producer
  [Downtown/Atlantic]
• D.A.N.C.E.
  Justice
  Jonas & Francois & So-Me, video directors; Jonas & Francois & So-Me, video producers
  [Downtown/Vice/Ed Banger/Because]
• Typical
  Mute Math
  Israel Anthem, video director; Brandon Arolfo, video producer
  [Teleprompt/Warner Bros.]

Category 110

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.)

• Live & Loud At The Fillmore
  Dierks Bentley
  Russell Thomas, video director; James Whetherly, video producer
  [Capitol Records Nashville]
• Trapped In The Closet Chapters 13-22
  R. Kelly
  R. Kelly, Victor Mignatti & Jim Swaffield, video directors; Ann Carli, video
  producer
  [Jive/Zomba]
• The Confessions Tour
  Madonna
  Jonas Akerlund, video director; Sara Martin & David May, video producers
  [Warner Bros.]
  
• 10 Days Out – Blues From The Backroads
  Kenny Wayne Shepherd & Various Artists
  Noble Jones, video director; Phillipa Davis, Kelly Norris Sarno & Kenny Wayne Shepherd,  video producers
  [Reprise]
• Liberacion – The Songs Of The New Cuban Underground
  Various Artists
  Reuben Fields, video director; Dean Bates & CM Murphy, video producers
  [Petrol/EMI]

Amy takes award to jail

Amy Winehouse is giving one of her Grammy Awards to her imprisoned husband.

The troubled singer – who won five prizes at the prestigious US music ceremony on Sunday (10.02.08) – wants Blake Fielder-Civil to display the trophy in his prison cell as a symbol of their love.

A source said: “Amy is planning to give Blake one of her beloved Grammy Awards to prove how much she loves him.”

Prison guards at London’s Pentonville Prison will check the golden
gramophone-shaped prize thoroughly to make sure there is nothing hidden inside.

Security must also declare the statue can’t be used as an offensive weapon. Amy dedicated one of her five awards to Blake – who is currently awaiting trial on charges of grievous bodily harm (GBH) and conspiracy to pervert the course of justice – on Sunday.

The ‘Rehab’ star – who performed at the ceremony from London via a satellite link due to problems with her getting a US visa – said: “This is for my mum, my dad and my Blake, my Blake incarcerated.”

is soulja boy dead?

 

The answer to that question is no. Young rapper soulja boy is not dead there has been two rumours going around about his death,

1. That he was out drinking heavily with his friend Arab and in a hotel room with two girls, jumped out the window, trying to do the ‘Superman’ and said ‘Yoouuuuu!’ whilst falling.

2. That he and his mother died in a car crash.

These suggestions are both incorrect and this is nothing but a media stunt, Soulja Boy’s mother is perfectly alive currently

So for anyone who believes that soulja boy is dead they better listen to something else becuase that is crap!

Leona is ‘overwhelmed’ by Whitney praise

 

X-Factor winner Leona Lewis was staggered after meeting Whitney Houston at Clive Davis’ pre-Grammy Awards party.

Record executive Davis invited Lewis to perform at his star-studded party and the singer, who performed ‘Bleeding Love’ and ‘The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face’, caught the attention of her idol Houston.

Lewis said: “I was overwhelmed! I was told afterwards that when I performed she (Whitney) had said to a friend at the record label ‘My God, she’s a baby me!’ Wow – what a huge compliment!

“It’s been almost surreal and feels just so wonderful that I performed in front of so many people I admire – especially that Whitney even knows who I am and said that about me when I’ve been such a fan all these years!”

Timbaland making ‘mobile album’

 

Timbaland will follow up the success of his recent album Shock Value by creating a record exclusively for mobile phones.

The hip-hop producer has signed a deal with U.S. telecommunications company Verizon to produce one song each month in 2008 and release them through Verizon’s V Cast service.

The rapper told Billboard: “Every place don’t get a CD [but] everybody has a mobile phone.”

The project also gives Timbaland an opportunity to break new ground.

“Just producing a mobile album has never been done. I’m the first to ever do it,” he added.

Timbaland will tour the U.S. in a Verizon Mobile Recording Studio Bus and record a mobile track with a new artist each month.

The first Verizon song will feature Keri Hilson while acts such as OneRepublic, Paramore, Chris Cornell and Natasha Bedingfield are all rumoured to be contributing to the album.

Amelle thanks Sugababes for ‘saving’ her

 

Amelle Berrabah has claimed that being part of the Sugababes has stopped her from going down the “wrong path”.

The singer joined the group in December 2005 as a replacement for Mutya Buena, who quit because she wanted to focus on motherhood and launching a solo career.

“I used to be a right nightmare before I was in the band. I’d drive my mum round the bend with worry,” Amelle told the Daily Star. “I’d stay out late, or all night, and not let her know where I was. I really could have gone down the wrong path. Then the Sugababes audition came up.”

“I realised then I had the chance to make something of myself and didn’t want to mess around any more,” she continued. “The band saved me. God knows what I’d be doing now if it wasn’t for the girls.”

The Sugababes’ latest album Change, their first with Amelle, has now sold over half a million copies.

Berrabah has not managed to stay out of trouble completely, however. She was arrested on suspicion of causing criminal damage and committing public order offences last month, while there have also been rumours that she could be axed from the Sugababes due to controversy surrounding her boyfriend Freddie Fuller.