46th Grammy® Awards Nominees Coverage

Here's a look at the nominees for the 46th Grammy® Awards:

Record Of The Year

• Crazy In Love
  Beyoncé Featuring Jay-Z
  Rich Harrison & Beyoncé Knowles, producers; Jim Caruana & Tony Maserati, engineers/mixers
  Track from: Dangerously In Love
  [Columbia Records/Music World Music]
• Where Is The Love
  The Black Eyed Peas & Justin Timberlake
  Ron Fair & will.i.am, producers; Dylan Dresdow & Tony Maserati, engineers/mixers
  Track from: Elephunk
  [A&M Records]
• Clocks
  Coldplay
  Coldplay & Ken Nelson, producers; Coldplay, Ken Nelson & Mark Phythian, engineers/mixers
  [Capitol Records]
• Lose Yourself
  Eminem
  Eminem, producer; Eminem, Steve King & Micheal Strange, Jr., engineers/mixers
  Track from: 8 Mile - Music From And Inspired By The Motion Picture (Various Artists)
  [Shady/Interscope Records]
• Hey Ya!
  Outkast
  André 3000, producer; Kevin "KD" Davis, John Frye, Robert Hannon, Pete Novak & Neal Pogue, engineers/mixers
  Track from: Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
  [Arista Records]

Album Of The Year

• Under Construction
  Missy Elliott
  Craig Brockman, Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott, Erroll "Poppi" McCalla, Nisan & Timbaland, producers; Jeff Allen, Carlos "El Loco" Bedoya, Josh Butler, Senator Jimmy D, Guru, Timbaland & Mike Wilson, engineers/mixers; Herb Powers, mastering engineer
  [Gold Mind/Elektra Entertainment Group]
• Fallen
  Evanescence
  Dave Fortman & Ben Moody, producers; Jay Baumgardner, Dave Fortman & Jeremy Parker, engineers/mixers; Ted Jensen, mastering engineer
  [Wind-Up Entertainment]
• Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
  Outkast
  André "3000" Benjamin & Antwon "Big Boi" Patton, producers; Vincent Alexander, Chris Carmouche, Kevin "KD" Davis, Reggie Dozier, John Frye, Robert Hannon, Padraic Kernin, Moka Nagatani, Pete Novak, Brian Paturalski, Neal Pogue, Dexter Simmons, Matt Still & Darrell Thorpe, engineers/mixers; Brian Gardner & Bernie
  Grundman, mastering engineers
  [Arista Records]
• Justified
  Justin Timberlake
  Brian McKnight, The Neptunes, Scott Storch, Timbaland & The Underdogs, producers; Andrew Coleman, Jimmy Douglass, Serban Ghenea, Dabling Harward, Steve Penny, Dave "Hard Drive" Pensado, Dave "Natural Love" Russell, Timbaland & Chris Wood, engineers/mixers; Herb Powers Jr., mastering engineer
  [Jive Records]
• Elephant
  The White Stripes
  Jack White, producer; Liam Watson & Jack White, engineers/mixers; Noel Summerville, mastering engineer
  [V2/ThirdMan Records]

Song Of The Year

• Beautiful
  Linda Perry, songwriter (Christina Aguilera)
  Track from: Stripped
  [RCA Records; Publisher: Stuck In The Throat/Famous Music Corp.]
• Dance With My Father
  Richard Marx & Luther Vandross, songwriters (Luther Vandross)
  Track from: Dance With My Father
  [J Records; Publishers: Uncle Ronnie's Music, EMI April Music & Chi-Boy Music]
• I'm With You
  Avril Lavigne & The Matrix, songwriters (Avril Lavigne)
  Track from: Let Go
  [Arista; Publishers: Avril Lavigne Publishing, Hollylodge Music, Rainbow Fish, Warner-Tamerlane Publishing, Mr. Spock Music, Tix Music, Ferry Hill Songs & WB Music Corp.]
• Keep Me In Your Heart
  Jorge Calderón & Warren Zevon, songwriters (Warren Zevon)
  Track from: The Wind
  [Artemis Records; Publishers: Zevon Music & Googolplez Music]
• Lose Yourself
  J. Bass, M. Mathers & L. Resto, songwriters (Eminem)
  Track from: 8 Mile - Music From And Inspired By The Motion Picture (Various Artists)
  [Shady/Interscope Records; Publisher: Eight Mile Style]

Best New Artist

• Evanescence
• 50 Cent
• Fountains Of Wayne
• Heather Headley
• Sean Paul

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

• Beautiful
  Christina Aguilera
  Track from: Stripped
  [RCA Records]
• Miss Independent
  Kelly Clarkson
  Track from: Thankful
  [RCA Records]
• White Flag
  Dido
  Track from: Life For Rent
  [Arista Records]
• I'm With You
  Avril Lavigne
  Track from: Let Go
  [Arista Records]
• Fallen
  Sarah McLachlan
  [Arista Records]

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance

• Any Road
  George Harrison
  Track from: Brainwashed
  [Capitol Records]
• Ain't No Mountain High Enough
  Michael McDonald
  Track from: Motown
  [Motown Records]
• Send Your Love
  Sting
  Track from: Sacred Love
  [A&M Records]
• Cry Me A River
  Justin Timberlake
  Track from: Justified
  [Jive Records]
• Keep Me In Your Heart
  Warren Zevon
  Track from: The Wind
  [Artemis Records]

Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

• Misunderstood
  Bon Jovi
  Track from: Bounce
  [Island Records]
• Hole In The World
  Eagles
  [Eagles Recording Company]
• Stacy's Mom
  Fountains Of Wayne
  Track from: Welcome Interstate Managers
  [S-Curve Records]
• Unwell
  Matchbox Twenty
  Track from: More Than You Think You Are
  [Melisma/Atlantic Records]
• Underneath It All
  No Doubt
  Track from: Rock Steady
  [Interscope Records]

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals

• Can't Hold Us Down
  Christina Aguilera & Lil' Kim
  Track from: Stripped
  [RCA Records]
• La Vie En Rose
  Tony Bennett & k.d. lang
  Track from: A Wonderful World
  [RPM/Columbia Records]
• Gonna Change My Way Of Thinking
  Bob Dylan & Mavis Staples
  Track from: Gotta Serve Somebody: The Gospel Songs Of Bob Dylan (Various Artists)
  [Columbia Records]
• Feel Good Time
  Pink Featuring William Orbit
  Track from: Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle - Music From The Motion Picture (Various Artists)
  [Columbia Records/Sony Music Soundtrax]
• Whenever I Say Your Name
  Sting & Mary J. Blige
  Track from: Sacred Love
  [A&M Records]

Best Pop Instrumental Performance

• Patricia
  Ry Cooder & Manuel Galbán
  Track from: Mambo Sinuendo
  [Nonesuch Records]
• Marwa Blues
  George Harrison
  Track from: Brainwashed
  [Capitol Records]
• Honey-Dipped
  Dave Koz
  [Capitol Records]
• Seabiscuit
  Randy Newman
  Track from: Seabiscuit - Soundtrack
  [Decca Records]
• The Nutcracker Suite
  The Brian Setzer Orchestra
  Track from: Boogie Woogie Christmas
  [Surfdog Records]

Best Pop Instrumental Album

• Peace
  Jim Brickman
  [Windham Hill]
• Mambo Sinuendo
  Ry Cooder & Manuel Galbán
  [Nonesuch Records]
• Wishes
  Kenny G
  [Arista Records]
• N.E.W.S.
  Prince
  [NPG Records]
• Night Divides The Day -The Music Of The Doors
  George Winston
  [RCA Victor]

Best Pop Vocal Album

• Stripped
  Christina Aguilera
  [RCA Records]
• Brainwashed
  George Harrison
  [Capitol Records]
• Bare
  Annie Lennox
  [J Records]
• Motown
  Michael McDonald
  [Motown Records]
• Justified
  Justin Timberlake
  [Jive Records]

Best Dance Recording

• Love One Another
  Cher
  Chris Cox, Rick Nowels & Wayne Rodrigues, producers; Manny Marroquin, mixer
  [Warner Bros. Records]
• Easy
  Groove Armada
  Groove Armada, producers; Groove Armada, mixers
  Track from: Lovebox
  [Jive Electro]
• Die Another Day
  Madonna
  Mirwais Ahmadzaï & Madonna, producers; Mark "Spike" Stent, mixer
  Track from: Die Another Day - Soundtrack (Various Artists)
  [Warner Bros. Records]
• Come Into My World
  Kylie Minogue
  Rob Davis & Cathy Dennis, producers; Rob Davis, Cathy Dennis, Bruce Elliott-Smith & Phil Larsen, mixers
  Track from: Fever
  [Capitol Records]
• Breathe
  Télépopmusik
  Fabrice Dumont, Stephan Haeri & Christophe Hetier, producers; Stephan Haeri, mixer
  Track from: Genetic World
  [Capitol Records]

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

• A Wonderful World
  Tony Bennett & k.d. lang
  [RPM/Columbia Records]
• The Last Concert
  Rosemary Clooney
  [Concord Records]
• Bette Midler Sings The Rosemary Clooney Songbook
  Bette Midler
  [Columbia Records]
• As Time Goes By...The Great American Songbook: Volume II
  Rod Stewart
  [J Records]
• The Movie Album
  Barbra Streisand
  [Columbia Records]

Best Female Rock Vocal Performance

• Are You Happy Now?
  Michelle Branch
  Track from: Hotel Paper
  [Maverick Recording Company]
• Losing Grip
  Avril Lavigne
  Track from: Let Go
  [Arista Records]
• Trouble
  Pink
  [Arista Records]
• Time Of Our Lives
  Bonnie Raitt
  Track from: Silver Lining
  [Capitol Records]
• Righteously
  Lucinda Williams
  Track from: World Without Tears
  [Lost Highway Records]

Best Male Rock Vocal Performance

• New Killer Star
  David Bowie
  Track from: Reality
  [Columbia Records]
• Down In The Flood
  Bob Dylan
  Track from: Masked And Anonymous - Music From The Motion Picture (Various Artists)
  [Columbia Records/Sony Music Soundtrax]
• If I Could Fall In Love
  Lenny Kravitz
  [Virgin Records America]
• Gravedigger
  Dave Matthews
  Track from: Some Devil
  [RCA Records/Bama Rags]
• Return Of Jackie & Judy
  Tom Waits
  Track from: We're A Happy Family: A Tribute To Ramones (Various Artists)
  [DV8/Columbia Records]

Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

• Times Like These
  Foo Fighters
  Track from: One By One
  [RCA/Roswell Records]
• There There
  Radiohead
  Track from: Hail To The Thief
  [Capitol Records]
• Calling All Angels
  Train
  Track from: My Private Nation
  [Columbia Records]
• Seven Nation Army
  The White Stripes
  Track from: Elephant
  [V2/ThirdMan Records]
• Disorder In The House
  Warren Zevon & Bruce Springsteen
  Track from: The Wind
  [Artemis Records]

Best Hard Rock Performance

• Like A Stone
  Audioslave
  Track from: Audioslave
  [Epic/Interscope Records]
• Bring Me To Life
  Evanescence Featuring Paul McCoy
  Track from: Fallen
  [Wind-up Records]
• Straight Out Of Line
  Godsmack
  Track from: Faceless
  [Republic/Universal Records]
• Just Because
  Jane's Addiction
  Track from: Strays
  [Capitol Records]
• Go With The Flow
  Queens Of The Stone Age
  Track from: Songs For The Deaf
  [Interscope Records]

Best Metal Performance

• Did My Time
  Korn
  [Epic/Immortal Records]
• mOBSCENE
  Marilyn Manson
  Track from: The Golden Age Of Grotesque
  [Nothing/Interscope Records]
• St. Anger
  Metallica
  Track from: St. Anger
  [Elektra Entertainment Group]
• Smothered
  Spineshank
  Track from: Self-Destructive Pattern
  [Roadrunner Records]
• Inhale
  Stone Sour
  Track from: Stone Sour
  [Roadrunner Records]

Best Rock Instrumental Performance

• Instrumental Illness
  The Allman Brothers Band
  Track from: Hittin' The Note
  [Sanctuary/Peach Records]
• Plan B
  Jeff Beck
  Track from: Jeff
  [Epic Records]
• Session
  Linkin Park
  Track from: Meteora
  [Warner Bros. Records]
• Squeeze
  Robert Randolph & The Family Band
  Track from: Unclassified
  [Warner Bros./Dare Records]
• Essence
  Steve Vai
  Track from: Mystery Tracks Archives Vol. 3
  [Favored Nations]

Best Rock Song

• Bring Me To Life
  David Hodges, Amy Lee & Ben Moody, songwriters (Evanescence Featuring Paul McCoy)
  Track from: Fallen
  [Wind-up Records; Publishers: Zombies Ate My Publishing, Forthefallen Publishing & Dwight Frye Music, Inc.]
• Calling All Angels
  Charlie Colin, Pat Monahan, Jimmy Stafford & Scott Underwood, songwriters (Train)
  Track from: My Private Nation
  [Columbia Records; Publishers: EMI April Music, Inc. & Blue Lamp Music]
• Disorder In The House
  Jorge Calderón & Warren Zevon, songwriters (Warren Zevon & Bruce Springsteen)
  Track from: The Wind
  [Artemis Records; Publishers: Zevon Music & Googolplex Music]
• Seven Nation Army
  Jack White, songwriter (The White Stripes)
  Track from: Elephant
  [V2/ThirdMan Records; Publisher: Peppermint Stripe Music]
• Someday
  Chad Kroeger, Mike Kroeger, Ryan Peake & Ryan Vikedal, songwriters (Nickelback)
  Track from: The Long Road
  [Roadrunner Records; Publishers: Warner-Tamerlane Publishing, Arm Your Dillo Publishing, Zero-G Music, Black Diesel Music & Lakediv, Inc.]

Best Rock Album

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

• Audioslave
  Audioslave
  [Epic/Interscope Records]
• Fallen
  Evanescence
  [Wind-up Records]
• One By One
  Foo Fighters
  [RCA/Roswell Records]
• More Than You Think You Are
  Matchbox Twenty
  [Melisma/Atlantic Records]
• The Long Road
  Nickelback
  [Roadrunner Records]

Best Alternative Music Album

• Fight Test
  The Flaming Lips
  [Warner Bros. Records]
• Hail To The Thief
  Radiohead
  [Capitol Records]
• Untitled
  Sigur Rós
  [Fat Cat/MCA Records]
• Elephant
  The White Stripes
  [V2/ThirdMan Records]
• Fever To Tell
  Yeah Yeah Yeahs
  [Interscope Records]

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance

• Rain On Me
  Ashanti
  [Murder Inc. Records]
• Back In The Day
  Erykah Badu
  Track from: Worldwide Underground
  [Motown Records]
• Dangerously In Love
  Beyoncé
  Track from: Dangerously In Love
  [Columbia Records/Music World Music]
• Ooh!
  Mary J. Blige
  Track from: Love & Life
  [Geffen Records]
• I Wish I Wasn't
  Heather Headley
  Track from: This is Who I Am.
  [RCA Records]

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance

• Step In The Name Of Love
  R. Kelly
  Track from: Chocolate Factory
  [Jive Records]
• Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda
  Brian McKnight
  Track from: U Turn
  [Universal/Motown Records]
• Superstar
  Ruben Studdard
  [J Records]
• How You Gonna Act Like That
  Tyrese
  Track from: I Wanna Go There
  [J Records]
• Dance With My Father
  Luther Vandross
  Track from: Dance With My Father
  [J Records]

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

• The Closer I Get To You
  Beyoncé & Luther Vandross
  Track from: Dangerously In Love AND FROM Dance With My Father
  [Columbia Records AND J Records]
• Where Is The Love
  Stanley Clarke Featuring Glenn Lewis & Amel Larrieux
  Track from: 1, 2, To The Bass
  [Epic Records]
• Say Yes
  Floetry
  Track from: Floetic
  [DreamWorks]
• I'll Stay
  Roy Hargrove & The RH Factor Featuring D'Angelo
  Track from: Hard Groove
  [Verve Records]
• Busted
  The Isley Brothers With Ronald Isley aka Mr. Biggs Featuring JS
  Track from: Body Kiss
  [DreamWorks]
• Hands Up
  TLC
  Track from: 3D
  [Arista Records]

Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance

• Hold Me
  Earth, Wind & Fire
  Track from: The Promise
  [Kalimba Records]
• Wonderful
  Aretha Franklin
  Track from: So Damn Happy
  [Arista Records]
• Comin' From Where I'm From
  Anthony Hamilton
  Track from: Comin' From Where I'm From
  [Arista Records]
• Way Up There
  Patti LaBelle
  Track from: Church: Songs Of Soul & Inspiration
  [UTV/DMI Records]
• He Proposed
  Kelly Price
  Track from: Priceless
  [Def Soul]

Best Urban/Alternative Performance

• Danger
  Erykah Badu
  Track from: Worldwide Underground
  [Motown Records]
• Milkshake
  Kelis
  [Arista Records/Star Trak]
• J'veux D'la Musique
  Les Nubians
  Track from: One Step Forward
  [OmTown/Higher Octave/Virgin Music France]
• Forthenight
  Musiq
  [Def Jam/Def Soul]
• Hey Ya!
  Outkast
  Track from: Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
  [Arista Records]

Best R&B Song

• Comin' From Where I'm From
  Mark Batson & Anthony Hamilton, songwriters (Anthony Hamilton)
  Track from: Comin' From Where I'm From
  [Arista Records; Publishers: Songs of Universal, Tappy Whyte's Music & Bat Future Music]
• Crazy In Love
  Shawn Carter, Rich Harrison, Beyoncé Knowles & Eugene Record, songwriters (Beyoncé Featuring Jay-Z)
  Track from: Dangerously In Love
  [Columbia Records/Music World Music; Publishers: Beyoncé Publishing/Hitco South, EMI Blackwood Music, Dam Rich Music, EMI April Music, Carter Boys Publishing & Unichappell Music.]
• Dance With My Father
  Richard Marx & Luther Vandross, songwriters (Luther Vandross)
  Track from: Dance With My Father
  [J Records; Publishers: Uncle Ronnie's Music, EMI April Music & Chi-Boy Music]
• Danger
  Erykah Badu, J. Poyser, B.R. Smith & R.C. Williams, songwriters (Erykah Badu)
  Track from: Worldwide Underground
  [Motown Records; Publishers: Rexamillons, Divine Pimp Publishing, Tribes of Kedar, Jaja Music, i-n-i Vibrations, Sadiyah's Music & Janise Combs Publishing]
• Rock Wit U (Awww Baby)
  A. Douglas, I. Lorenzo & A. Parker, songwriters (Ashanti)
  Track from: Chapter II
  [Murder Inc. Records]

Best R&B Album

• Worldwide Underground
  Erykah Badu
  [Motown Records]
• Bittersweet
  Blu Cantrell
  [Arista Records]
• So Damn Happy
  Aretha Franklin
  [Arista Records]
• Body Kiss
  The Isley Brothers Featuring Ronald Isley aka Mr. Biggs
  [DreamWorks]
• Dance With My Father
  Luther Vandross
  [J Records]

Best Contemporary R&B Album

• Chapter II
  Ashanti
  [Murder Inc. Records]
• Dangerously In Love
  Beyoncé
  [Columbia Records/Music World Music]
• Love & Life
  Mary J. Blige
  [Geffen Records]
• Comin' From Where I'm From
  Anthony Hamilton
  [Arista Records]
• Chocolate Factory
  R. Kelly
  [Jive Records]

Best Female Rap Solo Performance

• Got It Poppin'
  Da Brat
  Track from: Limelite, Luv & Nightclubz
  [So So Def/Arista Records]
• Work It
  Missy Elliott
  Track from: Under Construction
  [Gold Mind/Elektra Entertainment Group]
• Came Back For You
  Lil' Kim
  Track from: La Bella Mafia
  [Queen Bee/Atlantic Records]
• Ride Wit Me
  MC Lyte
  Track from: Da Underground Heat Vol. 1
  [SGI/CMM/BMG]
• Go Head
  Queen Latifah
  Track from: She's A Queen - A Collection Of Hits
  [Motown Records]

Best Male Rap Solo Performance

• Pump It Up
  Joe Budden
  Track from: Joe Budden
  [Def Jam Recordings]
• Lose Yourself
  Eminem
  Track from: 8 Mile - Music From And Inspired By The Motion Picture (Various Artists)
  [Shady/Interscope Records]
• In Da Club
  50 Cent
  Track from: Get Rich Or Die Tryin'
  [Shady/Aftermath/Interscope Records]
• Stand Up
  Ludacris
  [Def Jam South]
• Get Busy
  Sean Paul
  Track from: Dutty Rock
  [VP/Atlantic Records]

Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group

• Gossip Folks
  Missy Elliott Featuring Ludacris
  Track from: Under Construction
  [Gold Mind/Elektra Entertainment Group]
• Magic Stick
  Lil' Kim Featuring 50 Cent
  Track from: La Bella Mafia
  [Queen Bee/Atlantic Records]
• Shake Ya Tailfeather
  Nelly, P. Diddy & Murphy Lee
  Track from: Bad Boys II Soundtrack
  [Bad Boy/Universal Motown Records]
• Dipset (Santana's Town)
  Juelz Santana Featuring Cam'Ron
  Track from: From Me To U
  [Roc-A-Fella Records]
• Can't Stop Won't Stop
  Young Gunz
  Track from: State Property Presents The Chain Gang Vol. II
  [Roc-A-Fella Records]

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration

• Crazy In Love
  Beyoncé Featuring Jay-Z
  Track from: Dangerously In Love
  [Columbia Records/Music World Music]
• Where Is The Love
  The Black Eyed Peas With Justin Timberlake
  Track from: Elephunk
  [A&M Records]
• Luv U Better
  LL Cool J Featuring Marc Dorsey
  Track from: 10
  [Def Jam Recordings]
• Frontin'
  The Neptunes Featuring Pharrell Williams & Jay-Z
  Track from: The Neptunes Present...Clones
  [Arista Records/Star Trak]
• Beautiful
  Snoop Dogg Featuring Pharrell And Uncle Charlie Wilson
  Track from: Paid Tha Cost To Be Da Bo$$
  [Priority Records]

Best Rap Song

• Beautiful
  Calvin Broadus, Chad Hugo & Pharrell Williams, songwriters (Snoop Dogg Featuring Pharrell & Uncle Charlie Wilson)
  Track from: Paid Tha Cost To Be Da Bo$$
  [Priority Records; Publishers: Chad Chase Music, EMI Blackwood Music, Waters of Nazareth Publishing & My Own Chit Music]
• Excuse Me Miss
  Shawn Carter, Chad Hugo & Pharrell Williams, songwriters (Jay-Z Featuring Pharrell Williams)
  Track from: The Blueprint² - The Gift & The Curse
  [Roc-A-Fella Records]
• In Da Club
  M. Elizondo, C. Jackson & A. Young, songwriters (50 Cent)
  Track from: Get Rich Or Die Tryin'
  [Shady/Aftermath/Interscope Records; Publishers: High On Life Music, WB Music Corp., Ain't Nuthin' Goin' On But F*****' Music, Music of Windswept, Blotter & Elvismambo Music]
• Lose Yourself
  J. Bass, M. Mathers & L. Resto, songwriters (Eminem)
  Track from: 8 Mile - Music From And Inspired By The Motion Picture (Various Artists)
  [Shady/Interscope Records; Publisher: Eight Mile Style]
• Work It
  Missy Elliott & Tim Mosley, songwriters (Missy Elliott)
  Track from: Under Construction
  [Gold Mind/Elektra Entertainment Group; Publishers: Mass Confusion Music, WB Music Corp. & Virginia Beach Music]

Best Rap Album

• Under Construction
  Missy Elliott
  [Gold Mind/Elektra Entertainment Group]
• Get Rich Or Die Tryin'
  50 Cent
  [Shady/Aftermath/Interscope Records]
• The Blueprint² - The Gift & The Curse
  Jay-Z
  [Roc-A-Fella Records]
• Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
  Outkast
  [Arista Records]
• Phrenology
  The Roots
  [MCA Music]

Best Female Country Vocal Performance

• Keep On The Sunny Side
  June Carter Cash
  Track from: Wildwood Flower
  [Dualtone Music Group]
• On Your Way Home
  Patty Loveless
  Track from: On Your Way Home
  [Epic Records]
• This One's For The Girls
  Martina McBride
  Track from: Martina
  [RCA Records Nashville]
• I'm Gone
  Dolly Parton
  Track from: Halos & Horns
  [Sugarhill Records]
• Forever And For Always
  Shania Twain
  Track from: Up!
  [Mercury Nashville]

Best Male Country Vocal Performance

• Annabelle
  Ray Benson
  Track from: Beyond Time
  [Audium Records]
• Next Big Thing
  Vince Gill
  Track from: Next Big Thing
  [MCA Nashville]
• My Baby Don't Tolerate
  Lyle Lovett
  Track from: My Baby Don't Tolerate
  [Curb/Lost Highway Records]
• She's My Kind Of Rain
  Tim McGraw
  Track from: Tim McGraw And The Dancehall Doctors
  [Curb Records]
• Brokenheartsville
  Joe Nichols
  Track from: Man With A Memory
  [Universal South]
• Three Wooden Crosses
  Randy Travis
  Track from: Rise And Shine
  [Word/Curb/Warner Bros. Records Nashville]

Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

• Red Dirt Road
  Brooks & Dunn
  Track from: Red Dirt Road
  [Arista Nashville]
• I Believe
  Diamond Rio
  Track from: Completely
  [Arista Nashville]
• My Front Porch Looking In
  Lonestar
  Track from: Greatest Hits (From There To Here)
  [BNA Records]
• Colors
  The Oak Ridge Boys
  Track from: Colors
  [Spring Hill Music Group]
• A Simple Life
  Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder
  Track from: Live At The Charleston Music Hall
  [Skaggs Family Records]

Best Country Collaboration With Vocals

• Temptation
  June Carter Cash & Johnny Cash
  Track from: Wildwood Flower
  [Dualtone Music Group]
• It's Five O'Clock Somewhere
  Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffett
  Track from: Greatest Hits Volume II
  [Arista Nashville]
• Wurlitzer Prize (I Don't Want To Get Over You)
  Willie Nelson & Norah Jones
  Track from: Live And Kickin'
  [Lost Highway Records]
• Beer For My Horses
  Willie Nelson & Toby Keith
  Track from: Live And Kickin'
  [Lost Highway Records]
• How's The World Treating You
  James Taylor & Alison Krauss
  Track from: Livin', Lovin', Losin' - Songs Of The Louvin Brothers
  [Universal South]

Best Country Instrumental Performance

• Ain't Chet Yet
  Ray Benson
  Track from: Beyond Time
  [Audium Records]
• Cluck Old Hen
  Alison Krauss & Union Station
  Track from: Live
  [Rounder Records]
• Spaghetti Western Swing
  Brad Paisley Featuring Redd Volkaert
  Track from: Mud On The Tires
  [Arista Nashville]
• Pick Along
  Earl Scruggs, Doc Watson & Ricky Skaggs
  Track from: The Three Pickers
  [Rounder Records]
• Get Up John
  Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder
  Track from: Live At The Charleston Music Hall
  [Skaggs Family Records]

Best Country Song

• Beer For My Horses
  Scotty Emerick & Toby Keith, songwriters (Willie Nelson & Toby Keith)
  Track from: Live And Kickin'
  [Lost Highway Records]
• Celebrity
  Brad Paisley, songwriter (Brad Paisley)
  Track from: Mud On The Tires
  [Arista Nashville]
• Forever And For Always
  Robert John "Mutt" Lange & Shania Twain, songwriters (Shania Twain)
  Track from: Up!
  [Mercury Nashville; Publishers: Universal-Songs of PolyGram International & Loon Echo, Inc.]
• It's Five O'Clock Somewhere
  Jim "Moose" Brown & Don Rollins, songwriters (Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffett)
  Track from: Greatest Hits Volume II
  [Arista Nashville; Publishers: EMI April Music, Inc./Sea Gayle Music & R. Joseph Publishing]
• Wave On Wave
  Pat Green, David Neuhauser & Justin Pollard, songwriters (Pat Green)
  Track from: Wave On Wave
  [Republic/Universal South/Universal Records; Publishers: Greenhorse Music, EMI Blackwood Music, Cooke's Trust Ltd. & Drum Groove Music]

Best Country Album

• Cry
  Faith Hill
  [Warner Bros. Records Nashville]
• My Baby Don't Tolerate
  Lyle Lovett
  [Curb/Lost Highway Records]
• Run That By Me One More Time
  Willie Nelson & Ray Price
  [Lost Highway Records]
• Live And Kickin'
  Willie Nelson
  [Lost Highway Records]
• Up!
  Shania Twain
  [Mercury Nashville]
• Livin', Lovin', Losin' - Songs Of The Louvin Brothers
  Various Artists
  Carl Jackson, producer
  [Universal South]

Best Bluegrass Album

• Live
  Alison Krauss & Union Station
  [Rounder Records]
• It's Just The Night
  The Del McCoury Band
  [McCoury Music/Sugar Hill Records]
• Live At The Charleston Music Hall
  Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder
  [Skaggs Family Records]
• Christmas On The Mountain - A Bluegrass Christmas
  Various Artists
  Scott Rouse, producer
  [Universal South]
• One Step Ahead
  Rhonda Vincent
  [Rounder Records]

Best New Age Album

• Inner Journeys: Myth & Legends
  Cusco
  [Higher Octave/AutoBahn Musik]
• Solace
  Michael Hoppé
  [Spring Hill Music]
• Red Moon
  Peter Kater
  [Silver Wave Records]
• Sacred Journey Of Ku-kai
  Kitaro
  [Domo Records]
• One Quiet Night
  Pat Metheny
  [Warner Bros. Records]

Best Contemporary Jazz Album

• 34th N Lex
  Randy Brecker
  [ESC Records]
• Rural Renewal
  The Crusaders
  [Verve/PRA Records]
• Sonic Trance
  Nicholas Payton
  [Warner Bros. Records]
• Timeagain
  David Sanborn
  [Verve Records]
• Time Squared
  Yellowjackets
  [Heads Up International]

Best Jazz Vocal Album

• Man In The Air
  Kurt Elling
  [Blue Note Records]
• May The Music Never End
  Shirley Horn
  [Verve Records]
• Nature Boy - The Standards Album
  Aaron Neville
  [Verve Records]
• A Little Moonlight
  Dianne Reeves
  [Blue Note Records]
• North And South
  Luciana Souza
  [Sunnyside]

Best Jazz Instrumental Solo

• Matrix
  Chick Corea, soloist
  Track from: Rendezvous In New York
  [Stretch Records]
• All Or Nothing At All
  Joey DeFrancesco, soloist
  Track from: Falling In Love Again
  [Concord Jazz]
• Butch & Butch
  Keith Jarrett, soloist
  Track from: Up For It (Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock & Jack DeJohnette)
  [ECM Records]
• Africa
  Pat Martino, soloist
  Track from: Think Tank
  [Blue Note Records]
• All Or Nothing At All
  Mike Melvoin, soloist
  Track from: It's Always You
  [City Light]

Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group

• Rendezvous In New York
  Chick Corea
  [Stretch Records]
• The Grand Unification Theory
  Stefon Harris
  [Blue Note Records]
• Extended Play, Live At Birdland
  Dave Holland Quintet
  [ECM Records]
• Think Tank
  Pat Martino
  [Blue Note Records]
• Alegría
  Wayne Shorter
  [Verve Records]

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

• You Call This A Living?
  Wayne Bergeron Big Band
  [Wag Wecords]
• Looking For America
  The Carla Bley Big Band
  [Watt Works/ECM Records]
• Wide Angles
  Michael Brecker Quindectet
  [Verve Records]
• XXL
  Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band
  [Silverline]
• New York New Sound
  Gerald Wilson Orchestra
  [Mack Avenue Records]

Best Latin Jazz Album

• Cuban Odyssey
  Jane Bunnett
  [Blue Note Records/EMI Music Canada]
• Live At The Blue Note
  Michel Camilo With Charles Flores & Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez
  [Telarc]
• Birds Of A Feather
  Caribbean Jazz Project
  [Concord Picante]
• Isla
  Mark Levine & The Latin Tinge
  [Left Coast Clave]
• New Conceptions
  Chucho Valdés
  [Blue Note Records]

Best Rock Gospel Album

• Worldwide
  Audio Adrenaline
  [Forefront Records]
• Red Letterz
  Fresh I.E.
  [Soar]
• Jekyll & Hyde
  Petra
  [Inpop Records]
• Unclassified
  Robert Randolph & The Family Band
  [Warner Bros. Records/Dare]
• Two Lefts Don't Make A Right...But Three Do
  Relient K
  [Gotee Records]

Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album

• Furthermore - From The Studio: From The Stage
  Jars Of Clay
  [Essential Records]
• Adoration: The Worship Album
  Newsboys
  [Sparrow Records]
• Stacie Orrico
  Stacie Orrico
  [ForeFront/Virgin Records America]
• Worship Again
  Michael W. Smith
  [Reunion Records]
• Offerings II
  Third Day
  [Essential Records]

Best Southern, Country, or Bluegrass Gospel Album

• Wondrous Love
  Blue Highway
  [Rounder Records]
• The Walk
  The Crabb Family
  [Daywind Music Group]
• A Cappella
  Gaither Vocal Band
  [Gaither Music Group]
• Always Hear The Harmony: The Gospel Sessions
  Engelbert Humperdinck, The Blackwood Brothers Quartet, The Jordanaires & The Light Crust Doughboys
  [Art Greenhaw Records]
• Rise And Shine
  Randy Travis
  [Word Records]

Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album

• It's Your Time
  Luther Barnes & The Sunset Jubilaires
  [Atlanta International Record Company]
• Go Tell It On The Mountain
  The Blind Boys Of Alabama
  [Real World]
• Shirley Caesar And Friends
  Shirley Caesar & Friends
  [Word Records]
• Believe
  Aaron Neville
  [EMI Gospel]
• Songs To Edify
  The Sensational Nightingales
  [Malaco Records]
• Gotta Serve Somebody - The Gospel Songs Of Bob Dylan
  Various Artists
  Joel Moss, producer
  [Columbia Records/Integrity]

Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album

• Follow The Star
  T. D. Jakes & Various Artists
  [EMI Gospel/Dexterity Sounds]
• ...Again
  Donnie McClurkin
  [Verity Records]
• Make Me Better
  Ann Nesby
  [It's Time Child Records/RT Entertainment]
• The Gospel According To Jazz Chapter II
  Kirk Whalum
  [Squint Entertainment]
• Bringing It All Together
  Vickie Winans
  [Verity Records]

Best Gospel Choir Or Chorus Album

• Blessed By Association
  John P. Kee, choir director; New Life
  [Verity Records]
• CeCe Winans Presents...The Born Again Church Choir
  Cedric Sesley & Gavin Sesley, choir directors; Born Again Choir
  [Puresprings Gospel]
• Live In Nashville
  Percy Gray, Jr., William Hamilton, Felica Welch & Feranda Williamson, choir directors; Chicago Mass Choir
  [New Haven Records]
• Speak Life
  Joe Pace, choir director; Colorado Mass Choir
  [Integrity Gospel]
• A Wing And A Prayer
  Bishop T.D. Jakes, choir director; The Potter's House Mass Choir
  [EMI Gospel/Dexterity Sounds]

Best Latin Pop Album

• Sincero
  Chayanne
  [Sony Discos]
• Lo Que Te Conté Mientras Te Hacías La Dormida
  La Oreja De Van Gogh
  [Sony Music International]
• Natalia Lafourcade
  Natalia Lafourcade
  [Sony Discos]
• 33
  Luis Miguel
  [WEA International]
• No Es Lo Mismo
  Alejandro Sanz
  [WEA International]

Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album

• Proyecto Akwid
  Akwid
  [Univision Records]
• Cuatro Caminos
  Cafe Tacuba
  [MCA Records]
• Siempre Es Hoy
  Gustavo Cerati
  [BMG Ariola Argentina]
• Superriddim Internacional
  El Gran Silencio
  [EMI Latin]
• Dance And Dense Denso
  Molotov
  [Surco/Universal Music Latino]
• President Alien
  Yerba Buena
  [Razor & Tie/Fun Machine]

Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album

• Buenos Hermanos
  Ibrahim Ferrer
  [Nonesuch Records]
• Poetas Del Son
  Septeto Nacional Ignacio Piñeiro
  [Le Chant Du Monde]
• Pasado y Presente
  Soneros De Verdad Presents Rubalcaba
  [Pimienta Records]
• Barbarito Torres
  Barbarito Torres
  [Pimienta Records/Havana Caliente]
• Bajando Gervasio
  Amadito Valdés
  [Pimienta Records]

Best Salsa/Merengue Album

• Regalo Del Alma
  Celia Cruz
  [Sony Discos]
• Latin Songbird - Mi Alma y Corazón
  India
  [Sony Discos]
• Le Preguntaba A La Luna
  Víctor Manuelle
  [Sony Discos]
• Tequila y Ron...A Tribute To José Alfredo Jiménez
  Ismael Miranda
  [Universal Music Latino]
• Perseverancia
  Tito Rojas
  [MP-Musical Productions]
• Musica Universal
  Truco & Zaperoko
  [Libertad Records]

Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album

• Siempre Arriba
  Bronco El Gigante De America
  [Univision]
• Nuestro Destino Estaba Escrito
  Intocable
  [EMI Latin]
• La Reina Del Sur
  Los Tigres Del Norte
  [Fonovisa Records]
• Imperio
  Los Tucanes De Tijuana
  [Universal Music Latino]
• Afortunado
  Joan Sebastian
  [Musart/Balboa Records]

Best Tejano Album

• Frijoles Romanticos
  Frijoles Romanticos
  [Universal Music Latino]
• Un Poco De Cambio
  Eddie Gonzalez
  [Sony Discos]
• Si Me Faltas Tu
  Jimmy Gonzalez y El Grupo Mazz
  [Freddie Records]
• Despues De Todo
  Milagro
  [Fonosound]
• Móntame
  Bobby Pulido
  [Universal Music Latino]

Best Traditional Blues Album

• Rock 'N' Roll City
  Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater Featuring Los Straitjackets
  [Bullseye Blues and Jazz]
• Blues Singer
  Buddy Guy
  [Silvertone Records]
• Goin' To Kansas City
  Jay McShann
  [Stony Plain Records]
• That's Right!
  Roomful Of Blues
  [Alligator Records]
• Lookin' For Trouble!
  Kim Wilson
  [M.C. Records]

Best Contemporary Blues Album

• So Many Rivers
  Marcia Ball
  [Alligator Records]
• Let's Roll
  Etta James
  [Private Music]
• The Road We're On
  Sonny Landreth
  [Sugar Hill Records]
• Rediscovered
  Howard Tate
  [Private Music]
• Wait For Me
  Susan Tedeschi
  [Tone-Cool/Artemis Records]

Best Traditional Folk Album

• Wildwood Flower
  June Carter Cash
  [Dualtone Music Group]
• Any Old Time
  Steve Forbert
  [Koch Records]
• Bon Reve
  Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys
  [Rounder Records]
• The Three Pickers
  Earl Scruggs, Doc Watson & Ricky Skaggs
  [Rounder Records]
• Seeds: The Songs Of Pete Seeger, Volume 3
  Pete Seeger & Friends
  [Appleseed Recordings]

Best Contemporary Folk Album

• Rules Of Travel
  Rosanne Cash
  [Capitol Records]
• Stumble Into Grace
  Emmylou Harris
  [Nonesuch Records]
• Looking For The Moon
  Tom Paxton
  [Appleseed Recordings]
• World Without Tears
  Lucinda Williams
  [Lost Highway Records]
• The Wind
  Warren Zevon
  [Artemis Records]

Best Native American Music Album

• Reveal His Glory
  Tom Bee
  [Red Sea/Soar]
• Flying Free
  Black Eagle
  [Soar]
• Brotherhood
  Black Lodge Singers
  [Soar]
• Sanctuary
  R. Carlos Nakai
  [Canyon Records]
• Still Rezin'
  Northern Cree
  [Canyon Records]

Best Reggae Album

• Friends For Life
  Buju Banton
  [VP/Atlantic Records]
• Freeman
  Burning Spear
  [Burning Music Productions]
• Dutty Rock
  Sean Paul
  [VP/Atlantic Records]
• Ain't Givin' Up
  Third World
  [Shanachie]
• No Holding Back
  Wayne Wonder
  [VP/Atlantic Records]

Best Traditional World Music Album

• Kassi Kasse
  Kasse Mady Diabate
  [Narada World]
• Jíbaro Hasta El Hueso: Mountain Music Of Puerto Rico
  Ecos De Borinquen
  [Smithsonian Folkways Recordings]
• The Rain
  Ghazal
  [ECM Records]
• Capoeira Angola 2 - Brincando Na Roda
  Grupo de Capoeira Angola Pelourinho
  [Smithsonian Folkways Recordings]
• Without You
  Masters Of Persian Music
  [World Village]
• Sacred Tibetan Chant
  The Monks Of Sherab Ling Monastery
  [Naxos World]

Best Contemporary World Music Album

• Voz D'Amor
  Cesaria Evora
  [Bluebird]
• The Intercontinentals
  Bill Frisell
  [Nonesuch Records]
• Nothing's In Vain (Coono du Réér)
  Youssou N'Dour
  [Nonesuch Records]
• Specialist In All Styles
  Orchestra Baobab
  [World Circuit/Nonesuch]
• Live In Bahia
  Caetano Veloso
  [Nonesuch Records]

Best Polka Album

• Versalicious!
  Eddie Blazonczyk's Versatones
  [Bel-Aire Records]
• Polkas In Black And White
  Jerry Darlak And The Touch
  [Sunshine Diversified Ent.]
• LynnMarie & The Boxhounds
  LynnMarie
  [Squeeze Records]
• Just For You
  Walter Ostanek & Bob Kravos
  [Sunshine Records]
• Strike Up The Band
  Dennis Polisky & The Maestro's Men
  [Sunshine Diversified Ent.]
• Let's Polka 'Round
  Jimmy Sturr
  [Rounder Select]

Best Musical Album For Children

• Baby's Broadway Lullabies
  Ilene Graff
  [Brooklyn Boy Music Co., Inc.]
• Bon Appétit!
  Cathy Fink And Marcy Marxer
  [Rounder Kids]
• Making Good Noise
  Tom Chapin
  [Gadfly Records]
• Philadelphia Chickens
  Various Artists
  Sandra Boynton, producer
  [Boynton Recordings]
• When Bullfrogs Croak
  Zak Morgan
  [Zak Records]

Best Spoken Word Album For Children

• Charlie And The Chocolate Factory
  Eric Idle
  [Harper Childrens Audio]
• Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix
  Jim Dale
  [Random House Audio Publishing Group]
• Prokofiev: Peter And The Wolf/Beintus: Wolf Tracks
  Bill Clinton, Mikhail Gorbachev & Sophia Loren (Kent Nagano; Russian National Orch.)
  [Penta Tone Music]
• Tell Me A Scary Story
  Carl Reiner
  [Time Warner Audiobooks/Little Brown]
• Winnie-The-Pooh
  Jim Broadbent
  [Harper Children's Audio]

Best Spoken Word Album

• Fear Itself (Walter Mosley)
  Don Cheadle
  [Time Warner Audiobooks]
• Lies And The Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair And Balanced Look At The Right (Al Franken)
  Al Franken
  [HighBridge Audio]
• Living History (Hillary Rodham Clinton)
  Hillary Rodham Clinton
  [Simon & Schuster Audio]
• The Nikki Giovanni Poetry Collection (Nikki Giovanni)
  Nikki Giovanni
  [Caedmon]
• When You Ride Alone You Ride With Bin Laden (Bill Maher)
  Bill Maher
  [New Millennium Audio]

Best Comedy Album

• A Life In Comedy
  Garrison Keillor
  [HighBridge Audio]
• Poodle Hat
  "Weird Al" Yankovic
  [Volcano Entertainment]
• Revolution
  Margaret Cho
  [Nettwerk America]
• Shut Up, You F***ing Baby!
  David Cross
  [Sub Pop Records]
• Team Leader
  George Lopez
  [Oglio Records]

Best Musical Show Album

• Flower Drum Song
  Hugh Fordin, producer (Richard Rodgers, composer; Oscar Hammerstein II, lyricist) (New Broadway Cast With Lea Salonga & Others)
  [DRG Records]
• Gypsy
  Jay David Saks, producer (Jule Styne, composer; Stephen Sondheim, lyricist) (New Broadway Cast With Bernadette Peters, Tammy Blanchard, John Dossett & Others)
  [Angel Records]
• Man Of La Mancha
  Jay David Saks, producer (Mitch Leigh, composer; Joe Darion, lyricist) (The New Broadway Cast Recording With Brian Stokes Mitchell, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Ernie Sabella & Others)
  [RCA Victor]
• Movin' Out
  Mike Berniker & Tommy Byrnes, producers (Billy Joel, composer/lyricist) (Original Broadway Cast With Michael Cavanaugh)
  [Sony Classical]
• Nine - The Musical
  Tommy Krasker & Maury Yeston, producers (Maury Yeston, composer/lyricist) (New Broadway Cast With Antonio Banderas, Chita Rivera & Others)
  [PS Classics]

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

• Chicago
  Various Artists
  [Epic Records/Sony Music Soundtrax]
• Gangs Of New York
  Various Artists
  [Interscope Records]
• Kill Bill - Vol. 1
  Various Artists
  [A Band Apart/Maverick Records/WMG Soundtracks]
• A Mighty Wind
  Various Artists
  [DMZ/Columbia Records/Sony Music Soundtrax]
• School Of Rock
  Various Artists
  [Atlantic Records]

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

• Catch Me If You Can
  John Williams, composer (John Williams)
  [DreamWorks]
• Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets
  John Williams, composer (John Williams)
  [Warner Sunset/Nonesuch/Atlantic Records]
• The Hours
  Philip Glass, composer (Philip Glass)
  [Nonesuch Records]
• The Lord Of The Rings - The Two Towers
  Howard Shore, composer (Howard Shore)
  [Reprise Records/WMG Soundtracks]
• Seabiscuit
  Randy Newman, composer (Randy Newman)
  [Decca Records]

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

• Act A Fool (From 2 Fast 2 Furious)
  Christopher Bridges & Keith McMasters, songwriters (Ludacris)
  Track from: 2 Fast 2 Furious
  [Def Jam South]
• The Hands That Built America (From Gangs of New York)
  U2, songwriters (U2)
  Track from: Gangs Of New York
  [Interscope Records; Publisher: Universal Music Publishing]
• I Move On (From Chicago)
  Fred Ebb & John Kander, songwriters (Catherine Zeta-Jones & Renée Zellweger)
  Track from: Chicago
  [Epic Records/Sony Music Soundtrax; Publishers: Unichappell Music and Kander & Ebb, Inc.]
• Lose Yourself (From 8 Mile)
  J. Bass, M. Mathers & L. Resto, songwriters (Eminem)
  Track from: 8 Mile
  [Shady/Interscope Records; Publisher: Eight Mile Style]
• A Mighty Wind (From A Mighty Wind)
  Christoher Guest, Eugene Levy & Michael McKean, songwriters (The Folksmen, Mitch & Mickey, And The New Main Street Singers)
  Track from: A Mighty Wind
  [DMZ/Columbia Records/Sony Music Soundtrax; Publishers: Shmenge Music, Coney Island Whitefish Music & Tuxedo Time Music]

Best Instrumental Composition

• Amoroso
  Vince Mendoza, composer (Stefano di Battista)
  Track from: 'Round About Roma
  [Blue Note Records]
• Broadband
  Michael Brecker, composer (Michael Brecker Quindectet)
  Track from: Wide Angles
  [Verve Records]
• Hunting Wabbits
  Gordon Goodwin, composer (Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band)
  Track from: XXL
  [Silverline Records]
• Precious Promises
  Kim Richmond, composer (The Kim Richmond Concert Jazz Orchestra)
  Track from: Refractions
  [Origin Records]
• Sacajawea
  Wayne Shorter, composer (Wayne Shorter)
  Track from: Alegría
  [Verve Records]

Best Instrumental Arrangement

• Autumn In New York
  Rob McConnell, arranger (Rob McConnell & The SWR Big Band)
  Track from: So Very Rob - Boss Brass Revisited
  [Hanssler Classic]
• Black Holes
  Jim McNeely, arranger (Renee Rosnes And The Danish Radio Big Band)
  Track from: Renee Rosnes And The Danish Radio Big Band
  [Blue Note Records]
• Caribbean Fire Dance
  John Fedchock, arranger (John Fedchock New York Big Band)
  Track from: No Nonsense
  [Reservoir Music]
• Oblivion
  Jorge Calandrelli, arranger (Regina Carter)
  Track from: Paganini: After A Dream
  [Verve Records]
• Timbuktu
  Michael Brecker & Gil Goldstein, arrangers (Michael Brecker Quindectet)
  Track from: Wide Angles
  [Verve Records]

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)

• Armando's Rhumba
  Chick Corea, arranger (Chick Corea & Bobby McFerrin)
  Track from: Rendezvous In New York
  [Stretch Records]
• Chega De Saudade
  Jorge Calandrelli, arranger (Yo-Yo Ma & Rosa Passos)
  Track from: Obrigado Brazil
  [Sony Classical]
• Comes Love
  Gordon Goodwin, arranger (Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band Featuring Brian McKnight And Take 6)
  Track from: XXL
  [Silverline Records]
• In The Bleak Midwinter
  John Patitucci, arranger (John Patitucci)
  Track from: Songs, Stories & Spirituals
  [Concord Records]
• Woodstock
  Vince Mendoza, arranger (Joni Mitchell)
  Track from: Travelogue
  [Nonesuch]

Best Recording Package

• Evolve
  Ani DiFranco & Brian Grunert, art directors (Ani DiFranco)
  [Righteous Babe Records]
• In Bright Mansions
  Jim McAnally, art director (The Fisk Jubilee Singers)
  [Curb Records]
• Plow To The End Of The Row
  Jami Anderson, art director (Adrienne Young)
  [AddieBelle Music]
• The Road To Bliss
  Bill Dolan & Cathy Richardson, art directors (Cathy Richardson Band)
  [Cash Rich Records]
• Untitled
  Orri Páll DyRason, Georg Holm, Jon por Birgisson, Kjartan Sveinsson & Alex Torrance, art directors (Sigur Rós)
  [Fat Cat/MCA Records]

Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package

• The Complete Jack Johnson Sessions
  Julian Alexander, Howard Fritzson & Seth Rothstein, art directors (Miles Davis)
  [Columbia/Legacy Recordings]
• Family Tree
  Michael Amzalag, Mathias Augustinyak & Gabríela Fridriksdottir, art directors
  (Björk)
  [Elektra Entertainment Group]
• Furious Angels
  Kathleen Philpott & Mark Tappin, art directors (Rob Dougan)
  [Reprise Records]
• Scarlet's Walk
  Dave Bett & Sheri Lee, art directors (Tori Amos)
  [Epic Records]
• Sing The Sorrow
  Doug Cunningham & Jason Noto, art directors (AFI)
  [DreamWorks/Nitro Records]

Best Album Notes

• Count Basie And His Orchestra - America's #1 Band! The Columbia Years
  Loren Schoenberg, album notes writer (Count Basie And His Orchestra)
  [Columbia/Legacy Recordings]
• Four Women: The Nina Simone Philips Recordings
  Ashley Kahn, album notes writer (Nina Simone)
  [Verve Records]
• Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: A Musical Journey
  Tom Piazza, album notes writer (Various Artists)
  [Hip-O Records]
• Peggy Lee - The Singles Collection
  Will Friedwald, album notes writer (Peggy Lee)
  [Capitol/EMI Records]
• Sam Cooke With The Soul Stirrers - The Complete Specialty Records Recordings
  Daniel Wolff, album notes writer (Sam Cooke With The Soul Stirrers)
  [Specialty Records]

Best Historical Album

• Count Basie And His Orchestra - America's #1 Band! The Columbia Years
  Orrin Keepnews, compilation producer; Seth Foster, Andreas Meyer & Mark Wilder, mastering engineers (Count Basie And His Orchestra)
  [Columbia/Legacy Recordings]
• Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: A Musical Journey
  Steve Berkowitz, Alex Gibney, Andy McKaie & Jerry Rappaport, compilation producers; Gavin Lurssen & Joseph M. Palmaccio, mastering engineers (Various Artists)
  [Hip-O Records]
• Peggy Lee - The Singles Collection
  Cy Godfrey & Steve Woof, compilation producers; Dave McEowen, Ron McMaster, Odea Murphy & Bob Norberg, mastering engineers (Peggy Lee)
  [EMI/Capitol Records]
• Sam Cooke With The Soul Stirrers - The Complete Specialty Records Recordings
  Bill Belmont, Ralph Kaffel & Stuart Kremsky, compilation producers; Joe Tarantino, mastering engineer (Sam Cooke With The Soul Stirrers)
  [Specialty Records]
• Vintage Recordings From The 1903 Broadway Musical The Wizard Of Oz
  David Maxine, compilation producer; Adrian Cosentini, mastering engineer (Various Artists)
  [Hungry Tiger Press]

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

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

• Elephunk
  Dylan Dresdow, Jun Ishizeki, Chris Lord-Alge, Tony Maserati, Jason Villaroman, Will.i.am & Frank Wolf, engineers (The Black Eyed Peas)
  [A&M Records]
• Hail To The Thief
  Nigel Godrich & Darrell Thorp, engineers (Radiohead)
  [Capitol Records]
• Natural Selection
  Frank Filipetti, Nathaniel Kunkel, Andy Wallace & Josh Wilbur, engineers (Fuel)
  [Epic Records]
• Nature Boy - The Standards Album
  Dave O'Donnell, Malcolm Pollack & Elliot Scheiner, engineers (Aaron Neville)
  [Verve Records]
• North
  Kevin Killen & Bill Moss, engineers (Elvis Costello)
  [Deutsche Grammophon]

Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical

• Nigel Godrich
  
  • Hail To The Thief (Radiohead) (A)
• Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis
  
  • Anatomy 1On1 (Mya) (T)
  • Everybody's Somebody's Fool (Aretha Franklin) (T)
  • Everything I Do (Beyoncé And Bilal) (T)
  • I Wish I Wasn't (Heather Headley) (T)
  • Late (Mya) (T)
  • Strong Man (Jeff In C Minor) (Kelly Price) (T)
  • Time To Come Home (Beyoncé, Angie Stone And Melba Moore) (T)
• The Matrix (Lauren Christy, Graham Edwards & Scott Spock)
  
  • Extraordinary (Liz Phair) (T)
  • It's About Time (Lillix) (T)
  • So Yesterday (Hilary Duff) (S)
  • What Do You Do (The Troys) (S)
  • Where Did I Go Right? (Hilary Duff) (T)
  • Why Can't I? (Liz Phair) (T)
• The Neptunes
  
  • Beautiful (Snoop Dogg Featuring Pharrell & Uncle Charlie Wilson) (S)
  • Come Close (Common Featuring Mary J. Blige) (T)
  • Excuse Me Miss (Jay-Z) (S)
  • Frontin' (The Neptunes Featuring Pharrell Williams & Jay-Z) (S)
  • Justified (Justin Timberlake) (A)
  • Luv U Better (LL Cool J Featuring Marc Dorsey) (T)
  • The Neptunes Present...Clones (The Neptunes Featuring Various Artists) (A)
  • Rock Your Body (Justin Timberlake) (T)
• Outkast
  
  • Monster (Killer Mike) (A)
  • Speakerboxxx/The Love Below (Outkast) (A)

Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical

• Beautiful (Peter Rauhofer Mix)
  Peter Rauhofer, remixer (Christina Aguilera)
  [RCA Records]
• Crazy In Love (Maurice's Soul Mix)
  Maurice Joshua, remixer (Beyoncé Featuring Jay-Z)
  [Columbia Records/Music World Music]
• Don't Make Me Come To Vegas (Timo On Tori)
  Martin Buttrich & Timo Maas, remixers (Tori Amos)
  [Epic Records]
• Get It Together (Bill Hamel Vocal Mix)
  Bill Hamel, remixer (Seal)
  [Warner Bros. Records]
• Lei Lo Lai (MAW Mix)
  Masters At Work, remixers (The Latin Project)
  [Electric Monkey Records]

Best Engineered Album, Classical

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

• Bach: The Piano Transcriptions Of Bartók, Lipatti & Friedman
  Leslie Ann Jones, engineer (Petronel Malan)
  [Hänssler Classic]
• Brahms/Joachim: Violin Concertos
  Bill Maylone & Christopher Willis, engineers (Rachel Barton)
  [Cedille Records]
• Obrigado Brazil
  Richard King & Todd Whitelock, engineers (Yo-Yo Ma)
  [Sony Classical]
• Rainbow Body
  Jack Renner, engineer (Robert Spano)
  [Telarc]
• Rorem: Three Symphonies
  Phil Rowlands, engineer (José Serebrier)
  [Naxos]

Producer Of The Year, Classical

• Adam Abeshouse
  
  • Beethoven: Piano Sons., Vol. 4 (Garrick Ohlsson)
  • Beethoven: The Complete Cycle Of Trios, Vol. 2 (The Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio)
  • Chopin: Reflections - Transcriptions For Flute & Harp (Elizabeth Mann & Deborah Hoffman)
  • Danielpour: In The Arms Of The Beloved, Etc. (Michael Stern & The Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio)
  • Zuill Bailey - Debut Recording (Zuill Bailey)
• Manfred Eicher
  
  • Kurtág: Signs, Games And Messages; Hölderlin-Gesänge, Etc. (Orlando Trio, K. Widmer, M. Ardeleanu, H. Huber & D. LeClair)
  • Lauds And Lamentations (Carter/Yun) (Heinz Holliger, T. Zehetmair, R. Killius & T. Demenga)
  • Ricercar (Bach/Webern) (Christoph Poppen)
  • Silvestrov: Metamusik; Postludium (Alexei Lubimov)
  • Zehetmair Quartet Plays Robert Schumann (Zehetmair String Qt.)
• Steven Epstein
  
  • Mendelssohn/Bruch: Violin Concertos (Midori)
  • Obrigado Brazil (Yo-Yo Ma)
  • Paris La Belle Époque (Yo-Yo Ma & Kathryn Stott)
• Marina A. Ledin, Victor Ledin
  
  • Bach: The Piano Transcriptions Of Bartók, Lipatti & Friedman (Petronel Malan)
  • Piano Nocturnes (Jungran Kim Khwarg)
  • Piano Works By Nixon And Mozart (William Corbett-Jones)
• Robina G. Young
  
  • Baltic Voices 1 (Paul Hillier)
  • Corelli: Violin Sons., Op. 5 (Andrew Manze & Richard Egarr)
  • Mozart: Night Music (Andrew Manze & The English Concert)
  • The Powers Of Heaven (Paul Hillier & Mikk Üleoja)
  • Tavener: Darkness Into Light (Chilingirian Qt. & Anonymous 4)

Best Classical Album

• Britten: Violin Concerto/Walton: Viola Concerto
  Mstislav Rostropovich, conductor; Maxim Vengerov, violin & viola; John Fraser, producer (London Symphony Orchestra)
  [EMI Classics]
• Mahler: Symphony No. 3
  Pierre Boulez, conductor; Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo soprano; Christian Gansch, producer (Johannes Prinz & Gerald Wirth; Vienna Boys' Choir & Women's Chorus of the Vienna Singverein; Vienna Philharmonic)
  [Deutsche Grammophon]
• Mahler: Symphony No. 3; Kindertotenlieder
  Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Michelle DeYoung, mezzo soprano; Andreas Neubronner, producer (Vance George; Pacific Boychoir, San Francisco Girls Chorus & Women of the SFS Chorus; San Francisco Symphony)
  [SFS Media]
• Rorem: Three Symphonies
  José Serebrier, conductor; Nick Parker & Phil Rowlands, producers (Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra)
  [Naxos]
• Schumann: Symphonies 1- 4; Manfred Overture, Etc.
  Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor/piano; George Blood & Simon Woods, producers (Rudolf Buchbinder, piano, Thomas Hampson, baritone, Leonidas Kavakos, violin & Various Artists; The Philadelphia Orchestra)
  [The Philadelphia Orchestra Association]

Best Orchestral Performance

• Beethoven: Symphonies 1-9
  Sir Roger Norrington, conductor (Radio-Sinfonieorchester, Stuttgart des SWR)
  [Hänssler Classic]
• Mahler: Symphony No. 3
  Pierre Boulez, conductor (Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo soprano; Johannes Prinz & Gerald Wirth; Vienna Boys' Choir & Women's Chorus of the Vienna Singverein; Vienna Philharmonic)
  [Deutsche Grammophon]
• Rorem: Three Symphonies
  José Serebrier, conductor (Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra)
  [Naxos]
• Schumann: Symphonies 1- 4; Manfred Overture, Etc.
  Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor (Rudolf Buchbinder, piano, Thomas Hampson, baritone, Leonidas Kavakos, violin & Various Artists; The Philadelpia Orchestra)
  [The Philadelphia Orchestra Association]
• Serebrier: Symphony No. 3; Passacaglia And Perpetuum Mobile, Etc.
  José Serebrier, conductor (Carole Farley, soprano & Various Artists; Toulouse National Chamber Orchestra)
  [Naxos]

Best Opera Recording

• Bartók: Bluebeard’s Castle, Op. 11
  Peter Eötvös, conductor; Péter Fried & Cornelia Kallisch; Dietmar Wolf, producer (Radio-Sinfonieorchester, Stuttgart des SWR)
  [Hänssler Classic]
• Halévy: La Juive
  Simone Young, conductor; Soile Isokoski, Alastair Miles, Regina Schörg, Neil Shicoff & Zoran Todorovic; Harald Steger, producer (István Gáti, Johannes Gisser, Janusz Monarcha, Johann Reinprecht & Martin Thyringer; Chor der Wiener Staatsoper; Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper)
  [RCA Red Seal]
• Janácek: Jenufa
  Bernard Haitink, conductor; Jerry Hadley, Karita Mattila, Eva Randová, Anja Silja & Jorma Silvasti; Wolfram Graul, producer (Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
  [Erato Disques]
• Rameau: Zoroastre
  William Christie, conductor; Nathan Berg, Gaëlle Méchaly, Mark Padmore & Anna-Maria Panzarella; Arnaud Moral, producer (François Bazola, Eric Martin Bonnet, Matthieu Lécroart & Stéphanie Révidat; Les Arts Florissants)
  [Erato Disques]
• Thomas: Desire Under The Elms
  George Manahan, conductor; Jerry Hadley, Jeffrey Lentz, Victoria Livengood, James Morris & Mel Ulrich; Thomas Z. Shepard, producer (London Symphony Orchestra)
  [Naxos]

Best Choral Performance

• Argento: Walden Pond
  Dale Warland, conductor (Various Artists; The Dale Warland Singers)
  [Gothic Records]
• Baltic Voices 1
  Paul Hillier, conductor (Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir; Tallinn Chamber Orchestra)
  [Harmonia Mundi]
• Pergolesi: Marian Vespers
  Edward Higginbottom, conductor (Sophie Daneman, soprano & Noemi Kiss, soprano; Choir of New College, Oxford; Academy of Ancient Music)
  [Erato Disques]
• Sibelius: Cantatas
  Paavo Järvi, conductor; Tiia-Ester Loitme & Ants Soots, chorus masters (Ellerhein Girls' Choir & Estonian National Male Choir; Estonian National Symphony Orchestra)
  [Virgin Classics]
• Transcriptions (Bach/Barber/Mahler, Etc.)
  Laurence Equilbey (Choeur de Chambre Accentus)
  [Naïve]

Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra)

• Beach: Piano Concerto
  Kenneth Schermerhorn, conductor; Alan Feinberg, piano (Nashville Symphony Orchestra)
  Track from: Beach: Gaelic Symphony, Etc.
  [Naxos]
• Britten: Violin Concerto/Walton: Viola Concerto
  Mstislav Rostropovich, conductor; Maxim Vengerov, violin & viola (London Symphony Orchestra)
  [EMI Classics]
• Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 In C Major, Op. 26/Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3 In D Minor, Op. 30
  Mstislav Rostropovich, conductor; Mikhail Pletnev, piano (Russian National Orchestra)
  [DG]
• Prokofiev: Sinfonia Concertante
  Antonio Pappano, conductor; Han-Na Chang, cello (London Symphony Orchestra)
  Track from: Prokofiev: Sinfonia Concertante; Cello Sonata
  [EMI Classics]
• Svoboda: Concerto For Marimba And Orchestra, Op. 148
  James DePreist, conductor; Niel DePonte, marimba (Oregon Symphony)
  Track from: Svoboda: Orchestral Works
  [Albany Records]

Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra)

• Bach: Goldberg Variations
  András Schiff, piano
  [ECM New Series]
• Bach: Partitas 1, 3 & 6
  Piotr Anderszewski, piano
  [Virgin Classics]
• Bach: The Piano Transcriptions Of Bartók, Lipatti & Friedman
  Petronel Malan, piano
  [Hänssler Classic]
• Brahms: Sonata In F Minor; Intermezzo In A Minor, Etc.
  Evgeny Kissin, piano
  [RCA Red Seal]
• Haydn: Piano Sonatas Nos. 29, 31, 34, 35 & 49
  Emanuel Ax, piano
  [Sony Classical]

Best Chamber Music Performance

• Berg: Lyric Suite
  Kronos Quartet & Dawn Upshaw, soprano
  [Nonesuch Records]
• Bliss: String Quartet No. 1; Conversations For Flute, Oboe, Violin, Viola And Cello, Etc.
  Michael Cox, flute & alto flute, Nicholas Daniel, oboe & cor anglais & Maggini Quartet
  [Naxos]
• Carter: Oboe Quartet
  Speculum Musicae
  Track from: The Music Of Elliott Carter, Volume Five
  [Bridge Records, Inc.]
• Shostakovich/Schnittke: Piano Quintets
  Boris Berman, piano & Vermeer Quartet
  [Naxos]
• Vasks: String Quartet No. 4
  Kronos Quartet
  [Nonesuch Records]

Best Small Ensemble Performance (with or without Conductor)

• Chávez: Suite For Double Quartet
  Jeff von der Schmidt, conductor; Southwest Chamber Music
  Track from: Chávez: Complete Chamber Music, Vol. I
  [Cambria Master Recordings]
• Goebbels: Eislermaterial
  Josef Bierbichler, voice; Ensemble Modern
  [ECM New Series]
• Monteverdi: Madrigali Guerrieri Ed Amorosi
  René Jacobs, conductor; Concerto Vocale (Various Artists)
  [Harmonia Mundi]
• Songs Of Angels
  Philip Pickett, conductor/symphony, recorder; New London Consort
  [Decca]
• Vivaldi: Mandolin Concertos
  Fabio Biondi, violin/conductor; Europa Galante
  [Virgin Veritas]

Best Classical Vocal Performance

• Argento: Casa Guidi
  Frederica von Stade, mezzo soprano (Eiji Oue; Minnesota Orchestra)
  Track from: Argento: Casa Guidi; Capriccio For Clarinet And Orchestra, Etc.
  [Reference Recordings]
• Britten: The Canticles
  Ian Bostridge, tenor, David Daniels, countertenor & Christopher Maltman, baritone (Aline Brewer, harp, Timothy Brown, horn & Julius Drake, piano)
  [Virgin Classics]
• Im Chambre Séparée - The Operetta Album
  Barbara Bonney, soprano (Ronald Schneider, piano)
  [Decca]
• Schubert: Lieder With Orchestra
  Thomas Quasthoff, bass-baritone & Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo soprano (Claudio Abbado; Chamber Orchestra of Europe)
  [Deutsche Grammophon]
• Songs Of The Spanish Renaissance, Vol. 1
  Montserrat Caballé, soprano (Manuel Cubedo, vihuela)
  [RCA Red Seal]

Best Classical Contemporary Composition

• Argento: Casa Guidi
  Dominick Argento (Frederica von Stade, mezzo soprano; Eiji Oue; Minnesota Orchestra)
  Track from: Argento: Casa Guidi; Capriccio For Clarinet And Orchestra, Etc.
  [Reference Recordings]
• Kurtág: Signs, Games And Messages
  György Kurtág (Orlando Trio)
  Track from: Kurtág: Signs, Games And Messages; Hölderin-Gesänge, Etc.
  [ECM New Series]
• Lees: Symphony No. 5 "Kalmar Nyckel"
  Benjamin Lees (Stephen Gunzenhauser; Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz)
  Track from: Lees: Symphonies Nos. 2, 3 & 5, Etc.
  [Albany Records]
• Rochberg: Symphony No. 5
  George Rochberg (Christopher Lyndon-Gee; Saarbrücken Radio Symphony Orchestra)
  Track from: Rochberg: Symphony No. 5; Black Sounds, Etc.
  [Naxos]
• Serebrier: Symphony No. 3
  José Serebrier (Carole Farley, soprano; José Serebrier; Toulouse National Chamber Orchestra)
  Track from: Serebrier: Symphony No. 3; Passacaglia And Perpetuum Mobile, Etc.
  [Naxos]

Best Classical Crossover Album

• The Gorey End
  Kronos Quartet & The Tiger Lillies
  [EMI Classics]
• Herrmann: The Day The Earth Stood Still
  Joel McNeely, conductor
  [Varese Sarabande Records]
• Into The Blue
  Ali Jackson, drums, Emmanuel Pahud, flute, Sean Smith, double bass & Jacky Terrasson, piano
  [Blue Note]
• Obrigado Brazil
  Jorge Calandrelli, conductor; Yo-Yo Ma, cello (Various Artists)
  [Sony Classical]
• Our American Journey
  Joseph Jennings, conductor; Chanticleer
  [Teldec Classics]

Best Short Form Music Video

• Hurt
  Johnny Cash
  Mark Romanek, video director; Aris McGarry, video producer
  [American Recordings/Lost Highway Records]
• The Scientist
  Coldplay
  Jamie Thraves, video director; Sally Llewellyn, video producer
  [Capitol Records]
• Die Another Day
  Madonna
  Mats Lindberg, Pontus Lowenheilm & Ole Sanders, video directors; Jim Bouvet & Verenne Ferrari, video producers
  [Warner Bros. Records]
• Concrete Angel
  Martina McBride
  Robert Deaton & George Flanigen, video directors; Steve Lamar, video producer
  [RCA Records Nashville]
• Hey Ya!
  Outkast
  Bryan Barber, video director; William Green, video producer
  [Arista Records]

Best Long Form Music Video

• Legend
  Sam Cooke
  Allen Klein, video director; Mick Gochanour, Iris W. Keitel, Robin Klein & Mary Wharton, video producers
  [Abkco Music & Records]
• Phase One: Celebrity Take Down
  Gorillaz
  Tom Girling & Gorillaz, video producers
  [Virgin Records America]
• The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Volume 1
  Various Artists
  Jon Kanis & David Peck, video directors; Janie Hendrix, Jon Kanis, John McDernott & David Peck, video producers
  [Hip-O Records]
• Leonard Bernstein: Trouble In Tahiti
  Various Artists
  Tom Cairns, video director; Fiona Morris, video producer
  [BBC/Opus Arte]
• Muddy Waters Can't Be Satisfied
  Muddy Waters
  Robert Gordon & Morgan Neville, video directors; Robert Gordon & Morgan Neville, video producers
  [Wellspring Media, Inc.]