50th Annual Grammy Award Winners Announced: February 10, 2008

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Record Of The Year:
Rehab - Amy Winehouse

Song Of The Year:
Rehab - Amy Winehouse, songwriter (Amy Winehouse)

Album Of The Year:
River: The Joni Letters - Herbie Hancock

Best New Artist:
Amy Winehouse

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance:
Rehab - Amy Winehouse

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance:
What Goes Around...Comes Around - Justin Timberlake

Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals :
Makes Me Wonder - Maroon 5

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals :
Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On) - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss

Best Pop Instrumental Performance:
One Week Last Summer - Joni Mitchell

Best Pop Instrumental Album:
The Mix-Up - Beastie Boys

Best Pop Vocal Album:
Back To Black - Amy Winehouse

Best Dance Recording:
LoveStoned/I Think She Knows - Justin Timberlake

Best Electronic/Dance Album:
We Are The Night - The Chemical Brothers

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album:
Call Me Irresponsible - Michael Bublé

Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance :
Radio Nowhere - Bruce Springsteen

Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals:
Icky Thump - The White Stripes

Best Hard Rock Performance:
The Pretender - Foo Fighters

Best Metal Performance:
Final Six - Slayer
(Track from: Christ Illusion)

Best Rock Instrumental Performance:
Once Upon A Time In The West - Bruce Springsteen
Track from: We All Love Ennio Morricone

Best Rock Song:
Radio Nowhere - Bruce Springsteen
Songwriter (Bruce Springsteen)

Best Rock Album:
Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace - Foo Fighters

Best Alternative Music Album: (Vocal or Instrumental.)
Icky Thump - The White Stripes

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance:
No One - Alicia Keys

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance:
Future Baby Mama - Prince

Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
Disrespectful - Chaka Khan Featuring Mary J. Blige

Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance
In My Songs - Gerald Levert
(Track from: In My Songs)

Best Urban/Alternative Performance
Daydreamin' - Lupe Fiasco Featuring Jill Scott
(Track from: Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor)

Best R&B Song
No One - Dirty Harry, Kerry Brothers & Alicia Keys
Songwriters (Alicia Keys)

Best R&B Album
Funk This - Chaka Khan Best Contemporary R&B Album
Because Of You - Ne-Yo

Best Rap Solo Performance
Stronger - Kanye West
(Track from: Graduation)

Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group
Southside - Common Featuring Kanye West
(Track from: Finding Forever)

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
Umbrella - Rihanna Featuring Jay-Z
(Track from: Good Girl Gone Bad)

Best Rap Song
Good Life - Aldrin Davis, Mike Dean, Faheem Najm & Kanye West, songwriters
(J. Ingram & Q. Jones, songwriters)(Kanye West Featuring T-Pain)
(Track from: Graduation)

Best Rap Album
Graduation - Kanye West

Best Female Country Vocal Performance
Before He Cheats - Carrie Underwood
(Track from: Some Heart)

Best Male Country Vocal Performance
Stupid Boy - Keith Urban
Track from: Love, Pain & The Whole Crazy Thing

Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
How Long - Eagles

Best Country Collaboration With Vocals
Lost Highway - Willie Nelson & Ray Price
(Track from: Last Of The Breed)

Best Country Instrumental Performance
Throttleneck - Brad Paisley
Track from: 5th Gear

Best Country Song
Before He Cheats - Josh Kear & Chris Tompkins, songwriters
(Carrie Underwood)

Best Country Album (Vocal or Instrumental.)
These Days - Vince Gill

Best Bluegrass Album (Vocal or Instrumental.)
The Bluegrass Diaries - Jim Lauderdale

Best New Age Album (Vocal or Instrumental.)
Crestone - Paul Winter Consort

Best Contemporary Jazz Album
River: The Joni Letters - Herbie Hancock

Best Jazz Vocal Album
Avant Gershwin - Patti Austin

Best Jazz Instrumental Solo
Anagram - Michael Brecker, soloist
(Track from: Pilgrimage)

Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group
Pilgrimage - Michael Brecker

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
A Tale Of God's Will (A Requiem For Katrina) - Terence Blanchard

Best Latin Jazz Album
Funk Tango - Paquito D'Rivera Quintet?

Best Gospel Performance
(Tie)
Blessed & Highly Favored - The Clark Sisters
Never Gonna Break My Faith - Aretha Franklin & Mary J. Blige
(Featuring The Harlem Boys Choir)

Best Gospel Song
Blessed & Highly Favored - Karen Clark-Sheard, songwriter
(The Clark Sisters)
(Track from: Live - One Last Time)

Best Rock Or Rap Gospel Album
Before The Daylight's Shot - Ashley Cleveland

Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album
A Deeper Level - Israel And New Breed

Best Southern, Country, Or Bluegrass Gospel Album
Salt Of The Earth - Ricky Skaggs & The Whites

Best Traditional Gospel Album
Live - One Last Time - The Clark Sisters

Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album
Free To Worship - Fred Hammond

Best Latin Pop Album (Vocal or Instrumental.)
El Tren De Los Momentos - Alejandro Sanz

Best Latin Rock Or Alternative Album (Vocal or Instrumental.)
No Hay Espacio - Black:Guayaba

Best Latin Urban Album (Vocal or Instrumental.)
Residente O Visitante - Calle 13

Best Tropical Latin Album (Vocal or Instrumental.)
La Llave De Mi Corazón - Juan Luis Guerra

Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album (Vocal or Instrumental.)
100% Mexicano - Pepe Aguilar

Best Tejano Album (Vocal or Instrumental.)
Before The Next Teardrop Falls - Little Joe & La Familia

Best Norteño Album (Vocal or Instrumental.)
Detalles Y Emociones - Los Tigres Del Norte

Best Banda Album (Vocal or Instrumental.)
Te Va A Gustar - El Chapo

Best Traditional Blues Album (Vocal or Instrumental.)
Last Of The Great Mississippi Delta Bluesmen: Live In Dallas
Henry James Townsend, Joe Willie "Pinetop" Perkins,
Robert Lockwood, Jr. & David "Honeyboy" Edwards

Best Contemporary Blues Album (Vocal or Instrumental.)
The Road To Escondido - JJ Cale & Eric Clapton

Best Traditional Folk Album (Vocal or Instrumental.)
Dirt Farmer - Levon Helm

Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album (Vocal or Instrumental.)
Washington Square Serenade - Steve Earle

Best Native American Music Album (Vocal or Instrumental.)
Totemic Flute Chants - Johnny Whitehorse

Best Hawaiian Music Album (Vocal or Instrumental.)
Treasures Of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar
Various Artists
Daniel Ho, George Kahumoku, Jr., Paul Konwiser & Wayne Wong, producers

Best Zydeco Or Cajun Music Album (Vocal or Instrumental.)
Live! Worldwide - Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience

Best Reggae Album (Vocal or Instrumental.)
Mind Control - Stephen Marley

Best Traditional World Music Album (Vocal or Instrumental.)
African Spirit - Soweto Gospel Choir

Best Contemporary World Music Album (Vocal or Instrumental.)
Djin Djin - Angelique Kidjo

Best Polka Album (Vocal or Instrumental.)
Come Share The Wine - Jimmy Sturr And His Orchestra

Best Musical Album For Children
A Green And Red Christmas - The Muppets
Ted Kryczko & Ed Mitchell, producers

Best Spoken Word Album For Children
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows - Jim Dale

Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Story Telling)
The Audacity Of Hope: Thoughts On Reclaiming The American Dream - Barack Obama

Best Comedy Album
The Distant Future - Flight Of The Conchords

Best Musical Show Album
Spring Awakening
Duncan Sheik, producer; Duncan Sheik, composer;
Steven Sater, lyricist (Original Broadway Cast With
Jonathan Groff, Lea Michele & Others)

Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
Love (The Beatles)
George Martin & Giles Martin, producers

Best Score Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
Ratatouille - Michael Giacchino, composer

Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
Love You I Do (From Dreamgirls)
Siedah Garrett & Henry Krieger, songwriters (Jennifer Hudson)

Best Instrumental Composition
Cerulean Skies - Maria Schneider, composer (Maria Schneider Orchestra)

Best Instrumental Arrangement
In A Silent Way - Vince Mendoza, arranger (Joe Zawinul)

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
I'm Gonna Live Till I Die - John Clayton, arranger (Queen Latifah)

Best Recording Package
Cassadaga - Zachary Nipper, art director (Bright Eyes)

Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package
What It Is!: Funky Soul And Rare Grooves (1967-1977)
Masaki Koike, art director (Various Artists)

Best Album Notes
John Work, III: Recording Black Culture
Bruce Nemerov, album notes writer (Various Artists)

Best Historical Album
The Live Wire - Woody Guthrie In Performance 1949

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
Beauty & Crime
Tchad Blake, Cameron Craig, Emery Dobyns & Jimmy Hogarth, engineers
(Suzanne Vega)

Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical
Mark Ronson

Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical
Bring The Noise (Benny Benassi Sfaction Remix)
Benny Benassi, remixer (Public Enemy)

Best Surround Sound Album
Love
Paul Hicks, surround mix engineer; Tim Young, surround mastering engineer; George Martin & Giles Martin, surround producers (The Beatles)

Best Engineered Album, Classical
Grechaninov: Passion Week
John Newton, engineer (Charles Bruffy, Phoenix Bach Choir & Kansas City Chorale)

Producer Of The Year, Classical
Judith Sherman

Best Classical Album
Tower: Made In America
Leonard Slatkin, conductor; Tim Handley, producer; Tim Handley, engineer/mixer (Nashville Symphony)

Best Orchestral Performance
Tower: Made In America
Leonard Slatkin, conductor (Nashville Symphony)

Best Opera Recording
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)

Best Choral Performance
Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem
Simon Rattle, conductor; Simon Halsey, chorus master (Thomas Quasthoff & Dorothea Röschmann; Rundfunkchor Berlin; Berliner Philharmoniker)

Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra)
Barber/Korngold/Walton: Violin Concertos
Bramwell Tovey, conductor; James Ehnes (Vancouver Symphony Orchestra)

Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra)
Beethoven Sonatas, Vol. 3 - Garrick Ohlsson

Best Chamber Music Performance
Strange Imaginary Animals - Eighth Blackbird

Best Small Ensemble Performance
Stravinsky: Apollo, Concerto In D; Prokofiev: 20 Visions Fugitives
Yuri Bashmet, conductor; Moscow Soloists

Best Classical Vocal Performance
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson Sings Peter Lieberson: Neruda Songs
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (James Levine; Boston Symphony Orchestra)

Best Classical Contemporary Composition
Made In America - Joan Tower
(Leonard Slatkin, conductor; Nashville Symphony Orchestra)

Best Classical Crossover Album
A Love Supreme: The Legacy Of John Coltrane - Turtle Island Quartet

Best Short Form Music Video
God's Gonna Cut You Down - Johnny Cash
Tony Kaye, video director; Rachel Curl, video producer

Best Long Form Music Video
The Confessions Tour - Madonna
Jonas Akerlund, video director; Sara Martin & David May, video producers

(Source: www.grammy.com)

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