2008 Grammy Winners
Kanye West, Amy Winehouse Lead The List
For recordings released during the Eligibility Year October 1, 2006 through September 30, 2007
Note: More or less than 5 nominations in a category is the result of ties.
The following lists fields 11 through 30. Click here for the general field and fields 27 through 31
Winners are shown in BOLD (will be updated throughout the show).
Field 9 - New Age
Category 44 - Best New Age Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)
Faces Of The Sun
Peter Kater
Sacred Journey Of Ku -Kai, Volume 3
Kitaro
One Guitar
Ottmar Liebert
Southwest
Eric Tingstad
Crestone
Paul Winter Consort
Field 10 - Jazz
Category 45 - Best Contemporary Jazz Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)
Party Hats
Will Bernard
Downright Upright
Brian Bromberg
Re-imagination
Eldar
River: The Joni Letters
Herbie Hancock
He Had A Hat
Jeff Lorber
Field 10 - Jazz
Category 46 - Best Jazz Vocal Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)
Avant Gershwin
Patti Austin
Red Earth - A Malian Journey
Dee Dee Bridgewater
Music Maestro Please
Freddy Cole
Nightmoves
Kurt Elling
On The Other Side
Tierney Sutton (Band)
Field 10 - 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)
Anagram
Michael Brecker, soloist
Track from: Pilgrimage
Both Sides Now
Herbie Hancock, soloist
Track from: River: The Joni Letters
Lullaby
Hank Jones, soloist
Track from: Kids: Live At Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola (Joe Lovano and Hank Jones)
1000 Kilometers
Paul McCandless, soloist
Track from: 1000 Kilometers (Oregon)
Field 10 - Jazz
Category 48 - Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)
Pilgrimage
Michael Brecker
Live At The Village Vanguard
The Bill Charlap Trio
Kids: Live At Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola
Joe Lovano And Hank Jones
Line By Line
John Patitucci
Back East
Joshua Redman
Field 10 - Jazz
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
Eternal Licks & Grooves
The Bob Florence Limited Edition
Hommage
The Bill Holman Band
Sky Blue
Maria Schneider Orchestra
With Love
Charles Tolliver Big Band
Field 10 - Jazz
Category 50 - Best Latin Jazz Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)
Funk Tango
Paquito D'Rivera Quintet?
The Magician
Sammy Figueroa And His Latin Jazz Explosion
Borrowed Time
Steve Khan
Refugee
Hector Martignon
Big Band Urban Folktales
Bobby Sanabria Big Band
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
(Tie)
Blessed & Highly Favored
The Clark Sisters
Track from: Live - One Last Time
Never Gonna Break My Faith
Aretha Franklin & Mary J. Blige (Featuring The Harlem Boys Choir)
Track from: Bobby: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
With Long Life
Israel And New Breed Featuring T-Bone
Track from: A Deeper Level
He Set My Life To Music
CeCe Winans
Track from: She Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool - A Tribute To Barbara Mandrell
Field 11 - Gospel
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
East To West
Mark Hall & Bernie Herms, songwriters (Casting Crowns)
Track from: The Altar And The Door
Encourage Yourself
Donald Lawrence, songwriter (Donald Lawrence & The Tri-City Singers)
Track from: The Grand Finale: Encourage Yourself
Made To Love
Cary Barlowe, Toby McKeehan, Jamie Moore & Aaron Rice, songwriters (TobyMac)
Track from: Portable Sounds
Praise On The Inside
James L. Moss, songwriter (J. Moss)
Field 11 - Gospel
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
HIStory: Our Place In His Story
The Cross Movement
Open Book
Da' T.R.U.T.H.
The Reckoning
Pillar
Comatose
Skillet
Field 11 - Gospel
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
A Deeper Level
Israel And New Breed
True Beauty
Mandisa
Stand
Michael W. Smith
Portable Sounds
TobyMac
Field 11 - Gospel
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
Journey Of Joy
Karen Peck And New River
Everybody's Brother
Billy Joe Shaver
Salt Of The Earth
Ricky Skaggs & The Whites
Tell Someone
Kenny & Amanda Smith Band
I'll Fly Away: Country Hymns & Songs Of Faith
Various Artists
Ed Cash, producer
Field 11 - Gospel
Category 56 - Best Traditional Gospel Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)
Live - One Last Time
The Clark Sisters
The Grand Finale': Encourage Yourself
Donald Lawrence & The Tri-City Singers
Life Changing
Smokie Norful
Thirsty
Marvin Sapp
Cherch
Bebe Winans
Field 11 - Gospel
Category 57 - Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)
Grateful
Coko
Free To Worship
Fred Hammond
V2
J. Moss
T57
Trin-I-Tee 5:7
Alone But Not Alone
Field 12 - Latin
Category 58 - Best Latin Pop Album
Papito
Miguel Bosι & Varios Artistas
12 Segundos De Oscuridad
Jorge Drexler
Navidades Luis Miguel
Luis Miguel
Dicen Que El Tiempo
Jennifer Peρa
El Tren De Los Momentos
Alejandro Sanz
Field 12 - Latin
Category 59 - Best Latin Rock Or Alternative Album
No Hay Espacio
Black:Guayaba
Adelantando
Jarabe De Palo
Amantes Sunt Amentes
Panda
Kamikaze
Rabanes
Memo Rex Commander Y El Corazσn Atσmico De La Via Lαctea
Zoι
Field 12 - Latin
Category 60 - Best Latin Urban Album
E.S.L.
Akwid
El Abayarde Contra-Ataca
Tego Calderσn
Residente O Visitante
Calle 13
El Cartel: The Big Boss
Daddy Yankee
Vacaneria!
Fulanito
Field 12 - Latin
Category 61 - Best Tropical Latin Album
Greetings From Havana
Cubanismo
En Primera Plana
Issac Delgado
Arroz Con Habichuela
El Gran Combo De Puerto Rico
La Llave De Mi Corazσn
Juan Luis Guerra
United We Swing
Spanish Harlem Orchestra
Field 12 - Latin
Category 62 - Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album
100% Mexicano
Pepe Aguilar
El Indomable
Cristian Castro
Para Siempre
Vicente Fernαndez
Puro Dolor
Paquita La Del Barrio
Esta Tierra Es Tuya (This Land Is Your Land)
Sones De Mιxico Ensemble
Field 12 - Latin
Category 63 - Best Tejano Album
Ram Herrera And The Outlaw Band 2007
Ram Herrera And The Outlaw Band
Before The Next Teardrop Falls
Little Joe & La Familia
Corazon De Oro
David Marez
35th Anniversary
Ruben Ramos
Vagar Libremente
Sunny Sauceda
Field 12 - Latin
Category 64 - Best Norteρo Album
El Amor Que Nunca Fue
Conjunto Primavera
Crossroads
Intocable
Ven Y Dime
Los Rieleros Del Norte
Detalles Y Emociones
Los Tigres Del Norte
Gracias Por Tu Amor
Pesado
Field 12 - Latin
Category 65 - Best Banda Album
Te Va A Gustar
El Chapo
Los Mejores Corridos
El Potro De Sinaloa
Lobo Domesticado
Valentin Elizalde
Conquistando Corazones
K-PAZ De La Sierra
Entre Copas Y Botellas
Lupillo Rivera
Field 13 - Blues
Category 66 - Best Traditional Blues Album
Pinetop Perkins On The 88's - Live In Chicago
Pinetop Perkins
Live...And In Concert From San Francisco
Otis Rush
10 Days Out: Blues From The Backroads
Kenny Wayne Shepherd Featuring Various Artists
Old School
Koko Taylor
Last Of The Great Mississippi Delta Bluesmen: Live In Dallas
Henry James Townsend, Joe Willie "Pinetop" Perkins, Robert Lockwood, Jr. & David "Honeyboy" Edwards
Field 13 - Blues
Category 67 - Best Contemporary Blues Album
Into The Blues
Joan Armatrading
Is It News
Doyle Bramhall
The Road To Escondido
JJ Cale & Eric Clapton
Truth
Robben Ford
The Scene Of The Crime
Bettye LaVette
Field 14 - Folk
Category 68 - Best Traditional Folk Album
Try Me One More Time
David Bromberg
Let Us Now Praise Sleepy John
Peter Case
Banjo Talkin'
Cathy Fink
Dirt Farmer
Levon Helm
Charlie Louvin
Charlie Louvin
Field 14 - Folk
Category 69 - Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album
The Calling
Mary Chapin Carpenter
My Name Is Buddy
Ry Cooder
Washington Square Serenade
Steve Earle
Children Running Through
Patty Griffin
Orphans
Tom Waits
Field 14 - Folk
Category 70 - Best Native American Music Album
Oklahoma Style
Walter Ahhaitty & Friends
Watch This Dancer!
Black Lodge
The Ballad Of Old Times
Davis Mitchell
Reconnections
R. Carlos Nakai, Cliff Sarde, William Eaton & Randy Wood
Totemic Flute Chants
Johnny Whitehorse
Field 14 - Folk
Category 71 - Best Hawaiian Music Album
Ka Hikina O Ka Hau (The Coming Of The Snow)
Keola Beamer
Hawaiiana
Tia Carrere
He'eia
Cyril Pahinui
Hawaiian Blossom
Raiatea
Treasures Of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar
Various Artists
Daniel Ho, George Kahumoku, Jr., Paul Konwiser & Wayne Wong, producers
Field 14 - Folk
Category 72 - Best Zydeco Or Cajun Music Album
Le Cowboy Creole
Geno Delafose & French Rockin' Boogie
King Cake
Lisa Haley
Live: Α La Blue Moon
Lost Bayou Ramblers
Blues De Musicien
Pine Leaf Boys
Racines
Racines
The La Louisianne Sessions
Roddie Romero And The Hub City All-Stars
Live! Worldwide
Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience
Field 15 - Reggae
Category 73 - Best Reggae Album
The Burning Spear Experience
Burning Spear
Mind Control
Stephen Marley
The End Of An American Dream
Lee "Scratch" Perry
Anniversary
Sly & Robbie And The Taxi Gang
Light Your Light
Toots & The Maytals
Field 16 - World Music
Category 74 - Best Traditional World Music Album
When The Soul Is Settled: Music Of Iraq
Rahim Al Haj With Souhail Kaspar
From Mali To America
Cheick Hamala Diabate & Bob Carlin
Live At Couleur Cafι
Konono NΊ1
African Spirit
Soweto Gospel Choir
Singing For Life: Songs Of Hope, Healing, And HIV/AIDS In Uganda
Various Artists
Gregory Barz, producer
Field 16 - World Music
Category 75 - Best Contemporary World Music Album
Cιu
Cιu
Gil Luminoso
Gilberto Gil
Momento
Bebel Gilberto
Djin Djin
Angelique Kidjo
An Ancient Muse
Loreena McKennitt
Field 17 - Polka
Category 76 - Best Polka Album
Polka's Revenge
Brave Combo
Bulletproof Polkas
John Gora & Gorale
Polka Freak Out
Bubba Hernandez & Alex Meixner
Dueling Polkas
Walter Ostanek And His Band & Brian Sklar And The Western Senators
Come Share The Wine
Jimmy Sturr And His Orchestra
Field 18 - Children's
Category 77 - Best Musical Album For Children
Chickens
Buck Howdy With BB
Experience...101
Sweet Honey In The Rock
A Green And Red Christmas
The Muppets
Ted Kryczko & Ed Mitchel, producers
I Wanna Play
Bill Harley
My Green Kite
Peter Himmelman
The Velveteen Rabbit - Love Can Make You Real
Various Artists
Don Sebesky & Janina Serden, producers
Field 18 - Children's
Category 78 - Best Spoken Word Album For Children
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows
Jim Dale
Making The Heart Whole Again: Stories For A Wounded World
Milbre Burch
The One And Only Shrek
Meryl Streep & Stanley Tucci
Who's Got Game? The Ant Or The Grasshopper? The Lion Or The Mouse? Poppy Or The Snake?
Toni Morrison
Wickety Whack - Brer Rabbit Is Back
Diane Ferlatte
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
Celebrations
Maya Angelou
Giving: How Each Of Us Can Change The World
Bill Clinton
Sunday Mornings In Plains: Bringing Peace To A Changing World
Jimmy Carter
Things I Overheard While Talking To Myself
Alan Alda
Field 20 - Comedy
Category 80 - Best Comedy Album
America's Mexican
George Lopez
Dirty Girl
Lisa Lampanelli
The Distant Future
Flight Of The Conchords
I Still Have A Pony.
Steven Wright
Songs Pointed & Pointless
Harry Shearer
Field 21 - Musical Show
Category 81 - Best Musical Show Album
A Chorus Line
David Caddick, producer (Marvin Hamlisch, composer; Edward Kleban, lyricist)
(2006 New Cast Recording With Various Artists)
Company
Tommy Krasker, producer (Stephen Sondheim, composer/lyricist) (2006 Cast
Recording With Raϊl Esparza & Others)
Grey Gardens
Steven Epstein, producer (Scott Frankel, composer; Michael Korie, lyricist)(Original Broadway Cast With Christine Ebersole, Mary Louise Wilson & Others)
Spring Awakening
Duncan Sheik, producer; Duncan Sheik, composer; Steven Sater, lyricist (Original Broadway Cast With Jonathan Groff, Lea Michele & Others)
West Side Story
Nick Patrick, producer (Leonard Bernstein, composer; Stephen Sondheim, lyricist) (Vittorio Grigolo, Hayley Westenra, Connie Fisher & Others)
Field 22 - Film/TV/Visual Media
Category 82 - Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
Across The Universe
Various Artists
Dreamgirls
Various Artists
Hairspray
Various Artists
Love
(The Beatles)
Once
Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova
Field 22 - Film/TV/Visual Media
Category 83 - Best Score Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
Babel
Gustavo Santaolalla, composer
Blood Diamond
James Newton Howard, composer
The Departed
Howard Shore, composer
Happy Feet
John Powell, composer
Pan's Labyrinth
Javier Navarrete, composer
Ratatouille
Michael Giacchino, composer
Field 22 - Film/TV/Visual Media
Category 84 - Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
Falling Slowly (From Once)
Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova, songwriters (Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova)
Track from: Once
Guaranteed (From Into The Wild)
Eddie Vedder, songwriter (Eddie Vedder)
Track from: Into The Wild
Love You I Do (From Dreamgirls)
Siedah Garrett & Henry Krieger, songwriters (Jennifer Hudson)
Track from: Dreamgirls
The Song Of The Heart (From Happy Feet)
Prince Rogers Nelson, songwriter (Prince)
Track from: Happy Feet
You Know My Name (From Casino Royale)
David Arnold & Chris Cornell, songwriters (Chris Cornell)
Track from: Carry On
Field 23 - Composing/Arranging
Category 85 - Best Instrumental Composition
Ash Wednesday
Harry Connick, Jr., composer (Harry Connick, Jr.)
Track from: Chanson Du Vieux Carrι
Cerulean Skies
Maria Schneider, composer (Maria Schneider Orchestra)
Track from: Sky Blue
Deep Six
Mark Walker, composer (Oregon)
Track from: 1000 Kilometers
I Knew Her (From Notes On A Scandal)
Philip Glass, composer (Philip Glass)
Track from: Notes On A Scandal - Soundtrack
Spectacle
Bιla Fleck, composer (Chick Corea & Bιla Fleck)
Track from: The Enchantment
Field 23 - Composing/Arranging
Category 86 - Best Instrumental Arrangement
Ash Wednesday
Harry Connick, Jr., arranger (Harry Connick, Jr.)
Track from: Chanson Du Vieux Carrι
Besame Mucho
Steve Wiest, arranger (Maynard Ferguson)
Track from: The One And Only Maynard Ferguson
Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair
Frank Macchia, arranger (Frank Macchia & The Prague Orchestra)
Track from: Emotions
In A Silent Way
Vince Mendoza, arranger (Joe Zawinul)
Track from: Brown Street
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
Field 23 - Composing/Arranging
Category 87 - Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
Cry Me A River
Jorge Calandrelli, arranger (Ella Fitzgerald & Jorge Calandrelli)
Track from: Love Letters From Ella
I'm Gonna Live Till I Die
John Clayton, arranger (Queen Latifah)
Track from: Trav'lin' Light
In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning
Jay Ashby, Darmon Meader & Kim Nazarian, arrangers (New York Voices)
Track from: A Day Like This
Overture/Gershwin Medley
Michael Abene, arranger (Patti Austin)
Track from: Avant Gershwin
Smile
Pete McGuinness, arranger (The Pete McGuinness Jazz Orchestra)
Track from: First Flight
Field 24 - Package
Category 88 - Best Recording Package
Cassadaga
Zack Nipper, art director (Bright Eyes)
The Dio Years
Masaki Koike, art director (Black Sabbath)
Friend & Foe
Craig Thompson, art director (Menomena)
Secrets Keep You Sick
Don Clark, art director (The Fold)
White Horse
Qing-Yang Xiao, art director (GTS)
Field 24 - Package
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)
A Fever You Can't Sweat Out - Limited Edition Collectible Deluxe Box
Alex Kirzhner, art director (Panic! At The Disco)
Icky Thump - Limited Edition USB Flash Drive
Stan Chow, art director (The White Stripes)
Venus Doom
Matt Taylor & Valo, art directors (Him)
What It Is!: Funky Soul And Rare Grooves (1967-1977)
Masaki Koike, art director (Various Artists)
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)
Classic Chu Berry Columbia And Victor Sessions
Loren Schoenberg, album notes writer (Chu Berry)
John Work, III: Recording Black Culture
Bruce Nemerov, album notes writer (Various Artists)
Off The Record: The Complete 1923 Jazz Band Recordings
David Sager, album notes writer (King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band)
Ricky Jay Plays Poker
Ricky Jay, album notes writer (Various Artists)
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)
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)
The Live Wire - Woody Guthrie In Performance 1949
Nora Guthrie & Jorge Arιvalo Mateus, compilation producers; Jamie Howarth, Steve Rosenthal, Warren Russell-Smith & Dr. Kevin Short, mastering engineers (Woody Guthrie)
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)
People Take Warning! Murder Ballads & Disaster Songs 1913-1938
Christopher King & Henry "Hank" Sapoznik, compilation producers; Christopher King & Robert Vosgien, mastering engineers (Various Artists)
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