- Source: 51st Annual Grammy Awards
The 51st Annual Grammy Awards took place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, on February 8, 2009, honoring the best in music for the recording year beginning October 1, 2007, through September 30, 2008. Robert Plant and Alison Krauss were the biggest winners of the night, winning five awards, including Album of the Year for their critically acclaimed album Raising Sand. Krauss became the sixth female solo artist to have won 5 awards in one night, joining Lauryn Hill, Alicia Keys, Norah Jones, Beyoncé Knowles, and Amy Winehouse. Lil Wayne received the most nominations, with eight.
The awards broadcast won an Emmy for Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Variety Series or Special.
Performances
Notes
Both Rihanna and Chris Brown were scheduled to perform, but their performances were canceled after Brown was arrested after his fight with his former girlfriend.
Presenters
Whitney Houston - Presents the award for best R&B album.
Dwayne Johnson - Introduces a performance by Justin Timberlake.
Simon Baker - Introduces a performance by Coldplay.
Keith Urban - Pays tribute to Gene Autry as the Lifetime Achievement recipient and presents a performance by Carrie Underwood.
Leann Rimes and Sheryl Crow - Pays tribute to Brenda Lee as the Lifetime Achievement recipient and presents the award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
Duffy and Al Green - Presents the award for Song of the Year.
Miley Cyrus and Taylor Swift - Presents the award for Best Pop Collaboration with vocals.
Emily Proctor and Jason Mraz - Introduces a performance by The Jonas Brothers.
Blink 182 - Presents the award for Best Rock Album.
Craig Ferguson - Introduces a performance by Katy Perry.
Kanye West and Estelle - Presents the award for Best New Artist.
Morgan Freeman - Introduces a performance by Kenny Chesney.
Sean Combs, Herbie Hancock, and Natalie Cole - Presents the award for Record of the Year.
Queen Latifah - Pays tribute to Dean Martin as the Lifetime Achievement recipient and introduces a performance by Kanye West, M.I.A., Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, and T.I.
Kate Beckinsale - Introduces a performance by Paul McCartney and Dave Grohl.
Jack Black and Charlie Haden - Pays tribute to Hank Jones as the Lifetime Achievement recipient and presents the award for best Male Pop Vocal.
Jay Mohr and LL Cool J - Introduces a performance by Sugarland and Adele.
Gwyneth Paltrow - Introduces a performance by Radiohead.
Samuel L. Jackson - Introduces a performance by T.I. and Justin Timberlake.
Neil Portnow - Introduces a performance by Smokey Robinson.
Gary Sinise - Introduces a performance by Lil Wayne, Robin Thicke, and Allen Toussaint.
Will.i.am and T-Pain - Presents the award for Best Rap Album.
Zooey Deschanel - Introduces a performance by Robert Plant and Alison Krauss.
Green Day - Presents the award for Album of the Year.
Awards
= Special merit awards
=MusiCares Person of the Year
Neil Diamond
Lifetime Achievement Award winners
Gene Autry
The Blind Boys of Alabama
The Four Tops
Hank Jones
Brenda Lee
Dean Martin
Tom Paxton
Trustees Award winners
George Avakian
Elliott Carter
Allen Toussaint
Technical Grammy Award winners
Clarence "Leo" Fender
Universal Audio
President's Merit Award
Clive Davis
= General
=For all of these there are both nominees and winners, the winners are in bold.
Record of the Year
"Please Read the Letter" – Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
T Bone Burnett, producer; Mike Piersante, engineer/mixer
"Chasing Pavements" – Adele
Eg White, producer; Tom Elmhirst & Steve Price, engineer/mixers
"Viva la Vida" – Coldplay
Markus Dravs, Brian Eno & Rik Simpson, producers; Michael Brauer & Rik Simpson, engineers/mixers
"Bleeding Love" – Leona Lewis
Simon Cowell, Clive Davis & Ryan "Alias" Tedder, producers; Craig Durrance, Phil Tan & Ryan "Alias" Tedder, engineers/mixers
"Paper Planes" – M.I.A.
Diplo, producer; Switch, engineer/mixer
Album of the Year
Raising Sand – Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
T Bone Burnett, producer; Mike Piersante, engineer/mixer; Gavin Lurssen, mastering engineer
Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends – Coldplay
Markus Dravs, Brian Eno & Rik Simpson, producers; Michael H. Brauer, Markus Dravs, John O'Mahoney, Rik Simpson & Andy Wallace, engineers/mixers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer
Tha Carter III – Lil Wayne
Babyface, Brisco, Fabolous, Jay-Z, Kidd Kidd, Busta Rhymes, Juelz Santana, D. Smith, Static Major, T-Pain & Bobby Valentino, featured artists; Alchemist, David Banner, Vaushaun "Maestro" Brooks, Cool & Dre, Andrews "Drew" Correa, Shondrae "Mr. Bangladesh" Crawford, Darius "Deezle" Harrison, Jim Jonsin, Mousa, Pro Jay, Rodnae, Skillz & Play, D. Smith, Swizz Beatz, Robin Thicke, T-Pain & Kanye West, producers; Angel Aponte, Joshua Berkman, Andrew Dawson, Joe G, Darius "Deezle" Harrison, Fabian Marasciullo, Miguel Scott, Robin Thicke, Julian Vasquez & Gina Victoria, engineers/mixers; Vlado Meller, mastering engineer
Year of the Gentleman – Ne-Yo
Chuck Harmony, Ne-Yo, Polow Da Don, StarGate, Stereotypes, Syience, Shea Taylor & Shomari "Sho" Wilson, producers; Kirven Arrington, Jeff Chestek, Kevin "KD" Davis, Mikkel Eriksen, Jaymz Hardy Martin, III, Geno Regist, Phil Tan & Tony Terrebonne, engineers/mixers; Herb Powers, Jr., mastering engineer
In Rainbows – Radiohead
Nigel Godrich, producer; Nigel Godrich, Dan Grech-Marguerat, Hugo Nicolson & Richard Woodcraft, engineers/mixers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer
Song of the Year
"Viva la Vida"
Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion & Chris Martin, songwriters (Coldplay)
"American Boy"
William Adams, Keith Harris, Josh Lopez, Caleb Speir, John Stephens, Estelle Swaray & Kanye West, songwriters (Estelle featuring Kanye West)
"Chasing Pavements"
Adele Adkins & Eg White, songwriters (Adele)
"I'm Yours"
Jason Mraz, songwriter (Jason Mraz)
"Love Song"
Sara Bareilles, songwriter (Sara Bareilles)
Best New Artist
Adele
Duffy
Jonas Brothers
Lady Antebellum
Jazmine Sullivan
= Pop
=Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
"Chasing Pavements" – Adele
"Love Song" - Sara Bareilles
"Mercy" - Duffy
"Bleeding Love" - Leona Lewis
"I Kissed a Girl" - Katy Perry
"So What" - P!nk
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
"Say" – John Mayer
"All Summer Long" - Kid Rock
"That Was Me" - Paul McCartney
"I'm Yours" - Jason Mraz
"Closer" - Ne-Yo
"Wichita Lineman" - James Taylor
Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
"Viva la Vida" – Coldplay
"Waiting in the Weeds" - Eagles
"Going On" - Gnarls Barkley
"Won't Go Home Without You" - Maroon 5
"Apologize" - OneRepublic
Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals
"Rich Woman" – Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
"Lesson Learned" - Alicia Keys & John Mayer
"4 Minutes" - Madonna, Justin Timberlake & Timbaland
"If I Never See Your Face Again" - Maroon 5 & Rihanna
"No Air" - Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown
Best Pop Instrumental Performance
"I Dreamed There Was No War" – Eagles
"Love Appetite" - Steve Cropper & Felix Cavaliere
"Fortune Teller"- Fourplay
"Steppin' Out" - Stanley Jordan
"Blast!" - Marcus Miller
Best Pop Instrumental Album
Jingle All the Way – Béla Fleck and the Flecktones
Sax for Stax - Gerald Albright
Greatest Hits Rerecorded Volume One - Larry Carlton
The Spice of Life - Earl Klugh
A Night Before Christmas - Spyro Gyra
Best Pop Vocal Album
Rockferry – Duffy
Detours - Sheryl Crow
Long Road Out of Eden - Eagles
Spirit - Leona Lewis
Covers - James Taylor
= Dance
=Best Dance Recording
"Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger (Alive 2007)" – Daft Punk
"Ready for the Floor" - Hot Chip
"Just Dance" - Lady Gaga & Colby O' Donis
"Give It 2 Me" - Madonna
"Disturbia" - Rihanna
"Black & Gold" - Sam Sparro
Best Electronic/Dance Album
Alive 2007 – Daft Punk
New York City - Brazilian Girls
Bring Ya to the Brink - Cyndi Lauper
X - Kylie Minogue
Last Night - Moby
Robyn - Robyn
= Traditional Pop
=Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Still Unforgettable – Natalie Cole
The Sinatra Project - Michael Feinstein
Noël - Josh Groban
In the Swing of Christmas - Barry Manilow
Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall - Rufus Wainwright
= Rock
=Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance
"Gravity" – John Mayer
"I Saw Her Standing There" - Paul McCartney
"Girls in Their Summer Clothes" Bruce Springsteen
"Rise" - Eddie Vedder
"No Hidden Path" - Neil Young
Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
"Sex on Fire" – Kings of Leon
"Rock N' Roll Train" - AC/DC
"Violet Hill" - Coldplay
"Long Road Out of Eden" - Eagles
"House of Cards" - Radiohead
Best Hard Rock Performance
"Wax Simulacra" – The Mars Volta
"Inside the Fire" - Disturbed
"Visions" - Judas Priest
"Saints of Los Angeles" - Mötley Crüe
"Lords of Salem" - Rob Zombie
Best Metal Performance
"My Apocalypse" – Metallica
"Heroes of Our Time" - DragonForce
"Nostradamus" - Judas Priest
"Under My Thumb" - Ministry
"Psychosocial" - Slipknot
Best Rock Instrumental Performance
"Peaches En Regalia" – Zappa Plays Zappa featuring Steve Vai & Napoleon Murphy Brock
"Castellorizon" - David Gilmour
"Suicide & Redemption" - Metallica
"34 Ghosts IV" - Nine Inch Nails
"Hope (Live For The Art Of Peace)" - Rush
Best Rock Song
"Girls in Their Summer Clothes" – Bruce Springsteen
"House of Cards" - Radiohead
"I Will Possess Your Heart" - Death Cab for Cutie
"Sex on Fire" - Kings of Leon
"Violet Hill" - Coldplay
Best Rock Album
Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends – Coldplay
Rock N Roll Jesus - Kid Rock
Only By The Night - Kings of Leon
Death Magnetic - Metallica
Consolers of the Lonely - The Raconteurs
= Alternative
=Best Alternative Music Album
In Rainbows – Radiohead
Modern Guilt – Beck
Narrow Stairs – Death Cab for Cutie
The Odd Couple – Gnarls Barkley
Evil Urges – My Morning Jacket
= R&B
=Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
"Superwoman" – Alicia Keys
"Me, Myself and I" (Live) – Beyoncé
"Heaven Sent" – Keyshia Cole
"Spotlight" – Jennifer Hudson
"Need U Bad" – Jazmine Sullivan
Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
"Miss Independent" – Ne-Yo
"You're the Only One" – Eric Benét
"Take You Down" – Chris Brown
"Can't Help But Wait" – Trey Songz
"Here I Stand" – Usher
Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
"Stay with Me (By the Sea)" – Al Green & John Legend
"Ribbon in the Sky" - Boyz II Men
"Words" - Anthony David & India.Arie
"I'm His Only Woman" - Jennifer Hudson & Fantasia
"Never Give You Up" - Raphael Saadiq feat. Stevie Wonder & CJ Hilton
Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance
"You've Got the Love I Need" – Al Green & Anthony Hamilton
"A Change is Gonna Come" - Wayne Brady
"Baby I Know" - Linda Jones with Helen Bruner & Terry Jones
"Love That Girl" - Raphael Saadiq
"In Love With Another Man" - Jazmine Sullivan
Best Urban/Alternative Performance
"Be OK" – Chrisette Michele & will.i.am
"Say Goodbye to Love" - Kenna
"Wanna Be" - Maiysha
"Many Moons" - Janelle Monáe
"Lovin You (Music)" - Wayna & Kokayi
Best R&B Song
"Miss Independent" – Ne-Yo
"Bust Your Windows" - Jazmine Sullivan
"Customer" - Raheem DeVaughn
"Heaven Sent" - Keyshia Cole
"Spotlight - Jennifer Hudson
Best R&B Album
Jennifer Hudson – Jennifer Hudson
Love & Life - Eric Benét
Motown: A Journey Through Hitsville USA - Boyz II Men
Lay It Down - Al Green
The Way I See It - Raphael Saadiq
Best Contemporary R&B Album
Growing Pains – Mary J. Blige
Back of My Lac' - J. Holiday
First Love - Karina
Year of the Gentleman - Ne-Yo
Fearless - Jazmine Sullivan
= Rap
=Best Rap Solo Performance
"A Milli" – Lil Wayne
"Roc Boys (And the Winner Is)..." – Jay-Z
"Paris, Tokyo" – Lupe Fiasco
"N.I.*.*.E.R. (The Slave and the Master)" – Nas
"Sexual Eruption" – Snoop Dogg
Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group
"Swagga Like Us" – Jay-Z & T.I. featuring Kanye West & Lil Wayne
"Royal Flush (song) – Big Boi featuring Raekwon & Andre 3000
"Mr. Carter – Lil Wayne featuring Jay-Z
"Wish You Would" – Ludacris featuring T.I.
"Put On" – Young Jeezy featuring Kanye West
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
"American Boy" – Estelle featuring Kanye West
"Low" – Flo Rida featuring T-Pain
"Green Light" – John Legend & Andre 3000
"Got Money" – Lil Wayne featuring T-Pain
"Superstar" – Lupe Fiasco featuring Matthew Santos
Best Rap Song
"Lollipop"
D. Carter, S. Garrett, D. Harrison, J. Scheffer & R. Zamor, songwriters (Lil Wayne featuring Static Major)
"Low"
T. Dillard, M. Humphrey & T-Pain, songwriters (Flo Rida featuring T-Pain)
"Sexual Eruption"
Calvin Broadus, S. Lovejoy & D. Stewart, songwriters (Snoop Dogg)
"Superstar"
Lupe Fiasco & Soundtrakk, songwriters (Lupe Fiasco featuring Matthew Santos)
"Swagga Like Us"
D. Carter, S. Carter, Clifford Harris & Kanye West, songwriters (M. Arulpragasam, N. Headon, M. Jones, J. Mellor, T. Pentz & P. Simonon, songwriters) (Jay-Z & T.I. featuring Kanye West & Lil Wayne)
Best Rap Album
Tha Carter III – Lil Wayne
American Gangster – Jay-Z
The Cool – Lupe Fiasco
Nas – Nas
Paper Trail – T.I.
= Country
=Best Female Country Vocal Performance
"Last Name" – Carrie Underwood
"For These Times" - Martina McBride
"What I Cannot Change" - LeAnn Rimes
"Last Call" - Lee Ann Womack
"This Is Me You're Talking To" - Trisha Yearwood
Best Male Country Vocal Performance
"Letter to Me" – Brad Paisley
"You're Gonna Miss This" - Trace Adkins
"In Color" - Jamey Johnson
"Just Got Started Lovin' You" - James Otto
"Troubadour" - George Strait
Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
"Stay" – Sugarland
"God Must Be Busy" - Brooks & Dunn
"Love Don't Live Here" - Lady Antebellum
"Every Day" - Rascal Flatts
"Blue Side of the Mountain" - The Steel Drivers
Best Country Collaboration with Vocals
"Killing the Blues" – Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
"Shiftwork" - Kenny Chesney & George Strait
"House of Cash" - George Strait & Patty Loveless
"Life in a Northern Town" - Sugarland, featuring Jake Owen & Little Big Town
"Let the Wind Chase You" - Trisha Yearwood & Keith Urban
Best Country Instrumental Performance
"Cluster Pluck" – Brad Paisley, James Burton, Vince Gill, John Jorgenson, Albert Lee, Brent Mason, Redd Volkaert & Steve Wariner
"Sumatra" - Cherryholmes
"Two Small Cars In Rome" - Jerry Douglas & Lloyd Green
"Sleigh Ride" - Béla Fleck & The Flecktones
"Is This America? (Katrina 2005)" - Charlie Haden, Pat Metheny, Jerry Douglas & Bruce Hornsby
Best Country Song
"Stay" – Jennifer Nettles, songwriter (Sugarland)
"Dig Two Graves" - Randy Travis
"I Saw God Today" - George Strait
"In Color" - Jamey Johnson
"You're Gonna Miss This" - Trace Adkins
Best Country Album
Troubadour – George Strait
That Lonesome Song - Jamey Johnson
Sleepless Nights - Patty Loveless
Around the Bend - Randy Travis
Heaven, Heartache and the Power of Love - Trisha Yearwood
Best Bluegrass Album
Honoring the Fathers of Bluegrass: Tribute to 1946 and 1947 – Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder
Cherryholmes III: Don't Believe - Cherryholmes
Del McCoury Band — Live At The 2008 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival - Del McCoury Band
The Ultimate Collection / Live At The Ryman - Earl Scruggs
Wheels - Dan Tyminski
= New Age
=Best New Age Album
Peace Time – Jack DeJohnette
Meditations - William Ackerman
Pathfinder - Will Clipman
Ambrosia - Peter Kater
The Scent of Light - Ottmar Liebert & Luna Negra
= Jazz
=Best Contemporary Jazz Album
Randy in Brasil – Randy Brecker
Floating Point – John McLaughlin
Cannon Re–Loaded: All–Star Celebration of Cannonball Adderley – Various Artists
Miles from India – Various Artists
Lifecycle – Yellowjackets featuring Mike Stern
Best Jazz Vocal Album
Loverly – Cassandra Wilson
Imagina: Songs of Brasil – Karrin Allyson
Breakfast on the Morning Tram – Stacey Kent
If Less Is More...Nothing Is Everything – Kate McGarry
Distances – Norma Winstone
Best Jazz Instrumental Solo
"Be–Bop" – Terence Blanchard
"Seven Steps to Heaven" – Till Brönner
"Waltz for Debby" – Gary Burton & Chick Corea
"Son of Thirteen" – Pat Metheny
"Be–Bop" – James Moody
Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group
The New Crystal Silence – Chick Corea & Gary Burton
History, Mystery – Bill Frisell
Brad Mehldau Trio Live – Brad Mehldau Trio
Day Trip – Pat Metheny featuring Christian McBride & Antonio Sánchez
Standards – Alan Pasqua, Dave Carpenter & Peter Erskine
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Monday Night Live at the Village Vanguard – Vanguard Jazz Orchestra
Best Latin Jazz Album
Song for Chico – Arturo O'Farrill and The Afro–Latin Jazz Orchestra
= Gospel
=Best Gospel Performance
"Get Up" – Mary Mary
"East to West" - Casting Crowns
"I Understand" - Kim Burrell, Rance Allen, BeBe Winans, Mariah Carey, & Hezekiah Walker's LFC
"Shall We Gather at the River" - Take 6
"Waging War" - CeCe Winans
Best Gospel Song
"Help Me Believe" – Kirk Franklin
Kirk Franklin, songwriter
"Cover Me" - 21:03 with Fred Hammond, Smokie Norful, & J Moss
James L. Moss, songwriter
"Get Up" - Mary Mary
Erica Campbell, Tina Campbell, Warryn Campbell, & Eric Dawkins, songwriters
"Give Me Your Eyes" - Brandon Heath
Brandon Heath & Jason Ingram, songwriters
"You Reign" - MercyMe
Jim Bryson, Steven Curtis Chapman, Nathan Cochran, Barry Graul, Bart Millard, Mike Scheuchzer, & Robby Shaffer, songwriters
Best Rock or Rap Gospel Album
Alive and Transported – tobyMac
Hello - After Edmund
Our World: Redeemed - Flame
We Need Each Other - Sanctus Real
Rock What You Got - Superchick
Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album
Thy Kingdom Come – CeCe Winans
This Moment - Steven Curtis Chapman
What If We - Brandon Heath
Opposite Way - Leeland
Hello Love - Chris Tomlin
Best Southern, Country, or Bluegrass Gospel Album
Lovin' Life – Gaither Vocal Band
Room For More - Booth Brothers
Steps to Heaven - Charlie Louvin
Hymned Again - Bart Millard
Ephesians One - Karen Peck and New River
Best Traditional Gospel Album
Down in New Orleans – The Blind Boys of Alabama
I'll Say Yes - Carol Cymbala & The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir
Take It Back - Dorinda Clark-Cole
Voices in Unity: Together In Worship - Deitrick Haddon
No Limit - Bishop Charles E. Blake presents the West Angeles Church of God in Christ Choir
Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album
The Fight of My Life – Kirk Franklin
Reflections - Jason Champion
The Sound - Mary Mary
Donald Lawrence Introduces: Family Prayer - The Murrills
Stand Out - Tye Tribbett & G.A.
= Latin
=Best Latin Pop Album
La Vida... Es Un Ratico – Juanes
Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album
45 – Jaguares
Best Latin Urban Album
Los Extraterrestres – Wisin & Yandel
Best Tropical Latin Album
Señor Bachata – José Feliciano
Best Regional Mexican Album
Amor, Dolor y Lágrimas: Música Ranchera – Mariachi los Camperos de Nati Cano
Canciones de Amor – Mariachi Divas
Best Tejano Album
Viva La Revolucion – Ruben Ramos & The Mexican Revolution
Best Norteño Album
Raíces – Los Tigres del Norte
Best Banda Album
No Es De Madera – Joan Sebastian
= Blues
=Best Traditional Blues Album
One Kind Favor – B.B. King
The Blues Rolls On - Elvin Bishop
Skin Deep - Buddy Guy
All Odds Against Me - John Lee Hooker, Jr.
Pinetop Perkins and Friends - Pinetop Perkins and Friends
Best Contemporary Blues Album
City That Care Forgot – Dr. John And The Lower 911
Peace Love & BBQ - Marcia Ball
Like a Fire - Solomon Burke
Maesteo - Taj Mahal
Simply Grand - Irma Thomas
= Folk
=Best Traditional Folk Album
"At 89" – Pete Seeger
"Coal"-Kathy Mattea
"Comedians & Angels"-Tom Paxton
"Bring Me Home"-Peggy Seeger
"Strangers In Another Country"-Rosalie Sorrels
Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album
"Raising Sand" – Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
"Day After Tomorrow" – Joan Baez
"I, Flathead" – Ry Cooder
"Sex & Gasoline" – Rodney Crowell
"All I Intended to Be" – Emmylou Harris
Best Native American Music Album
Come to Me Great Mystery: Native American Healing Songs – Various artists (Tom Wasinger, producer)
Best Hawaiian Music Album
'Ikena – Tia Carrere & Daniel Ho
Best Zydeco or Cajun Music Album
Live at the 2008 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival – BeauSoleil & Michael Doucet
= Reggae
=Best Reggae Album
Jah Is Real – Burning Spear
Let's Get Physical - Elephant Man
Vibes - Heavy D
Repentance - Lee "Scratch" Perry
Intoxication - Shaggy
Amazing - Sly and Robbie
= World music
=Best Traditional World Music Album
Ilembe: Honoring Shaka Zulu – Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Best Contemporary World Music Album
Global Drum Project – Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Sikiru Adepoju & Giovanni Hidalgo
nominee Angels & Almas – David Maldonado
= Polka
=Best Polka Album
Let the Whole World Sing – Jimmy Sturr and His Orchestra
= Children's
=Best Musical Album For Children
Here Come the 123s – They Might Be Giants
Best Spoken Word Album for Children
Yes To Running! Bill Harley Live – Bill Harley
= Spoken word
=Best Spoken Word Album
An Inconvenient Truth – Beau Bridges, Cynthia Nixon & Blair Underwood
= Comedy
=Best Comedy Album
It's Bad for Ya – George Carlin
Anticipation - Lewis Black
Flight of the Conchords - Flight of the Conchords
For Your Consideration - Kathy Griffin
Songs of the Bushmen - Harry Shearer
= Musical show
=Best Musical Show Album
In the Heights – Original Broadway Cast with Lin-Manuel Miranda & Others
Kurt Deutsch, Alex Lacamoire, Andrés Levin, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Joel Moss & Bill Sherman, producers; Lin-Manuel Miranda, composer/lyricist
= Film, television and other visual media
=Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
Juno
American Gangster
August Rush
Mamma Mia!
Sweeney Todd — The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street
Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
The Dark Knight - James Newton Howard & Hans Zimmer
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - John Williams
Iron Man - Ramin Djawadi
There Will Be Blood - Jonny Greenwood
WALL-E - Thomas Newman
Best Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
"Down to Earth" (from WALL-E) – Peter Gabriel
"Ever Ever After" (from Enchanted) - Carrie Underwood
"Say" - (from The Bucket List) - John Mayer
"That's How You Know" (from Enchanted) - Amy Adams
"Walk Hard" (from Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story) - John C. Reilly
= Composing and arranging
=Best Instrumental Composition
"The Adventures of Mutt" (from Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull) – John Williams
John Williams, composer
Best Instrumental Arrangement
"Define Dancing" (from WALL-E) – Thomas Newman
Peter Gabriel & Thomas Newman, arrangers
Best Pop Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
"Captain Of Her Heart" – Project Grand Slam & Judie Tzuke
= Package
=Best Recording Package
Death Magnetic – Bruce Duckworth, Sarah Moffatt & David Turner, art directors (Metallica)
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package
In Rainbows – Stanley Donwood, Mel Maxwell & Xian Munro, art directors (Radiohead)
= Album notes
=Best Album Notes
Kind Of Blue: 50th Anniversary Collector's Edition – Francis Davis, album notes writer (Miles Davis)
= Historical
=Best Historical Album
Art Of Field Recording Volume I: Fifty Years Of Traditional American Music Documented By Art Rosenbaum – Steven Lance Ledbetter & Art Rosenbaum, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Various Artists)
= Production, non-classical
=Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
Consolers of the Lonely – The Raconteurs
Joe Chiccarelli, Vance Powell & Jack White III, engineers
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
Rick Rubin
Death Magnetic (Metallica)
Home Before Dark (Neil Diamond)
Mercy (Dancing for the Death of an Imaginary Enemy) (Ours)
Seeing Things (Jakob Dylan)
Weezer (Red Album) (Weezer)
Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical
"Electric Feel" (Justice Remix)
(MGMT), remixers Justice
= Production, surround sound
=Best Surround Sound Album
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Night on Bald Mountain; Prelude to Khovanshchina – Paavo Järvi & Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra – Michael Bishop & Robert Woods
= Production, classical
=Best Engineered Album, Classical
David Frost, Tom Lazarus & Christopher Willis – Traditions and Transformations: Sounds of Silk Road Chicago – Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Alan Gilbert, Silk Road Ensemble, Wu Man, Yo-Yo Ma & Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Producer of the Year, Classical
David Frost
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique – Gustavo Dudamel & Los Angeles Philharmonic
Right Through The Bone—Julius Röntgen Chamber Music
Schubert: Sonata in D major; Liszt: Don Juan Fantasy – Min Kwon
Traditions And Transformations: Sounds Of Silk Road Chicago – Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Alan Gilbert, Yo-Yo Ma, Silk Road Ensemble, Wu Man & Chicago Symphony Orchestra
= Classical
=Best Classical Album
Kurt Weill: Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny – James Conlon, conductor
Best Orchestral Performance
Bernard Haitink, conductor (Chicago Symphony Orchestra) – Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4
Best Opera Recording
Weill: Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny – James Conlon, conductor; Fred Vogler, producer; Anthony Dean Griffey, Patti LuPone & Audra McDonald – Donnie Ray Albert, John Easterlin, Steven Humes, Mel Ulrich & Robert Wörle Los Angeles Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Best Choral Performance
Symphony of Psalms – Sir Simon Rattle, conductor; Simon Halsey, chorus master – Berlin Philharmonic; Rundfunkchor Berlin
Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (With Orchestra)
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor; Hilary Hahn (Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra) – Schoenberg/Sibelius: Violin Concertos
Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (Without Orchestra)
Gloria Cheng – Piano music of Salonen, Stucky, and Lutosławski
Best Chamber Music Performance
Pacifica Quartet – Elliott Carter: String Quartets Nos. 1 and 5
Best Small Ensemble Performance
Charles Bruffy, conductor; Phoenix Chorale – Spotless Rose: Hymns To The Virgin Mary
Best Classical Vocal Performance
Hila Plitmann – Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan – JoAnn Falletta (Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra)
Best Classical Contemporary Composition
Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan – John Corigliano (JoAnn Falletta)
Classical Crossover Album
Simple Gifts – King's Singers
= Music video
=Best Short Form Music Video
"Pork and Beans" – Weezer
Mathew Cullen, video director; Bernard Rahill, video producer
Best Long Form Music Video
Runnin' Down a Dream – Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Peter Bogdanovich, video director; Skot Bright, video producer
Records
Alison Krauss became the sixth female solo artist to have won five Grammys in one evening. The artists who won five before her are Lauryn Hill, Alicia Keys, Norah Jones, Beyoncé Knowles, and Amy Winehouse. However, at the ceremony (2010 Grammy Awards) next year, Beyoncé surpassed the record by gaining six such awards.
In Memoriam
George Carlin, Jerry Wexler, Jerry Reed, Mike Smith, Rick Wright, Eartha Kitt, Buddy Miles, Mitch Mitchell, Earl Palmer, Buddy Harman, Freddie Hubbard, David "Fathead" Newman, Johnny Griffin, Jimmy McGriff, Mike Berniker, Teo Macero, Eddy Arnold, Nick Reynolds, Miriam Makeba, Odetta, Pervis Jackson, Cachao López, Norman Smith, Neil Aspinall, William Claxton, Neal Hefti, Jo Stafford, Levi Stubbs, Jheryl Busby, Norman Whitfield, Claude Jeter, Ira Tucker, Dottie Rambo, Larry Norman, Merl Saunders, F.M. Scott III, Delaney Bramlett, Alton Ellis, Shakir Stewart, Static Major, Leonard Pennario, Norman Dello Joio, Alexander Slobodyanik, Henry Z. Steinway, Earle Hagen, Isaac Hayes, Danny Federici and Bo Diddley.
Trivia
The four Grammys Lil Wayne won were the first ever Grammy Award wins in his Career.
George Strait also won his first ever Grammy Award.
After a four-year hiatus, pop-punk band Blink-182 announced their reunion before giving the award for rock album of the year to alternative rock band Coldplay.
LeRoi Moore, saxophonist for Dave Matthews Band, died on August 19, 2008. The video tribute to musicians who had died in the previous year excluded Moore, disappointing and angering fans. Neil Portnow, president of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, responded with a statement noting that Moore was included in a list of deceased musicians in the program for the event, and "unfortunately we are unable to include all of the talented and wonderful people within the allotted timeframe." This created a tremendous outrage from the band's fans and many other music celebrities.
Artists with multiple nominations and awards
References
External links
Official Site
Winners
NARAS
CBS GRAMMY Site
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Video Musik Terbaik (Grammy Award)
- Rekaman Dansa Terbaik (Grammy Award)
- Lagu Rock Terbaik (Grammy Award)
- Album Gospel Southern, Country atau Bluegrass Terbaik (Grammy Award)
- Album Jazz Kontemporer Terbaik (Grammy Award)
- Penghargaan Grammy ke-51
- Rihanna
- Alicia Keys
- Daftar penghargaan dan nominasi yang diterima oleh Taylor Swift
- Daftar penghargaan dan nominasi yang diterima oleh Mariah Carey
- 51st Annual Grammy Awards
- Viva la Vida
- Grammy Award for Best Recording Package
- Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance
- Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
- Grammy Award for Album of the Year
- Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording
- Grammy Award for Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album
- Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronic Album
- Grammy Award for Best Rap Song
