51st Annual Grammy Awards Nominees

Here's the complete list of nominations:

Record of the Year

• "Chasing Pavements," Adele
• "Viva la Vida," Coldplay
• "Bleeding Love," Leona Lewis
  
• "Paper Planes," M.I.A.
• "Please Read the Letter," Robert Plant and Alison Krauss

Album of the Year

• Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends, Coldplay
• Tha Carter III, Lil Wayne
• Year of the Gentleman, Ne-Yo
• Raising Sand, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss
• In Rainbows, Radiohead

Song of the Year

• "American Boy," Estelle featuring Kanye West
• "Chasing Pavements," Adele
• "I'm Yours," Jason Mraz
• "Love Song," Sarah Bareilles
• "Viva la Vida," Coldplay

Best New Artist

• Adele
• Duffy
• Jonas Brothers
• Lady Antebellum
• Jazmine Sullivan

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

• Adele, "Chasing Pavements"
• Sara Bareilles, "Love Song"
• Duffy, "Mercy"
• Leona Lewis, "Bleeding Love"
• Katy Perry, "I Kissed a Girl"
• Pink, "So What"

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance

• Kid Rock, "All Summer Long,"
• John Mayer, "Say"
• Paul McCartney, "That Was Me"
• Jason Mraz, "I'm Yours"
• Ne-Yo, "Closer"
• James Taylor, "Wichita Lineman"

Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals

• Coldplay, "Viva la Vida"
• Eagles, "Waiting in the Weeds"
• Gnarls Barkley, "Going On"
• Maroon 5, "Won't Go Home Without You"
• One Republic, "Apologize"

Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals

• Alicia Keys and John Mayer, "Lesson Learned"
• Madonna, Justin Timberlake & Timbaland, "Four Minutes"
• Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, "Rich Woman"
• Rihanna & Maroon 5, "If I Never See Your Face Again"
• Jordin Sparks and Chris Brown, "No Air"

Best Pop Instrumental Performance

• Steve Cropper and Felix Cavaliere, "Love Appetite"
• Eagles, "I Dreamed There Was No War"
• Fourplay, "Fortune Teller"
• Stanley Jordan, "Steppin' Out"
• Marcus Miller, "Blast!"

Best Pop Instrumental Album

• Sax for Stax, Gerald Albright
• Greatest Hits Rerecorded Volume One, Larry Carlton
• Jingle All the Way, Béla Fleck and the Flecktones
• The Spice of Life, Earl Klugh
• A Night Before Christmas, Spyro Gyra

Best Pop Vocal Album

• Detours, Sheryl Crow
• Rockferry, Duffy
• Long Road Out of Eden, Eagles
• Spirit, Leona Lewis
• Covers, James Taylor

Best Dance Recording

• "Harder Better Faster Stronger," Daft Punk
• "Ready for the Flow," Hot Chip
• "Just Dance," Lady Gaga and Colby O'Donis
• "Give It 2 Me," Madonna
• "Disturbia," Rihanna
• "Black and Gold," Sam Sparro

Best Electronic/Dance Album

• New York City, Brazilian Girls
• Alive 2007, Daft Punk
• Bring Ya to the Brink, Cyndi Lauper
• X, Kylie Minogue
• Last Night, Moby
• Robyn, Robyn

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

Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance

• John Mayer, "Gravity"
• Paul McCartney, "I Saw Her Standing There"
• Bruce Springsteen, "Girls in Their Summer Clothes"
• Eddie Vedder, "Rise"
• Neil Young, "No Hidden Path"

Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals

• AC/DC, "Rock N Roll Train"
• Coldplay, "Violet Hill"
• Eagles, "Long Road Out of Eden"
• Kings of Leon, "Sex on Fire"
• Radiohead, "House of Cards"

Best Hard Rock Performance

• Disturbed, "Inside the Fire"
• Judas Priest, "Visions"
• The Mars Volta, "Wax Simulacra"
• Mötley Crüe, "Saints of Los Angeles"
• Rob Zombie, "Lords of Salem"

Best Metal Performance

• DragonForce, "Heroes of Our Time"
• Judas Priest, "Nostradamus"
• Metallica, "My Apocalypse"
• Ministry, " Under My Thumb"
• Slipknot, "Psychosocial"

Best Rock Instrumental Performance

• David Gilmour, "Castellorizon"
• Metallica, "Suicide & Redemption"
• Nine Inch Nails, "34 Ghosts I-IV"
• Rush, "Hope (Live for the Art of Peace)"
• Zappa Plays Zappa, "Peaches en Regalia"

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

Best Alternative Music Album

• Modern Guilt, Beck
• Narrow Stairs, Death Cab for Cutie
• The Odd Couple, Gnarls Barkley
• Evil Urges, My Morning Jacket
• In Rainbows, Radiohead

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance

• Beyoncé, "Me, Myself And I"
• Keyshia Cole, "Heaven Sent"
• Jennifer Hudson, "Spotlight"
• Alicia Keys, "Superwoman"
• Jazmine Sullivan, "Need U Bad"

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance

• Eric Benét, "You're the Only One"
• Chris Brown, "Take You Down"
• Ne-Yo, "Miss Independent"
• Trey Songz, "Can't Help But Wait"
• Usher, "Here I Stand"

Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals

• Boyz II Men, "Ribbon in the Sky"
• Anthony David Featuring India.Arie, "Wordsl"
• Al Green Featuring John Legend, "Stay With Me (by the Sea)"
• Jennifer Hudson Featuring Fantasia, "I'm His Only Woman"
• Raphael Saadiq Featuring Stevie Wonder and C.J. Hilton, "Never Give You Up"

Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance

• Wayne Brady, "A Change Is Gonna Come"
• Al Green Featuring Anthony Hamilton, "You've Got the Love I Need"
• (Linda Jones) With Helen Bruner and Terry Jones, "Baby I Know"
• Raphael Saadiq, "Love That Girl"
• Jazmine Sullivan, "In Love With Another Man"

Best Urban/Alternative Performance

• Kenna, "Say Goodbye to Love"
• Maiysha, "Wanna Be"
• Chrisette Michele Featuring will.i.am, "Be OK"
• Janelle Monae, "Many Moons"
• Wayna Featuring Kokayi, "Lovin You (Music)"

Best R&B Song

• "Bust Your Windows," Jazmine Sullivan
• "Customer," Raheem DeVaughn
• "Heaven Sent," Keyshia Cole
• "Miss Independent," Ne-Yo
• "Spotlight," Jennifer Hudson

Best R&B Album

• Love & Life, Eric Benet
• Motown: A Journey Through Hitsville USA, Boyz II Men
• Lay It Down, Al Green
• Jennifer Hudson, Jennifer Hudson
• 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

Best Rap Solo Performance

• Jay-Z, "Roc Boys (and the Winner Is)..."
• Lil Wayne, "A Milli"
• Lupe Fiasco, "Paris, Tokyo"
• Nas, "N.i.-.-.e.r. (the Slave and the Master)"
• Snoop Dogg, "Sexual Eruption"

Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group

• Big Boi Featuring Raekwon and Andre 3000, "Royal Flush"
• Jay-Z & T.I. Featuring Kanye West & Lil Wayne, "Swagga Like Us"
• Lil Wayne Featuring Jay-Z, "Mr. Carter"
• Ludacris Featuring T.I., "Wish You Would"
• Young Jeezy Featuring Kanye West, "Put On"

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration

• Estelle Featuring Kanye West, "American Boy"
• Flo Rida Featuring T-Pain, "Low"
• John Legend & Andre 3000, "Green Light"
• Lil Wayne Featuring T-Pain, "Got Money"
• Lupe Fiasco Featuring Matthew Santos, "Superstar"

Best Rap Song

• "Lollipop," Lil Wayne Featuring Static Major
• "Low," Flo Rida Featuring T-Pain
• "Sexual Eruption," Snoop Dogg
• "Superstar," Lupe Fiasco Featuring Matthew Santos
• "Swagga Like Us," Jay-Z & T.I. Featuring Kanye West and Lil Wayne

Best Rap Album

• American Gangster, Jay-Z
• Tha Carter III, Lil Wayne
• The Cool, Lupe Fiasco
• Nas, Nas
• Paper Trail, T.I.

Best Female Country Vocal Performance

• Martina McBride, "For These Times"
• LeAnn Rimes, "What I Cannot Change"
• Carrie Underwood, "Last Name"
• Lee Ann Womack, "Last Call"
• Trisha Yearwood, "This Is Me You're Talking To"

Best Male Country Vocal Performance

• Trace Adkins, "You're Gonna Miss This"
• Jamey Johnson, "In Color"
• James Otto, "Just Got Started Lovin' You"
• Brad Paisley, "Letter to Me "
• George Strait, "Troubadour"

Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals

• Brooks & Dunn, "God Must Be Busy"
• Lady Antebellum, "Love Don't Live Here"
• Rascal Flatts, "Every Day"
• The SteelDrivers, "Blue Side of the Mountain"
• Sugarland, "Stay"

Best Country Collaboration With Vocals

• Kenny Chesney and George Strait, "Shiftwork"
• Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, "Killing the Blues"
• George Strait and Patty Loveless, "House of Cash"
• Sugarland, Jake Owen and Little Big Town, "Life in a Northern Town"
• Trisha Yearwood and Keith Urban, "Let the Wind Chase You"

Best Country Instrumental Performance

• Cherryholmes, "Sumatra "
• Jerry Douglas and Lloyd Green, "Two Small Cars In Rome"
• Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, "Sleigh Ride "
• Charlie Haden, Pat Metheny, Jerry Douglas and Bruce Hornsby, "Is This America? (Katrina 2005)"
• Brad Paisley, James Burton, Vince Gill, John Jorgenson, Albert Lee, Brent Mason, Redd Volkaert and Steve Wariner, "Cluster Pluck"

Best Country Song

• "Dig Two Graves," Randy Travis
• "I Saw God Today," George Strait
• "In Color," Jamey Johnson
• "Stay," Sugarland
• "You're Gonna Miss This," Trace Adkins

Best Country Album

• That Lonesome Song, Jamey Johnson
• Sleepless Nights, Patty Loveless
• Troubadour, George Strait
• Around The Bend, Randy Travis
• Heaven, Heartache and the Power of Love, Trisha Yearwood

Best Bluegrass Album

• Cherryholmes III: Don't Believe, Cherryholmes
• Del McCoury Band—Live at the 2008 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, Del McCoury Band
• The Ultimate Collection/Live at the Ryman, Earl Scruggs With Family and Friends
• Honoring the Fathers Of Bluegrass: Tribute to 1946 and 1947, Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder
• Wheels, Dan Tyminski

Best New Age Album

• Meditations, William Ackerman
• Pathfinder, Will Clipman
• Peace Time, Jack DeJohnette
• Ambrosia, Peter Kater
• The Scent of Light, Ottmar Liebert and Luna Negra

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

• Imagina: Songs of Brasil, Karrin Allyson
• Breakfast on the Morning Tram, Stacey Kent
• If Less Is More...Nothing Is Everything, Kate McGarry
• Loverly, Cassandra Wilson
• Distances, Norma Winstone (Glauco Venier & Klaus Gesing)

Best Jazz Instrumental Solo

• "Be-Bop," Terence Blanchard
• "Seven Steps to Heaven," Till Brönner
• "Waltz for Debby," Gary Burton and Chick Corea
• "Son of Thirteen," Pat Metheny
• "Be-Bop," James Moody

Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group

• The New Crystal Silence, Chick Corea and Gary Burton
• History, Mystery, Bill Frisell
• Brad Mehldau Trio: Live, Brad Mehldau Trio
• Day Trip, Pat Metheny With Christian McBride and Antonio Sanchez
• Standards, Alan Pasqua, Dave Carpenter and Peter Erskine Trio

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

• Appearing Nightly, Carla Bley and Her Remarkable Big Band
• Act Your Age, Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band
• Symphonica, Joe Lovano With WDR Big Band and Rundfunk Orchestra
• Blauklang, Vince Mendoza
• Monday Night Live at the Village Vanguard, the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra

Best Latin Jazz Album

• Afro Bop Alliance, Caribbean Jazz Project
• The Latin Side of Wayne Shorter, Conrad Herwig and the Latin Side Band
• Song for Chico, Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra
• Nouveau Latino, Nestor Torres
• Marooned/Aislado, Papo Vázquez and the Mighty Pirates

Best Gospel Performance

• Kim Burrell, Rance Allen, Bebe Winans, Mariah Carey and Hezekiah Walker's Love Fellowship Tabernacle Church Choir, "I Understand"
• Casting Crowns, "East to West"
• Mary Mary, "Get Up"
• Take 6, "Shall We Gather at the River"
• CeCe Winans, "Waging War"

Best Gospel Song

• "Cover Me," 21:03 With Fred Hammond, Smokie Norful and J. Moss
• "Get Up," Mary Mary
• "Give Me Your Eyes," Brandon Heath
• "Help Me Believe," Kirk Franklin
• "You Reign," MercyMe

Best Rock or Rap Gospel Album

• Hello, After Edmund
• Our World Redeemed, Flame
• We Need Each Other, Sanctus Real
• Rock What You Got, Superchick
• Alive and Transported, TobyMac

Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album

• This Moment, Steven Curtis Chapman
• What If We, What If We
• Opposite Way, Leeland
• Hello Love, Hello Love
• Thy Kingdom Come, CeCe Winans

Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album

• Room for More, Booth Brothers
• Lovin' Life, Gaither Vocal Band
• Steps to Heaven, Charlie Louvin
• Hymned Again, Bart Millard
• Ephesians One, Karen Peck J MossNew River

Best Traditional Gospel Album

• Down In New Orleans, the Blind Boys of Alabama
• I'll Say Yes, the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir
• Take It Back, Dorinda Clark-Cole
• Deitrick Haddon Presents...Together In Worship, Voices of Unity
• Bishop Charles E. Blake Presents...No Limit, the West Angeles COGIC Mass Choir

Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album

• Reflections, Jason Champion
• The Fight of My Life, Kirk Franklin
• The Sound, Mary Mary
• Donald Lawrence Introduces: Family Prayer, the Murrills
• Stand Out, Tye Tribbett & G.A.

Best Latin Pop Album

• Cara B, Jorge Drexler
• Palabras Del Silencio, Luis Fonsi
• La Vida...Es un Ratico, Juanes
• Cómplices, Luis Miguel
• Tarde o Temprano, Tommy Torres

Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album

• Sonidos Gold, Grupo Fantasma
• 45, Jaguares
• La Verdad, Locos por Juana
• Tijuana Sound Machine, Nortec Collective Presents: Bostich & Fussible
• Mediocre, Ximena Sariñana

Best Latin Urban Album

• La Novela, Akwid
• La Sinfonia, La Sinfonia
• The Royalty: La Realeza, R.K.M. and Ken-Y
• En lo Claro, Voltio
• Los Extraterrestres, Wisin y Yandel

Best Tropical Latin Album

• Cuba: Un Viaje Musical—A Musical Journey, Albita, Rey Ruíz and Donato Poveda
• Renacer, DLG
• Señor Bachata, José Feliciano
• Frutero Moderno, Gonzalo Grau and la Clave Secreta
• Back on the Streets... Taste Of Spanish Harlem Vol. 2, New Swing Sextet

Best Regional Mexican Album

• Amor, Dolor y Lágrimas: Música Ranchera, Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano
• Desde México: "Cumbia Cusinela," Huichol Musical
• Vámonos Pa'l Río, Los Pikadientes de Caborca
• Canciones de Amor, Mariachi Divas
• A Puro Dolor, Nadia

Best Tejano Album

• Music Lessons, Chente Barrera and Taconazo
• Friends and Legends, Joe Posada
• Viva la Revolucion, Rubén Ramos and the Mexican Revolution
• All That Jazz..., Tortilla Factory
• Heir to the Throne, Albert Zamora

Best Norteño Album

• Me Enamore de un Angel, Los Palominos
• Raíces, Los Tigres del Norte
• Corridos: Defendiendo el Honor, Pesado
• Six Pack, Siggno
• Cuidado, Solido

Best Banda Album

• Tu Inspiracion, Alacranes Musical
• Que Bonito... ¡Es Lo Bonito!, Banda El Recodo de Cruz Lizárraga
• Vive y Dejame Vivir, Cuisillos
• Tiro de Gracia, Lupillo Rivera
• No Es de Madera, Joan Sebástian

Best Traditional Blues Album

• The Blues Rolls On, Elvin Bishop
• Skin Deep, Buddy Guy
• All Odds Against Me, John Lee Hooker Jr.
• One Kind Favor, B.B. King
• Pinetop Perkins and Friends, Pinetop Perkins and Friends

Best Contemporary Blues Album

• Peace, Love & BBQ, Marcia Ball
• Like A Fire, Solomon Burke
• City That Care Forgot, Dr. John And The Lower 911
• Maestro, Taj Mahal
• Simply Grand, Irma Thomas

Best Traditional Folk Album

• Coal, Kathy Mattea
• Comedians & Angels, Tom Paxton
• Bring Me Home, Peggy Seeger
• At 89, Pete Seeger
• Strangers In Another Country, Rosalie Sorrels

Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album

• Day After Tomorrow, Joan Baez
• I, Flathead, Ry Cooder
• Sex & Gasoline, Rodney Crowell
• All I Intended To Be, Emmylou Harris
• Raising Sand, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss

Best Native American Music Album

• Songs From the Black Hills, Bryan Akipa
• Spo'Mo'Kin'Nan, Black Lodge
• Red Rock, Northern Cree
• Come to Me Great Mystery—Native American Healing Songs, Various Artists
• Faith, Kevin Yazzie

Best Hawaiian Music Album

• 'Ikena, Tia Carrere & Daniel Ho
• 'Aumakua, Amy Hanaiali'i
• Force of Nature, Led Kaapana and Mike Kaawa
• Hawaiian Slack Key Kings Masters Series Vol. II, Various Artists
• The Spirit of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar, Various Artists

Best Zydeco or Cajun Music Album

• Live at the 2008 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, BeauSoleil & Michael Doucet
• From Now On, Michael Doucet
• Homage au Passé, Pine Leaf Boys
• Live at the 2008 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys
• Cedric Watson, Cedric Watson

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 & Robbie

Best Traditional World Music Album

• Calcutta Chronicles: Indian Slide Guitar Odyssey, Debashish Bhattacharya
• The Mandé Variations, Toumani Diabaté
• Ilembe: Honoring Shaka Zulu, Ladysmith Black Mambazo
• Dancing In The Light, Lakshmi Shankar

Best Contemporary World Music Album

• Shake Away, Lila Downs
• Banda Larga Cordel, Gilberto Gil
• Global Drum Project, Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Sikiru Adepoju & Giovanni Hidalgo
• Rokku mi Rokka (Give and Take), Youssou N'Dour
• Live at the Nelson Mandela Theater, Soweto Gospel Choir

Best Polka Album

• El Maestro del Acordeón y Sus Polkas, Paulino Bernal
• Speechless, LynnMarie and Charlie Kelley as the Boxhounds
• Back to Back Hall of Fame Polkas, Walter Ostanek and His Band, Jerry Darlak and the Touch and Bob Kravos and His Band
• Hungry for More, Polka Family Band
• Let the Whole World Sing, Jimmy Sturr And His Orchestra

Best Musical Album for Children

• Beethoven's Wig 4: Dance Along Symphonies, Beethoven's Wig
• Big Round World, Trout Fishing In America
• Here Come the 123s, They Might Be Giants
• Here Comes Brady Rymer and the Little Band That Could, Brady Rymer and the Little Band That Could
• The Shoe Bird, Gerard Schwarz Conducting the Seattle Symphony

Best Spoken Word Album for Children

• Around the Campfire, Buck Howdy With BB
• The Big One-Oh, Dean Pitchford
• Brown Bear and Friends, Gwyneth Paltrow
• The Cricket in Times Square, Tony Shalhoub
• Yes to Running! Bill Harley Live, Bill Harley

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

• An Inconvenient Truth (Al Gore), Beau Bridges, Cynthia Nixon and Blair Underwood
• Born Standing Up, Steve Martin
• I Am America (and So Can You!), Stephen Colbert (and Various Artists)
• Life Beyond Measure, Sidney Poitier
• When You Are Engulfed In Flames, David Sedaris

Best Comedy Album

• Anticipation, Lewis Black
• Flight of the Conchords, Flight of the Conchords
• For Your Consideration, Kathy Griffin
• It's Bad for Ya, George Carlin
• Songs of the Bushmen, Harry Shearer

Best Musical Show Album

• Gypsy
• In the Heights
• The Little Mermaid
• South Pacific
• Young Frankenstein: The Musical

Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media

• American Gangster
• August Rush
• Juno
• Mamma Mia!
• Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Best Score Soundtrack Album tor Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media

• The Dark Knight, James Newton Howard and 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

Best Instrumental Composition

• "The Adventures of Mutt" (from Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull), John Williams
• "Alegria," Chick Corea and Gary Burton
• "Claire's Closet," Yellowjackets Featuring Mike Stern
• "Danzón de Etiqueta," Lee Ritenour and Dave Grusin
• "Hit the Ground Running," Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band

Best Instrumental Arrangement

• Harry Connick Jr., "Ash Wednesday"
• Maynard Ferguson, "Besame Mucho"
• Frank Macchia and the Prague Orchestra, "Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair"
• Joe Zawinul, "In a Silent Way"
• Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band, "Yo Tannenbaum"

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)

• "Alfie," Traincha and the Metropole Orchestra
• "Grace," Take 6
• "Here's That Rainy Day," Natalie Cole
• "Johnny One Note," John Pizzarelli
• "Lazy Afternoon," Danilo Perez

Best Recording Package

• Death Magnetic, Metallica
• Hawk Nelson...Is My Friend!, Hawk Nelson
• Nouns, No Age
• Radio Retaliation, Thievery Corporation
• Summer Rains, the Ditty Bops

Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package

• Ghosts I-IV, Nine Inch Nails
• In Rainbows, Radiohead
• Poems and Songs, Wu Sheng
• Pretty. Odd., Panic at the Disco
• @#%&*! Smilers, Aimee Mann

Best Album Notes

• Art of Field Recording Volume I: Fifty Years of Traditional American Music Documented by Art Rosenbaum, Various Artists
• Debate '08: Taft and Bryan Campaign on the Edison Phonograph, William Jennings Bryan and William Howard Taft
• Kind of Blue: 50th Anniversary Collector's Edition, Miles Davis
• Rare and Unreleased Recordings From the Golden Reign of the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin
• The Unsung Father of Country Music: 1925-1934, Ernest V. Stoneman

Best Historical Album

• Art of Field Recording Volume I: Fifty Years of Traditional American Music Documented by Art Rosenbaum, Various Artists
• Classic Columbia, Okeh and Vocalion: Lester Young With Count Basie (1936-1940), Lester Young With Count Basie
• Debate '08: Taft and Bryan Campaign on the Edison Phonograph, William Jennings Bryan and William Howard Taft
• Polk Miller and His Old South Quartette, Polk Miller and His Old South Quartette
• To Be Free: The Nina Simone Story, Nina Simone

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

• Consolers of the Lonely, the Raconteurs
• Just a Little Lovin', Shelby Lynne
• Lay It Down, Al Green
• Still Unforgettable, Natalie Cole
• We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things., Jason Mraz

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical

• Danger Mouse: Attack and Release (the Black Keys), Modern Guilt (Beck), The Odd Couple (Gnarls Barkley)
• Nigel Godrich, In Rainbows
• Johnny Karkazis: Big Bad World (Plain White T's), The Illusion of Progress (Staind), Light From Above (Black Tide), 3 Doors Down (3 Doors Down)
• 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)
• Will.i.am: "American Boy" (Estelle Featuring Kanye West), Encanto (Sergio Mendes), "Funky Bahia" (Sergio Mendes Featuring Will.i.am & Siedah Garrett), "In the Ayer" (Flo Rida Featuring Will.i.am), "Pick It Up" (Fergie), "Picture Perfect" (Chris Brown Featuring Will.i.am), "What's Your Name" (Usher Featuring Will.i.am)

Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical

• "Closer" (StoneBridge Radio Edit), Ne-Yo
• "Electric Feel" (Justice Remix), MGMT
• "4 Minutes" (Junkie XL Remix), Madonna Featuring Justin Timberlake
• "Just Fine" (Moto Blanco Remix), Mary J. Blige
• "The Longest Road" (Deadmau5 Remix), Morgan Page Featuring Lissie

Best Surround Sound Album

• Divertimenti, Øyvind Gimse and TrondheimSolistene
• Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Night on Bald Mountain; Prelude to Khovanshchina, Paavo Järvi and Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
• Rheinberger: Sacred Choral Works, Charles Bruffy, Phoenix Bach Choir and Kansas City Chorale
• Ringo 5.1 The Surround Sound Collection, Ringo Starr
• Sensurround + B-Sides, Cornelius

Best Engineered Album, Classical

• Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, Gustavo Dudamel & Los Angeles Philharmonic
• Divertimenti, Øyvind Gimse and TrondheimSolistene
• Puccini: La Bohème: Robert Spano and Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
• Respighi: Church Windows, Brazilian Impressions, Rossiniana, JoAnn Falletta and Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
• Traditions and Transformations: Sounds of Silk Road Chicago, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Alan Gilbert, Silk Road Ensemble, Wu Man, Yo-Yo Ma and Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Producer of the Year, Classical

• David Frost
• David Groves
• Judith Sherman
• Robert Woods
• Robina G. Young

Best Classical Album

• Maria, Adam Fischer; Orchestra La Scintilla
• O'Regan, Tarik: Threshold Of Night, Company Of Strings; Company of Voices and Conspirare
• Schoenberg/Sibelius: Violin Concertos, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
• Spotless Rose: Hymns to the Virgin Mary, Phoenix Chorale
• Weill: Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny, Donnie Ray Albert, John Easterlin, Steven Humes, Mel Ulrich and Robert Wörle; Los Angeles Opera Chorus; Los Angeles Opera Orchestra

Best Orchestral Performance

• Iceland Symphony Orchestra, D'Indy: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1
• Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Glazunov: Symphony No. 6, La Mer, Introduction and Dance From Salome
• Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Prokofiev: Scythian Suite, Op. 20
• Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4
• Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra, Walden, Chris: Symphony No. 1, The Four Elements

Best Opera Recording

• Dun, Tan: The First Emperor, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
• Lully: Psyché, Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra; Boston Early Music Festival Chorus
• Monteverdi: L'Orfeo, Concerto Italiano
• Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin, the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; the Metropolitan Opera Chorus
• Weill: Rise And Fall Of The City Of Mahagonny; Donnie Ray Albert, John Easterlin, Steven Humes, Mel Ulrich and Robert Wörle; Los Angeles Opera Orchestra; Los Angeles Opera Chorus

Best Choral Performance

• Company of Strings; Company Of Voices & Conspirare, O'Regan, Tarik: Threshold of Night
• Kansas City Chorale and Phoenix Bach Choir, Rheinberger: Sacred Choral Works
• Berliner Philharmoniker; Rundfunkchor Berlin, Symphony of Psalms
• Jaroslaw Brek, Iwona Hossa and Ewa Marciniec; Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra; Warsaw Philharmonic Choir, Szymanowski, Karol: Stabat Mater
• Steve Davislim, Mihoko Fujimura, Matthew Rose and Indra Thomas; London Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Chorus, Tippett: A Child of Our Time

Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra)

• National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, Bloch/Lees: Violin Concertos
• Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Harrison: Pipa Concerto
• Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Mozart: Piano Concertos 17 and 20
• L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos 2 and 5
• Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Schoenberg/Sibelius: Violin Concertos

Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra)

• Marc-André Hamelin, In a State of Jazz
• Gloria Cheng, Piano Music of Salonen, Stucky and Lutoslawski
• Wei Li, Red Cliff Capriccio
• Cameron Carpenter, Revolutionary
• Joan Jeanrenaud, Strange Toys

Best Chamber Music Performance

• Stephen Hough; Takács Quartet, Brahms: String Quartet Op. 51, No. 2, Piano Quintet Op. 34
• Pacifica Quartet, Carter, Elliott: String Quartets Nos. 1 and 5
• Trio Mediaeval, Folk Songs
• ARC Ensemble, Right Through the Bone—Julius Röntgen Chamber Music
• Jennifer Koh and Reiko Uchida, String Poetic

Best Small Ensemble Performance

• TrondheimSolistene, Divertimenti
• Moscow Soloists, Dun: Pipa Concerto; Hayashi: Viola Concerto; Takemitsu: Nostalgia
• Schoenberg Ensemble, Im Wunderschoenen Monat Mai
• Meredith Monk and Vocal Ensemble, Monk: Impermanence
• Phoenix Chorale, Spotless Rose: Hymns to the Virgin Mary

Best Classical Vocal Performance

• JoAnn Falletta; Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Corigliano: Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan
• Gil Rose; Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Fussell, Charles: Wilde
• Eduard Topchjan; Serouj Kradjian; Chamber Players of the Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra, Gomidas Songs
• Adam Fischer; Orchestra la Scintilla, Maria
• Christian Gerhaher and Daniel Hope; Bengt Forsberg and Gerold Huber, Terezín: Theresienstadt

Best Classical Contemporary Composition

• Peter Eötvös, "Dalbavie: Concerto Pour Flûte"
• Robert Spano, "Gandolfi: The Garden of Cosmic Speculation"
• JoAnn Falletta, "Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan"
• Douglas Boyd, "Violin Concerto No. 2"
• Chris Walden, "Walden, Chris: Symphony No. 1, the Four Elements"

Best Classical Crossover Album

• Baroque, Gabriela Montero
• Indigo Road, Ronn McFarlane
• Old School, East Village Opera Company
• The Othello Syndrome, Uri Caine Ensemble
• Simple Gifts, the King's Singers

Best Short Form Music Video

• Erykah Badu, "Honey"
• Gnarls Barkley, "Who's Gonna Save My Soul"
• Alicia Keys and Jack White, "Another Way to Die"
• Radiohead, "House of Cards"
• Weezer, "Pork and Beans"

Best Long Form Music Video

• John Mayer, "Where the Light Is—Live in Los Angeles"
• Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers , "Runnin' Down a Dream"
• Rihanna, "Good Girl Gone Bad Live"
• Various Artists, "Respect Yourself—the Stax Records Story"
• The Who, "Amazing Journey: The Story of the Who"