My Thoughts on The 48th Annual Grammy Awards
Record Of The Year
We Belong Together
Mariah Carey
Feel Good Inc.
Gorillaz Featuring De La Soul
Boulevard Of Broken Dreams
Green Day
Hollaback Girl
Gwen Stefani
Gold Digger
Kanye West
Album Of The Year
The Emancipation Of Mimi
Mariah Carey
Chaos And Creation In The Backyard
Paul McCartney
Love. Angel. Music. Baby.
Gwen Stefani
How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
U2
Late Registration
Kanye West
Song Of The Year
Bless The Broken Road
Bobby Boyd, Jeff Hanna & Marcus Hummon, songwriters (Rascal Flatts)
Devils & Dust
Bruce Springsteen, songwriter (Bruce Springsteen)
Ordinary People
W. Adams & J. Stephens, songwriters (John Legend)
Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
U2, songwriters (U2)
We Belong Together
J. Austin, M. Carey, J. Dupri & M. Seal, songwriters
Best New Artist
Ciara
Fall Out Boy
Keane
John Legend
SugarLand
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
It's Like That
Mariah Carey
Since U Been Gone
Kelly Clarkson
Good Is Good
Sheryl Crow
I Will Not Be Broken
Bonnie Raitt
Hollaback Girl
Gwen Stefani
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
Sitting, Waiting, Wishing
Jack Johnson
Fine Line
Paul McCartney
Walk On By
Seal
Lonely No More
Rob Thomas
From The Bottom Of My Heart
Stevie Wonder
Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal
Don't Lie
The Black Eyed Peas
Mr. Brightside
The Killers
More Than Love
Los Lonely Boys
This Love
Maroon 5
My Doorbell
The White Stripes
Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals
Gone Going
The Black Eyed Peas & Jack Johnson
Virginia Moon
Foo Fighters Featuring Norah Jones
Feel Good Inc.
Gorillaz Featuring De La Soul
A Song For You
Herbie Hancock Featuring Christina Aguilera
A Time To Love
Stevie Wonder Featuring India.Arie
Best Pop Instrumental Performance
In Our Time
Burt Bacharach & Chris Botti
T-Jam
George Duke
Gelo Na Montanha
Herbie Hancock Featuring Trey Anastasio
Agave
Daniel Lanois
Caravan
Les Paul
Best Pop Instrumental Album
At This Time
Burt Bacharach
Bloom
Eric Johnson
Naked Guitar
Earl Klugh
Belladonna
Daniel Lanois
Flipside
Jeff Lorber
Best Pop Vocal Album
Extraordinary Machine
Fiona Apple
Breakaway
Kelly Clarkson
Wildflower
Sheryl Crow
Chaos And Creation In The Backyard
Paul McCartney
Love. Angel. Music. Baby.
Gwen Stefani
Best Dance Recording
Galvanize
The Chemical Brothers Featuring Q-Tip
Say Hello
Deep Dish
Wonderful Night
Fatboy Slim & Lateef
Daft Punk Is Playing At My House
LCD Soundsystem
I Believe In You
Kylie Minogue
Guilt Is A Useless Emotion
New Order
Best Electronic/Dance Album
Push The Button
The Chemical Brothers
Human After All
Daft Punk
Palookaville
Fatboy Slim
Minimum-Maximum
Kraftwerk
LCD Soundsystem
LCD Soundsystem
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
The Art Of Romance
Tony Bennett
It's Time
Michael Bublé
Isn't It Romantic
Johnny Mathis
Moonlight Serenade
Carly Simon
Thanks For The Memory... The Great American Songbook Volume IV
Rod Stewart
Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance
Revolution
Eric Clapton
Shine It All Around
Robert Plant
Devils & Dust
Bruce Springsteen
This Is How A Heart Breaks
Rob Thomas
The Painter
Neil Young
Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal
Speed Of Sound
Coldplay
Best Of You
Foo Fighters
Do You Want To
Franz Ferdinand
All These Things That I've Done
The Killers
Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
U2
Best Hard Rock Performance
Doesn't Remind Me
Audioslave
The Hand That Feeds
Nine Inch Nails
Tin Pan Valley
Robert Plant
Little Sister
Queens Of The Stone Age
B.Y.O.B.
System Of A Down
Best Metal Performance
The Great Satan
Ministry
Determined
Mudvayne
Mein Teil
Rammstein
What Drives The Weak
Shadows Fall
Before I Forget
Slipknot
Best Rock Instrumental Performance
Beat Box Guitar
Adrian Belew
Birds Of Prey
Stewart Copeland
69 Freedom Special
Les Paul & Friends
Mercy
Joe Perry
Lotus Feet
Steve Vai
Best Rock Song
Best Of You
Foo Fighters, songwriters (Foo Fighters)
Beverly Hills
Rivers Cuomo, songwriter (Weezer)
City Of Blinding Lights
U2, songwriters (U2)
Devils & Dust
Bruce Springsteen, songwriter (Bruce Springsteen)
Speed Of Sound
Guy Berryman, Jon Buckland, Will Champion & Chris Martin, songwriters (Coldplay)
Best Rock Album
X&Y
Coldplay
In Your Honor
Foo Fighters
A Bigger Bang
The Rolling Stones
How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
U2
Prairie Wind
Neil Young
Best Alternative Music Album
Funeral
The Arcade Fire
Guero
Beck
Plans
Death Cab For Cutie
You Could Have It So Much Better
Franz Ferdinand
Get Behind Me Satan
The White Stripes
Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
1 Thing
Amerie
Wishing On A Star
Beyoncé
We Belong Together
Mariah Carey
Free Yourself
Fantasia
Unbreakable
Alicia Keys
Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
Creepin'
Jamie Foxx
Ordinary People
John Legend
Let Me Love You
Mario
Superstar
Usher
So What The Fuss
Stevie Wonder
Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
So Amazing
Beyoncé & Stevie Wonder
Cater 2 U
Destiny's Child
If This World Were Mine
Alicia Keys Featuring Jermaine Paul
So High
John Legend Featuring Lauryn Hill
How Will I Know
Stevie Wonder Featuring Aisha Morris
Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance
Mine Again
Mariah Carey
Summertime
Fantasia
A House Is Not A Home
Aretha Franklin
If I Was Your Woman
Alicia Keys
Stay With You
John Legend
Best Urban/Alternative Performance
SupaStar
Floetry
Dirty Harry
Gorillaz
Dust
Van Hunt
Welcome To Jamrock
Damian Marley
Ghetto Rock
Mos Def
Best R&B Song
Cater 2 U
Rodney Jerkins, Beyoncé Knowles, Ricky Lewis, Kelly Rowland, Robert Waller & Michelle Williams, songwriters (Destiny's Child)
Free Yourself
Craig Brockman, Missy Elliott & Nisan Stewart, songwriters (Fantasia)
Ordinary People
W. Adams & J. Stephens, songwriters (John Legend)
Unbreakable
Garry Glenn, Alicia Keys, Harold Lily & Kanye West, songwriters (Alicia Keys)
We Belong Together
J. Austin, M. Carey, J. Dupri & M. Seal, songwriters; (D. Bristol, K. Edmonds, S. Johnson, P. Moten, S. Sully & B. Womack, songwriters) (Mariah Carey)
Best R&B Album
Illumination
Earth, Wind And Fire
Free Yourself
Fantasia
Unplugged
Alicia Keys
Get Lifted
John Legend
A Time To Love
Stevie Wonder
Best Contemporary R&B Album
Touch
Amerie
The Emancipation Of Mimi
Mariah Carey
Destiny Fulfilled
Destiny's Child
Turning Point
Mario
O
Omarion
Best Rap Solo Performance
Testify
Common
Mockingbird
Eminem
Disco Inferno
50 Cent
Number One Spot
Ludacris
U Don't Know Me
T.I.
Gold Digger
Kanye West
Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group
Don't Phunk With My Heart
The Black Eyed Peas
The Corner
Common Featuring The Last Poets
Encore
Eminem Featuring Dr. Dre & 50 Cent
Hate It Or Love It
The Game Featuring 50 Cent
Wait (The Whisper Song)
Ying Yang Twins
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
1,2 Step
Ciara Featuring Missy Elliott
They Say
Common Featuring Kanye West & John Legend
Soldier
Destiny's Child Featuring T.I. & Lil Wayne
Numb/Encore
Jay-Z Featuring Linkin Park
Rich Girl
Gwen Stefani Featuring Eve
Best Rap Song
Candy Shop
Curtis Jackson & Scott Storch, songwriters (50 Cent Featuring Olivia)
Diamonds From Sierra Leone
D. Harris & Kanye West, songwriters; (J. Barry & D. Black, songwriters) (Kanye West)
Don't Phunk With My Heart
William Adams, Printz Board, Stacy Ferguson & George Pajon, Jr., songwriters; (Kalyanji Anandji, Full Force & Indeewar, songwriters) (The Black Eyed Peas)
Hate It Or Love It
Curtis Jackson, A. Lyon, Jayceon Taylor & M. Valenzano, songwriters; (Baker, Felder & Harris, songwriters) (The Game Featuring 50 Cent)
Lose Control
M. Elliott, C. Harris & G. Isaacs III, songwriters; (J. Atkins, R. Davis & C. Hudson, songwriters) (Missy Elliott Featuring Ciara & Fat Man Scoop)
Best Rap Album
Be
Common
The Cookbook
Missy Elliott
Encore
Eminem
The Massacre
50 Cent
Late Registration
Kanye West
Best Female Country Vocal Performance
The Connection
Emmylou Harris
Mississippi Girl
Faith Hill
All Jacked Up
Gretchen Wilson
I May Hate Myself In The Morning
Lee Ann Womack
Georgia Rain
Trisha Yearwood
Best Male Country Vocal Performance
Funny How Time Slips Away
George Jones
As Good As I Once Was
Toby Keith
Midnight Communion
Delbert McClinton
Good Ol' Boys
Willie Nelson
Alcohol
Brad Paisley
You'll Think Of Me
Keith Urban
Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal
Comin' To Your City
Big & Rich
Play Something Country
Brooks & Dunn
I Hope
Dixie Chicks
Restless
Alison Krauss And Union Station
Bless The Broken Road
Rascal Flatts
Best Country Collaboration With Vocals
Building Bridges
Brooks & Dunn, Sheryl Crow & Vince Gill
Shelter From The Storm
Rodney Crowell & Emmylou Harris
Like We Never Loved At All
Faith Hill & Tim McGraw
Dreams Come True
Willie Nelson & Norah Jones
Politically Uncorrect
Gretchen Wilson & Merle Haggard
Best Country Instrumental Performance
I'll Fly Away
Charlie Daniels
Who's Your Uncle?
Jerry Douglas, Sam Bush & Béla Feck
Unionhouse Branch
Alison Krauss And Union Station
Scotch & Chocolate
Nickel Creek
Time Warp
Brad Paisley
Best Country Song
Alcohol
Brad Paisley, songwriter (Brad Paisley)
All Jacked Up
Vicky McGehee, John Rich & Gretchen Wilson, songwriters (Gretchen Wilson)
Bless The Broken Road
Bobby Boyd, Jeff Hanna & Marcus Hummon, songwriters (Rascal Flatts)
I Hope
Keb Mo, Martie Maguire, Natalie Maines & Emily Robison, songwriters (Dixie Chicks)
I May Hate Myself In The Morning
O. Blackmon, songwriter (Lee Ann Womack)
Best Spoken Word Album
The Adventures Of Guy Noir
Garrison Keillor
The Al Franken Show Party Album
Al Franken
Chronicles - Volume One (Bob Dylan)
Sean Penn
Dreams From My Father (Senator Barack Obama)
Senator Barack Obama
When Will Jesus Bring The Pork Chops? (George Carlin)
George Carlin
Best Comedy Album
The Agoraphobic Cowboy
Rick Moranis
Family Guy Live In Vegas
Various Artists
Luther Burbank Performing Arts Center Blues
Lewis Black
Never Scared
Chris Rock
The Right To Bare Arms
Larry The Cable Guy
Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
Beyond The Sea
Kevin Spacey
Napoleon Dynamite
(Various Artists)
No Direction Home: The Soundtrack - Bootleg Series, Vol. 7
(Bob Dylan)
Ray
(Ray Charles)
Six Feet Under Volume 2 - Everything Ends
(Various Artists)
Best Score Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
The Aviator
Howard Shore, composer
The Incredibles
Michael Giacchino, composer
Million Dollar Baby
Clint Eastwood, composer
Ray
Craig Armstrong, composer
Star Wars Episode III - Revenge Of The Sith
John Williams, composer
Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
Believe
Glen Ballard & Alan Silvestri, songwriters (Josh Groban)
Track from: The Polar Express
Cold Wind
The Arcade Fire, songwriters (The Arcade Fire)
Track from: Six Feet Under Volume 2 - Everything Ends
Million Voices
Jerry Duplessis, Andrea Guerra & Wyclef Jean, songwriters (Wyclef Jean)
from: Hotel Rwanda
Square One
Tom Petty, songwriter (Tom Petty)
Track from: Elizabethtown
Wonka's Welcome Song
John August & Danny Elfman, songwriters (Danny Elfman)
Track from: Charlie And The Chocolate Factory
Best Short Form Music Video
Lose Control
Missy Elliott Featuring Ciara & Fat Man Scoop
Feel Good Inc.
Gorillaz Featuring De La Soul
Feels Just Like It Should
Jamiroquai
God's Will
Martina McBride
World On Fire
Sarah McLachlan
Best Long Form Music Video
No Direction Home
(Bob Dylan)
Trapped In The Closet (Chapters 1-5 )
R. Kelly
End Of The Century: The Story Of The Ramones
(The Ramones)
Devils & Dust
Bruce Springsteen
Brian Wilson Presents Smile
Brian Wilson
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