The 51st Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Final Nominations List

Record Of The Year

Award to the Artist and to the Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s) and/or Mixer(s), if other than the artist.

• Chasing Pavements — Adele
• Viva La Vida — Coldplay
• Bleeding Love — Leona Lewis
• Paper Planes — M.I.A
• Please Read The Letter - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss

Album Of The Year

Award to the Artist(s) and to the Album Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s)/Mixer(s) & Mastering Engineer(s), if other than the artist.

• 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 & Alison Krauss
• In Rainbows — Radiohead

Song Of The Year

A Songwriter(s) Award. A song is eligible if it was first released or if it first achieved prominence during the Eligibility Year. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.

• 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)
• Viva La Vida — Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion & Chris Martin, songwriters (Coldplay)

Best New Artist

For a new artist who releases, during the Eligibility Year, the first recording which establishes the public identity of that artist.

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

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.

• 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

For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.

• All Summer Long — Kid Rock
• Say — John Mayer
• 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

For established duos or groups, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.

• Viva La Vida — Coldplay
• Waiting In The Weeds — Eagles
• Going On — Gnarls Barkley
• Won't Go Home Without You — Maroon 5
• Apologize — OneRepublic

Best Dance Recording

For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances. Vocal or Instrumental. Singles or tracks only.

• Harder Better Faster Stronger — 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

For vocal or instrumental albums. Albums only.

• 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 Solo Rock Vocal Performance

For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.

• 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 Vocals

For duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.

• Rock N Roll Train — AC/DC
• Violet Hill — Coldplay
• Long Road Out Of Eden — Eagles
• Sex On Fire – Kings Of Leon
• House Of Cards — Radiohead

Best Hard Rock Performance

For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.

• Inside The Fire — Disturbed
• Visions — Judas Priest
• Wax Simulacra — The Mars Volta
• Saints Of Los Angeles — Mötley Crüe
• Lords Of Salem — Rob Zombie

Best Metal Performance

For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.

• Heroes Of Our Time — DragonForce
• Nostradamus — Judas Priest
• My Apocalypse — Metallica
• Under My Thumb — Ministry
• Psychosocial — Slipknot

Best Rock Song

A Songwriter(s) Award. Includes Rock, Hard Rock & Metal songs. For Song Eligibility Guidelines see Category #3. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.

• Girls In Their Summer Clothes — Bruce Springsteen, songwriter (Bruce Springsteen)
• House Of Cards — Colin Greenwood, Jonny Greenwood, Ed O'Brien, Philip Selway & Thom Yorke, songwriters (Radiohead)
• I Will Possess Your Heart — Benjamin Gibbard, Nicholas Harmer, Jason McGerr & Christopher Walla, songwriters (Death Cab For Cutie)
• Sex On Fire — Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill & Nathan Followill, songwriters (Kings Of Leon)
• Violet Hill — Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion & Chris Martin, songwriters (Coldplay)

Best Rock Album

Vocal or Instrumental. Includes Hard Rock and Metal.

• 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

Vocal or Instrumental.

• 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

For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.

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

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance

For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.

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

Best R&B Song

A Songwriter(s) Award. For Song Eligibility Guidelines see Category #3. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.

• Bust Your Windows - Salaam Remi & Jazmine Sullivan, songwriters (Deandre Way, songwriter) (Jazmine Sullivan)
• Customer - I. Barias, Raheem DeVaughn, C. Haggins, K. Oliver & J. Smith, songwriters (Raheem DeVaughn)
• Heaven Sent - Keyshia Cole, Jason Farmer & Alex Francis, songwriters (Keyshia Cole)
• Miss Independent - M.S. Eriksen, T.E. Hermansen & S. Smith, songwriters (Ne-Yo)
• Spotlight - Mikkel S. Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen & Shaffer Smith, songwriters (Jennifer Hudson)

Best Contemporary R&B Album

For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.

• 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

For a solo Rap performance. Singles or Tracks only.

• Roc Boys (And The Winner Is)... - Jay-Z
• A Milli - Lil Wayne
• 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

For duo, group or collaborative performances of Rap only. Singles or Tracks only.

• Royal Flush - Big Boi Featuring Raekwon And Andre 3000
• Swagga Like Us - Jay-Z & T.I. Featuring Kanye West & Lil Wayne
• 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

For a Rap/Sung collaborative performance by artists who do not normally perform together. Singles or Tracks only.

• 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 Album

For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.

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

Best Female Country Vocal Performance

For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.

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

Best Male Country Vocal Performance

For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.

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

Best Country Song

A Songwriter(s) Award. For Song Eligibility Guidelines see Category #3. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.

• Dig Two Graves - Ashley Gorley & Bob Regan, songwriters (Randy Travis)
• I Saw God Today - Rodney Clawson, Monty Criswell & Wade Kirby, songwriters (George Strait)
• In Color - Jamey Johnson, Lee Thomas Miller & James Otto, songwriters (Jamey Johnson)
• Stay - Jennifer Nettles, songwriter (Sugarland)
• You're Gonna Miss This - Ashley Gorley & Lee Thomas Miller, songwriters (Trace Adkins)

Best Country Album

Vocal or Instrumental.

• 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 Contemporary Jazz Album

For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.

• Randy In Brasil - Randy Brecker
• Floating Point - John McLaughlin
• Cannon Re-Loaded: All-Star Celebration Of Cannonball Adderley - (Various Artists) Gregg Field & Tom Scott, producers
• Miles From India - (Various Artists) Bob Belden, producer
• Lifecycle - Yellowjackets Featuring Mike Stern

Best Jazz Vocal Album

For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.

• 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 Latin Rock Or Alternative Album

Vocal or Instrumental.

• 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

Vocal or Instrumental.

• La Novela - Akwid
• La Sinfonia - La Sinfonia
• The Royalty: La Realeza - Rkm & Ken-y
• En Lo Claro - Voltio
• Los Extraterrestres - Wisin y Yandel

Best Contemporary Blues Album

Vocal or Instrumental.

• 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

Vocal or Instrumental.

• 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

Vocal or Instrumental.

• 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 Reggae Album

Vocal or Instrumental.

• 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

Vocal or Instrumental.

• 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

Vocal or Instrumental.

• 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) - c
• Live At The Nelson Mandela Theater - Soweto Gospel Choir

Best Short Form Music Video

For an individual track or single promotional clip. Award to the Artist and to the Video Director/Producer.

• Honey - Erykah Badu - Erykah Badu & Mr. Roboto, video directors; Megan Gutman, video producer
• Who's Gonna Save My Soul - Gnarls Barkley - Christopher Milk, video director; Anne Johnson, video producer
• Another Way To Die - Alicia Keys & Jack White - PR Brown & MK12, video directors; Mick Ebeling, Sheira Rees-Davies & Jane Tredget, video producers
• House Of Cards - Radiohead - James Frost, video director; Dawn Fanning, video producer
• Pork And Beans - Weezer- Mathew Cullen, video director; Bernard Rahill, video producer

Best Long Form Music Video

For video album packages consisting of more than one song or track. Award to the Artist and to the Video Director/Producer of at least 51% of the total playing time.

• Where The Light Is - Live In Los Angeles - John Mayer - Danny Clinch, video director; Lindha Narvaez, video producer
• Runnin' Down A Dream - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Peter Bogdanovich, video director; Skot Bright, video producer
• Good Girl Gone Bad Live - Rihanna - Paul Caslin, video director; John Paveley, Ruth Paveley & Rupert Style, video producers
• Respect Yourself - The Stax Records Story - (Various Artists) - Robert Gordon & Morgan Neville, video directors; Mark Crosby, Robert Gordon & Morgan Neville, video producers
• Amazing Journey: The Story Of The Who - The Who - Paul Crowder & Murray Lerner, video directors; Murray Lerner, Robert Rosenberg & Nigel Sinclair, video producers

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