The 51st Annual Grammy Awards winners
Grammys were awarded in more than 100 categories during Sunday night's (2/8) ceremony at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. A full list of the winners follows:
Record of the Year
"Please Read the Letter," Robert Plant and Alison Krauss; T Bone Burnett, producer; Mike Piersante, engineer/mixer.
Album of the Year
"Raising Sand," Robert Plant and Alison Krauss; T Bone Burnett, producer; Mike Piersante, engineer/mixer; Gavin Lurssen, mastering engineer
Song of the Year
"Viva La Vida," Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion and Chris Martin, songwriters (Coldplay).
Best New Artist
Adele
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
"Chasing Pavements," Adele
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
"Say," John Mayer
Best Pop Performance By a Duo or Group With Vocals
"Viva La Vida," Coldplay
Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals
"Rich Woman," Robert Plant and Alison Krauss
Best Pop Instrumental Performance
"I Dreamed There Was No War," Eagles
Best Pop Instrumental Album
"Jingle All the Way," Bela Fleck and the Flecktones
Best Pop Vocal Album
"Rockferry," Duffy
Best Dance Recording
"Harder Better Faster Stronger," Daft Punk; Thomas Bangalter and Guy Manuel de Homen-Christo, producers; Thomas Bangalter and Guy Manuel de Homen-Christo, mixers.
Best Electronic/Dance Album
"Alive 2007," Daft Punk
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
"Still Unforgettable," Natalie Cole
Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance
"Gravity," John Mayer
Best Rock Performance By a Duo or Group with Vocals
"Sex on Fire," Kings of Leon
Best Hard Rock Performance
"Wax Simulacra," The Mars Volta
Best Metal Performance
"My Apocalypse," Metallica
Best Rock Instrumental Performance
"Peaches En Regalia," Zappa Plays Zappa Featuring Steve Vai and Napoleon Murphy Brock
Best Rock Song
"Girls In Their Summer Clothes," Bruce Springsteen, songwriter (Bruce Springsteen)
Best Rock Album
"Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends," Coldplay
Best Alternative Music Album
"In Rainbows," Radiohead
Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
"Superwoman," Alicia Keys
Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
"Miss Independent," Ne-Yo
Best R&B Performance By a Duo or Group with Vocals
"Stay With Me (By the Sea)," Al Green featuring John Legend
Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance
"You've Got the Love I Need," Al Green featuring Anthony Hamilton
Best Urban/Alternative Performance
"Be OK," Chrisette Michele featuring will.i.am
Best R&B Song
"Miss Independent," Mikkel S. Eriksen, T.E. Hermansen and S. Smith, songwriters (Ne-Yo)
Best R&B Album
"Jennifer Hudson," Jennifer Hudson
Best Contemporary R&B Album
"Growing Pains," Mary J. Blige
Best Rap Solo Performance
"A Milli," Lil Wayne
Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group
"Swagga Like Us," Jay-Z and T.I. featuring Kayne West and Lil Wayne
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
"American Boy," Estelle featuring Kayne West
Best Rap Song
"Lollipop," D. Carter, S. Garrett, D. Harrison, J. Scheffer and R. Zamor, songwriters (Lil Wayne featuring Static Major)
Best Rap Album
"Tha Carter III," Lil Wayne
Best Female Country Vocal Performance
"Last Name," Carrie Underwood
Best Male Country Vocal Performance
"Letter to Me," Brad Paisley
Best Country Performance By a Duo or Group with Vocals
"Stay," Sugarland
Best Country Collaboration with Vocals
"Killing the Blues," Robert Plant with Alison Krauss
Best Country Instrumental Performance
"Cluster Pluck," Brad Paisley, James Burton, Vince Gill, John Jorgenson, Albert Lee, Brent Mason, Redd Vokaert and Steve Wariner
Best Country Song
"Stay," Jennifer Nettles, songwriter (Sugarland)
Best Country Album
"Troubadour," George Strait
Best Bluegrass Album
"Honoring the Fathers of Bluegrass: Tribute to 1946 and 1947," Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder
Best New Age Album
"Peace Time," Jack DeJohnette
Best Contemporary Jazz Album
"Randy in Brasil," Randy Brecker
Best Jazz Vocal Album
"Loverly," Cassandra Wilson
Best Jazz Instrumental Solo
"Be-Bop," Terence Blanchard, soloist
Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group
"The New Crystal Silence," Chick Corea and Gary Burton
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
"Monday Night Live at the Village Vanguard," The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra
Best Latin Jazz Album
"Song for Chico," Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra
Best Gospel Performance
"Get Up," Mary Mary
Best Gospel Song
"Help Me Believe," Kirk Franklin, songwriter (Kirk Franklin)
Best Rock or Rap Gospel Album
"Alive and Transported," TobyMac
Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album
"Thy Kingdom Come," CeCe Winans
Best Southern, Country, or Bluegrass Gospel Album
"Lovin' Life," Gaither Vocal Band
Best Traditional Gospel Album
"Down in New Orleans," The Blind Boys of Alabama
Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album
"The Fight of My Life," Kirk Franklin
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 y Yandel
Best Tropical Latin Album
"Senor Bachata," Jose Feliciano
Best Regional Mexican Album
"Amor, Dolor Y Lagrimas: Musica Ranchera," Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano
Best Tejano Album
"Viva La Revolucion," Ruben Ramos and the Mexican Revolution
Best Norteno Album
"Raices," Los Tigres Del Norte
Best Banda Album
"No Es De Madera," Joan Sebastian
Best Traditional Blues Album
"One Kind Favor," B.B. King
Best Contemporary Blues Album
"City That Care Forgot," Dr. John and Lower 911
Best Traditional Folk Album
"At 89," Pete Seeger
Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album
"Raising Sand," Robert Plant and Alison Krauss
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 and Daniel Ho
Best Zydeco or Cajun Music Album
"Live at the 2008 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival," Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys
Best Reggae Album
"Jah is Real," Burning Spear
Best Traditional World Music Album
"Tiembe: Honoring Shaka Zulu," Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Best Contemporary World Music Album
"Global Drum Project," Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Sikiru Adepoju and Giovanni Hidalgo
Best Polka Album
"Let the Whole World Sing," Jimmy Sturr and His Orchestra
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
Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books and Story Telling)
"An Inconvenient Truth" (Al Gore), Beau Bridges, Cynthia Nixon and Blair Underwood
Best Comedy Album
"It's Bad For Ya," George Carlin
Best Musical Show Album
"In The Heights," Kurt Deutsch, Alex Lacamoire, Andres Levin, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Joel Moss and Bill Sherman, producers; Lin-Manuel Miranda, composer/lyricist (Original Broadway Cast with Lin-Manuel Miranda and Others)
Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
"Juno," (various artists)
Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
"The Dark Knight," James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer, composers
Best Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
"Down to Earth" (from "Wall-E"), Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman, songwriters (Peter Gabriel)
Best Instrumental Composition
"The Adventures of Mutt" (from "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull"), John Williams, composer (John Williams)
Best Instrumental Arrangement
"Define Dancing" (from "Wall-E"), Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman, arrangers (Thomas Newman)
Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
"Here's The Rainy Day," Nan Schwartz, arranger (Natalie Cole)
Best Recording Package
"Death Magnetic," Bruce Duckworth, Sarah Moffat and David Turner, art directors (Metallica)
Best Box or Special Limited Edition Package
"In Rainbows," Stanley Donwood, Mel Maxwell and Christiaan Munro, art directors (Radiohead)
Best Album Notes
"King of Blue: 50th Anniversary Collector's Edition," Francis Davis, album notes writer (Miles Davis)
Best Historical Album
"Art of Field Recording Vol. I: Fifty Years of Traditional American Music Documented by Art Rosenbaum," Steven Lance Ledbetter and Art Rosenbaum, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (various artists)
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
"Consolers of the Lonely," Joe Chiccarelli, Vance Powell and Jack White III, engineers (The Raconteurs)
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); and "Weezer (Red Album)" (Weezer)
Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical
"Electric Feel" (Justice Remix), Justice, remixers (MGMT)
Best Surround Sound Album
"Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition; Night On Bald Mountain; Prelude To Khovanshchina;"
Michael Bishop, surround mix engineer; Michael Bishop, surround mastering engineer; Robert Woods, surround producer (Paavo Järvi & Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra)
Best Engineered Album, Classical
"Traditions And Transformations: Sounds Of Silk Road Chicago," David Frost, Tom Lazarus & Christopher Willis, engineers (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 and Los Angeles Philharmonic); "Right Through the Bone -- Julius Rontgen Chamber Music (ARC Ensemble); "Schubert: Sonata in D. Maj.; Liszt: Don Juan Fantasy" (Min Kwon); "Traditions and Transformations: Sounds of Silk Road Chicago" (Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Alan Gibert, Yo-Yo Ma, Silk Road Ensemble, Wu Man and Chicago Symphony Orchestra).
Best Classical Album
"Weill: Rise And Fall Of The City Of Mahagonny;" James Conlon, conductor; Anthony Dean Griffey, Patti LuPone & Audra McDonald; Fred Vogler, producer (Donnie Ray Albert, John Easterlin, Steven Humes, Mel Ulrich & Robert Wörle; Los Angeles Opera Chorus; Los Angeles Opera Orchestra)
Best Orchestral Performance
"Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4," Bernard Haitink, conductor (Chicago Symphony Orchestra)
Best Opera Recording
"Weill: Rise And Fall Of The City Of Mahagonny;" James Conlon, conductor; Anthony Dean Griffey, Patti LuPone & Audra McDonald; Fred Vogler, producer (Donnie Ray Albert, John Easterlin, Steven Humes, Mel Ulrich & Robert Wörle; Los Angeles Opera Orchestra; Los Angeles Opera Chorus).
Best Choral Performance
"Symphony of Psalms;" Sir Simon Rattle, conductor; Simon Halsey, chorus master (Berliner Philharmoniker; Rundfunkchor Berlin)
Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra)
"Schoenberg/Sibelius: Violin Concertos;" Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor; Hilary Hahn (Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra)
Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra)
"Piano Music of Salonen, Stucky and Lutoslawski," Gloria Cheng
Best Chamber Music Performance
"Elliott Carter: String Quartets Nos. 1 and 5," Pacifica Quartet
Best Small Ensemble Performance
"Spotless Rose: Hymns to the Virgin Mary," Charles Bruffy, conductor; Phoenix Chorale
Best Classical Vocal Performance
"Corigliano: Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan," Hila Plitmann (JoAnn Falletta; Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra)
Best Classical Contemporary Composition
"Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan," John Corigliano (JoAnn Falletta)
Best Classical Crossover Album
"Simple Gifts," The King's Singers
Best Short Form Music Video
"Pork and Beans," Weezer; Matthew Cullen, video director; Bernard Rahill, video producer
Best Long Form Music Video
"Runnin' Down a Dream," Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers; Peter Bogdanovich, video director; Skot Bright, video producer
Grammy Nominations Concert announced [November 2009]
Additional Grammy performers, presenters announced [February 2009]
U2, Rihanna, Kid Rock and more on board for Grammys [January 2009]
Hudson, Underwood join Grammy lineup [January 2009]
Coldplay, Kenny Chesney, Jonas Brothers, more sign on for Grammys [January 2009]
John Mayer, The Time join Grammy celebration [November 2008]



































