48th Annual Grammy Awards

Performances

Presenters

• Carlos Santana
• Jenna Elfman
• Bonnie Raitt
• Teri Hatcher
• Common
• Ellen DeGeneres
• Terrence Howard
• Fiona Apple
• Dave Chappelle
• Matt Dillon
• Chuck D.
• Ludacris
• Chris Brown
• Tom Hanks
• Alicia Keys
• Stevie Wonder
• Billie Joe Armstrong
• Gwen Stefani
• Sting
• Queen Latifah
• LL Cool J
• Ben Roethlisberger
• Michael Bublé
• Jennifer Love Hewitt
• Destiny's Child
• Sheryl Crow
• James Taylor
• The Black Eyed Peas

  Award winners

• U2 — 5/5
• Alison Krauss — 3/3
• Mariah Carey — 3/8
• John Legend — 3/8
• Kanye West — 3/8
• Kelly Clarkson — 2/2
• The Chemical Brothers — 2/2
• Stevie Wonder — 2/4

  General

• "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" – Green Day
• * Rob Cavallo & Green Day, producers; Chris Lord-Alge & Doug McKean, engineers/mixers
• "We Belong Together" – Mariah Carey
• * Mariah Carey, Jermaine Dupri & Manuel Seal, producers; Brian Garten, John Horesco IV & Phil Tan, engineers/mixers
• "Feel Good Inc." – Gorillaz featuring De La Soul
• * Cox, Danger Mouse, Dring & Gorillaz, producers; Jason Cox, Danger Mouse & Gorillaz, engineers/mixers
• "Hollaback Girl" – Gwen Stefani
• * The Neptunes, producers; Andrew Coleman & Phil Tan, engineers/mixers
• "Gold Digger" – Kanye West
• * Jon Brion & Kanye West, producers; Tom Biller, Andrew Dawson, Mike Dean & Anthony Kilhoffer, engineers/mixers

• How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb – U2
• * Brian Eno, Flood, Daniel Lanois, Jacknife Lee, Steve Lillywhite & Chris Thomas, producers; Greg Collins, Flood, Carl Glanville, Simon Gogerly, Nellee Hooper, Jacknife Lee & Steve Lillywhite, engineers/mixers; Arnie Acosta, mastering engineer
• The Emancipation of Mimi – Mariah Carey
• * Mariah Carey, Bryan-Michael Cox, Jermaine Dupri, Young Genius, Scram Jones, The Legendary Traxster, LROC, The Neptunes, James Poyser, Manuel Seal, Kanye West & James "Big Jim" Wright, producers; Dana Jon Chappelle, Jermaine Dupri, Bryan Frye, Brian Garten, John Horesco IV, Manny Marroquin, Mike Pierce, Phil Tan & Pat "Pat 'Em Down" Viala, engineers/mixers; Herb Powers, mastering engineer
• Chaos and Creation in the Backyard – Paul McCartney
• * Nigel Godrich, producer; Darrell Thorp, engineer/mixer; Alan Yoshida, mastering engineer
• Love. Angel. Music. Baby. – Gwen Stefani
• * André 3000, Dallas Austin, Dr. Dre, Nellee Hooper, Jimmy Jam, Tony Kanal, Terry Lewis, The Neptunes, Linda Perry & Johnny Vulture, producers; André 3000, Andrew Coleman, Greg Collins, Ian Cross, Dr. Dre, John Frye, Simon Gogerly, Mauricio "Veto" Iragorri, Matt Marin, Colin "Dog" Mitchell, Pete Novak, Ian Rossiter, Rick Sheppard, Mark "Spike" Stent, Phil Tan & Johnny Vulture, engineers/mixers; Brian "Big Bass" Gardner, mastering engineer
• Late Registration – Kanye West
• * Jon Brion, Warryn "Baby Dubb" Campbell, Just Blaze, Devo Springsteen & Kanye West, producers; Craig Bauer, Tom Biller, Andrew Dawson, Mike Dean, Anthony Kilhoffer, Manny Marroquin, Richard Reitz & Brian Sumner, engineers/mixers; Vlado Meller, mastering engineer

• "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own"
• * U2, songwriters
• "Bless the Broken Road"
• * Bobby Boyd, Jeff Hannah & Marcus Hummon, songwriters
• "Devils & Dust"
• * Bruce Springsteen, songwriter
• "Ordinary People"
• * W. Adams & J. Stephens, songwriters
• "We Belong Together"
• * J. Austin, M. Carey, J. Dupri & M. Seal, songwriters;

• John Legend'''
• Ciara
• Fall Out Boy
• Keane
• Sugarland

  Alternative">Alternative rock">Alternative

• Get Behind Me Satan – The White Stripes
• Funeral – Arcade Fire
• Guero – Beck
• Plans – Death Cab for Cutie
• You Could Have It So Much Better – Franz Ferdinand

  [Blues]

• 80 - B. B. King & Friends

• Cost of Living - Delbert McClinton

  Children's

• Songs from the Neighborhood - The Music of Mister Rogers
• *Dennis Scott

• *Christopher Cerf & Marlo Thomas

  Classical">Classical music">Classical

• Shostakovich: Sym. No. 13"-Mariss Jansons, Sergey Aleksashkin, Chor des Bayerischen Runfunks, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

• "Bach: Cantatas"-Thomas Quasthoff, Jürgen Bulgrin & Rainer Maillard, Christopher Alder

• "Verdi: Falstaff"-Sir Colin Davis, Carlos Alvarez, Bülent Bezdüz, Marina Domashenko, Jane Henschel, Ana Ibarra, Maria Josè Moreno & Michele Pertusi, James Mallinson, London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra

• "Bolcom: Songs of Innocence and of Experience"-Leonard Slatkin & Jerry Blackstone, William Hammer, Jason Harris, Christopher Kiver, Carole Ott & Mary Alice Stollak
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• "Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3"-Claudio Abbado, Martha Argerich & the Mahler Chamber Orchestra

• "Scriabin, Medtner, Stravinsky"-Evgeny Kissin

• *"Boulez: Le marteau sans maître, Dérive 1 & 2"-Hilary Summers, Ensemble InterContemporain
• *Pierre Boulez

• "Mendelssohn: The Complete String Quartets"-Emerson String Quartet

• Bolcom: Songs of Innocence and of Experience
• *William Bolcom

• "Bolcom: Songs of Innocence and of Experience"-Tim Handley, Leonard Slatkin, Jerry Blackstone, William Hammer, Jason Harris, Christopher Kiver, Carole Ott & Marie Alice Stollack, Christie Brewer and Joan Morris & University of Michigan School of Music Symphony Orchestra

• "4 + Four"-Turtle Island String Quartet & Ying Quartet

  [Comedy]

• Never Scared - Chris Rock

  Composition and arrangement

• Into the Light
• *Billy Childs

• The Incredits
• *Gordon Goodwin

• What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?
• *Billy Childs, Gil Goldstein & Heitor Pereira

  Country">Country music">Country

• "The Connection" - Emmylou Harris

• "You'll Think of Me" - Keith Urban

• "Restless" - Alison Krauss and Union Station

• "Like We Never Loved At All" - Faith Hill & Tim McGraw

• "Unionhouse Branch" - Alison Krauss and Union Station

• "Bless the Broken Road" - Rascal Flatts
• *Bobby Boyd, Jeff Hanna & Marcus Hummon

• Lonely Runs Both Ways - Alison Krauss and Union Station

• The Company We Keep - Del McCoury Band'''

  Dance">Dance music">Dance

• "Galvanize" – The Chemical Brothers featuring Q-Tip
• * The Chemical Brothers, producers; The Chemical Brothers & Steve Dub, mixers
• "Say Hello" – Deep Dish
• * Ali "Dubfire" Shirazinia & Sharam Tayebi, producers; Deep Dish & Matt Nordstrom, mixers
• "Wonderful Night" – Fatboy Slim & Lateef
• * Fatboy Slim, producer; Simon Thornton, mixer
• "Daft Punk Is Playing at My House" – LCD Soundsystem
• * The DFA, producers; The DFA & Andy Wallace, mixers
• "I Believe In You" – Kylie Minogue
• * Babydaddy & Jake Shears, producers; Jeremy Wheatly, mixer
• "Guilt Is A Useless Emotion" – New Order
• * New Order & Stuart Price, producers; New Order & Stuart Price, mixers

• Push The Button – The Chemical Brothers'
• Human After All – Daft Punk
• Palookaville – Fatboy Slim
• Minimum-Maximum – Kraftwerk
• LCD Soundsystem'' – LCD Soundsystem

  Film, TV and visual media

• Ray - Ray Charles
• *James Austin, Stuart Benjamin & Taylor Hackford

• Ray - Craig Armstrong

• "Believe"
• *Glen Ballard & Alan Silvestri

  Folk">Folk music">Folk

• Fiddler's Green - Tim O'Brien
• ' - The Chieftains
• Come On Back - Jimmie Dale Gilmore
• Live In The UK - Tom Paxton
• Cajun Mardi Gras! - Jo-El Sonnier

• Fair & Square - John Prine
• Chávez Ravine - Ry Cooder
• The Outsider - Rodney Crowell
• Why Should the Fire Die? - Nickel Creek
• Devils & Dust - Bruce Springsteen

• *Jim Wilson producer

• Masters of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar - Vol. 1
• *Daniel Ho, Paul Konwiser & Wayne Wong, producers '''

  Gospel">Gospel music">Gospel

• "Pray" - CeCe Winans

• "Be Blessed" - Yolanda Adams
• *Yolanda Adams, James Harris III, Terry Lewis & James 'Big Jim' Wright, songwriters

• Lifesong - Casting Crowns

• Until My Heart Caves In - Audio Adrenaline

• Rock of Ages...Hymns & Faith - Amy Grant

• Psalms, Hymns & Spiritual Songs - Donnie McClurkin

• Purified - CeCe Winans

• One Voice - Saints Unified Voices
• *Gladys Knight, choir director

  Historical

• Jelly Roll Morton: The Complete Library of Congress Recordings
• *Alan Lomax, Jeffrey Greenberg & Anna Lomax Wood, Adam Ayan & Steve Rosenthal

  [Jazz]

• "Why Was I Born?" - Sonny Rollins

• Beyond the Sound Barrier - Wayne Shorter Quartet

• Overtime - Dave Holland Big Band

• Good Night, and Good Luck - Dianne Reeves

• The Way Up - Pat Metheny Group

• Listen Here! - Eddie Palmieri

  Latin">Latin American music">Latin

• Escucha-Laura Pausini

• Bebo De Cuba-Bebo Valdes

• México En La Piel-Luis Miguel

• Fijación Oral Vol. 1-Shakira

• Chicanisimo-Little Joe Y La Familia

• Son Del Alma-Willy Chirino

  Musical show

• Monty Python's Spamalot
• *John Du Prez & Eric Idle, Eric Idle

  [Music video]

• Lose Control - Missy Elliott, Fat Man Scoop & Ciara
• *Missy Elliott & Dave Meyers joseph Sasson

• No Direction Home - Bob Dylan
• *Margaret Bodde, Susan Lacy, Jeff Rosen, Martin Scorsese, Nigel Sinclair & Anthony Wall

  [New Age]

• Silver Solstice - Paul Winter Consort
• Music in the Key of Om - Jack DeJohnette
• Scared Journey of Ku-Kai Volume 2 - Kitarō
• People of Peace - R. Carlos Nakai Quart
• Montana – A Love Story - George Winston

  Packaging and notes

• The Forgotten Arm
• *Aimee Mann & Gail Marowitz

• The Legend
• *Ian Cuttler

• The Complete Library of Congress Recordings
• *Alan Lomax, John Szwed

  [Polka]

• Shake, Rattle and Polka! - Jimmy Sturr and his Orchestra
• Polka Pizzazz - Del Sinchak Band
• Under the Influence - Eddie Blazonczyk's versatones
• Time Out for Polkas and Waltzes - Walter Ostanek & Ron Sluga
• Solecktions - Kevin Soleki

  Pop">Pop music">Pop

• "Since U Been Gone" - Kelly Clarkson
• "It's Like That" - Mariah Carey
• "Good Is Good" - Sheryl Crow
• "I Will Not Be Broken" - Bonnie Raitt
• "Hollaback Girl" - Gwen Stefani

• "From the Bottom of My Heart" - Stevie Wonder
• "Sitting, Waiting, Wishing" - Jack Johnson
• "Fine Line" - Paul McCartney
• "Walk On By" - Seal
• "Lonely No More" - Rob Thomas

• "This Love" - Maroon 5
• "Don't Lie" - The Black Eyed Peas
• "Mr. Brightside" - The Killers
• "More Than Love" - Los Lonely Boys
• "My Doorbell" - The White Stripes

• "Feel Good Inc." - Gorillaz & De La Soul
• "Gone Going" - The Black Eyed Peas & Jack Johnson
• "Virginia Moon" - Foo Fighters & Norah Jones
• "A Song For You" - Herbie Hancock & Christina Aguilera
• "A Time to Love" - Stevie Wonder & India.Arie

• "Caravan" - Les Paul
• "In Our Time" - Burt Bacharach & Chris Botti
• "T-Jam" - George Duke
• "Gero na Montanha" - Herbie Hancock & Trey Anastasio
• "Avage" - Daniel Lanois

• At This Time - Burt Bacharach
• Bloom - Eric Johnson
• Naked Guitar - Earl Klugh
• Belladonna - Daniel Lanois
• Flipside - Jeff Lorber

• Breakaway - Kelly Clarkson
• Extraordinary Machine - Fiona Apple
• Wildflower - Sheryl Crow
• Chaos and Creation in the Backyard - Paul McCartney
• Love. Angel. Music. Baby. - Gwen Stefani

  Production and engineering

• Back Home
• *Alan Douglas & Mick Guzauski engineers

• Mendelssohn: The Complete String Quartets
• *Da-Hong Seetoo engineer

• Superfly
• *Louie Vega

• Steve Lillywhite

• Tim Handley

  R&B">Rhythm & Blues">R&B

• "We Belong Together"-Mariah Carey
• "1 Thing"-Amerie
• "Free Yourself"-Fantasia
• "Unbreakable"-Alicia Keys
• "Wishing on a Star"-Beyoncé

• "Ordinary People"-John Legend
• "So What the Fuss"-Stevie Wonder
• "Creepin'"-Jamie Foxx
• "Let Me Love You"-Mario
• "Superstar"-Usher

• "So Amazing"-Beyoncé & Stevie Wonder
• "Cater 2 U"-Destiny's Child
• "How Will I Know"-Stevie Wonder & Aisha Morris
• "If This World Were Mine"-Alicia Keys & Jermaine Paul
• "So High"-John Legend & Lauryn Hill

• "We Belong Together"-Mariah Carey
• *Mariah Carey, Jermaine Dupri, Manuel Seal, & Johnta Austin songwriters
• "Cater 2 U"-Destiny's Child
• *Rodney Jerkins, Beyoncé Knowles, Ricky Lewis, Kelly Rowland, Robert Waller & Michelle Williams songwriters
• "Free Yourself"-Fantasia
• *Craig Brockman, Missy Elliott & Nisan Stewart songwriters
• "Ordinary People"-John Legend
• *W.Adams & J.Stephens songwriters
• "Unbreakable"-Alicia Keys
• *Garry Glenn, Alicia Keys, Harold Lily, & Kanye West songwriters

• "Get Lifted"-John Legend
• "Free Yourself"-Fantasia
• "Illumination"-Earth, Wind & Fire
• "A Time to Love"-Stevie Wonder
• "Unplugged"-Alicia Keys

• The Emancipation of Mimi-Mariah Carey
• Touch - Amerie
• Destiny Fulfilled - Destiny's Child
• Turning Point - Mario
• O - Omarion

• A House Is Not a Home-Aretha Franklin

• Welcome to Jamrock-Damian Marley

  Rap

• "Gold Digger" – Kanye West
• "Testify" – Common
• "Mockingbird" – Eminem
• "Disco Inferno" – 50 Cent
• "Number One Spot" – Ludacris
• "U Don't Know Me" – T.I.

• "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 " – Ying Yang Twins

• "Numb/Encore" – Jay-Z featuring Linkin Park
• "1, 2 Step" – Ciara featuring Missy Elliott
• "They Say" – Common featuring John Legend & Kanye West
• "Soldier" – Destiny's Child featuring T.I. & Lil Wayne
• "Rich Girl" – Gwen Stefani featuring Eve

• "Diamonds from Sierra Leone"
• *D. Harris & Kanye West, songwriters
• "Candy Shop"
• * Curtis Jackson & Scott Storch, songwriters
• "Don't Phunk with My Heart"
• *William Adams, Printz Board, Stacy Ferguson & George Pajon, Jr. songwriters
• "Hate It or Love It"
• *Curtis Jackson, A. Lyon, Jayceon Taylor & M. Valenzano, songwriters;
• "Lose Control"
• *M. Elliott, C. Harris & G. Isaacs III, songwriters;

• Late Registration – Kanye West
• Be – Common
• The Cookbook – Missy Elliott
• Encore – Eminem
• The Massacre – 50 Cent

  [Reggae]

• Welcome to Jamrock - Damian Marley
• Our Music - Burning Spear
• The Trinity - Sean Paul
• Clothes Drop - Shaggy
• Black Gold & Green - Third World

  Rock">Rock & Roll">Rock

• "Devils & Dust" - Bruce Springsteen
• "Revolution" - Eric Clapton
• "Shine It All Around" - Robert Plant
• "This Is How a Heart Breaks" - Rob Thomas
• "The Painter" - Neil Young

• "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own" - U2
• "Speed Of Sound" - Coldplay
• "Best of You" - Foo Fighters
• "Do You Want To" - Franz Ferdinand
• "All These Things That I've Done" - The Killers

• "B.Y.O.B." - System of a Down
• "Doesn't Remind Me" - Audioslave
• "The Hand That Feeds" - Nine Inch Nails
• "Tin Pan Valley" - Robert Plant
• "Little Sister" - Queens of the Stone Age

• "Before I Forget" - Slipknot
• "The Great Satan" - Ministry
• "Determined" - Mudvayne
• "Mein Teil" - Rammstein
• "What Drives the Weak" - Shadows Fall

• "69 Freedom Specials" - Les Paul & Friends
• "Beat Box Guitar" - Adrian Belew
• "Brids of Prey" - Stewart Copeland
• "Mercy" - Joe Perry
• "Lotus Feet" - Steve Vai

• "City of Blinding Lights" - U2
• *Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge & Larry Mullen songwriters
• "Speed of Sound" - Coldplay
• *Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion, Chris Martin songwriters
• "Best of You" - Foo Fighters
• *Foo Fighters songwriters
• Devils & Dust" - Bruce Springsteen
• *Bruce Springsteen songwriter
• "Beverly Hills" - Weezer
• *Rivers Cuomo songwriter

• How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb - U2
• X&Y - Coldplay
• In Your Honor - Foo Fighters
• A Bigger Bang - The Rolling Stones
• Prairie Wind - Neil Young

  [Surround Sound]

• Brothers in Arms - 20 Anniversary Edition
• *Chuck Ainlay, Bob Ludwig, Chuck Ainlay, Mark Knopfler

  [Spoken word]

• Dreams from My Father　-　Barack Obama

  [Traditional Pop]

• The Art of Romance - Tony Bennett
• It's Time - Michael Bublè
• ' - Johnny Mathis
• Moonlight Serenade - Carly Simon
• ' - Rod Stewart

  World">World music">World

• In the Heart of the Moon - Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabate

• Eletracústico - Gilberto Gil

  Special Merit Awards

MusiCares Person of the Year

• James Taylor

In Memoriam

• Long John Baldry, Renaldo "Obie" Benson, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Oscar Brown, R. L. Burnside, Little Milton Campbell, Vassar Clements, Tyrone Davis, Victoria de los Ángeles, Ibrahim Ferrer, Carlo Maria Giulini, Lalo Guerrero, Percy Heath, Skitch Henderson, Milt Holland, Shirley Horn, Willie Hutch, Johnnie Johnson, Merle Kilgore, Chris LeDoux, Harold Leventhal, Jimmy Martin, Robert Moog, Birgit Nilsson, Wilson Pickett, John Raitt, Lou Rawls, Eugene Record, Bobby Short, Jimmy Smith, Sammi Smith, Luther Vandross, Simon Waronker, Chris Whitley, Ronald Winans, Paul Winchell, Link Wray and Richard Pryor.

  Trivia

• U2's win for Album of the Year was their second win for that respective award. They previously won it back at the 30th Annual Grammy Awards in 1988 for The Joshua Tree. They are the only rock act to have more than one Album of the Year win.
• Keith Urban won his first Grammy Award for "You'll Think of Me" From his 2002 album Golden Road
• During the Sly & the Family Stone tribute performance Rusty Allen was in place of the original bassist Larry Graham.
• Sly Stone made his first public Appearance since 1987 wearing a Cockatoo-Style mohawk
• While presenting Best Female Pop Vocal Performance Alicia Keys & Stevie Wonder led a sing-along of "Higher Ground".
• Slipknot's win for "Before I Forget" was their first Grammy Award win.