2008 Grammy Award winners
February 11, 2008
This is the complete list of winners from the 50th Annual Grammy Awards.
Record of the Year: “Rehab” (Amy Winehouse; Producer: Mark Ronson; Engineer/Mixer: Tom Elmhirst)
Album of the Year: “River: The Joni Letters” (Herbie Hancock; Producers: Herbie Hancock and Larry Klein; Engineer/Mixer: Helik Hadar; Mastering engineer: Bernie Grundman)
Song of the Year: “Rehab” (Amy Winehouse; Songwriter: Amy Winehouse)
New Artist: Amy Winehouse
POP and DANCE
Female Pop Vocal Performance: “Rehab” (Amy Winehouse)
Male Pop Vocal Performance: “What Goes Around…Comes Around” (Justin Timberlake)
Pop Performance By a Duo or Group With Vocal: “Makes Me Wonder” (Maroon 5)
Pop Collaboration With Vocals: “Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)” (Robert Plant and Alison Krauss)
Pop Instrumental Performance: “One Week Last Summer” (Joni Mitchell)
Pop Instrumental Album: “The Mix-Up” (Beastie Boys)
Pop Vocal Album: “Back to Black” (Amy Winehouse)
Dance Recording: “LoveStoned/I Think She Knows” (Justin Timberlake; Producers: Nate (Danja) Hills, Timbaland and Justin Timberlake; Mixers: Jimmy Douglass and Timbaland)
Electronic/Dance Album: “We Are the Night” (The Chemical Brothers)
Traditional Pop Vocal Album: “Call Me Irresponsible” (Michael Bublé)
ROCK and ALTERNATIVE
Rock Song: “Radio Nowhere” (Bruce Springsteen; Songwriter: Bruce Springsteen)
Solo Rock Vocal Performance: “Radio Nowhere” (Bruce Springsteen)
Rock Performance By a Duo or Group With Vocal: “Icky Thump” (The White Stripes)
Hard Rock Performance: “The Pretender” (Foo Fighters)
Metal Performance: “Final Six” (Slayer)
Rock Instrumental Performance: “Once Upon a Time in the West” (Bruce Springsteen)
Rock Album: Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace (Foo Fighters)
Alternative Music Album: “Icky Thump” (The White Stripes)
R&B
R&B Song: “Teachme” (Musiq Soulchild; Songwriters: Ivan Barias, Adam W. Blackstone, Randall C. Bowland, Carvin Haggins, Johnnie Smith II and Corey Latif Williams)
Female R&B Vocal Performance: “No One” (Alicia Keys)
Male R&B Vocal Performance: “Future Baby Mama” (Prince)
R&B Performance By a Duo or Group with Vocals: “Disrespectful” (Chaka Khan featuring Mary J. Blige)
Traditional R&B Vocal Performance:“In My Songs” (Gerald Levert)
Urban/Alternative Performance: “Daydreamin'” (Lupe Fiasco featuring Jill Scott)
R&B Album:
Contemporary R&B Album: “Because of You” (Ne-Yo)
RAP
Rap Song: “Good Life” (Kanye West featuring T-Pain; Songwriters: A. Davis, F. Najm and K. West (J. Ingram and Q. Jones))
Rap Solo Performance: “Stronger” (Kanye West)
Rap Performance By a Duo or Group: “Southside” (Common featuring Kanye West)
Rap/Sung Collaboration: “Umbrella” (Rihanna featuring Jay-Z)
Rap Album: “Graduation” (Kanye West)
COUNTRY
Country Song: “Before He Cheats” (Carrie Underwood; Songwriters: Josh Kear and Chris Tompkins)
Female Country Vocal Performance: “Before He Cheats” (Carrie Underwood)
Male Country Vocal Performance: “Stupid Boy” (Keith Urban)
Country Performance By a Duo or Group With Vocal: “How Long” (The Eagles)
Country Collaboration With Vocals: “Lost Highway” (Willie Nelson and Ray Price)
Country Instrumental Performance: “Throttleneck” (Brad Paisley)
Country Album: “These Days” (Vince Gill)
GOSPEL
Gospel Song: “Blessed & Highly Favored”(The Clark Sisters; Songwriter: Karen Clark-Sheard)
Gospel Performance: “Blessed & Highly Favored” (The Clark Sisters); “Never Gonna Break My Faith” (Aretha Franklin and Mary J. Blige (featuring The Harlem Boys Choir)) (tie)
Rock or Rap Gospel Album: “Before the Daylight’s Shot” (Ashley Cleveland)
Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album: “A Deeper Level” (Israel and New Breed)
Southern, Country, or Bluegrass Gospel Album: “Salt of the Earth” (Ricky Skaggs and The Whites)
Traditional Soul Gospel Album: “Live – One Last Time” (The Clark Sisters)
Contemporary R&B Gospel Album: “Free to Worship” (Fred Hammond)
Bluegrass Album: “The Bluegrass Diaries” (Jim Lauderdale)
JAZZ
Contemporary Jazz Album: “River: The Joni Letters (Herbie Hancock)
Jazz Vocal Album: “Avant Gershwin” (Patti Austin)
Jazz Instrumental Solo: “Anagram” (Michael Brecker)
Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group: “Pilgrimage” (Michael Brecker)
Large Jazz Ensemble Album: “A Tale of God’s Will (A Requiem for Katrina)” (Terence Blanchard)
Latin Jazz Album: “Funk Tango (Paquito D’Rivera Quintet?)
BLUES and FOLK
Traditional Blues Album: “Last of the Great Mississippi Delta Bluesmen: Live In Dallas” (Henry James Townsend, Joe Willie “Pinetop” Perkins, Robert Lockwood, Jr. and David “Honeyboy” Edwards)
Contemporary Blues Album: “The Road to Escondido” (JJ Cale and Eric Clapton)
Traditional Folk Album: “Dirt Farmer” (Levon Helm)
Contemporary Folk/Americana Album: “Washington Square Serenade” (Steve Earle)
NEW AGE
New Age Album: “Crestone” (Paul Winter)
LATIN
Latin Pop Album: “El Tren de los Momentos” (Alejandro Sanz)
Latin Rock/Alternative Album: “No Hay Espacio” (Black:Guayaba)
Latin Urban Album: “Residente O Visitante” (Calle 13)
Traditional Tropical Latin Album: “La Llave de Mi Corazón” (Juan Luis Guerra)
Mexican/Mexican-American Album: “100% Mexicano” (Pepe Aguilar)
Tejano Album: “Before the Next Teardrop Falls” (Little Joe and La Familia)
Norteño Album: “Detalles y Emociones” (Los Tigres del Norte)
Banda Album: “Te Va a Gustar” (El Chapo)
REGGAE and WORLD MUSIC
Reggae Album: “Mind Control” (Stephen Marley)
Native American Music Album: “Totemic Flute Chants” (Johnny Whitehorse)
Hawaiian Music Album: “Treasures of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar” (Various artists; Producers: Daniel Ho, George Kahumoku, Jr., Paul Konwiser and Wayne Wong)
Zydeco or Cajun Music Album: “Live! Worldwide” (Terrance Simien and The Zydeco Experience)
Traditional World Music Album: “Singing for Life: Songs of Hope, Healing, and HIV/AIDS In Uganda” (Various artists; Producer: Gregory Barz)
Contemporary World Music Album: “Djin Djin” (Angelique Kidjo)
POLKA
Polka Album: “Come Share the Wine” (Jimmy Sturr and His Orchestra)
FILM/TV/VISUAL MEDIA and MUSICAL SHOW
Best Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media: “Love You I Do” (from “Dreamgirls”) (Jennifer Hudson; Songwriters: Siedah Garrett and Henry Krieger)
Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media: “Love” (The Beatles)
Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media: “Ratatouille” (Michael Giacchino)
Best Musical Show Album: “Grey Gardens” (Producer: Steven Epstein)
CLASSICAL
Best Classical Album: “Tower: Made In America” (Nashville Symphony)
Best Classical Vocal Performance: “Lorraine Hunt Lieberson Sings Peter Lieberson: Neruda Songs” (Lorraine Hunt Lieberson)
Best Classical Contemporary Composition: “Made In America” (Joan Tower)
Best Classical Crossover Album: “A Love Supreme: The Legacy of John Coltrane” (Turtle Island Quartet)
Best Orchestral Performance: “Tower: Made In America” (Nashville Symphony)
Best Opera Recording: “Humperdinck: Hansel & Gretel” (Sarah Coppen, Diana Montague and Sarah Tynan, New London Children’s Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra)
Best Choral Performance: “Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem” (Thomas Quasthoff and Dorothea R”schmann; Rundfunkchor Berlin; Berliner Philharmoniker)
Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (With Orchestra): “Barber/Korngold/Walton: Violin Concertos” (James Ehnes)
Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (With Orchestra): “Beethoven Sonatas, Vol. 3” (Garrick Ohlsson)
Best Chamber Music Performance: “Saint-Sa‰ns/Poulenc/Devienne/Milhaud” (Oleg Maisenberg and Sabine Meyer)
Best Small Ensemble Performance (With or Without Conductor): “Stravinsky: Apollo, Concerto in D; Prokofiev: 20 Visions Fugitives” (Yuri Bashmet)
COMPOSING and ARRANGING
Best Instrumental Composition: “Cerulean Skies” (Maria Schneider Orchestra; Composer: Maria Schneider)
Best Instrumental Arrangement: “In a Silent Way” (Joe Zawinul; Arranger: Vince Mendoza)
Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s): “I’m Gonna Live Till I Die” (Queen Latifah; Arranger: John Clayton)
COMEDY, SPOKEN WORD and CHILDREN
Best Comedy Album: “The Distant Future” (Flight of the Conchords)
Best Spoken Word Album: “The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts On Reclaiming the American Dream” (Barack Obama)
Best Spoken Word Album for Children: “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” (Jim Dale)
Best Musical Album for Children: “A Green and Red Christmas” (The Muppets; Producers: Ted Kryczko and Ed Mitchel)
PACKAGING and ALBUM NOTES
Best Recording Package: “Cassadaga” (Bright Eyes)
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package: “What It Is!: Funky Soul and Rare Grooves (1967-1977)” (Various artists)
Best Album Notes: “John Work, III: Recording Black Culture” (Various artists)
HISTORICAL
Best Historical Album: “The Live Wire – Woody Guthrie In Performance 1949” (Woody Guthrie)
PRODUCTION and SURROUND SOUND
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical: “Beauty & Crime” (Suzanne Vega)
Best Engineered Album, Classical: “Grechaninov: Passion Week” (Charles Bruffy, Phoenix Bach Choir and Kansas City Chorale)
Best Producer of the Year, Non-Classical: Mark Ronson
Best Producer of the Year, Classical: Judith Sherman
Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical: “Bring the Noise (Benny Benassi Sfaction Remix)” (Public Enemy)
Best Surround Sound Album: “Love” (The Beatles)
MUSIC VIDEO
Best Short-Form Music Video: “God’s Gonna Cut You Down” (Johnny Cash)
Best Long-Form Music Video: “The Confessions Tour” (Madonna)
SPECIAL AWARDS
MusiCares Person of the Year
Aretha Franklin
Lifetime Achievement Award Winners
Burt Barcharach
The Band
Cab Calloway
Doris Day
Itzhak Perlman
Max Roach
Earl Scruggs
Trustees Award Winners
Clarence Avant
Jac Holzman
Willie Mitchell
The Scopes
Technical Grammy Award Winners
Ampex Corporation
John Eargle