Jennifer Lopez , Usher, James Brown , Norah Jones , Scott Weiland , Marc Anthony , Bono , Stevie Wonder , Brian Wilson , Billie Joe Armstrong , Alicia Keys , Supla, Steven Tyler and Slash performed "Across the Universe " in a tribute to The Beatles.The Black Eyed Peas, Gwen Stefani , Eve , Maroon 5 , Los Lonely Boys and Franz Ferdinand performed a medley together. Usher performed with James Brown Kanye West performed "Jesus Walks ".Winners and nominees Bold type indicates the winner out of the list of nominees.
Record of the Year
"Here We Go Again " – Ray Charles & Norah Jones John R. Burk, producer; Al Schmitt , Mark Fleming, & Terry Howard, engineers/mixers "Let's Get It Started " – The Black Eyed Peas "American Idiot " – Green Day "Heaven " – Los Lonely Boys "Yeah!" – Usher featuring Lil' Jon & Ludacris
Album of the Year
Genius Loves Company Don Mizell, Herbert Waltl, John R. Burk, Phil Ramone & Terry Howard, producers; Al Schmitt , Ed Thacker, Joel W. Moss, John Harris, Mark Fleming, Pete Karam, Robert Fernandez, Seth Presant & Terry Howard, engineers/mixers; Doug Sax & Robert Hadley, master engineers American Idiot Green Day The Diary of Alicia Keys Confessions The College Dropout Kanye West Song of the Year
"Daughters " – John Mayer John Mayer , songwriter"If I Ain't Got You " – Alicia Keys "Jesus Walks " – Kanye West "Live Like You Were Dying " – Tim McGraw "The Reason " – Hoobastank Best New Artist
Maroon 5 Los Lonely Boys Joss Stone Kanye West Gretchen Wilson Best Alternative Music Album
A Ghost Is Born Wilco Medúlla Björk Franz Ferdinand Franz Ferdinand Uh Huh Her PJ Harvey Good News for People Who Love Bad News Modest Mouse
Best Classical Album
"Adams: On The Transmigration Of Souls" – Lorin Maazel , conductor; John Adams & Lawrence L. Rock, producers Best Orchestral Performance
"Adams: On The Transmigration Of Souls" – Lorin Maazel , conductor; John Adams & Lawrence L. Rock, producers
Best Opera Recording
"Mozart: Le Nozze Di Figaro" – René Jacobs , conductor; Martin Sauer, producer. Angelika Kirchschlager , Lorenzo Regazzo , Patrizia Ciofi , Simon Keenlyside & Véronique Gens , soloists; Reiner Kühl & Sebastian Roth, engineers/mixers Best Choral Performance
"Berlioz: Requiem" – Norman Mackenzie , choir director; Robert Spano , conductor; Jack Renner & Michael J. Bishop, engineers/mixers; Elaine L. Martone, producer Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra)
"Previn: Violin Concerto Anne-Sophie /Bernstein: Serenade" – André Previn , conductor; Anne–Sophie Mutter, soloist Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra)
"Aire Latino" – David Russell Best Chamber Music Performance
"Prokofiev (Arr. Pletnev): Cinderella – Suite For Two Pianos/Ravel: Ma Mère L'Oye" – Martha Argerich & Mikhail Pletnev , soloists
Best Small Ensemble Performance (with or without conductor)
"Carlos Chávez – Complete Chamber Music, Vol. 2" – Southwest Chamber Music , artist; Jeff Von Der Schmidt, conductor Best Classical Vocal Performance
"Ives: Songs (The Things Our Fathers Loved; The Housatonic At Stockbridge, Etc.)" – Susan Graham Best Classical Contemporary Composition
"Adams: On The Transmigration Of Souls" – John Adams Best Classical Crossover Album
"LAGQ's Guitar Heroes" – Los Angeles Guitar Quartet (John Dearman , William Kanengiser , Scott Tennant , Andrew York ) Best Female Country Vocal Performance
"Redneck Woman " – Gretchen Wilson
Best Male Country Vocal Performance
"Live Like You Were Dying " – Tim McGraw Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
"Top of the World " – Dixie Chicks Best Country Collaboration with Vocals
"Portland Oregon" – Loretta Lynn & Jack White Best Country Instrumental Performance
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (featuring Earl Scruggs , Randy Scruggs , Vassar Clements & Jerry Douglas) for "Earl's BreakdownBest Country Song
"Live Like You Were Dying" – Tim McGraw
Best Country Album
Van Lear Rose Loretta Lynn Best Bluegrass Album
Brand New Strings Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder Best Dance Recording
"Toxic" – Britney Spears Best Electronic/Dance Album
Kish Kash Basement Jaxx Best Gospel Performance
"Heaven Help Us All" – Ray Charles & Gladys Knight
Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album
All Things New Steven Curtis Chapman Best Rock Gospel Album
Wire Third Day Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album
There Will Be a Light Ben Harper & the Blind Boys of AlabamaBest Contemporary Soul Gospel Album
Nothing Without You Smokie Norful Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album
Worship & Faith – Randy Travis
Best Gospel Choir or Chorus Album
Live ... This is Your House – The Brooklyn Tabernacle ChoirBest Jazz Instrumental Solo
"Speak Like a Child" – Herbie Hancock Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group
Illuminations McCoy Tyner with Gary Bartz , Terence Blanchard , Christian McBride and Lewis Nash Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Concert in the Garden Best Jazz Vocal Album
R.S.V.P. (Rare Songs, Very Personal)" – Nancy Wilson
Best Contemporary Jazz Album
Unspeakable Bill Frisell Best Latin Jazz Album
Land of the Sun Charlie Haden Best Latin Pop Album
Amar Sin Mentiras Marc Anthony Sinverguenza – Bacilos Pau-Latina Paulina Rubio MTV Unplugged El Rock de Mi Pueblo Carlos Vives Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album
¡Ahora Si! – Israel "Cachao" LópezBest Mexican/Mexican-American Album
Intimamente Intocable
Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album
Street Signs Ozomatli Best Tejano Album
Polkas, Gritos y Accordeones – David Lee Garza, Joel Guzman & Sunny Sauceda Best Salsa/Merengue Album
Across 110th Street – The Spanish Harlem Orchestra (featuring Rubén Blades )Best New Age Album
Returning Atlantis: A Symphonic Journey David Arkenstone Two Horizons Moya Brennan Piano Peter Kater American River Jonathan Elias Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
"Sunrise" – Norah Jones "The First Cut Is the Deepest" – Sheryl Crow "Oceania " – Björk "What You Waiting For?" – Gwen Stefani "You Had Me " – Joss Stone
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
"Daughters" – John Mayer "Let's Misbehave " – Elvis Costello "You Raise Me Up" – Josh Groban "Cinnamon Girl " – Prince "Love's Divine " – Seal Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
"Heaven" – Los Lonely Boys "My Immortal" – Evanescence "The Reason " – Hoobastank "She Will Be Loved " – Maroon 5 "It's My Life" – No Doubt Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals
"Here We Go Again" – Ray Charles & Norah Jones "Redemption Song " – Johnny Cash & Joe Strummer "Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word" – Ray Charles & Elton John "Something " – Paul McCartney & Eric Clapton "Moon River " – Stevie Wonder & Take 6 Best Pop Instrumental Performance
"11th Commandment" – Ben Harper "Chasing Shadows" – Herb Alpert , Russ Freeman , James Genus , Gene Lake & Jason Miles "Take You Out" – George Benson "Song F" – Bruce Hornsby "Rat Pack Boogie" – Brian Setzer Best Pop Vocal Album
Genius Loves Company Feels Like Home – Norah JonesAfterglow – Sarah McLachlan Mind Body & Soul – Joss StoneBrian Wilson Presents Smile
Best Pop Instrumental Album
Henry Mancini: Pink Guitar Best Polka Album
Let's Kiss: 25th Anniversary Album Brave Combo Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
"If I Ain't Got You" – Alicia Keys "I Want You " – Janet Jackson "I'm Still in Love" – Teena Marie "Whatever" – Jill Scott "U-Haul" – Angie Stone Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
"Call My Name" – Prince "Charlene " – Anthony Hamilton "Happy People " – R. Kelly "What We Do Here" – Brian McKnight "Burn – Usher Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
"My Boo " – Usher & Alicia Keys
Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance
"Musicology " – Prince Best Urban/Alternative Performance
"Cross My Mind " – Jill Scott Best R&B Song
"You Don't Know My Name " – Alicia Keys Best R&B Album
The Diary of Alicia Keys – Alicia KeysBest Contemporary R&B Album
Confessions – Usher
Best Rap Solo Performance
"99 Problems" – Jay-Z "Just Lose It " – Eminem "Through the Wire " – Kanye West "On Fire " – Lloyd Banks "Overnight Celebrity " – Twista Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group
"Let's Get It Started" – The Black Eyed Peas "Ch-Check It Out " – Beastie Boys "Don't Say Nuthing" – The Roots "Drop It Like It's Hot " – Snoop Dogg & Pharrell "Lean Back " – Terror Squad Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
"Yeah!" – Usher Featuring Lil Jon & Ludacris "All Falls Down " – Kanye West & Syleena Johnson "Dip It Low " – Christina Milian & Fabolous "Why " – Jadakiss & Anthony Hamilton "Slow Jamz" – Twista Featuring Jamie Foxx & Kanye West Best Rap Song
"Jesus Walks " – Kanye West "Drop It Like It's Hot " – Snoop Dogg & Pharrell "Hey Mama" – The Black Eyed Peas "Let's Get It Started " – The Black Eyed Peas "99 Problems " – Jay-Z & Rick Rubin Best Rap Album
The College Dropout To the 5 Boroughs Beastie Boys The Black Album Jay-Z The DEFinition – LL Cool J Suit Nelly
Best Reggae Album
True Love – Toots & the MaytalsBlack Magic – Jimmy Cliff The Dub Revolutionaries – Sly and Robbie African Holocaust – Steel Pulse Def Jamaica – Various ArtistsBest Solo Rock Vocal Performance
"Code of Silence" – Bruce Springsteen "Wonderwall" – Ryan Adams "The Revolution Starts Now" – Steve Earle "Breathe" – Melissa Etheridge "Metropolitan Gride" – Tom Waits Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
"Vertigo" – U2 "Monkey to Man" – Elvis Costello and The Imposters "Take Me Out " – Franz Ferdinand "American Idiot " – Green Day "Somebody Told Me " – The Killers Best Rock Instrumental Performance
"Mrs. O'Leary's Cow" – Brian Wilson Best Hard Rock Performance
"Slither " – Velvet Revolver
Best Metal Performance
"Whiplash " – Motörhead Best Rock Song
"Vertigo " – U2 Best Rock Album
American Idiot – Green DayBest Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Stardust: The Great American Songbook, Volume III Rod Stewart Only You Count Your Blessings – Barbara Cook Ultimate Mancini – Monica Mancini Just for a Thrill Ronnie Milsap Best Traditional World Music Album
Raise Your Spirit Higher – Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Best Contemporary World Music Album
Egypt Best Spoken Word Album
My Life – Bill Clinton Best Short Form Music Video
"Vertigo " – U2 Best Long Form Music Video
Concert for George Ray Cooper , Olivia Harrison , Jon Kamen (video producers), David Leland (video director) & Various ArtistsPackaging and notes Best Recording Package
A Ghost Is Born Peter Buchanan-Smith & Dan Nadel (art directors) (Wilco )
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package
Stefan Sagmeister (art director) for Once in a Lifetime Talking Heads Best Album Notes
Loren Schoenberg (notes writer) for "The Complete Columbia Recordings of Woody Herman and His Orchestra & Woodchoppers (1945–1947) "Production and engineering Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
Robert Fernandez, John Harris, Terry Howard, Pete Karam, Joel Moss , Seth Presant, Al Schmitt & Ed Thacker (engineers) for Genius Loves Company Best Engineered Album, Classical
Jack Renner (engineer) for Higdon : City Scape; Concerto for OrchestraRobert Spano Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical
Jacques Lu Cont (remixer) for "It's My Life (Jacques Lu Cont's Thin White Duke Mix)", performed by No Doubt
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
John Shanks Producer of the Year, Classical
David Frost Best Surround Sound Album
Al Schmitt (surround mix engineer), Robert Hadley & Doug Sax (surround mastering) for Genius Loves Company performed by Ray Charles & Various Artists "Alexander's Ragtime Band" (Victor, 1911) performed by Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan "All of Me" (Columbia, 1932) performed by Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra "America the Beautiful " (ABC/TRC, 1972) performed by Ray Charles "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" (Brunswick, 1932) performed by Bing Crosby "Bye Bye Blackbird " (Victor, 1926) performed by Gene Austin "California, Here I Come " (Brunswick, 1924) performed by Al Jolson with the Isham Jones Orchestra "Embraceable You " (Commodore, 1944) performed by Billie Holiday "Lester Leaps In " (Vocalion, 1939) performed by Count Basie 's Kansas City 7 "Let It Bleed " (London, 1969) performed by The Rolling Stones "Love Me or Leave Me " (Columbia, 1928) performed by Ruth Etting "Lullaby of Broadway " (Brunswick, 1935) performed by Dick Powell Meet Me In St. Louis (soundtrack) (Decca, 1944) performed by Judy Garland "No Woman No Cry" (Island, 1974) performed by Bob Marley "One For My Baby " (Capitol, 1958) performed by Frank Sinatra "Peter Gunn " (RCA, 1959) performed by Henry Mancini "Puttin' on the Ritz" (Brunswick, 1930) performed by Harry Richman with Earl Burtnett & His Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel Orchestra "Thanks for the Memory " (Decca, 1938) performed by Bob Hope & Shirley Ross "They Can't Take That Away From Me" (Brunswick, 1937) performed by Fred Astaire with Johnny Green & His Orchestra "Vaya Con Dios (May God Be With You)" (Capitol, 1953) performed by Les Paul & Mary Ford "The Very Thought of You " (Victor, 1934) performed by Ray Noble & His Orchestra John "Bonzo" Bonham Brian Wilson Estelle Axton , Danny Sugarman , Bruce Palmer , Johnny Ramone , Darrell "Dimebag" Abbott , Jim Capaldi , Artie Shaw , Barney Kessel , Elvin Jones , Illinois Jacquet , Michel Colombier , Alvino Rey , Ol' Dirty Bastard, Jan Berry, Terry Melcher , Laura Branigan , Cornelius Bumpus , Spencer Dryden , Elmer Bernstein , David Raksin , Jerry Goldsmith , Vaughn Meader , Rodney Dangerfield , Scott Muni , Johnny Carson , Skeeter Davis , Bill Lowery , Hank Garland , Arnold "Gatemouth" Moore, Ernie Ball , Tom Capone , Isidro Lopez, Robert Merrill , Renata Tebaldi , Fred Ebb , Cy Coleman , Paul Atkinson , Artie Mogull, Carole Fields Arnold, Rick James , Freddie Perren , Syreeta Wright and Ray Charles.
Ray Charles five Grammy wins is the record for most posthumous Grammy Awards won in one night. He is the first artist to win a posthumous Album of the Year Grammy since John Lennon in 1982. Upon winning Album of the Year as one of the engineers for Ray Charles' Genius Loves Company , Al Schmitt became the first and only person to have won both the Grammy for Album of the Year and the Latin Grammy for Album of the Year. In 2000 he won the Latin Grammy for Album of the Year for engineering Luis Miguel 's Amarte Es Un Placer . 
