48th Annual Grammy Awards

Award winners

U2 was the night's top winner, with five awards. Their win for Album of the Year was their second win for that particular award. They previously won it back in 1988 for The Joshua Tree. They are the only rock act to have more than one Album of the Year win.

Top nominees included Mariah Carey, John Legend and Kanye West with eight each, but won only three awards each. Kelly Clarkson won two awards, becoming the first American Idol to win a Grammy.

Multiple award winners (awards won/nominated):

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

Record of the Year

"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" - Green Day

"We Belong Together" - Mariah Carey

"Feel Good Inc." - Gorillaz

"Hollaback Girl" - Gwen Stefani

"Gold Digger" - Kanye West

Album of the Year

How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb - U2

Steve Lillywhite, Chris Thomas, Jacknife Lee, Nellee Hooper, Flood, Daniel Lanois & Brian Eno producers.

The Emancipation of Mimi - Mariah Carey

Jermaine Dupri, Manuel Seal, Bryan-Michael Cox, Swizz Beatz, LRoc, James 'Big Jim' Wright, The Neptunes, Kanye West, James Poyser & Rodney Jenkins, producers; Mariah Carey & Antonio "L.A." Reid. executive producers

Chaos and Creation in the Backyard - Paul McCartney

Nigel Godrich, producer

Love. Angel. Music. Baby. - Gwen Stefani

André 3000, Dallas Austin, Dr. Dre, Nellee Hooper, Jimmy Jam, Tony Kanal, Terry Lewis, The Neptunes & Mark 'Spike' Stent, producers

Late Registration - Kanye West

Kanye West, Jon Brion, Devo Springsteen, Just Blaze & Warryn Campbell, producers

Song of the Year

"Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own"- U2

Bono, songwriter (U2)

"Bless the Broken Road" - Rascal Flatts

Bobby Boyd, Jeff Hannah & Marcus Hummon, songwriters (Rascal Flatts)

"We Belong Together" - Mariah Carey

Mariah Carey, Jermaine Dupri, Manuel Seal, Johntá Austin, Kenneth Edmonds, Darnell Bristol, Bobby Womack, Patrick Moten & Sandra Sully, songwriters (Mariah Carey)

"Devils & Dust" - Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Springsteen, songwriter (Bruce Springsteen)

"Ordinary People" - John Legend

John Legend & will.i.am, songwriters (John Legend)

Best New Artist

John Legend

Ciara

Fall Out Boy

Keane

Sugarland

Alternative

Best Alternative Music Album

"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

Best Traditional Blues Album

80-B. B. King & Friends

Best Contemporary Blues Album

Cost of Living-Delbert McClinton

Children's music

Best Musical Album for Children's music

'"Songs from the Neighborhood - The Music of Mister Rogers

Dennis Scott (producer) (various artists)

Best Spoken Word Album for Children

Marlo Thomas & Friends: Thanks & Giving All Year Long

Christopher Cerf & Marlo Thomas (producers) (various artists)

Classical

Best Orchestral Performance

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

Best Classical Vocal Performance

"Bach: Cantatas"-Thomas Quasthoff (soloist, performer), Jürgen Bulgrin & Rainer Maillard (engineers), Christopher Alder (producer)

Best Opera Recording

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

Best Choral Performance

"Bolcom: Songs of Innocence and of Experience"-Leonard Slatkin (conductor) & Jerry Blackstone, William Hammer, Jason Harris, Christopher Kiver, Carole Ott & Mary Alice Stollak (choir directors)

(Christine Brewer, Measha Brueggergosman, Ilana Davidson, Nmon Ford, Linda Hohenfeld, Joan Morris, Carmen Pelton, Marietta Simpson & Thomas Young, Michigan State University Children's Choir, University of Michigan Chamber Choir, University of Michigan Orpheus Singers, University of Michigan University Choir & University Musical Society Choral Union, University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance Symphony Orchestra)

Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra)

"Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3"-Claudio Abbado (conductor), Martha Argerich & the Mahler Chamber Orchestra

Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra)

"Scriabin, Medtner, Stravinsky"-Evgeny Kissin

Best Small Ensemble Performance (with or without conductor)

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

Pierre Boulez (conductor)

Best Chamber Music Performance

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

Best Classical Contemporary Composition

Bolcom: Songs of Innocence and of Experience

William Bolcom (composer) (Leonard Slatkin)

Best Classical Album

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

Best Classical Crossover Album

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

Comedy

Best Comedy Album

"Never Scared"-Chris Rock

Composition and arrangement

Awards for composing and arranging:

Best Instrumental Composition

Into the Light

Billy Childs (composer) (Billy Childs Ensemble)

Best Instrumental Arrangement

The Incredits (from The Incredibles soundtrack)

Gordon Goodwin (arranger) (Various Artists)

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)

What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?

Billy Childs, Gil Goldstein & Heitor Pereira (arrangers) (Chris Botti & Sting)

Country

Best Female Country Vocal Performance

The Connection-Emmylou Harris

Best Male Country Vocal Performance

You'll Think of Me-Keith Urban

Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal

Restless-Alison Krauss and Union Station

Best Country Collaboration with Vocals

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

Best Country Instrumental Performance

Unionhouse Branch-Alison Krauss and Union Station

Best Country Song

Bless the Broken Road-Rascal Flatts

Bobby Boyd, Jeff Hanna & Marcus Hummon songwriters

Best Country Album

Lonely Runs Both Ways-Alison Krauss and Union Station

Best Bluegrass Album

The Company We Keep-Del McCoury Band

Dance

Best Dance Recording

Galvanize"-The Chemical Brothers & Q-Tip

Best Electronic/Dance Album

Push the Button-The Chemical Brothers

Film, TV and visual media

Awards for soundtrack contributions:

Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media

"Ray"-Ray Charles

James Austin, Stuart Benjamin & Taylor Hackford (compilation producers)

Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media

"Ray

Craig Armstrong (composer)

Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media

"Believe" (from The Polar Express)

Glen Ballard & Alan Silvestri (songwriters) (Josh Groban)

Folk

Best Traditional Folk Album

"Fiddler's Green"-Tim O'Brien

"Live From Dublin: A Tribute To Derek Bell"-The Chieftains

"Come On Back,"-Jimmie Dale Gilmore

"Live In The UK,"-Tom Paxton

"Cajun Mardi Gras!,"-Jo-El Sonnier

Best Contemporary Folk Album

"Fair & Square"-John Prine

"Chávez Ravine"-Ry Cooder

"The Outsider"-Rodney Crowell

"Why Should the Fire Die?"-Nickel Creek

"Devils & Dust"-Bruce Springsteen

Best Native American Music Album

Sacred Ground: A Tribute to Mother Earth

Jim Wilson producer (various artists)

Best Hawaiian Music Album

Masters of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar - Vol. 1

Daniel Ho, Paul Konwiser & Wayne Wong, producers (Various Artists)

Gospel

Best Gospel Performance

"Pray"-CeCe Winans

Best Gospel Song

"Be Blessed"-Yolanda Adams

Yolanda Adams, James Harris III, Terry Lewis & James 'Big Jim' Wright, songwriters

Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album

"Lifesong"-Casting Crowns

Best Rock Gospel Album

"Until My Heart Caves In"-Audio Adrenaline

Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album

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

Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album

"Psalms, Hymns & Spiritual Songs"-Donnie McClurkin

Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album

"Purified"-CeCe Winans

Best Gospel Choir or Chorus Album

"One Voice"-Saints Unified Voices

Gladys Knight, choir director

Historical

Best Historical Album

The Complete Library of Congress Recordings

Alan Lomax, Jeffrey Greenberg & Anna Lomax Wood (compilation producers), Adam Ayan & Steve Rosenthal (mastering engineers) (Jelly Roll Morton)

Jazz

Best Jazz Instrumental Solo

Why Was I Born?-Sonny Rollins

Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group

Beyond the Sound Barrier-Wayne Shorter Quartet

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

Overtime-Dave Holland Big Band

Best Jazz Vocal Album

Dianne Reeves-Good Night, and Good Luck

Best Contemporary Jazz Album

The Way Up-Pat Metheny Group

Best Latin Jazz Album

Listen Here!-Eddie Palmieri

Latin

Best Latin Pop Album

Escucha-Laura Pausini

Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album

Bebo De Cuba-Bebo Valdes

Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album

México En La Piel-Luis Miguel

Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album

Fijación Oral Vol. 1-Shakira

Best Tejano Album

Chicanisimo-Little Joe Y La Familia

Best Salsa/Merengue Album

Son Del Alma-Willy Chirino

Musical show

Award for Musical theatre recording:

Best Musical Show Album

Monty Python's Spamalot

John Du Prez & Eric Idle (producers & composers), Eric Idle (lyricist) (Original Broadway Cast including David Hyde Pierce, Tim Curry, Hank Azaria & Sara Ramirez)

Music video

Best Short Form Music Video

Lose Control-Missy Elliott, Fat Man Scoop & Ciara

Missy Elliott & Dave Meyers (video directors) joseph Sasson (video producer)

Best Long Form Music Video

"No Direction Home-Bob Dylan

Margaret Bodde, Susan Lacy, Jeff Rosen, Martin Scorsese (video director), Nigel Sinclair & Anthony Wall (video producers)

New Age

Best New Age Album

"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

Best Recording Package

The Forgotten Arm **Aimee Mann & Gail Marowitz (art directors) (Aimee Mann)

Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package

'The Legend **Ian Cuttler (art director) (Johnny Cash)

Best Album Notes

'The Complete Library of Congress Recordings **Alan Lomax, John Szwed (notes writer) (Jelly Roll Morton)

Polka

Best Polka Album

"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

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

"It's Like That" - Mariah Carey

"Since U Been Gone" - Kelly Clarkson

"Good Is Good" - Sheryl Crow

"I Will Not Be Broken" - Bonnie Raitt

"Hollaback Girl" - Gwen Stefani

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance

"Sitting, Waiting, Wishing" - Jack Johnson

"Fine Line" - Paul McCartney

"Walk On By" - Seal

"Lonely No More" - Rob Thomas

"From the Bottom of My Heart" - Stevie Wonder

Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal

"Don't Lie" - The Black Eyed Peas

"Mr. Brightside" - The Killers

"This Love" - Maroon 5

"More Than Love" - Los Lonely Boys

"My Doorbell" - The White Stripes

Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals

"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

Best Pop Instrumental Performance

"Caravan"-Les Paul

"In Our Time"-Burt Bacharach & Chris Botti

"T-Jam"-George Duke

"Gero na Montanha-Herbie Hancock & Trey Anastasio

"Avage"-Daniel Lanois

Best Pop Instrumental Album

"At This Time"-Burt Bacharach

"Bloom"-Eric Johnson

"Naked Guitar"-Earl Klugh

"Belladonna"-Daniel Lanois

"Flipside"-Jeff Lorber

Best Pop Vocal Album

"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

Awards for production and engineering:

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

Back Home

Alan Douglas & Mick Guzauski engineers (Eric Clapton)

Best Engineered Album, Classical

Mendelssohn: The Complete String Quartets **Da-Hong Seetoo engineer (Emerson String Quartet)

Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical

'Superfly (Louie Vega EOL Mix)

Louie Vega (remixer) (Curtis Mayfield)

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical

Steve Lillywhite

Producer of the Year, Classical

Tim Handley

R&B

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance

"We Belong Together"-Mariah Carey

"1 Thing"-Amerie

"Free Yourself"-Fantasia

"Unbreakable"-Alicia Keys

"Wishing on a Star"-Beyoncé

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance

"Ordinary People"-John Legend

"So What the Fuss"-Stevie Wonder

"Creepin'"-Jamie Foxx

"Let Me Love You"-Mario

"Superstar"-Usher

Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals

"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

Best R&B Song

"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

Best R&B Album

"Get Lifted"-John Legend

"Free Yourself"-Fantasia

"Illumination"-Earth, Wind & Fire

"A Time to Love"-Stevie Wonder

"Unplugged"-Alicia Keys

Best Contemporary R&B Album

The Emancipation of Mimi-Mariah Carey

Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance

A House Is Not a Home-Aretha Franklin

Best Urban/Alternative Performance

Welcome to Jamrock-Damian Marley

Rap

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration

"Numb/Encore" - Jay-Z & Linkin Park

"Rich Girl" - Gwen Stefani & Eve

"Soldier" - Destiny's Child, T.I. & Lil Wayne

"They Say" - Common, John Legend & Kanye West

"1, 2 Step" - Ciara & Missy Elliott"

Best Rap Solo Performance

"Gold Digger" - Kanye West

"Disco Inferno"-50 Cent

"Testify"-Common

"Mockingbird"-Eminem

"U Don't Know Me"-T.I.

"Number One Spot"-Ludacris

Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group

"Don't Phunk With My Heart" - The Black Eyed Peas

"The Corner"-Common & The Last Poets

"Encore"-Eminem, Dr. Dre & 50 Cent

"Hate It or Love It"-The Game & 50 Cent

"Wait (The Whisper Song)"-Ying Yang Twins

Best Rap Song

"Diamonds from Sierra Leone"-Kanye West

Devon Harris & Kanye West songwriters

"Candy Shop"-50 Cent & Olivia

50 Cent & Scott Storch songwriters

"Don't Phunk with My Heart"-The Black Eyed Peas

William Adams, Printz Bard, Stacy Ferguson & George Pajon, Jr. songwriters

"Hate It or Love It"-The Game & 50 Cent

Jayceon Taylor, 50 Cent songwriters

"Lose Control"-Missy Elliott, Ciara & Fatman Scoop

Missy Elliott, Ciara Harris, Isaac Freeman songwriters

Best Rap Album

Late Registration - Kanye West

The Massacre - 50 Cent

Be - Common

The Cookbook-Missy Elliot

Encore-Eminem

Reggae

Best Reggae Album

"Welcome to Jamrock"-Damian Marley

"Our Music-Burning Spear

"The Trinity-Sean Paul

"Clothes Drop-Shaggy

"Black Gold & Green"-Third World

Rock

Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance

"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

Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal

"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

Best Hard Rock Performance

"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

Best Metal Performance

"Before I Forget"-Slipknot

"The Great Satan"-Ministry

"Determined"-Mudvayne

"Mein Teil"-Rammstein

"What Drives the Weak"-Shadows Fall

Best Rock Instrumental Performance

"69 Freedom Specials"-Les Paul & Friends

"Beat Box Guitar"-Adrian Belew

"Brids of Prey"-Stewart Copeland

"Mercy"-Joe Perry

"Lotus Feet"-Steve Vai

Best Rock Song

"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

Best Rock Album

"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

Best Surround Sound Album

Brothers in Arms - 20 Anniversary Edition

Chuck Ainlay (surround mix engineer), Bob Ludwig (surround mastering), Chuck Ainlay, Mark Knopfler (surround producers) (Dire Straits)

Spoken

Best Spoken Word Album

Dreams from My Father-Barack Obama

Traditional Pop

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

"The Art of Romance"-Tony Bennett

"It's Time"-Michael Bublè

"Isn't It Romantic"-Johnny Mathis

"Moonlight Serenade"-Carly Simon

"Thanks for the Memory: The Great American Songbook, Volume IV"-Rod Stewart

World

Best Traditional World Music Album

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

Best Contemporary World Music Album

Eletracústico-Gilberto Gil

MusiCares Person of the Year

James Taylor

In Memoriam

Murray Allen, 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.