49th Annual Grammy Awards Nominee List

Category 1

Record Of The Year

(Award to the Artist and to the Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s) and/or Mixer(s), if other than the artist.)

• Be Without You

  Mary J. Blige

• You're Beautiful

  James Blunt

• Not Ready To Make Nice

  Dixie Chicks

• Crazy

  Gnarls Barkley

• Put Your Records On

  Corinne Bailey Rae

Category 2

Album Of The Year

(Award to the Artist(s) and to the Album Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s)/Mixer(s) & Mastering Engineer(s), if other than the artist.)

• Taking The Long Way

  Dixie Chicks

• St. Elsewhere

  Gnarls Barkley

• Continuum

  John Mayer

• Stadium Arcadium

  Red Hot Chili Peppers

• FutureSex/LoveSounds

  Justin Timberlake

Category 3

Song Of The Year

(A Songwriter(s) Award. A song is eligible if it was first released or if it first achieved prominence during the Eligibility Year. (Artist names appear in parenthesis.) Singles or Tracks only.)

• Be Without You

  Johnta Austin, Mary J. Blige, Bryan-Michael Cox & Jason Perry, songwriters (Mary J. Blige)

• Jesus, Take The Wheel

  Brett James, Hillary Lindsey & Gordie Sampson, songwriters (Carrie Underwood)

• Not Ready To Make Nice

  Martie Maguire, Natalie Maines, Emily Robison & Dan Wilson, songwriters (Dixie Chicks)

• Put Your Records On

  John Beck, Steve Chrisanthou & Corinne Bailey Rae, songwriters (Corinne Bailey Rae)

• You're Beautiful

  James Blunt, Amanda Ghost & Sacha Skarbek, songwriters (James Blunt)

Category 4

Best New Artist

(For a new artist who releases, during the Eligibility Year, the first recording which establishes the public identity of that artist.)

• James Blunt
• Chris Brown
• Imogen Heap
• Corinne Bailey Rae
• Carrie Underwood

Category 5

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Ain't No Other Man

  Christina Aguilera

• Unwritten

  Natasha Bedingfield

  
  

• You Can Close Your Eyes

  Sheryl Crow

• Stupid Girls

  Pink

• Black Horse And The Cherry Tree

  KT Tunstall

Category 6

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance

(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

• You're Beautiful

  James Blunt

• Save Room

  John Legend

• Waiting On The World To Change

  John Mayer

• Jenny Wren

  Paul McCartney

• Bad Day

  Daniel Powter

Category 7

Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal
(For established duos or groups, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

• My Humps

  The Black Eyed Peas

  
  

• I Will Follow You Into The Dark

  Death Cab For Cutie

• Over My Head (Cable Car)

  The Fray

• Is It Any Wonder?

  Keane

• Stickwitu

  The Pussycat Dolls

Category 8

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals

(For a collaborative performance, with vocals, by artists who do not normally perform together. Singles or Tracks only.)

• For Once In My Life

  Tony Bennett & Stevie Wonder

• One

  Mary J. Blige & U2

• Always On Your Side

  Sheryl Crow & Sting

• Promiscuous

  Nelly Furtado & Timbaland

• Hips Don't Lie

  Shakira & Wyclef Jean

Category 9

Best Pop Instrumental Performance

(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, without vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Mornin'

  George Benson (& Al Jarreau)

• Drifting

  Enya

• Subterfuge

  Béla Fleck & The Flecktones

• Song H

  Bruce Hornsby

• My Favorite Things

  The Brian Setzer Orchestra

Category 10

Best Pop Instrumental Album

(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)

• New Beginnings

  Gerald Albright

• Fire Wire

  Larry Carlton

• X

  Fourplay

• Fingerprints

  Peter Frampton

• Wrapped In A Dream

  Spyro Gyra

Category 11

Best Pop Vocal Album

(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

• Back To Basics

  Christina Aguilera

• Back To Bedlam

  James Blunt

• The River In Reverse

  Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint

• Continuum

  John Mayer

• FutureSex/LoveSounds

  Justin Timberlake

Category 12

Best Dance Recording

(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances. Vocal or Instrumental. Singles or tracks only.)

• Suffer Well

  Depeche Mode

• Ooh La La

  Goldfrapp

• Get Together

  Madonna

• I'm With Stupid

  Pet Shop Boys

• Sexy Back

  Justin Timberlake & Timbaland

Category 13

Best Electronic/Dance Album

(For vocal or instrumental albums. Albums only.)

• Supernature

  Goldfrapp

• Confessions On A Dance Floor

  Madonna

• A Lively Mind

  Oakenfold

• Fundamental

  Pet Shop Boys

• The Garden

  Zero 7

Category 14

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

• Duets: An American Classic

  Tony Bennett

• Caught In The Act

  Michael Bublé

• Wintersong

  Sarah McLachlan

• Bette Midler Sings The Peggy Lee Songbook

  Bette Midler

• Timeless Love

  Smokey Robinson

Category 15

Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance

(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Nausea

  Beck

• Someday Baby

  Bob Dylan

• Route 66

  John Mayer

• Saving Grace

  Tom Petty

• Lookin' For A Leader

  Neil Young

Category 16

Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

(For duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Talk

  Coldplay

• How To Save A Life

  The Fray

• Steady, As She Goes

  The Raconteurs

• Dani California

  Red Hot Chili Peppers

• The Saints Are Coming

  U2 & Green Day

Category 17

Best Hard Rock Performance

(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Crazy Bitch

  Buckcherry

• Every Day Is Exactly The Same

  Nine Inch Nails

• Lonely Day

  System Of A Down

• Vicarious

  Tool

• Woman

  Wolfmother

Category 18

Best Metal Performance

(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Redneck

  Lamb Of God

• Colony Of Birchmen

  Mastodon

• Lies, Lies, Lies

  Ministry

• Eyes Of The Insane

  Slayer

• 30/30-150

  Stone Sour

Category 19

Best Rock Instrumental Performance

(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, without vocals. Includes Rock, Hard Rock and Metal. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Chun Li's Flying Bird Kick

  Arctic Monkeys

• The Wizard Turns On...

  The Flaming Lips

• Black Hole Sun

  Peter Frampton

• Catsellorizon

  David Gilmour

• Super Colossal

  Joe Satriani

Category 20

Best Rock Song

(A Songwriter(s) Award. Includes Rock, Hard Rock & Metal songs. For Song Eligibility Guidelines see Category #3. (Artist names appear in parenthesis.) Singles or Tracks only.)

• Chasing Cars

  Nathan Connolly, Gary Lightbody, Jonny Quinn, Tom Simpson & Paul Wilson, songwriters (Snow Patrol)

• Dani California

  Flea, John Frusciante, Anthony Kiedis & Chad Smith, songwriters (Red Hot Chili Peppers)

• Lookin' For A Leader

  Neil Young, songwriter (Neil Young)

• Someday Baby

  Bob Dylan, songwriter (Bob Dylan)

• When You Were Young

  Brandon Flowers, Dave Keuning, Mark Stoermer & Ronnie Vannucci, songwriters (The Killers)

Category 21

Best Rock Album

(Vocal or Instrumental. Includes Hard Rock and Metal.)

• Try!

  John Mayer Trio

• Highway Companion

  Tom Petty

• Broken Boy Soldiers

  The Raconteurs

• Stadium Arcadium

  Red Hot Chili Peppers

• Living With War

  Neil Young

Category 22

Best Alternative Music Album

(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

  Arctic Monkeys

• At War With The Mystics

  The Flaming Lips

• St. Elsewhere

  Gnarls Barkley

• Show Your Bones

  Yeah Yeah Yeahs

• The Eraser

  Thom Yorke

Category 23

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance

(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Ring The Alarm

  Beyoncé

• Be Without You

  Mary J. Blige

• Don't Forget About Us

  Mariah Carey

• Day Dreaming

  Natalie Cole

• I Am Not My Hair

  India.Arie

Category 24

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance

(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Heaven

  John Legend

• So Sick

  Ne-Yo

• Black Sweat

  Prince

• I Call It Love

  Lionel Richie

• Got You Home

  Luther Vandross

Category 25

Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
(For duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Breezin'

  George Benson & Al Jarreau

• Love Changes

  Jamie Foxx Featuring Mary J. Blige

• Everyday (Family Reunion)

  Chaka Khan, Gerald Levert, Yolanda Adams & Carl Thomas

• Family Affair

  (Sly & The Family Stone), John Legend, Joss Stone With Van Hunt

• Beautiful, Loved And Blessed

  Prince & Támar

Category 26

Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance

(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Christmas Time Is Here

  Anita Baker

• God Bless The Child

  George Benson & Al Jarreau Featuring Jill Scott

• I Found My Everything

  Mary J. Blige Featuring Raphael Saadiq

• You Are So Beautiful

  Sam Moore Featuring Billy Preston, Zucchero, Eric Clapton & Robert Randolph

• How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)

  The Temptations

Category 27

Best Urban/Alternative Performance

(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Crazy

  Gnarls Barkley

• That Heat

  Segio Mendes Featuring Erykah Badu & Will.i.am

• Mas Que Nada

  Sergio Mendes Featuring The Black Eyed Peas

• Idlewild Blue (Don't Chu Worry 'Bout Me)

  Outkast

• 3121

  Prince

Category 28

Best R&B Song

(A Songwriter(s) Award. For Song Eligibility Guidelines see Category #3. (Artist names appear in parenthesis.) Singles or Tracks only.)

• Be Without You

  Johnta Austin, Mary J. Blige, Bryan-Michael Cox & Jason Perry, songwriters (Mary J. Blige

• Black Sweat

  Prince, songwriter (Prince)

• Deja Vu

  Shawn Carter, Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins, Beyoncé Knowles, Makeba, Keli Nicole Price & Delisha Thomas, songwriters (Beyoncé Featuring Jay-Z

• Don't Forget About Us

  Johnta Austin, Mariah Carey, Bryan-Michael Cox & Jermaine Dupri, songwriters (Mariah Carey

• I Am Not My Hair

  Drew Ramsey, Shannon Sanders & India Arie Simpson, songwriters (India.Arie

Category 29

Best R&B Album

(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

• The Breakthrough

  Mary J. Blige

• Unpredictable

  Jamie Foxx

• Testimony: Vol. 1, Life & Relationship

  India.Arie

• 3121

  Prince

• Coming Home

  Lionel Richie

Category 30

Best Contemporary R&B Album

(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

• B'Day

  Beyoncé

• Chris Brown

  Chris Brown

• 20 Y.O.

  Janet Jackson

• Kelis Was Here

  Kelis

• In My Own Words

  Ne-Yo

Category 31

Best Rap Solo Performance

(For a solo Rap performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Touch It

  Busta Rhymes

• We Run This

  Missy Elliott

• Kick, Push

  Lupe Fiasco

• Undeniable

  Mos Def

• What You Know

  T.I.

Category 32

Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group

(For duo, group or collaborative performances of Rap only. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Ridin

  Chamillionaire Featuring Krayzie Bone

• Georgia

  Ludacris & Field Mob (Featuring Jamie Foxx)

• Grillz

  Nelly Featuring Paul Wall, Ali & Gipp

• Mighty "O"

  Outkast

• Don't Feel Right

  The Roots

Category 33

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration

(For a Rap/Sung collaborative performance by artists who do not normally perform together. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Smack That

  Akon Featuring Eminem

• Deja Vu

  Beyoncé Featuring Jay-Z

• Shake That

  Eminem Featuring Nate Dogg

• Unpredictable

  Jamie Foxx Featuring Ludacris

• My Love

  Justin Timberlake Featuring T.I.

Category 34

Best Rap Song

(A Songwriter(s) Award. For Song Eligibility Guidelines see Category #3. (Artist names appear in parenthesis.) Singles or Tracks only.)

• It's Goin' Down

  Chadron Moore & Jasiel Robinson, songwriters (Yung Joc

• Kick, Push

  Wasalu Muhammad Jaco, songwriter (Lupe Fiasco)

• Money Maker

  Christopher Bridges & Pharrell Williams, songwriters (Ludacris Featuring Pharrell)

• Ridin

  Anthony Henderson, J. Slainas, O. Salinas & Hakeem Seriki, songwriters

• What You Know

  A. Davis & Clifford Harris, songwriters; (Donny Hathaway, Leroy Hutson & Curtis Mayfield, songwriters) (T.I.

Category 35

Best Rap Album

(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

• Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor

  Lupe Fiasco

• Release Therapy

  Ludacris

• In My Mind

  Pharrell

• Game Theory

  The Roots

• King

  T.I.

Category 36

Best Female Country Vocal Performance

(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Kerosene

  Miranda Lambert

• I Still Miss Someone

  Martina McBride

• Something's Gotta Give

  LeAnn Rimes

• Jesus, Take The Wheel

  Carrie Underwood

• I Don't Feel Like Loving You Today

  Gretchen Wilson

Category 37

Best Male Country Vocal Performance

(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Every Mile A Memory

  Dierks Bentley

• The Reason Why

  Vince Gill

• The Seashores Of Old Mexico

  George Strait

• Would You Go With Me

  Josh Turner

• Once In A Lifetime

  Keith Urban

Category 38

Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal
(For established duos or groups with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Not Ready To Make Nice

  Dixie Chicks

• Heaven's My Home

  The Duhks

• Boondocks

  Little Big Town

• What Hurts The Most

  Rascal Flatts

• Leave The Pieces

  The Wreckers

Category 39

Best Country Collaboration With Vocals

(For a collaborative performance, with vocals, by artists who do not normally perform together. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Who Says You Can't Go Home

  Bon Jovi & Jennifer Nettles

• Tomorrow Is Forever

  Solomon Burke & Dolly Parton

• Calling Me

  Kenny Rogers & Don Henley

• Midnight Angel

  Rhonda Vincent & Bobby Osborne

• Love Will Always Win

  Trisha Yearwood & Garth Brooks

Category 40

Best Country Instrumental Performance

(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, without vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Jerusalem Ridge

  Casey Driessen

• Gameshow Rag/Cannonball Rag

  Tommy Emmanuel

• Whiskey Before Breakfast

  Bryan Sutton & Doc Watson

• The Eleventh Reel

  Chris Thile

• Nature Of The Beast

  Jim VanCleve

Category 41

Best Country Song

(A Songwriter(s) Award. For Song Eligibility Guidelines see Category #3. (Artist names appear in parenthesis.) Singles or Tracks only.)

• Every Mile A Memory

  Brett Beavers, Dierks Bentley & Steve Bogard, songwriters (Dierks Bentley

• I Don't Feel Like Loving You Today

  Matraca Berg & Jim Collins, songwriters (Gretchen Wilson)

• Jesus, Take The Wheel

  Brett James, Hillary Lindsey & Gordie Sampson, songwriters (Carrie Underwood)

• Like Red On A Rose

  Melanie Castleman & Robert Lee Castleman, songwriters (Alan Jackson)

• What Hurts The Most

  Steve Robson & Jeffrey Steele, songwriters (Rascal Flatts)

Category 42

Best Country Album

(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Taking The Long Way

  Dixie Chicks

• Like Red On A Rose

  Alan Jackson

• The Road To Here

  Little Big Town

• You Don't Know Me: The Songs Of Cindy Walker

  Willie Nelson

• Your Man

  Josh Turner

Category 43

Best Bluegrass Album

(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Long List Of Heartaches

  The Grascals

• Bluegrass

  Jim Lauderdale

• Instrumentals

  Ricky Skaggs And Kentucky Thunder

• Live At The Ryman

  Marty Stuart And His Fabulous Superlatives

• All American Bluegrass Girl

  Rhonda Vincent