Category 64

Best Traditional Blues Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Blues To The Bone
  Etta James
  [RCA Victor]
  

Category 65

Best Contemporary Blues Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Keep It Simple
  Keb' Mo'
  [Epic/Okeh]

Category 66

Best Traditional Folk Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Beautiful Dreamer - The Songs Of Stephen Foster
  Various Artists
  Steve Fishell, David Macias & Tamara Saviano, producers
  [American Roots Publishing]
  

Category 67

Best Contemporary Folk Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• The Revolution Starts...Now
  Steve Earle
  [Artemis Records/E-Squared]

Category 68

Best Native American Music Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Cedar Dream Songs
  Bill Miller
  [Paras Recordings]
  

Category 69

Best Hawaiian Music Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Slack Key Guitar Volume 2
  Various Artists
  Charles Michael Brotman, producer
  [Palm Records]
  

Category 70

Best Reggae Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• True Love
  Toots & The Maytals
  [V2 Records]
  

Category 71

Best Traditional World Music Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Raise Your Spirit Higher
  Ladysmith Black Mambazo
  [Heads Up International]
  

Category 72

Best Contemporary World Music Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Egypt
  Youssou N'Dour
  [Nonesuch]
  

Category 73

Best Polka Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Let's Kiss: 25th Anniversary Album
  Brave Combo
  [DenTone]
  

Category 74

Best Musical Album For Children
(For albums consisting of predominantly music or song vs. spoken word.)

• cELLAbration! A Tribute To Ella Jenkins
  Various Artists
  Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer, producers
  [Smithsonian Folkways Recordings]
  

Category 75

Best Spoken Word Album For Children
(For albums consisting of predominantly spoken word vs. music or song.)

• The Train They Call The City Of New Orleans
  Tom Chapin
  [Live Oak Media]
  

Category 76

Best Spoken Word Album
(Narrated/dramatized books include authors' names in parenthesis for identification.)

• My Life
  Bill Clinton
  [Random House Audio]
  

Category 77

Best Comedy Album
(For comedy recordings, spoken or musical)

• The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Presents...America: A Citizen's Guide To Democracy Inaction
  Jon Stewart And The Cast Of The Daily Show
  [Time Warner Audiobooks]
  

Category 78

Best Musical Show Album
(Award to the Album Producer(s), and to the Lyricist(s) & Composer(s) of 51% or more of a new score. (Artist, Lyricist & Composer names appear in parenthesis.))

• Wicked
  Stephen Schwartz, producer; Stephen Schwartz, composer/lyricist (Original Broadway Cast Recording With Kristin Chenoweth & Idina Menzel)
  [Decca Broadway]
  

Category 79

Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For A Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
(Award to the Artist(s) and/or Producer(s) of a majority of the tracks on the album, or to the individual(s) actively responsible for the concept and musical direction and for the selection of artists, songs and producers, as applicable.)

• Garden State
  Various Artists - Zach Braff, compilation producer
  [Epic/Sony Music Soundtrax/Fox Music]
  

Category 80

Best Score Soundtrack Album For A Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
(Award to Composer(s) for an original score created specifically for, or as a companion to, a current legitimate motion picture, television show or series or other visual media.)

• The Lord Of The Rings - The Return Of The King
  Howard Shore, composer (Howard Shore)
  [Reprise/WMG Soundtracks]
  

Category 81

Best Song Written For A Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
(A Songwriter(s) award. For a song (melody & lyrics) written specifically for a motion picture, television or other visual media, and released for the first time during the Eligibility Year. (Artist names appear in parenthesis.) Singles or Tracks only.)

• Into The West (From The Lord Of The Rings - The Return Of The King)
  Annie Lennox, Howard Shore & Fran Walsh, songwriters (Annie Lennox)
  Track from: The Lord Of The Rings - The Return Of The King
  [Reprise/WMG Soundtracks; Publishers: New Line Tunes/BMG Music Publishing.]
  

Category 82

Best Instrumental Composition
(A Composer's Award for an original composition (not an adaptation) first released during the Eligibility Year. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Merengue
  Paquito D'Rivera, composer (Yo-Yo Ma)
  Track from: Obrigado Brazil - Live In Concert
  [Sony Classical]

Category 83

Best Instrumental Arrangement
(An Arranger's Award. (Artist names appear in parenthesis.) Singles or Tracks only.)

• Past Present & Future
  Slide Hampton, arranger (The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra)
  Track from: The Way - Music Of Slide Hampton
  [Planet Arts Recordings]
  

Category 84

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
(An Arranger's Award. (Artist names appear in parenthesis.) Singles or Tracks only.)

• Over The Rainbow
  Victor Vanacore, arranger (Ray Charles & Johnny Mathis)
  Track from: Genius Loves Company
  [Concord Records/Hear Music]
  

Category 85

Best Recording Package

• A Ghost Is Born
  Peter Buchanan-Smith & Dan Nadel, art directors (Wilco)
  [Nonesuch]
  

Category 86

Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package

• Once In A Lifetime
  Stefan Sagmeister, art director (Talking Heads)
  [Sire/Warner Bros./Rhino Records]
  

Category 87

Best Album Notes

• The Complete Columbia Recordings Of Woody Herman And His Orchestra & Woodchoppers (1945-1947)
  Loren Schoenberg, album notes writer (Woody Herman & His Orchestra)
  [Mosaic Records]
  

Category 88

Best Historical Album

• Night Train To Nashville: Music City Rhythm & Blues, 1945-1970
  Daniel Cooper & Michael Gray, compilation producers; Joseph M. Palmaccio & Alan Stoker, mastering engineers (Various Artists)
  [CMF/Lost Highway Records]
  

Category 89

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
(An Engineer's Award. (Artists names appear in parenthesis.))

• Genius Loves Company
  Robert Fernandez, John Harris, Terry Howard, Pete Karam, Joel Moss, Seth Presant, Al Schmitt & Ed Thacker, engineers (Ray Charles & Various Artists)
  [Concord Records/Hear Music]
  

Category 90

Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical
(A Producer's Award. (Artists names appear in parenthesis.))

• John Shanks
  • Autobiography (Ashlee Simpson) (A)
  • Breakaway (Kelly Clarkson) (T)
  • The First Cut Is The Deepest (Sheryl Crow) (T)
  • Fly (Hilary Duff) (T)
  • Shine Your Light (Robbie Robertson) (T)
  • So-Called Chaos (Alanis Morissette) (A)
  

Category 91

Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical
(A Remixer's Award. (Artists names appear in parenthesis for identification.) Singles or Tracks only.)

• It's My Life (Jacques Lu Cont's Thin White Duke Mix)
  Jacques Lu Cont, remixer (No Doubt)
  Track from: The Singles 1992-2003
  [Interscope Records]

Category 92

Best Surround Sound Album
(For vocal or instrumental albums. Albums only.)

• Genius Loves Company
  Al Schmitt, surround mix engineer; Robert Hadley & Doug Sax, surround mastering
  engineers; John Burk, Phil Ramone & Herbert Waltl, surround producers (Ray
  Charles & Various Artists)
  [Concord Records/Hear Music]

Category 93

Best Engineered Album, Classical
(An Engineer's Award. (Artist names appear in parenthesis.))

• Higdon: City Scape; Concerto For Orchestra
  Jack Renner, engineer (Robert Spano)
  [Telarc]
  

Category 94

Producer Of The Year, Classical
(A Producer's Award. (Artist names appear in parenthesis.))

• David Frost
  

Category 95

Best Classical Album
(Award to the Artist(s) and to the Album Producer(s) if other than the Artist.)

• Adams: On The Transmigration Of Souls
  Lorin Maazel, conductor; John Adams & Lawrence Rock, producers (Brooklyn Youth Chorus & New York Choral Artists; New York Philharmonic)
  [Nonesuch Records]
  

Category 96

Best Orchestral Performance
(Award to the Conductor and to the Orchestra.)

• Adams: On The Transmigration Of Souls
  Lorin Maazel, conductor (Brooklyn Youth Chorus & New York Choral Artists; New
  York Philharmonic)
  [Nonesuch Records]

Category 97

Best Opera Recording
(Award to the Conductor, Album Producer(s) and Principal Soloists.)

• Mozart: Le Nozze Di Figaro
  René Jacobs, conductor; Patrizia Ciofi, Véronique Gens, Simon Keenlyside, Angelika Kirchschlager & Lorenzo Regazzo; Martin Sauer, producer (Various Artists; Concerto Köln)
  [Harmonia Mundi]
  

Category 98

Best Choral Performance
(Award to the Choral Conductor, and to the Orchestra Conductor if an Orchestra is on the recording, and to the Choral Director or Chorus Master if applicable.)

• Berlioz: Requiem
  Robert Spano, conductor; Norman Mackenzie, choir director (Frank Lopardo, tenor; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra)
  [Telarc]
  

Category 99

Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra)
(Award to the Instrumental Soloist(s) and to the Conductor.)

• Previn: Violin Concerto "Anne-Sophie"/Bernstein: Serenade
  André Previn, conductor; Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin (Boston Symphony Orchestra & London Symphony Orchestra)
  [Deutsche Grammophon]
  

Category 100

Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra)
(Award to the Instrumental Soloist.)

• Aire Latino (Morel, Villa-Lobos, Ponce, Etc.)
  David Russell, guitar
  [Telarc]
  

Category 101

Best Chamber Music Performance
(Award to the Artists.)

• Prokofiev (Arr. Pletnev): Cinderella - Suite For Two Pianos/Ravel: Ma Mère L'Oye
  Martha Argerich, piano & Mikhail Pletnev, piano
  [Deutsche Grammophon]
  

Category 102

Best Small Ensemble Performance (with or without Conductor)
(Award to the Ensemble (and to the Conductor.))

• Carlos Chávez - Complete Chamber Music, Vol. 2
  Jeff von der Schmidt, conductor; Southwest Chamber Music
  [Cambria Master Recordings]
  

Category 103

Best Classical Vocal Performance
(Award to the Vocal Soloist(s).)

• Ives: Songs (The Things Our Fathers Loved; The Housatonic At Stockbridge, Etc.)
  Susan Graham, mezzo soprano (Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano)
  Track from: Ives: Concord Sonata; Songs
  [Warner Classics]
  

Category 104

Best Classical Contemporary Composition
(A Composer's Award. (For a contemporary classical composition composed within the last 25 years, and released for the first time during the Eligibility Year.))

• Adams: On The Transmigration Of Souls
  John Adams (Lorin Maazel; Brooklyn Youth Chorus & New York Choral Artists; New
  York Philharmonic)
  [Nonesuch Records; Publisher: Hendon Music.]
  

Category 105

Best Classical Crossover Album
(Award to the Artist(s) and/or to the Conductor.)

• LAGQ's Guitar Heroes
  Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
  [Telarc]
  

Category 106

Best Short Form Music Video
(For an individual track or single promotional clip. Award to the Artist and to the Video Director/Producer.)

• Vertigo
  U2
  Alex & Martin, video director; Grace Bodie, video producer
  [Interscope Records]
  

Category 107

Best Long Form Music Video
(For video album packages consisting of more than one song or track. Award to the Artist and to the Video Director/Producer of at least 51% of the total playing time.)

• Concert For George
  Various Artists
  David Leland, video director; Ray Cooper, Olivia Harrison & Jon Kamen, video producers
  [Warner Strategic Marketing]