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.)

• Here We Go Again
  Ray Charles & Norah Jones
  John Burk, producer; Terry Howard & Al Schmitt, engineers/mixers
  Track from: Genius Loves Company
  [Concord Records/Hear Music]

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.)

• Genius Loves Company
  Ray Charles & Various Artists
  John Burk, Terry Howard, Don Mizell, Phil Ramone & Herbert Waltl, producers; Robert Fernandez, John Harris, Terry Howard, Pete Karam, Joel Moss, Seth Presant, Al Schmitt & Ed Thacker, engineers/mixers; Robert Hadley & Doug Sax, mastering engineers
  [Concord Records/Hear Music]

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.)

• Daughters
  John Mayer, songwriter (John Mayer)
  Track from: Heavier Things
  [Aware Records/Columbia; Publishers: Sony/ATV Tunes/Specific Harm Music.]

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.)

• Maroon5
  

Category 5

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Sunrise
  Norah Jones
  Track from: Feels Like Home
  [Blue Note Records]

Category 6

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Daughters
  John Mayer
  Track from: Heavier Things
  [Aware Records/Columbia]

Category 7

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

• Heaven
  Los Lonely Boys
  Track from: Los Lonely Boys
  [Or Music/Epic Records]
  

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.)

• Here We Go Again
  Ray Charles & Norah Jones
  Track from: Genius Loves Company
  [Concord Records/Hear Music]
  

Category 9

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

• 11th Commandment
  Ben Harper
  Track from: There Will Be A Light
  [Virgin Records]

Category 10

Best Pop Instrumental Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)

• Henry Mancini: Pink Guitar
  Various Artists
  James Jensen, producer
  [Solid Air Records]
  

Category 11

Best Pop Vocal Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

• Genius Loves Company
  Ray Charles & Various Artists
  [Concord Records/Hear Music]

Category 12

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

• Toxic
  Britney Spears
  Avant & Bloodshy, producers; Niklas Flyckt, mixer
  Track from: In The Zone
  [Jive/Zomba Label Group]
  

Category 13

Best Electronic/Dance Album
(For vocal or instrumental albums. Albums only.)

• Kish Kash
  Basement Jaxx
  [XL Recordings/Astralwerks]

Category 14

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

• Stardust...The Great American Songbook Volume III
  Rod Stewart
  [J Records]
  

Category 15

Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Code Of Silence
  Bruce Springsteen
  Track from: The Essential Bruce Springsteen
  [Columbia Records]
  

Category 16

Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal
(For duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Vertigo
  U2
  [Interscope Records]
  

Category 17

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

• Slither
  Velvet Revolver
  [RCA]
  

Category 18

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

• Whiplash
  Motörhead
  [Big Deal Records]
  

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.)

• Mrs. O'Leary's Cow
  Brian Wilson
  Track from: Brian Wilson Presents Smile
  [Nonesuch Records]
  

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.)

• Vertigo
  Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge & Larry Mullen, songwriters (U2)
  [Interscope Records; Publisher: Universal Polygram International Publishing.]
  

Category 21

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

• American Idiot
  Green Day
  [Reprise Records]

Category 22

Best Alternative Music Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• A Ghost Is Born
  Wilco
  [Nonesuch Records]
  

Category 23

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

• If I Ain't Got You
  Alicia Keys
  Track from: The Diary Of Alicia Keys
  [J Records]
  
  

Category 24

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Call My Name
  Prince
  Track from: Musicology
  [Columbia Records/NPG Records]
  

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.)

• My Boo
  Usher & Alicia Keys
  Track from: Confessions Special Edition
  [Arista/La Face/Zomba Label Group]
  

Category 26

Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Musicology
  Prince
  Track from: Musicology
  [Columbia Records/NPG Records]
  

Category 27

Best Urban/Alternative Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Cross My Mind
  Jill Scott
  Track from: Beautifully Human: Words & Sounds Vol. 2
  [Hidden Beach]
  

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.)

• You Don't Know My Name
  Alicia Keys, Harold Lilly & Kanye West, songwriters (Alicia Keys)
  Track from: The Diary Of Alicia Keys
  [J Records; Publishers: Lellow Productions/EMI Music Publishing, Ye World Music/EMI April Music, Uncle Bobby Music/EMI Blackwood Music & A Dish-A-Tunes Ltd.]
  

Category 29

Best R&B Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

• The Diary Of Alicia Keys
  Alicia Keys
  [J Records]
  

Category 30

Best Contemporary R&B Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

• Confessions
  Usher
  [Arista/LaFace/Zomba Label Group]

Category 31

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

• 99 Problems
  Jay-Z
  Track from: The Black Album
  [Roc-A-Fella Records]

Category 32

Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group
(For duo, group or collaborative performances of Rap only. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Let's Get It Started
  The Black Eyed Peas
  Track from: Elephunk
  [A&M Records]
  

Category 33

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

• Yeah!
  Usher Featuring Lil Jon & Ludacris
  Track from: Confessions
  [Arista/LaFace/Zomba Label Group]

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.)

• Jesus Walks
  Miri Ben Ari, C. Smith & Kanye West, songwriters (Kanye West)
  Track from: The College Drop-Out
  [Rocafella Records; Publishers: Konman Entertainment/Gimme My Publishing Co./Hip Hop Since 1978 & Mapleshade Productions.]

Category 35

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

• The College Dropout
  Kanye West
  [Roc-A-Fella Records]
  

Category 36

Best Female Country Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Redneck Woman
  Gretchen Wilson
  Track from: Here For The Party
  [Epic Records]
  

Category 37

Best Male Country Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Live Like You Were Dying
  Tim McGraw
  Track from: Live Like You Were Dying
  [Curb Records]

Category 38

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

• Top Of The World
  Dixie Chicks
  Track from: Top Of The World Tour - Live
  [Columbia]
  

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.)

• Portland Oregon
  Loretta Lynn & Jack White
  Track from: Van Lear Rose
  [Interscope Records]
  

Category 40

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

• Earl's Breakdown
  Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Featuring Earl Scruggs, Randy Scruggs, Vassar Clements & Jerry Douglas
  Track from: Will The Circle Be Unbroken "The Trilogy"
  [Capitol Records - Nashville]
  

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.)

• Live Like You Were Dying
  Tim Nichols & Craig Wiseman, songwriters (Tim McGraw)
  Track from: Live Like You Were Dying
  [Curb Records; Publishers: Warner-Tamerlane Publishing/Big Loud Shirt.]
  

Category 42

Best Country Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Van Lear Rose
  Loretta Lynn
  [Interscope Records]
  

Category 43

Best Bluegrass Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Brand New Strings
  Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder
  [Skaggs Family Records]
  

Category 44

Best New Age Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Returning
  Will Ackerman
  [Decca]
  

Category 45

Best Contemporary Jazz Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)

• Unspeakable
  Bill Frisell
  [Nonesuch Records]

Category 46

Best Jazz Vocal Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

• R.S.V.P. (Rare Songs, Very Personal)
  Nancy Wilson
  [MCG Jazz]
  

Category 47

Best Jazz Instrumental Solo
(For an instrumental jazz solo performance. Two equal performers on one recording may be eligible as one entry. If the soloist listed appears on a recording billed to another artist, the latter's name is in parenthesis for identification. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Speak Like A Child
  Herbie Hancock, soloist
  Track from: With All My Heart (Harvey Mason)
  [Bluebird]
  

Category 48

Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)

• Illuminations
  McCoy Tyner With Gary Bartz, Terence Blanchard, Christian McBride & Lewis Nash
  [Telarc Jazz]
  

Category 49

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
(For large jazz ensembles, including big band sounds. Albums must contain 51% or more INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)

• Concert In The Garden
  Maria Schneider Orchestra
  [ArtistShare]
  

Category 50

Best Latin Jazz Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Land Of The Sun
  Charlie Haden
  [Verve International]
  

Category 51

Best Gospel Performance
(For solo, duo, group as collaborative performances. Singles or tracks with vocal containing Gospel lyrics. All genres of Gospel music are eligible.)

• Heaven Help Us All
  Ray Charles & Gladys Knight
  Track from: Genius Loves Company
  [Concord Records/Hear Music]

Category 52

Best Rock Gospel Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

• Wire
  Third Day
  [Essential Records]

Category 53

Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

• All Things New
  Steven Curtis Chapman
  [Sparrow Records]

Category 54

Best Southern, Country, or Bluegrass Gospel Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

• Worship & Faith
  Randy Travis
  [Word Records]

Category 55

Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

• There Will Be A Light
  Ben Harper & The Blind Boys Of Alabama
  [Virgin]
  

Category 56

Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

• Nothing Without You
  Smokie Norful
  [EMI Gospel]

Category 57

Best Gospel Choir Or Chorus Album
(For choirs or choruses only, with or without lead vocalist(s).)

• Live...This is Your House
  Carol Cymbala, choir director; The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir
  [INO Records]
  

Category 58

Best Latin Pop Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Amar Sin Mentiras
  Marc Anthony
  [Sony Discos]

Category 59

Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Street Signs
  Ozomatli
  [Concord Records]

Category 60

Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• ¡Ahora Sí!
  Israel López "Cachao"
  [Univision Records]
  

Category 61

Best Salsa/Merengue Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Across 110th Street
  Spanish Harlem Orchestra Featuring Ruben Blades
  [Libertad Records]
  

Category 62

Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Intimamente
  Intocable
  [EMI Latin]
  

Category 63

Best Tejano Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Polkas, Gritos y Acordeónes
  David Lee Garza, Joel Guzman & Sunny Sauceda
  [Guzman Fox Records]