47th Annual Grammy Awards

Record of the Year

• "Here We Go Again" – Ray Charles & Norah Jones
  • John Burk, producer; Al Schmitt, Mark Fleming, & Terry Howard, engineers/mixers
• "Let's Get It Started" – The Black Eyed Peas
  • Will.i.am, producer; Mark "Spike" Stent & Will.i.am, engineers/mixers
• "American Idiot" – Green Day
  • Billie Joe Armstrong, Rob Cavallo, Mike Dirnt & Tré Cool, producers; Chris Lord-Alge & Doug McKean, engineers/mixers
• "Heaven" – Los Lonely Boys
  • John Porter, producer; Steve Chadie & John Porter, engineers/mixers
• "Yeah!" – Usher featuring Lil Jon & Ludacris
  • Jonathan "Lil Jon" Smith, producer; John Frye, Donnie Scantz, Jonathan "Lil Jon" Smith, The Trak Starz & Mark Vinten, engineers/mixers

Album of the Year

• Genius Loves Company – Ray Charles & Various Artists
  • John Burk, Terry Howard, Don Mizell, Phil Ramone & Herbert Waltl, producers; Robert Fernandez, Mark Fleming, John Harris, Terry Howard, Pete Karam, Joel Moss, Seth Presant, Al Schmitt & Ed Thacker, engineers/mixers; Robert Hadley & Doug Sax, mastering engineers
• American Idiot – Green Day
  • Billie Joe Armstrong, Rob Cavallo, Mike Dirnt & Tré Cool, producers; Chris Lord-Alge & Doug McKean, engineers/mixers; Ted Jensen, mastering engineer
• The Diary of Alicia Keys – Alicia Keys
  • Kerry "Krucial" Brothers, Vidal Davis, Easy Mo Bee, Andre Harris, Alicia Keys, Kumasi, Timbaland, Kanye West & Dwayne "D. Wigg" Wiggins, producers; Tony Black, Kerry "Krucial" Brothers, Vincent Dilorenzo, Russ Elevado, Manny Marroquin, Walter Millsap III, Ann Mincieli & Pat Viala, engineers/mixers; Herb Powers, Jr., mastering engineer
• Confessions – Usher
  • Bobby Ross Avila, Valdez Brantley, Bryan-Michael Cox, Vidal Davis, Destro Music, Jermaine Dupri, Andre Harris, Rich Harrison, IZ, Jimmy Jam, Just Blaze, James Lackey, Terry Lewis, Juan Johnny Najera, Pro J, Usher Raymond, Jonathan "Lil Jon" Smith, Aaron Spears, Arthur Strong, Thicke & James "Big Jim" Wright, producers; Ian Cross, Kevin "KD" Davis, Vidal Davis, Vince DeLorenzo, Jermaine Dupri, Blake Eisman, Brian Frye, John Frye, Serban Ghenea, Andre Harris, John Horesco IV, Ken Lewis, Matt Marrin, Manny Marroquin, Tony Maserati, Pro J, Donnie Scantz, Jon Smeltz, Jonathan "Lil Jon" Smith, Phil Tan, The Trak Starz, Mark Vinten & Ryan West, engineers/mixers; Herb Powers, mastering engineer
• The College Dropout – Kanye West
  • Kanye West, Kyambo “Hip Hop” Joshua, Brian “All Day” Miller, Evidence & Porse, producers; Eugene A. Toale, Andrew Dawson, Anthony Kilhoffer, Tatsuya Sato, Rich Balmer, Brent Kolatalo, Keith Slattery, Jacob Andrew, Gimel “Guru” Keaton, Jacelyn Parry, Michael Eleopoulos, Dave Dar, Jason Rauhoff, Marc Fuller, Carlisle Young, Francis Graham, Manny Marroquin, Jared Lopez, Mike Dean & Ken Lewis, engineers/mixers; Eddy Schreyer, mastering engineer

Song of the Year

• "Daughters"
  • John Mayer, songwriter (John Mayer)
• "If I Ain't Got You"
  • Alicia Keys, songwriter (Alicia Keys)
• "Jesus Walks"
  • C. Smith & Kanye West, songwriters (Kanye West)
• "Live Like You Were Dying"
  • Tim Nichols & Craig Wiseman, songwriters (Tim McGraw)
• "The Reason"
  • Daniel Estrin & Douglas Robb, songwriters (Hoobastank)

Best New Artist

• Maroon 5
• Los Lonely Boys
• Joss Stone
• Kanye West
• Gretchen Wilson

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 Instrumental Album

• Henry Mancini: Pink Guitar – Various Artists; James Jensen, producer
• Pure – Boney James
• Saxophonic – Dave Koz
• Forever, for Always, for Luther – Various Artists; Bud Harner & Rex Rideout, producers
• EP 2003: Music for the Epicurean Harkener – Mason Williams

Best Pop Vocal Album

• Genius Loves Company – Ray Charles & Various Artists
• Feels Like Home – Norah Jones
• Afterglow – Sarah McLachlan
• Mind Body & Soul – Joss Stone
• Brian Wilson Presents Smile – Brian Wilson

Best Dance Recording

• "Toxic" – Britney Spears
  • Avant & Bloodshy, producers; Niklas Flyckt, mixer
• "Good Luck" – Basement Jaxx featuring Lisa Kekaula
  • Basement Jaxx, producers; Basement Jaxx, mixers
• "Get Yourself High" – The Chemical Brothers
  • The Chemical Brothers, producers; The Chemical Brothers, mixers
• "Slow" – Kylie Minogue
  • Dan Carey & Emilíana Torrini, producers; Mr. Dan, mixer
• "Comfortably Numb" – Scissor Sisters
  • Scissor Sisters, producers; Neil Harris & Scissor Sisters, mixers

Best Electronic/Dance Album

• Kish Kash – Basement Jaxx
• Legion of Boom – The Crystal Method
• Creamfields – Paul Oakenfold
• Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned – The Prodigy
• Reflections – Paul van Dyk

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

• Stardust: The Great American Songbook, Volume III – Rod Stewart
• Only You – Harry Connick Jr.
• Count Your Blessings – Barbara Cook
• Ultimate Mancini – Monica Mancini
• Just for a Thrill – Ronnie Milsap

Best 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 & The Imposters
• "Take Me Out" – Franz Ferdinand
• "American Idiot" – Green Day
• "Somebody Told Me" – The Killers

Best Hard Rock Performance

• "Slither" – Velvet Revolver
• "Megalomaniac" – Incubus
• "Some Kind Of Monster" – Metallica
• "Feelin' Way Too Damn Good" – Nickelback
• "Duality" – Slipknot

Best Metal Performance

• "Whiplash" – Motörhead
• "Nymphetamine" – Cradle of Filth
• "Live for This" – Hatebreed
• "The End Of Heartache" – Killswitch Engage
• "Vermilion" – Slipknot

Best Rock Instrumental Performance

• "Mrs. O'Leary's Cow" – Brian Wilson
• "Instrumental Illness" – The Allman Brothers Band
• "Onda" – Los Lonely Boys
• "O Baterista" – Rush
• "Whispering a Prayer" – Steve Vai

Best Rock Song

• "Vertigo"
  • Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge & Larry Mullen, songwriters (U2)
• "American Idiot"
  • Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt & Tré Cool, songwriters (Green Day)
• "Fall To Pieces"
  • Duff, Dave Kushner, Slash, Matt Sorum & Scott Weiland, songwriters (Velvet Revolver)
• "Float On"
  • Isaac Brock, Dann Gallucci, Eric Judy & Benjamin Weikel, songwriters (Modest Mouse)
• "Somebody Told Me"
  • Brandon Flowers, Dave Keuning, Mark Stoermer & Ronnie Vannucci, songwriters (The Killers)

Best Rock Album

• American Idiot – Green Day
• The Delivery Man – Elvis Costello & The Imposters
• The Reason – Hoobastank
• Hot Fuss – The Killers
• Contraband – Velvet Revolver

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 Contemporary Blues Album
  • Keb' Mo' for Keep It Simple

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" (Live) – 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 Breakdown

Best 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 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 Alabama

Best 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 Choir

Best Jazz Instrumental Solo

• "Speak Like a Child" – Herbie Hancock in Harvey Mason's With All My Heart

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 – The Maria Schneider Orchestra

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 – Diego Torres
• El Rock de Mi Pueblo – Carlos Vives

Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album

• ¡Ahora Si! – Israel "Cachao" López

Best 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 – Will Ackerman
• Atlantis: A Symphonic Journey – David Arkenstone
• Two Horizons – Moya Brennan
• Piano – Peter Kater
• American River – Jonathan Elias

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
  • • Destiny's Child for "Lose My Breath"
    • Floetry for "Say Yes"
    • Alicia Keys featuring Tony! Toni! Toné! for "Diary"
    • Earth, Wind & Fire & Raphael Saadiq for "Show Me the Way"

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 Keys

Best Contemporary R&B Album

• Confessions – Usher

Best Rap Solo Performance

• "99 Problems" – Jay-Z
• "On Fire" – Lloyd Banks
• "Just Lose It" – Eminem
• "Overnight Celebrity" – Twista
• "Through the Wire" – Kanye West

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
• "Why" – Jadakiss featuring Anthony Hamilton
• "Dip It Low" – Christina Milian featuring Fabolous
• "Slow Jamz" – Twista featuring Kanye West & Jamie Foxx
• "All Falls Down" – Kanye West featuring Syleena Johnson

Best Rap Song

• "Jesus Walks"
  • Miri Ben-Ari, C. Smith & Kanye West, songwriters (Kanye West)
• "Drop It Like It's Hot"
  • Calvin Broadus, Chad Hugo, S. Thomas & Pharrell Williams, songwriters (Snoop Dogg & Pharrell)
• "Hey Mama"
  • Will Adams & Anthony Henry, songwriters (The Black Eyed Peas)
• "Let's Get It Started"
  • Will Adams, Mike Fratantuno, Jaime Gomez, George Pajon, Jr., Allan Pineda & Terence Yoshiaki, songwriters (The Black Eyed Peas)
• "99 Problems"
  • Shawn Carter & Rick Rubin, songwriters (Jay-Z)

Best Rap Album

• The College Dropout – Kanye West
• 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 Maytals
• Black Magic – Jimmy Cliff
• The Dub Revolutionaries – Sly and Robbie
• African Holocaust – Steel Pulse
• Def Jamaica – Various Artists

Best Traditional World Music Album

• Raise Your Spirit Higher – Ladysmith Black Mambazo

Best Contemporary World Music Album

• Egypt – Fathy Salama[2]

Best Spoken Word Album

• My Life – Bill Clinton

Best Short Form Music Video

• "Vertigo" – Alex and Martin (video directors) & U2

Best Long Form Music Video

• Concert for George – Ray Cooper, Olivia Harrison, Jon Kamen (video producers), David Leland (video director) & Various Artists

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 performed by Talking Heads

Best Album Notes

• Loren Schoenberg (notes writer) for "The Complete Columbia Recordings of Woody Herman and His Orchestra & Woodchoppers (1945–1947)"

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, performed by Ray Charles & Various Artists

Best Engineered Album, Classical

• Jack Renner (engineer) for Higdon: City Scape; Concerto for Orchestra, performed by Robert 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

• Eddy Arnold
• Art Blakey
• The Carter Family
• Morton Gould
• Janis Joplin
• Led Zeppelin
• Jerry Lee Lewis
• Jelly Roll Morton
• Pinetop Perkins,
• The Staple Singers

• Brian Wilson

• Hoagy Carmichael
• Don Cornelius
• Alfred Lion
• Billy Taylor