Grammys

[Richard Creager]

[Squeezer]

The Killers got robbed. U2's album was not that fucking great.

[Subjugation]

link to ap article

Not a big award show fan, but I actually paid attention to the music world this year, so it's interesting to see who actually won. Any thoughts?

BTW, Congradulations, Vykromond. Your favorite musician, Kanye West, won 3 Grammys last night. I know how overwhelmed with joy you must be. :grin:

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ALBUM OF THE YEAR: Genius Loves Company, Ray Charles & Various

SONG OF THE YEAR: "Daughters," John Mayer

BEST NEW ARTIST: Maroon 5

BEST FEMALE POP VOCAL PERFORMANCE: "Sunrise," Norah Jones

BEST MALE POP VOCAL PERFORMANCE: "Daughters," John Mayer

BEST POP PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCAL: "Heaven," Los Lonely Boys

BEST POP COLLABORATION WITH VOCALS: "Here We Go Again," Ray Charles & Norah Jones

BEST POP INSTRUMENTAL PERFORMANCE: "11th Commandment," Ben Harper

BEST POP INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM: Henry Mancini: Pink Guitar, Various



BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM: Genius Loves Company, Ray Charles & Various

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BEST ELECTRONIC/DANCE ALBUM: Kish Kash, Basement Jaxx

BEST TRADITIONAL POP VOCAL ALBUM: Stardust...The Great American Songbook Vol. III, Rod Stewart

BEST SOLO ROCK VOCAL PERFORMANCE: "Code Of Silence," Bruce Springsteen (news)

BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCAL: "Vertigo," U2

BEST HARD ROCK PERFORMANCE: "Slither," Velvet Revolver

BEST METAL PERFORMANCE: "Whiplash," Motorhead

BEST ROCK INSTRUMENTAL PERFORMANCE: "Mrs. O'Leary's Cow," Brian Wilson

BEST ROCK SONG: "Vertigo," U2

BEST ROCK ALBUM: American Idiot, Green Day

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BEST MALE R&B VOCAL PERFORMANCE: "Call My Name," Prince

BEST R&B PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCALS: "My Boo," Usher & Alicia Keys

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

BEST RAP PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP: "Let's Get It Started," The Black Eyed Peas

BEST RAP/SUNG COLLABORATION: "Yeah!," Usher with Lil' Jon & Ludacris

BEST RAP SONG: "Jesus Walks," Kanye West

BEST RAP ALBUM: The College Dropout, Kanye West

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 VOCALS: "Top Of The World," Dixie Chicks (news - web sites)

BEST COUNTRY COLLABORATION WITH VOCALS: "Portland Oregon," Loretta Lynn & Jack White

BEST COUNTRY INSTRUMENTAL PERFORMANCE: "Earl's Breakdown," Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Earl Scruggs, Randy Scruggs, Vassar Clements & Jerry Douglas

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 NEW AGE ALBUM: Returning, Will Ackerman

BEST CONTEMPORARY JAZZ ALBUM: Unspeakable, Bill Frisell

BEST JAZZ VOCAL ALBUM: R.S.V.P. (Rare Songs, Very Personal), Nancy Wilson

BEST JAZZ INSTRUMENTAL SOLO: "Speak Like A Child," Herbie Hancock

BEST JAZZ INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM, INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP: Illuminations, McCoy Tyner with Gary Bartz, Terence Blanchard, Christian McBride & Lewis Nash

BEST LARGE JAZZ ENSEMBLE ALBUM: Concert In The Garden, Maria Schneider Orchestra

BEST LATIN JAZZ ALBUM: Land Of The Sun, Charlie Haden

BEST GOSPEL PERFORMANCE: "Heaven Help Us All," Ray Charles & Gladys Knight

BEST ROCK GOSPEL ALBUM: Wire, Third Day

BEST POP/CONTEMPORARY GOSPEL ALBUM: All Things New, Steven Curtis Chapman

BEST SOUTHERN, COUNTRY, OR BLUEGRASS GOSPEL ALBUM: Worship & Faith, Randy Travis

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 GOSPEL CHOIR OR CHORUS ALBUM: Live...This Is Your House, Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir

BEST LATIN POP ALBUM: Amar Sin Mentiras, Marc Anthony

BEST LATIN ROCK/ALTERNATIVE ALBUM: Street Signs, Ozomatli

BEST TRADITIONAL TROPICAL LATIN ALBUM: ¡Ahora Sí!, Israel López "Cachao"

BEST SALSA/MERENGUE ALBUM: Across 110th Street, Spanish Harlem Orchestra with Ruben Blades

BEST MEXICAN/MEXICAN-AMERICAN ALBUM: Intimamente, Intocable

BEST TEJANO ALBUM: Polkas, Gritos Y Acordeónes, David Lee Garza, Joel Guzman & Sunny Sauceda

BEST TRADITIONAL BLUES ALBUM: Blues To The Bone, Etta James

BEST CONTEMPORARY BLUES ALBUM: Keep It Simple, Keb' Mo'

BEST TRADITIONAL FOLK ALBUM: Beautiful Dreamer - The Songs Of Stephen Foster, Various

BEST CONTEMPORARY FOLK ALBUM: The Revolution Starts...Now, Steve Earle

BEST NATIVE AMERICAN MUSIC ALBUM: Cedar Dream Songs, Bill Miller (news)

BEST HAWAIIAN MUSIC ALBUM: Slack Key Guitar Vol. 2, Various

BEST REGGAE ALBUM: True Love, Toots & the Maytals

BEST TRADITIONAL WORLD MUSIC ALBUM: Raise Your Spirit Higher, Ladysmith Black Mambazo

BEST CONTEMPORARY WORLD MUSIC ALBUM: Egypt, Youssou N'Dour

BEST POLKA ALBUM: Let's Kiss: 25th Anniversary Album, Brave Combo

BEST MUSICAL ALBUM FOR CHILDREN: cELLAbration! A Tribute To Ella Jenkins, Various

BEST SPOKEN-WORD ALBUM FOR CHILDREN: The Train They Call The City Of New Orleans, Tom Chapin

BEST SPOKEN-WORD ALBUM: My Life, Bill Clinton

BEST COMEDY ALBUM: The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Presents...America: A Citizen's Guide To Democracy Inaction, Jon Stewart & the Cast Of The Daily Show

BEST MUSICAL SHOW ALBUM: Wicked

BEST COMPILATION SOUNDTRACK ALBUM: Garden State

BEST SCORE SOUNDTRACK ALBUM: The Lord Of The Rings - The Return Of The King

BEST SONG WRITTEN FOR A MOTION PICTURE, TELEVISION, OR OTHER VISUAL MEDIA: "Into The West," Annie Lennox (news) (From The Lord Of The Rings - The Return Of The King)

BEST INSTRUMENTAL COMPOSITION: "Merengue," Yo-Yo Ma (news - web sites)

BEST INSTRUMENTAL ARRANGEMENT: "Past Present & Future," The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra

BEST INSTRUMENTAL ARRANGEMENT WITH ACCOMPANYING VOCALIST(S): "Over The Rainbow," Ray Charles & Johnny Mathis (news)

BEST RECORDING PACKAGE: A Ghost Is Born, Wilco

BEST BOXED OR SPECIAL LIMITED-EDITION PACKAGE: Once In A Lifetime, Talking Heads

BEST ALBUM NOTES: The Complete Columbia Recordings Of Woody Herman And His Orchestra & Woodchoppers (1945-1947)

BEST HISTORICAL ALBUM: Night Train To Nashville: Music City Rhythm & Blues, 1945-1970

BEST ENGINEERED ALBUM, NON-CLASSICAL: Genius Loves Company, Ray Charles & Various

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, NON-CLASSICAL: John Shanks

BEST REMIXED RECORDING, NON-CLASSICAL: "It's My Life (Jacques Lu Cont's Thin White Duke Mix)," No Doubt

BEST SURROUND SOUND ALBUM: Genius Loves Company, Ray Charles & Various

BEST ENGINEERED ALBUM, CLASSICAL: Higdon: City Scape; Concerto For Orchestra, Robert Spano

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, CLASSICAL: David Frost

BEST CLASSICAL ALBUM: Adams: On The Transmigration Of Souls, Brooklyn Youth Chorus & New York Choral Artists/New York Philharmonic

BEST ORCHESTRAL PERFORMANCE: Adams: On The Transmigration Of Souls, Brooklyn Youth Chorus & New York Choral Artists/New York Philharmonic

BEST OPERA RECORDING: Mozart: Le Nozze Di Figaro, Various/Concerto Koln

BEST CHORAL PERFORMANCE: Berlioz: Requiem, Frank Lopardo/Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus/Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

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BEST INSTRUMENTAL SOLOIST(S) PERFORMANCE (WITHOUT ORCHESTRA): Aire Latino, David Russell

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