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
Bryan-Michael Cox, producer; Danny Cheung, Tal Herzberg & Dave "Hard-Drive" Pensado, engineers/mixers
Track from: The Breakthrough
[Geffen Records]
You're Beautiful
James Blunt
Tom Rothrock, producer; Tom Rothrock & Mike Tarantino, engineers/mixers
Track from: Back To Bedlam
[Custard/Atlantic]
Not Ready To Make Nice
Dixie Chicks
Rick Rubin, producer; Richard Dodd, Jim Scott & Chris Testa, engineers/mixers
Track from: Taking The Long Way
[Open Wide/Columbia]
Crazy
Gnarls Barkley
Danger Mouse, producer; Ben H. Allen, Danger Mouse & Kennie Takahashi, engineers/mixers
Track from: St. Elsewhere
[Downtown/Atlantic]

Put Your Records On
Corinne Bailey Rae
Steve Chrisanthou, producer; Steve Chrisanthou & Jeremy Wheatley, engineers/mixers
Track from: Corinne Bailey Rae
[Capitol]


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
Rick Rubin, producer; Richard Dodd, Jim Scott & Chris Testa, engineers/mixers; Richard Dodd, mastering engineer
[Open Wide/Columbia]
St. Elsewhere
Gnarls Barkley
Danger Mouse, producer; Ben H. Allen, Danger Mouse & Kennie Takahashi, engineers/mixers; Mike Lazer, mastering engineer
[Downtown/Atlantic]
Continuum
John Mayer
Steve Jordan & John Mayer, producers; John Alagia, Michael Brauer, Joe Ferla, Chad Franscoviak, Manny Marroquin & Dave O'Donnell, engineers/mixers; Greg Calbi, mastering engineer
[Aware/Columbia]

Stadium Arcadium
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Rick Rubin, producer; Ryan Hewitt, Mark Linette & Andrew Scheps, engineers/mixers; Vlado Meller, mastering engineer
[Warner Bros.]
FutureSex/LoveSounds
Justin Timberlake
Nate (Danga) Hills, Jawbreakers, Rick Rubin, Timbaland & Justin Timberlake, producers; Jimmy Douglass, Serban Ghenea, Padraic Kerin, Jason Lader, Andrew Scheps, Timbaland & Ethan Willoughby, engineers/mixers; Herb Powers, Jr., mastering engineer
[Jive Records/Zomba Label Group]



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)
Track from: The Breakthrough
[Geffen Records; Publishers: Chrysalis Music, Mary J. Blige Music, Naked Under My Clothes Music, Universal Music Corp., Babyboy's Little Publishing, Jason's Lyrics, Noontime South, Reach Global Tunes, WB Music.]
Jesus, Take The Wheel
Brett James, Hillary Lindsey & Gordie Sampson, songwriters (Carrie Underwood)
Track from: Some Hearts
[Arista/Arista Nashville/19; Publishers: Dimensional Music of 1091/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, Raylene Music/BPJ Administration, No Such Music, Passing Stranger Music/1609 Songs/Music of Windswept.]
Not Ready To Make Nice
Martie Maguire, Natalie Maines, Emily Robison & Dan Wilson, songwriters (Dixie Chicks)
Track from: Taking The Long Way
[Open Wide/Columbia; Publishers: Woolly Puddin' Music, Chrysalis Music, Sugar Lake Music.]
Put Your Records On
John Beck, Steve Chrisanthou & Corinne Bailey Rae, songwriters (Corinne Bailey Rae)
Track from: Corinne Bailey Rae
[Capitol; Publisher: Global Talent Publishing.]
You're Beautiful
James Blunt, Amanda Ghost & Sacha Skarbek, songwriters (James Blunt)
Track from: Back To Bedlam
[Custard/Atlantic; Publishers: EMI Blackwood Music, David Platz 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.)

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
Track from: Back To Basics
[RCA Records]

Unwritten
Natasha Bedingfield
Track from: Unwritten
[Epic/Phonogenic]
You Can Close Your Eyes
Sheryl Crow
Track from: Sheryl Crow Artist's Choice Deluxe Edition
[Hear Music/Universal Music]
Stupid Girls
Pink
Track from: I'm Not Dead
[LaFace/Zomba Label Group]
Black Horse And The Cherry Tree
KT Tunstall
[Relentless/Virgin]



Category 6

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

You're Beautiful
James Blunt
Track from: Back To Bedlam
[Custard/Atlantic]
Save Room
John Legend
Track from: Once Again
[Columbia/GOOD/Sony Urban]
Waiting On The World To Change
John Mayer
Track from: Continuum
[Aware/Columbia]

Jenny Wren
Paul McCartney
Track from: Chaos And Creation In The Backyard
[Capitol]
Bad Day
Daniel Powter
Track from: Daniel Powter
[Warner Bros.]



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
Track from: Monkey Business
[A&M Records]
I Will Follow You Into The Dark
Death Cab For Cutie
Track from: Plans
[Atlantic Records]
Over My Head (Cable Car)
The Fray
Track from: How To Save A Life
[Epic]
Is It Any Wonder?
Keane
Track from: Under The Iron Sea
[Interscope Records]
Stickwitu
The Pussycat Dolls
Track from: PCD
[A&M 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.)

For Once In My Life
Tony Bennett & Stevie Wonder
Track from: Duets: An American Classic
[RPM Records/Columbia]
One
Mary J. Blige & U2
Track from: The Breakthrough
[Geffen/Matriarch Records]

Always On Your Side
Sheryl Crow & Sting
Track from: Wildflower
[A&M Records]
Promiscuous
Nelly Furtado & Timbaland
Track from: Loose
[Geffen/Mosley Music Group]
Hips Don't Lie
Shakira & Wyclef Jean
Track from: Oral Fixation Vol. 2
[Epic]



Category 9
Best Pop Instrumental Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)

New Beginnings
Gerald Albright
[Peak Records]
Fire Wire
Larry Carlton
[Bluebird/RCA Victor]
X
Fourplay
[Bluebird/RCA Victor]

Fingerprints
Peter Frampton
[A&M Records/New Door Records]
Wrapped In A Dream
Spyro Gyra
[Heads Up International]
Category 10

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

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

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

Back To Basics
Christina Aguilera
[RCA Records]

Back To Bedlam
James Blunt
[Custard/Atlantic]
The River In Reverse
Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint
[Verve Forecast]
Continuum
John Mayer
[Aware/Columbia]
FutureSex/LoveSounds
Justin Timberlake
[Jive Records/Zomba Label Group]
Category 11

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

Suffer Well
Depeche Mode
Ben Hillier, producer; Steve Fitzmaurice & Ben Hillier, mixers
Track from: Playing The Angel
[Sire/Reprise/Mute]
Ooh La La
Goldfrapp
Goldfrapp, producers; Mark "Spike" Stent, mixer
Track from: Supernature
[Mute]
Get Together
Madonna
Madonna & Stuart Price, producers; Mark "Spike" Stent, mixer
Track from: Confessions On A Dance Floor
[Warner Bros.]
I'm With Stupid
Pet Shop Boys
Trevor Horn, producer; Robert Orton, mixer
Track from: Fundamental
[Rhino Entertainment]
Sexy Back
Justin Timberlake & Timbaland
Danja, Timbaland & Justin Timberlake, producers; Jimmy Douglass, mixer
[Jive Records/Zomba Label Group]




Category 12

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

Supernature
Goldfrapp
[Mute]
Confessions On A Dance Floor
Madonna
[Warner Bros.]

A Lively Mind
Oakenfold
[Maverick]
Fundamental
Pet Shop Boys
[Rhino Entertainment]
The Garden
Zero 7
[Atlantic]


Category 13


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

Nausea
Beck
[Interscope Records]
Someday Baby
Bob Dylan
Track from: Modern Times
[Columbia]
Route 66
John Mayer
Track from: Cars — Soundtrack (Various Artists)
[Disney]

Saving Grace
Tom Petty
Track from: Highway Companion
[American]
Lookin' For A Leader
Neil Young
Track from: Living With War
[Reprise]



Category 14

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

Talk
Coldplay
Track from: X&Y
[Capitol]
How To Save A Life
The Fray
Track from: How To Save A Life
[Epic]
Steady, As She Goes
The Raconteurs
Track from: Broken Boy Soldiers
[V2/Third Man Records]
Dani California
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Track from: Stadium Arcadium
[Warner Bros.]
The Saints Are Coming
U2 & Green Day
[Interscope Records/Warner Bros.]




Category 15
Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

Ring The Alarm
Beyoncé
Track from: B'Day
[Sony Urban Music/Columbia]
Be Without You
Mary J. Blige
Track from: The Breakthrough
[Geffen Records]

Don't Forget About Us
Mariah Carey
Track from: The Emancipation Of Mimi (Ultra Platinum Edition)
[Island Records]
Day Dreaming
Natalie Cole
Track from: Leavin'
[Verve Records]
I Am Not My Hair
India.Arie
Track from: Testimony: Vol. 1, Life & Relationship
[Motown Records]



Category 16

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

Heaven
John Legend
Track from: Once Again
[Columbia/GOOD/Sony Urban Music]
So Sick
Ne-Yo
Track from: In My Own Words
[Def Jam Recordings]

Black Sweat
Prince
Track from: 3121
[Universal Records]
I Call It Love
Lionel Richie
Track from: Coming Home
[Island Def Jam Recordings]
Got You Home
Luther Vandross
[J Records/Epic/Legacy Recordings]


Category 17

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)
Track from: The Breakthrough
[Geffen Records; Publishers: Chrysalis Music, Mary J. Blige Music, Naked Under My Clothes Music, Universal Music Corp., Babyboy's Little Publishing, Jason's Lyrics, Noontime South, Reach Global Tunes, WB Music.]

Black Sweat
Prince, songwriter (Prince)
Track from: 3121
[Universal Records; Publisher: Controversy Music.]
Deja Vu
Shawn Carter, Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins, Beyoncé Knowles, Makeba, Keli Nicole Price & Delisha Thomas, songwriters (Beyoncé Featuring Jay-Z)
[Sony Urban Music/Columbia; Publishers: Beyoncé Publishing, EMI Blackwood Music, 23000 Music Publishing, Makeba Yoga Flames Music/Janice Combs Publishing/EMI Blackwood, Price Tag, EMI April Music/Carter Boys Publishing.]
Don't Forget About Us
Johnta Austin, Mariah Carey, Bryan-Michael Cox & Jermaine Dupri, songwriters (Mariah Carey)
Track from: The Emancipation Of Mimi (Ultra Platinum Edition)
[Island Records; Publishers: Rye Songs, Shaniah Cymone Music, EMI April Music, Babyboy's Little Publishing Company, Noontime South, Naked Under My Clothes, Chrysalis Music.]
I Am Not My Hair
Drew Ramsey, Shannon Sanders & India Arie Simpson, songwriters (India.Arie)
Track from: Testimony: Vol. 1, Life & Relationship
[Motown Records; Publishers: Gold & Iron Music, Wang Out Music Sony, Combustion Windswept, Noka International/Famous Music.]



Category 18

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

The Breakthrough
Mary J. Blige
[Geffen Records]

Unpredictable
Jamie Foxx
[J Records]
Testimony: Vol. 1, Life & Relationship
India.Arie
[Motown Records]
3121
Prince
[Universal Republic]
Coming Home
Lionel Richie
[Island Def Jam Recordings]



Category 19

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

B'Day
Beyoncé
[Sony Urban Music/Columbia]
Chris Brown
Chris Brown
[Jive Records/Zomba Label Group]
20 Y.O.
Janet Jackson
[Virgin Records]
Kelis Was Here
Kelis
[Jive Records/Zomba Label Group/Dope Entertainment]
In My Own Words
Ne-Yo
[Def Jam Recordings]


Category 20


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
[SRC/Universal Records]
Deja Vu
Beyoncé Featuring Jay-Z
[Sony Urban Music/Columbia]
Shake That
Eminem Featuring Nate Dogg
Track from: Curtain Call — The Hits
[Aftermath/Shady/Interscope Records]
Unpredictable
Jamie Foxx Featuring Ludacris
Track from: Unpredictable
[J Records]
My Love
Justin Timberlake Featuring T.I.
Track from: FutureSex/LoveSounds
[Jive Records/Zomba Label Group]
Category 21

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

Kerosene
Miranda Lambert
Track from: Kerosene
[Epic]
I Still Miss Someone
Martina McBride
[RCA Nashville]
Something's Gotta Give
LeAnn Rimes
Track from: This Woman
[Curb Records]
Jesus, Take The Wheel
Carrie Underwood
Track from: Some Hearts
[Arista/Arista Nashville/19]

I Don't Feel Like Loving You Today
Gretchen Wilson
[Epic Nashville]



Category 22

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

Every Mile A Memory
Dierks Bentley
[Capitol Records Nashville]
The Reason Why
Vince Gill
[MCA Nashville]
The Seashores Of Old Mexico
George Strait
Track from: Somewhere Down In Texas
[MCA Nashville]
Would You Go With Me
Josh Turner
Track from: Your Man
[MCA Nashville]

Once In A Lifetime
Keith Urban
[Capitol Records Nashville]



Category 23
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)
[Capitol Records Nashville; Publishers: Dierks Bentley Publishing, Brett Beavers Publishing, Ensign Music, Rancho Papa Music.]
I Don't Feel Like Loving You Today
Matraca Berg & Jim Collins, songwriters (Gretchen Wilson)
[Epic Nashville; Publishers: Songs of Universal, Hannaberg Music, Warner-Tamerlane Publishing, Make Shift Music.]
Jesus, Take The Wheel
Brett James, Hillary Lindsey & Gordie Sampson, songwriters (Carrie Underwood)
Track from: Some Hearts
[Arista/Arista Nashville/19; Publishers: Dimensional Music of 1091/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, Raylene Music/BPJ Administration, No Such Music, Passing Stranger Music/1609 Songs/Music of Windswept.]
Like Red On A Rose
Melanie Castleman & Robert Lee Castleman, songwriters (Alan Jackson)
Track from: Like Red On A Rose
[Arista Nashville/Sony BMG; Publishers: Farm Use Only Music, Cassamel Music.]

What Hurts The Most
Steve Robson & Jeffrey Steele, songwriters (Rascal Flatts)
Track from: Me And My Gang
[Lyric Street Records; Publishers: Gottahaveable Music, Songs of Windswept Pacific, Almo Music.]



Category 24

Best Country Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

Taking The Long Way
Dixie Chicks
[Open Wide/Columbia]

Like Red On A Rose
Alan Jackson
[Arista Nashville/Sony BMG]
The Road To Here
Little Big Town
[Equity Music Group]
You Don't Know Me: The Songs Of Cindy Walker
Willie Nelson
[Lost Highway]
Your Man
Josh Turner
[MCA Nashville]
Category 25

Best New Age Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

A Posteriori
Enigma
[Virgin Records]

Amarantine
Enya
[Reprise]
Beyond Words
Gentle Thunder With Will Clipman & AmoChip Dabney
[Delvian Records / GT Productions]
Elements Series: Fire
Peter Kater
[Real Music]
The Magical Journeys Of Andreas Vollenweider
Andreas Vollenweider
[Kin Kou/SLG Records]

期待中~……