2005 Grammy Award Winners

Record Of The Year: Here We Go Again - Ray Charles & Norah Jones

Album Of The Year: Genius Loves Company - Ray Charles & Various Artists

Song Of The Year: Daughters - John Mayer

Best New Artist: Maroon5

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

Best Pop Vocal Album: Genius Loves Company - Ray Charles & Various Artists

Best Dance Recording: Toxic - Britney Spears

Best Electronic/Dance Album: Kish Kash - Basement Jaxx

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: Stardust...The Great American Songbook Volume III - Rod Stewart

Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance: Code Of Silence - Bruce Springsteen

Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal: Vertigo - U2

Best Hard Rock Performance: Slither - Velvet Revolver

Best Metal Performance: Whiplash - Motörhead

Best Rock Instrumental Performance: Mrs. O'Leary's Cow - Brian Wilson

Best Rock Song: Vertigo - Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge & Larry Mullen, songwriters (U2)

Best Rock Album: American Idiot - Green Day

Best Alternative Music Album: A Ghost Is Born - Wilco

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance: If I Ain't Got You - Alicia Keys

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, Harold Lilly & Kanye West, songwriters (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 Featuring Lil Jon & Ludacris

Best Rap Song: Jesus Walks - Miri Ben Ari, C. Smith & Kanye West, songwriters (Kanye West)

Best Rap Album: The College Dropout - Kanye West

Best Female Country Vocal Performance: Redneck Woman - Gretchen Wilson

Best Male Country Vocal Performance: Engine One-Forty-Three - Johnny Cash

In My Own Mind - Lyle Lovett

Live Like You Were Dying - Tim McGraw

You Are My Flower - Willie Nelson

You'll Think Of Me - Keith Urban

Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal: Top Of The World - Dixie Chicks

Best Country Collaboration With Vocals: Portland Oregon - Loretta Lynn & Jack White

Best Country Instrumental Performance: Earl's Breakdown - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Featuring Earl Scruggs, Randy Scruggs, Vassar Clements & Jerry Douglas

Best Country Song: Live Like You Were Dying - Tim Nichols & Craig Wiseman, songwriters (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 - Carol Cymbala, choir director; The 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 Featuring 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 Artists

Best Contemporary Folk Album - The Revolution Starts...Now - Steve Earle

Best Native American Music Album: Cedar Dream Songs - Bill Miller

Best Hawaiian Music Album: Slack Key Guitar Volume 2 - Various Artists

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 Artists

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 And The Cast Of The Daily Show

Best Musical Show Album: Wicked

Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For A Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media: Garden State - Various Artists

Best Score Soundtrack Album For A Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media: The Lord Of The Rings - The Return Of The King - Howard Shore, composer (Howard Shore)

Best Song Written For A Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media: Into The West (From The Lord Of The Rings - The Return Of The King)
Annie Lennox, Howard Shore & Fran Walsh, songwriters (Annie Lennox)

Best Instrumental Composition: Merengue - Paquito D'Rivera, composer (Yo-Yo Ma)

Best Instrumental Arrangement: Past Present & Future - Slide Hampton, arranger (The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra)

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s): Over The Rainbow - Victor Vanacore, arranger (Ray Charles & Johnny Mathis)

Best Recording Package: A Ghost Is Born - Peter Buchanan-Smith & Dan Nadel, art directors (Wilco)

Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package: Once In A Lifetime - Stefan Sagmeister, art director (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
Robert Fernandez, John Harris, Terry Howard, Pete Karam, Joel Moss, Seth Presant, Al Schmitt & Ed Thacker, engineers (Ray Charles & Various Artists)

Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical: John Shanks
• Autobiography (Ashlee Simpson)
• Breakaway (Kelly Clarkson)
• The First Cut Is The Deepest (Sheryl Crow)
• Fly (Hilary Duff)
• Shine Your Light (Robbie Robertson)
• So-Called Chaos (Alanis Morissette)

Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical: It's My Life (Jacques Lu Cont's Thin White Duke Mix) - Jacques Lu Cont, remixer (No Doubt)

Best Surround Sound Album: 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)

Best Engineered Album, Classical: Higdon: City Scape; Concerto For Orchestra - Jack Renner, engineer (Robert Spano)

Producer Of The Year, Classical: David Frost

Best Classical Album: Adams: On The Transmigration Of Souls - Lorin Maazel, conductor; John Adams & Lawrence Rock, producers (Brooklyn Youth Chorus & New York Choral Artists; New York Philharmonic)

Best Orchestral Performance: Adams: On The Transmigration Of Souls - Lorin Maazel, conductor (Brooklyn Youth Chorus & New York Choral Artists; New York Philharmonic)

Best Opera Recording: 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)

Best Choral Performance: Berlioz: Requiem - Robert Spano, conductor; Norman Mackenzie, choir director (Frank Lopardo, tenor; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra)

Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra): Previn: Violin Concerto "Anne-Sophie"/Bernstein: Serenade - André Previn, conductor; Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin (Boston Symphony Orchestra & London Symphony Orchestra)

Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra): Aire Latino (Morel, Villa-Lobos, Ponce, Etc.) - David Russell, guitar

Best Chamber Music Performance: Prokofiev (Arr. Pletnev): Cinderella - Suite For Two Pianos/Ravel: Ma Mère L'Oye - Martha Argerich, piano & Mikhail Pletnev, piano

Best Small Ensemble Performance (with or without Conductor): Carlos Chávez - Complete Chamber Music, Vol. 2 Jeff von der Schmidt, conductor; Southwest Chamber Music

Best Classical Vocal Performance: Ives: Songs (The Things Our Fathers Loved; The Housatonic At Stockbridge, Etc.) - Susan Graham, mezzo soprano (Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano)

Best Classical Contemporary Composition: Adams: On The Transmigration Of Souls - John Adams (Lorin Maazel; Brooklyn Youth Chorus & New York Choral Artists; New York Philharmonic)

Best Classical Crossover Album: LAGQ's Guitar Heroes - Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

Best Short Form Music Video: Vertigo - U2
Alex & Martin, video director; Grace Bodie, video producer

Best Long Form Music Video: Concert For George - Various Artists
David Leland, video director; Ray Cooper, Olivia Harrison & Jon Kamen, video producers

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