A running tally of the winners
The 52nd annual Grammy Awards blasted out of the gate with the pre-telecast awards ceremony, which started at 1 p.m. PT at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
Winners in the early going included producer A.R. Rahman for Slumdog Millionaire," best compilation soundtrack album; composer Michael Giacchino for Up," best score soundtrack album; and writers Gulzar, A.R. Rahman and Tanvi Shah for Jai Ho" (from Slumdog Millionaire") for best song for a motion picture, TV or visual media.
Kudos in 100 categories will be handed out during the afternoon ceremony, while nine more winners including album, song and record of the year and best new artist will be announced during the evening show, to be telecast live in the East on CBS at 8 p.m. ET.
Best Jazz Vocal Album
Dedicated To You: Kurt Elling Sings The Music Of Coltrane And Hartman" WINNER
Kurt Elling
[Concord Jazz]
Best Contemporary Jazz Album
75" WINNER
Joe Zawinul & The Zawinul Syndicate
[Heads Up International]
Best Improvised Jazz Solo
Dancin' 4 Chicken" WINNER
Terence Blanchard, soloist
Track from: Watts (Jeff Tain" Watts)
[Dark Key Music]
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Book One" WINNER
New Orleans Jazz Orchestra
[World Village]
Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual Or Group
Five Peace Band - Live" WINNER
Chick Corea & John McLaughlin Five Peace Band
[Concord Records]
Best Latin Jazz Album
Juntos Para Siempre" WINNER
Bebo Valdes And Chucho Valdes
[Sony Music/Calle 54]
Best Dance Recording
Poker Face" - Lady Gaga WINNER
RedOne, producer; Robert Orton, RedOne & Dave Russell, mixers
Track from: The Fame"
[Streamline/Interscope/Konlive/Cherrytree]
Best Electronic/Dance Album
The Fame" WINNER
Lady Gaga
[Streamline/Interscope/Konlive/Cherrytree]
Best Female Country Vocal Performance
White Horse" - Taylor Swift WINNER
Track from: Fearless"
[Big Machine Records]
Best Male Country Vocal Performance
Sweet Thing" - Keith Urban WINNER
Track from: Defying Gravity"
[Capitol Records Nashville]
Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
I Run To You" - Lady Antebellum WINNER
Track from: Lady Antebellum"
[Capitol Records Nashville]
Best Country Collaboration With Vocals
I Told You So" - Carrie Underwood & Randy Travis WINNER
[19/Arista Nashville]
Best Country Instrumental Performance
Producer's Medley" - Steve Wariner WINNER
Track from: Steve Wariner c.g.p. My Tribute To Chet Atkins
[SelecTone Records]
Best Country Song
White Horse" - Liz Rose & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift) WINNER
Track from: Fearless"
[Big Machine Records; Publishers: Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, Taylor Swift Music/Sony/ATV/Care Taker Music/ole]
Best New Age Album
Prayer For Compassion" WINNER
David Darling
[Wind Over The Earth]
Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Story Telling)
Always Looking Up" WINNER
Michael J. Fox
[Hyperion Audio]
Best Gospel Performance
Wait On The Lord" WINNER
Donnie McClurkin Featuring Karen Clark Sheard
Track from: We All Are One (Live In Detroit)
[Verity]
Best Rock Or Rap Gospel Album
Live Revelations" WINNER
Third Day
[Essential Records]
Best Gospel Song
God In Me" WINNER
Erica Campbell, Tina Campbell & Warryn Campbell, songwriters (Mary Mary Featuring Kierra KiKi" Sheard)
Track from: The Sound"
[Columbia Records; Publishers: EMI April Music, Wet Ink Red Music, That's Plum Song, It's Tea Tyme.]
Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album
The Power Of One" WINNER
Israel Houghton
[Integrity Music]
Best Southern/Country/Bluegrass Gospel Album
Jason Crabb" WINNER
Jason Crabb
[Spring Hill Music Group]
Best Traditional Gospel Album
Oh Happy Day"WINNER
(Various Artists)
Bill Hearn, Ken Levitan, Ken Pennell, Jack Rovner & Cedric Thompson, producers
[EMI Gospel/Vector Recordings]
Best Latin Rock, Alternative Or Urban Album
Los De Atras Vienen Conmigo" WINNER
Calle 13
[Sony Music Norte]
Best Latin Pop Album
Sin Frenos" WINNER
La Quinta Estacin
[Sony Music Latin]
Best Tejano Album
Borders Y Bailes" WINNER
Los Texmaniacs
[Smithsonian Folkways Recordings]
Best Banda Album
Tu Esclavo Y Amo" WINNER
Lupillo Rivera
[Disa]
Best Native American Music Album
Spirit Wind North" WINNER
Bill Miller
[Cool Springs Music Group]
Best Traditional World Music Album
Douga Mansa" WINNER
Mamadou Diabate [World Village]
Best Contemporary World Music Album
Throw Down Your Heart: Tales From The Acoustic Planet, Vol. 3 -
Africa Sessions" WINNER
Bla Fleck
[Rounder]
Best Zydeco Or Cajun Music Album
Lay Your Burden Down" WINNER
Buckwheat Zydeco
[Alligator]
Best Reggae Album
Mind Control - Acoustic" WINNER
Stephen Marley
[Ghetto Youths/Tuff Gong/Universal Republic]
Best Hawaiian Music Album
Masters Of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar, Volume 2" WINNER
(Various Artists)
Daniel Ho, George Kahumoku, Jr., Paul Konwiser & Wayne Wong, producers
[Daniel Ho Creations]
Best Norteno Album
Tu Noche Con...Los Tigres Del Norte" WINNER
Los Tigres Del Norte
[Fonovisa]
Best Regional Mexican Album
Necesito De Ti" WINNER
Vicente Fernndez
[Sony Music Norte]
Best Tropical Latin Album
Ciclos" WINNER
Luis Enrique
[Top Stop Music]
Best Musical Album For Children
Family Time" WINNER
Ziggy Marley
[Tuff Gong Worldwide]
Best Spoken Word Album For Children
Aaaaah! Spooky, Scary Stories & Songs" WINNER
Buck Howdy
[Prairie Dog Entertainment]
Best Musical Show Album
West Side Story" WINNER
David Caddick & David Lai, producers (Leonard Bernstein, composer; Stephen Sondheim, lyricist) (New Broadway Cast with Matt Cavenaugh, Josefina Scaglione & Others)
[Masterworks Broadway]
Best Instrumental Composition
Married Life" (From Up") WINNER
Michael Giacchino, composer (Michael Giacchino)
Track from: Up - Soundtrack
[Walt Disney Records]
Best Instrumental Arrangement
West Side Story Medley" WINNER
Bill Cunliffe, arranger (Resonance Big Band)
Track from: Resonance Big Band Plays Tribute To Oscar Peterson
[Resonance Records]
Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
Quiet Nights" WINNER
Claus Ogerman, arranger (Diana Krall)
Track from: Quiet Nights
[Verve]
Best Recording Package
Everything That Happens Will Happen Today" WINNER
Stefan Sagmeister, art director (David Byrne & Brian Eno)
[Todomundo/Opal]
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package
Neil Young Archives Vol. I" (1963-1972) WINNER
Gary Burden, Jenice Heo & Neil Young, art directors (Neil Young)
[Reprise]
Best Album Notes
The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions" (1935-1946) WINNER
Dan Morgenstern, album notes writer (Louis Armstrong)
[Mosaic Records]
Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
Jai Ho" (From Slumdog Millionaire") WINNER
Gulzar, A.R. Rahman & Tanvi Shah, songwriters (A.R. Rahman, Sukhvinder Singh, Tanvi Shah, Mahalaxmi Iyer & Vijay Prakash)
Track from: Slumdog Millionaire" - Music From The Motion Picture
[N.E.E.T./Interscope Records; Publisher: KM Musiq.]
Best Score Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
Up" WINNER
Michael Giacchino, composer
[Walt Disney Records]
Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
Slumdog Millionaire" WINNER
(Various Artists)
A.R. Rahman, producer
[N.E.E.T./Interscope Records]
Best Historical Album
The Complete Chess Masters (1950-1967)" WINNER
Andy McKaie, compilation producer; Erick Labson, mastering engineer (Little Walter)
[Hip-O Select/Geffen Records]
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
Ellipse" WINNER
Imogen Heap, engineer (Imogen Heap)
[RCA/Megaphonic Records]
Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical
When Love Takes Over (Electro Extended Remix)" WINNER
David Guetta, remixer (David Guetta Featuring Kelly Rowland)
[Astralwerks]
Best Surround Sound Album
Transmigration" WINNER
Michael Bishop, surround mix engineer; Michael Bishop, surround mastering engineer; Elaine Martone, surround producer (Robert Spano, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Choruses)
[Telarc]
RECORD OF THE YEAR
Halo," Beyonce
I Gotta Feeling," The Black Eyed Peas
Use Somebody," Kings of Leon
Poker Face," Lady Gaga
You Belong With Me," Taylor Swift
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
I Am...Sasha Fierce," Beyonce
The E.N.D.," The Black Eyed Peas
The Fame," Lady Gaga
Big Whiskey and the Groogrux King," Dave Matthews Band
Fearless," Taylor Swift
SONG OF THE YEAR
Poker Face," Lady Gaga & RedOne
Pretty Wings," Hod David & Musze
Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)," Thaddis Harrell, Beyonce Knowles, Terius Nash & Christopher Stewart
Use Somebody," Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill & Nathan Followill (Kings of Leon)
You Belong With Me," Liz Rose & Taylor Swift
BEST NEW ARTIST
Zac Brown Band
Keri Hilson
MGMT
Silversun Pickups
The Ting Tings
BEST FEMALE POP VOCAL PERFORMANCE
Hometown Glory," Adele
Halo," Beyonce
Hot N Cold," Katy Perry
Sober," Pink
You Belong With Me," Taylor Swift
BEST MALE POP VOCAL PERFORMANCE
This Time," John Legend
Love You," Maxwell
Make It Mine," Jason Mraz
If You Don't Know Me by Now," Seal
All About the Love Again," Stevie Wonder
BEST POP PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCALS
I Gotta Feeling," The Black Eyed Peas
We Weren't Born to Follow," Bon Jovi
Never Say Never," The Fray
Sara Smile," Daryl Hall & John Oates
Kids," MGMT
BEST POP COLLABORATION WITH VOCALS
Sea of Heartbreak," Rosanne Cash & Bruce Springsteen
Love Sex Magic," Ciara & Justin Timberlake
Lucky," Jason Mraz & Colbie Caillat
Baby, It's Cold Outside," Willie Nelson & Norah Jones
Breathe," Taylor Swift & Colbie Caillat
BEST POP INSTRUMENTAL PERFORMANCE
Besame Mucho," Herb Alpert
Throw Down Your Heart," Bela Fleck
The Fire," Imogen Heap
Phoenix Rise," Maxwell
Funk Joint," Marcus Miller
BEST POP INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM
In Boston," Chris Botti
Legacy," Hiroshima
Potato Hole," Booker T. Jones
Modern Art," The Rippingtons Featuring Russ Freeman
Down The Wire," Spyro Gyra
BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM
The E.N.D.," The Black Eyed Peas
Breakthrough," Colbie Caillat
All I Ever Wanted," Kelly Clarkson
The Fray," The Fray
Funhouse," Pink
BEST DANCE RECORDING
Boom Boom Pow," The Black Eyed Peas
When Love Takes Over," David Guetta & Kelly Rowland
Poker Face," Lady Gaga
Celebration," Madonna
Womanizer," Britney Spears
BEST ELECTRONIC/DANCE ALBUM
Divided By Night," The Crystal Method
One Love," David Guetta
The Fame," Lady Gaga
Party Rock," LMFAO
Yes," Pet Shop Boys
BEST TRADITIONAL POP VOCAL ALBUM
A Swingin' Christmas," Tony Bennett
Michael Buble Meets Madison Square Garden," Michael Buble
Your Songs," Harry Connick, Jr.
Liza's At the Palace," Liza Minnelli
American Classic," Willie Nelson
BEST SOLO ROCK VOCAL PERFORMANCE
Beyond Here Lies Nothin'," Bob Dylan
Change In the Weather," John Fogerty
Dreamer," Prince
Working On a Dream," Bruce Springsteen
Fork in the Road," Neil Young
BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCALS
Can't Find My Way Home," Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood
Life In Technicolor II," Coldplay
21 Guns," Green Day
Use Somebody," Kings of Leon
I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight," U2
BEST HARD ROCK PERFORMANCE
War Machine," AC/DC
Check My Brain," Alice In Chains
When I've Done," Linkin Park
The Unforgiven III," Metallica
Burn It To The Ground," Nickelback
BEST METAL PERFORMANCE
Dissident Aggressor," Judas Priest
Set To Fail," Lamb of God
Head Crusher," Megadeth
Senor Peligro," Ministry
Hate Worldwide," Slayer
BEST ROCK INSTRUMENTAL PERFORMANCE
A Day In The Life," Jeff Beck
Warped Sister," Booker T. Jones
Playing With Fire," Brad Paisley
Mr. Surfer Goes Jazzin'," Brian Setzer Orchestra
Now We Run," Steve Vai
BEST ROCK SONG
The Fixer," Matt Cameron, Stone Gossard, Mike McCready & Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam)
I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight," Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge & Larry Mullen Jr. (U2)
21 Guns," Billi Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt & Tre Cool (Green Day)
Use Somebody," Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill & Nathan Followill (Kings of Leon)
Working On A Dream," Bruce Springsteen
BEST ROCK ALBUM
Black Ice," AC/DC
Live From Madison Square Garden," Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood
21st Century Breakdown," Green Day
Big Whiskey And the Groogrux King," Dave Matthew Band
No Line On The Horizon," U2
BEST ALTERNATIVE MUSIC ALBUM
Everything That Happens Will Happen Today," David Byrne & Brian Eno
The Open Door," Death Cab For Cutie
Sounds of the Universe," Depeche Mode
Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix," Phoenix
It's Blitz!," Yeah Yeah Yeahs
BEST FEMALE R&B VOCAL PERFORMANCE
Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)" Beyonce
It Kills Me," Melanie Fiona
That Was Then," Lalah Hathaway
Goin' Thru Changes," Ledisi
Lions, Tigers & Bears," Jazmine Sullivan
BEST MALE R&B VOCAL PERFORMANCE
The Point Of It All," Anthony Hamilton
Pretty Wings," Maxwell
Sobeautiful," Musiq Soulchild
Under," Pleasure P
There Goes My Baby," Charlie Wilson
BEST R&B PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCALS
Blame It," Jamie Foxx & T-Pain
Chocolate High," India.Arie & Musiq Soulchild
Ifuleave," Musiq Soulchild & Mary J. Blige
Higher Ground," Robert Randolph & The Clark Sisters
Love Has Finally Come At Last," Calvin Richardson & Ann Nesby
BEST TRADITIONAL R&B VOCAL PERFORMANCE
At Last," Beyonce
Soul Music," Anthony Hamilton
Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight," Boney James & Quinn
Sow Love," Ann Nesby
Woman Gotta Have It," Calvin Richardson
BEST URBAN/ALTERNATIVE PERFORMANCE
Daykeeper," The Foreign Exchange
All Matter," Robert Glasper & Bilal
Pearls," India.Arie & Dobet Gnahore
A Tale of Two," Eric Roberson, Ben O'Neill & Michelle Thompson
Blend," Tonex
BEST R&B SONG
Blame It," James T. Brown, John Conte, Jr., Jamie Foxx, Christopher Henderson, Brandon R. Melachon, Breyon Prescott, T-Pain & Nathan L. Walker (Jamie Foxx & T-Pain)
Lions, Tigers & Bears," Salaam Remi & Jazzmine Sullivan (Jazmine Sullivan)
Pretty Wings," Hod David & Musze (Maxwell)
Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)," Thaddis Harrell, Beyonce Knowles, Terius Nash & Christopher Stewart (Beyonce)
Under," D. Babbs, L. Bereal, M. Cooper, A. Dixon, J. Franklin, T. Jones, R. New & K. Stephens (Pleasure P)
BEST R&B ALBUM
The Point Of It All," Anthony Hamilton
Testimony: Vol. 2, Love & Politics," India.Arie
Turn Me Loose," Ledisi
Blacksummers' Night," Maxwell
Uncle Charlie," Charlie Wilson
BEST CONTEMPORARY R&B ALBUM
I Am...Sasha Fierce," Beyonce
Intuition," Jamie Foxx
The Introduction Of Marcus Cooper," Pleasure P
Ready," Trey Songs
Thr33 Rings," T-Pain
BEST RAP SOLO PERFORMANCE
Best I Ever Had," Drake
Beautiful," Eminem
D.O.A. (Death Of Auto-Tune)," Jay-Z
Day 'N' Nite," Kid Cudi
Casa Bey," Mos Def
BEST RAP PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP
Too Many Rappers," Beastie Boys & Nas
Crack a Bottle," Eminem, Dr. Dre & 50 Cent
Money Goes, Honey Stay," Fabolous & Jay-Z
Make Her Say," Kid Cudi, Kanye West & Common
Amazing," Kanye West & Young Jeezy
BEST RAP/SUNG COLLABORATION
Ego," Beyonce & Kanye West
Know You Down," Keri Hilson, Kanye West & Ne-Yo
Run This Town," Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West
I'm On A Boat," The Lonely Island & T-Pain
Dead And Gone," T.I. & Justin Timberlake
BEST RAP SONG
Best I Ever Had," Aubrey Drake Graham, D. Hamilton & M. Samuels (Drake)
Day 'N' Nite," S. Mescudi, O. Omishore (Kid Cudi)
Dead And Gone," C. Harris, R. Tadross, J. Timberlake (T.I. & Justin Timberlake)
D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)," Shawn Carter & Ernest Wilson (Jay-Z)
Run This Town," Shawn Carter, R. Fenty, M. Riddick, Kanye West & E. Wilson (Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West)
BEST RAP ALBUM
Universal Mind Control," Common
Relapse," Eminem
R.O.O.T.S.," Flo Rida
The Ecstatic," Mos Def
The Renaissance," Q-Tip
BEST COUNTRY PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCALS
Cowgirls Don't Cry," Brooks & Dunn
Chicken Fried," Zac Brown Band
I Run To You," Lady Antebellum
Here Comes Goodbye," Racal Flatts
It Happens," Sugarland
BEST COUNTRY COLLABORATION WITH VOCALS
Beautiful World," Dierks Bentley & Patty Griffin
Down The Road," Kenny Chesney & Mac McAnally
Start A Band," Brad Paisley & Keith Urban
I Told You So," Carrie Underwood & Randy Travis
Everything But Quits," Lee Ann Womack & George Strait
BEST COUNTRY INSTRUMENTAL PERFORMANCE
Under the (Five) Wire," Alison Brown
The Crystal Merchant," The Greencards
Mansinneedof," Sarah Jarosz
Producer's Medley," Steve Wariner
BEST COUNTRY SONG
All I Ask For Anymore," Casey Beathard & Tim James (Trace Adkins)
High Cost of Living," Jamey Johnson & James Slater (Jamey Johnson)
I Run To You," Tom Douglas, Dave Haywood, Charles Kelley & Hillary Scott (Lady Antebellum)
People Are Crazy," Bobby Braddock & Troy Jones (Billy Currington)
White Horse," Liz Rose & Taylor Swift (Taylor Swift)
BEST COUNTRY ALBUM
The Foundation," Zac Brown Band
Twang," George Strait
Fearless," Taylor Swift
Defying Gravity," Keith Urban
Call Me Crazy," Lee Ann Womack
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