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50th Grammy Awards
Date	February 10, 2008
Venue	Staples Center, Los Angeles, California
TV in the United States
Network	CBS
< 2007 Grammy Awards 2009 >

The 50th Annual Grammy Awards took place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, on February 10, 2008. Amy Winehouse was the big winner; winning a total of five awards. Herbie Hancock's River: The Joni Letters won Album of the Year, marking the first time in 43 years that a jazz album received the award. The honor was given to Getz/Gilberto by Stan Getz and João Gilberto in 1965.

Contents 1 Performers 2 Presenters 3 Special merit awards 4 General 5 Pop 6 Dance 7 Traditional pop 8 Rock 9 Alternative 10 R&B 11 Rap 12 New Age 13 Jazz 14 Gospel 15 Latin 16 Blues 17 Folk 18 Reggae 19 World music 20 Polka 21 Children's 22 Spoken word 23 Comedy 24 Musical show 25 Film, TV and other visual media 26 Composing and arranging 27 Packaging and notes 28 Historical 29 Production, non-classical 30 Production, surround sound 31 Production, classical 32 Classical 33 Music video 34 Trivia 35 References 36 External links

Performers

The following is an alphabetical list of performers.

• The cast of Across the Universe
• Alicia Keys and John Mayer - " No One"
• Amy Winehouse (via satellite from London) - "Rehab" and "You Know I'm No Good"
• Andrea Bocelli
• Ann Marie Calhoun (My Grammy Moment winner)
• Aretha Franklin
• BeBe Winans
• Beyoncé Knowles - "Proud Mary" with Tina Turner
• Brad Paisley
• Carrie Underwood - "Before He Cheats"
• The cast of Cirque du Soleil Love
• Dave Koz
• Eldar
• Feist
• Fergie and John Legend - "Finally"
• Foo Fighters
• Herbie Hancock
• Israel and New Breed
• Jerry Lee Lewis
• John Fogerty
• John Mayer
• John Paul Jones
• Josh Groban
• Kanye West and Daft Punk
• Keely Smith
• Kid Rock
• Lang Lang
• Little Richard
• Rihanna - "Don't Stop The Music"
• The Clark Sisters
• The Madison Bumblebees
• The Time
• Tina Turner - "What's Love Got To Do With It", "Better Be Good To Me" and "Proud Mary" with Beyonce
• Trin-i-tee 5:7

Presenters

The following is an alphabetical list of presenters.

Akon Jason Bateman Tony Bennett Dierks Bentley Chris Brown Cher Natalie Cole Miley Cyrus Mike Shinoda Fergie

Nelly Furtado Cuba Gooding, Jr. Juanes Tom Hanks Quincy Jones Carole King Solange Knowles Cyndi Lauper

John Legend George Lopez Lyle Lovett Ludacris Joe Mantegna Bette Midler Prince Bonnie Raitt Roselyn Sanchez

Keely Smith Ringo Starr Dave Stewart Taylor Swift Usher will.i.am Andy Williams Stevie Wonder

Special merit awards

MusiCares Person of the Year

• Aretha Franklin

Lifetime Achievement Award winners

• Burt Bacharach
• The Band
• Cab Calloway
• Doris Day
• Itzhak Perlman
• Max Roach
• Earl Scruggs

Trustees Award winners

• Olumide Chapters
• Jac Holzman
• Willie Mitchell

Technical Grammy Award winners

• Ampex Corporation
• John Eargle

General

Record of the Year

• "Rehab" - Amy Winehouse
  • Mark Ronson, producer; Tom Elmhirst, engineer/mixer

Album of the Year

• River: The Joni Letters - Herbie Hancock
  • Leonard Cohen, Norah Jones, Joni Mitchell, Corinne Bailey Rae, Luciana Souza & Tina Turner, featured artists; Herbie Hancock & Larry Klein, producers; Helik Hadar, engineer/mixer; Bernie Grundman, mastering engineer

Song of the Year

• "Rehab" - Amy Winehouse

Best New Artist

• "Amy Winehouse"

Pop

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

• Rehab - Amy Winehouse'''

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance

• "What Goes Around...Comes Around - Justin Timberlake

Best Pop Performance by a Duo/Group w/ Vocals

• "Makes Me Wonder" – Maroon 5

Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals

• "Gone Gone Gone(Done Moved On)" – Robert Plant & Alison Krauss

Best Pop Instrumental Performance

• "One Week Last Summer" – Joni Mitchell

Best Pop Instrumental Album

• The Mix-Up – Beastie Boys

Best Pop Vocal Album

• Back to Black – Amy Winehouse

Dance

Best Dance Recording

• "LoveStoned/I Think She Knows Interlude" - Justin Timberlake

Nate (Danja) Hills, Timbaland & Justin Timberlake, producers; Jimmy Douglass & Timbaland, mixers

Best Electronic/Dance Album

• We Are the Night – The Chemical Brothers

Traditional pop

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

• Call Me Irresponsible - Michael Bublé

Rock

Best Rock Solo Vocal Performance

• "Radio Nowhere" - Bruce Springsteen

Best Rock Performance By a Duo/Group with Vocals

• "Icky Thump" - The White Stripes

Best Hard Rock Performance

• "The Pretender" - Foo Fighters

Best Metal Performance

• "Final Six" - Slayer

Best Rock Instrumental Performance

• "Once Upon a Time in the West" - Bruce Springsteen

Best Rock Song

• "Radio Nowhere" - Bruce Springsteen

Best Rock Album

• Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace - Foo Fighters

Alternative

Best Alternative Music Album

• Icky Thump - The White Stripes

R&B

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance

• "No One" - Alicia Keys

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance

• "Future Baby Mama" - Prince

Best R&B Performance By a Duo/Group with Vocals

• "Disrespectful" - Chaka Khan featuring Mary J. Blige

Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance

• "In My Songs" - Gerald Levert

Best Urban/Alternative Performance

• "Daydreamin'" - Lupe Fiasco featuring Jill Scott

Best R&B Song

• "No One" - Dirty Harry, Kerry Brothers & Alicia Keys (Alicia Keys)

Best R&B Album

• Funk This - Chaka Khan

Best Contemporary R&B Album

• Because of You Ne-Yo

Rap

Best Rap Solo Performance

• "Stronger" - Kanye West

Best Rap Performance By a Duo/Group

• "Southside" - Common featuring Kanye West

Best Rap/Song Collaboration

• "Umbrella" - Rihanna featuring Jay-Z

Best Rap Song

• "Good Life" - Alrin Davis, Faheem Najm & Kanye West (James Ingram & Quincy Jones) (Kanye West featuring T-Pain)

Best Rap Album

• Graduation - Kanye West

New Age

Best New Age Album

• Crestone - Paul Winter Consort

Jazz

Best Contemporary Jazz Album

• River: The Joni Letters - Herbie Hancock

Best Jazz Vocal Album

• Avant Gershwin - Patti Austin

Best Jazz Instrumental Solo Performance

• "Anagram" - Michael Brecker, soloist

Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group

• Pilgrimage - Michael Brecker

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

• A Tale of God's Will (A Requiem for Katrina) - Terence Blanchard

Best Latin Jazz Album

• Funk Tango - Paquito Rivera Quintet

Gospel

Best Gospel Performance

(Tie)

• "Never Gonna Break My Faith" - Aretha Franklin & Mary J. Blige (Featuring The Harlem Boys Choir)
• "Blessed & Highly Favored" - The Clark Sisters

Best Gospel Song

• "Blessed & Highly Favored" - Karen Clark-Sheard, songwriter (The Clark Sisters)

Best Rock or Rap Gospel Album

• Before the Daylight's Shot - Ashley Cleveland

Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album

• A Deeper Level - Israel and New Breed

Best Southern/Country/Bluegrass Album

• Salt of the Earth - Ricky Skaggs & The Whites

Best Traditional Gospel Album

• Live: One Last Time - The Clark Sisters

Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album

• Free to Worship - Fred Hammond

Latin

Best Latin Pop Album

• El Tren de los Momentos - Alejandro Sanz

Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album

• No Hay Espacio - Black Guayaba

Best Latin Urban Album

• Residente O Visitante - Calle 13

Best Tropical Latin Album

• La Llave de mi Corazón - Juan Luis Guerra

Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album

• 100% Mexicano - Pepe Aguilar

Best Tejano Album

• Before the Next Teardrop Falls - Little Joe & La Familia

Best Norteño Album

• Detalles y Emociones - Los Tigres Del Norte

Best Banda Album

• Te Va a Gustar - El Chapo

Blues

Best Traditional Blues Album

• Last of the Great Mississippi Delta Bluesmen: Live In Dallas - Henry James Townsend, Joe Willie "Pinetop" Perkins, Robert Lockwood, Jr. & David Honeyboy Edwards

Best Contemporary Blues Album

• The Road to Escondido - JJ Cale & Eric Clapton

Folk

Best Traditional Folk Album

• Dirt Farmer - Levon Helm

Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album

• Washington Square Serenade - Steve Earle

Best Native American Music Album

• Totemic Flute Chants - Johnny Whitehorse

Best Hawaiian Music Album

• Treasures of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar - Various Artists (Daniel Ho, George Kahumoku, Jr., Paul Konwiser & Wayne Wong, producers)

Best Zydeco Or Cajun Music Album

• Live! Worldwide - Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience

Reggae

Best Reggae Album

• Mind Control - Stephen Marley

World music

Best Traditional World Music Album

• African Spirit - Soweto Gospel Choir

Best Contemporary World Music Album

• Djin Djin - Angelique Kidjo

Polka

Best Polka Album

• Come Share the Wine - Jimmy Sturr & His Orchestra

Children's

Best Children's Music Album

• A Green and Red Christmas - The Muppets (Ted Kryczko & Ed Mitchel, producers)

Best Children's Spoken Word Album

• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Jim Dale

Spoken word

Best Spoken Word Album

• The Audacity of Hope : Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream - Barack Obama

Comedy

Best Comedy Album

• The Distant Future - Flight of the Conchords

Musical show

Best Musical Show Album

• Spring Awakening - Duncan Sheik, producer; Duncan Sheik, composer; Steven Sater, lyricist (Original Broadway Cast with Jonathan Groff, Lea Michele & Others)

Film, TV and other visual media

Best Compilation Soundtrack Album

• Love - George Martin & Giles Martin (The Beatles)

Best Score Soundtrack Album

• Ratatouille - Michael Giacchino, composer

Best Song—Motion Picture, TV, Visual Media

• "Love You I Do"- Henry Krieger & Siedah Garrett, songwriters (Jennifer Hudson) (from Dreamgirls)

Composing and arranging

Best Instrumental Composition

• "Cerulean Skies" - Maria Schneider, composer (Maria Schneider Orchestra)

Best Instrumental Arrangement

• "In a Silent Way" - Vince Mendoza, arranger (Joe Zawinul)

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)

• "I'm Gonna Live Till I Die" - John Clayton, arranger (Queen Latifah)

Packaging and notes

Best Recording Package

• Cassadaga - Zack Nipper, art director (Bright Eyes)

Best Boxed/Special Limited Edition

• What It Is!: Funky Soul and Rare Grooves (1967-1977) - Masaki Koike, art director (Various Artists)

Best Album Notes

• John Work, III: Recording Black Culture - Bruce Nemerov (Various Artists)

Historical

Best Historical Album

• The Live Wire: Woody Guthrie in Performance 1949
  • Nora Guthrie & Jorge Arévalo Mateus, compilation producers; Jamie Howarth, Steve Rosenthal, Warren Russell-Smith & Dr. Kevin Short, mastering engineers (Woody Guthrie)

Production, non-classical

Best Engineered Album, Non Classical

• Beauty & Crime
  • Tchad Blake, Cameron Craig, Emery Dobyns & Jimmy Hogarth, engineers (Suzanne Vega)

Producer of the Year, Non Classical

• Mark Ronson
  • Back to Black (Amy Winehouse) (T)
  • Littlest Things (Lily Allen) (T)
  • Rehab (Amy Winehouse) (T)
  • Version (Mark Ronson) (A)
  • You Know I'm No Good (Amy Winehouse) (T)

Best Remixed Recording

• "Bring the Noise" (Benny Benassi Sfaction Remix)
  • Benny Benassi, remixer (Public Enemy)

Production, surround sound

Best Surround Sound Album

• Love
  • Paul Hicks, surround mix engineer; Tim Young, surround mastering engineer; George Martin & Giles Martin, surround producers (The Beatles)

Production, classical

Best Engineered Album, Classical

• Grechaninov: Passion Week
  • John Newton, engineer (Charles Bruffy, Phoenix Bach Choir & Kansas City Chorale)

Producer of the Year, Classical

• Judith Sherman
  • American Virtuosa: Tribute To Maud Powell (Rachel Barton Pine & Matthew Hagle)
  • From Barrelhouse To Broadway: The Musical Odyssey Of Joe Jordan (Rick Benjamin & The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra)
  • Górecki: String Quartet No. 3 '...Songs Are Sung' (Kronos Quartet)
  • Strange Imaginary Animals (Eighth Blackbird)
  • Tchaikovsky: Three String Quartets, Souvenir De Florence (Ying Quartet)

Classical

Best Classical Album

• Tower: Made In America
  • Leonard Slatkin, conductor; Tim Handley, producer (Nashville Symphony)

Best Orchestra Performance

• "Tower: Made in America"
  • Leonard Slatkin, conductor (Nashville Symphony)

Best Opera Recording

• "Humperdinck: Hansel & Gretel"
  • Sir Charles Mackerras, conductor; Rebecca Evans, Jane Henschel & Jennifer Larmore; Brian Couzens, producer (Sarah Coppen, Diana Montague & Sarah Tynan; New London Children's Choir; Philharmonia Orchestra)

Best Choral Performance

• "Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem"
  • Simon Rattle, conductor; Simon Halsey, chorus master (Thomas Quasthoff & Dorothea Röschmann; Rundfunkchor Berlin; Berliner Philharmoniker)

Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra)

• "Barber/Korngold/Walton: Violin Concertos"
  • Bramwell Tovey, conductor; James Ehnes (Vancouver Symphony Orchestra)

Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra)

• "Beethoven Sonatas, Vol. 3" - Garrick Ohlsson

Best Chamber Music Performance

• "Strange Imaginary Animals" - eighth blackbird

Best Small Ensemble Performance

• "Stravinsky: Apollo, Concerto in D; Prokofiev: 20 Visions Fugitives" - Yuri Bashmet, conductor; Moscow Soloists

Best Classical Vocal Performance

• "Lorraine Hunt Lieberson Sings Peter Lieberson: Neruda Songs"
  • Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (James Levine; Boston Symphony Orchestra)

Best Classical Contemporary Composition

• "Made in America"
  • Joan Tower (Leonard Slatkin, conductor; Nashville Symphony Orchestra)

Best Classical Crossover Album

• A Love Supreme: The Legacy of John Coltrane - Turtle Island String Quartet

Music video

Best Short Form Music Video

• "God's Gonna Cut You Down" - Johnny Cash — Tony Kaye, video director; Rachel Curl, video producer

Best Long Form Music Video

• "The Confessions Tour" - Madonna — Jonas Akerlund, video director; Sara Martin and David May, video producers

Trivia

• The golden anniversary of the Grammys and NARAS was noted in references and performances throughout this year's ceremony. Alicia Keys was the evening's opening musician, singing and playing piano alongside archived video and audio of Frank Sinatra. Other collaborative performances linking contemporary and past musicians included Beyoncé with Tina Turner, Rihanna with The Time, classical pianist Lang Lang with jazz pianist Herbie Hancock, and inaugural Grammy winner Keely Smith with Kid Rock. Special recognition of the musical contributions of The Beatles was also featured.
• Amy Winehouse became the fifth female solo artist to have won five Grammys in one evening. The others who won five in one night before her are Lauryn Hill, Alicia Keys, Norah Jones, and Beyoncé Knowles. The following year Alison Krauss won five making her the sixth female artist to win five in one night.
• CBS aired a special called "My Night at the Grammys" on November 30, 2007. It was part of NARAS' 50th anniversary celebration and featured the top 25 moments in Grammy history which was be determined by vote.

References

External links

• Official website
• Winners and Nominees
• NARAS
• CBS Grammy site

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