51st Grammy Awards 2009

51th Grammy Awards 2009

For recordings released during the Eligibility Year
October 1, 2007 through September 30, 2008
Note: More or less than 5 nominations in a category is the result of ties.

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General Field

Category 1

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.)

	Chasing Pavements Adele Eg White, producer; Tom Elmhirst & Steve Price, engineers/mixers Track from: 19 [XL Recordings/Columbia]
	Viva La Vida Coldplay Markus Dravs, Brian Eno & Rik Simpson, producers; Michael Brauer & Rik Simpson, engineers/mixers Track from: Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends [Capitol Records]
	Bleeding Love Leona Lewis Simon Cowell, Clive Davis & Ryan "Alias" Tedder, producers; Craig Durrance, Phil Tan & Ryan "Alias" Tedder, engineers/mixers [J Records/SYCO Music]
	Paper Planes M.I.A Diplo, producer; Switch, engineer/mixer Track from: Kala [Interscope]
*	Please Read The Letter Robert Plant & Alison Krauss T Bone Burnett, producer; Mike Piersante, engineer/mixer Track from: Raising Sand [Rounder]

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.)

	Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends Coldplay Markus Dravs, Brian Eno & Rik Simpson, producers; Michael H. Brauer, Markus Dravs, John O'Mahony, Rik Simpson & Andy Wallace, engineers/mixers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer [Capitol Records]
	Tha Carter III Lil Wayne Babyface, Brisco, Fabolous, Jay-Z, Kidd Kidd, Busta Rhymes, Juelz Santana, D. Smith, Static Major, T-Pain & Bobby Valentino, Betty Wright, featured artists; Alchemist, David Banner, Vaushaun "Maestro" Brooks, Cool & Dre, Andrews "Drew" Correa, Shondrae "Mr. Bangladesh" Crawford, Darius "Deezle" Harrison, Infamous, Jim Jonsin, Angelo Morris, Mousa, Pro-J, Play-N-Skillz, Rodnae, D. Smith, Streetrunner, Swizz Beatz, Robin Thicke, T-Pain & Kanye West, producers; Angel Aponte, Joshua Berkman, Andrew Dawson, Joe G, Darius "Deezle" Harrison, Fabian Marasciullo, Angelo Morris, Pro-J, Miguel Scott, Robin Thicke, Julian Vasquez & Gina Victoria, engineers/mixers; Vlado Meller, mastering engineer [Universal Motown/Cash Money]
	Year Of The Gentleman Ne-Yo Chuck Harmony, Ne-Yo, Polow Da Don, StarGate, Stereotypes, Syience, Shea Taylor & Shomari "Sho" Wilson, producers; Kirven Arrington, Jeff Chestek, Kevin "KD" Davis, Mikkel Eriksen, Jaymz Hardy Martin, III, Geno Regist, Phil Tan & Tony Terrebonne, engineers/mixers; Herb Powers, Jr., mastering engineer [Def Jam/Compound]
*	Raising Sand Robert Plant & Alison Krauss T Bone Burnett, producer; Mike Piersante, engineer/mixer; Gavin Lurssen, mastering engineer [Rounder]
	In Rainbows Radiohead Nigel Godrich, producer; Nigel Godrich, Dan Grech-Marguerat, Hugo Nicolson & Richard Woodcraft, engineers/mixers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer [TBD Records]

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 parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.)

	American Boy William Adams, Keith Harris, Josh Lopez, Caleb Speir, John Stephens, Estelle Swaray & Kanye West, songwriters (Estelle Featuring Kanye West) Track from: Shine [Atlantic/Homeschool; Publishers: Will.I.Am Music/Cherry River Music/Chrysalis Publishing/John Legend Publishing/Cherry River Music/Please Gimme My Publishing/EMI Blackwood Music/Larry Leron Music/Speir Music/Broke, Spoke and Gone Publishing]
	Chasing Pavements Adele Adkins & Eg White, songwriters (Adele) Track from: 19 [XL Recordings/Columbia; Publishers: Universal-Songs of Polygram Int.]
	I'm Yours Jason Mraz, songwriter (Jason Mraz) Track from: We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things. [Atlantic; Publisher: Goo Eyed Music]
	Love Song Sara Bareilles, songwriter (Sara Bareilles) Track from: Little Voice [Epic; Publisher: Tiny Bear Music]
*	Viva La Vida Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion & Chris Martin, songwriters (Coldplay) Track from: Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends [Capitol Records; Publishers: Universal Music-MGB Songs]

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.)

*	Adele
	Duffy
	Jonas Brothers
	Lady Antebellum
	Jazmine Sullivan

Field 1 — Pop

Category 5

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

*	Chasing Pavements Adele Track from: 19 [Columbia/XL]
	Love Song Sara Bareilles Track from: Little Voice [Epic]
	Mercy Duffy Track from: Rockferry [Mercury]
	Bleeding Love Leona Lewis [J Records/SYCO Music]
	I Kissed A Girl Katy Perry Track from: One Of The Boys [Capitol Records]
	So What Pink [LaFace]

Category 6

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

	All Summer Long Kid Rock Track from: Rock N Roll Jesus [Atlantic]
*	Say John Mayer Track from: Continuum [Columbia]
	That Was Me Paul McCartney Track from: Amoeba's Secret [Hear Music/MPL Communications Ltd.]
	I'm Yours Jason Mraz Track from: We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things. [Atlantic]
	Closer Ne-Yo Track from: Year Of The Gentleman [Def Jam/Compound Entertainment]
	Wichita Lineman James Taylor Track from: Covers [Hear Music]

Category 7

Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
(For established duos or groups, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

*	Viva La Vida Coldplay Track from: Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends [Capitol Records]
	Waiting In The Weeds Eagles Track from: Long Road Out Of Eden [Eagles Recording Company II]
	Going On Gnarls Barkley Track from: The Odd Couple [Downtown/Atlantic]
	Won't Go Home Without You Maroon 5 Track from: It Won't Be Soon Before Long [A&M/Octone]
	Apologize OneRepublic Track from: Dreaming Out Loud [Mosley Music/Interscope 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.)

	Lesson Learned Alicia Keys & John Mayer Track from: As I Am [J Records]
	4 Minutes Madonna, Justin Timberlake & Timbaland Track from: Hard Candy [Warner Bros.]
*	Rich Woman Robert Plant & Alison Krauss Track from: Raising Sand [Rounder]
	If I Never See Your Face Again Rihanna & Maroon 5 Track from: Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded [Def Jam and also A&M/Octone]
	No Air Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown Track from: Jordin Sparks [Jive]

Category 9

Best Pop Instrumental Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, without vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

	Love Appetite Steve Cropper & Felix Cavaliere Track from: Nudge It Up A Notch [Stax]
*	I Dreamed There Was No War Eagles Track from: Long Road Out Of Eden [Eagles Recording Company II]
	Fortune Teller Fourplay Track from: Energy [Heads Up International]
	Steppin' Out Stanley Jordan Track from: State Of Nature [Mack Avenue Records]
	Blast! Marcus Miller Track from: Marcus [Concord Jazz]

Category 10

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

	Sax For Stax Gerald Albright [Peak Records]
	Greatest Hits Rerecorded Volume One Larry Carlton [335 Records]
*	Jingle All The Way Béla Fleck & The Flecktones [Rounder]
	The Spice Of Life Earl Klugh [Koch Records]
	A Night Before Christmas Spyro Gyra [Heads Up International]

Category 11

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

	Detours Sheryl Crow [A&M Records]
*	Rockferry Duffy [Mercury]
	Long Road Out Of Eden Eagles [Eagles Recording Company II]
	Spirit Leona Lewis [J Records/SYCO Music]
	Covers James Taylor [Hear Music]