51st Annual Grammy Awards

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51st Annual Grammy Awards
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DateFebruary 8, 2009
LocationStaples Center, Los Angeles
Most awardsAlison Krauss, Robert Plant (5)
Most nominationsLil Wayne (8)
Television/radio coverage
NetworkCBS

The 51st Annual Grammy Awards took place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, on February 8, 2009 honoring the best in music for the recording year beginning October 1, 2007 through September 30, 2008. Robert Plant and Alison Krauss were the biggest winners of the night, winning five awards including Album of the Year for their critically acclaimed album Raising Sand. Krauss became the sixth female solo artist to have won 5 awards in one night joining Lauryn Hill, Alicia Keys, Norah Jones, Beyoncé Knowles, and Amy Winehouse.[1] Lil Wayne received the most nominations with eight.

The awards broadcast won an Emmy for Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Variety Series or Special.

Performances[]

Performer(s) Song(s) Performed
U2 "Get on Your Boots"
Al Green
Justin Timberlake
Keith Urban
Boyz II Men 		"Let's Stay Together"
Coldplay
Jay-Z 		"Lost!"
"Viva La Vida"
Carrie Underwood "Last Name"
Kid Rock "Amen"
"All Summer Long"
"Rock 'n' Roll Jesus"
Taylor Swift
Miley Cyrus 		"Fifteen"
Jennifer Hudson "You Pulled Me Through"
Jonas Brothers
Stevie Wonder 		"Burnin' Up"
"Superstition"
Katy Perry "I Kissed a Girl"
Estelle
Kanye West 		"American Boy"
Kenny Chesney "Better as a Memory"
T.I.
Jay-Z
Lil Wayne
Kanye West
M.I.A. 		"Swagga Like Us"
M.I.A. "Paper Planes"
Paul McCartney
Dave Grohl 		"I Saw Her Standing There"
Sugarland "Stay"
Adele
Jennifer Nettles 		"Chasing Pavements"
Radiohead
Spirit of Troy 		"15 Step"
T.I.
Justin Timberlake 		"Dead and Gone"
Duke Fair
Jamie Foxx
Ne-Yo
Smokey Robinson 		Tribute to Four Tops
"Reach Out I'll Be There"
"Standing In the Shadows of Love"
"I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)"
Neil Diamond "Sweet Caroline"
John Mayer
B.B. King
Buddy Guy
Keith Urban 		Tribute to Bo Diddley
"Bo Diddley"
Lil Wayne
Robin Thicke
Terence Blanchard
Allen Toussaint 		"Tie My Hands"
Robert Plant
Alison Krauss 		"Rich Woman"
"Gone, Gone, Gone (Done Moved On)"
Stevie Wonder "All About the Love Again"
Notes
  • Both Rihanna and Chris Brown were scheduled to perform, but their performances were canceled after Brown was arrested for his act of domestic violence against Rihanna.

Presenters[]

  • LL Cool J
  • Duffy
  • Whitney Houston
  • T-Pain
  • Al Green
  • Natalie Cole
  • Kanye West
  • Herbie Hancock
  • Green Day
  • Blink-182
  • Sean Combs
  • Morgan Freeman
  • Charlie Haden
  • Estelle
  • Jack Black
  • Zooey Deschanel
  • will.i.am
  • Queen Latifah
  • Gwyneth Paltrow
  • Craig Ferguson
  • Simon Baker[2]

Awards[]

Special merit awards[]

MusiCares Person of the Year
  • Neil Diamond
Lifetime Achievement Award winners
  • Gene Autry
  • The Blind Boys of Alabama
  • The Four Tops
  • Hank Jones
  • Brenda Lee
  • Dean Martin
  • Tom Paxton
Trustees Award winners
  • George Avakian
  • Elliott Carter
  • Allen Toussaint
Technical Grammy Award winners
  • Clarence "Leo" Fender
  • Universal Audio
President's Merit Award
  • Clive Davis

General[]

For all of these there are both nominees and winners, the winners are in bold.

Record of the Year
  • "Please Read the Letter" – Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
  • "Chasing Pavements" – Adele
    • Eg White, producer; Tom Elmhirst & Steve Price, engineer/mixers
  • "Viva la Vida" – Coldplay
  • "Bleeding Love" – Leona Lewis
    • Simon Cowell, Clive Davis & Ryan "Alias" Tedder, producers; Craig Durrance, Phil Tan & Ryan "Alias" Tedder, engineers/mixers
  • "Paper Planes" – M.I.A.
    • Diplo, producer; Switch, engineer/mixer
Album of the Year
  • Raising Sand – Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
  • Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends – Coldplay
  • Tha Carter III – Lil Wayne
  • 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
  • In Rainbows – Radiohead
Song of the Year
  • "Viva la Vida"
    • Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion & Chris Martin, songwriters (Coldplay)
  • "American Boy"
    • William Adams, Keith Harris, Josh Lopez, Caleb Speir, John Stephens, Estelle Swaray & Kanye West, songwriters (Estelle featuring Kanye West)
  • "Chasing Pavements"
    • Adele Adkins & Eg White, songwriters (Adele)
  • "I'm Yours"
    • Jason Mraz, songwriter (Jason Mraz)
  • "Love Song"
    • Sara Bareilles, songwriter (Sara Bareilles)
Best New Artist
  • Adele
  • Duffy
  • Jonas Brothers
  • Lady Antebellum
  • Jazmine Sullivan

Pop[]

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
  • "Chasing Pavements" – Adele
  • "Love Song" - Sara Bareilles
  • "Mercy" - Duffy
  • "Bleeding Love" - Leona Lewis
  • "I Kissed a Girl" - Katy Perry
  • "So What" - Pink
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
  • "Say" – John Mayer
  • "All Summer Long" - Kid Rock
  • "That Was Me" - Paul McCartney
  • "I'm Yours" - Jason Mraz
  • "Closer" - Ne-Yo
  • "Wichita Lineman" - James Taylor
Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals
  • "Rich Woman" – Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
  • "Lesson Learned" - Alicia Keys & John Mayer
  • "4 Minutes" - Madonna, Justin Timberlake & Timbaland
  • "If I Never See Your Face Again" - Maroon 5 & Rihanna
  • "No Air" - Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown
Best Pop Instrumental Performance
  • "I Dreamed There Was No War" – Eagles
  • "Love Appetite" - Steve Cropper & Felix Cavaliere
  • "Fortune Teller"- Fourplay
  • "Steppin' Out" - Stanley Jordan
  • "Blast!" - Marcus Miller
Best Pop Instrumental Album
Best Pop Vocal Album
  • Rockferry – Duffy
  • Detours - Sheryl Crow
  • Long Road Out of Eden - Eagles
  • Spirit - Leona Lewis
  • Covers - James Taylor

Dance[]

Best Dance Recording
  • "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger (Alive 2007)" – Daft Punk
  • "Ready for the Floor" - Hot Chip
  • "Just Dance" - Lady Gaga & Colby O' Donis
  • "Give It 2 Me" - Madonna
  • "Disturbia" - Rihanna
  • "Black & Gold" - Sam Sparro
Best Electronic/Dance Album
  • Alive 2007 – Daft Punk
  • New York City - Brazilian Girls
  • Bring Ya to the Brink - Cyndi Lauper
  • X - Kylie Minogue
  • Last Night - Moby
  • Robyn - Robyn

Traditional Pop[]

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
  • Still Unforgettable – Natalie Cole
  • The Sinatra Project - Michael Feinstein
  • Noël - Josh Groban
  • In the Swing of Christmas - Barry Manilow
  • Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall - Rufus Wainwright

Rock[]

Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance
  • "Gravity" – John Mayer
  • "I Saw Her Standing There" - Paul McCartney
  • "Girls in Their Summer Clothes" Bruce Springsteen
  • "Rise" - Eddie Vedder
  • "No Hidden Path" - Neil Young
Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
  • "Sex on Fire" – Kings of Leon
  • "Rock N' Roll Train" - AC/DC
  • "Violet Hill" - Coldplay
  • "Long Road Out of Eden" - Eagles
  • "House of Cards" - Radiohead
Best Hard Rock Performance
  • "Inside the Fire" - Disturbed
  • "Visions" - Judas Priest
  • "Wax Simulacra" – The Mars Volta
  • "Saints of Los Angeles" - Mötley Crüe
  • "Lords of Salem" - Rob Zombie
Best Metal Performance
  • "Heroes of Our Time" - DragonForce
  • "Nostradamus" - Judas Priest
  • "My Apocalypse" – Metallica
  • "Under My Thumb" - Ministry
  • "Psychosocial" - Slipknot
Best Rock Instrumental Performance
  • "Castellorizon" - David Gilmour
  • "Suicide & Redemption" - Metallica
  • "" - Nine Inch Nails
  • "Hope (Live For The Art Of Peace)" - Rush
  • "Peaches En Regalia" – Zappa Plays Zappa featuring Steve Vai & Napoleon Murphy Brock
Best Rock Song
  • "Girls in Their Summer Clothes" – Bruce Springsteen
  • "House of Cards - Radiohead
  • "I Will Possess Your Heart" - Death Cab for Cutie
  • "Sex on Fire" - Kings of Leon
  • "Violet Hill" - Coldplay
Best Rock Album
  • Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends – Coldplay
  • Rock N Roll Jesus - Kid Rock
  • Only By The Night - Kings of Leon
  • Death Magnetic - Metallica
  • Consolers of the Lonely - The Raconteurs

Alternative[]

Best Alternative Music Album
  • In Rainbows - Radiohead
  • Modern Guilt - Beck
  • Narrow Stairs - Death Cab for Cutie
  • The Odd Couple - Gnarls Barkley
  • Evil Urges - My Morning Jacket

R&B[]

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
  • "Superwoman" – Alicia Keys
  • "Me, Myself and I" (Live) – Beyoncé
  • "Heaven Sent" – Keyshia Cole
  • "Spotlight" – Jennifer Hudson
  • "Need U Bad" – Jazmine Sullivan
Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
  • "Miss Independent" – Ne-Yo
  • "You're the Only One" – Eric Benét
  • "Take You Down" – Chris Brown
  • "Can't Help But Wait" – Trey Songz
  • "Here I Stand" – Usher
Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
  • "Stay with Me (By the Sea)" – Al Green & John Legend
  • "Ribbon in the Sky" - Boyz II Men
  • "Words" - Anthony David & India.Arie
  • "I'm His Only Woman" - Jennifer Hudson & Fantasia
  • "Never Give You Up" - Raphael Saadiq feat. Stevie Wonder & CJ Hilton
Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance
  • "You've Got the Love I Need" – Al Green & Anthony Hamilton
  • "A Change is Gonna Come" - Wayne Brady
  • "Baby I Know" - Linda Jones with Helen Bruner & Terry Jones
  • "Love That Girl" - Raphael Saadiq
  • "In Love With Another Man" - Jazmine Sullivan
Best Urban/Alternative Performance
  • "Be OK" – Chrisette Michele & will.i.am
  • "Say Goodbye to Love" - Kenna
  • "Wanna Be" - Maiysha
  • "Many Moons" - Janelle Monáe
  • "Lovin You (Music)" - Wayna & Kokayi
Best R&B Song
  • "Miss Independent" – Ne-Yo
  • "Bust Your Windows" - Jazmine Sullivan
  • "Customer" - Raheem DeVaughn
  • "Heaven Sent" - Keyshia Cole
  • "Spotlight - Jennifer Hudson
Best R&B Album
  • Jennifer Hudson – Jennifer Hudson
  • Love & Life - Eric Benét
  • Motown: A Journey Through Hitsville USA - Boyz II Men
  • Lay It Down - Al Green
  • The Way I See It - Raphael Saadiq
Best Contemporary R&B Album
  • Growing Pains – Mary J. Blige
  • Back of My Lac' - J. Holiday
  • First Love - Karina
  • Year of the Gentleman - Ne-Yo
  • Fearless - Jazmine Sullivan

Rap[]

Best Rap Solo Performance
  • "A Milli" – Lil Wayne
  • "Roc Boys (And the Winner Is)..." – Jay-Z
  • "Paris, Tokyo" – Lupe Fiasco
  • "N.I.*.*.E.R. (The Slave and the Master)" – Nas
  • "Sexual Eruption" – Snoop Dogg
Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group
  • "Swagga Like Us" – Jay-Z & T.I. featuring Kanye West & Lil Wayne
  • "Royal Flush (song) – Big Boi featuring Raekwon & Andre 3000
  • "Mr. Carter – Lil Wayne featuring Jay-Z
  • "Wish You Would" – Ludacris featuring T.I.
  • "Put On" – Young Jeezy featuring Kanye West
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
  • "American Boy" – Estelle featuring Kanye West
  • "Low" – Flo Rida featuring T-Pain
  • "Green Light" – John Legend & Andre 3000
  • "Got Money" – Lil Wayne featuring T-Pain
  • "Superstar" – Lupe Fiasco featuring Matthew Santos
Best Rap Song
  • "Lollipop"
  • "Low"
    • T. Dillard, M. Humphrey & T-Pain, songwriters (Flo Rida featuring T-Pain)
  • "Sexual Eruption"
    • Calvin Broadus, S. Lovejoy & D. Stewart, songwriters (Snoop Dogg)
  • "Superstar"
    • Lupe Fiasco & Soundtrakk, songwriters (Lupe Fiasco featuring Matthew Santos)
  • "Swagga Like Us"
    • D. Carter, S. Carter, Clifford Harris & Kanye West, songwriters (M. Arulpragasam, N. Headon, M. Jones, J. Mellor, T. Pentz & P. Simonon, songwriters) (Jay-Z & T.I. featuring Kanye West & Lil Wayne)
Best Rap Album
  • Tha Carter III – Lil Wayne
  • American Gangster – Jay-Z
  • The Cool – Lupe Fiasco
  • Nas – Nas
  • Paper Trail – T.I.

Country[]

Best Female Country Vocal Performance
  • "Last Name" – Carrie Underwood
  • "For These Times" - Martina McBride
  • "What I Cannot Change" - LeAnn Rimes
  • "Last Call" - Lee Ann Womack
  • "This Is Me You're Talking To" - Trisha Yearwood
Best Male Country Vocal Performance
Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
  • "Stay" – Sugarland
  • "God Must Be Busy" - Brooks & Dunn
  • "Love Don't Live Here" - Lady Antebellum
  • "Every Day" - Rascal Flatts
  • "Blue Side of the Mountain" - The Steel Drivers
Best Country Collaboration with Vocals
  • "Killing the Blues" – Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
  • "Shiftwork" - Kenny Chesney & George Strait
  • "House of Cash" - George Strait & Patty Loveless
  • "Life in a Northern Town" - Sugarland, featuring Jake Owen & Little Big Town
  • "Let the Wind Chase You" - Trisha Yearwood & Keith Urban
Best Country Instrumental Performance
  • "Cluster Pluck" – Brad Paisley, James Burton, Vince Gill, John Jorgenson, Albert Lee, Brent Mason, Redd Volkaert & Steve Wariner
  • "Sumatra" - Cherryholmes
  • "Two Small Cars In Rome" - Jerry Douglas & Lloyd Green
  • "Sleigh Ride" - Béla Fleck & The Flecktones
  • "Is This America? (Katrina 2005)" - Charlie Haden, Pat Metheny, Jerry Douglas & Bruce Hornsby
Best Country Song
  • "Stay" – Sugarland
  • "Dig Two Graves" - Randy Travis
  • "I Saw God Today" - George Strait
  • "In Color" - Jamey Johnson
  • "You're Gonna Miss This" - Trace Adkins
Best Country Album
  • Troubadour – George Strait
  • That Lonesome Song - Jamey Johnson
  • Sleepless Nights - Patty Loveless
  • Around the Bend - Randy Travis
  • Heaven, Heartache and the Power of Love - Trisha Yearwood
Best Bluegrass Album

New Age[]

Best New Age Album
  • Peace Time – Jack DeJohnette
  • Meditations - William Ackerman
  • Pathfinder - Will Clipman
  • Ambrosia - Peter Kater
  • The Scent of Light - Ottmar Liebert & Luna Negra

Jazz[]

Best Contemporary Jazz Album
  • Randy in Brasil – Randy Brecker
  • Floating Point – John McLaughlin
  • Cannon Re–Loaded: All–Star Celebration of Cannonball Adderley – Various Artists
  • Miles from India – Various Artists
  • Lifecycle – Yellowjackets featuring Mike Stern
Best Jazz Vocal Album
Best Jazz Instrumental Solo
  • "Be–Bop" – Terence Blanchard
  • "Seven Steps to Heaven" – Till Brönner
  • "Waltz for Debby" – Gary Burton & Chick Corea
  • "Son of Thirteen" – Pat Metheny
  • "Be–Bop" – James Moody
Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group
  • The New Crystal Silence – Chick Corea & Gary Burton
  • History, Mystery – Bill Frisell
  • Brad Mehldau Trio Live – Brad Mehldau Trio
  • Day Trip – Pat Metheny featuring Christian McBride & Antonio Sánchez
  • Standards – Alan Pasqua, Dave Carpenter & Peter Erskine
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
  • Monday Night Live at the Village Vanguard – Vanguard Jazz Orchestra
Best Latin Jazz Album

Gospel[]

Best Gospel Performance
Best Gospel Song
  • "Help Me Believe" – Kirk Franklin
    • Kirk Franklin, songwriter
  • "Cover Me" - 21:03 with Fred Hammond, Smokie Norful, & J Moss
    • James L. Moss, songwriter
  • "Get Up" - Mary Mary
    • Erica Campbell, Tina Campbell, Warryn Campbell, & Eric Dawkins, songwriters
  • "Give Me Your Eyes" - Brandon Heath
    • Brandon Heath & Jason Ingram, songwriters
  • "You Reign" - MercyMe
    • Jim Bryson, Steven Curtis Chapman, Nathan Cochran, Barry Graul, Bart Millard, Mike Scheuchzer, & Robby Shaffer, songwriters
Best Rock or Rap Gospel Album
  • Alive and Transported – tobyMac
  • Hello - After Edmund
  • Our World: Redeemed - Flame
  • We Need Each Other - Sanctus Real
  • Rock What You Got - Superchick
Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album
  • Thy Kingdom Come – CeCe Winans
  • This Moment - Steven Curtis Chapman
  • What If We - Brandon Heath
  • Opposite Way - Leeland
  • Hello Love - Chris Tomlin
Best Southern, Country, or Bluegrass Gospel Album
Best Traditional Gospel Album
  • Down in New Orleans – The Blind Boys of Alabama
  • I'll Say Yes - Carol Cymbala &
  • Take It Back - Dorinda Clark-Cole
  • Voices in Unity: Together In Worship - Deitrick Haddon
  • No Limit - Bishop Charles E. Blake presents the West Angeles Church of God in Christ Choir
Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album
  • The Fight of My Life – Kirk Franklin
  • Reflections - Jason Champion
  • The Sound - Mary Mary
  • Donald Lawrence Introduces: Family Prayer -
  • Stand Out - Tye Tribbett & G.A.

Latin[]

Best Latin Pop Album
  • La Vida... Es Un Ratico – Juanes
Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album
  • 45 – Jaguares
Best Latin Urban Album
Best Tropical Latin Album
Best Regional Mexican Album
  • Amor, Dolor y Lágrimas: Música Ranchera – Mariachi los Camperos de Nati Cano
  • Canciones de Amor – Mariachi Divas
Best Tejano Album
  • Viva La Revolucion – Ruben Ramos & The Mexican Revolution
Best Norteño Album
Best Banda Album
  • No Es De Madera – Joan Sebastian

Blues[]

Best Traditional Blues Album
  • One Kind Favor – B.B. King
  • The Blues Rolls On - Elvin Bishop
  • Skin Deep - Buddy Guy
  • All Odds Against Me - John Lee Hooker, Jr.
  • Pinetop Perkins and Friends - Pinetop Perkins and Friends
Best Contemporary Blues Album
  • City That Care Forgot – Dr. John And The Lower 911
  • Peace Love & BBQ - Marcia Ball
  • Like a Fire - Solomon Burke
  • Maesteo - Taj Mahal
  • Simply Grand - Irma Thomas

Folk[]

Best Traditional Folk Album
  • "At 89" – Pete Seeger
  • "Coal"-Kathy Mattea
  • "Comedians & Angels"-Tom Paxton
  • "Bring Me Home"-Peggy Seeger
  • "Strangers In Another Country"-Rosalie Sorrels
Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album
  • "Raising Sand"- Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
  • "Day After Tomorrow"- Joan Baez
  • "I, Flathead"- Ry Cooder
  • "Sex & Gasoline"- Rodney Crowell
  • "All I Intended to Be"- Emmylou Harris
Best Native American Music Album
  • Come to Me Great Mystery: Native American Healing Songs – Various artists (Tom Wasinger, producer)
Best Hawaiian Music Album
Best Zydeco or Cajun Music Album
  • Live at the 2008 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival – BeauSoleil & Michael Doucet

Reggae[]

Best Reggae Album

World music[]

Best Contemporary World Music Album
  • Global Drum Project – Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Sikiru Adepoju & Giovanni Hidalgo
  • nominee –

Polka[]

Best Polka Album
  • Let the Whole World Sing – Jimmy Sturr and His Orchestra

Children's[]

Best Musical Album For Children
  • Here Come the 123s – They Might Be Giants
Best Spoken Word Album for Children
  • Yes To Running! Bill Harley Live – Bill Harley

Spoken word[]

Best Spoken Word Album
  • An Inconvenient Truth – Beau Bridges, Cynthia Nixon & Blair Underwood

Comedy[]

Best Comedy Album

Musical show[]

Best Musical Show Album
  • In the Heights – Original Broadway Cast with Lin-Manuel Miranda & Others
    • Kurt Deutsch, Alex Lacamoire, Andrés Levin, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Joel Moss & Bill Sherman, producers; Lin-Manuel Miranda, composer/lyricist

Film, television and other visual media[]

Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
  • Juno
  • American Gangster
  • August Rush
  • Mamma Mia!
  • Sweeney Todd — The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street
Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
  • The Dark Knight - James Newton Howard & Hans Zimmer
  • Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - John Williams
  • Iron Man - Ramin Djawadi
  • There Will Be Blood - Johnny Greenwood
  • WALL-E - Thomas Newman
Best Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media

Composing and arranging[]

Best Instrumental Composition
  • "The Adventures of Mutt" (from Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull) – John Williams
    • John Williams, composer
Best Instrumental Arrangement
  • "Define Dancing" (from WALL-E) – Thomas Newman
    • Peter Gabriel & Thomas Newman, arrangers
Best Pop Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)

Package[]

Best Recording Package
  • Death Magnetic – Bruce Duckworth, Sarah Moffatt & David Turner, art directors (Metallica)
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package
  • In Rainbows – Stanley Donwood, Mel Maxwell & Xian Munro, art directors (Radiohead)

Album notes[]

Best Album Notes
  • Kind Of Blue: 50th Anniversary Collector's Edition – Francis Davis, album notes writer (Miles Davis)

Historical[]

Best Historical Album
  • Art Of Field Recording Volume I: Fifty Years Of Traditional American Music Documented By Art Rosenbaum – Steven Lance Ledbetter & Art Rosenbaum, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Various Artists)

Production, non-classical[]

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
  • Consolers of the Lonely – The Raconteurs
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
  • Rick Rubin
    • Death Magnetic (Metallica)
    • Home Before Dark (Neil Diamond)
    • Mercy (Dancing for the Death of an Imaginary Enemy) (Ours)
    • Seeing Things (Jakob Dylan)
    • Weezer (Red Album) (Weezer)
Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical
  • "Electric Feel" (Justice Remix)
    • (MGMT), remixers Justice

Production, surround sound[]

Best Surround Sound Album
  • Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Night on Bald Mountain; Prelude to Khovanshchina – Paavo Järvi & Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra – Michael Bishop & Robert Woods

Production, classical[]

Best Engineered Album, Classical
  • David Frost, Tom Lazarus & Christopher Willis – Traditions and Transformations: Sounds of Silk Road Chicago – Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Alan Gilbert, Silk Road Ensemble, Wu Man, Yo-Yo Ma & Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Producer of the Year, Classical
  • David Frost
    • Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique – Gustavo Dudamel & Los Angeles Philharmonic
    • Right Through The Bone—Julius Röntgen Chamber Music
    • Schubert: Sonata in D major; Liszt: Don Juan Fantasy – Min Kwon
    • Traditions And Transformations: Sounds Of Silk Road Chicago – Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Alan Gilbert, Yo-Yo Ma, Silk Road Ensemble, Wu Man & Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Classical[]

Best Classical Album
  • Kurt Weill: Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny – James Conlon, conductor
Best Orchestral Performance
  • Bernard Haitink, conductor (Chicago Symphony Orchestra) – Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4
Best Opera Recording
  • Weill: Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny – James Conlon, conductor; Fred Vogler, producer; Anthony Dean Griffey, Patti LuPone & Audra McDonald – Donnie Ray Albert, John Easterlin, Steven Humes, Mel Ulrich & Robert Wörle Los Angeles Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Best Choral Performance
  • Symphony of Psalms – Sir Simon Rattle, conductor; Simon Halsey, chorus master – Berlin Philharmonic; Rundfunkchor Berlin
Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (With Orchestra)
Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (Without Orchestra)
  • Gloria Cheng – Piano music of Salonen, Stucky, and Lutosławski
Best Chamber Music Performance
Best Small Ensemble Performance
  • Charles Bruffy, conductor; Phoenix Chorale – Spotless Rose: Hymns To The Virgin Mary
Best Classical Vocal Performance
  • Hila Plitmann – Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan – JoAnn Falletta (Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra)
Best Classical Contemporary Composition
  • Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan – John Corigliano (JoAnn Falletta)
Classical Crossover Album

Music video[]

Best Short Form Music Video
  • "Pork and Beans" – Weezer
    • Mathew Cullen, video director; Bernard Rahill, video producer
Best Long Form Music Video

Records[]

  • Alison Krauss became the sixth female solo artist to have won five Grammys in one evening. The artists who won five before her are Lauryn Hill, Alicia Keys, Norah Jones, Beyoncé Knowles, and Amy Winehouse.[1] However, at the ceremony (2010 Grammy Awards) next year, Beyoncé surpassed the record by gaining six such awards.

In Memoriam[]

George Carlin, Jerry Wexler, Jerry Reed, Mike Smith, Rick Wright, Eartha Kitt, Buddy Miles, Mitch Mitchell, Earl Palmer, Buddy Harman, Freddie Hubbard, David "Fathead" Newman, Johnny Griffin, Jimmy McGriff, Mike Berniker, Teo Macero, Eddy Arnold, Nick Reynolds, Miriam Makeba, Odetta, Pervis Jackson, Cachao López, Norman Smith, Neil Aspinall, William Claxton, Neal Hefti, Jo Stafford, Levi Stubbs, Jheryl Busby, Norman Whitfield, Claude Jeter, Ira Tucker, Dottie Rambo, Larry Norman, Merl Saunders, F.M. Scott III, Delaney Bramlett, Alton Ellis, Shakir Stewart, Static Major, Leonard Pennario, Norman Dello Joio, Alexander Slobodyanik, Henry Z. Steinway, Earle Hagen, Isaac Hayes, Danny Federici and Bo Diddley.

Trivia[]

  • The four Grammys Lil Wayne won were the first ever Grammy Award wins in his Career.
  • George Strait also won his first ever Grammy Award.
  • After a four-year hiatus, pop-punk band Blink-182 announced their reunion before giving the award for rock album of the year to alternative rock band Coldplay.
  • LeRoi Moore, saxophonist for the Dave Matthews band, died on August 19, 2008. The video tribute to musicians who had died in the previous year excluded Moore, disappointing and angering fans. Neil Portnow, president of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, responded with a statement noting that Moore was included in a list of deceased musicians in the program for the event, and "unfortunately we are unable to include all of the talented and wonderful people within the allotted timeframe." This created a tremendous outrage from the band's fans and many other music celebrities.[3]

Artists with multiple nominations and awards[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Plant/Krauss, Lil Wayne Win Big At 51st Grammys". Billboard.com. 9 February 2009. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  2. ^ "Simon Baker Network » Blog Archive » 51st Annual Grammy Awards". July 14, 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14.
  3. ^ "MTV Newsroom » Dave Matthews Band, Recording Academy President Address LeRoi Moore's Omission From Grammy 'In Memoriam' Segment". February 18, 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-02-18.

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