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The Grammy noms were announced yesterday. Some of the notables that got nominated were The Shins, Tom Waits, Paramore, Burning Spear, Lee Scratch Perry, Stephen Marley, Toots and of course Jimmy Sturr haha. Here’s the complete of nominees:

For recordings released during the Eligibility Year October 1, 2006 through September 30, 2007
Note: More or less than 5 nominations in a category is the result of ties.

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.)

Irreplaceable
Beyonc
Beyonc Knowles, S. Smith & Stargate, producers; Jim Caruana, Jason Goldstein &
Geoff Rice, engineers/mixers
Track from: B’Day
Sony Urban Music/Columbia/Music World Productions

The Pretender
Foo Fighters
Gil Norton, producer; Adrian Bushby & Rich Costey, engineers/mixers
Roswell/RCA Records

Umbrella
Rihanna Featuring Jay-Z
Kuk Harrell & C. “Tricky” Stewart, producers; Kuk Harrell & Manny Marroquin,
engineers/mixers
Track from: Good Girl Gone Bad
Def Jam

What Goes AroundComes Around
Justin Timberlake
Nate (Danja) Hills, Timbaland & Justin Timberlake, producers; Jimmy Douglass &
Timbaland, engineers/mixers
Jive/Zomba

Rehab
Amy Winehouse
Mark Ronson, producer; Tom Elmhirst, engineer/mixer
Track from: Back To Black
Universal Republic Records

General Field
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.)

Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
Foo Fighters
Gil Norton, producer; Adrian Bushby & Rich Costey, engineers/mixers; Brian
Gardner, mastering engineer
Roswell/RCA Records

These Days
Vince Gill
John Anderson, Guy Clarke, Rodney Crowell, Diana Krall & The Del McCoury Band,
featured artists; Vince Gill, John Hobbs & Justin Niebank, producers; Neal
Cappellino & Justin Niebank, engineers/mixers; Adam Ayan, mastering engineer
MCA Nashville

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
Verve

Graduation
Kanye West
Dwele, Lil Wayne, Mos Def & T-Pain, featured artists; Warryn “Baby Dubb”
Campbell, Eric Hudson, Brian “Allday” Miller, Nottz, Patrick “Plain Pat”
Reynolds, Gee Roberson, Toomp & Kanye West, producers; Bruce Beuchner, Andrew
Dawson, Mike Dean, Anthony Kilhoffer, Greg Koller, Manny Marroquin, Nottz Raw,
Tony Rey, Seiji Sekine, Paul Sheehy & D. Sloan, engineers/mixers; Vlado Meller,
mastering engineer
Roc-A-Fella Records

Back To Black
Amy Winehouse
Mark Ronson & Salaamremi, producers; Tom Elmhirst, Gary Noble & Franklin
Socorro, engineers/mixers; Mark Ronson, mastering engineer
Universal Republic Records

General Field
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.)

Before He Cheats
Josh Kear & Chris Tompkins, songwriters (Carrie Underwood)
Track from: Some Hearts
19 Recordings/Arista Nashville; Publishers: That Little House Music, Mighty Underdog Music/Sony/ATV Cross Keys

Hey There Delilah
Tom Higgenson, songwriter (Plain White T’s)
Track from: Every Second Counts
Hollywood Records/Fearless Records; Publisher: So Happy Publishing

Like A Star
Corinne Bailey Rae, songwriter (Corinne Bailey Rae)
Track from: Corinne Bailey Rae
Capitol Records; Publisher: Global Talent Publishing

Rehab
Amy Winehouse, songwriter (Amy Winehouse)
Track from: Back To Black
Universal Republic Records; Publisher: EMI Music Publishing

Umbrella
Shawn Carter, Kuk Harrell, Terius “Dream” Nash & Christopher Stewart,
songwriters (Rihanna Featuring Jay-Z)
Track from: Good Girl Gone Bad
Def Jam

General Field
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.)

Feist

Ledisi

Paramore

Taylor Swift

Amy Winehouse

Field 1 – Pop
Category 5 – Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

Candyman
Christina Aguilera
RCA Records

1234
Feist
Track from: The Reminder
Cherry Tree / Interscope Records

Big Girls Don’t Cry
Fergie
Track from: The Dutchess
A&M Records

Say It Right
Nelly Furtado
Track from: Loose
Geffen

Rehab
Amy Winehouse
Track from: Back To Black
Universal Republic Records

Field 1 – Pop
Category 6 – Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

Everything
Michael Bubl
Track from: Call Me Irresponsible
143 Records/Reprise

Belief
John Mayer
Track from: The Village Sessions
Columbia/Aware

Dance Tonight
Paul McCartney
Track from: Memory Almost Full
MPL/Hear Music

Amazing
Seal
Warner Bros.

What Goes Around…Comes Around
Justin Timberlake
Jive

Field 1 – Pop
Category 7 – Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
(For established duos or groups, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

(You Want To) Make A Memory
Bon Jovi
Track from: Lost Highway
Island/Mercury

Home
Daughtry
RCA Records/19 Recordings

Makes Me Wonder
Maroon 5
Track from: It Won’t Be Soon Before Long
Octone/A&M Records

Hey There Delilah
Plain White T’s
Track from: Every Second Counts
Hollywood Records

Window In The Skies
U2
Track from: U218 – Singles
Interscope Records

Field 1 – Pop
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.)

Steppin’ Out
Tony Bennett & Christina Aguilera
Track from: Duets: An American Classic
Columbia

Beautiful Liar
Beyonc & Shakira
Track from: B’Day (Deluxe Edition)
Columbia/Sony Urban

Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
Rounder Records

The Sweet Escape
Gwen Stefani & Akon
Track from: The Sweet Escape
Interscope Records

Give It To Me
Timbaland Featuring Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake
Track from: Timbaland Presents: Shock Value
Mosley/Blackground/Interscope Records

Field 1 – Pop
Category 9 – Best Pop Instrumental Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, without vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

Off The Grid
Beastie Boys
Track from: The Mix-Up
Capitol Records

Paris Sunrise #7
Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals
Track from: Lifeline
Virgin Records

Over The Rainbow
Dave Koz
Track from: At The Movies
Capitol Records

One Week Last Summer
Joni Mitchell
Track from: Shine
Hear Music

Simple Pleasures
Spyro Gyra
Track from: Good To Go-Go
Heads Up International

Field 1 – Pop
Category 10 – Best Pop Instrumental Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)

The Mix-Up
Beastie Boys
Capitol Records

Italia
Chris Botti
Columbia

At The Movies
Dave Koz
Capitol/EMI

Good To Go-Go
Spyro Gyra
Heads Up International

Roundtrip
Kirk Whalum
Rendezvous Entertainment

Field 1 – Pop
Category 11 – Best Pop Vocal Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

Lost Highway
Bon Jovi
Island/Mercury

The Reminder
Feist
Cherry Tree/Interscope Records

It Won’t Be Soon Before Long
Maroon 5
Octone/A&M Records

Memory Almost Full
Paul McCartney
MPL/Hear Music

Back To Black
Amy Winehouse
Universal Republic Records

Field 2 – Dance
Category 12 – Best Dance Recording
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances. Vocal or Instrumental. Singles or tracks only.)

Do It Again
The Chemical Brothers
Tom Rowlands & Ed Simons, producers
Track from: We Are The Night
Astralwerks

D.A.N.C.E.
Justice
Gaspard Auge & Xavier de Rosnay, producers; Gaspard Auge & Xavier de Rosnay,
mixers
Track from:
Ed Banger/Vice/Because

Love Today
Mika
Jodi Marr, John Merchant, Mika & Greg Wells, producers; Greg Wells, mixer
Track from: Life In Cartoon Motion
Casablanca/Universal Republic Records

Don’t Stop The Music
Rihanna
StarGate, producer; Phil Tan, mixer
Track from: Good Girl Gone Bad
Def Jam

LoveStoned/I Think She Knows
Justin Timberlake
Nate (Danja) Hills, Timbaland & Justin Timberlake, producers; Jimmy Douglass &
Timbaland, mixers
Track from: FutureSex/LoveSounds
Jive/Zomba

Field 2 – Dance
Category 13 – Best Electronic/Dance Album
(For vocal or instrumental albums. Albums only.)

We Are The Night
The Chemical Brothers
Astralwerks

Justice
Ed Banger/Vice/Because

Sound Of Silver
LCD Soundsystem
Capitol Records/DFA

We Are Pilots
Shiny Toy Guns
Universal Motown

Elements Of Life
Tisto
Ultra Records

Field 3 – Traditional Pop
Category 14 – Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

Call Me Irresponsible
Michael Bubl
143 Records/Reprise

Cool Yule
Bette Midler
Columbia

Trav’lin’ Light
Queen Latifah
Verve

Live In Concert 2006
Barbra Streisand
Columbia

James Taylor At Christmas
James Taylor
Columbia

Field 4 – Rock
Category 15 – Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

Timebomb
Beck
Interscope Records

Only Mama Knows
Paul McCartney
Track from: Memory Almost Full
MPL/Hear Music

Our Country
John Mellencamp
Track from: Freedom’s Road
Universal Republic Records

Radio Nowhere
Bruce Springsteen
Track from: Magic
Columbia

Come On
Lucinda Williams
Track from: West
Lost Highway Records

Field 4 – Rock
Category 16 – Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
(For duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

It’s Not Over
Daughtry
RCA Records/19 Recordings

Working Class Hero
Green Day
Track from: Instant Karma – The Campaign To Save Darfur
Warner Bros.

If Everyone Cared
Nickelback
Track from: All The Right Reasons Special Edition
Roadrunner Records

Instant Karma
U2
Track from: Instant Karma – The Campaign To Save Darfur
Warner Bros.

Icky Thump
The White Stripes
Track from: Icky Thump
Third Man/Warner Bros.

Field 4 – Rock
Category 17 – Best Hard Rock Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

Sweet Sacrifice
Evanescence
Track from: The Open Door
Wind-up Records, LLC

The Pretender
Foo Fighters
Roswell/RCA Records

I Don’t Wanna Stop
Ozzy Osbourne
Track from: Black Rain
Epic

Sick, Sick, Sick
Queens Of The Stone Age
Track from: Era Vulgaris
Interscope Recods

The Pot
Tool
Track from: 10,000 Days
Volcano

Field 4 – Rock
Category 18 – Best Metal Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

Nothing Left
As I Lay Dying
Track from: An Ocean Between Us
Metal Blade Records

Never Ending Hill
King Diamond
Track from: Give Me Your Soul…Please
Metal Blade Records

Aesthetics Of Hate
Machine Head
Track from: The Blackening
Roadrunner Records

Redemption
Shadows Fall
Track from: Threads Of Life
Atlantic

Final Six
Slayer
Track from: Christ Illusion
American Recording/Columbia

Field 4 – Rock
Category 19 – Best Rock Instrumental Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, without vocals. Includes Rock, Hard Rock and Metal. Singles or Tracks only.)

The Ecstasy Of Gold
Metallica
Track from: We All Love Ennio Morricone
Sony Classical

Malignant Narcissism
Rush
Track from: Snakes & Arrows
Anthem/Atlantic

Always With Me, Always With You
Joe Satriani
Track from: Satriani Live!
Epic/Red Ink

Once Upon A Time In The West
Bruce Springsteen
Track from: We All Love Ennio Morricone
Sony Classical

The Attitude Song
Steve Vai
Track from: Sound Theories Vol. I & II
Epic/Red Ink

Field 4 – Rock
Category 20 – Best Rock Song
(A Songwriter(s) Award. Includes Rock, Hard Rock & Metal songs. For Song Eligibility Guidelines see Category #3. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.)

Come On
Lucinda Williams, songwriter (Lucinda Williams)
Track from: West
Lost Highway Records; Publishers: Warner-Tamerlane Publishing/Lucy Jones Music

Icky Thump
Jack White, songwriter (The White Stripes)
Track from: Icky Thump
Third Man/Warner Bros.; Publisher: Peppermint Stripe Music

It’s Not Over
Chris Daughtry, Gregg Wattenberg, Mark Wilkerson & Brett Young, songwriters
(Daughtry)
RCA Records/19 Recordings; Publishers: Surface Pretty Deep Ugly Music, G Watt Music/EMI April Music, Warner-Tamerlane Publishing, Floating Leaf

The Pretender
Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel & Chris Shiflett, songwriters (Foo
Fighters)
Roswell/RCA Records; Publishers: M.J. Twelve Music, I Love The Punk Rock Music, Living Under A Rock Music, Flying Earform Music

Radio Nowhere
Bruce Springsteen, songwriter (Bruce Springsteen)
Track from: Magic
Columbia; Publisher: Bruce Springsteen

Field 4 – Rock
Category 21 – Best Rock Album
(Vocal or Instrumental. Includes Hard Rock and Metal.)

Daughtry
Daughtry
RCA Records

Revival
John Fogerty
Fantasy

Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
Foo Fighters
Roswell/RCA Records

Magic
Bruce Springsteen
Columbia

Sky Blue Sky
Wilco
Nonesuch Records

Field 5 – Alternative
Category 22 – Best Alternative Music Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

Alright, Still…
Lily Allen
Capitol Records

Neon Bible
Arcade Fire
Merge Records

Volta
Bjork
Elektra/Atlantic

Wincing The Night Away
The Shins
Sub Pop

Icky Thump
The White Stripes
Third Man/Warner Bros.

Field 6 – R&B
Category 23 – Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

Just Fine
Mary J. Blige
Geffen

When I See You
Fantasia
Track from: Fantasia
J Records/19 Records/S Records

No One
Alicia Keys
J Records/MBK Entertainment

If I Have My Way
Chrisette Michele
Track from: I Am
Def Jam Recordings

Hate On Me
Jill Scott
Track from: The Real Thing
Hidden Beach Recordings

Field 6 – R&B
Category 24 – Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

Woman
Raheem DeVaughn
Jive Records

B.U.D.D.Y.
Musiq Soulchild
Track from: Luvanmusiq
Atlantic Records

Because Of You
Ne-Yo
Def Jam Recordings

Future Baby Mama
Prince
Track from: Planet Earth
Columbia/NPG Records

Please Don’t Go
Tank
Track from: Sex, Love & Pain
Blackground/Universal Motown

Field 6 – R&B
Category 25 – Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
(For duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

Same Girl
R. Kelly Featuring Usher
Track from: Double Up
Jive

Disrespectful
Chaka Khan Featuring Mary J. Blige
Burgundy/Sony/BMG

Hate That I Love You
Rihanna Featuring Ne-Yo
Track from: Good Girl Gone Bad
Def Jam Recordings

Baby
Angie Stone Featuring Betty Wright
Stax

Bartender
T-Pain Featuring Akon
Jive

Field 6 – R&B
Category 26 – Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

Walk A Mile In My Shoes
Otis Clay
Track from: Walk A Mile In My Shoes
Echo Records

All Night Long
Randy Crawford & Joe Sample
Track from: Feeling Good
PRA Records

In My Songs
Gerald Levert
Track from: In My Songs
Atlantic

I Apologize
Ann Nesby
Track from: This Is Love
Shanachie/It’s Time Child Records

I Am Your Man
Ryan Shaw
Track from: This Is Ryan Shaw
One Haven/Razor & Tie Entertainment

Field 6 – R&B
Category 27 – Best Urban/Alternative Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

Make A Baby
Vikter Duplaix
Track from: Bold And Beautiful
BBE

That’s The Way Of The World
Dwele
Track from: Interpretations: Celebrating The Music Of Earth, Wind & Fire
Stax

Daydreamin’
Lupe Fiasco Featuring Jill Scott
Track from: Lupe Fiasco’s Food & Liquor
1st & 15th/Atlantic

Fantasy
Meshell Ndegeocello
Track from: Interpretations: Celebrating The Music Of Earth, Wind & Fire
Stax

Dream
Alice Smith
Track from: For Lovers, Dreamers & Me
BBE Records

Field 6 – R&B
Category 28 – Best R&B Song
(A Songwriter(s) Award. For Song Eligibility Guidelines see Category #3. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.)

Beautiful Flower
India.Arie & Joyce Simpson, songwriters (India.Arie)
Universal Republic Records; Publishers: Gold & Iron Music Publishing, WB Music Corp.

Hate That I Love You
M.S. Eriksen, T.E. Hermansen & Shaffer Smith, songwriters (Rihanna Featuring
Ne-Yo)
Track from: Good Girl Gone Bad
Def Jam Recordings; Publishers: EMI April Music, Sony/ATV Tunes

No One
Dirty Harry, Kerry Brothers & Alicia Keys, songwriters (Alicia Keys)
J Records/MBK Entertainment; Publishers: Lellow Productions/EMI April Music, Book Of Daniel Music/EMI Music Publishing, D. Harry Productions

Teachme
Ivan Barias, Adam W. Blackstone, Randall C. Bowland, Carvin Haggins, Johnnie
Smith II & Corey Latif Williams, songwriters (Musiq Soulchild)
Track from: Luvanmusiq
Atlantic; Publishers: Nivrac Tyke/Universal Publishing, Latif Music/Universal Publishing, Tetra Grammaton/Universal Music Publishing, Melodic Piano Productions, HC 1030 Publishing

When I See U
Louis Biancaniello, Waynne Nugent, Erika Nuri, Kevin Risto, Janet Sewel & Sam
Watters, songwriters (Fantasia)
Track from: Fantasia
J Records/19 Records/S Records; Publishers: Breakthrough Creations/EMI April Music, S.M.Y. Publishing/Sony/ATV Tunes, Break North Music/Sony/ATV Music Publishing, Wayne Writers/Sony/ATV Tunes, J. Sewell Publishing, Golden The Super Kid Music

Field 6 – R&B
Category 29 – Best R&B Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

Funk This
Chaka Khan
Burgundy Records

Lost & Found
Ledisi
Verve Forecast

Luvanmusiq
Musiq Soulchild
Atlantic

The Real Thing
Jill Scott
Hidden Beach Recordings

Sex, Love & Pain
Tank
Blackground/Universal Motown Records

Field 6 – R&B
Category 30 – Best Contemporary R&B Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

Konvicted
Akon
SRC/Universal Motown

Just Like You
Keyshia Cole
Geffen

Fantasia
Fantasia
J Records/19 Records/S Records

East Side Story
Emily King
J Records

Because Of You
Ne-Yo
Def Jam Recordings

Field 7 – Rap
Category 31 – Best Rap Solo Performance
(For a solo Rap performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

The People
Common
Track from: Finding Forever
Geffen

I Get Money
50 Cent
Track from: Curtis
Shady/Aftermath/Interscope Records

Show Me What You Got
Jay-Z
Track from: Kingdom Come
Roc-A-Fella Records

Big Things Poppin’ (Do It)
T.I.
Grand Hustle/Atlantic

Stronger
Kanye West
Track from: Graduation
Roc-A-Fella Records

Field 7 – Rap
Category 32 – Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group
(For duo, group or collaborative performances of Rap only. Singles or Tracks only.)

Southside
Common Featuring Kanye West
Track from: Finding Forever
Geffen

Make It Rain
Fat Joe Featuring Lil Wayne
Track from: Me, Myself & I
Terror Squad Entertainment

Party Like A Rockstar
Shop Boyz
Track from: Rockstar Mentality
OnDeck/Universal Republic Records

Int’l Players Anthem (I Choose You)
UGK Featuring OutKast
Jive

Better Than I’ve Ever Been
Kanye West, Nas & KRS-One
Nike

Field 7 – Rap
Category 33 – Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
(For a Rap/Sung collaborative performance by artists who do not normally perform together. Singles or Tracks only.)

I Wanna Love You
Akon Featuring Snoop Dogg
Track from: Konvicted
SRC/Universal Motown

Kiss, Kiss
Chris Brown & T-Pain
Jive

Let It Go
Keyshia Cole Featuring Missy Elliott & Lil’ Kim
Track from: Just Like You
Geffen

Umbrella
Rihanna Featuring Jay-Z
Track from: Good Girl Gone Bad
Def Jam Recordings

Good Life
Kanye West Featuring T-Pain
Track from: Graduation
Roc-A-Fella

Field 7 – Rap
Category 34 – Best Rap Song
(A Songwriter(s) Award. For Song Eligibility Guidelines see Category #3. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.)

Ayo Technology
Nate (Danja) Hills, Curtis Jackson, Timothy Mosley & Justin Timberlake,
songwriters (50 Cent Featuring Justin Timberlake & Timbaland)
Track from: Curtis
Shady/Aftermath/Interscope Records; Publishers: 50 Cent Music Publishing/Virginia Beach Music/Danjahandz Music/WB Music Corp./Tenman Tunes

Big Things Poppin’ (Do It)
Clifford Harris & Byron Thomas, songwriters (T.I.)
Grand Hustle/Atlantic; Publishers: Crown Club Publishing/Warner Chappell Music, Fresh Is The Word

Can’t Tell Me Nothing
A. Davis & Kanye West, songwriters (Kanye West)
Track from: Graduation
Roc-A-Fella; Publishers: Very Good Beats/Hip Hop Since 1978

Crank That (Soulja Boy)
Soulja Boy Tell’Em, songwriter (Soulja Boy Tell’Em)
Collipark/Interscope Records

Good Life
A. Davis, F. Najm & K. West, songwriters (J. Ingram & Q. Jones, songwriters)
(Kanye West Featuring T-Pain)
Track from: Graduation
Roc-A-Fella; Publishers: Very Good Beats/Hip Hop Since 1978, Warner-Tamerlane Punlishing, Yellow Brick Road Music/Eiseman Music

Field 7 – Rap
Category 35 – Best Rap Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

Finding Forever
Common
Geffen

Kingdom Come
Jay-Z
Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam Recordings

Hip Hop Is Dead
Nas
Def Jam/Columbia/The Jones Experience

T.I. vs T.I.P.
T.I.
Grand Hustle/Atlantic

Graduation
Kanye West
Roc-A-Fella Records

Field 8 – Country
Category 36 – Best Female Country Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

Simple Love
Alison Krauss
Track from: A Hundred Miles Or More: A Collection
Rounder

Famous In A Small Town
Miranda Lambert
Track from: Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Columbia Nashville

Nothin’ Better To Do
LeAnn Rimes
Curb Records

Before He Cheats
Carrie Underwood
Track from: Some Hearts
19 Recordings/Arista Nashville

Heaven, Heartache And The Power Of Love
Trisha Yearwood
Big Machine Records

Field 8 – Country
Category 37 – Best Male Country Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

Long Trip Alone
Dierks Bentley
Track from: Long Trip Alone
Capitol Records Nashville

A Woman’s Love
Alan Jackson
Track from: Like Red On A Rose
Arista Nashville

If You’re Reading This
Tim McGraw
Track from: Let It Go
Curb Records

Give It Away
George Strait
Track from: It Just Comes Natural
MCA Nashville

Stupid Boy
Keith Urban
Track from: Love, Pain & The Whole Crazy Thing
Capitol Records Nashville

Field 8 – Country
Category 38 – Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
(For established duos or groups with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

Proud Of The House We Built
Brooks & Dunn
Arista Nashville

How Long
Eagles
Eagles Recording Co. II

Moments
Emerson Drive
Track from: Countrified
Midas Records, Inc.

Lucky Man
Montgomery Gentry
Track from: Some People Change
Columbia Nashville

Sweet Memories
The Time Jumpers
Track from: Jumpin’ Time
Crosswind

Field 8 – Country
Category 39 – Best Country Collaboration With Vocals
(For a collaborative performance, with vocals, by artists who do not normally perform together. Singles or Tracks only.)

Days Aren’t Long Enough
Steve Earle & Allison Moorer
Track from: Washington Square Serenade
New West Records

Because Of You
Reba McEntire & Kelly Clarkson
MCA Nashville

I Need You
Tim McGraw & Faith Hill
Track from: Let It Go
Curb Records

Lost Highway
Willie Nelson & Ray Price
Track from: Last Of The Breed
Lost Highway Records

Oh Love
Brad Paisley & Carrie Underwood
Track from: 5th Gear
Arista Nashville

Field 8 – Country
Category 40 – Best Country Instrumental Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, without vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

Little Monk
Russ Barenberg
Track from: When At Last
Compass Records

Mucky The Duck
The Greencards
Track from: Viridian
Dualtone Music Group

Throttleneck
Brad Paisley
Track from: 5th Gear
Arista Nashville

Rawhide!
Andy Statman
Track from: East Flatbush Blues
Shefa Records

Fidoodlin’
The Time Jumpers
Track from: Jumpin’ Time
Crosswind

Field 8 – Country
Category 41 – Best Country Song
(A Songwriter(s) Award. For Song Eligibility Guidelines see Category #3. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.)

Before He Cheats
Josh Kear & Chris Tompkins, songwriters (Carrie Underwood)
Track from: Some Hearts
19 Recordings/Arista Nashville; Publishers: That Little House Music, Mighty Underdog Music/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing

Give It Away
Bill Anderson, Buddy Cannon & Jamey Johnson, songwriters (George Strait)
Track from: It Just Comes Natural
MCA Nashville; Publishers: Sony/ATV Tree Publishing/Mr. Bubba Music, Run Slow Music, EMI Blackwood Music

I Need You
Tony Lane & David Lee, songwriters (Tim McGraw & Faith Hill)
Track from: Let It Go
Curb Records; Publishers: Careers-BMG Music Publishing/Nervous Worm Music/Famous Music/Ed And Lucille Songs

If You’re Reading This
Tim McGraw, Brad Warren & Brett Warren, songwriters (Tim McGraw)
Track from: Let It Go
Curb Records; Publishers: Bucky And Clyde Music, Stylesonic Music

Long Trip Alone
Brett Beavers, Dierks Bentley & Steve Bogard, songwriters (Dierks Bentley)
Track from: Long Trip Alone
Capitol Records Nashville; Publishers: Ensign Music/Rancho Papa Music/Home With The Armadillo Music, Big White Tracks

Field 8 – Country
Category 42 – Best Country Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

Long Trip Alone
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