2008 Grammy Award Winners

Posted by Joe Hummel IIIPosted 17 years ago February 10, 2008

2008 Grammy Award Winners

Winners Announced: February 10, 2008
Held at: Staples Center, Los Angeles
Host: No official host
Eligibility Year: October 1, 2006 – September 30, 2007

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The night was quite a sweep for Amy Winehouse, who nabbed five awards including Record of the Year and Song of the Year for Rehab.
River: The Joni Letters by Herbie Hancock was the dark horse, winning Album of the Year. This was a big deal because jazz albums rarely capture this title.
Kanye West delivered a memorable performance of Stronger with Daft Punk. This was Daft Punk’s first-ever live television performance.
The Foo Fighters performed in a tent outside the Staples Center, a rather unconventional setting for Grammy acts.
Tina Turner made her return to the Grammy stage after a seven-year hiatus, sharing it with Beyoncé.
Carrie Underwood’s song Before He Cheats snagged two awards and helped solidify her transition from an American Idol winner to a country superstar.
Classical music got a nod with The Kronos Quartet winning Best Chamber Music Performance for their work Ligeti: The String Quartets.
The Best Comedy Album went to Flight of the Conchords for The Distant Future, raising their profile in the entertainment industry.

2008 Grammy Winners

Album of the Year:
River: The Joni Letters – Herbie Hancock

Record of the Year:
Rehab – Amy Winehouse

Song of the Year:
Rehab – Amy Winehouse

New Artist:
Amy Winehouse

Alternative Music Album:
Icky Thump – The White Stripes

Rock Song:
Radio Nowhere – Bruce Springsteen, songwriter (Bruce Springsteen)

Solo Rock Vocal Performance:
Radio Nowhere – Bruce Springsteen

Rock Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals:
Icky Thump – The White Stripes

Hard Rock Performance:
The Pretender – Foo Fighters

Metal Performance:
Final Six – Slayer

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical:
Mark Ronson

Pop Vocal Album:
Back to Black – Amy Winehouse

Female Pop Vocal Performance:
Rehab – Amy Winehouse

Male Pop Vocal Performance:
What Goes Around…Comes Around – Justin Timberlake

Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals:
Makes Me Wonder – Maroon 5

Pop Collaboration With Vocals:
Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On) – Robert Plant & Alison Krauss

Pop Instrumental Album:
The Mix-Up – Beastie Boys

Pop Instrumental Performance:
One Week Last Summer – Joni Mitchell

Traditional Pop Vocal Album:
Call Me Irresponsible – Michael Buble

Rock Instrumental Performance:
Once Upon a Time in The West – Bruce Springsteen

Rap Solo Performance:
Stronger – Kanye West

Rap Performance by a Duo or Group:
Southside – Common, featuring Kanye West

Rap Song:
Good Life – Aldrin Davis, Mike Dean, Faheem Najm & Kanye West, songwriters (J. Ingram & Q. Jones, songwriters) (Kanye West Featuring T-Pain)

Country Song:
Before He Cheats – Josh Kear & Chris Tompkins, songwriters (Carrie Underwood)

Female Country Vocal Performance:
Before He Cheats – Carrie Underwood

Male Country Vocal Performance:
Stupid Boy – Keith Urban

Country Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals:
How Long – Eagles

Country Collaboration With Vocals:
Lost Highway – Willie Nelson & Ray Price

Country Instrumental Performance:
Throttleneck – Brad Paisley

R&B Album:
Funk This – Chaka Khan

R&B Song:
No One – Dirty Harry, Kerry Brothers & Alicia Keys, songwriters (Alicia Keys)

Contemporary R&B Album:
Because of You – Ne-Yo

Female R&B Vocal Performance :
Alicia Keys

Male R&B Vocal Performance:
Future Baby Mama – Prince

R&B Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals:
Disrespectful – Chaka Khan, featuring Mary J. Blige

Traditional R&B Vocal Performance:
In My Songs – Gerald Levert

Urban/Alternative Performance:
Daydreamin’ – Lupe Fiasco, featuring Jill Scott

Dance Recording:
LoveStoned/I Think She Knows – Justin Timberlake, Nate (Danja) Hills, Timbaland & Justin Timberlake, producers; Jimmy Douglass & Timbaland, mixers

Electronic/Dance Album:
We Are the Night – The Chemical Brothers

Bluegrass Album:
The Bluegrass Diaries – Jim Lauderdale

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

Contemporary Blues Album:
The Road to Escondido – JJ Cale & Eric Clapton

New Age Album:
Crestone – Paul Winter Consort

Contemporary Jazz Album:
River – The Joni Letters – Herbie Hancock

Jazz Vocal Album:
Avant Gershwin – Patti Austin

Jazz Instrumental Solo:
Anagram – Michael Brecker, soloist

Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group:
Pilgrimage – Michael Brecker

Large Jazz Ensemble Album:
A Tale of God’s Will (A Requiem for Katrina) – Terence Blanchard

Traditional Folk Album:
Dirt Farmer – Levon Helm

Contemporary Folk/Americana Album:
Washington Square Serenade – Steve Earle

Native American Music Album:
Totemic Flute Chants – Johnny Whitehorse

Hawaiian Music Album:
Treasures of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar – Various Artists, Daniel Ho, George Kahumoku Jr., Paul Konwiser & Wayne Wong, producers

Zydeco or Cajun Music Album:
Live! Worldwide – Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience

Reggae:
Mind Control – Stephen Marley

Traditional World Music Album:
African Spirit – Soweto Gospel Choir

Contemporary World Music Album:
Djin Djin – Angelique Kidjo

Polka Album:
Come Share the Wine – Jimmy Sturr and His Orchestra

Gospel Performance: (tie)
Blessed & Highly Favored – The Clark Sisters;
Never Gonna Break My Faith – Aretha Franklin & Mary J. Blige (Featuring The Harlem Boys Choir).

Gospel Song:
Blessed & Highly Favored – Karen Clark-Sheard, songwriter (The Clark Sisters)

Rock or Rap Gospel Album:
Before the Daylight’s Shot – Ashley Cleveland

Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album:
A Deeper Level – Israel and New Breed

Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album:
Salt of the Earth – Ricky Skaggs & The Whites

Traditional Gospel Album:
Live – One Last Time – The Clark Sisters

Contemporary R&B Gospel Album:
Free to Worship – Fred Hammond

Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media:
Love (The Beatles) George Martin & Giles Martin, producers (Apple Records/Capitol Records)

Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media:
Ratatouille – Michael Giacchino, composer

Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media:
Love You I Do (From Dreamgirls) – Siedah Garrett & Henry Krieger, songwriters (Jennifer Hudson)

Musical Show Album:
Spring Awakening – Duncan Sheik, producer; Duncan Sheik, composer; Steven Sater, lyricist (Original Broadway Cast With Jonathan Groff, Lea Michele & Others)

Instrumental Composition:
Cerulean Skies – Maria Schneider, composer (Maria Schneider Orchestra)

Instrumental Arrangement:
In a Silent Way – Vince Mendoza, arranger (Joe Zawinul)

Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s):
I’m Gonna Live Till I Die – John Clayton, arranger (Queen Latifah)

Engineered Album, Non-Classical:
Beauty & Crime – Tchad Blake, Cameron Craig, Emery Dobyns & Jimmy Hogarth, engineers (Suzanne Vega)

Remixed Recording, Non-Classical:
Bring the Noise (Benny Benassi Satisfaction Remix) – Benny Benassi, remixer (Public Enemy)

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

Short Form Music Video:
God’s Gonna Cut You Down – Johnny Cash

Long Form Music Video:
The Confessions Tour – Madonna

Recording Package:
Cassadaga – Zachary Nipper, art director (Bright Eyes)

Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package:
What It Is! – Funky Soul and Rare Grooves (1967-1977) – Masaki Koike, art director

Album Notes:
John Work, III – Recording Black Culture – Bruce Nemerov, album notes writer

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