BMI songwriters and composers have stood center stage at the Grammy Awards for many years, taking home the majority of honors over the past decade. This year’s nominees list features a broad cross-section of artists, songwriters and composers, spanning virtually every genre of music and pointing up the incredible breadth and depth of talent represented by the BMI roster. A complete list of nominees follows.

Al Jarreau
Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance
“God Bless the Child”
Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
“Breezin’”

Rodney Jerkins
Best R&B Song
“Déjà Vu”

Steve Jordan
Album of the Year
Continuum

Ledward Ka’apana
Best Hawaiian Music Album
Grandmaster Slack Key Guitar

Peter Kater
Best New Age Album
Elements Series: Fire

Keane (PRS)
Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
“Is It Any Wonder?”

Keb’ Mo’
Best Contemporary Blues Album
Suitcase

Salif Keita (PRS)
Best Contemporary World Music Album
M’Bemba

Krayzie Bone
Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group
“Ridin”

Lamb of God
Best Metal Performance
“Redneck”

Miranda Lambert
Best Female Country Vocal Performance
“Kerosene”

Larry the Cable Guy
Best Comedy Album
Blue Collar Comedy Tour — One for the Road

Donald Lawrence
Best Gospel Performance
“The Blessing of Abraham”
Best Gospel Song
“The Blessing of Abraham”
Best Traditional Gospel Album
Finalé Act One

Will Lee
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Some Skunk Funk

Leeland
Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album
Sound of Melodies

John Legend
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
“Save Room”
Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
“Heaven”
Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
“Family Affair”

Gerald Levert
Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
“Everyday (Family Reunion)”

Aaron Lindsay
Best Gospel Song
“Not Forgotten”

Little Big Town
Best Country Album
The Road to Here
Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
“Boondocks”

Los Huracanes Del Norte
Best Norteño Album
Puro Pa’ Arriba

Los Tigres Del Norte
Best Norteño Album
Historias Que Contar

Joe Lovano
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Streams of Expression

Lupe Fiasco
Best Rap Album
Lupe Fiasco’s Food & Liquor
Best Rap Song
“Kick, Push”
Best Rap Solo Performance
“Kick, Push”

Maná
Best Latin Rock, Alternative or Urban Album
Amar Es Combatir

Mariachi Sol de Mexico de José Hernández
Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album
25 Aniversario

Mastodon
Best Metal Performance
“Colony of Birchmen”

Martina McBride
Best Female Country Vocal Performance
“I Still Miss Someone”

Sarah McLachlan
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Wintersong

Jim McNeely
Best Instrumental Arrangement
“Up From the Skies”

Bette Midler
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Bette Midler Sings the Peggy Lee Songbook

Mingus Big Band
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Live In Tokyo at The Blue Note

Ministry
Best Metal Performance
“Lies, Lies, Lies”

Sam Moore
Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance
“You Are So Beautiful”

Mos Def
Best Rap Solo Performance
“Undeniable”

Joel Moss
Best Musical Show Album
The Drowsy Chaperone

Willie Nelson
Best Country Album
You Don’t Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker

Bob Newhart
Best Spoken Word Album
I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This!

Ne-Yo
Best Contemporary R&B Album
In My Own Words
Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
“So Sick”

Oakenfold
Best Electronic/Dance Album
A Lively Mind

OK Go
Best Short Form Music Video
“Here It Goes Again”

Bobby Osborne
Best Country Collaboration with Vocals
“Midnight Angel”

Walter Ostanek (SOCAN)
Best Polka Album
Good Friends Good Music

Dolly Parton
Best Song Written for Motion Picture, TV or Other Visual Media
“Travelin’ Thru” (From Transamerica)
Best Country Collaboration with Vocals
“Tomorrow Is Forever”

Jay Perez
Best Tejano Album
All of Me

Pesado
Best Norteño Album
Piénsame Un Momento

Pink
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
“Stupid Girls”

Daniel Powter
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
“Bad Day”

Billy Preston
Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance
“You Are So Beautiful”

Dafnis Prieto
Best Latin Jazz Album
Absolute Quintet

The Pussycat Dolls
Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
“Stickwitu”

The Raconteurs
Best Rock Album
Broken Boy Soldiers
Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
“Steady, As She Goes”

Corinne Bailey Rae (PRS)
Best New Artist
Record of the Year
“Put Your Records On”
Song of the Year
“Put Your Records On”

Robert Randolph
Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance
“You Are So Beautiful”

Rascal Flatts
Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
“What Hurts the Most”

Red
Best Rock or Rap Gospel Album
End of Silence

Red Hot Chili Peppers
Album of the Year
Stadium Arcadium
Best Rock Album
Stadium Arcadium
Best Rock Song
“Dani California”
Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
“Dani California”
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package
Stadium Arcadium
Best Short Form Music Video
“Dani California”

Phil Reno
Best Musical Show Album
The Drowsy Chaperone

Robert Cray Band
Best Contemporary Blues Album
Live From Across the Pond

Duke Robillard
Best Traditional Blues Album
Guitar Groove-A-Rama

Sonny Rollins
Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group
Sonny, Please

Steve Robson
Best Country Song
“What Hurts the Most”

Linda Ronstadt
Best Traditional Folk Album
Adieu False Heart

The Roots
Best Rap Album
Game Theory
Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group
“Don’t Feel Right”

Brenda Russell
Best Musical Show Album
The Color Purple

Gustavo Santaolalla
Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, TV or Other Visual Media
Brokeback Mountain

José Serebrier
Best Orchestral Performance
“Glazunov: Symphonies 4 & 7”

Sex Mob
Best Contemporary Jazz Album
Sexotica

John Scofield
Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group
Trio Beyond — Saudades

Edward Simon
Best Latin Jazz Album
Viva

Sacha Skarbeck (PRS)
Song of the Year
“You’re Beautiful”

Sly & Robbie (PRS)
Best Reggae Album
Rhythm Doubles

Snow Patrol
Best Rock Song
“Chasing Cars”

Spyro Gyra
Best Pop Instrumental Album
Wrapped In a Dream

Ralph Stanley
Best Traditional Folk Album
A Distant Land to Roam

Jeffrey Steele
Best Country Song
“What Hurts the Most”

Sting (PRS)
Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals
“Always On Your Side”

Joss Stone
Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
“Family Affair”

Marty Stuart
Best Bluegrass Album
Live at the Ryman

Jimmy Stur
Best Polka Album
Polka in Paradise

System of a Down
Best Hard Rock Performance
“Lonely Day”

Susan Tedeschi
Best Contemporary Blues Album
Hope and Desire

Irma Thomas
Best Contemporary Blues Album
After the Rain

T.I.
Best Rap Song
“What You Know”
Best Rap Album
King
Best Rap Solo Performance
“What You Know”
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
Featured on “My Love”

Tiempo Libre
Best Tropical Latin Album
What You've Been Waiting For — Lo Que Esperabas

Allen Toussaint
Best Pop Vocal Album
The River In Reverse

Trout Fishing in America
Best Musical Album for Children
My Best Day

KT Tunstall (PRS)
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
“Black Horse and the Cherry Tree”

Ike Turner
Best Traditional Blues Album
Risin' With the Blues

UB40 (PRS)
Best Reggae Album
Who You Fighting For

Carrie Underwood
Best New Artist
Best Female Country Vocal Performance
“Jesus, Take the Wheel”

Keith Urban
Best Male Country Vocal Performance
“Once In a Lifetime”

Rebecca Valadez
Best Tejano Album
Rebecca Valadez

Jim VanCleve
Best Country Instrumental Performance
“Nature of the Beast”

The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Up From the Skies — Music of Jim McNeely

Julieta Venegas (SGAE)
Best Latin Pop Album
Limón Y Sal

Rhonda Vincent
Best Country Collaboration with Vocals
“Midnight Angel”
Best Bluegrass Album
All American Bluegrass Girl

Doc Watson
Best Country Instrumental Performance
“Whiskey Before Breakfast”

will.i.am (of the Black Eyed Peas)
Producer of the Year
Album of the Year
FutureSex/LoveSounds
Best Urban/Alternative Performance
Featured on “That Heat”
Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal (BEP)
“My Humps”
Best Urban/Alternative Performance
Featured on “Mas Que Nada” (BEP)

John Williams
Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, TV or Other Visual Media
Memoirs of a Geisha
Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, TV or Other Visual Media
Munich
Best Instrumental Composition
“A Prayer for Peace”
Best Instrumental Composition
“Sayuri’s Theme and End Credits”

Patrick Williams
Best Instrumental Arrangement
“Tom & Eddie”
Best Instrumental Composition
“A Concerto In Swing”

Pharrell Williams
Best Rap Album
In My Mind
Best Rap Song
“Money Maker”

Allee Willis
Best Musical Show Album
The Color Purple

Wolfmother (APRA)
Best Hard Rock Performance
“Woman”

The Wreckers
Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
“Leave the Pieces”

“Weird Al” Yankovic
Best Surround Sound Album
Straight Outta Lynwood
Best Comedy Album
Straight Outta Lynwood

Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Best Alternative Music Album
Show Your Bones

Yung Joc
Best Rap Song
“It’s Goin' Down”

Yolanda Adams
Best Gospel Performance
“Victory”
Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
“Everyday (Family Reunion)”

Pepe Aguilar
Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album
Historias De Mi Tierra

Christina Aguilera
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
“Ain’t No Other Man”
Best Pop Vocal Album
Back to Basics

Ali & Gipp
Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group
“Grillz”

Hossein Alizadeh (GEMA)
Best Traditional World Music Album
Endless Vision

Karrin Allyson
Best Jazz Vocal Album
Footprints

Anita Baker
Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance
“Christmas Time Is Here”

Banda El Recordo de Cruz Lizárrago
Best Banda Album
Mas Fuerte Que Nunca

Banda Machos
Best Banda Album
20 Mil Heridas

Buju Banton
Best Reggae Album
Too Bad

Ana Bárbara
Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album
No Es Brujería

Chenta Barrera
Best Tejano Album
Sigue El Taconazo

Brett Beavers
Best Country Song
“Every Mile a Memory”

Natasha Bedingfield (PRS)
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
“Unwritten”

Tab Benoit
Best Traditional Blues Album
Brother to the Blues

George Benson
Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance
“God Bless the Child”
Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
“Breezin’”
Best Pop Instrumental Performance
“Mornin’”

Howard Benson
Producer of the Year

Matraca Berg
Best Country Song
“I Don’t Feel Like Loving You Today”

Big & Rich
Best Short Form Music Video
8th of November

Kenny Bishop
Best Southern, Country, or Bluegrass Gospel Album
Kenny Bishop

Black Eyed Peas
Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
“My Humps”
Best Urban/Alternative Performance
Featured on “Mas Que Nada”

Terence Blanchard
Best Long Form Music Video
“Flow: Living In the Stream of Music”

Eddie Blazonczyk’s Versatones
Best Polka Album
Batteries Not Included

James Blunt (PRS)
Best New Artist
Record of the Year
“You’re Beautiful”
Song of the Year
“You’re Beautiful”
Best Pop Vocal Album
Back To Bedlam
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
“You’re Beautiful”

Steve Bogard
Best Country Song
“Every Mile a Memory”

Richard Bona (SACEM)
Best Contemporary World Music Album
Tiki

Michael Brecker
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Some Skunk Funk
Best Jazz Instrumental Solo
Some Skunk Funk

Randy Brecker
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Some Skunk Funk

The Brian Lynch/Eddie Palmieri Project
Best Latin Jazz Album
Simpático

The Brian Setzer Orchestra
Best Pop Instrumental Performance
“My Favorite Things”

Bob Brookmeyer
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Spirit Music

Mel Brooks
Best Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
“There’s Nothing Like a Show On Broadway” (From The Producers)

Chris Brown
Best New Artist
Best Contemporary R&B Album
Chris Brown

Solomon Burke
Best Country Collaboration with Vocals
“Tomorrow Is Forever”

T Bone Burnett
Producer of the Year
Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, TV or Other Visual Media
Walk the Line

Busta Rhymes
Best Rap Solo Performance
“Touch It”

Myron Butler
Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album
Set Me Free

Byron Cage
Best Traditional Gospel Album
An Invitation to Worship

Calle 13
Best Latin Rock, Alternative or Urban Album
Calle 13

The Caravans
Best Traditional Gospel Album
Paved the Way

Mariah Carey
Best R&B Song
“Don’t Forget About Us”
Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
“Don’t Forget About Us”

Elliott Carter
Best Classical Contemporary Composition
“Boston Concerto”

Rosanne Cash
Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album
Black Cadillac

Robert Lee Castleman
Best Country Song
“Like Red on a Rose”

Avishai Cohen
Best Latin Jazz Album
Viva

Natalie Cole
Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
“Day Dreaming”

Jim Collins
Best Country Song
“I Don’t Feel Like Loving You Today”

Conjunto Primavera
Best Norteño Album
Algo De Mí

Harry Connick, Jr.
Best Musical Show Album
The Pajama Game

Chick Corea
Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group
The Ultimate Adventure
Best Instrumental Arrangement
“Three Ghouls”

Eric Clapton (PRS)
Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance
“You Are So Beautiful”

Sheryl Crow
Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals
“Always On Your Side”
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
“You Can Close Your Eyes”

Cuisillos
Best Banda Album
Amor Gitano

Mychael Danna
Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, TV or Other Visual Media
Little Miss Sunshine

Death Cab for Cutie
Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
“I Will Follow You Into the Dark”
Best Long Form Music Video
“Directions”

DecembeRadio
Best Rock or Rap Gospel Album
DecembeRadio

Jack DeJohnette
Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group
Trio Beyond — Saudades

Depeche Mode (PRS)
Best Dance Recording
“Suffer Well”

The Del McCoury Band
Best Southern, Country, or Bluegrass Gospel Album
The Promised Land

Ani DiFranco
Best Recording Package
Reprieve

Dixie Chicks
Record of the Year
“Not Ready to Make Nice”
Album of the Year
Taking the Long Way
Song of the Year
“Not Ready to Make Nice”
Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
“Not Ready to Make Nice”
Best Country Album
Taking the Long Way

The Dixie Hummingbirds
Best Traditional Gospel Album
Still Keeping It Real

DJ Toomp
Best Rap Song
“What You Know”

Oscar D’Leon
Best Tropical Latin Album
Fuzionando

Nate Dogg
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
“Shake That”

Paquito D’Rivera
Best Jazz Instrumental Solo
“Paq Man”

Dr. John
Best Contemporary Blues Album
Sippiana Hericane

Jimmy Edward
Best Tejano Album
It’s...All Right

Ramblin’ Jack Elliott
Best Traditional Folk Album
I Stand Alone

Eminem
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
Featured on “Smack That”
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
“Shake That”

Bill Engvall
Best Comedy Album
Blue Collar Comedy Tour — One for the Road

Enya (PRS)
Best Pop Instrumental Performance
“Drifting”
Best New Age Album
Amarantine

Peter Erskine
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Some Skunk Funk

Field Mob
Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group
“Georgia”

The Flaming Lips
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
At War With the Mystics
Best Alternative Music Album
At War With the Mystics
Best Rock Instrumental Performance
“The Wizard Turns On...”

Béla Fleck
Best Pop Instrumental Performance
“Subterfuge”
Best Contemporary Jazz Album
The Hidden Land

Jeff Foxworthy
Best Comedy Album
Blue Collar Comedy Tour — One for the Road

Jamie Foxx
Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
“Love Changes”
Best R&B Album
Unpredictable
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
“Unpredictable”

Kirk Franklin
Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album
Hero
Best Gospel Song
“Imagine Me”

Dave Fridmann
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
At War With the Mystics

Fulano
Best Latin Pop Album
Individual

Bob Gallarza
Best Tejano Album
Live In Session

Kenny Garrett
Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group
Beyond the Wall

Djivan Gasparvan (GEMA)
Best Traditional World Music Album
Endless Vision

Bob Gaudio
Best Musical Show Album
Jersey Boys

Amanda Ghost (PRS)
Song of the Year
“You’re Beautiful”

Vince Gill
Best Male Country Vocal Pe"rformance
“The Reason Why”

David Gilmour (PRS)
Best Rock Instrumental Performance
Castellorizon

Gnarls Barkley
Record of the Year
“Crazy”
Album of the Year
St. Elsewhere
Best Urban/Alternative Performance
“Crazy”
Best Alternative Music Album
St. Elsewhere

Osvaldo Golijov
Best Classical Contemporary Composition
“Golijov: Ainadamar: Fountain of Tears”

Edsel Gomez
Best Latin Jazz Album
Cubist Music

Gorillaz (PRS)
Best Long Form Music Video
“Demon Days — Live In Manchester”

Harry Gregson-Williams
Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, TV or Other Visual Media
The Chronicles of Narnia - The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Groove Collective
Best Contemporary Jazz Album
People People Music Music

Lenny Golmulka
Best Polka Album
As Sweet As Candy

Slide Hampton
Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
“Stardust”

Bill Harley
Best Spoken Word Album for Children
Blah Blah Blah: Stories About Clams, Swamp Monsters, Pirates & Dogs

Roy Haynes
Best Jazz Instrumental Solo
“Hippidy Hop (Drum Solo)”

Don Henley
Best Country Collaboration With Vocals
“Calling Me”

Fred Hersch
Best Instrumental Composition
“Valentine”

Tal Herzberg
Record of the Year
Be Without You

Andrea Hoag
Best Traditional World Music Album
Hambo in the Snow

Trevor Horn
Best Dance Recording
“I’m With Stupid”

Israel Houghton & New Breed
Best Gospel Song
“Not Forgotten”
Best Gospel Performance
“Not Forgotten”
Best Traditional Gospel Album
Alive In South Africa
Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album
A Timeless Christmas

Van Hunt
Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
“Family Affair”

James Hunter
Best Traditional Blues Album
People Gonna Talk

Janet Jackson
Best Contemporary R&B Album
20 Y.O.