2008 BMI Grammy Award Winners
Record of the Year
"Rehab," Amy Winehouse
Mark Ronson, producer
Album of the Year
River: The Joni Letters, Herbie Hancock
Leonard Cohen, Norah Jones, Corinne Bailey Rae, Luciana Souza & Tina Turner, featured artists; Herbie Hancock, producer
Song of the Year
"Rehab," Amy Winehouse, songwriter (Amy Winehouse)
Best New Artist
Amy Winehouse
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
"Rehab," Amy Winehouse
Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
"Makes Me Wonder," Maroon 5
Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals
"Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)," Robert Plant (ASCAP) & Alison Krauss
Best Pop Vocal Album
Back to Black, Amy Winehouse
Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
"Icky Thump," The White Stripes
Best Rock Album
Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace, Foo Fighters
Best Rap Album
Graduation, Kanye West
Best Hard Rock Performance
"The Pretender," Foo Fighters
Best Alternative Music Album
Icky Thump, The White Stripes
Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance
"In My Songs," Gerald Levert
Best Rap Solo Performance
"Stronger," Kanye West
Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group
"Southside," Common Featuring Kanye West
Best Rap Song
"Good Life," Aldrin Davis, Mike Dean & Kanye West, songwriters; (Kanye West Featuring T-Pain)
Best Jazz Instrumental Solo
"Anagram," Michael Brecker, soloist
Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group
Pilgrimage, Michael Brecker
Best Contemporary Jazz Album
River: The Joni Letters, Herbie Hancock
Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical
Mark Ronson
Best Female Country Vocal Performance
"Before He Cheats," Carrie Underwood
Best Male Country Vocal Performance
"Stupid Boy," Keith Urban
Best Gospel Performance
"Blessed & Highly Favored," The Clark Sisters
Best Gospel Song
"Blessed & Highly Favored," (The Clark Sisters)
Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album
100% Mexicano, Pepe Aguilar
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
A Tale Of God's Will (A Requiem For Katrina), Terence Blanchard
Best Contemporary Blues Album
The Road To Escondido, JJ Cale & Eric Clapton
Best Latin Urban Album
Residente O Visitante, Calle 13
Best Rock Or Rap Gospel Album
Before The Daylight's Shot, Ashley Cleveland
Best Dance Recording
"LoveStoned/I Think She Knows," producer Jimmy Douglass
Best Latin Jazz Album
Funk Tango, Paquito D'Rivera Quintet
Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
"How Long," Eagles
Best 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
Best Banda Album
Te Va A Gustar, El Chapo
Best Urban/Alternative Performance
"Daydreamin'," Lupe Fiasco
Best Gospel Performance
"Never Gonna Break My Faith," Aretha Franklin
Best Country Album
These Days, Vince Gill
Best Tropical Latin Album
La Llave De Mi Corazón, Juan Luis Guerra
Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album
Free To Worship, Fred Hammond
Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album
A Deeper Level, Israel And New Breed
Best Musical Album For Children
A Green And Red Christmas, The Muppets
Ted Kryczko, producer
Best Tejano Album
Before The Next Teardrop Falls, Little Joe & La Familia
Best Norteño Album
Detalles Y Emociones, Los Tigres Del Norte
Best Country Collaboration With Vocals
"Lost Highway," Willie Nelson & Ray Price
Best Album Notes
John Work, III: Recording Black Culture
Bruce Nemerov, album notes writer (Various Artists)
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
"Umbrella," Rihanna
Best Musical Show Album
Spring Awakening, Duncan Sheik, producer; Duncan Sheik, composer; Steven Sater, lyricist
Best Zydeco Or Cajun Music Album
Live! Worldwide, Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience
Best Polka Album
Come Share The Wine, Jimmy Sturr And His Orchestra
Best Classical Contemporary Composition
"Made In America," Joan Tower (Leonard Slatkin, conductor; Nashville Symphony Orchestra)
Best Classical Crossover Album
A Love Supreme: The Legacy Of John Coltrane, Turtle Island Quartet
Best New Age Album
Crestone, Paul Winter Consort
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