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50th Grammy Awards
50th Grammy Awards
Date Venue Host Network: ← 2007
February 10, 2008 Staples Center, Los Angeles, California None CBS 2009 →
Getz/Gilberto by Stan Getz and João Gilberto. Upon receiving the award, he honored former band mate, Miles Davis and John Coltrane. The golden anniversary of the Grammys and NARAS was noted in references and performances throughout this year’s ceremony. Alicia Keys was the evening’s opening musician, singing and playing piano alongside archived video and audio of Frank Sinatra. Other collaborative performances linking contemporary and past musicians included Beyoncé with Tina Turner, Rihanna with The Time, classical pianist Lang Lang with jazz pianist Herbie Hancock, and inaugural Grammy winner Keely Smith with Kid Rock. Special recognition of the musical contributions of The Beatles was also featured.
The 50th Annual Grammy Awards took place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, on February 10, 2008, starting at 8PM EST. It honored musical achievement of the 2007 year in which albums were released between October 1, 2006 through September 30, 2007. The primary ceremonies were televised in the United States on CBS; however, as has become the custom, most of the awards were handed out during a pre-telecast portion of the show held at the Los Angeles Convention Center and broadcast on XM Satellite Radio. Two nights prior to the show Aretha Franklin was honored as the MusiCares Person of the Year. This year’s big winner was Amy Winehouse, who won a total of five awards out of her six nominations. The 24-year-old singer had recently entered a drug rehabilitation program and did not come to Los Angeles. American officials initially refused her a work visa; they reversed the decision, but by then it was too late for her to make the trip from the UK.[1] She became the fifth female solo artist to have won five Grammys in one evening (the others being Lauryn Hill, Alicia Keys, Norah Jones, and Beyoncé Knowles). Herbie Hancock’s River: The Joni Letters won Album of the Year, marking the first time in 43 years that a jazz album received the award. The honor was given in 1965 for
Performers
The following is an alphabetical list of performers. • The cast of Across the Universe • Alicia Keys • Amy Winehouse (via satellite from London) - "Rehab" and "You Know I’m No Good" • Andrea Bocelli • Ann Marie Calhoun (My Grammy Moment winner) • Aretha Franklin • BeBe Winans • Beyoncé Knowles - "Proud Mary" with Tina Turner • Brad Paisley • Carrie Underwood - "Before He Cheats" • The cast of Cirque du Soleil Love • Dave Koz • Eldar • Feist • Fergie and John Legend • Foo Fighters • Herbie Hancock • Israel and New Breed • Jerry Lee Lewis • John Fogerty • John Mayer • John Paul Jones • Josh Groban
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Kanye West and Daft Punk Keely Smith Kid Rock Lang Lang Little Richard Rihanna The Clark Sisters The Madison Bumblebees The Time Tina Turner - "What’s Love Got To Do With It", "Better Be Good To Me" and "Proud Mary" with Beyonce • Trin-i-tee 5:7 • • • • • • • • • •
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Technical GRAMMY Award Winners
• Ampex Corporation • John Eargle
General Field
Record of the Year
• • Mark Ronson, producer; Tom Elmhirst, engineer/mixer
Album of the Year
• • Leonard Cohen, Norah Jones, Joni Mitchell, Corinne Bailey Rae, Luciana of Souza & Tina Turner, featured artists; Herbie Hancock & Larry Klein, producers; Helik Hadar, engineer/ Keely mixer; Bernie Grundman, mastering Smith engineer Ringo Starr DaveSong of the Year Stewart(Amy Winehouse) • Taylor SwiftBest New Artist Usher • will.i.am Andy Williams Stevie Best Female Pop Vocal Wonder
Presenters
The following presenters. • Akon • • Jason Bateman • • Tony Bennett • Dierks • Bentley • • Chris Brown • • Cher • Natalie • Cole • Mike • Shinoda • Fergie • is an alphabetical list Nelly Furtado Cuba Gooding, Jr. Juanes Tom Hanks Quincy Jones Carole King Solange Knowles Cyndi Lauper • John Legend • George Lopez • Lyle Lovett • Ludacris • Joe Mantegna • Bette Midler • Prince • Bonnie Raitt • Roselyn Sanchez • • • • • • • •
Pop Field
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Performance Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
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Specialized awards
MusiCares Person of the Year
• Aretha Franklin
Lifetime Achievement Award Winners
• • • • • • • Burt Bacharach The Band Cab Calloway Doris Day Itzhak Perlman Max Roach Earl Scruggs
Best Pop Performance by a Duo/ Group w/ Vocals
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Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals
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Best Pop Instrumental Performance
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Trustees Award Winners
• Olumide Chapters • Jac Holzman • Willie Mitchell
Best Pop Instrumental Album
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Best Pop Vocal Album
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Best Alternative Music Album
• Icky Thump - The White Stripes
Dance Field
Best Dance Recording
• - Justin Timberlake Nate (Danja) Hills, Timbaland & Justin Timberlake, producers; Jimmy Douglass & Timbaland, mixers
R&B Field
Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
• - Alicia Keys
Best Electronic/Dance Album
• We Are the Night – The Chemical Brothers
Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
• - Prince
Traditional Pop Field
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
• Call Me Irresponsible - Michael Bublé
Best R&B Performance By a Duo/Group W/ Vocals
• - Chaka Khan featuring Mary J. Blige
Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance
• - Gerald Levert
Rock Field
Best Rock Solo Vocal Performance
• - Bruce Springsteen
Best Urban/Alternative Performance
• " - Lupe Fiasco featuring Jill Scott
Best R&B Song
• - Dirty Harry, Kerry Brothers & Alicia Keys (Alicia Keys)
Best Rock Performance By a Duo/Group w/ Vocals
• - The White Stripes
Best R&B Album
• Funk This - Chaka Khan
Best Hard Rock Performance
• - Foo Fighters
Best Contemporary R&B Album
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Best Metal Performance
• - Slayer
Rap Field
Best Rap Solo Performance
• - Kanye West
Best Rock Instrumental Performance
• - Bruce Springsteen
Best Rock Song
• - Bruce Springsteen (Bruce Springsteen)
Best Rap Performance By a Duo/ Group
• - Common featuring Kanye West
Best Rock Album
• Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace Foo Fighters
Best Rap/Song Collaboration
• " - Rihanna featuring Jay-Z
Alternative Field
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Best Rap Song
• - Alrin Davis, Faheem Najm & Kanye West (James Ingram & Quincy Jones) (Kanye West featuring T-Pain)
Best Contemporary Jazz Album
• River: The Joni Letters - Herbie Hancock
Best Rap Album
• Graduation - Kanye West
Best Jazz Vocal Album
• Avant Gershwin - Patti Austin
Country Field
Best Female Country Vocal Performance
• - Carrie Underwood
Best Jazz Instrumental Solo Performance
• - Michael Brecker, soloist
Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group
• Pilgrimage - Michael Brecker
Best Male Country Vocal Performance
• " - Keith Urban
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
• A Tale of God’s Will (A Requiem for Katrina) - Terence Blanchard
Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
• - Eagles
Best Latin Jazz Album
• Funk Tango - Paquito Rivera Quintet
Best Country Collaboration w/ Vocals
• - Willie Nelson & Ray Price
Gospel Field
Best Gospel Performance
Tie • - Aretha Franklin & Mary J. Blige (Featuring The Harlem Boys Choir) • - The Clark Sisters
Best Country Instrumental Performance
• - Brad Paisley
Best Country Song
• - Josh Kear & Chris Tompkins, songwriters (Carrie Underwood)
Best Gospel Song
• - Karen Clark-Sheard, songwriter (The Clark Sisters)
Best Country Album
• These Days - Vince Gill
Best Rock or Rap Gospel Album
• Before the Daylight’s Shot - Ashley Cleveland
Best Bluegrass Album
• The Bluegrass Diaries - Jim Lauderdale
New Age Field
Best New Age Album
• Crestone - Paul Winter Consort
Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album
• A Deeper Level - Israel and New Breed
Best Southern/Country/ Bluegrass Album
• Salt of the Earth - Ricky Skaggs & The Whites
Jazz Field
Best Traditional Gospel Album
• Live: One Last Time - The Clark Sisters
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Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album
• Free to Worship - Fred Hammond
Best Traditional Folk Album
• Dirt Farmer - Levon Helm
Latin Field
Best Latin Pop Album
• El Tren de los Momentos - Alejandro Sanz
Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album
• Washington Square Serenade - Steve Earle
Best Native American Music Album
• Totemic Flute Chants - Johnny Whitehorse
Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album
• No Hay Espacio - Black Guayaba
Best Hawaiian Music Album
• Treasures of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar - Various Artists (Daniel Ho, George Kahumoku, Jr., Paul Konwiser & Wayne Wong, producers)
Best Latin Urban Album
• Residente O Visitante - Calle 13
Best Tropical Latin Album
• La Llave de mi Corazón - Juan Luis Guerra
Best Zydeco Or Cajun Music Album
• Live! Worldwide - Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience
Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album
• 100% Mexicano - Pepe Aguilar
Reggae Field
Best Reggae Album
• Mind Control - Stephen Marley
Best Tejano Album
• Before the Next Teardrop Falls - Little Joe & La Familia
Best Norteño Album
• Detalles y Emociones - Los Tigres Del Norte
World Music Field
Best Traditional World Music Album
• African Spirit - Soweto Gospel Choir
Best Banda Album
• Te Va a Gustar - El Chapo
Blues Field
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 Contemporary World Music Album
• Djin Djin - Angelique Kidjo
Polka Field
Best Polka Album
• Come Share the Wine - Jimmy Sturr & His Orchestra
Best Contemporary Blues Album
• The Road to Escondido - JJ Cale & Eric Clapton
Children’s Field
Folk Field
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Best Children’s Music Album
• A Green and Red Christmas - The Muppets (Ted Kryczko & Ed Mitchel, producers)
Composing/Arranging Field
Best Instrumental Composition
• - Maria Schneider, composer (Maria Schneider Orchestra)
Best Children’s Spoken Word Album
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Jim Dale
Best Instrumental Arrangement
• - Vince Mendoza, arranger (Joe Zawinul)
Spoken Word Field
Best Spoken Word Album
• The Audacity of Hope : Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream Barack Obama
Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
• - John Clayton, arranger (Queen Latifah)
Package Field
Best Recording Package
• Cassadaga - Zack Nipper, art director (Bright Eyes)
Comedy Field
Best Comedy Album
• The Distant Future - Flight of the Conchords
Best Boxed/Special Limited Edition
• What It Is!: Funky Soul and Rare Grooves (1967-1977) - Masaki Koike, art director (Various Artists)
Musical Show Field
Best Musical Show Album
• Spring Awakening - Duncan Sheik, producer; Duncan Sheik, composer; Steven Sater, lyricist (Original Broadway Cast with Jonathan Groff, Lea Michele & Others)
Notes Field
Best Album Notes
• John Work, III: Recording Black Culture - Bruce Nemerov (Various Artists)
Film, Television And Other Visual Media Field Historical Field
Best Compilation Soundtrack Album
• Love - George Martin & Giles Martin (The Beatles)
Best Historical Album
• The Live Wire: Woody Guthrie in Performance 1949 • Nora Guthrie & Jorge Arévalo Mateus, compilation producers; Jamie Howarth, Steve Rosenthal, Warren Russell-Smith & Dr. Kevin Short, mastering engineers (Woody Guthrie)
Best Score Soundtrack Album
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Best Song-Motion Picture, TV, Visual Media
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Production, Non Classical Field
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• Strange Imaginary Animals (Eighth Blackbird) • Tchaikovsky: Three String Quartets, Souvenir De Florence (Ying Quartet)
Best Engineered Album, Non Classical
• Beauty & Crime • Tchad Blake, Cameron Craig, Emery Dobyns & Jimmy Hogarth, engineers (Suzanne Vega)
Classical Field
Best Classical Album
• Tower: Made In America • Leonard Slatkin, conductor; Tim Handley, producer (Nashville Symphony)
Producer of the Year, Non Classical
• • • • • • Back to Black (Amy Winehouse) (T) Littlest Things (Lily Allen) (T) Rehab (Amy Winehouse) (T) Version (Mark Ronson) (A) You Know I’m No Good (Amy Winehouse) (T)
Best Orchestra Performance
• • Leonard Slatkin, conductor (Nashville Symphony)
Best Remixed Recording
• • Benny Benassi, remixer (Public Enemy)
Best Opera Recording
• • Sir Charles Mackerras, conductor; Rebecca Evans, Jane Henschel & Jennifer Larmore; Brian Couzens, producer (Sarah Coppen, Diana Montague & Sarah Tynan; New London Children’s Choir; Philharmonia Orchestra)
Production, Surround Sound Field
Best Surround Sound Album
• Love • Paul Hicks, surround mix engineer; Tim Young, surround mastering engineer; George Martin & Giles Martin, surround producers (The Beatles)
Best Choral Performance
• • Simon Rattle, conductor; Simon Halsey, chorus master (Thomas Quasthoff & Dorothea Röschmann; Rundfunkchor Berlin; Berliner Philharmoniker)
Production, Classical Field
Best Engineered Album, Classical
• Grechaninov: Passion Week • John Newton, engineer (Charles Bruffy, Phoenix Bach Choir & Kansas City Chorale)
Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra)
• • Bramwell Tovey, conductor; James Ehnes (Vancouver Symphony Orchestra)
Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra)
• - Garrick Ohlsson
Producer of the Year, Classical
• • American Virtuosa: Tribute To Maud Powell (Rachel Barton Pine & Matthew Hagle) • From Barrelhouse To Broadway: The Musical Odyssey Of Joe Jordan (Rick Benjamin & The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra) • Górecki: String Quartet No. 3 ’...Songs Are Sung’ (Kronos Quartet)
Best Chamber Music Performance
• - eighth blackbird
Best Small Ensemble Performance
• - Yuri Bashmet, conductor; Moscow Soloists
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Best Classical Vocal Performance
• • Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (James Levine; Boston Symphony Orchestra)
Best Long Form Music Video
• - Madonna — Jonas Akerlund, video director; Sara Martin and David May, video producers
Best Classical Contemporary Composition
• • Joan Tower (Leonard Slatkin, conductor; Nashville Symphony Orchestra)
My Night at the Grammys
"My Night at the Grammys" was a special that CBS aired on November 30, 2007 at 8PM ET. It was part of NARAS’ 50th anniversary celebration and featured the top 25 moments in Grammy history which was be determined by vote.
Best Classical Crossover Album
• A Love Supreme: The Legacy of John Coltrane - Turtle Island String Quartet
Music Video Field
Best Short Form Music Video
• - Johnny Cash — Tony Kaye, video director; Rachel Curl, video producer
References
[1] nytimes.com
External links
• • • • Official Site Winners and Nominees NARAS CBS GRAMMY Site
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