Grammy Winners, 2008
Grammy Award results for the 50th Annual Grammy Awards! We have a brief overall of the genres we’re interested [along with you] here at the Urban Music Scene.
Record Of The Year
Rehab
Amy Winehouse
Mark Ronson, producer; Tom Elmhirst, Vaughan Merrick, Dom Morley, Mark Ronson & Gabriel Roth,
engineers/mixers
Track from: Back To Black
[Universal Republic Records]
Album Of The Year
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]
Song Of The Year
Rehab
Amy Winehouse, songwriter (Amy Winehouse)
Track from: Back To Black
[Universal Republic Records; Publisher: EMI Music Publishing]
Best New Artist
(For a new artist who releases, during the Eligibility Year,
the first recording which establishes the public identity of that
artist.)
Amy Winehouse
Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
No One
Alicia Keys
[J Records/MBK Entertainment]
Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
Future Baby Mama
Prince
Track from: Planet Earth
[Columbia/NPG Records]
Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
Disrespectful
Chaka Khan Featuring Mary J. Blige
[Burgundy/Sony/BMG]
Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance
In My Songs
Gerald Levert
Track from: In My Songs
[Atlantic]
Best R&B Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)
Funk This
Chaka Khan
[Burgundy Records]
Best Contemporary R&B Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)
Because Of You
Ne-Yo
[Def Jam Recordings]
Best Contemporary Jazz Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)
River: The Joni Letters
Herbie Hancock
[Verve]
Best Jazz Vocal Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)
Avant Gershwin
Patti Austin
[Rendezvous Entertainment]
Best Jazz Instrumental Solo
(For an instrumental jazz solo performance. Two equal
performers on one recording may be eligible as one entry. If the
soloist listed appears on a recording billed to another artist, the
latter’s name is in parenthesis for identification. Singles or Tracks
only.)
Anagram
Michael Brecker, soloist
Track from: Pilgrimage
[Heads Up International]
Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)
Pilgrimage
Michael Brecker
[Heads Up International]
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
(For large jazz ensembles, including big band sounds. Albums must contain 51% or more INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)
A Tale Of God’s Will (A Requiem For Katrina)
Terence Blanchard
[Blue Note]
Best Latin Jazz Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)
Funk Tango
Paquito D’Rivera Quintet?
[Paquito Records]
Best Gospel Performance
(For solo, duo, group as collaborative performances. Singles
or tracks with vocal containing Gospel lyrics. All genres of Gospel
music are eligible.)
(Tie)
Blessed & Highly Favored
The Clark Sisters
Track from: Live – One Last Time
[EMI Gospel]
Never Gonna Break My Faith
Aretha Franklin & Mary J. Blige (Featuring The Harlem Boys Choir)
Track from: Bobby: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
[Island Def Jam]
Best Gospel Song
(A Songwriter(s) Award. For Song Eligibility Guidelines see
Category #3. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks
only.)
Blessed & Highly Favored
Karen Clark-Sheard, songwriter (The Clark Sisters)
Track from: Live – One Last Time
[EMI Gospel; Publisher: K. Sheard’s Melody]
Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)
A Deeper Level
Israel And New Breed
[Integrity Music]
Best Traditional Gospel Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)
Live – One Last Time
The Clark Sisters
[EMI Gospel]
Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)
Free To Worship
Fred Hammond
[Verity]
Source: Grammy.com [For results of the overall genres please visit Grammy.com]