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NOMINEES AND WINNERS                                                             DOT DENOTES CATEGORY WINNER

RECORD OF THE YEAR

Crazy In Love - Beyoncé Featuring Jay-Z
Where Is The Love - The Black Eyed Peas & Justin Timberlake
Clocks - Coldplay
Lose Yourself - Eminem
Hey Ya! - OutKast

Album Of The Year

Under Construction - Missy Elliott
Fallen - Evanescence
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below - OutKast
Justified - Justin Timberlake
Elephant - The White Stripes

Song Of The Year

Beautiful - Linda Perry, songwriter (Christina Aguilera)
Dance With My Father - Richard Marx & Luther Vandross, songwriters (Luther Vandross)
I'm With You - Avril Lavigne & The Matrix, songwriters (Avril Lavigne)
Keep Me In Your Heart - Jorge Calderón & Warren Zevon, songwriters (Warren Zevon)
Lose Yourself - J. Bass, M. Mathers & L. Resto, songwriters
(Eminem)

Best New Artist

Evanescence
50 Cent
Fountains Of Wayne
Heather Headley
Sean Paul

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

Beautiful - Christina Aguilera
Miss Independent - Kelly Clarkson
White Flag - Dido
I'm With You - Avril Lavigne
Fallen - Sarah McLachlan

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance

Any Road - George Harrison
Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Michael McDonald
Send Your Love - Sting
Cry Me A River - Justin Timberlake
Keep Me In Your Heart- Warren Zevon

Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

Misunderstood - Bon Jovi
Hole In The World - Eagles
Stacy's Mom - Fountains Of Wayne
Unwell - Matchbox Twenty
Underneath It All - No Doubt

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals

Can't Hold Us Down - Christina Aguilera & Lil' Kim
La Vie En Rose - Tony Bennett & k.d. lang
Gonna Change My Way Of Thinking - Bob Dylan & Mavis Staples
Feel Good Time - Pink Featuring William Orbit
Whenever I Say Your Name - Sting & Mary J. Blige

Best Pop Instrumental Performance

Patricia - Ry Cooder & Manuel Galbán
Marwa Blues - George Harrison
Honey-Dipped - Dave Koz
Seabiscuit - Randy Newman
The Nutcracker Suite - The Brian Setzer
Orchestra

Best Pop Instrumental Album

Peace - Jim Brickman
Mambo Sinuendo - Ry Cooder & Manuel Galbán
Wishes - Kenny G
N.E.W.S. - Prince
Night Divides The Day
-The Music Of The Doors - George Winston

Best Pop Vocal Album

Stripped - Christina Aguilera
Brainwashed - George Harrison
Bare - Annie Lennox
Motown - Michael McDonald
Justified - Justin Timberlake

Best Dance Recording

Love One Another - Cher
Easy - Groove Armada
Die Another Day - Madonna
Come Into My World - Kylie Minogue
Breathe - Télépopmusik Featuring Angela McCluskey

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

A Wonderful World - Tony Bennett & k.d. lang
The Last Concert - Rosemary Clooney
Bette Midler Sings The Rosemary Clooney Songbook - Bette Midler
As Time Goes By...The Great American Songbook: Volume II - Rod Stewart
The Movie Album - Barbra Streisand

Best Female Rock Vocal Performance

Are You Happy Now? - Michelle Branch
Losing Grip - Avril Lavigne
Trouble - Pink
Time Of Our Lives - Bonnie Raitt
Righteously - Lucinda Williams

Best Male Rock Vocal Performance

New Killer Star - David Bowie
Down In The Flood - Bob Dylan
If I Could Fall In Love - Lenny Kravitz
Gravedigger - Dave Matthews
Return Of Jackie & Judy - Tom Waits

Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

Times Like These - Foo Fighters
There There - Radiohead
Calling All Angels - Train
Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes
Disorder In The House - Warren Zevon & Bruce Springsteen

Best Hard Rock Performance

Like A Stone - Audioslave
Bring Me To Life - Evanescence Featuring Paul McCoy
Straight Out Of Line - Godsmack
Just Because - Jane's Addiction
Go With The Flow - Queens Of The
Stone Age

Best Metal Performance

Did My Time - Korn
mOBSCENE - Marilyn Manson
St. Anger - Metallica
Smothered - Spineshank
Inhale - Stone Sour

Best Rock Instrumental Performance

Instrumental Illness - The Allman Brothers Band
Plan B - Jeff Beck
Session - Linkin Park
Squeeze - Robert Randolph & The Family Band
Essence - Steve Vai

Best Rock Song

Bring Me To Life - David Hodges, Amy Lee & Ben Moody, songwriters (Evanescence Featuring Paul McCoy)
Calling All Angels - Charlie Colin, Pat Monahan, Jimmy Stafford & Scott Underwood, songwriters (Train)
Disorder In The House - Jorge Calderón & Warren Zevon, songwriters (Warren Zevon & Bruce Springsteen)

Seven Nation Army - Jack White, songwriter (The White Stripes)
Someday - Chad Kroeger, Mike Kroeger, Ryan Peake & Ryan Vikedal, songwriters (Nickelback)

Best Rock Album

Audioslave - Audioslave
Fallen - Evanescence
One By One - Foo Fighters
More Than You Think You Are - Matchbox Twenty
The Long Road - Nickelback

Best Alternative Music Album

Fight Test - The Flaming Lips
Hail To The Thief - Radiohead
Untitled - Sigur Rós
Elephant - The White Stripes
Fever To Tell - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance

Rain On Me - Ashanti
Back In The Day - Erykah Badu
Dangerously In Love - Beyoncé
Ooh! - Mary J. Blige
I Wish I Wasn't - Heather Headley

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance

Step In The Name Of Love - R. Kelly
Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda - Brian McKnight
Superstar - Ruben Studdard
How You Gonna Act Like That - Tyrese
Dance With My Father - Luther Vandross

Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

The Closer I Get To You - Beyoncé & Luther Vandross
Where Is The Love - Stanley Clarke Featuring Glenn Lewis & Amel Larrieux
Say Yes - Floetry
I'll Stay - Roy Hargrove & The RH Factor Featuring D'Angelo
Busted - The Isley Brothers With Ronald Isley aka Mr. Biggs Featuring JS
Hands Up - TLC

Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance

Hold Me - Earth, Wind & Fire
Wonderful - Aretha Franklin
Comin' From Where I'm From - Anthony Hamilton
Way Up There - Patti LaBelle
He Proposed - Kelly Price

Best Urban/Alternative Performance

Danger - Erykah Badu
Milkshake - Kelis
J'veux D'la Musique - Les Nubians
Forthenight - Musiq
Hey Ya! - OutKast

Best R&B Song

Comin' From Where I'm From - Mark Batson & Anthony Hamilton, songwriters (Anthony Hamilton)
Crazy In Love - Shawn Carter, Rich Harrison, Beyoncé Knowles & (Eugene Record), songwriters (Beyoncé Featuring Jay-Z)
Dance With My Father - Richard Marx & Luther Vandross, songwriters (Luther Vandross)
Danger - Erykah Badu, J. Poyser, B.R. Smith & R.C. Williams, songwriters (Erykah Badu)
Rock Wit U (Awww Baby) - A. Douglas, I. Lorenzo & A. Parker, songwr
iters (Ashanti)

Best R&B Album

Worldwide Underground - Erykah Badu
Bittersweet - Blu Cantrell
So Damn Happy - Aretha Franklin
Body Kiss - The Isley Brothers Featuring Ronald Isley aka Mr. Biggs
Dance With My Father - Luther Vandross

Best Contemporary R&B Album

Chapter II - Ashanti
Dangerously In Love - Beyoncé
Love & Life - Mary J. Blige
Comin' From Where I'm From - Anthony Hamilton
Chocolate Factory - R. Kelly

Best Female Rap Solo Performance

Got It Poppin' - Da Brat
Work It - Missy Elliott
Came Back For You - Lil' Kim
Ride Wit Me - MC Lyte
Go Head - Queen Latifah

Best Male Rap Solo Performance

Pump It Up - Joe Budden
Lose Yourself - Eminem
In Da Club - 50 Cent
Stand Up - Ludacris
Get Busy - Sean Paul

Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group

Gossip Folks - Missy Elliott Featuring Ludacris
Magic Stick - Lil' Kim Featuring 50 Cent
Shake Ya Tailfeather - Nelly, P. Diddy & Murphy Lee
Dipset (Santana's Town) - Juelz Santana Featuring Cam'Ron
Can't Stop Won't Stop - Young Gunz

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration

Crazy In Love - Beyoncé Featuring Jay-Z
Where Is The Love - The Black Eyed Peas With Justin Timberlake
Luv U Better - LL Cool J Featuring Marc Dorsey
Frontin' - The Neptunes Featuring Pharrell Williams & Jay-Z
Beautiful - Snoop Dogg Featuring Pharrell And Uncl
e Charlie Wilson

Best Rap Song

Beautiful - Calvin Broadus, Chad Hugo & Pharrell Williams, songwriters (Snoop Dogg Featuring Pharrell & Uncle Charlie Wilson)
Excuse Me Miss - Shawn Carter, Chad Hugo & Pharrell Williams, songwriters (Jay-Z Featuring Pharrell Williams)
In Da Club - M. Elizondo, C. Jackson & A. Young, songwriters (50 Cent)
Lose Yourself - J. Bass, M. Mathers & L. Resto, songwriters (Eminem)
Work It - Missy Elliott & Tim Mosley, songwriters (Missy Elliott)

Best Rap Album

Under Construction - Missy Elliott
Get Rich Or Die Tryin' - 50 Cent
The Blueprint² - The Gift & The Curse - Jay-Z
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below - OutKast
Phrenology - The Roots

Best Female Country Vocal Performance

Keep On The Sunny Side - June Carter Cash
On Your Way Home - Patty Loveless
This One's For The Girls - Martina McBride
I'm Gone - Dolly Parton
Forever And For Always - Shania Twain

Best Male Country Vocal Performance

Annabelle - Ray Benson
Next Big Thing - Vince Gill
My Baby Don't Tolerate - Lyle Lovett
She's My Kind Of Rain - Tim McGraw
Brokenheartsville - Joe Nichols
Three Wooden Crosses - Randy Travis

Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

Red Dirt Road - Brooks & Dunn
I Believe - Diamond Rio
My Front Porch Looking In - Lonestar
Colors - The Oak Ridge Boys
A Simple Life - Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder

Best Country Collaboration With Vocals

Temptation - June Carter Cash & Johnny Cash
It's Five O'Clock Somewhere - Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffett
Wurlitzer Prize (I Don't Want To Get Over You) - Willie Nelson & Norah Jones
Beer For My Horses - Willie Nelson & Toby Keith

How's The World Treating You - James Taylor & Alison Krauss

Best Country Instrumental Performance

Ain't Chet Yet - Ray Benson
Cluck Old Hen - Alison Krauss + Union Station
Spaghetti Western Swing - Brad Paisley Featuring Redd Volkaert
Pick Along - Earl Scruggs, Doc Watson & Ricky Skaggs
Get Up John - Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder

Best Country Song

Beer For My Horses - Scotty Emerick & Toby Keith, songwriters (Willie Nelson & Toby Keith)
Celebrity - Brad Paisley, songwriter (Brad Paisley)
Forever And For Always - Robert John "Mutt" Lange & Shania Twain, songwriters (Shania Twain)
It's Five O'Clock Somewhere - Jim "Moose" Brown & Don Rollins, songwriters (Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffett)
Wave On Wave - Pat Green, David Neuhauser & Justin Pollard, son
gwriters (Pat Green)

Best Country Album

Cry - Faith Hill
My Baby Don't Tolerate - Lyle Lovett
Run That By Me One More Time - Willie Nelson & Ray Price
Live And Kickin' - Willie Nelson
Up! - Shania Twain
Livin', Lovin', Losin' - Songs Of The Louvin Brothers - Various Artists - Carl Jackson, producer

Best Bluegrass Album

Live - Alison Krauss + Union Station
It's Just The Night - The Del McCoury Band
Live At The Charleston Music Hall - Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder
Christmas On The Mountain - A Bluegrass Christmas - Various Artists - Scott Rouse, producer
One Step Ahead - Rhonda Vincent

Best New Age Album

Inner Journeys: Myth & Legends - Cusco
Solace - Michael Hoppé
Red Moon - Peter Kater
Sacred Journey Of Ku-kai - Kitaro
One Quiet Night - Pat Metheny

Best Contemporary Jazz Album

34th N Lex - Randy Brecker
Rural Renewal - The Crusaders
Sonic Trance - Nicholas Payton
Timeagain - David Sanborn
Time Squared - Yellowjackets

Best Jazz Vocal Album

Man In The Air - Kurt Elling
May The Music Never End - Shirley Horn
Nature Boy - The Standards Album - Aaron Neville
A Little Moonlight - Dianne Reeves
North And South - Luciana Souza

Best Jazz Instrumental Solo

Matrix - Chick Corea, soloist
All Or Nothing At All - Joey DeFrancesco, soloist
Butch & Butch - Keith Jarrett, soloist
Africa - Pat Martino, soloist
All Or Nothing At All - Mike Melvoin, soloist

Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group

Rendezvous In New York - Chick Corea
The Grand Unification Theory - Stefon Harris
Extended Play, Live At Birdland - Dave Holland Quintet
Think Tank - Pat Martino
Alegría - Wayne Shorter

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

You Call This A Living? - Wayne Bergeron Big Band
Looking For America - The Carla Bley Big Band
Wide Angles - Michael Brecker Quindectet
XXL - Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band
New York New Sound - Gerald Wilson Orchestra

Best Latin Jazz Album

Cuban Odyssey - Jane Bunnett
Live At The Blue Note - Michel Camilo With Charles Flores & Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez
Birds Of A Feather - Caribbean Jazz Project
Isla - Mark Levine & The Latin Tinge
New Conceptions - Chucho Valdés

Best Rock Gospel Album

Worldwide - Audio Adrenaline
Red Letterz - Fresh I.E.
Jekyll & Hyde - Petra
Unclassified - Robert Randolph & The Family Band
Two Lefts Don't Make A Right...But Three Do - Relient K

Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album

Furthermore - From The Studio: From The Stage - Jars Of Clay
Adoration: The Worship Album - Newsboys
Stacie Orrico - Stacie Orrico
Worship Again - Michael W. Smith
Offerings II - Third Day

Best Southern, Country, or Bluegrass Gospel Album

Wondrous Love - Blue Highway
The Walk - The Crabb Family
A Cappella - Gaither Vocal Band
Always Hear The Harmony: The Gospel Sessions - Engelbert Humperdinck, The Blackwood Brothers Quartet, The Jordanaires & The Light Crust Doughboys
Rise And Shine - Randy Travis

Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album

It's Your Time - Luther Barnes & The Sunset Jubilaires
Go Tell It On The Mountain - The Blind Boys Of Alabama
Shirley Caesar And Friends - Shirley Caesar & Friends
Believe - Aaron Neville
Songs To Edify - The Sensational Nightingales
Gotta Serve Somebody - The Gospel Songs Of Bob Dylan - Various Artists - Joel Moss, producer

Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album

Follow The Star - T. D. Jakes & Various Artists
...Again - Donnie McClurkin
Make Me Better - Ann Nesby
The Gospel According To Jazz Chapter II - Kirk Whalum
Bringing It All Together - Vickie Winans

Best Gospel Choir Or Chorus Album

Blessed By Association - John P. Kee, choir director; New Life
CeCe Winans Presents...The Born Again Church Choir - Cedric Sesley & Gavin Sesley, choir directors; Born Again Choir
Live In Nashville - Percy Gray, Jr., William Hamilton, Felica Welch & Feranda Williamson, choir directors; Chicago Mass Choir
Speak Life - Joe Pace, choir director; Colorado Mass Choir
A Wing And A Prayer - Bishop T.D. Jakes, choir director; The Potter's House Mass Choir

Best Latin Pop Album

Sincero - Chayanne
Lo Que Te Conté Mientras Te Hacías La Dormida - La Oreja De Van Gogh
Natalia Lafourcade - Natalia Lafourcade
33 - Luis Miguel
No Es Lo Mismo - Alejandro Sanz

Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album

Proyecto Akwid - Akwid
Cuatro Caminos - Café Tacuba
Siempre Es Hoy - Gustavo Cerati
Superriddim Internacional - El Gran Silencio
Dance And Dense Denso - Molotov
President Alien - Yerba Buena

Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album

Buenos Hermanos - Ibrahim Ferrer
Poetas Del Son - Septeto Nacional Ignacio Piñeiro
Pasado y Presente - Soneros De Verdad Presents Rubalcaba
Barbarito Torres - Barbarito Torres
Bajando Gervasio - Amadito Valdés

Best Salsa/Merengue Album

Regalo Del Alma - Celia Cruz
Latin Songbird - Mi Alma y Corazón - India
Le Preguntaba A La Luna - Víctor Manuelle
Tequila y Ron...A Tribute To José Alfredo Jiménez - Ismael Miranda
Perseverancia - Tito Rojas
Musica Universal - Truco & Zaperoko

Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album

Siempre Arriba - Bronco El Gigante De America
Nuestro Destino Estaba Escrito - Intocable
La Reina Del Sur - Los Tigres Del Norte
Imperio - Los Tucanes De Tijuana
Afortunado - Joan Sebastian

Best Tejano Album

Frijoles Romanticos - Frijoles Romanticos
Un Poco De Cambio - Eddie Gonzalez
Si Me Faltas Tu - Jimmy Gonzalez y El Grupo Mazz
Despues De Todo - Milagro
Móntame - Bobby Pulido

Best Traditional Blues Album

Rock 'N' Roll City - Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater Featuring Los Straitjackets
Blues Singer - Buddy Guy
Goin' To Kansas City - Jay McShann
That's Right! - Roomful Of Blues
Lookin' For Trouble! - Kim Wilson

Best Contemporary Blues Album

So Many Rivers - Marcia Ball
Let's Roll - Etta James
The Road We're On - Sonny Landreth
Rediscovered - Howard Tate
Wait For Me - Susan Tedeschi

Best Traditional Folk Album

Wildwood Flower - June Carter Cash
Any Old Time - Steve Forbert
Bon Reve - Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys
The Three Pickers - Earl Scruggs, Doc Watson & Ricky Skaggs
Seeds: The Songs Of Pete Seeger, Volume 3 - Pete Seeger & Friends

Best Contemporary Folk Album

Rules Of Travel - Rosanne Cash
Stumble Into Grace - Emmylou Harris
Looking For The Moon - Tom Paxton
World Without Tears - Lucinda Williams
The Wind - Warren Zevon

Best Native American Music Album

Reveal His Glory - Tom Bee
Flying Free - Black Eagle
Brotherhood - Black Lodge Singers
Sanctuary - R. Carlos Nakai
Still Rezin' - Northern Cree

Best Reggae Album

Friends For Life - Buju Banton
Freeman - Burning Spear
Dutty Rock - Sean Paul
Ain't Givin' Up - Third World
No Holding Back - Wayne Wonder

Best Traditional World Music Album

Kassi Kasse - Kasse Mady Diabate
Jíbaro Hasta El Hueso: Mountain Music Of Puerto Rico - Ecos De Borinquen
The Rain - Ghazal
Capoeira Angola 2 - Brincando Na Roda - Grupo de Capoeira Angola Pelourinho
Without You - Masters Of Persian Music
Sacred Tibetan Chant - The Monks Of Sherab Ling Mo
nastery

Best Contemporary World Music Album

Voz D'Amor - Cesaria Evora
The Intercontinentals - Bill Frisell
Nothing's In Vain (Coono du Réér) - Youssou N'Dour
Specialist In All Styles - Orchestra Baobab
Live In Bahia - Caetano Veloso

Best Polka Album

Versalicious! - Eddie Blazonczyk's Versatones
Polkas In Black And White - Jerry Darlak And The Touch
LynnMarie & The Boxhounds - LynnMarie
Just For You - Walter Ostanek & Bob Kravos
Strike Up The Band - Dennis Polisky & The Maestro's Men
Let's Polka 'Round - Jimmy Sturr

Best Musical Album For Children

Baby's Broadway Lullabies - Ilene Graff
Bon Appétit! - Cathy Fink And Marcy Marxer
Making Good Noise - Tom Chapin
Philadelphia Chickens - Various Artists - Sandra Boynton, producer
When Bullfrogs Croak - Zak Morgan

Best Spoken Word Album For Children

Charlie And The Chocolate Factory - Eric Idle
Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix - Jim Dale
Prokofiev: Peter And The Wolf/Beintus: Wolf Tracks - Bill Clinton, Mikhail Gorbachev & Sophia Loren (Kent Nagano; Russian National Orch.)
Tell Me A Scary Story - Carl Reiner
Winnie-The-Pooh - Jim Broadbent

Best Spoken Word Album

Fear Itself (Walter Mosley) - Don Cheadle
Lies And The Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair And Balanced Look At The Right (Al Franken) - Al Franken
Living History (Hillary Rodham Clinton) - Hillary Rodham Clinton
The Nikki Giovanni Poetry Collection (Nikki Giovanni) - Nikki Giovanni
When You Ride Alone You Ride With Bin Laden (Bill Maher) - Bill Maher

Best Comedy Album

A Life In Comedy - Garrison Keillor
Poodle Hat - "Weird Al" Yankovic
Revolution - Margaret Cho
Shut Up, You F***ing Baby! - David Cross
Team Leader - George Lopez

Best Musical Show Album

Flower Drum Song - Hugh Fordin, producer (Richard Rodgers, composer; Oscar Hammerstein II, lyricist) (New Broadway Cast With Lea Salonga & Others)
Gypsy - Jay David Saks, producer (Jule Styne, composer; Stephen Sondheim, lyricist) (New Broadway Cast With Bernadette Peters, Tammy Blanchard, John Dossett & Others)
Man Of La Mancha - Jay David Saks, producer (Mitch Leigh, composer; Joe Darion, lyricist) (The New Broadway Cast Recording With Brian Stokes Mitchell, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Ernie Sabella & Others)
Movin' Out - Mike Berniker, Tommy Byrnes & David Rosenthal producers (Billy Joel, composer/lyricist) (Original Broadway Cast With Michael Cavanaugh)
Nine - The Musical - Tommy Krasker & Maury Yeston, producers (Maury Yeston, composer/lyricist) (New Broadway Cast With Antonio Banderas, Chita Rivera & Others)

Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For A Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media

Chicago - Various Artists
Gangs Of New York - Various Artists
Kill Bill - Vol. 1 - Various Artists
A Mighty Wind - Various Artists
School Of Rock - Various Artists

Best Score Soundtrack Album For A Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media

Catch Me If You Can - John Williams, composer (John Williams)
Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets - John Williams, composer (John Williams)
The Hours - Philip Glass, composer (Philip Glass)
The Lord Of The Rings - The Two Towers - Howard Shore, composer (Howard Shore)
Seabiscuit - Randy Newman, composer (Randy Newman)

Best Song Written For A Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media

Act A Fool (From 2 Fast 2 Furious) - Christopher Bridges & Keith McMasters, songwriters (Ludacris)
The Hands That Built America (From Gangs of New York) - U2, songwriters (U2)
I Move On (From Chicago) - Fred Ebb & John Kander, songwriters (Catherine Zeta-Jones & Renée Zellweger)
Lose Yourself (From 8 Mile) - J. Bass, M. Mathers & L. Resto, songwriters (Eminem)
A Mighty Wind (From A Mighty Wind) - Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy & Michael McKean, songwriters (The Folksmen, Mitch & Mickey, And The New Main Street Singers)

Best Instrumental Composition

Amoroso - Vince Mendoza, composer (Stefano di Battista)
Broadband - Michael Brecker, composer (Michael Brecker Quindectet)
Hunting Wabbits - Gordon Goodwin, composer (Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band)
Precious Promises - Kim Richmond, composer (The Kim Richmond Concert Jazz Orchestra)
Sacajawea - Wayne Shorter, composer (Wayne Shorter)

Best Instrumental Arrangement

Autumn In New York - Rob McConnell, arranger (Rob McConnell & The SWR Big Band)
Black Holes - Jim McNeely, arranger (Renee Rosnes And The Danish Radio Big Band)
Caribbean Fire Dance - John Fedchock, arranger (John Fedchock New York Big Band)
Oblivion - Jorge Calandrelli, arranger (Regina Carter)
Timbuktu - Michael Brecker & Gil Goldstein, arrangers (Michael Brecker Quindectet)

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)