Winners are in italics.
(For recordings released during the Eligibility Year: October 1, 2007 through September 30, 2008.)
Record Of The Year
"Please Read The Letter", Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
Track from: Raising Sand
{Rounder)
Album Of The Year
Raising Sand, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
{Rounder)
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
"That Was Me", Paul McCartney
Track from: Amoeba's Secret
{Hear Music/MPL Communications Ltd.)
"Wichita Lineman", James Taylor
Track from: Covers
{Hear Music)
Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
"Waiting In The Weeds", Eagles
Track from: Long Road Out Of Eden
[Eagles Recording Company II]
Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals
"Rich Woman", Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
Track from: Raising Sand
{Rounder)
Best Pop Instrumental Performance
"Love Appetite", Steve Cropper & Felix Cavaliere
Track from: Nudge It Up A Notch
{Stax)
"I Dreamed There Was No War", Eagles
Track from: Long Road Out Of Eden
[Eagles Recording Company II]
Best Pop Vocal Album
Long Road Out Of Eden, Eagles
[Eagles Recording Company II]
Covers, James Taylor
{Hear Music)
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Still Unforgettable, Natalie Cole
(DMI Records)
In The Swing Of Christmas, Barry Manilow
(Hallmark/Arista)
Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance
"I Saw Her Standing There", Paul McCartney
Track from: Amoeba's Secret
(Hear Music/MPL Communications Ltd.)
"Girls In Their Summer Clothes", Bruce Springsteen
Track from: Magic
(Columbia)
"No Hidden Path", Neil Young
Track from: Chrome Dreams II
(Reprise)
Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
"Long Road Out Of Eden", Eagles
Track from: Long Road Out Of Eden
[Eagles Recording Company II]
Best Rock Song
"Girls In Their Summer Clothes", Bruce Springsteen
Track from: Magic
(Columbia)
Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
"Stay With Me (By The Sea)", Al Green Featuring John Legend
Track from: Lay It Down
(Blue Note Records)
Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performances
"You've Got The Love I Need", Al Green Featuring Anthony Hamilton
Track from: Lay It Down
(Blue Note Records)
Best R&B Album
Lay It Down, Al Green
(Blue Note Records)
Best Country Collaboration With Vocals
"Killing The Blues", Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
Track from: Raising Sand
{Rounder)
Best Tropical Latin Album
Señor Bachata, José Feliciano
{Universal Music Latino)
Best Traditional Blues Album
The Blues Rolls On, Elvin Bishop
{Delta Groove Music, Inc.)
One Kind Favor, B.B. King
{Geffen Records)
Best Contemporary Blues Album
Like A Fire, Solomon Burke
{Shout! Factory)
City That Care Forgot, Dr. John And The Lower 911
{429 Records)
Simply Grand, Irma Thomas
{Rounder Records)
Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album
Day After Tomorrow, Joan Baez
{Bobolink/Razor & Tie)
I, Flathead, Ry Cooder
{Nonesuch Records)
Raising Sand, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
{Rounder)
Best Album Notes
Rare & Unreleased Recordings From The Golden Reign Of The Queen Of Soul, David Ritz & Jerry Wexler, album notes writers (Aretha Franklin)
{Rhino/Atlantic)
Best Historical Album
To Be Free: The Nina Simone Story, Richard Seidel, compilation producer; Mark G. Wilder, mastering engineer (Nina Simone)
{RCA/Legacy Recordings)
Best Long Form Music Video
Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story, (Various Artists)
Robert Gordon & Morgan Neville, video directors; Mark Crosby,
Robert Gordon & Morgan Neville, video producers
{Stax/Tremolo Productions/Concord Music Group)
Amazing Journey: The Story Of The Who, (The Who)
Robert Gordon & Morgan Neville, video producers
{Universal Home Entertainment)
