47th Grammy Awards

Με μεγάλη επιτυχία απονεμήθηκαν και φέτος τα βραβεία Grammy, τα μουσικά βραβεία της αμερικανικής δισκογραφικής βιομηχανίας, για τη χρονιά που πέρασε...
Μεγάλοι νικητές αναδείχθηκαν ο αποθανών Ray Charles και η Norah Jones (φωτο δεξιά) που το όνομά τους φιγουράρει σε αρκετά βραβεία, όπως και οι U2, η Alicia Keys, και οι Usher, Prince, Jay-Z και Kanye West. Μεγάλη επιτυχία και για τους Maroon5 να ανακηρυχθούν με κάθε επισημότητα ως καλύτερο πρωτοεμφανιζόμενο συγκρότημα για το 2004.

Ειδικότερα, οι δίσκοι του Ray Charles κέρδισαν στις κατηγορίες Δίσκου της χρονιάς, Άλμπουμ της χρονιάς, Καλύτερης ποπ συνεργασίας (με την Norah Jones), Καλύτερου ποπ άλμπουμ και Καλύτερης γκόσπελ ερμηνείας. Η Norah Jones, που κέρδισε τον Δίσκο της χρονιάς μαζί με τον Ray Charles, κέρδισε στην κατηγορία καλύτερης γυναικείας ποπ ερμηνείας και καλύτερης ποπ συνεργασίας (με τον Ray Charles).

Η Britney Spears κέρδισε στην κατηγορία του καλύτερου χορευτικού άλμπουμ, ενώ η έκπληξη της βραδιάς ήταν η νίκη του Bill Clinton, στην κατηγορία του αφηγηματικού δίσκου, με την δραματοποίηση της ζωής του τέως προέδρου των ΗΠΑ!!!

Beyonce	Marc Anthony
U2	Jennifer Lopez
Janet Jackson	Kanye West

Τα αναλυτικά αποτελέσματα στις 107 κατηγορίες (!) έχουν ως εξής:

Γενική απονομή:
Record Of The Year : Here We Go Again Ray Charles & Norah Jones
Album Of The Year : Genius Loves Company Ray Charles & Various Artists
Song Of The Year : Daughters John Mayer
Best New Artist : Maroon5

Κατηγορία ποπ μουσικής
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance : Sunrise : Norah Jones
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance : Daughters : John Mayer
Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal : Heaven : Los Lonely Boys
Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals : Here We Go Again : Ray Charles & Norah Jones
Best Pop Instrumental Performance : 11th Commandment : Ben Harper
Best Pop Instrumental Album : Henry Mancini: Pink Guitar
Best Pop Vocal Album : Genius Loves Company : Ray Charles & Various Artists

Κατηγορία χορευτικής μουσικής
Best Dance Recording : Toxic : Britney Spears
Best Electronic/Dance Album : Kish Kash : Basement Jaxx

Κατηγορία παραδοσιακής ποπ
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album : Stardust... The Great American Songbook Volume III : Rod Stewart

Κατηγορία ροκ μουσικής
Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance : Code Of Silence : Bruce Springsteen
Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal : Vertigo : U2
Best Hard Rock Performance : Slither : Velvet Revolver
Best Metal Performance : Whiplash : Motorhead
Best Rock Instrumental Performance : Mrs. O'Leary's Cow : Brian Wilson
Best Rock Song : Vertigo : U2
Best Rock Album : American Idiot : Green Day

Εναλλακτική μουσική
Best Alternative Music Album : A Ghost Is Born : Wilco

R&B μουσική
Best Female R&B Vocal Performance : If I Ain't Got You : Alicia Keys
Best Male R&B Vocal Performance : Call My Name : Prince
Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals : My Boo : Usher & Alicia Keys
Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance : Musicology : Prince
Best Urban/Alternative Performance : Cross My Mind : Jill Scott
Best R&B Song : You Don't Know My Name : Alicia Keys, Harold Lilly & Kanye West
Best R&B Album : The Diary Of Alicia Keys : Alicia Keys
Best Contemporary R&B Album : Confessions : Usher

Rap μουσική
Best Rap Solo Performance : 99 Problems : Jay-Z
Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group : Let's Get It Started : The Black Eyed Peas
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration : Yeah! : Usher Featuring Lil Jon & Ludacris
Best Rap Song : Jesus Walks : Miri Ben Ari, C. Smith & Kanye West
Best Rap Album : The College Dropout : Kanye West

Country μουσική
Best Female Country Vocal Performance : Redneck Woman : Gretchen Wilson
Best Male Country Vocal Performance : Live Like You Were Dying : Tim McGraw
Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal : Top Of The World : Dixie Chicks
Best Country Collaboration With Vocals : Portland Oregon : Loretta Lynn & Jack White
Best Country Instrumental Performance : Earl's Breakdown : Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Best Country Song : Live Like You Were Dying : Tim Nichols & Craig Wiseman Best Country Album : Van Lear Rose : Loretta Lynn
Best Bluegrass Album : Brand New Strings : Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder

New Age μουσική
Best New Age Album : Returning : Will Ackerman

Jazz μουσική
Best Contemporary Jazz Album : Unspeakable : Bill Frisell
Best Jazz Vocal Album : R.S.V.P. (Rare Songs, Very Personal) : Nancy Wilson
Best Jazz Instrumental Solo : Speak Like A Child : Herbie Hancock
Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group : Illuminations : McCoy Tyner
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album : Concert In The Garden : Maria Schneider
Best Latin Jazz Album : Land Of The Sun : Charlie Haden

Μουσική Gospel
Best Gospel Performance : Heaven Help Us All : Ray Charles & Gladys Knight
Best Rock Gospel Album : Wire : Third Day
Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album : All Things New : Steven Curtis Chapman
Best Southern, Country, or Bluegrass Gospel Album : Worship & Faith : Randy Travis
Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album : There Will Be A Light : Ben Harper & The Blind Boys Of Alabama
Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album : Nothing Without You : Smokie Norful
Best Gospel Choir Or Chorus Album : Live...This is Your House : Carol Cymbala

Μουσική Latin
Best Latin Pop Album : Amar Sin Mentiras : Marc Anthony
Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album : Street Signs : Ozomatli
Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album : ?Ahora Si! : Israel Lopez "Cachao"
Best Salsa/Merengue Album : Across 110th Street : Spanish Harlem Orchestra Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album : Intimamente : Intocable
Best Tejano Album : Polkas, Gritos y Acordeones : David Lee Garza, Joel Guzman & Sunny Sauceda

Μουσική Blues
Best Traditional Blues Album : Blues To The Bone : Etta James
Best Contemporary Blues Album : Keep It Simple : Keb' Mo'

Folk μουσική
Best Traditional Folk Album : Beautiful Dreamer - The Songs Of Stephen Foster
Best Contemporary Folk Album : The Revolution Starts...Now : Steve EarleBest Native American Music Album : Cedar Dream Songs : Bill Miller
Best Hawaiian Music Album : Slack Key Guitar Volume 2

Μουσική Reggae
Best Reggae Album : True Love : Toots & The Maytals

Κατηγορία World Music
Best Traditional World Music Album : Raise Your Spirit Higher : Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Best Contemporary World Music Album : Egypt : Youssou N'Dour

Μουσική Polka
Best Polka Album : Let's Kiss: 25th Anniversary Album : Brave Combo

Κατηγορία παιδικών
Best Musical Album For Children : cELLAbration! A Tribute To Ella Jenkins
Best Spoken Word Album For Children : The Train They Call The City Of New Orleans : Tom Chapin

Κατηγορία αφηγηματικού δίσκου
Best Spoken Word Album : My Life : Bill Clinton

Κωμωδία
Best Comedy Album : The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Presents...America: A Citizen's Guide To Democracy Inaction : Jon Stewart And The Cast Of The Daily Show

Μιούζικαλ
Best Musical Show Album : Wicked : Stephen Schwartz, producer; Stephen Schwartz, composer/lyricist (Original Broadway Cast Recording With Kristin Chenoweth & Idina Menzel)

Film/TV/Visual Media
Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For A Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media: Garden State : Various Artists - Zach Braff, compilation producer
Best Score Soundtrack Album For A Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media : The Lord Of The Rings - The Return Of The King : Howard Shore, composer (Howard Shore)
Best Song Written For A Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media : Into The West (From The Lord Of The Rings - The Return Of The King) : Annie Lennox, Howard Shore & Fran Walsh, songwriters (Annie Lennox)

Field 23 - Composing/Arranging
Best Instrumental Composition : Merengue : Paquito D'Rivera, composer (Yo-Yo Ma)
Best Instrumental Arrangement : Past Present & Future
Slide Hampton, arranger (The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra)
Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) : Over The Rainbow : Victor Vanacore, arranger (Ray Charles & Johnny Mathis)
Track from: Genius Loves Company

Field 24 - Package
Best Recording Package : A Ghost Is Born : Peter Buchanan-Smith & Dan Nadel, art directors (Wilco)
Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package : Once In A Lifetime
Stefan Sagmeister, art director (Talking Heads)

Field 25 - Album Notes
Best Album Notes : The Complete Columbia Recordings Of Woody Herman And His Orchestra & Woodchoppers (1945-1947) : Loren Schoenberg, album notes writer (Woody Herman & His Orchestra)

Field 26 - Historical
Best Historical Album : Night Train To Nashville: Music City Rhythm & Blues, 1945-1970
Daniel Cooper & Michael Gray, compilation producers; Joseph M. Palmaccio & Alan Stoker, mastering engineers (Various Artists)

Field 27 - Production, Non-Classical
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical : Genius Loves Company :
Robert Fernandez, John Harris, Terry Howard, Pete Karam, Joel Moss, Seth Presant, Al Schmitt & Ed Thacker, engineers (Ray Charles & Various Artists)
Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical : John Shanks
o Autobiography (Ashlee Simpson) (A)
o Breakaway (Kelly Clarkson) (T)
o The First Cut Is The Deepest (Sheryl Crow) (T)
o Fly (Hilary Duff) (T)
o Shine Your Light (Robbie Robertson) (T)
o So-Called Chaos (Alanis Morissette) (A)
Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical : It's My Life (Jacques Lu Cont's Thin White Duke Mix) : Jacques Lu Cont, remixer (No Doubt)

Field 28 - Surround Sound
Best Surround Sound Album : Genius Loves Company :
Al Schmitt, surround mix engineer; Robert Hadley & Doug Sax, surround mastering
engineers; John Burk, Phil Ramone & Herbert Waltl, surround producers (Ray
Charles & Various Artists)

Field 29 - Production, Classical
Best Engineered Album, Classical : Higdon: City Scape; Concerto For Orchestra
Jack Renner, engineer (Robert Spano)
Producer Of The Year, Classical : David Frost

Field 30 - Classical
Best Classical Album : Adams: On The Transmigration Of Souls
Lorin Maazel, conductor; John Adams & Lawrence Rock, producers (Brooklyn Youth Chorus & New York Choral Artists; New York Philharmonic)
Best Orchestral Performance : Adams: On The Transmigration Of Souls
Lorin Maazel, conductor (Brooklyn Youth Chorus & New York Choral Artists; New
York Philharmonic)
Best Opera Recording : Mozart: Le Nozze Di Figaro Rene Jacobs, conductor; Patrizia Ciofi, Veronique Gens, Simon Keenlyside, Angelika Kirchschlager & Lorenzo Regazzo; Martin Sauer, producer (Various Artists; Concerto Koln)
Best Choral Performance : Berlioz: Requiem Robert Spano, conductor; Norman Mackenzie, choir director (Frank Lopardo, tenor; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra)
Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra) : Previn: Violin Concerto "Anne-Sophie"/Bernstein: Serenade Andre Previn, conductor; Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin (Boston Symphony Orchestra & London Symphony Orchestra)
Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra) : Aire Latino (Morel, Villa-Lobos, Ponce, Etc.) David Russell, guitar
Best Chamber Music Performance : Prokofiev (Arr. Pletnev): Cinderella - Suite For Two Pianos/Ravel: Ma Mere L'Oye Martha Argerich, piano & Mikhail Pletnev, piano
Best Small Ensemble Performance (with or without Conductor) : Carlos Chavez - Complete Chamber Music, Vol. 2 : Jeff von der Schmidt, conductor; Southwest Chamber Music
Best Classical Vocal Performance : Ives: Songs (The Things Our Fathers Loved; The Housatonic At Stockbridge, Etc.) Susan Graham, mezzo soprano (Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano)
Best Classical Contemporary Composition : Adams: On The Transmigration Of Souls
John Adams (Lorin Maazel; Brooklyn Youth Chorus & New York Choral Artists; New York Philharmonic)
Best Classical Crossover Album : LAGQ's Guitar Heroes : Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

Field 31 - Music Video
Best Short Form Music Video : Vertigo : U2
Best Long Form Music Video : Concert For George

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