Grammy 2005 - nomination-

Si svolgerà il prossimo 13 febbraio, negli USA, la cerimonia di assegnazione dei premi della quarantasettesima edizione dei Grammy. I lavori presi in esame sono quelli pubblicati dal 1° ottobre 2003 al 30 settembre 2004. Queste le nomination nelle categorie maggiormente importanti.

Record Of The Year
"Let's get it started"
Black Eyed Peas
Will.i.am, producer; Tal Herzberg, Mark "Spike" Stent & Will.i.am, engineers/mixers Brano da: "Elephunk" [A&M Records]
"Here we go again"
Ray Charles & Norah Jones
John Burk, producer; Terry Howard & Al Schmitt, engineers/mixers Brano da: "Genius loves company" [Concord Records/Hear Music]
"American idiot"
Green Day
Billie Joe Armstrong, Rob Cavallo, Mike Dirnt & Tré Cool, producers; Chris Lord-Alge & Doug McKean, engineers/mixers Brano da: "American idiot" [Reprise Records]
"Heaven"
Los Lonely Boys
John Porter, producer; Steve Chadie & John Porter, engineers/mixers Brano da: Los Lonely Boys [Or Music/Epic Records]
"Yeah!"
Usher Featuring Lil Jon & Ludacris
Jonathan "Lil Jon" Smith, producer; John Frye, Donnie Scantz, Jonathan "Lil Jon" Smith, The Trak Starz & Mark Vinten, engineers/mixers Brano da: "Confessions" [Arista/LaFace/Zomba Label Group]

Album Of The Year
"Genius loves company"
Ray Charles & Various Artists
John Burk, Terry Howard, Don Mizell, Phil Ramone & Herbert Waltl, producers; Robert Fernandez, John Harris, Terry Howard, Pete Karam, Joel Moss, Seth Presant, Al Schmitt & Ed Thacker, engineers/mixers; Robert Hadley & Doug Sax, mastering engineers [Concord Records/Hear Music]
"American idiot"
Green Day"
Billie Joe Armstrong, Rob Cavallo, Mike Dirnt & Tré Cool, producers; Chris Lord-Alge & Doug McKean, engineers/mixers; Ted Jensen, mastering engineer [Reprise Records]
"The diary of Alicia Keys"
Alicia Keys
Kerry "Krucial" Brothers, Vidal Davis, Easy Mo Bee, Andre Harris, Alicia Keys, Kumasi, Timbaland, Kanye West & Dwayne "D. Wigg" Wiggins, producers; Tony Black, Kerry "Krucial" Brothers, Vincent Dilorenzo, Russ Elevado, Manny Marroquin, Walter Millsap III, Ann Mincieli & Pat Viala, engineers/mixers; Herb Powers, Jr., mastering engineer [J Records]
"Confessions"
Usher
Bobby Ross Avila, Valdez Brantley, Bryan Michael Cox, Vidal Davis, Destro Music, Jermaine Dupri, Andre Harris, Rich Harrison, IZ, Jimmy Jam, Just Blaze, James Lackey, Terry Lewis, Juan Johnny Najera, Pro J, Usher Raymond, Jonathan "Lil Jon" Smith, Aaron Spears, Arthur Strong, Thicke & James "Big Jim" Wright, producers; Ian Cross, Kevin "KD" Davis, Vidal Davis, Vince DeLorenzo, Jermaine Dupri, Blake Eiseman, Brian Frye, John Frye, Serban Ghenea, Andre Harris, John Horesco IV, Ken Lewis, Kelly 'Dred' Liebelt, Matt Marrin, Manny Marroquin, Tony Maserati, Pro J, Donnie Scantz, Jon Smeltz, Jonathan "Lil Jon" Smith, Phil Tan, The Trak Starz, Mark Vinten & Ryan West, engineers/mixers; Herb Powers, Jr., [Arista/LaFace/Zomba Label Group]
"The college dropout"
Kanye West
Evidence, Brian "All Day" Miller & Kanye West, producers; Jacob Andrew, Rich Balmer, Dave Dar, Andrew Dawson, Mike Dean, Michael Eleopoulos, Evidence, Marc Fuller, Francis Graham, Gimel "Guru" Keaton, Anthony Kilhoffer, Brent Kolatalo, Ken Lewis, Manny Marroquin, Brian "All Day" Miller, Jacelyn Parry, Jason Rauhoff, Tatsuya Sato, Eddy Schreyer, Keith Slattery, Eugene A. Toale, Rabeka Tunei & Carlisle Young, engineers/mixers; Eddy Schreyer, mastering engineer [Roc-A-Fella Records]

Song Of The Year
"Daughters", John Mayer
"If I ain't got you", Alicia Keys
"Jesus walks", Kanye West
"Live like you were dying", Tim McGraw
"The reason", Hoobastank

Best New Artist
Los Lonely Boys
Maroon5
Joss Stone
Kanye West
Gretchen Wilson

Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal
"My immortal", Evanescence
"The reason", Hoobastank
"Heaven", Los Lonely Boys
"She will be loved", Maroon5
"It's my life", No Doubt

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals
"Redemption song", Johnny Cash & Joe Strummer
"Sorry seems to be the hardest word", Ray Charles & Elton John
"Here we go again", Ray Charles & Norah Jones
"Something", Paul McCartney & Eric Clapton
"Moon river", Stevie Wonder & Take 6

Best Pop Vocal Album
"Genius loves company", Ray Charles & Various Artists [Concord Records/Hear Music]
"Feels like home", Norah Jones [Blue Note Records]
"Afterglow", Sarah McLachlan [Arista Records]
"Mind, body & soul", Joss Stone [S-Curve Records)
Brian Wilson presents Smile Brian Wilson [Nonesuch Records]

Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal
"Monkey to man", Elvis Costello & The Imposters
"Take me out", Franz Ferdinand
"American idiot", Green Day
"Somebody told me", Killers
"Vertigo", U2

Best Rock Song
"American idiot", Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt & Tré Cool, songwriters (Green Day) Brano da: "American idiot" [Reprise Records; Publishers: WB Music Corp. & Green Daze Music.]
"Fall to pieces", Duff, Dave Kushner, Slash, Matt Sorum & Scott Weiland, songwriters (Velvet Revolver) Brano da: "Contraband" [RCA; Publishers: Velvet Revolver Songs, Slash & Cash Publishing.]
"Float on", Isaac Brock, Dann Gallucci, Eric Judy & Benjamin Weikel, songwriters (Modest Mouse) Brano da: "Good news for people who love bad news". [Epic Records; Publishers: Ugly Casanova, Tschudi Music & The Best Dressed Chicken In Town.]
"Somebody told me", Brandon Flowers, Dave Keuning, Mark Stoermer & Ronnie Vannucci, songwriters (Killers) Brano da: "Hot fuss" [Island Records; Publisher: The Killers Publishing.]
"Vertigo", Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge & Larry Mullen, songwriters (U2) [Interscope Records; Publisher: Universal Polygram International Publishing.]

Best Rock Album
"The delivery man", Elvis Costello & The Imposters
"American idiot", Green Day
"The reason", Hoobastank
"Hot fuss", Killers
"Contraband", Velvet Revolver.