47TH GRAMMY AWARDS

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The 47th Grammy Awards were held on February 13, 2005 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. They were hosted by Queen Latifah, and televised in the United States by CBS. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the previous year. Musician Ray Charles won a personal 5 grammys while his record, Genius Loves Company, won a total of 8. This list includes only winners; for a full list of nominees, see here

Award winners:

General

★ Record of the Year

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★ John Burk (producer), Terry Howard, Al Schmitt (engineers/mixers), Ray Charles & Norah Jones for "Here We Go Again"

★ Album of the Year

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★ John Burk, Don Mizell, Phil Ramone, Herbert Waltl (producers), Terry Howard (producer & engineer/mixer), Robert Fernandez, John Harris, Pete Karam, Joel Moss, Seth Presant, Al Schmitt, Ed Thacker (engineers/mixers), Robert Hadley, Doug Sax (mastering engineers), Ray Charles & various artists for ''Genius Loves Company''

★ Song of the Year

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★ John Mayer for "Daughters"

★ Best New Artist

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★ Maroon 5

Alternative

★ Best Alternative Music Album

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★ Wilco for ''A Ghost Is Born''

Blues

★ Best Traditional Blues Album

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★ Etta James for ''Blues to the Bone''

★ Best Contemporary Blues Album

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★ Keb' Mo' for ''Keep It Simple''

Children's

★ Best Musical Album for Children

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★ Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer (producers) for ''cELLAbration! A Tribute to Ella Jenkins'' performed by various artists

★ Best Spoken Word Album for Children

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★ Celine Dion for ''Miracle : A celebration of new life ''

Classical

★ Best Orchestral Performance

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★ Lorin Maazel (conductor), the Brooklyn Youth Chorus, New York Choral Artists & the New York Philharmonic for ''Adams: On the Transmigration of Souls''

★ Best Classical Vocal Performance

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★ Susan Graham for ''Ives: Songs (The Things Our Fathers Loved; the Housatonic at Stockbridge, etc.)''

★ Best Opera Recording

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★ Martin Sauer (producer), René Jacobs (conductor), Patrizia Ciofi, Véronique Gens, Simon Keenlyside, Angelika Kirchschlager & Lorenzo Regazzo for ''Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro''

★ Best Choral Performance

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★ Robert Spano (conductor) & Norman Mackenzie (choir director) for ''Berlioz: Requiem'' performed by Frank Lopardo & the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus

★ Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra)

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★ Andre Previn (conductor) & Anne-Sophie Mutter for ''Previn: Violin Concerto "Anne-Sophie"/Bernstein: Serenade'' performed by Anne-Sophie Mutter, the Boston Symphony Orchestra & the London Symphony Orchestra

★ Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra)

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★ David Russell for ''Aire Latino (Morel, Villa-Lobos, Ponce, etc.)''

★ Best Small Ensemble Performance (with or without conductor)

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★ Jeff von der Schmidt (conductor) & Southwest Chamber Music for ''Carlos Chavez - Complete Chamber Music, Vol. 2''

★ Best Chamber Music Performance

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★ Martha Argerich & Mikhail Pletnev for ''Prokofiev (Arr. Pletnev): Cinderella _ Suite for Two Pianos/Ravel: Ma Mere L'Oye''

★ Best Classical Contemporary Composition

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★ John Adams (composer) for ''On the Transmigration of Souls'' performed by Lorin Maazel, the Brooklyn Youth Chorus, New York Choral Artists & the New York Philharmonic

★ Best Classical Album

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★ John Adams, Lawrence Rock (producers), Lorin Maazel (conductor), the Brooklyn Youth Chorus, New York Choral Artists & the New York Philharmonic for ''Adams: On the Transmigration of Souls''

★ Best Classical Crossover Album

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★ Los Angeles Guitar Quartet for ''LAGQ's Guitar Heroes''

Comedy

★ Best Comedy Album

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★ Jon Stewart and the cast of ''The Daily Show'' for ''The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents ... America: A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction''

Folk

★ Best Traditional Folk Album

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★ Steve Fishell, David Macias & Tamara Saviano (producers) for ''Beautiful Dreamer - The Songs of Stephen Foster'' performed by various artists

★ Best Contemporary Folk Album

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★ Steve Earle for ''The Revolution Starts ... Now''

★ Best Native American Music Album

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★ Bill Miller for ''Cedar Dream Songs''

★ Best Hawaiian Music Album

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★ Charles Michael Brotman (producer) & various artists for ''Slack Key Guitar Volume 2''

Gospel

★ Best Gospel Performance

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★ Ray Charles & Gladys Knight for "Heaven Help Us All"

★ Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album

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★ Steven Curtis Chapman for ''All Things New''

★ Best Rock Gospel Album

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★ Third Day for ''Wire''

★ Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album

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★ Ben Harper & the Blind Boys of Alabama for ''There Will Be a Light''

★ Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album

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★ Smokie Norful for ''Nothing Without You''

★ Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album

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★ Randy Travis for ''Worship and Faith''

★ Best Gospel Choir or Chorus Album

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★ The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir for ''Live ... This is Your House''

Historical

★ Best Historical Album

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★ Daniel Cooper, Michael Gray (compilation producers), Joseph M. Palmaccio & Alan Stoker (mastering engineers) for ''Night Train to Nashville: Music City Rhythm and Blues, 1945-1970'' performed by various artists

Jazz

★ Best Jazz Instrumental Solo

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★ Herbie Hancock for "Speak Like a Child"

★ Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group

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★ McCoy Tyner with Gary Bartz, Terence Blanchard, Christian McBride and Lewis Nash for ''Illuminations''

★ Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

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★ The Maria Schneider Orchestra for ''Concert in the Garden''

★ Best Jazz Vocal Album

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★ Nancy Wilson for ''R.S.V.P. (Rare Songs, Very Personal)''

★ Best Contemporary Jazz Album

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★ Bill Frisell for ''Unspeakable''

★ Best Latin Jazz Album

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★ Charlie Haden for ''Land of the Sun''

Latin

★ Best Latin Pop Album

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★ Marc Anthony for ''Amar Sin Mentiras''

★ Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album

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★ Cachao Lopez "Cachao" for ''¡Ahora Si!''

★ Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album

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★ Intocable for ''Intimamente''

★ Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album

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★ Ozomatli for ''Street Signs''

★ Best Best Tejano Album

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★ David Lee Garza, Joel Guzman & Sunny Sauceda for ''Polkas, Gritos y Acordeones''

★ Best Salsa/Merengue Album

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★ The Spanish Harlem Orchestra featuring Rubén Blades for ''Across 110th Street''

Musical Show

★ Best Musical Show Album

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★ Stephen Schwartz (producer & composer/lyricist) for ''Wicked'' performed by the original Broadway cast with Kristin Chenoweth & Idina Menzel

Music Video

★ Best Short Form Music Video

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★ Alex & Martin (video directors), Grace Bodie (video producer) & U2 for "Vertigo"

★ Best Long Form Music Video

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★ David Leland (video director), Ray Cooper, Olivia Harrison, Jon Kamen (video producers) & various artists for ''Concert for George''

New Age

★ Best New Age Album

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★ Will Ackerman for ''Returning''

Packaging and Notes

★ Best Recording Package

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★ Peter Buchanan-Smith & Dan Nadel (art directors) for ''A Ghost Is Born'' performed by Wilco

★ Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package

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★ Stefan Sagmeister (art director) for ''Once in a Lifetime'' performed by Talking Heads

★ Best Album Notes

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★ Loren Schoenberg (notes writer) for ''The Complete Columbia Recordings of Woody Herman and His Orchestra & Woodchoppers (1945-1947)''

Polka

★ Best Polka Album

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★ Brave Combo for ''Let's Kiss: 25th Anniversary Album''

Pop

★ Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

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★ Norah Jones for "Sunrise"

★ Best Male Pop Vocal Performance

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★ John Mayer for "Daughters"

★ Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal

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★ Los Lonely Boys for "Heaven"

★ Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals

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★ Ray Charles and Norah Jones for "Here We Go Again"

★ Best Pop Instrumental Performance

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★ Ben Harper for "11th Commandment"

★ Best Pop Vocal Album

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★ Ray Charles and various artists for ''Genius Loves Company''

★ Best Pop Instrumental Album

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★ James Jensen (producer) & various artists for ''Henry Mancini: Pink Guitar''

Production and engineering

★ Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

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★ Robert Fernandez, John Harris, Terry Howard, Pete Karam, Joel Moss, Seth Presant, Al Schmitt & Ed Thacker (engineers) for ''Genius Loves Company'' performed by Ray Charles & various artists

★ Best Engineered Album, Classical

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★ Jack Renner (engineer) for ''Higdon: City Scape; Concerto for Orchestra'' performed by Robert Spano

★ Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical

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★ Jacques Lu Cont (remixer) for "It's My Life (Jacques Lu Cont's Thin White Duke Mix)" performed by No Doubt

★ Producer of the Year, Non-Classical

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★ John Shanks

★ Producer of the Year, Classical

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★ David Frost

R&B

★ Best Female R&B Vocal Performance

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★ Alicia Keys for "If I Ain't Got You"

★ Best Male R&B Vocal Performance

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★ Prince for "Call My Name"

★ Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals

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★ Usher and Alicia Keys for "My Boo"

★ Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance

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★ Prince for "Musicology"

★ Best Urban/Alternative Performance

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★ Jill Scott for "Cross My Mind"

★ Best R&B Song

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★ Alicia Keys, Harold Lilly and Kanye West (songwriters) for "You Don't Know My Name" performed by Alicia Keys

★ Best R&B Album

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★ Alicia Keys for ''The Diary of Alicia Keys''

★ Best Contemporary R&B Album

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★ Usher for ''Confessions''

Rap

★ Best Rap Solo Performance

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★ Jay-Z for "99 Problems"

★ Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group

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★ The Black Eyed Peas for "Let's Get It Started"

★ Best Rap/Sung Collaboration

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★ Usher featuring Lil Jon & Ludacris for "Yeah!"

★ Best Rap Song

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★ Miri Ben-Ari, C. Smith & Kanye West (songwriters) for "Jesus Walks" performed by Kanye West

★ Best Rap Album

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★ Kanye West for ''The College Dropout''

Reggae

★ Best Reggae Album

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★ Toots & The Maytals for ''True Love''

Rock

★ Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance

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★ Bruce Springsteen for "Code of Silence"

★ Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal

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★ U2 for "Vertigo"

★ Best Rock Instrumental Performance

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★ Brian Wilson for "Mrs. O'Leary's Cow"

★ Best Hard Rock Performance

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★ Velvet Revolver for "Slither"

★ Best Metal Performance

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★ Motörhead for "Whiplash"

★ Best Rock Song

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★ Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge and Larry Mullen (songwriters) for "Vertigo" performed by U2

★ Best Rock Album

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★ Green Day for ''American Idiot''

Surround Sound

★ Best Surround Sound Album

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★ Al Schmitt (surround mix engineer), Robert Hadley & Doug Sax (surround mastering) for ''Genius Loves Company'' performed by Ray Charles & various artists

Spoken

★ Best Spoken Word Album

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★ Bill Clinton for ''My Life''

Trad Pop

★ Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

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★ Rod Stewart for ''Stardust ... The Great American Songbook Volume III''

World

★ Best Traditional World Music Album

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★ Ladysmith Black Mambazo for ''Raise Your Spirit Higher''

★ Best Contemporary World Music Album

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★ Youssou N'Dour for ''Egypt''

Special Merit Awards

Grammy Hall of Fame Award

★ "Alexander's Ragtime Band" (Victor, 1911) performed by Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

★ "All of Me" (Columbia, 1932) performed by Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra

★ "America the Beautiful" (ABC/TRC, 1972) performed by Ray Charles

★ "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" (Brunswick, 1932) performed by Bing Crosby

★ "Bye Bye Blackbird" (Victor, 1926) performed by Gene Austin

★ "California, Here I Come" (Brunswick, 1924) performed by Al Jolson with the Isham Jones Orchestra

★ "Embraceable You" (Commodore, 1944) performed by Billie Holiday

★ "Lester Leaps In" (Vocalion, 1939) performed by Count Basie's Kansas City 7

★ ''Let It Bleed'' (London, 1969) performed by The Rolling Stones

★ "Love Me or Leave Me" (Columbia, 1928) performed by Ruth Etting

★ "Lullaby of Broadway" (Brunswick, 1935) performed by Dick Powell

★ ''Meet Me In St. Louis - Soundtrack'' (Decca, 1944) performed by Judy Garland

★ "No Woman No Cry" (Island, 1974) performed by Bob Marley

★ "One For My Baby" (Capitol, 1958) performed by Frank Sinatra

★ "Peter Gunn" (RCA, 1959) performed by Henry Mancini

★ "Puttin' on the Ritz" (Brunswick, 1930) performed by Harry Richman with Earl Burtnett & His Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel Orchestra

★ "Thanks For the Memory" (Decca, 1938) performed by Bob Hope & Shirley Ross

★ "They Can't Take That Away From Me" (Brunswick, 1937) performed by Fred Astaire with Johnny Green & His Orchestra

★ "Vaya Con Dios (May God Be With You)" (Capitol, 1953) performed by Les Paul & Mary Ford

★ "The Very Thought of You" (Victor, 1934) performed by Ray Noble & His Orchestra

Lifetime Acheivment Award

John "Bonzo" Bonham, drummer and powerhouse behind Led Zeppelin.

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