Published at 12:00 AM on February 14, 2005

By Paste Staff

This Year's Notable Grammy Winners

In case you missed it, the 47th annual Grammy Awards show aired last night. Here's a Paste-compiled recap of this year's notable Grammy winners. It's not everyone, but it is everyone we think you should know about.

pictured above [L-R]: Norah Jones, Bono and Green Day's Billy Joe Armstrong, Zach Braff, Kanye West

Record of the Year

• Ray Charles & Norah Jones - "Here We Go Again"

Album of the Year

• Ray Charles & Various Artists - Genius Loves Company

Song of the Year (Songwriter's Award)

• John Mayer - "Daughters"

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

• Norah Jones - "Sunrise"

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance

• John Mayer - "Daughters"

Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

• Los Lonely Boys - "Heaven"

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals

• Ray Charles & Norah Jones – “Here We Go Again”

Best Pop Instrumental Performance

• Ben Harper – “11th Commandment”

Best Pop Vocal Album

• Ray Charles & Various Artists - Genius Loves Company

Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance

• Bruce Springsteen – “Code of Silence”

Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

• U2 - “Vertigo”

Best Rock Instrumental Performance

• Brian Wilson - “Mrs. O’Leary’s Cow”

Best Rock Song (Songwriter’s Award)

• U2 – “Vertigo”

Best Rock Album

• Green Day - American Idiot

Best Alternative Music Album

• Wilco - A Ghost Is Born

Best Female Vocal R&B Performance

• Alicia Keys – “If I Ain’t Got You”

Best Male Vocal R&B Performance

• Prince – “Call My Name”

Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance

• Prince – “Musicology”

Best Urban/Alternative Performance

• Jill Scott – “Cross My Mind”

Best R&B Song (Songwriter’s Award)

• Alicia Keys, Harold Lily & Kanye West – “You Don’t Know My Name”

Best R&B Album

• Alicia Keys - The Diary of Alicia Keys

Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group

• The Black Eyed Peas – “Let’s Get It Started”

Best Rap Song

• Miri Ben Ari, C. Smith & Kanye West – “Jesus Walks”

Best Rap Album

• Kanye West - The College Dropout

Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

• Dixie Chicks – “Top of the World”

Best Country Collaboration With Vocal

• Loretta Lynn & Jack White – “Portland Oregon”

Best Country Instrumental Performance

• Nitty Grity Dirt Band featuring Earl Scruggs, Vassar Clements & Jerry Douglas – “Earl’s Breakdown”

Best Country Album

• Loretta Lynn - Van Lear Rose

Best Bluegrass Album

• Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder - Brand New Strings

Best Jazz Vocal Album

Nancy Wilson - R.S.V.P.

Best jazz Instrumental Solo

• Herbie Hancock - "Speak Like A Child"

Best Jazz Instrumental Album

McCoy Tyner - Illuminations

Best Gospel Performance

• Ray Charles & Gladys Knight – “Heaven Help Us All”

Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album

• Ben Harper & The Blind Boys of Alabama - There Will Be A Light

Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album

• Ozomatli - Street Signs

Best Traditional Blues Album

• Etta James - Blues To The Bone

Best Contemporary Blues Album

• Keb Mo’ - Keep It Simple

Best Traditional Folk Album

• Various Artists - Beautiful Dreamer - The Songs of Stephen Foster

Best Contemporary Folk Album

• Steve Earle - The Revolution Starts…Now

Best Reggae Album

• Toots & The Maytals - True Love

Best Traditional World Music Album

• Ladysmith Black Mambazo - Raise Your Spirit Higher

Best Contemporary World Music Album

• Youssou N’Dour - Egypt

Best Spoken Word Album

• Bill Clinton - My Life

Best Comedy Album

• Jon Stewart and the cast of The Daily Show - The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Presents...America: A Citizen's Guide To Democracy Inaction

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

• Zach Braff, producer - Garden State

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

• Howard Shore - The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King

Best Song Written For A Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media (Songwriter's Award)

• Annie Lennox, Howard Shore & Fran Walsh - "Into The West" from The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King

Best Recording Package

• Peter Buchanan-Smith & Dan Nadel (Wilco) - A Ghost Is Born

Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package

• Stefan Sagemeister (Talking Heads) - Once In A Lifetime

Best Historical Album

• Various Artists - Night Train To Nashville: Music City Rhythm & Blues, 1945-1970

Best Short Form Music Video

• U2 – “Vertigo”

Best Long Form Music Video

• Various Artists – Concert for George [Harrison]

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