Album of the Year
“Genius Loves Company” Ray Charles
“American Idiot” Green Day
“Diary of Alicia Keys” Alicia Keys
“Confessions” Usher
*“The College Dropout” Kanye West because you can drop everything and listen to this album.
Record of the Year
“Let’s Get it Started” The Black Eyed Peas
“Here We Go Again” Ray Charles & Norah Jones
“American Idiot” Green Day
“Heaven” Los Lonely Boys
* “Yeah!” Usher, Lil Jon, Ludacris because Lil Jon is a musical genius.
Best New Artist
Los Lonely Boys
Maroon 5
Joss Stone
Kanye West
* Gretchen Wilson because she’s new, but she’s staying around.
Best Rock Album
“The Delivery Man” Elvis Costello
* “American Idiot” Green Day because these guys have always made good albums (e.g. Dookie, Nimrod)
“The Reason” Hoobastank
“Hot Fuss” The Killers
“Contraband” Velvet Revolver
Best Rock Performance
“Monkey to Man” Elvis Costello
“Take Me Out” Franz Ferdinand
“American Idiot” Green Day
“Somebody Told Me” The Killers
* “Vertigo” U2 because these guys performed on stage this year with four presidents.
Best Hard Rock Performance
“Megalomaniac” Incubus
“Some Kind of Monster” Metallica
“Feelin’ Way Too Damn Good” Nickelback
* “Duality” Slipknot because this group is the best onstage act.
“Slither” Velvet Revolver
Best Metal Performance
* “Nymphetamine” Cradle of Filth because our rock critic says so.
“Live For This” Hatebreed
“The End of Heartache” Killswitch Engage
“Whiplash” Motorhead
“Vermilion” Slipknot
Best R&B Album
“My Everything” Anita Baker
*“I Can’t Stop” Al Green because you won’t be able to stop playing this album.
“The Diary of Alicia Keys” Alicia Keys
“Musicology” Prince
“Beautifully Human: Words & Sounds vol. 2” Jill Scott
Best Rap Song
“Drop It Like It’s Hot” Snoop Dogg & Pharrell
“Hey Mama” The Black Eyed Peas
“Jesus Walks” Kanye West
“Let’s Get It Started” The Black Eyed Peas
*“99 Problems” Jay-Z because he makes your problems disapear when you hear his music.
Best Rap Performance
“Ch-Check It Out” Beastie Boys
* “Let’s Get It Started” The Black Eyed Peas because they’re the best live act. Too bad they haven’t toured in Portland for awhile.
“Don’t Say Nuthin’” The Roots
“Drop It Like It’s Hot” Snoop Dogg & Pharrell
“Lean Back” Terror Squad
Best Country Album
“Van Lear Rose” Loretta Lynn
“Live Like You Were Dying” Tim McGraw
“Tambourine” Tift Merritt
“Be Here” Keith Urban
*“Here For The Party” Gretchen Wilson because she’s going to sweep the country categories.
Best Female Country Singer
“You Will Be My Ain True Love” Alison Krauss
“Miss Being Mrs.” Loretta Lynn
“In My Daughter’s Eyes” Martina McBride
“She’s Not Just a Pretty Face” Shania Twain
* “Redneck Woman” Gretchen Wilson because she’s the biggest nominee in this group.
Best Male Country Singer
“Engine One-Forty-Three” Johnny Cash
“In My Own Mind” Lyle Lovett
*“Live Like You Were Dying” Tim McGraw because he collaberated with Nelly.
“You Are My Flower” Willie Nelson
“You’ll Think of Me” Keith Urban
Best Pop Collaberation
“Redemption Song” Johnny Cash & Joe Strummer
“Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word” Ray Charles and Elton John
*“Here We Go Again” Ray Charles & Norah Jones because these two make sweet music. |
