POP

2008 Winners & Nominees

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Candyman
Christina Aguilera
[RCA Records]

• 1234
Feist
Track from: The Reminder
[Cherry Tree / Interscope Records]

• Big Girls Don't Cry
Fergie
Track from: The Dutchess
[A&M Records]

• Say It Right
Nelly Furtado
Track from: Loose
[Geffen]

• Rehab
Amy Winehouse
Track from: Back To Black
[Universal Republic Records]


Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Everything
Michael Bublé
Track from: Call Me Irresponsible
[143 Records/Reprise]

• Belief
John Mayer
Track from: The Village Sessions
[Columbia/Aware]

• Dance Tonight
Paul McCartney
Track from: Memory Almost Full
[MPL/Hear Music]

• Amazing
Seal
[Warner Bros.]

• What Goes Around...Comes Around
Justin Timberlake
[Jive]


Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
(For established duos or groups, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

• (You Want To) Make A Memory
Bon Jovi
Track from: Lost Highway
[Island/Mercury]

• Home
Daughtry
[RCA Records/19 Recordings]

• Makes Me Wonder
Maroon 5
Track from: It Won't Be Soon Before Long
[Octone/A&M Records]

• Hey There Delilah
Plain White T's
Track from: Every Second Counts
[Hollywood Records]

• Window In The Skies
U2
Track from: U218 - Singles
[Interscope Records]


Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals
(For a collaborative performance, with vocals, by artists who do not normally perform together. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Steppin' Out
Tony Bennett & Christina Aguilera
Track from: Duets: An American Classic
[Columbia]

• Beautiful Liar
Beyoncé & Shakira
Track from: B'Day (Deluxe Edition)
[Columbia/Sony Urban]

• Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
[Rounder Records]

• The Sweet Escape
Gwen Stefani & Akon
Track from: The Sweet Escape
[Interscope Records]

• Give It To Me
Timbaland Featuring Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake
Track from: Timbaland Presents: Shock Value
[Mosley/Blackground/Interscope Records]


Best Pop Instrumental Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, without vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Off The Grid
Beastie Boys
Track from: The Mix-Up
[Capitol Records]

• Paris Sunrise #7
Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals
Track from: Lifeline
[Virgin Records]

• Over The Rainbow
Dave Koz
Track from: At The Movies
[Capitol Records]

• One Week Last Summer
Joni Mitchell
Track from: Shine
[Hear Music]

• Simple Pleasures
Spyro Gyra
Track from: Good To Go-Go
[Heads Up International]


Best Pop Instrumental Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)

• The Mix-Up
Beastie Boys
[Capitol Records]

• Italia
Chris Botti
[Columbia]

• At The Movies
Dave Koz
[Capitol/EMI]

• Good To Go-Go
Spyro Gyra
[Heads Up International]

• Roundtrip
Kirk Whalum
[Rendezvous Entertainment]


Best Pop Vocal Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

• Lost Highway
Bon Jovi
[Island/Mercury]

• The Reminder
Feist
[Cherry Tree/Interscope Records]

• It Won't Be Soon Before Long
Maroon 5
[Octone/A&M Records]

• Memory Almost Full
Paul McCartney
[MPL/Hear Music]

• Back To Black
Amy Winehouse
[Universal Republic Records]

2007 Winners & Nominees

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Ain't No Other Man
  Christina Aguilera
  Track from: Back To Basics
  [RCA Records]
• Unwritten
  Natasha Bedingfield
  Track from: Unwritten
  [Epic/Phonogenic]
• You Can Close Your Eyes
  Sheryl Crow
  Track from: Sheryl Crow Artist's Choice Deluxe Edition
  [Hear Music/Universal Music]
• Stupid Girls
  Pink
  Track from: I'm Not Dead
  [LaFace/Zomba Label Group]
• Black Horse And The Cherry Tree
  KT Tunstall
  [Relentless/Virgin]
  
  

 Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

• You're Beautiful
  James Blunt
  Track from: Back To Bedlam
  [Custard/Atlantic]
• Save Room
  John Legend
  Track from: Once Again
  [Columbia/GOOD/Sony Urban]
• Waiting On The World To Change
  John Mayer
  Track from: Continuum
  [Aware/Columbia]
• Jenny Wren
  Paul McCartney
  Track from: Chaos And Creation In The Backyard
  [Capitol]
• Bad Day
  Daniel Powter
  Track from: Daniel Powter
  [Warner Bros.]
  
  

Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
(For established duos or groups, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

• My Humps
  The Black Eyed Peas
  Track from: Monkey Business
  [A&M Records]
• I Will Follow You Into The Dark
  Death Cab For Cutie
  Track from: Plans
  [Atlantic Records]
• Over My Head (Cable Car)
  The Fray
  Track from: How To Save A Life
  [Epic]
• Is It Any Wonder?
  Keane
  Track from: Under The Iron Sea
  [Interscope Records]
• Stickwitu
  The Pussycat Dolls
  Track from: PCD
  [A&M Records]
  
  

 Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals
(For a collaborative performance, with vocals, by artists who do not normally perform together. Singles or Tracks only.)

• For Once In My Life
  Tony Bennett & Stevie Wonder
  Track from: Duets: An American Classic
  [RPM Records/Columbia]
• One
  Mary J. Blige & U2
  Track from: The Breakthrough
  [Geffen/Matriarch Records]
• Always On Your Side
  Sheryl Crow & Sting
  Track from: Wildflower
  [A&M Records]
• Promiscuous
  Nelly Furtado & Timbaland
  Track from: Loose
  [Geffen/Mosley Music Group]
• Hips Don't Lie
  Shakira & Wyclef Jean
  Track from: Oral Fixation Vol. 2
  [Epic]
  
  

 Best Pop Instrumental Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, without vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Mornin'
  George Benson (& Al Jarreau)
  Track from: Givin' It Up
  [Concord Records/Monster Music]
• Drifting
  Enya
  Track from: Amarantine
  [Reprise]
• Subterfuge
  Béla Fleck & The Flecktones
  Track from: The Hidden Land
  [Columbia/Legacy]
• Song H
  Bruce Hornsby
  Track from: Intersections: 1985 - 2005
  [RCA Legacy]
• My Favorite Things
  The Brian Setzer Orchestra
  Track from: Dig That Crazy Christmas
  [Surfdog Records]
  
  

Best Pop Instrumental Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)

• New Beginnings
  Gerald Albright
  [Peak Records]
• Fire Wire
  Larry Carlton
  [Bluebird/RCA Victor]
• X
  Fourplay
  [Bluebird/RCA Victor]
• Fingerprints
  Peter Frampton
  [A&M Records/New Door Records]
• Wrapped In A Dream
  Spyro Gyra
  [Heads Up International]
  
  

Best Pop Vocal Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

• Back To Basics
  Christina Aguilera
  [RCA Records]
• Back To Bedlam
  James Blunt
  [Custard/Atlantic]
• The River In Reverse
  Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint
  [Verve Forecast]
• Continuum
  John Mayer
  [Aware/Columbia]

• FutureSex/LoveSounds
  Justin Timberlake
  [Jive Records/Zomba Label Group]