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Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album

• Afortunado - Joan Sebastian [Musart/Balboa Records]

Best Tejano Album

• Si Me Faltas Tu - Jimmy Gonzalez y El Grupo Mazz [Freddie Records]

Best Traditional Blues Album

• Blues Singer - Buddy Guy [Silvertone Records]

Best Contemporary Blues Album

• Let's Roll - Etta James [Private Music]

Best Traditional Folk Album

• Wildwood Flower - June Carter Cash [Dualtone Music Group]

Best Contemporary Folk Album

• The Wind - Warren Zevon [Artemis Records]

Best Native American Music Album

• Flying Free - Black Eagle [Soar]

Best Reggae Album

• Dutty Rock - Sean Paul [VP/Atlantic Records]

Best Traditional World Music Album

• Sacred Tibetan Chant - The Monks Of Sherab Ling Monastery [Naxos World]

Best Contemporary World Music Album

• Voz D'Amor - Cesaria Evora [Bluebird]

Best Polka Album• Let's Polka 'Round - Jimmy Sturr [Rounder Select]

Best Musical Album For Children

• Bon Appétit! - Cathy Fink And Marcy Marxer [Rounder Kids]

Best Spoken Word Album For Children

• Prokofiev: Peter And The Wolf/Beintus: Wolf Tracks, Bill Clinton, Mikhail Gorbachev & Sophia Loren (Kent Nagano; Russian National Orch.) [Penta Tone Music]

Best Spoken Word Album

• Lies And The Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair And Balanced Look At The Right (Al Franken) - Al Franken [HighBridge Audio]

Best Comedy Album

• Poodle Hat - "Weird Al" Yankovic [Volcano Entertainment]

Best Musical Show Album

• Gypsy - Jay David Saks, producer (Jule Styne, composer; Stephen Sondheim, lyricist) (New Broadway Cast With Bernadette Peters, Tammy Blanchard, John Dossett & Others) [Angel Records]

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

• Chicago - Various Artists [Epic Records/Sony Music Soundtrax]

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

• The Lord Of The Rings - The Two Towers - Howard Shore, composer (Howard Shore) [Reprise Records/WMG Soundtracks]

Best Song Written For A Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media

• A Mighty Wind (From A Mighty Wind) - Christoher Guest, Eugene Levy & Michael McKean, songwriters (The Folksmen, Mitch & Mickey, And The New Main Street Singers) - Track from: A Mighty Wind [DMZ/Columbia Records/Sony Music Soundtrax; Publishers: Shmenge Music, Coney Island Whitefish Music & Tuxedo Time Music]

Best Instrumental Composition

• Sacajawea - Wayne Shorter, composer (Wayne Shorter) - Track from: Alegría [Verve Records]

Best Instrumental Arrangement

• Timbuktu - Michael Brecker & Gil Goldstein, arrangers (Michael Brecker Quindectet) - Track from: Wide Angles [Verve Records]

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)

• Woodstock - Vince Mendoza, arranger (Joni Mitchell) - Track from: Travelogue [Nonesuch]

Best Recording Package

• Evolve - Ani DiFranco & Brian Grunert, art directors (Ani DiFranco) [Righteous Babe Records]

Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package

• The Complete Jack Johnson Sessions - Julian Alexander, Howard Fritzson & Seth Rothstein, art directors (Miles Davis) [Columbia/Legacy Recordings]

Best Album Notes

• Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: A Musical Journey - Tom Piazza, album notes writer (Various Artists) [Hip-O Records]

Best Historical Album

• Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: A Musical Journey - Steve Berkowitz, Alex Gibney, Andy McKaie & Jerry Rappaport, compilation producers; Gavin Lurssen & Joseph M. Palmaccio, mastering engineers (Various Artists) [Hip-O Records]

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

• Hail To The Thief - Nigel Godrich & Darrell Thorp, engineers (Radiohead) [Capitol Records]

Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical

• Crazy In Love (Maurice's Soul Mix) - Maurice Joshua, remixer (Beyoncé Featuring Jay-Z) [Columbia Records/Music World Music]

Best Engineered Album, Classical

• Obrigado Brazil - Richard King & Todd Whitelock, engineers (Yo-Yo Ma) [Sony Classical]

Producer Of The Year, Classical

• Steven Epstein

• Mendelssohn/Bruch: Violin Concertos (Midori)

• Obrigado Brazil (Yo-Yo Ma)

• Paris La Belle Époque (Yo-Yo Ma & Kathryn Stott)

Best Classical Album

• Mahler: Symphony No. 3; Kindertotenlieder - Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Michelle DeYoung, mezzo soprano; Andreas Neubronner, producer (Vance George; Pacific Boychoir, San Francisco Girls Chorus & Women of the SFS Chorus; San Francisco Symphony) [SFS Media]

Best Orchestral Performance

• Mahler: Symphony No. 3 - Pierre Boulez, conductor (Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo soprano; Johannes Prinz & Gerald Wirth; Vienna Boys' Choir & Women's Chorus of the Vienna Singverein; Vienna Philharmonic) [Deutsche Grammophon]

Best Opera Recording

• Janácek: Jenufa - Bernard Haitink, conductor; Jerry Hadley, Karita Mattila, Eva Randová, Anja Silja & Jorma Silvasti; Wolfram Graul, producer (Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden) [Erato Disques]

Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra)

• Britten: Violin Concerto/Walton: Viola Concerto Mstislav Rostropovich, conductor; Maxim Vengerov, violin & viola (London Symphony Orchestra) [EMI Classics]

Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra)

• Haydn: Piano Sonatas Nos. 29, 31, 34, 35 & 49 - Emanuel Ax, piano [Sony Classical]

Best Chamber Music Performance

• Berg: Lyric Suite - Kronos Quartet & Dawn Upshaw, soprano [Nonesuch Records]

Best Small Ensemble Performance (with or without Conductor)

• Chávez: Suite For Double Quartet - Jeff von der Schmidt, conductor; Southwest Chamber Music - Track from: Chávez: Complete Chamber Music, Vol. I [Cambria Master Recordings]

Best Classical Vocal Performance

• Schubert: Lieder With Orchestra - Thomas Quasthoff, bass-baritone & Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo soprano (Claudio Abbado; Chamber Orchestra of Europe) [Deutsche Grammophon]

Best Classical Contemporary Composition

• Argento: Casa Guidi - Dominick Argento (Frederica von Stade, mezzo soprano; Eiji Oue; Minnesota Orchestra) - Track from: Argento: Casa Guidi; Capriccio For Clarinet And Orchestra, Etc. [Reference Recordings]

Best Classical Crossover Album

• Obrigado Brazil - Jorge Calandrelli, conductor; Yo-Yo Ma, cello (Various Artists) [Sony Classical]

Best Long Form Music Video

• Legend - Sam Cooke - Allen Klein, video director; Mick Gochanour, Iris W. Keitel, Robin Klein & Mary Wharton, video producers [Abkco Music & Records]

For Part I of the 46th Annual Grammy Awards Winners List, click here, and for Part II click here.

For more LAUNCH Grammy coverage, click here.