• Destiny's Child featuring T.I. and Lil Wayne for "Soldier", from "Destiny Fulfilled"

• Brooks & Dunn for "Play Something Country", from "Hillbilly Deluxe"

• Brooks & Dunn, Sheryl Crow and Vince Gill for "Building Bridges", from "Hillbilly Deluxe"

• Faith Hill and Tim McGraw for "Like We Never Loved At All", from "Fireflies" [ Grammy winner ]

• Branford Marsalis for "A Love Supreme, Part 1: Acknowledgement" from "Coltrane's A Love Supreme Live in Amsterdam" (DVD)

• Terence Blanchard for "Flow"

• Wynton Marsalis for "Live at the House of Tribes"

• Marcia Ball for "Live! Down the Road"

• Buddy Guy for "Bring 'Em In"

• Jo-El Sonnier "Cajun Mardi Gras!"

• "Jelly Roll Morton: The Complete Library of Congress Recordings" [ Grammy winner ]

The North Mississippi Allstars release "Electric Blue Watermelon" is nominated in the Best Contemporary Blues Album category. It features guest appearances by Lucinda Williams and the Dirty Dozen Brass Band.

The Jimmy Sturr and His Orchestra release "Shake, Rattle and Polka!" is nominated in the Best Polka Album category. It features a guest appearance by Frankie Ford. [ Grammy winner ]

The Jelly Roll Morton 8-CD box set "The Complete Library of Congress Recordings" is nominated in the Best Album Notes category. The album notes were written by John Szwed. [ Grammy winner ]