LOS ANGELES, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- Here is a list of early winners from the 51st annual Grammy Awards, which were presented on Sunday at Staples Center in Los Angeles.
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance: "Chasing Pavements," Adele
Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals: "Viva La Vida," Coldplay
Best Pop Instrumental Performance: "I Dreamed There Was No War," Eagles
Best Pop Instrumental Album: "Jingle All The Way," Bela Fleck & The Flecktones
Best Pop Vocal Album: "Rockferry," Duffy
Best Dance Recording: "Harder Better Faster Stronger," Daft Punk
Best Electronic/Dance Album: "Alive 2007," Daft Punk
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: "Still Unforgettable," Natalie Cole
Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance: "Gravity," John Mayer
Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals: "Sex On Fire," Kings Of Leon
Best Hard Rock Performance: "Wax Simulacra," The Mars Volta
Best Metal Performance: "My Apocalypse," Metallica
Best Rock Instrumental Performance: "Peaches En Regalia," ZappaPlays Zappa
Best Rock Song: "Girls In Their Summer Clothes," Bruce Springsteen, songwriter (Bruce Springsteen)
Best Alternative Music Album: "In Rainbows," Radiohead
Best Female R&B Vocal Performance: "Superwoman," Alicia Keys
Best Male R&B Vocal Performance: "Miss Independent," Ne-Yo
Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals: "Stay With Me (By The Sea)," Al Green Featuring John Legend
Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance: "You've Got The Love I Need," Al Green Featuring Anthony Hamilton
Best Urban/Alternative Performance: "Be OK," Chrisette Michele Featuring will.i.am
Best R&B Song: "Miss Independent," M.S. Eriksen, T.E. Hermansen& S. Smith, songwriters (Ne-Yo)
Best Contemporary R&B Album: "Growing Pains," Mary J. Blige
Best Rap Solo Performance: "A Milli," Lil Wayne
Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group": "Swagga Like Us," Jay-Z & T.I. Featuring Kanye West & Lil Wayne
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration: "American Boy," Estelle Featuring Kanye West
Best Rap Song: "Lollipop," D. Carter, S. Garrett, D. Harrison, J. Scheffer & R. Zamor, songwriters (Lil Wayne Featuring Static Major)
Best Female Country Vocal Performance: "Last Name," Carrie Underwood
Best Male Country Vocal Performance: "Letter To Me," Brad Paisley
Best Country Collaboration With Vocals: "Killing The Blues," Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
Best Country Instrumental Performance: "Cluster Pluck," Brad Paisley, James Burton, Vince Gill, John Jorgenson, Albert Lee, Brent Mason, Redd Volkaert & Steve Wariner
Best Country Album: "Troubadour," George Strait
Best Bluegrass Album: "Honoring The Fathers Of Bluegrass: Tribute To 1946 And 1947, " Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder
Best New Age Album: "Peace Time," Jack DeJohnette
Best Contemporary Jazz Album: "Randy In Brasil," Randy Brecker
Best Jazz Vocal Album: "Loverly," Cassandra Wilson
Best Jazz Instrumental Solo: "Be-Bop," Terence Blanchard, soloist;"Waltz For Debby," Gary Burton & Chick Corea, soloists
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album: "Monday Night Live At The Village Vanguard," The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra
Best Latin Jazz Album: "Song For Chico," Arturo O'Farrill & TheAfro-Latin Jazz Orchestra
Best Gospel Performance: "Get Up," Mary Mary
Best Gospel Song: "Help Me Believe," Kirk Franklin, songwriter (Kirk Franklin)
Best Rock Or Rap Gospel Album: "Alive And Transported," TobyMac
Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album: "Thy Kingdom Come," CeCe Winans
Best Southern, Country, Or Bluegrass Gospel Album: "Lovin' Life," Gaither Vocal Band
Best Traditional Gospel Album: "Down In New Orleans," The BlindBoys Of Alabama
Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album: "The Fight Of My Life," Kirk Franklin
Best Latin Pop Album: "La Vida...Es Un Ratico," Juanes
Best Latin Rock Or Alternative Album: "45," Jaguares
Best Latin Urban Album: "Los Extraterrestres," Wisin y Yandel
Best Tropical Latin Album: "Senor Bachata," Jose Feliciano
Best Regional Mexican Album: "Amor, Dolor Y Lagrimas: Musica Ranchera," Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano; "Canciones De Amor," Mariachi Divas
Best Tejano Album: "Viva La Revolucion," Ruben Ramos & The Mexican Revolution
Best Norteno Album: "Raices," Los Tigres Del Norte
Best Banda Album: "No Es De Madera," Joan Sebastian
Best Traditional Blues Album: "One Kind Favor," B.B. King
Best Contemporary Blues Album: "City That Care Forgot," Dr. John And The Lower 911
Best Traditional Folk Album: "At 89," Pete Seeger
Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album: "Raising Sand," Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
Best Native American Music Album: "Come To Me Great Mystery - Native American Healing Songs," (Various Artists)
Best Hawaiian Music Album: "Ikena," Tia Carrere & Daniel Ho
Best Zydeco Or Cajun Music Album: "Live At The 2008 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival," BeauSoleil & Michael Doucet
Best Reggae Album: "Jah Is Real," Burning Spear
Best Traditional World Music Album: "Ilembe: Honoring Shaka Zulu," Ladysmith Black Mambazo.
Best Contemporary World Music Album: "Global Drum Project," Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Sikiru Adepoju & Giovanni Hidalgo
Best Polka Album: "Let The Whole World Sing," Jimmy Sturr And His Orchestra
Best Musical Album For Children: "Here Come The 123s," They Might Be Giants
Best Spoken Word Album For Children: "Yes To Running! Bill Harley Live," Bill Harley
Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Story Telling): "An Inconvenient Truth (Al Gore)," Beau Bridges, Cynthia Nixon & Blair Underwood
Best Comedy Album: "It's Bad For Ya," George Carlin
Best Musical Show Album: "In The Heights," Kurt Deutsch, Alex Lacamoire, Andres Levin, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Joel Moss & Bill Sherman, producers; Lin-Manuel Miranda, composer/lyricist (Original Broadway Cast With Lin-Manuel Miranda And Others)
Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media: "Juno," (Various Artists)
Best Score Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media: "The Dark Knight," James Newton Howard & Hans Zimmer, composers
Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media: "Down To Earth" (From "Wall-E"), Peter Gabriel & Thomas Newman, songwriters (Peter Gabriel)
Best Instrumental Composition: "The Adventures Of Mutt" (From "Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull"), John Williams, composer (John Williams)
Best Instrumental Arrangement: "Define Dancing" (From "Wall-E"),Peter Gabriel & Thomas Newman, arrangers (Thomas Newman)
Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s): "Here's That Rainy Day," Nan Schwartz, arranger (Natalie Cole)
Best Recording Package: "Death Magnetic," Bruce Duckworth, Sarah Moffatt & David Turner, art directors (Metallica)
Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package: "In Rainbows," Stanley Donwood, Mel Maxwell & Christian Munro, art directors (Radiohead)
Best Album Notes: "Kind Of Blue: 50th Anniversary Collector's Edition," Francis Davis, album notes writer (Miles Davis)
Best Historical Album: "Art Of Field Recording Volume I: Fifty Years Of Traditional American Music Documented By Art Rosenbaum," Steven Lance Ledbetter & Art Rosenbaum, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Various Artists)
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical: "Consolers Of The Lonely," Joe Chiccarelli, Vance Powell & Jack White III, engineers (The Raconteurs)
Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical: Rick Rubin
Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical: "Electric Feel (Justice Remix)," Justice, remixers (MGMT)
Best Surround Sound Album: "Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition; Night On Bald Mountain; Prelude To Khovanshchina,"
Best Engineered Album, Classical: "Traditions And Transformations: Sounds Of Silk Road Chicago,"
Producer Of The Year, Classical: David Frost
Best Classical Album: "Weill: Rise And Fall Of The City Of Mahagonny," James Conlon, conductor; Anthony Dean Griffey, Patti LuPone & Audra McDonald; Fred Vogler, producer (Donnie Ray Albert, John Easterlin, Steven Humes, Mel Ulrich & Robert Worle; Los Angeles Opera Chorus; Los Angeles Opera Orchestra)
Best Orchestral Performance: "Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4," Bernard Haitink
Best Opera Recording: "Weill: Rise And Fall Of The City Of Mahagonny," James Conlon, conductor; Anthony Dean Griffey, Patti LuPone & Audra McDonald; Fred Vogler, producer (Donnie Ray Albert, John Easterlin, Steven Humes, Mel Ulrich & Robert Worle; Los Angeles Opera Orchestra; Los Angeles Opera Chorus)
Best Choral Performance: "Symphony Of Psalms," Sir Simon Rattle, conductor; Simon Halsey, chorus master (Berliner Philharmoniker; Rundfunkchor Berlin)
Best Instrumental soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra): "Schoenberg/Sibelius: Violin Concertos," Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor; Hilary Hahn (Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra)
Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra): "Piano Music Of Salonen, Stucky, And Lutoslawski," Gloria Cheng
Best Chamber Music Performance: "Carter, Elliott: String Quartets Nos. 1 And 5," Pacifica Quartet
Best Small Ensemble Performance: "Spotless Rose: Hymns To The Virgin Mary," Charles Bruffy, conductor; Phoenix Chorale
Best Classical Vocal Performance: "Corigliano: Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems Of Bob Dylan," Hila Plitmann (JoAnn Falletta; Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra)
Best Classical Contemporary Composition: "Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems Of Bob Dylan," John Corigliano (JoAnn Falletta)
Best Classical Crossover Album: "Simple Gifts," The King's Singers
Best Short Form Music Video: "Pork And Beans," Weezer
Best Long Form Music Video: "Runnin' Down A Dream," Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers.
