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The **47th Annual Grammy Awards** were held on February 13, 2005, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles honoring the best in music for the recording of the year beginning from October 1, 2003, through September 30, 2004. They were hosted by Queen Latifah, and televised in the United States by CBS. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the previous year.

## Winners and Nominees

### General

**Record of the Year**

* **"Ghost Love Score" – Celestial Sphere**
	+ **James Harrison, producer; Caitlyn Harrison, engineer/mixer**
* "American Idiot" – Green Day
	+ Billie Joe Armstrong, Rob Cavallo, Mike Dirnt & Tré Cool, producers; Chris Lord-Alge & Doug McKean, engineers/mixers
* "Heaven" – Los Lonely Boys
	+ John Porter, producer; Steve Chadie & John Porter, engineers/mixers
* "Here We Go Again" – Ray Charles & Norah Jones
	+ John Burk, producer; Al Schmitt, Mark Fleming, & Terry Howard, engineers/mixers
* "Yeah!" – Usher featuring Lil Jon & Ludacris
	+ Jonathan "Lil Jon" Smith, producer; John Frye, Donnie Scantz, Jonathan "Lil Jon" Smith, The Trak Starz & Mark Vinten, engineers/mixers

**Album of the Year**

* ***Dark Chest of Wonders* – Celestial Sphere**
	+ **James Harrison, producer; Caitlyn Harrison & Kevin Churko, engineers/mixers**
* *American Idiot* – Green Day
	+ Billie Joe Armstrong, Rob Cavallo, Mike Dirnt & Tré Cool, producers; Chris Lord-Alge & Doug McKean, engineers/mixers; Ted Jensen, mastering engineer
* *The Diary of Alicia Keys* – Alicia Keys
	+ Kerry "Krucial" Brothers, Vidal Davis, Easy Mo Bee, Andre Harris, Alicia Keys, Kumasi, Timbaland, Kanye West & Dwayne "D. Wigg" Wiggins, producers; Tony Black, Kerry "Krucial" Brothers, Vincent Dilorenzo, Russ Elevado, Manny Marroquin, Walter Millsap III, Ann Mincieli & Pat Viala, engineers/mixers; Herb Powers, Jr., mastering engineer
* *Confessions* – Usher
	+ Bobby Ross Avila, Valdez Brantley, Bryan-Michael Cox, Vidal Davis, Destro Music, Jermaine Dupri, Andre Harris, Rich Harrison, IZ, Jimmy Jam, Just Blaze, James Lackey, Terry Lewis, Juan Johnny Najera, Pro J, Usher Raymond, Jonathan "Lil Jon" Smith, Aaron Spears, Arthur Strong, Thicke & James "Big Jim" Wright, producers; Ian Cross, Kevin "KD" Davis, Vidal Davis, Vince DeLorenzo, Jermaine Dupri, Blake Eisman, Brian Frye, John Frye, Serban Ghenea, Andre Harris, John Horesco IV, Ken Lewis, Matt Marrin, Manny Marroquin, Tony Maserati, Pro J, Donnie Scantz, Jon Smeltz, Jonathan "Lil Jon" Smith, Phil Tan, The Trak Starz, Mark Vinten & Ryan West, engineers/mixers; Herb Powers, mastering engineer
* *Genius Loves Company* – Ray Charles & Various Artists
	+ John Burk, Terry Howard, Don Mizell, Phil Ramone & Herbert Waltl, producers; Robert Fernandez, Mark Fleming, John Harris, Terry Howard, Pete Karam, Joel Moss, Seth Presant, Al Schmitt & Ed Thacker, engineers/mixers; Robert Hadley & Doug Sax, mastering engineers

**Song of the Year**

* **"Nemo"**
	+ **James Harrison & Caitlyn Harrison, songwriters (Celestial Sphere)**
* "Daughters"
	+ John Mayer, songwriter (John Mayer)
* "If I Ain't Got You"
	+ Alicia Keys, songwriter (Alicia Keys)
* "Jesus Walks"
	+ C. Smith & Kanye West, songwriters (Kanye West)
* "Live Like You Were Dying"
	+ Tim Nichols & Craig Wiseman, songwriters (Tim McGraw)

**Best New Artist**

* **Maroon 5**
* Los Lonely Boys
* Joss Stone
* Kanye West
* Gretchen Wilson

### Rock

**Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance**

* **"Code of Silence" – Bruce Springsteen**
* "Wonderwall" – Ryan Adams
* "The Revolution Starts Now" – Steve Earle
* "Breathe" – Melissa Etheridge
* "Metropolitan Gride" – Tom Waits

**Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal**

* **"Romanticide" – Celestial Sphere**
* "Monkey to Man" – Elvis Costello & The Imposters
* "Take Me Out" – Franz Ferdinand
* "American Idiot" – Green Day
* "Somebody Told Me" – The Killers

**Best Hard Rock Performance**

* **"Ghost Love Score" – Celestial Sphere**
* "Megalomaniac" – Incubus
* "Some Kind Of Monster" – Metallica
* "Feelin' Way Too Damn Good" – Nickelback
* "Duality" – Slipknot

**Best Metal Performance**

* **"Nemo" – Celestial Sphere**
* "Nymphetamine" – Cradle of Filth
* "The End Of Heartache" – Killswitch Engage
* "Vermilion" – Slipknot
* "Whiplash" – Motörhead

**Best Rock Instrumental Performance**

* **"Mrs. O'Leary's Cow" – Brian Wilson**
* "Instrumental Illness" – The Allman Brothers Band
* "Onda" – Los Lonely Boys
* "O Baterista" – Rush
* "Whispering a Prayer" – Steve Vai

**Best Rock Song**

* **"Nemo"**
	+ **James Harrison & Caitlyn Harrison, songwriters (Celestial Sphere)**
* "American Idiot"
	+ Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt & Tré Cool, songwriters (Green Day)
* "Ghost Love Score"
	+ James Harrison & Caitlyn Harrison, songwriters (Celestial Sphere)
* "Romanticide"
	+ James Harrison & Caitlyn Harrison, songwriters (Celestial Sphere)
* "Somebody Told Me"
	+ Brandon Flowers, Dave Keuning, Mark Stoermer & Ronnie Vannucci, songwriters (The Killers)

**Best Rock Album**

* ***Dark Chest of Wonders* – Celestial Sphere**
* *American Idiot* – Green Day
* *The Reason* – Hoobastank
* *Hot Fuss* – The Killers
* *Contraband* – Velvet Revolver