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2005 Grammy Awards

© Chad Bowar

The 2005 Grammy Awards were dominated by the late, great Ray Charles. The legend picked up 5 posthumous awards, including Record Of The Year and Album Of The Year. Other big winners included Alicia Keys with 4 awards, Usher with 3, Kanye West with 3, U2 with 3 and Norah Jones with 3. One of the highlights of the evening was the all-star performance of the song "Across The Universe," which is available for download on iTunes with all proceeds going toward tsunami relief. The song features artists including Velvet Revolver, Stevie Wonder, Norah Jones, Alicia Keys, Bono, Steven Tyler, Brian Wilson and more. Here are the major award winners for the 47th annual Grammy Awards:
Record Of The Year
Here We Go Again - Ray Charles & Norah Jones

Album Of The Year
Genius Loves Company - Ray Charles & Various Artists

Song Of The Year
Daughters - John Mayer

Best New Artist
Maroon5

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
Sunrise - Norah Jones

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
Daughters - John Mayer

Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal
Heaven - Los Lonely Boys

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals
Here We Go Again - Ray Charles & Norah Jones

Best Pop Instrumental Performance
11th Commandment - Ben Harper

Best Pop Instrumental Album
Henry Mancini: Pink Guitar - Various Artists

Best Pop Vocal Album
Genius Loves Company - Ray Charles & Various Artists

Best Dance Recording
Toxic - Britney Spears

Best Electronic/Dance Album
Kish Kash - Basement Jaxx

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Stardust...The Great American Songbook Volume III - Rod Stewart

Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance
Code Of Silence - Bruce Springsteen

Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal
Vertigo - U2

Best Hard Rock Performance
Slither - Velvet Revolver

Best Metal Performance
Whiplash - Motörhead

Best Rock Instrumental Performance
Mrs. O'Leary's Cow - Brian Wilson

Best Rock Song
Vertigo - Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge & Larry Mullen, songwriters (U2)

Best Rock Album
American Idiot - Green Day

Best Alternative Music Album
A Ghost Is Born - Wilco

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
If I Ain't Got You - Alicia Keys

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
Call My Name - Prince

Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
My Boo - Usher & Alicia Keys

Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance
Musicology - Prince

Best Urban/Alternative Performance
Cross My Mind - Jill Scott

Best R&B Song
You Don't Know My Name - Alicia Keys, Harold Lilly & Kanye West, songwriters (Alicia Keys)

Best R&B Album
The Diary Of Alicia Keys - Alicia Keys