Natalie Maines '95 of the Dixie Chicks and John Mayer '98 were nominated for a whopping five awards each. Maines was nominated in categories including Record of the Year, Album of the Year, and Best Country Album. Mayer was also nominated for Album of the Year, and in categories including Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, and Best Rock Album. Gil Goldstein '70 was nominated for Best Instrumental Arrangement, and garnered two additional nominations in the category Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s).
Berklee alumni were heavily represented in the jazz categories, with nominations for Best Contemporary Jazz Album going to recent grad Christian Scott '04 for his solo debut album Rewind That, and Mike Stern '75 for Who Let the Cats Out?. Nominations for Best Latin Jazz Album went to Diego Urcola '90, Antonio Sanchez '98, Pernell Saturnino '95, and Edsel Gomez '85. Diana Krall '83, Branford Marsalis '80, John Scofield '73, and Joe Lovano '72 were also nominated in a variety of jazz categories.
Other nominees include Bruce Hornsby '74; Susan Tedeschi '91; Melissa Etheridge '80; Bob James '59 and Harvey Mason '68 of the group Fourplay; Makeba '99, who co-wrote Beyonce's song Dj Vu and composer Stephen Bray '78, for his work on the Broadway show “The Color Purple."
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