Rockers The Red Hot Chili Peppers comes next with six. Other topnotchers: hot newcomer James Blunt, country music trio The Dixie Chicks, guitar-toting heartthrob John Mayer plus Danger Mouse, Prince, Rick Rubin and will.i.am of The Black Eyed Peas who got five each. Beyoncé, Bryan-Michael Cox, Gnarls Barkley, Israel Houghton, Ludacris, T.I., Justin Timberlake and John Williams got four each.
Here is the list:
Female R ’n B Vocal: Ring the Alarm, Beyoncé; Be Without You, Mary J. Blige; Don’t Forget About Us, Mariah Carey; Day Dreaming, Natalie Cole; I Am Not My Hair, India.Arie.
Male R ’n B Vocal: Heaven, John Legend; So Sick, Ne-Yo; Black Sweat, Prince; I Call It Love, Lionel Richie; Got You Home, Luther Vandross.
Duo or Group R ’n B Vocal: Breezin’, George Benson and Al Jarreau; Love Changes, Jamie Foxx featuring Mary J. Blige; Everyday (Family Reunion), Chaka Khan, Gerald Levert, Yolanda Adams and Carl Thomas; Family Affair, Sly and The Family Stone, John Legend, Joss Stone with Van Hunt; Beautiful Loved and Blessed, Prince and Tamar.
Traditional R ’n B Vocal: Christmas Time is Here, Anita Baker; God Bless the Child, George Benson and Al Jarreau featuring Jill Scott; I Found My Everything, Mary J. Blige featuring Raphael Saadiq; You are So Beautiful, Sam Moore featuring Billy Preston, Zucchero, Eric Clapton and Robert Randolph; How Sweet It Is (To be Loved by You), The Temptations.
Urban Alternative Vocal: Crazy, Gnarls Barkley; That Heat, Sergio Mendez featuring Erykah Badu and will.i.am; Mas Que Nada, Sergio Mendez featuring The Black Eyed Peas; Idlewild Blue (Don’t Chu Worry ‘Bout Me), Oukast; 3121, Prince.
R ’n B Song: Be Without You, Mary J. Blige; Black Sweat, Prince; Déjà vu, Beyoncé; Don’t Forget About Us, Mariah Carey; I am Not My Hair, India.Arie.
R ’n B Album: The Breakthrough, Mary J. Blige; Unpredictable, Jamie Foxx; Testimony: Vol.1 Life & Relationship, India.Arie; 3121, Prince; Coming Home, Lionel Richie.
Contemporary R ’n B Album: B’Day, Beyoncé; Chris Brown, Chris Brown; 20 Y.O., Janet Jackson; Kelis was Here, Kelis; In My Own Words, Ne-Yo.
Rap Solo: Touch It, Busta Rhymes; We Run This, Missy Elliott; Kick, Push, Lupe Fiasco; Undeniable, Mos Def; What You Know, T.I.
Rap by a Duo or Group: Ridin, Chamillionaire featuring Krayzie Bone; Georgia, Ludacris and Field Mob featuring Jamie Foxx; Grillz, Nelly featuring Paul Wall, Ali and Gipp; Mighy "O", Outkast; Don’t Feel Right, The Roots.
Rap/Sung Collaboration: Smack That, Akon featuring Eminem; Déjà vu, Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z; Shake That, Eminem featuring Nate Dogg; Unpredictable, Jamie Foxx featuring Ludacris; My Love, Justin Timberlake featuring T.I.
Rap Song: It’s Going Down, Yung Joc; Kick, Push, Lupe Fiasco; Money Maker, Ludacris featuring Pharrell; Ridin, Chamillionaire featuring Krayzie Bone; What You Know, T.I.
Rap Album: Lupe Fiasco’s Food & Liquor, Lupe Fiasco; Release Therapy, Ludacris; In My Mind, Pharrell; Game Theory, The Roots; King, T.I.
Musical Show Album: The Color Purple; The Drowsy Chaperone; Jersey Boys; The Pajama Game; Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street.
Compilation Soundtrack Album: Brokeback Mountain; Cars; Grey’s Anatomy Vol. 2; Little Miss Sunshine; Walk the Line.
Score Soundtrack Album: The Chronicles of Narnia-The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe; The Da Vinci Code; Memoirs of a Geisha; Munich; Pirates of the Caribbean-Dead Man’s Chest.
Song Written for a Motion Picture, TV or other Visual Media: Can’t Take It In from The Chronicles of Narnia; I Need to Wake Up from An Inconvenient Truth; Our Town from Cars; There’s Nothing Like a Show on Broadway from The Producers; Travelin’ Thru from Transamerica.
Short Form Music Video: 8th of November, Big and Rich; When You Were Young, The Killers; Here It Goes Again, OK Go; Dani California, Red Hot Chili Peppers; Writing on the Walls, Underoath.
Long Form Music Video: Flow: Living in the Stream of Music, Terence Blanchard; Directions, Death Cab for Cutie; Demon Days – Live in Manchester, Gorrilaz; I’m Going to Tell You a Secret, Madonna; Wings for Wheels: The Making of Born to Run.