Songbook, Volume III – Rod Stewart Only You – Harry Connick Jr. Count Your Blessings – Barbara Cook Ultimate Mancini – Monica Mancini Just for a Thrill – Ronnie Milsap 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 "Vertigo" – U2 "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 "Slither" – Velvet Revolver "Megalomaniac" – Incubus "Some Kind Of Monster" – Metallica "Feelin' Way Too Damn Good" – Nickelback "Duality" – Slipknot Best Metal Performance "Whiplash" – Motörhead "Nymphetamine" – Cradle of Filth "Live for This" – Hatebreed "The End Of Heartache" – Killswitch Engage "Vermilion" – Slipknot 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 "Vertigo" Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge & Larry Mullen, songwriters (U2) "American Idiot" Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt & Tré Cool, songwriters (Green Day) "Fall To Pieces" Duff, Dave Kushner, Slash, Matt Sorum & Scott Weiland, songwriters (Velvet Revolver) "Float On" Isaac Brock, Dann Gallucci, Eric Judy & Benjamin Weikel, songwriters (Modest Mouse) "Somebody Told Me" Brandon Flowers, Dave Keuning, Mark Stoermer & Ronnie Vannucci, songwriters (The Killers) Best Rock Album American Idiot – Green Day The Delivery Man – Elvis Costello & The Imposters The Reason – Hoobastank Hot Fuss – The Killers Contraband – Velvet Revolver AlternativeBest Alternative Music AlbumA Ghost Is Born – Wilco Medúlla – Björk Franz Ferdinand – Franz Ferdinand Uh Huh Her – PJ Harvey Good News for People Who Love Bad News– Modest Mouse Blues Best Contemporary Blues Album Keb' Mo' for Keep It Simple Classical Best Classical Album "Adams: On The Transmigration Of Souls" – Lorin Maazel, conductor; John Adams & Lawrence L. Rock, producers Best Orchestral Performance "Adams: On The Transmigration Of Souls" – Lorin Maazel, conductor; John Adams & Lawrence L. Rock, producers Best Opera Recording "Mozart: Le Nozze Di Figaro" – René Jacobs, conductor; Martin Sauer, producer. Angelika Kirchschlager, Lorenzo Regazzo, Patrizia Ciofi, Simon Keenlyside & Véronique Gens, soloists; Reiner