2006 GRAMMY AWARD WINNERS
AND NOMINEES
(Winners
are denoted by a ¯)
Record of the Year
"We Belong Together" - Mariah Carey
"Feel Good Inc." - Gorillaz featuring De La
Soul
¯"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" - Green Day
"Hollaback Girl" - Gwen Stefani
"Gold Digger" -
Kanye West
Album of the Year
The Emancipation Of Mimi - Mariah
Carey
Chaos and Creation in the Backyard -
Paul McCartney
Love. Angel. Music. Baby - Gwen Stefani
¯How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb - U2
Late Registration -
Kanye West
Song of the Year
"Bless the Broken Road" - Bobby Boyd, Jeff Hanna & Marcus Hummon,
songwriters (Rascal Flatts)
"Devils & Dust" - Bruce Springsteen,
songwriter (Bruce Springsteen)
"Ordinary People" - W. Adams & J. Stephens, songwriter (John
Legend)
¯"Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own" - U2,
songwriters (U2)
"We Belong Together" -
Johnta Austin,
Mariah Carey,
Jermaine Dupri & M. Seal, songwriters; (D.
Bristol, K. Edmonds, S. Johnson, P. Moten, S. Sully & B. Womack) songwriter (Mariah
Carey)
Best New Artist
Ciara
Fall Out Boy
Keane
¯John Legend
SugarLand
POP
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
"It's Like That" Mariah Carey
¯"Since U Been Gone" Kelly Clarkson
"Good Is Good"
Sheryl Crow
"I Will Not Be Broken" Bonnie Raitt
"Hollaback Girl" Gwen Stefani
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
"Sitting, Waiting, Wishing" Jack Johnson
"Fine Line" Paul McCartney
"Walk On By" Seal
"Lonely No More" Rob Thomas
¯"From the Bottom of My Heart"
Stevie Wonder
Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
"Don't Lie" The
Black Eyed Peas
"Mr. Brightside"
The Killers
"More
Than Love" Los Lonely Boys
¯"This Love" Maroon 5
"My Doorbell" The White Stripes
Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals
"Gone Going"
Black Eyed Peas
& Jack Johnson
"Virginia Moon" Foo Fighters featuring Norah
Jones
¯"Feel Good Inc." Gorillaz featuring De La Soul
"A Song for You" Herbie Hancock featuring
Christina Aguilera
"A Time to Love" Stevie Wonder featuring India.Arie
Best Pop Instrumental Performance
"In Our Time" Burt Bacharach & Chris Botti
"T-Jam" George Duke
"Gelo Na Montanha" Herbie Hancock featuring Trey Anastasio
"Agave" Daniel Lanois
¯"Caravan" Les Paul
Best Pop Instrumental Album
¯"At This Time" Burt Bacharach
"Bloom" Eric Johnson
"Naked Guitar" Earl Klugh
"Belladonna" Daniel Lanois
"Flipside" Jeff Lorber
Best Pop Vocal Album
"Extraordinary Machine" Fiona Apple
¯"Breakaway"
Kelly Clarkson
"Wildflower"
Sheryl Crow
"Chaos and Creation in the Backyard" Paul
McCartney
"Love. Angel. Music. Baby." Gwen Stefani
DANCE
Best Dance Recording
¯"Galvanize" The Chemical Brothers
featuring Q-Tip
"Say Hello" Deep Dish
"Daft Punk is Playing at My House" LCD Soundsystem
"I Believe in You" Kylie Minogue
"Guilt is a Useless Emotion" New Order
Best Electronic/Dance Album
¯"Push the Button" The Chemical
Brothers
"Human After All" Daft Punk
"Palookaville" Fatboy Slim
"Minimum-Maximum" Kraftwerk
"LCD Soundsystem" LCD Soundsystem
TRADITIONAL POP
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
¯"The
Art of Romance"
Tony Bennett
"It's Time" Michael Buble
"Isn't It Romantic" Johnny Mathis
"Moonlight Serenade" Carly Simon
"Thanks for the Memory ... The Great American Songbook Volume IV"
Rod Stewart
ROCK
Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance
"Revolution" Eric Clapton
"Shine It All Around" Robert Plant
¯"Devils & Dust" Bruce Springsteen
"This is How a Heart Breaks" Rob Thomas
"The Painter"
Neil Young
Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
"Speed of Sound"
Coldplay
"Best of You" Foo Fighters
"Do You Want To" Franz Ferdinand
"All These Things That I've Done"
The Killers
¯"Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own" U2
Best Hard Rock Performance
"Doesn't Remind Me" Audioslave
"The Hand That Feeds" Nine Inch Nails
"Tin Pan Valley" Robert Plant
"Little Sister" Queens of the Stone Age
¯"B.Y.O.B." System of a Down
Best Metal Performance
"The Great Satan" Ministry
"Determined" Mudvayne
"Mein Teil" Rammstein
"What Drives the Weak" Shadows Fall
¯"Before I Forget" Slipknot
Best Rock Instrumental Performance
"Beat Box Guitar" Adrian Belew
"Birds of Prey" Stewart Copeland
¯"69 Freedom Special" Les Paul & Friends
"Mercy" Joe Perry
"Lotus Feet" Steve Vai
Best Rock Song
"Best of You" Foo Fighters, songwriters (Foo Fighters)
"Beverly Hills" Rivers Cuomo, songwriter (Weezer)
¯"City of Blinding Lights" U2, songwriters (U2)
"Devils & Dust" Bruce Springsteen,
songwriter (Bruce Springsteen)
"Speed of Sound" Guy Berryman, Jon Buckland, Will Champion & Chris Martin,
songwriters (Coldplay)
Best Rock Album
"X&Y"
Coldplay
"In Your Honor" Foo Fighters
"A Bigger Bang" The Rolling Stones
¯"How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb" U2
"Prairie Wind"
Neil Young
ALTERNATIVE
Best Alternative Music Album
"Funeral" The Arcade Fire
"Guero" Beck
"Plans" Death Cab for Cutie
"You Could Have It So Much Better" Franz Ferdinand
¯"Get Behind Me Satan"
The White Stripes
R&B
Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
"1 Thing" Amerie
"Wishing on a Star" Beyonce
¯"We Belong Together" Mariah Carey
"Free Yourself" Fantasia
"Unbreakable" Alicia Keys
Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
"Creepin'" Jamie Foxx
¯"Ordinary People" John Legend
"Let Me Love You" Mario
"Superstar" Usher
"So What the Fuss" Stevie Wonder
Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
¯"So Amazing" Beyonce & Stevie Wonder
"Cater 2 U" Destiny's Child
"If This World Were Mine" Alicia Keys
featuring Jermaine Paul
"So High" John Legend featuring Lauryn Hill
"How Will I Know" Stevie Wonder featuring Aisha Morris
Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance
"Mine Again" Mariah Carey
"Summertime" Fantasia
¯"A House is Not a Home" Aretha Franklin
"If I was Your Woman" Alicia Keys
"Stay With You" John Legend
Best Urban/Alternative Performance
"SupaStar" Floetry
"Dirty Harry" Gorillaz
"Dust" Van Hunt
¯"Welcome to Jamrock" Damian Marley
"Ghetto Rock" Mos Def
Best R&B Song
"Cater 2 U" Rodney Jerkins, Beyoncé Knowles,
Ricky Lewis, Kelly Rowland, Robert Waller & Michelle Williams, songwriters (Destiny's
Child)
"Free Yourself" Craig Brockman,
Missy Elliott
& Nisan Stewart, songwriters (Fantasia)
"Ordinary People" W. Adams & J. Stephens, songwriters (John
Legend)
"Unbreakable" Garry Glenn, Alicia Keys,
Harold Lily &
Kanye West,
songwriters (Alicia Keys)
¯"We Belong Together"
Johnta Austin,
Mariah Carey,
Jermaine Dupri & M. Seal, songwriters; (D.
Bristol, K. Edmonds, S. Johnson, P. Moten, S. Sully & B. Womack,
Mariah Carey)
Best R&B Album
"Illumination" Earth, Wind and Fire
"Free Yourself" Fantasia
"Unplugged" Alicia Keys
¯"Get Lifted" John Legend
"A Time to Love" Stevie Wonder
Best Contemporary R&B Album
"Touch" Amerie
¯"The Emancipation of Mimi" Mariah Carey
"Destiny Fulfilled" Destiny's Child
"Turning Point" Mario
"O" Omarion
RAP
Best Rap Solo Performance
"Testify" Common
"Mockingbird" Eminem
"Disco Inferno"
50 Cent
"Number One Spot" Ludacris
"U Don't Know Me" T.I.
¯"Gold Digger"
Kanye West
Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group
¯"Don't Phunk with My Heart" The
Black Eyed Peas
"The Corner" Common featuring The Last Poets
"Encore" Eminem featuring Dr. Dre &
50 Cent
"Hate It or Love It" The Game featuring
50 Cent
"Wait (The Whisper Song)" Ying Yang Twins
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
"1, 2 Step" Ciara featuring
Missy Elliott
"They Say" Common featuring
Kanye West
& John Legend
"Soldier" Destiny's Child featuring
T.I.
& Lil Wayne
¯"Numb/Encore"
Jay-Z featuring Linkin Park
"Rich Girl" Gwen Stefani featuring Eve
Best Rap Song
"Candy Shop" Curtis Jackson & Scott Storch, songwriters (50 Cent
featuring Olivia)
¯"Diamonds from Sierra Leone" D. Harris &
Kanye West,
songwriters; (J. Barry & D. Black, songwriters)
Kanye West)
"Don't Phunk with My Heart" William Adams, Printz Board,
Stacy Ferguson & George Pajon, Jr.,
songwriters; (Kalyanji Anandji, Full Force & Indeewar, songwriters) (The
Black Eyed Peas)
"Hate It or Love It" Curtis Jackson, A. Lyon, Jayceon Taylor & M. Valenzano,
songwriters; (Baker, Felder & Harris, songwriters) (The
Game featuring
50 Cent)
"Lose Control" M. Elliott, C. Harris & G. Isaacs III, songwriters; (J. Atkins,
R. Davis & C. Hudson, songwriters) (Missy Elliott
featuring Ciara & Fat Man Scoop)
Best Rap Album
"Be" Common
"The Cookbook"
Missy Elliott
"Encore" Eminem
"The Massacre"
50 Cent
¯"Late Registration"
Kanye West
COUNTRY
Best Female Country Vocal Performance
¯"The Connection" Emmylou Harris
"Mississippi Girl" Faith Hill
"All Jacked Up"
Gretchen Wilson
"I May Hate Myself in the Morning" Lee Ann
Womack
"Georgia Rain" Trisha Yearwood
Best Male Country Vocal Performance
"Funny How Time Slips Away" George Jones
"As Good as I Once Was" Toby Keith
"Midnight Communion" Delbert McClinton
"Good Ol' Boys" Willie Nelson
"Alcohol" Brad Paisley
¯"You'll Think of Me"
Keith Urban
Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
"Comin' to Your City" Big & Rich
"Play Something Country" Brooks & Dunn
"I Hope"
Dixie Chicks
¯"Restless"
Alison Krauss and Union Station
"Bless the Broken Road" Rascal Flatts
Best Country Collaboration with Vocals
"Building Bridges" Brooks & Dunn,
Sheryl Crow
& Vince Gill
"Shelter from the Storm" Rodney Crowell & Emmylou Harris
¯"Like We Never Loved at All"
Faith Hill & Tim
McGraw
"Dreams Come True" Willie Nelson & Norah Jones
"Politically Uncorrect"
Gretchen Wilson
& Merle Haggard
Best Country Instrumental Performance
"I'll Fly Away" Charlie Daniels
"Who's Your Uncle?" Jerry Douglas, Sam Bush & Bela Fleck
¯"Unionhouse Branch"
Alison Krauss and Union Station
"Scotch & Chocolate" Nickel Creek
"Time Warp" Brad Paisley
Best Country Song
"Alcohol" Brad Paisley, songwriter (Brad Paisley)
"All Jacked Up" Vicky McGehee, John Rich &
Gretchen Wilson,
songwriters (Gretchen Wilson)
¯"Bless the Broken Road" Bobby Boyd, Jeff Hanna & Marcus Hummon, songwriters
(Rascal Flatts)
"I Hope" Keb Mo, Martie Maguire, Natalie Maines & Emily Robison, songwriters
(Dixie Chicks)
"I May Hate Myself in the Morning" O. Blackmon, songwriter (Lee
Ann Womack)
Best Country Album
"Fireflies" Faith Hill
¯"Lonely Runs Both Ways"
Alison Krauss and Union Station
"Time Well Wasted" Brad Paisley
"All Jacked Up"
Gretchen Wilson
"Jasper County" Trisha Yearwood
Best Bluegrass Album
"Marbletown" Blue Highway
"Cherryholmes" Cherryholmes
"The Grascals" The Grascals
¯"The Company We Keep" The Del McCoury Band
"Ragin' Live" Rhonda Vincent and The Rage
NEW AGE
Best New Age Album
"Music in the Key of Om" Jack De Johnette
"Sacred Journey of Ku-Kai, Volume 2" Kitaro
"People of Peace" R. Carlos Nakai Quartet
"Montana - A Love Story" George Winston
¯"Silver Solstice" Paul Winter Consort
JAZZ
Best Contemporary Jazz Album
"Keystone" Dave Douglas
"Soulgrass" Bill Evans
¯"The Way Up" Pat Metheny Group
"The Spirit Music Jamia: Dance of the Infidel" Meshell Ndegeocello
"Momentum" Joshua Redman Elastic Band
Best Jazz Vocal Album
"J'ai Deux Amours" Dee Dee Bridgewater
"Blueprint of a Lady - Sketches of Billie Holiday" Nnenna Freelon
¯"Good Night, and Good Luck" Dianne Reeves
"Duos II" Luciana Souza
"I'm with the Band" Tierney Sutton
Best Jazz Instrumental Solo
"'Round Midnight" Alan Broadbent, soloist
"Away" Ravi Coltrane, soloist
"The Source" Herbie Hancock, soloist
"A Love Supreme - Acknowledgement" Branford Marsalis, soloist
¯"Why Was I Born?" Sonny Rollins, soloist
Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group
"Flow" Terence Blanchard
"Lyric" Billy Childs Ensemble
"Live at the House of Tribes" Wynton Marsalis
¯"Beyond the Sound Barrier" Wayne Shorter Quartet
"What Now?" Kenny Wheeler with Dave Holland, Chris Potter & John Taylor
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
¯"Overtime" Dave Holland Big Band
"A Blessing" John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble
"Live" The Bill Holman Band
"I Am Three" Mingus Big Band, Orchestra & Dynasty
"Home of my Heart" The Chris Walden Big Band
Best Latin Jazz Album
"Time Was - Time Is" Ray Barretto
"Here and Now - Live in Concert" Caribbean Jazz Project Featuring Dave Samuels
"... And Sammy Walked In" Sammy Figueroa and his Latin Jazz Explosion
¯"Listen Here!" Eddie Palmieri
"Mulatos" Omar Sosa
GOSPEL
Best Gospel Performance
"Be Blessed" Yolanda Adams
"Looking for You" Kirk Franklin
"I Call You Faithful" Donnie McClurkin
"Lift Him Up" Hezekiah Walker & Love Fellowship Choir
¯"Pray" CeCe Winans
Best Gospel Song
"Again I Say Rejoice" Israel Houghton & Aaron Lindsey, songwriters (Israel &
New Breed)
¯"Be Blessed" Yolanda Adams, James Harris III, Terry Lewis & James Q. Wright,
songwriters (Yolanda Adams)
"Heaven" Erica Campbell, Joi Campbell, Trecina Campbell & Warryn Campbell,
songwriters (Mary Mary)
"Lift Him Up" Joeworn Martin, songwriter (Hezekiah Walker & Love Fellowship
Choir)
"We Must Praise" James Moss, songwriter (J Moss)
Best Rock Gospel Album
¯"Until My Heart Caves In" Audio Adrenaline
"Higher Definition" The Cross Movement
"Day of Fire" Day of Fire
"Truth is Fallin' in tha Streetz" Fresh I.E.
"Dichotomy B" Grits
Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album
¯"Lifesong" Casting Crowns
"All I Really Want for Christmas" Steven Curtis Chapman
"Redemption Songs" Jars of Clay
"Hymns" Out of Eden
"Healing Rain" Michael W. Smith
"Live Wire" Third Day
Best Southern, Country, or Bluegrass Gospel Album
"Live at Brooklyn Tabernacle" The Crabb Family
"Sing Their Family Gospel Favorites" Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers
¯"Rock of Ages ... Hymns & Faith" Amy Grant
"Southern Meets Soul: An American Gospel Jubilee" The Jordanaires, The Light
Crust Doughboys, Nokie Edwards & Larry "T-Byrd" Gordon
"Common Thread" The Oak Ridge Boys
Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album
"I Know the Truth" Shirley Caesar
"Live from Houston ... The Rose of Gospel" Dorinda Clark-Cole
¯"Psalms, Hymns & Spiritual Songs" Donnie McClurkin
"Say the Name" Martha Munizzi
"Singing the Old Time Way" Bishop G.E. Patterson & Congregation
"Be Exalted" Marvin Sapp
Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album
"Day by Day" Yolanda Adams
"Mary Mary" Mary Mary
"The J Moss Project" J Moss
"Dream" BeBe Winans
¯"Purified" CeCe Winans
Best Gospel Choir or Chorus Album
"I Speak Life" Donald Lawrence, choir director; Donald Lawrence & Company
"Live at the Fellowship" John P Kee, choir director; VIP Mass Choir
"One Church" Kurt Carr, choir director; The Choir Of Life (Japan), The Choir Of
Life (USA) & The Kurt Carr Singers
¯"One Voice" Gladys Knight, choir director; Saints Unified Voices
"20/85 the Experience" Hezekiah Walker, choir director; The Love Fellowship
Choir
LATIN
Best Latin Pop Album
"Solo" Ricardo Arjona
"Eco" Jorge Drexler
"Andrea Echeverri" Andrea Echeverri
"Citi Zen" Kevin Johansen
¯"Escucha" Laura Pausini
Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album
"Consejo" La Secta AllStar
"Con Todo Respeto" Molotov
"El Kilo" Orishas
¯"Fijacion Oral Vol. 1" Shakira
"Desahogo" Vico C
Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album
"Una Noche Inolvidable"Afro-latin Jazz Orchestra with Arturo O'Farrill
"Masters of Cuban Son" Conjunto Progreso
"Buena Vista Social Club Presents" Manuel "Guajiro" Mirabal
"Tradicion" Tropicana All Stars with Israel Kantor
¯"Bebo de Cuba" Bebo Valdes
Best Salsa/Merengue Album
¯"Son del Alma" Willy Chirino
"Fabricando Fantasias" Tito Nieves
"Llego la Hora" Mayito Rivera
"Despues del Silencio" Eddie Santiago
"Arroz con Mango" Tiempo Libre
Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album
"Ya No Llores" Ramon Ayala y Sus Bravos del Norte
"¡Llegaron Los Camperos! Concert Favorites Of Nati Cano's Mariachi Los Camperos"
Nati Cano's Mariachi Los Camperos
"Diez" Intocable
"Las 3 Divas" Las 3 Divas
¯"Mexico en la Piel" Luis Miguel
Best Tejano Album
"The Power of Friends" Avizo
"Milagro" La Tropa F
¯"Chicanisimo" Little Joe y La Familia
"Then & Now" Joe Posada
"Odyssey the Journey" The Royal Jesters
BLUES
Best Traditional Blues Album
"Live! Down the Road" Marcia Ball
"In Your Arms Again" John Hammond
¯"80" B.B. King & Friends
"Sweet Lovin' Ol' Soul" Maria Muldaur
"About Them Shoes" Hubert Sumlin
Best Contemporary Blues Album
"Make Do With What You Got" Solomon Burke
"Twenty" Robert Cray
"Bring 'em In" Buddy Guy
¯"Cost of Living" Delbert McClinton
"Electric Blue Watermelon" North Mississippi Allstars
FOLK
Best Traditional Folk Album
"Live from Dublin - A Tribute to Derek Bell" The Chieftains
"Come on Back" Jimmie Dale Gilmore
¯"Fiddler's Green" Tim O'Brien
"Live in the UK" Tom Paxton
"Cajun Mardi Gras!" Jo-EL Sonnier
Best Contemporary Folk Album
"Chavez Ravine" Ry Cooder
"The Outsider" Rodney Crowell
"Why Should the Fire Die?" Nickel Creek
¯"Fair & Square" John Prine
"Devils & Dust" Bruce Springsteen
REGGAE
Best Reggae Album
"Our Music" Burning Spear
¯"Welcome to Jamrock" Damian Marley
"The Trinity" Sean Paul
"Clothesdrop" Shaggy
"Black Gold & Green" Third World
WORLD MUSIC
Best Traditional World Music Album
"Behmanka" Mamadou Diabate
"Para Todos Ustedes" Los Pleneros de la 21
"Faryad" Masters of Persian Music
"Tibetan Master Chants" Lama Tashi
¯"In the Heart of the Moon" Ali Farka Toure & Toumani Diabate
Best Contemporary World Music Album
"Dimanche a Bamako" Amadou & Mariam
¯"Eletracustico" Gilberto Gil
"You've Stolen My Heart - Songs from R.D. Burman's Bollywood" Kronos Quartet &
Asha Bhosle
"No Boundaries" Ladysmith Black Mambazo & The Strings of the English Chamber
Orchestra
"Rise" Anoushka Shankar
FILM/TV/VISUAL MEDIA
Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual
Media
"Beyond the Sea" Kevin Spacey
"Napoleon Dynamite" (Various Artists)
"No Direction Home: The Soundtrack - Bootleg Series, Vol. 7" (Bob Dylan)
¯"Ray" (Ray Charles)
"Six Feet Under Volume 2 - Everything Ends" (Various Artists)
Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
"The Aviator" Howard Shore, composer
"The Incredibles" Michael Giacchino, composer
"Million Dollar Baby" Clint Eastwood,
composer
¯"Ray" Craig Armstrong, composer
"Star Wars Episode III - Revenge Of The Sith" John Williams, composer
Best Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
¯"Believe" Glen Ballard & Alan Silvestri, songwriters (Josh Groban)
"Cold Wind" The Arcade Fire, songwriters (The Arcade Fire)
"Million Voices" Jerry Duplessis, Andrea Guerra &
Wyclef Jean, songwriters (Wyclef Jean)
"Square One" Tom Petty, songwriter (Tom Petty)
"Wonka's Welcome Song" John August & Danny Elfman, songwriters (Danny Elfman)
MUSIC VIDEO
Best Short Form Music Video
¯"Lose Control"
Missy Elliott
featuring Ciara & Fat Man Scoop
"Feel Good Inc." Gorillaz featuring De La Soul
"Feels Just Like It Should" Jamiroquai
"God's Will"
Martina McBride
"World On Fire" Sarah McLachlan
Best Long Form Music Video
¯"No Direction Home"
Bob Dylan
"Trapped in the Closet (Chapters 1-5)" R. Kelly
"End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones" The Ramones
"Devils & Dust" Bruce Springsteen
"Brian Wilson Presents Smile" Brian Wilson
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