The 49th Annual Grammy Awards winners
Grammys were awarded in more than 100 categories during Sunday night's (2/11) ceremonies at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. A full list of the winners follows:
Record of the Year:
"Not Ready To Make Nice," Dixie Chicks ; Rick Rubin, producer; Richard Dodd, Jim Scott & Chris Testa, engineers/mixers
Album of the Year:
"Taking The Long Way," Dixie Chicks; Rick Rubin, producer; Richard Dodd, Jim Scott & Chris Testa, engineers/mixers; Richard Dodd, mastering engineer
Song of the Year:
"Not Ready to Make Nice," Martie Maguire, Natalie Maines, Emily Robison and Dan Wilson, songwriters
Best New Artist:
Carrie Underwood
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance:
"Ain't No Other Man," Christina Aguilera
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance:
"Waiting on the World to Change," John Mayer
Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal:
"My Humps," The Black Eyed Peas
Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals:
"For Once in My Life," Tony Bennett & Stevie Wonder
Best Pop Instrumental Performance:
"Mornin'," George Benson (& Al Jarreau)
Best Pop Instrumental Album:
"Fingerprints," Peter Frampton
Best Pop Vocal Album:
"Continuum," John Mayer
Best Dance Recording:
"Sexy Back," Justin Timberlake & Timbaland
Best Electronic/Dance Album:
"Confessions on a Dance Floor," Madonna
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album :
"Duets: An American Classic," Tony Bennett
Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance:
"Someday Baby," Bob Dylan
Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal:
"Dani California," Red Hot Chili Peppers
Best Hard Rock Performance:
"Woman," Wolfmother
Best Metal Performance:
"Eyes of the Insane," Slayer
Best Rock Instrumental Performance:
"The Wizard Turns On ...," The Flaming Lips
Best Rock Song:
"Dani California," Red Hot Chili Peppers
Best Rock Album:
"Stadium Arcadium," Red Hot Chili Peppers
Best Alternative Music Album:
"St. Elsewhere," Gnarls Barkley
Best Female R&B Vocal Performance:
"Be Without You," Mary J. Blige
Best Male R&B Vocal Performance:
"Heaven," John Legend
Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals:
"Family Affair," (Sly & The Family Stone), John Legend, Joss Stone With Van Hunt
Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance:
"God Bless The Child," George Benson & Al Jarreau featuring Jill Scott
Best Urban/Alternative Performance:
"Crazy," Gnarls Barkley
Best R&B Song:
"Be Without You," Johnta Austin, Mary J. Blige, Bryan-Michael Cox & Jason Perry, songwriters (Mary J. Blige)
Best R&B Album:
"The Breakthrough," Mary J. Blige
Best Contemporary R&B Album:
"B'Day," Beyonce
Best Rap Solo Performance:
"What You Know," T.I.
Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group:
"Ridin’," Chamillionaire featuring Krayzie Bone
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration:
"My Love," Justin Timberlake featuring T.I.
Best Rap Song:
"Money Maker," Christopher Bridges & Pharrell Williams, songwriters (Ludacris featuring Pharrell)
Best Rap Album:
"Release Therapy," Ludacris
Best Female Country Vocal Performance:
"Jesus, Take the Wheel," Carrie Underwood
Best Male Country Vocal Performance:
"The Reason Why," Vince Gill
Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal:
"Not Ready to Make Nice," Dixie Chicks
Best Country Collaboration with Vocals:
"Who Says You Can't Go Home," Bon Jovi & Jennifer Nettles
Best Country Instrumental Performance:
"Whiskey Before Breakfast," Bryan Sutton & Doc Watson
Best Country Song:
"Jesus, Take the Wheel," Brett James, Hillary Lindsey & Gordie Sampson, songwriters (Carrie Underwood)
Best Country Album:
"Taking the Long Way," Dixie Chicks
Best Bluegrass Album:
"Instrumentals," Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder
Best New Age Album:
"Amarantine," Enya
Best Contemporary Jazz Album:
"The Hidden Land," Béla Fleck & The Flecktones
Best Jazz Vocal Album:
"Turned to Blue," Nancy Wilson
Best Jazz Instrumental Solo:
"Some Skunk Funk," Michael Brecker, soloist
Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group:
"The Ultimate Adventure," Chick Corea
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album:
"Some Skunk Funk," Randy Brecker with Michael Brecker, Jim Beard, Will Lee, Peter Erskine, Marcio Doctor & Vince Mendoza conducting The WDR Big Band Köln
Best Latin Jazz Album:
"Simpático," The Brian Lynch/Eddie Palmieri Project
Best Gospel Performance:
"Victory," Yolanda Adams
Best Gospel Song:
"Imagine Me," Kirk Franklin, songwriter (Kirk Franklin)
Best Rock or Rap Gospel Album:
"Turn Around," Jonny Lang
Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album:
"Wherever You Are," Third Day
Best Southern, Country, or Bluegrass Gospel Album:
"Glory Train," Randy Travis
Best Traditional Gospel Album:
"Alive in South Africa," Israel & New Breed
Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album:
"Hero," Kirk Franklin
Best Latin Pop Album:
"Adentro," Arjona
"Limón Y Sal," Julieta Venegas
Best Latin Rock, Alternative or Urban Album:
"Amar Es Combatir," Mana
Best Tropical Latin Album:
"Directo Al Corazon," Gilberto Santa Rosa
Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album:
"Historias de mi Tierra," Pepe Aguilar
Best Tejano Album:
"Sigue el Taconazo," Chente Barrera y Taconazo
Best Norteño Album:
"Historias Que Contar," Los Tigres del Norte
Best Banda Album:
"Más Allá Del Sol," Joan Sebastian
Best Traditional Blues Album:
"Risin' with the Blues," Ike Turner
Best Contemporary Blues Album:
"After the Rain," Irma Thomas
Best Traditional Folk Album:
"We Shall Overcome----The Seeger Sessions," Bruce Springsteen
Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album:
"Modern Times," Bob Dylan
Best Native American Music Album:
"Dance with the Wind," Mary Youngblood
Best Hawaiian Music Album:
"Legends of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar--Live from Maui," Various Artists
Best Reggae Album:
"Love Is My Religion," Ziggy Marley
Best Traditional World Music Album (Vocal or Instrumental.):
"Blessed," Soweto Gospel Choir
Best Contemporary World Music Album:
"Wonder Wheel - Lyrics by Woody Guthrie," The Klezmatics
Best Polka Album:
"Polka in Paradise," Jimmy Sturr and His Orchestra
Best Musical Album for Children:
"Catch That Train!" Dan Zanes and Friends
Best Spoken Word Album For Children:
"Blah Blah Blah: Stories About Clams, Swamp Monsters, Pirates & Dogs," Bill Harley
Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Story Telling):
"Our Endangered Values: America's Moral Crisis," Jimmy Carter
"With Ossie And Ruby: In This Life Together," Ossie Davis & Ruby Dee
Best Comedy Album:
"The Carnegie Hall Performance," Lewis Black
Best Musical Show Album:
"Jersey Boys," Bob Gaudio, producer (Bob Gaudio, composer; Bob Crewe, lyricist) (Original Broadway Cast with Christian Hoff, Daniel Reichard, J. Robert Spencer, John Lloyd Young & Others)
Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media:
"Walk The Line," Joaquin Phoenix (& Various Artists), T Bone Burnett, producer
Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media:
"Memoirs of a Geisha," John Williams, composer
Best Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media:
"Our Town" (From "Cars"), Randy Newman, songwriter (James Taylor)
Best Instrumental Composition:
"A Prayer for Peace," John Williams, composer (John Williams)
Best Instrumental Arrangement:
"Three Ghouls," Chick Corea, arranger (Chick Corea)
Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s):
"For Once in my Life," Jorge Calandrelli, arranger (Tony Bennett & Stevie Wonder)
Best Recording Package:
"10,000 Days," Adam Jones, art director (Tool)
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package:
"Stadium Arcadium," Flea, John Frusciante, Anthony Kiedis, Chad Smith & Matt Taylor, art directors
Best Album Notes:
"If You Got to Ask, You Ain't Got It!" Dan Morgenstern, album notes writer (Fats Waller)
Best Historical Album:
"Lost Sounds: Blacks and the Birth of the Recording Industry 1891-1922," Meagan Hennessey & Richard Martin, compilation producers; Tim Brooks, David Giovannoni & Richard Martin, mastering engineers (Various Artists)
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical:
"At War with the Mystics," The Flaming Lips & Dave Fridmann, engineers (The Flaming Lips)
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical:
Rick Rubin
Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical:
"Talk (Thin White Duke Mix)," Jacques Lu Cont, remixer (Coldplay)
Best SurroundSound Album
"Morph The Cat," Elliot Scheiner, surround mix engineer; Darcy Proper, surround mastering engineer; Donald Fagen, surround producer (Donald Fagen)
Best Engineered Album, Classical:
"Elgar: Enigma Variations; Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Four Sea Interludes," Michael Bishop, engineer (Paavo Jarvi & Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra)
Producer of the Year, Classical:
Elaine Martone
Best Classical Album:
"Mahler: Symphony No. 7," Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Andreas Neubronner, producer (San Francisco Symphony)
Best Orchestral Performance:
"Mahler: Symphony No. 7," Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor (San Francisco Symphony)
Best Opera Recording:
"Golijov: Ainadamar: Fountain of Tears," Robert Spano, conductor; Kelley O'Connor, Jessica Rivera & Dawn Upshaw; Valérie Gross & Sid McLauchlan, producers (Women of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra)
Best Choral Performance:
"Pärt: Da Pacem," Paul Hillier, conductor (Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir)
Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra):
"Messiaen: Oiseaux Exotiques (Exotic Birds)," John McLaughlin Williams, conductor; Angelin Chang (Cleveland Chamber Symphony)
Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra):
"Chopin: Nocturnes," Maurizio Pollini
Best Chamber Music Performance:
"Intimate Voices," Emerson String Quartet
Best Small Ensemble Performance:
"Padilla: Sun of Justice," Peter Rutenberg, conductor; Los Angeles Chamber Singers' Cappella
Best Classical Vocal Performance:
"Rilke Songs," Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (Peter Serkin)
Best Classical Contemporary Composition:
"Golijov: Ainadamar: Fountain of Tears," Osvaldo Golijov (Robert Spano)
Best Classical Crossover Album:
"Simple Gifts," Bryn Terfel (London Voices; London Symphony Orchestra)
Best Short Form Music Video:
"Here It Goes Again," OK Go; Dan Konopka, Damian Kulash, Jr., Timothy Nordwind, Andy Ross & Trish Sie, video directors; Dan Konopka, Damian Kulash, Jr., Timothy Nordwind, Andy Ross & Trish Sie, video producers
Best Long Form Music Video:
"Wings For Wheels: The Making of Born to Run," Bruce Springsteen; Thom Zimny, video director; Thom Zimny, video producer
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