In my previous article, I ran through a summary of this year's 48th Grammy Awards show. For those that want the details, here is the complete listing of 2006 Grammy Award winners:
Record Of The Year: Green Day - "Boulevard Of Broken Dreams"
Album Of The Year: U2 - How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
Song Of The Year: U2 - "Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own"
Best New Artist: John Legend
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance: Kelly Clarkson - "Since U Been Gone"
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance: Stevie Wonder - "From The Bottom Of My Heart"
Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal: Maroon 5 - "This Love"
Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals: Gorillaz Featuring De La Soul - "Feel Good Inc."
Best Pop Instrumental Performance: Les Paul - "Caravan"
Best Pop Instrumental Album: Burt Bacharach - At This Time
Best Pop Vocal Album: Kelly Clarkson - Breakaway
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: Tony Bennett - The Art Of Romance
Best Dance Recording: The Chemical Brothers Featuring Q-Tip - "Galvanize"
Best Electronic/Dance Album: The Chemical Brothers - Push The Button
Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance: Bruce Springsteen - Devils & Dust
Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal: U2 - "Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own"
Best Hard Rock Performance: System Of A Down - "B.Y.O.B."
Best Metal Performance: Slipknot - "Before I Forget"
Best Rock Instrumental Performance: Les Paul & Friends - "69 Freedom Special"
Best Rock Song: U2 - "City Of Blinding Lights"
Best Rock Album: U2 - How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
Best Alternative Music Album: The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan
Best Female R&B Vocal Performance: Mariah Carey - "We Belong Together"
Best Male R&B Vocal Performance: John Legend - "Ordinary People"
Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals: Beyoncé & Stevie Wonder - "So Amazing"
Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance: Aretha Franklin - "A House Is Not A Home"
Best Urban/Alternative Performance: Damian Marley - "Welcome To Jamrock"
Best R&B Song: Mariah Carey - "We Belong Together" (J. Austin, M. Carey, J. Dupri & M. Seal, songwriters; D. Bristol, K. Edmonds, S. Johnson, P. Moten, S. Sully & B. Womack, songwriters)
Best R&B Album: John Legend - Get Lifted
Best Contemporary R&B Album: Mariah Carey - The Emancipation Of Mimi
Best Rap Solo Performance: Kanye West - "Gold Digger"
Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group: The Black Eyed Peas - "Don't Phunk With My Heart"
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration: Jay-Z Featuring Linkin Park - "Numb/Encore"
Best Rap Song: Kanye West - "Diamonds From Sierra Leone" (D. Harris & Kanye West, songwriters; J. Barry & D. Black, songwriters)
Best Rap Album: Kanye West - Late Registration
Best Female Country Vocal Performance: Emmylou Harris - "The Connection"
Best Male Country Vocal Performance: Keith Urban - "You'll Think Of Me"
Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal: Alison Krauss And Union Station - "Restless"
Best Country Collaboration With Vocals: Faith Hill & Tim McGraw - "Like We Never Loved At All"
Best Country Instrumental Performance: Alison Krauss And Union Station - "Unionhouse Branch"
Best Country Song: Rascal Flatts - "Bless The Broken Road" (Bobby Boyd, Jeff Hanna & Marcus Hummon, songwriters)
Best Country Album: Alison Krauss And Union Station - Lonely Runs Both Ways
Best Bluegrass Album: The Del McCoury Band - The Company We Keep
Best New Age Album: Paul Winter Consort - Silver Solstice
Best Contemporary Jazz Album: Pat Metheny Group - The Way Up
Best Jazz Vocal Album: Dianne Reeves - Good Night, And Good Luck.
Best Jazz Instrumental Solo: Sonny Rollins - "Why Was I Born?"
Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group: Wayne Shorter Quartet - Beyond The Sound Barrier
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album: Dave Holland Big Band - Overtime
Best Latin Jazz Album: Eddie Palmieri - Listen Here!
Best Gospel Performance: CeCe Winans - "Pray"
Best Gospel Song: Yolanda Adams - "Be Blessed" (Yolanda Adams, James Harris III, Terry Lewis & James Q. Wright, songwriters)
Best Rock Gospel Album: Audio Adrenaline - Until My Heart Caves In
Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album: Casting Crowns - Lifesong
Best Southern, Country, or Bluegrass Gospel Album: Amy Grant - Rock Of Ages...Hymns & Faith
Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album: Donnie McClurkin - Psalms, Hymns & Spiritual Songs
Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album: CeCe Winans - Purified
Best Gospel Choir Or Chorus Album: Gladys Knight, choir director; Saints Unified Voices - One Voice
Best Latin Pop Album: Laura Pausini - Escucha
Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album: Shakira - Fijación Oral Vol. 1
Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album: Bebo Valdés - Bebo De Cuba
Best Salsa/Merengue Album: Willy Chirino - Son Del Alma
Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album: Luis Miguel - México En La Piel
Best Tejano Album: Little Joe Y La Familia - Chicanisimo
Best Traditional Blues Album: B.B. King & Friends - 80
Best Contemporary Blues Album: Delbert McClinton - Cost Of Living
Best Traditional Folk Album: Tim O'Brien - Fiddler's Green
Best Contemporary Folk Album: John Prine - Fair & Square
Best Native American Music Album: Jim Wilson, producer; Various Artists - Sacred Ground - A Tribute To Mother Earth
Best Hawaiian Music Album: Daniel Ho, Paul Konwiser & Wayne Wong, producers; Various Artists - Masters Of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar - Vol. 1
Best Reggae Album: Damian Marley - Welcome To Jamrock
Best Traditional World Music Album: Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté - In The Heart Of The Moon
Best Contemporary World Music Album: Gilberto Gil - Eletracústico
Best Polka Album: Jimmy Sturr And His Orchestra - Shake, Rattle And Polka!
Best Musical Album For Children: Dennis Scott, producer; Various Artists - Songs From The Neighborhood - The Music Of Mister Rogers
Best Spoken Word Album For Children: Christopher Cerf & Marlo Thomas, producers; Various Artists - Marlo Thomas & Friends: Thanks & Giving All Year Long
Best Spoken Word Album: Senator Barack Obama - Dreams From My Father
Best Comedy Album: Chris Rock - Never Scared
Best Musical Show Album: Monty Python's Spamalot - Original Broadway Cast Including David Hyde Pierce, Tim Curry, Hank Azaria & Sara Ramirez (John Du Prez & Eric Idle, producers; John Du Prez, composer; Eric Idle, composer/lyricist)
Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media: Ray -
(Ray Charles); James Austin, Stuart Benjamin & Taylor Hackford, producers
Best Score Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media: Ray - Craig Armstrong, composer
Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media: Josh Groban - "Believe" - Track from: The Polar Express (Glen Ballard & Alan Silvestri, songwriters)
Best Instrumental Composition: Billy Childs Ensemble - "Into The Light" (Billy Childs, composer)
Best Instrumental Arrangement: Various Artists - "The Incredits" - Track from: The Incredibles - Soundtrack
(Gordon Goodwin, arranger)
Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s): Chris Botti & Sting - "What Are You Doing For The Rest Of Your Life?" (Billy Childs, Gil Goldstein & Heitor Pereira, arrangers)
Best Recording Package: Aimee Mann - The Forgotten Arm (Aimee Mann & Gail Marowitz, art directors)
Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package: Johnny Cash - The Legend (Ian Cuttler, art director)
Best Album Notes: Jelly Roll Morton - The Complete Library Of Congress Recordings By Alan Lomax (John Szwed, album notes writer)
Best Historical Album: Jelly Roll Morton - The Complete Library Of Congress Recordings By Alan Lomax (Jeffrey Greenberg & Anna Lomax Wood, compilation producers; Adam Ayan & Steve Rosenthal, mastering engineers)
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical: Eric Clapton - Back Home (Alan Douglas & Mick Guzauski, engineers)
Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical: Steve Lillywhite for How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb (U2) and Mr. A-Z (Jason Mraz)
Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical: Curtis Mayfield - "Superfly" (Louie Vega EOL Mix) (Louie Vega, remixer)
Best Surround Sound Album: Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms - 20th Anniversary Edition (Chuck Ainlay, surround mix engineer; Bob Ludwig, surround mastering engineer; Chuck Ainlay & Mark Knopfler, surround producers)
Best Engineered Album, Classical: Emerson String Quartet - Mendelssohn: The Complete String Quartets (Da-Hong Seetoo, engineer)
Producer Of The Year, Classical: Tim Handley
Best Classical Album: Christine Brewer & Joan Morris; University Of Michigan School Of Music Symphony Orchestra - Bolcom: Songs Of Innocence And Of Experience (Leonard Slatkin, conductor; Jerry Blackstone, William Hammer, Jason Harris, Christopher Kiver, Carole Ott & Mary Alice Stollak, choir directors; Tim Handley, producer)
Best Orchestral Performance: Mariss Jansons, conductor - Shostakovich: Sym. No. 13 (Sergei Aleksashkin; Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks; Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks)
Best Opera Recording: London Symphony Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra - Verdi: Falstaff (Sir Colin Davis, conductor; Carlos Alvarez, Bülent Bezdüz, Marina Domashenko, Jane Henschel, Ana Ibarra, Maria Josč Moreno & Michele Pertusi; James Mallinson, producer)
Best Choral Performance: Bolcom: Songs Of Innocence And Of Experience - Leonard Slatkin, conductor; Jerry Blackstone, William Hammer, Jason Harris, Christopher Kiver, Carole Ott & Mary Alice Stollak, choir directors (Christine Brewer, Measha Brueggergosman, Ilana Davidson, Nmon Ford, Linda Hohenfeld, Joan Morris, Carmen Pelton, Marietta Simpson & Thomas Young; Michigan State University Children's Choir, University Of Michigan Chamber Choir, University Of Michigan Orpheus Singers, University Of Michigan University Choir & University Musical Society Choral Union; University Of Michigan School Of Music Symphony Orchestra)
Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra): Mahler Chamber Orchestra - Beethoven: Piano Cons. (Nos. 2 & 3 Claudio Abbado, conductor; Martha Argerich)
Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra): Evgeny Kissin - "Scriabin, Medtner, Stravinsky"
Best Chamber Music Performance: Emerson String Quartet - Mendelssohn: The Complete String Quartets
Best Small Ensemble Performance (with or without Conductor): Pierre Boulez, conductor; Hilary Summers; Ensemble Intercontemporain - Boulez: Le Marteau Sans Maître, Dérive 1 & 2
Best Classical Vocal Performance: Thomas Quasthoff - Bach: Cantatas (Rainer Kussmaul; Members Of The RIAS Chamber Choir; Berlin Baroque Soloists)
Best Classical Contemporary Composition: William Bolcom - Bolcom: Songs Of Innocence And Of Experience (Leonard Slatkin)
Best Classical Crossover Album: Turtle Island String Quartet & Ying Quartet - 4 + Four
Best Short Form Music Video: Missy Elliott Featuring Ciara & Fat Man Scoop - "Lose Control" (Missy Elliott & Dave Meyers, video directors; Joseph Sasson, video producer)
Best Long Form Music Video: Bob Dylan - No Direction Home (Martin Scorsese, video director; Margaret Bodde, Susan Lacy, Jeff Rosen, Martin Scorsese, Nigel Sinclair & Anthony Wall, video producers)
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