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2006 Grammy Award Winners

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2006 Grammy Award Winners

Trivia:

  • 2006 was the 48th edition of the Grammy Awards, and the ceremony lacked an official host, a rare occurrence in the show’s history.
  • U2 dominated the ceremony, winning five Grammys, including Best Rock Album and Song of the Year for Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own.
  • Mariah Carey, once considered a pop diva past her prime, made a powerful comeback with The Emancipation of Mimi. She went home with three Grammys, including Best Contemporary R&B Album.
  • Kanye West, who was no stranger to Grammy controversy, won Best Rap Album for Late Registration. However, he lost Album of the Year to U2’s How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, fueling the debate over whether rap albums get the recognition they deserve in major categories.
  • Alison Krauss & Union Station also had a strong presence, winning all three of the awards for which they were nominated.
  • Green Day, who had swept the Grammys the previous year with American Idiot, won Record of the Year for Boulevard of Broken Dreams.
  • It was a big night for R&B and soul, with John Legend winning Best New Artist and Best R&B Album for Get Lifted.
  • The award for Best Comedy Album was snagged by Chris Rock for Never Scared.
  • Kelly Clarkson made Grammy history by becoming the first American Idol alum to win a Grammy. She took home two, including Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for Since U Been Gone.

2006 Grammy Winners

Record of the Year:
Boulevard Of Broken Dreams – Green Day
Album of the Year:
How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb – U2
Song of the Year:
Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own – U2
New Artist:
John Legend
Female Pop Vocal Performance:
Since U Been Gone – Kelly Clarkson
Male Pop Vocal Performance:
From The Bottom Of My Heart – Stevie Wonder
Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal:
This Love – Maroon 5
Pop Collaboration With Vocals:
Feel Good Inc – Gorillaz Featuring De La Soul
Pop Instrumental Performance:
Caravan – Les Paul
Pop Instrumental Album:
At This Time – Burt Bacharach
Pop Vocal Album:
Breakaway – Kelly Clarkson
Dance Recording:
Galvanize – The Chemical Brothers Featuring Q-Tip
Electronic/Dance Album:
Push The Button – The Chemical Brothers
Traditional Pop Vocal Album:
The Art Of Romance – Tony Bennett
Solo Rock Vocal Performance:
Devils & Dust – Bruce Springsteen
Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal:
Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own – U2
Hard Rock Performance:
B.Y.O.B. – System Of A Down
Metal Performance:
Before I Forget – Slipknot
Rock Instrumental Performance:
69 Freedom Special – Les Paul & Friends
Rock Song:
City Of Blinding Lights – U2
Rock Album:
How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb – U2
Alternative Music Album:
Get Behind Me Satan – The White Stripes
Female R&B Vocal Performance:
We Belong Together – Mariah Carey
Male R&B Vocal Performance:
Ordinary People – John Legend
R&B Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals:
So Amazing – Beyonce & Stevie Wonder
Traditional R&B Vocal Performance:
A House Is Not A Home – Aretha Franklin
Urban/Alternative Performance:
Welcome To Jamrock – Damian Marley
R&B Song:
We Belong Together – Mariah Carey
R&B Album:
Get Lifted – John Legend
Contemporary R&B Album:
The Emancipation of Mimi – Mariah Carey
Rap Solo Performance:
Gold Digger – Kanye West
Rap Performance by a Duo or Group:
Don’t Phunk With My Heart – The Black Eyed Peas
Rap/Sung Collaboration:
Numb/Encore – Jay-Z Featuring Linkin Park
Rap Song:
Diamonds From Sierra Leone – Kanye West
Rap Album:
Late Registration – Kanye West
Female Country Vocal Performance:
The Connection – Emmylou Harris
Male Country Vocal Performance:
You’ll Think Of Me – Keith Urban
Country Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal:
Restless – Alison Krauss And Union Station
Country Collaboration With Vocals:
Like We Never Loved At All – Faith Hill & Tim McGraw
Country Instrumental Performance:
Unionhouse Branch – Alison Krauss & Union Station
Country Song:
Bless The Broken Road – Rascal Flatts
Country Album:
Lonely Runs Both Ways – Alison Krauss And Union Station
Bluegrass Album:
The Company We Keep – The DelMcCoury Band
New Age Album:
Silver Solstice – Paul Winter Consort
Contemporary Jazz Album:
The Way Up – Pat Metheny Group
Jazz Vocal Album:
Good Night, And Good Luck – Dianne Reeves
Jazz Instrumental Solo:
Why Was I Born? – Sonny Rollins
Jazz Instrumental Album – Individual or Group:
Beyond The Sound Barrier – Wayne Shorter Quartet
Large Jazz Ensemble Album:
Overtime – Dave Holland Big Band
Latin Jazz Album:
Listen Here! – Eddie Palmieri
Gospel Performance:
Pray – CeCe Winans
Best Gospel Song:
Be Blessed – Yolanda Adams
Rock Gospel Album:
Until My Heart Caves In – Audio Adrenaline
Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album:
Lifesong – Casting Crowns
Southern, Country, or Bluegrass Gospel Album:
Rock Of Ages… Hymns & Faith – Amy Grant
Traditional Soul Gospel Album:
Psalms, Hymns & Spiritual Songs – Donnie McClurkin
Contemporary Soul Gospel Album:
Purified – CeCe Wyans
Gospel Choir or Chorus Album:
One Voice – Gladys Knight, Saints Unified Voices
Latin Pop Album:
Eschucha – Laua Pausini
Latin Rock/Alternative Album:
Fijación Oral Vol. 1 – Shakira
Traditional Tropical Latin Album:
Bebo De Cuba – Bebo Valdés
Salsa/Merengue Album:
Son Del Alma – Willy Chirino
Mexican/Mexican-American Album:
México En La Piel – Luis Miguel
Tejano Album:
Chicanisimo – Little Joe Y La Familia
Traditional Blues Album:
80 – B.B. King & Friends
Contemporary Blues Album:
Cost Of Living – Delbert McClinton
Traditional Folk Album:
Fiddler’s Green – Tim O’Brien
Contemporary Folk Album:
Fair & Square – John Prine
Native American Music Album:
Sacred Ground – A Tribute To Mother Earth – Various Artists
Hawaiian Music Album:
Masters Of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar – Vol. 1 – Various Artists
(Daniel Ho, Paul Konwiser & Wayne Wong, producers)
Reggae Album:
Welcome To Jamrock – Damian Marley
Traditional World Music Album:
In The Heart Of The Moon – Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté
Contemporary World Music Album:
Eletracústico – Gilberto Gil
Polka Album:
Shake, Rattle And Polka! – Jimmy Sturr And His Orchestra
Musical Album for Children:
Songs From The Neighborhood – The Music Of Mister Rogers – Various Artists
Spoken Word Album for Children:
Marlo Thomas & Friends: Thanks & Giving All Year Long – Various Artists
Spoken Word Album:
Dreams From My Father (Senator Barack Obama) – Senator Barack Obama
Comedy Album:
Never Scared – Chris Rock
Musical Show Album:
Monty Python’s Spamalot
Compilation Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media:
Ray – Ray Charles
Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media:
Ray
Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media:
Believe – Polar Express (Josh Groban, performer)
Instrumental Composition:
Into The Light – Billy Childs Ensemble
Instrumental Arrangement:
The Incredits – Various (Gordon Godwin, arranger)
Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s):
What Are You Doing For The Rest Of Your Life? Billy Childs, Gil Goldstein & Heitor Pereira, arrangers (Chris Botti & Sting, performers)
Recording Package:
The Forgotten Arm – Amiee Mann
Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package:
The Legend – Johnny Cash
Album Notes:
The Complete Library Of Congress Recordings By Alan Lomax – John Szwed, album notes writer (Jelly Roll Morton, performer)
Historical Album:
The Complete Library Of Congress Recordings By Alan Lomax
Jeffrey Greenberg & Anna Lomax Wood, compilation producers; Adam Ayan & Steve Rosenthal, mastering engineers (Jelly Roll Morton, performer)
Engineered Album – Non-Classical:
Back Home – Eric Clapton
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical:
Steve Lillywhite – How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb (U2) , Mr. A-Z (Jason Mraz)
Remixed Recording, Non-Classical:
Superfly (Louie Vega EOL Mix) – Louie Vega, remixer (Curtis Mayfield, performer)
Surround Sound Album:
Brothers In Arms – 20th Anniversary Edition – Dire Straits
Engineered Album – Classical:
Mendelssohn: The Complete String Quartets Da-Hong Seetoo, engineer (Emerson String Quartet, performers)
Producer of the Year, Classical:
Tim Handley-Adams: Shaker Loops (Marin Alsop), Bolcom: Songs Of Innocence And Of Experience (Leonard Slatkin, Christine Brewer & Joan Morris), Brahms: Sym. No. 1 (Marin Alsop & London Philharmonic Orchestra), Daugherty: Philadelphia Stories (Marin Alsop & Evelyn Glennie), Glass: Syms. Nos. 2 And 3 (Marin Alsop & Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra)
Classical Album:
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 (Christine Brewer & Joan Morris; University Of Michigan School Of Music Symphony Orchestra)
Best Orchestral Performance (Award to the Conductor and to the Orchestra):
Shostakovich: Sym. No. 13 – Mariss Jansons, conductor (Sergei Aleksashkin; Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks; Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks)
Opera Recording:
Shostakovich: Sym. No. 13 – Mariss Jansons, conductor (Sergei Aleksashkin; Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks; Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks)
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)
Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra):
Beethoven: Piano Cons. Nos. 2 & 3 – Claudio Abbado, conductor; Martha Argerich (Mahler Chamber Orchestra)
Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra):
Scriabin, Medtner, Stravinsky – Evgeny Kissin
Chamber Music Performance:
Mendelssohn: The Complete String Quartets – Emerson String Quartet
Small Ensemble Performance (with or without Conductor):
Boulez: Le Marteau Sans Maître, Dérive 1 & 2 – Pierre Boulez, conductor; Hilary Summers; Ensemble Intercontemporain
Classical Vocal Performance:
Bach: Cantatas – Thomas Quasthoff (Rainer Kussmaul; Members Of The RIAS Chamber Choir; Berlin Baroque Soloists)
Classical Contemporary Composition:
Bolcom: Songs Of Innocence And Of Experience – William Bolcom (Leonard Slatkin)
Classical Crossover Album:
4 + Four – Turtle Island String Quartet & Ying Quartet
Short Form Music Video:
Lose Control – Missy Elliott Featuring Ciara & Fat Man Scoop
Long Form Music Video:
No Direction Home – Bob Dylan, Martin Scorsese, video director; Margaret Bodde, Susan Lacy, Jeff Rosen, Martin Scorsese, Nigel Sinclair & Anthony Wall, video producers

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