49th Annual Grammy Awards Nominee List

49th Annual GRAMMY Nominees

For Recordings Released During The Eligibility Year October 1, 2005 Through September 30, 2006

Category 1

Record Of The Year

(Award to the Artist and to the Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s) and/or Mixer(s), if other than the artist.)

Be Without You

Mary J. Blige
You're Beautiful

James Blunt
Not Ready To Make Nice

Dixie Chicks
Crazy

Gnarls Barkley
Put Your Records On

Corinne Bailey Rae

Category 2

Album Of The Year

(Award to the Artist(s) and to the Album Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s)/Mixer(s) & Mastering Engineer(s), if other than the artist.)

Taking The Long Way

Dixie Chicks
St. Elsewhere

Gnarls Barkley
Continuum

John Mayer
Stadium Arcadium

Red Hot Chili Peppers
FutureSex/LoveSounds

Justin Timberlake

Category 3

Song Of The Year

(A Songwriter(s) Award. A song is eligible if it was first released or if it first achieved prominence during the Eligibility Year. (Artist names appear in parenthesis.) Singles or Tracks only.)

Be Without You

Johnta Austin, Mary J. Blige, Bryan-Michael Cox & Jason Perry, songwriters (Mary J. Blige)
Jesus, Take The Wheel

Brett James, Hillary Lindsey & Gordie Sampson, songwriters (Carrie Underwood)
Not Ready To Make Nice

Martie Maguire, Natalie Maines, Emily Robison & Dan Wilson, songwriters (Dixie Chicks)
Put Your Records On

John Beck, Steve Chrisanthou & Corinne Bailey Rae, songwriters (Corinne Bailey Rae)
You're Beautiful

James Blunt, Amanda Ghost & Sacha Skarbek, songwriters (James Blunt)

Category 4

Best New Artist

(For a new artist who releases, during the Eligibility Year, the first recording which establishes the public identity of that artist.)

James Blunt
Chris Brown
Imogen Heap
Corinne Bailey Rae
Carrie Underwood

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Field 1 — Pop

Category 5

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

Ain't No Other Man

Christina Aguilera
Unwritten

Natasha Bedingfield
You Can Close Your Eyes

Sheryl Crow
Stupid Girls

Pink
Black Horse And The Cherry Tree

KT Tunstall

Category 6

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance

(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

You're Beautiful

James Blunt
Save Room

John Legend
Waiting On The World To Change

John Mayer
Jenny Wren

Paul McCartney
Bad Day

Daniel Powter

Category 7

Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal
(For established duos or groups, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

My Humps

The Black Eyed Peas
I Will Follow You Into The Dark

Death Cab For Cutie
Over My Head (Cable Car)

The Fray
Is It Any Wonder?

Keane
Stickwitu

The Pussycat Dolls

Category 8

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals

(For a collaborative performance, with vocals, by artists who do not normally perform together. Singles or Tracks only.)

For Once In My Life

Tony Bennett & Stevie Wonder
One

Mary J. Blige & U2
Always On Your Side

Sheryl Crow & Sting
Promiscuous

Nelly Furtado & Timbaland
Hips Don't Lie

Shakira & Wyclef Jean

Category 9

Best Pop Instrumental Performance

(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, without vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

Mornin'

George Benson (& Al Jarreau)
Drifting

Enya
Subterfuge

B?la Fleck & The Flecktones
Song H

Bruce Hornsby
My Favorite Things

The Brian Setzer Orchestra

Category 10

Best Pop Instrumental Album

(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)

New Beginnings

Gerald Albright
Fire Wire

Larry Carlton
X

Fourplay
Fingerprints

Peter Frampton
Wrapped In A Dream

Spyro Gyra

Category 11

Best Pop Vocal Album

(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

Back To Basics

Christina Aguilera
Back To Bedlam

James Blunt
The River In Reverse

Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint
Continuum

John Mayer
FutureSex/LoveSounds

Justin Timberlake

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Field 2 — Dance

Category 12

Best Dance Recording

(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances. Vocal or Instrumental. Singles or tracks only.)

Suffer Well

Depeche Mode
Ooh La La

Goldfrapp
Get Together

Madonna
I'm With Stupid

Pet Shop Boys
Sexy Back

Justin Timberlake & Timbaland

Category 13

Best Electronic/Dance Album

(For vocal or instrumental albums. Albums only.)

Supernature

Goldfrapp
Confessions On A Dance Floor

Madonna
A Lively Mind

Oakenfold
Fundamental

Pet Shop Boys
The Garden

Zero 7

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Field 3 — Traditional Pop

Category 14

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

Duets: An American Classic

Tony Bennett
Caught In The Act

Michael Bubl?
Wintersong

Sarah McLachlan
Bette Midler Sings The Peggy Lee Songbook

Bette Midler
Timeless Love

Smokey Robinson

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Field 4 — Rock

Category 15

Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance

(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

Nausea

Beck
Someday Baby

Bob Dylan
Route 66

John Mayer
Saving Grace

Tom Petty
Lookin' For A Leader

Neil Young

Category 16

Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

(For duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

Talk

Coldplay
How To Save A Life

The Fray
Steady, As She Goes

The Raconteurs
Dani California

Red Hot Chili Peppers
The Saints Are Coming

U2 & Green Day

Category 17

Best Hard Rock Performance

(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

Crazy Bitch

Buckcherry
Every Day Is Exactly The Same

Nine Inch Nails
Lonely Day

System Of A Down
Vicarious

Tool
Woman

Wolfmother

Category 18

Best Metal Performance

(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

Redneck

Lamb Of God
Colony Of Birchmen

Mastodon
Lies, Lies, Lies

Ministry
Eyes Of The Insane

Slayer
30/30-150

Stone Sour

Category 19

Best Rock Instrumental Performance

(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, without vocals. Includes Rock, Hard Rock and Metal. Singles or Tracks only.)

Chun Li's Flying Bird Kick

Arctic Monkeys
The Wizard Turns On...

The Flaming Lips
Black Hole Sun

Peter Frampton
Catsellorizon

David Gilmour
Super Colossal

Joe Satriani

Category 20

Best Rock Song

(A Songwriter(s) Award. Includes Rock, Hard Rock & Metal songs. For Song Eligibility Guidelines see Category #3. (Artist names appear in parenthesis.) Singles or Tracks only.)

Chasing Cars

Nathan Connolly, Gary Lightbody, Jonny Quinn, Tom Simpson & Paul Wilson, songwriters (Snow Patrol)
Dani California

Flea, John Frusciante, Anthony Kiedis & Chad Smith, songwriters (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
Lookin' For A Leader

Neil Young, songwriter (Neil Young)
Someday Baby

Bob Dylan, songwriter (Bob Dylan)
When You Were Young

Brandon Flowers, Dave Keuning, Mark Stoermer & Ronnie Vannucci, songwriters (The Killers)

Category 21

Best Rock Album

(Vocal or Instrumental. Includes Hard Rock and Metal.)

Try!

John Mayer Trio
Highway Companion

Tom Petty
Broken Boy Soldiers

The Raconteurs
Stadium Arcadium

Red Hot Chili Peppers
Living With War

Neil Young

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Field 5 — Alternative

Category 22

Best Alternative Music Album

(Vocal or Instrumental.)

Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

Arctic Monkeys
At War With The Mystics

The Flaming Lips
St. Elsewhere

Gnarls Barkley
Show Your Bones

Yeah Yeah Yeahs
The Eraser

Thom Yorke

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Field 6 — R&B

Category 23

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance

(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

Ring The Alarm

Beyonc?
Be Without You

Mary J. Blige
Don't Forget About Us

Mariah Carey
Day Dreaming

Natalie Cole
I Am Not My Hair

India.Arie

Category 24

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance

(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

Heaven

John Legend
So Sick

Ne-Yo
Black Sweat

Prince
I Call It Love

Lionel Richie
Got You Home

Luther Vandross

Category 25

Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
(For duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

Breezin'

George Benson & Al Jarreau
Love Changes

Jamie Foxx Featuring Mary J. Blige
Everyday (Family Reunion)

Chaka Khan, Gerald Levert, Yolanda Adams & Carl Thomas
Family Affair

(Sly & The Family Stone), John Legend, Joss Stone With Van Hunt
Beautiful, Loved And Blessed

Prince & T?mar

Category 26

Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance

(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

Christmas Time Is Here

Anita Baker
God Bless The Child

George Benson & Al Jarreau Featuring Jill Scott
I Found My Everything

Mary J. Blige Featuring Raphael Saadiq
You Are So Beautiful

Sam Moore Featuring Billy Preston, Zucchero, Eric Clapton & Robert Randolph
How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)

The Temptations

Category 27

Best Urban/Alternative Performance

(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

Crazy

Gnarls Barkley
That Heat

Segio Mendes Featuring Erykah Badu & Will.i.am
Mas Que Nada

Sergio Mendes Featuring The Black Eyed Peas
Idlewild Blue (Don't Chu Worry 'Bout Me)

Outkast
3121

Prince

Category 28

Best R&B Song

(A Songwriter(s) Award. For Song Eligibility Guidelines see Category #3. (Artist names appear in parenthesis.) Singles or Tracks only.)

Be Without You

Johnta Austin, Mary J. Blige, Bryan-Michael Cox & Jason Perry, songwriters (Mary J. Blige
Black Sweat

Prince, songwriter (Prince)
Deja Vu

Shawn Carter, Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins, Beyonc? Knowles, Makeba, Keli Nicole Price & Delisha Thomas, songwriters (Beyonc? Featuring Jay-Z
Don't Forget About Us

Johnta Austin, Mariah Carey, Bryan-Michael Cox & Jermaine Dupri, songwriters (Mariah Carey
I Am Not My Hair

Drew Ramsey, Shannon Sanders & India Arie Simpson, songwriters (India.Arie

Category 29

Best R&B Album

(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

The Breakthrough

Mary J. Blige
Unpredictable

Jamie Foxx
Testimony: Vol. 1, Life & Relationship

India.Arie
3121

Prince
Coming Home

Lionel Richie

Category 30

Best Contemporary R&B Album

(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

B'Day

Beyonc?
Chris Brown

Chris Brown
20 Y.O.

Janet Jackson
Kelis Was Here

Kelis
In My Own Words

Ne-Yo

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Field 7 — Rap

Category 31

Best Rap Solo Performance

(For a solo Rap performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

Touch It

Busta Rhymes
We Run This

Missy Elliott
Kick, Push

Lupe Fiasco
Undeniable

Mos Def
What You Know

T.I.

Category 32

Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group

(For duo, group or collaborative performances of Rap only. Singles or Tracks only.)

Ridin

Chamillionaire Featuring Krayzie Bone
Georgia

Ludacris & Field Mob (Featuring Jamie Foxx)
Grillz

Nelly Featuring Paul Wall, Ali & Gipp
Mighty "O"

Outkast
Don't Feel Right

The Roots

Category 33

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration

(For a Rap/Sung collaborative performance by artists who do not normally perform together. Singles or Tracks only.)

Smack That

Akon Featuring Eminem
Deja Vu

Beyonc? Featuring Jay-Z
Shake That

Eminem Featuring Nate Dogg
Unpredictable

Jamie Foxx Featuring Ludacris
My Love

Justin Timberlake Featuring T.I.

Category 34

Best Rap Song

(A Songwriter(s) Award. For Song Eligibility Guidelines see Category #3. (Artist names appear in parenthesis.) Singles or Tracks only.)

It's Goin' Down

Chadron Moore & Jasiel Robinson, songwriters (Yung Joc
Kick, Push

Wasalu Muhammad Jaco, songwriter (Lupe Fiasco)
Money Maker

Christopher Bridges & Pharrell Williams, songwriters (Ludacris Featuring Pharrell)
Ridin

Anthony Henderson, J. Slainas, O. Salinas & Hakeem Seriki, songwriters
What You Know

A. Davis & Clifford Harris, songwriters; (Donny Hathaway, Leroy Hutson & Curtis Mayfield, songwriters) (T.I.

Category 35

Best Rap Album

(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor

Lupe Fiasco
Release Therapy

Ludacris
In My Mind

Pharrell
Game Theory

The Roots
King

T.I.

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Field 8 — Country

Category 36

Best Female Country Vocal Performance

(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

Kerosene

Miranda Lambert
I Still Miss Someone

Martina McBride
Something's Gotta Give

LeAnn Rimes
Jesus, Take The Wheel

Carrie Underwood
I Don't Feel Like Loving You Today

Gretchen Wilson

Category 37

Best Male Country Vocal Performance

(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

Every Mile A Memory

Dierks Bentley
The Reason Why

Vince Gill
The Seashores Of Old Mexico

George Strait
Would You Go With Me

Josh Turner
Once In A Lifetime

Keith Urban

Category 38

Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal
(For established duos or groups with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

Not Ready To Make Nice

Dixie Chicks
Heaven's My Home

The Duhks
Boondocks

Little Big Town
What Hurts The Most

Rascal Flatts
Leave The Pieces

The Wreckers

Category 39

Best Country Collaboration With Vocals

(For a collaborative performance, with vocals, by artists who do not normally perform together. Singles or Tracks only.)

Who Says You Can't Go Home

Bon Jovi & Jennifer Nettles
Tomorrow Is Forever

Solomon Burke & Dolly Parton
Calling Me

Kenny Rogers & Don Henley
Midnight Angel

Rhonda Vincent & Bobby Osborne
Love Will Always Win

Trisha Yearwood & Garth Brooks

Category 40

Best Country Instrumental Performance

(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, without vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

Jerusalem Ridge

Casey Driessen
Gameshow Rag/Cannonball Rag

Tommy Emmanuel
Whiskey Before Breakfast

Bryan Sutton & Doc Watson
The Eleventh Reel

Chris Thile
Nature Of The Beast

Jim VanCleve

Category 41

Best Country Song

(A Songwriter(s) Award. For Song Eligibility Guidelines see Category #3. (Artist names appear in parenthesis.) Singles or Tracks only.)

Every Mile A Memory

Brett Beavers, Dierks Bentley & Steve Bogard, songwriters (Dierks Bentley<
I Don't Feel Like Loving You Today

Matraca Berg & Jim Collins, songwriters (Gretchen Wilson)
Jesus, Take The Wheel

Brett James, Hillary Lindsey & Gordie Sampson, songwriters (Carrie Underwood)
Like Red On A Rose

Melanie Castleman & Robert Lee Castleman, songwriters (Alan Jackson)
What Hurts The Most

Steve Robson & Jeffrey Steele, songwriters (Rascal Flatts)