2006 Grammy Award Winners
Winners Announced: February 8, 2006
Held at: Staples Center, Los Angeles
Host: no official host
Eligibility Year: October 1, 2004 – September 30, 2005
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 Amazong – 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 Deggir – 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 Methany 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:
Pslams, 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:
Belive – 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 Straites
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
