2007 Grammy Award Winners
Winners Announced: February 11, 2007
Held at: Staples Center, Los Angeles
Host: no official host
Eligibility Year: October 1, 2005 – September 30, 2006
2007 Grammy Winners
Album of the Year:
Taking the Long Way – Dixie Chicks
Record of the Year:
Not Ready to Make Nice – Dixie Chicks
Song of the Year:
Not Ready to Make Nice – Martie Maguire, Natalie Maines, Emily Robison and Dan Wilson (Dixie Chicks)
New Artist:
Carrie Underwood
Female R&B Vocal Performance:
Be Without You – Mary J. Blige
Pop Vocal Album:
Continuum – John Mayer
Pop Collaboration With Vocals:
For Once in My Life – Tony Bennett and Stevie Wonder
Country Album:
Taking the Long Way – Dixie Chicks
Rap Album:
Release Therapy – Ludacris
Rock Album:
Stadium Arcadium – Red Hot Chili Peppers
R&B Album:
The Breakthrough – Mary J. Blige
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical:
Rick Rubin
Traditional Pop Vocal Album:
Duets: an American Classic – Tony Bennett
Female Pop Vocal Performance:
Ain’t No Other Man – Christina Aguilera
Male Pop Vocal Performance:
Waiting on the World to Change – John Mayer
Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal:
My Humps – Black Eyed Peas
Pop Instrumental Performance:
Mornin’ – George Benson (& Al Jarreau)
Pop Instrumental Album:
Fingerprints – Peter Frampton
Rock Instrumental Performance:
The Wizard Turns On … – the Flaming Lips
Rock Song:
Dani California – Flea, John Frusciante, Anthony Kiedis and Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers);
Solo Rock Vocal Performance:
Someday Baby – Bob Dylan
Rock Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal:
Dani California – Red Hot Chili Peppers
Hard Rock Performance:
Woman – Wolfmother
Metal Performance:
Eyes of the Insane – Slayer
Alternative Music Album:
St. Elsewhere – Gnarls Barkley
Dance Recording:
Sexy Back – Justin Timberlake and Timbaland
Electronic/Dance Album:
Confessions on a Dance Floor – Madonna
Rap Solo Performance:
What You Know – T.I
Rap Performance by a Duo or Group:
Ridin – Chamillionaire featuring Krayzie Bone
Rap/Sung Collaboration:
My Love – Justin Timberlake featuring T.I
Rap Song:
Money Maker – Christopher Bridges and Pharrell Williams (Ludacris featuring Pharrell)
Urban/Alternative Performance:
Crazy – Gnarls Barkley
Male R&B Vocal Performance:
Heaven – John Legend
R&B Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals:
Family Affair – (Sly and the Family Stone), John Legend, Joss Stone With Van Hunt
Traditional R&B Vocal Performance:
God Bless the Child – George Benson and Al Jarreau featuring Jill Scott
R&B Song:
Be Without You – Johnta Austin, Mary J. Blige, Bryan-Michael Cox and Jason Perry (Mary J. Blige)
Contemporary R&B Album:
B’Day – Beyonce
Traditional Blues Album:
Risin’ With the Blues – Ike Turner
Contemporary Blues Album:
After the Rain – Irma Thomas
Female Country Vocal Performance:
Jesus, Take the Wheel – Carrie Underwood
Male Country Vocal Performance:
The Reason Why – Vince Gill
Country Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal:
Not Ready to Make Nice – Dixie Chicks
Country Collaboration With Vocals:
Who Says You Can’t Go Home – Bon Jovi and Jennifer Nettles
Country Instrumental Performance:
Whiskey Before Breakfast – Bryan Sutton and Doc Watson
Country Song:
Jesus, Take the Wheel – Brett James, Hillary Lindsey and Gordie Sampson (Carrie Underwood)
Bluegrass Album:
Instrumentals – Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder
Contemporary Jazz Album:
The Hidden Land – Bela Fleck and the Flecktones
Jazz Instrumental Solo:
Some Skunk Funk – Michael Brecker
Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group:
The Ultimate Adventure – Chick Corea
Large Jazz Ensemble Album:
Some Skunk Funk – Randy Brecker With Michael Brecker, Jim Beard, Will Lee, Peter Erskine, Marcio
Jazz Vocal Album:
Turned to Blue – Nancy Wilson
Instrumental Composition:
A Prayer for Peace – John Williams, composer (John Williams), from “Munich — Soundtrack.”
Instrumental Arrangement:
Three Ghouls – Chick Corea, arranger (Chick Corea), from “The Ultimate Adventure.”
Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s):
For Once in My Life – Jorge Calandrelli, arranger (Tony Bennett and Stevie Wonder), from “Duets: an American Classic.”
Gospel Performance:
Victory – Yolanda Adams
Gospel Song:
Imagine Me – Kirk Franklin (Kirk Franklin)
Rock or Rap Gospel Album:
Turn Around – Jonny Lang
Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album:
Wherever You Are – Third Day
Southern, Country, or Bluegrass Gospel Album:
Glory Train – Randy Travis
Traditional Gospel Album:
Alive in South Africa – Israel and New Breed
Contemporary R&B Gospel Album:
Hero – Kirk Franklin
Short Form Music Video:
Here It Goes Again – OK Go
Long Form Music Video:
Wings for Wheels: The Making of Born to Run – Bruce Springsteen
Producer of the Year, Classical:
Elaine Martone
Classical Album:
Mahler:
Symphony No. 7 – Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor, Andreas Neubronner, producer (San Francisco Symphony)
Orchestral Performance:
Mahler:
Symphony No. 7 – Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor (San Francisco Symphony)
Opera Recording:
Golijov: Ainadamar: Fountain of Tears – Robert Spano, conductor, Kelley O’Connor and Dawn Upshaw; Valerie Gross and Sid McLauchlan, producers (Women of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra)
Choral Performance:
Part: Da Pacem – Paul Hillier, conductor (Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir)
Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra):
Messiaen: Oiseaux Exotiques (Exotic Birds) – John McLaughlin Williams, conductor; Angelin Chang (Cleveland Chamber Symphony)
Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra):
Chopin: Nocturnes – Maurizio Pollini
Chamber Music Performance:
Intimate Voices – Emerson String Quartet
Small Ensemble Performance:
Padilla: Sun of Justice – Peter Rutenberg, conductor (Los Angeles Chamber Singers’ Cappella)
Classical Vocal Performance:
Rilke Songs – Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (Peter Serkin), track from Lieberson: Rilke Songs, The Six Realms, Horn Concerto
Classical Contemporary Composition:
Golijov: Ainadamar: Fountain of Tears – Osvaldo Golijov (Robert Spano)
Classical Crossover Album:
Simple Gifts – Bryn Terfel (London Voices; London Symphony Orchestra)
Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media:
Walk the Line – Joaquin Phoenix and Various Artists
Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media:
Memoirs of a Geisha – John Williams, composer
Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media:
Our Town (From Cars) – Randy Newman (James Taylor)
Musical Show Album:
Jersey Boys
Musical Album for Children:
Catch That Train – Dan Zanes and Friends
Comedy Album:
The Carnegie Hall Performance – Lewis Black
New Age Album:
Amarantine – Enya
Traditional Folk Album:
We Shall Overcome – the Seeger Sessions – Bruce Springsteen
Contemporary Folk/Americana Album:
Modern Times – Bob Dylan
Latin Pop Album (tie):
Adentro – Arjona. “Limon Y Sal – Julieta Venegas
Latin Rock, Alternative or Urban Album:
Amar Es Combatir – Mana
Tropical Latin Album:
Directo Al Corazon – Gilberto Santa Rosa
Mexican/Mexican-American Album:
Historias De Mi Tierra – Pepe Aguilar
Tejano Album:
Sigue El Taconazo – Chente Barrera
Norteno Album:
Historias Que Contar – Los Tigres Del Norte
Banda Album:
Mas Alla Del Sol – Joan Sebastian
Latin Jazz Album:
Simpatico – the Brian Lynch/Eddie Palmieri Project
Native American Music Album:
Dance With the Wind – Mary Youngblood
Hawaiian Music Album:
Legends of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar — Live From Maui – Various Artists
Reggae Album:
Love Is My Religion – Ziggy Marley
Traditional World Music Album:
Blessed – Soweto Gospel Choir
Contemporary World Music Album:
Wonder Wheel – the Klezmatics
Polka Album:
Polka in Paradise – Jimmy Sturr and His Orchestra
Spoken Word Album for Children:
Blah Blah Blah: Stories About Clams, Swamp Monsters, Pirates and Dogs – Bill Harley
Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books and Story Telling). (Tie):
Our Endangered Values: America’s Moral Crisis (Jimmy Carter) – Jimmy Carter. “With Ossie and Ruby: In This Life Together (Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee) – Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee
Recording Package:
10,000 Days – Adam Jones, art director (Tool)
Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package:
Stadium Arcadium – Flea, John Frusciante, Anthony Kiedis, Chad Smith and Matt Taylor, art directors (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
Album Notes:
If You Got to Ask, You Ain’t Got It!” Dan Morgenstern, album notes writer (Fats Waller)
Historical Album:
Lost Sounds: Blacks and the Birth of the Recording Industry 1891-1922.”
Engineered Album, Classical:
Elgar: Enigma Variations; Britten: the Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Four Sea Interludes – Michael Bishop, engineer (Paavo Jarvi and Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra)
Engineered Album, Non-Classical:
At War With the Mystics – the Flaming Lips and Dave Fridmann, engineers (The Flaming Lips)
Remixed Recording, Non-Classical:
Talk (Thin White Duke Mix) – Jacques Lu Cont, remixer (Coldplay)
Surround Sound Album:
Morph the Cat – Darcy Proper, surround mastering
