48th Annual Grammy Awards

48th Annual Grammy Awards
Date	February 8, 2006
Location	Staples Center, Los Angeles
Website	https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/48th-annual-grammy-awards
Television/radio coverage
Network	CBS

The 48th Annual Grammy Awards took place on February 8, 2006, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. Irish rock band U2 were the main recipients with five awards including Album of the Year. Mariah Carey, John Legend, and Kanye West were each nominated for eight awards and won three; Alison Krauss & Union Station also won three awards; and Kelly Clarkson won two. Green Day were amongst the big winners, winning the Grammy Award for Record of the Year.

Performances

• Madonna and the animated group Gorillaz opened the show with a medley of "Feel Good Inc." and "Hung Up": first the Gorillaz performed on screen (using technology to make the animation seem three-dimensional - Musion Eyeliner) with a short visit from the real-life De La Soul, then a pre-filmed Madonna joined them. This merged into Madonna performing on stage with her dancers.
• System of a Down played "B.Y.O.B." at the awards;
• Alicia Keys and Stevie Wonder led a sing-along of "Higher Ground";
• Coldplay performed "Talk";
• John Legend performed "Ordinary People";
• Sugarland performed "Something More";
• U2 performed "Vertigo" and "One", the latter with Mary J. Blige;
• Kelly Clarkson performed "Because of You";
• Paul McCartney performed "Fine Line" and "Helter Skelter" introduced by Ellen DeGeneres;
• Mariah Carey performed "We Belong Together" and "Fly like a Bird"; James 'Big Jim' Wright on piano and organ, the latter with Hezekiah Walker and The Love Fellowship Choir. "Fly like a Bird" also induced the night's only standing ovation, and prompted Teri Hatcher, presenting an award after the performance, to proclaim: "It's like we've all just been saved!"
• Keith Urban performed "You'll Think of Me" and then joined Faith Hill in her song "The Lucky One", introduced by Jenna Elfman;
• A Sly & the Family Stone tribute, introduced by Dave Chappelle, and featuring performances of several Family Stone songs ("Family Affair", "If You Want Me to Stay", "Everyday People", "Dance to the Music", and "I Want to Take You Higher"). The performers featured included Joss Stone, Van Hunt, John Legend, Fantasia, Devin Lima, Maroon 5, Ciara, will.i.am of The Black Eyed Peas, Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith, and Robert Randolph. During Tyler, Perry, and Randolph's performance of "I Want to Take You Higher", Sly Stone and the original Family Stone (with Rusty Allen in place of original bassist Larry Graham) took the stage with the rest of the performers. Sly Stone, making his first public appearance onstage since 1987 and sporting a large cockatoo-style mohawk, briefly contributed vocals and keyboards to the performance before walking offstage and leaving the other performers to finish the number;
• Paul McCartney, Linkin Park and Jay-Z performed a mash-up of The Beatles' "Yesterday" and Jay-Z & Linkin Park's "Numb/Encore";
• Bruce Springsteen performed "Devils & Dust" introduced by Tom Hanks;
• Kanye West and Jamie Foxx performing "Gold Digger" along with two short skits and a short rendition of "Touch the Sky" The "band" featured with West and Foxx were actually members of the Florida A & M University Marching 100;
• Christina Aguilera and Herbie Hancock performed Leon Russell's "A Song for You";
• Allen Toussaint with Bonnie Raitt, The Edge, Irma Thomas and Dr. John performed "We Can Can";
• Sam Moore, Bruce Springsteen and an ensemble band performed Wilson Pickett's "In the Midnight Hour" with Irma Thomas joining in on vocals.

Award winners

U2 was the night's top winner, with five awards. Their win for Album of the Year was their second win for that particular award. They previously won it back in 1988 for The Joshua Tree. They are the only rock act to have more than one Album of the Year win.

Top nominees included Mariah Carey, John Legend and Kanye West with eight each, but won only three awards each. Kelly Clarkson won two awards, becoming the first American Idol to win a Grammy.

Multiple award winners (awards won/nominated):

• U2 — 5/5
• Alison Krauss — 3/3
• Mariah Carey — 3/8
• John Legend — 3/8
• Kanye West — 3/8
• Kelly Clarkson — 2/2
• The Chemical Brothers — 2/2
• Stevie Wonder — 2/4

General

Record of the Year

• "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" - Green Day
  • "We Belong Together" - Mariah Carey
  • "Feel Good Inc. - Gorillaz
  • "Hollaback Girl" - Gwen Stefani
  • "Gold Digger" - Kanye West

Album of the Year

• How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb - U2

• • Steve Lillywhite, Chris Thomas, Jacknife Lee, Nellee Hooper, Flood, Daniel Lanois & Brian Eno producers.

• The Emancipation of Mimi - Mariah Carey
  • Jermaine Dupri, Manuel Seal, Bryan-Michael Cox, Swizz Beatz, LRoc, James 'Big Jim' Wright, The Neptunes, Kanye West, James Poyser & Rodney Jenkins, producers; Mariah Carey & Antonio "L.A." Reid. executive producers
• Chaos and Creation in the Backyard - Paul McCartney
  • Nigel Godrich, producer
• Love.Angel.Music.Baby - Gwen Stefani

• • Eve, André 3000, featured artists; André 3000, Dallas Austin, Dr. Dre, Nellee Hooper, Jimmy Jam, Tony Kanal, Terry Lewis, The Neptunes & Mark 'Spike' Stent, producers

• Late Registration - Kanye West
  • Adam Levine, Lupe Fiasco, Jamie Foxx, Paul Wall, GLC, Common, The Game, Brandy, Jay-Z, Nas, Really Doe, Cam'ron & Consecuence, featured artists; Kanye West, Jon Brion, Devo Springsteen, Just Blaze & Warryn Campbell, producers

Song of the Year

• "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own"- U2
  • Bono, songwirter (U2)
• "Bless the Broken Road" - Rascal Flatts
  • Bobby Boyd, Jeff Hannah & Marcus Hummon, songwriters (Rascal Flatts)
• "We Belong Together" - Mariah Carey
  • Mariah Carey, Jermaine Dupri, Manuel Seal, Johntá Austin, Kenneth Edmonds, Darnell Bristol, Bobby Womack, Patrick Moten & Sandra Sully, songwriters (Mariah Carey)
• "Devils & Dust" - Bruce Springsteen
  • Bruce Springsteen, songwriter (Bruce Springsteen)
• "Ordinary People" - John Legend
  • John Legend & will.i.am, songwriters (John Legend)

Best New Artist

• John Legend
  • Ciara
  • Fall Out Boy
  • Keane
  • Sugarland

Alternative

Award for Alternative music:

• Best Alternative Music Album

The White Stripes for Get Behind Me Satan

Blues

Awards for Blues music:

• Best Traditional Blues Album

B. B. King & Friends for 80

• Best Contemporary Blues Album

Delbert McClinton for Cost of Living

Children

Awards for Children's music:

• Best Musical Album for Children's music

Dennis Scott (producer) for Songs from the Neighborhood - The Music of Mister Rogers performed by various artists

• Best Spoken Word Album for Children

Christopher Cerf & Marlo Thomas (producers) for Marlo Thomas & Friends: Thanks & Giving All Year Long performed by various artists

Classical

Awards for Classical music:

• Best Orchestral Performance

Mariss Jansons (conductor), Sergey Aleksashkin, Chor des Bayerischen Runfunks, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks for Shostakovich: Sym. No. 13

• Best Classical Vocal Performance

Thomas Quasthoff (soloist, performer), Jürgen Bulgrin & Rainer Maillard (engineers), Christopher Alder (producer) for Bach: Cantatas

• Best Opera Recording

Sir Colin Davis (conductor), Carlos Alvarez, Bülent Bezdüz, Marina Domashenko, Jane Henschel, Ana Ibarra, Maria Josè Moreno & Michele Pertusi, James Mallinson (producer), London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra for Verdi: Falstaff

• Best Choral Performance

Leonard Slatkin (conductor) & Jerry Blackstone, William Hammer, Jason Harris, Christopher Kiver, Carole Ott & Mary Alice Stollak (choir directors) for Bolcom: Songs of Innocence and of Experience: Requiem

performed by 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)

Claudio Abbado (conductor), Martha Argerich and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra for Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3

• Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra)

Evgeny Kissin for Scriabin, Medtner, Stravinsky

• Best Small Ensemble Performance (with or without conductor)

Pierre Boulez (conductor) & Hilary Summers, Ensemble InterContemporain for Boulez: Le marteau sans maître, Dérive 1 & 2

• Best Chamber Music Performance

Emerson String Quartet for Mendelssohn: The Complete String Quartets

• Best Classical Contemporary Composition

William Bolcom (composer) for Bolcom: Songs of Innocence and of Experience performed by Leonard Slatkin

• Best Classical Album

Tim Handley (producer), Leonard Slatkin (conductor), Jerry Blackstone, William Hammer, Jason Harris, Christopher Kiver, Carole Ott & Marie Alice Stollack (choir directors), Christie Brewer and Joan Morris & University of Michigan School of Music Symphony Orchestra for Bolcom: Songs of Innocence and of Experience

• Best Classical Crossover Album

Turtle Island String Quartet & Ying Quartet for 4 + Four

Comedy

Award for Comedy recording:

• Best Comedy Album

Chris Rock for Never Scared

Composition and arrangement

Awards for composing and arranging:

• Best Instrumental Composition

Billy Childs (composer) for "Into the Light" performed by Billy Childs Ensemble

• Best Instrumental Arrangement

Gordon Goodwin (arranger) for "The Incredits" (from The Incredibles soundtrack) performed by various artists

• Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)

Billy Childs, Gil Goldstein & Heitor Pereira (arrangers) for "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?" performed by Chris Botti & Sting

Country

Awards for Country music:

• Best Female Country Vocal Performance

Emmylou Harris for "The Connection"

• Best Male Country Vocal Performance

Keith Urban for "You'll Think of Me" (from Golden Road)

• Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal

Alison Krauss and Union Station for "Restless" (from Lonely Runs Both Ways)

• Best Country Collaboration with Vocals

Faith Hill and Tim McGraw for "Like We Never Loved At All"

• Best Country Instrumental Performance

Alison Krauss and Union Station for "Unionhouse Branch" (from Lonely Runs Both Ways)

• Best Country Song

Bobby Boyd, Jeff Hanna & Marcus Hummon for "Bless the Broken Road" performed by Rascal Flatts

• Best Country Album

Alison Krauss and Union Station for Lonely Runs Both Ways

• Best Bluegrass Album

Del McCoury Band for The Company We Keep

Dance

Awards for Dance music:

• Best Dance Recording

The Chemical Brothers featuring Q-Tip for "Galvanize"

• Best Electronic/Dance Album

The Chemical Brothers for Push the Button

Film, TV and visual media

Awards for soundtrack contributions:

• Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media

James Austin, Stuart Benjamin & Taylor Hackford (compilation producer) & Ray Charles for Ray

• Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media

Craig Armstrong (composer) for Ray

• Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media

Glen Ballard & Alan Silvestri for "Believe" (from The Polar Express) performed by Josh Groban

Folk

Awards for Folk music:

• Best Traditional Folk Album

Tim O'Brien for Fiddler's Green

• Best Contemporary Folk Album

John Prine for Fair and Square

• Best Native American Music Album

Jim Wilson, producer for Sacred Ground: A Tribute to Mother Earth

• Best Hawaiian Music Album

Daniel Ho, Paul Konwiser & Wayne Wong, producers for Masters of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar - Vol. 1

Gospel

Awards for Gospel music:

• Best Gospel Performance

CeCe Winans for "Pray"

• Best Gospel Song

Yolanda Adams, James Harris III, Terry Lewis & James 'Big Jim' Wright, songwriters for "Be Blessed", performed by Yolanda Adams

• Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album

Casting Crowns for Lifesong

• Best Rock Gospel Album

Audio Adrenaline for Until My Heart Caves In

• Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album

Amy Grant for Rock of Ages...Hymns & Faith

• Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album

Donnie McClurkin for Psalms, Hymns & Spiritual Songs

• Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album

CeCe Winans for Purified

• Best Gospel Choir or Chorus Album

Gladys Knight, choir director & Saints Unified Voices for One Voice

Historical

• Best Historical Album

Alan Lomax, Jeffrey Greenberg & Anna Lomax Wood (compilation producers), Adam Ayan & Steve Rosenthal (mastering engineers) for The Complete Library of Congress Recordings

Jazz

Awards for Jazz music:

• Best Jazz Instrumental Solo

Sonny Rollins for "Why Was I Born?"

• Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group

Wayne Shorter Quartet for Beyond the Sound Barrier

• Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

Dave Holland Big Band for Overtime

• Best Jazz Vocal Album

Good Night, and Good Luck for Dianne Reeves

• Best Contemporary Jazz Album

Pat Metheny Group for The Way Up

• Best Latin Jazz Album

Eddie Palmieri for Listen Here!

Latin

Awards for Latin American music:

• Best Latin Pop Album

Laura Pausini for Escucha

• Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album

Bebo Valdes for Bebo De Cuba

• Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album

Luis Miguel for México En La Piel

• Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album

Shakira for Fijación Oral Vol. 1

• Best Tejano Album

Little Joe Y La Familia for Chicanisimo

• Best Salsa/Merengue Album

Willy Chirino for Son Del Alma

Musical show

Award for Musical theatre recording:

• Best Musical Show Album

John Du Prez & Eric Idle (producers & composers), Eric Idle (lyricist) for Monty Python's Spamalot performed Original Broadway Cast including David Hyde Pierce, Tim Curry, Hank Azaria & Sara Ramirez

Music video

Awards for Music videos:

• Best Short Form Music Video

Missy Elliott & Dave Meyers (video directors), Joseph Sasson (video producer), Missy Elliott featuring Ciara & Fat Man Scoop for "Lose Control"

• Best Long Form Music Video

Margaret Bodde, Susan Lacy, Jeff Rosen, Martin Scorsese (video director), Nigel Sinclair & Anthony Wall (video producers) for No Direction Home

New Age

Awards for New Age music:

• Best New Age Album

Paul Winter Consort for Silver Solstice

Packaging and notes

• Best Recording Package

Aimee Mann & Gail Marowitz (art directors) for The Forgotten Arm performed by Aimee Mann

• Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package

Ian Cuttler (art director) for The Legend performed by Johnny Cash

• Best Album Notes

Alan Lomax, John Szwed (notes writer) for The Complete Library of Congress Recordings performed by Jelly Roll Morton

Polka

Award for Polka music:

• Best Polka Album

Jimmy Sturr and his Orchestra for Shake, Rattle and Polka!

Pop

Awards for Pop music:

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

"It's Like That" - Mariah Carey

"Since U Been Gone" - Kelly Clarkson

"Good Is Good" - Sheryl Crow

"I Will Not Be Broken" - Bonnie Raitt

"Hollaback Girl" - Gwen Stefani

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance

"Sitting, Waiting, Wishing" - Jack Johnson

"Fine Line" - Paul McCartney

"Walk On By" - Seal

"Lonely No More" - Rob Thomas

"From the Bottom of My Heart" - Stevie Wonder

Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals

• "Don't Lie" - The Black Eyed Peas

• "Mr. Brightside" - The Killers

• "This Love" - Maroon 5

• "More Than Love" - Los Lonely Boys

• "My Doorbell - White Stripes

Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals

• "Feel Good Inc." - Gorillaz feat. De La Soul

• "Gone Going" - The Black Eyed Peas & Jack Johnson

• "Virginia Moon" - Foo Fighters & Norah Jones

• "A Song For You" - Herbie Hancock & Christina Aguilera

• "A Time To Love" - Stevie Wonder & India.Arie

Best Pop Instrumental Performance

Les Paul for "Caravan"

Best Pop Instrumental Album

Burt Bacharach for At This Time

Best Pop Vocal Album

• "Breakaway'

-""'Kelly Clarkson

• Extraordinary Machine

-Fiona Apple

• Wildflower-Sheryl Crow

• Chaos and Creation in the Backyard

-[[Paul McCartney

• Love.Angel.Music.Baby.

-Gwen Stefani

Production and engineering

Awards for production and engineering:

• Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

Alan Douglas & Mick Guzauski (engineers) for Back Home performed by Eric Clapton

• Best Engineered Album, Classical

Da-Hong Seetoo (engineer) for Mendelssohn: The Complete String Quartets performed by Emerson String Quartet

• Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical

Louie Vega (remixer) for "Superfly (Louie Vega EOL Mix)" performed by Curtis Mayfield

• Producer of the Year, Non-Classical

Steve Lillywhite

• Producer of the Year, Classical

Tim Handley

R&B

Awards for Rhythm & Blues music:

• Best Female R&B Vocal Performance

Mariah Carey for "We Belong Together"

• Best Male R&B Vocal Performance

John Legend for "Ordinary People"

• Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals

Beyoncé and Stevie Wonder for "So Amazing"

• Best R&B Song

Mariah Carey, Jermaine Dupri, Manuel Seal, & Johnta Austin for "We Belong Together" performed by Mariah Carey

• Best R&B Album

John Legend for Get Lifted

• Best Contemporary R&B Album

Mariah Carey for The Emancipation of Mimi

• Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance

Aretha Franklin for "A House Is Not a Home"

• Best Urban/Alternative Performance

Damian Marley for "Welcome to Jamrock"

Rap

Awards for Rap music:

• Best Rap/Sung Collaboration

Linkin Park and Jay-Z for "Numb/Encore"

• Gwen Stefani and Eve for "Rich Girl"
• Destiny's Child, T.I. and Lil Wayne for "Soldier"
• Common, John Legend and Kanye West for "They Say"
• Ciara and Missy Elliott for "1, 2 Step"
• Best Rap Solo Performance

Kanye West for "Gold Digger"

• Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group

The Black Eyed Peas for "Don't Phunk With My Heart"

• Best Rap Song

D. Harris & Kanye West for "Diamonds from Sierra Leone" performed by Kanye West

• Best Rap Album

• Late Registration-Kanye West

• "The Massacre-50 Cent
• "Be-Commom

Reggae

Award for Reggae music:

• Best Reggae Album

Damian Marley for Welcome to Jamrock

Rock

Awards for Rock music:

• Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance

Bruce Springsteen for "Devils & Dust"

• Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal

U2 for "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own"

• Best Hard Rock Performance

System Of A Down for "B.Y.O.B."

• Best Metal Performance

Slipknot for "Before I Forget"

• Best Rock Instrumental Performance

Les Paul & Friends for "69 Freedom Specials"

• Best Rock Song

Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge and Larry Mullen (U2) for "City of Blinding Lights"

• Best Rock Album

U2 for How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb

Surround sound

Award for surround sound recording:

• Best Surround Sound Album

Chuck Ainlay (surround mix engineer), Bob Ludwig (surround mastering), Chuck Ainlay & Mark Knopfler (surround producers) for Brothers In Arms - 20th Anniversary Edition performed by Dire Straits

Spoken

Award for Spoken word recording:

• Best Spoken Word Album

President Barack Obama for Dreams from My Father

Traditional pop

Award for traditional pop music:

• Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

Tony Bennett for The Art of Romance

World

Awards for World music:

• Best Traditional World Music Album

Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabate for In the Heart of the Moon

• Best Contemporary World Music Album

Gilberto Gil for Eletracústico

Special Merit Awards

MusiCares Person of the Year

• James Taylor

Trivia

• U2's win for Album of the Year was their second win for that respective award. They previously won it back in 1988 for The Joshua Tree. They are the only rock act to have more than one Album of the Year win.

External links

• 48th Annual Grammy Awards Winners List