48th Grammy Awards
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 big winners, winning five awards including Album of the Year. Mariah Carey, John Legend, and Kanye West each were 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.[1]
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 like a hologram) 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 Chapelle, 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):
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
'The Emancipation of Mimi - Mariah Carey
Chaos and Creation in the Backyard - Paul McCartney
Love.Angel.Music.Baby - Gwen Stefani
Late Registration - Kanye West
How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb - U2
- Song of the Year
"Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own"- U2
"Bless the Broken Road" - Rascal Flatts
"We Belong Together" - Mariah Carey
"Devils & Dust" - Bruce Springsteen
"Ordinary People" - John Legend
- Best New Artist
John Legend
Ciara
Fall Out Boy
Keane
Sugarland
Alternative
Award for Alternative music:
- The White Stripes for Get Behind Me Satan
Blues
Awards for Blues music:
- B. B. King & Friends for 80
- Delbert McClinton for Cost of Living
Children
Awards for Children's music:
- Dennis Scott (producer) for Songs from the Neighborhood - The Music of Mister Rogers performed by various artists
- Christopher Cerf & Marlo Thomas (producers) for Marlo Thomas & Friends: Thanks & Giving All Year Long performed by various artists
Classical
Awards for Classical music:
- Mariss Jansons (conductor), Sergey Aleksashkin, Chor des Bayerischen Runfunks, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks for Shostakovich: Sym. No. 13
- Thomas Quasthoff (soloist, performer), Jürgen Bulgrin & Rainer Maillard (engineers), Christopher Alder (producer) for Bach: Cantatas
- 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
- 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
- Claudio Abbado (conductor), Martha Argerich and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra for Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3
- Evgeny Kissin for Scriabin, Medtner, Stravinsky
- Pierre Boulez (conductor) & Hilary Summers, Ensemble InterContemporain for Boulez: Le marteau sans maître, Dérive 1 & 2
- Emerson String Quartet for Mendelssohn: The Complete String Quartets
- William Bolcom (composer) for Bolcom: Songs of Innocence and of Experience performed by Leonard Slatkin
- 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
- Turtle Island String Quartet & Ying Quartet for 4 + Four
Comedy
Award for Comedy recording:
- Chris Rock for Never Scared
Composition and arrangement
Awards for composing and arranging:
- Billy Childs (composer) for "Into the Light" performed by Billy Childs Ensemble
- Gordon Goodwin (arranger) for "The Incredits" (from The Incredibles soundtrack) performed by various artists
- 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:
- Emmylou Harris for "The Connection"
- Keith Urban for "You'll Think of Me" (from Golden Road)
- Alison Krauss and Union Station for "Restless" (from Lonely Runs Both Ways)
- Faith Hill and Tim McGraw for "Like We Never Loved At All"
- Alison Krauss and Union Station for "Unionhouse Branch" (from Lonely Runs Both Ways)
- Bobby Boyd, Jeff Hanna & Marcus Hummon for "Bless the Broken Road" performed by Rascal Flatts
- Alison Krauss and Union Station for Lonely Runs Both Ways
- Del McCoury Band for The Company We Keep
Dance
Awards for Dance music:
- The Chemical Brothers featuring Q-Tip for "Galvanize"
- The Chemical Brothers for Push the Button
Film, TV and visual media
Awards for soundtrack contributions:
- James Austin, Stuart Benjamin & Taylor Hackford (compilation producer) & Ray Charles for Ray
- Craig Armstrong (composer) for Ray
- Glen Ballard & Alan Silvestri for "Believe" (from The Polar Express) performed by Josh Groban
Folk
Awards for Folk music:
- Tim O'Brien for Fiddler's Green
- John Prine for Fair and Square
- Jim Wilson, producer for Sacred Ground: A Tribute to Mother Earth
- Daniel Ho, Paul Konwiser & Wayne Wong, producers for Masters of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar - Vol. 1
Gospel
Awards for Gospel music:
- CeCe Winans for "Pray"
- Yolanda Adams, James Harris III, Terry Lewis & James "Big Jim" Wright, songwriters for "Be Blessed", performed by Yolanda Adams
- Casting Crowns for Lifesong
- Audio Adrenaline for Until My Heart Caves In
- Amy Grant for Rock of Ages...Hymns & Faith
- Donnie McClurkin for Psalms, Hymns & Spiritual Songs
- CeCe Winans for Purified
- Gladys Knight, choir director & Saints Unified Voices for One Voice
Historical
- 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:
- Sonny Rollins for "Why Was I Born?"
- Wayne Shorter Quartet for Beyond the Sound Barrier
- Dave Holland Big Band for Overtime
- Good Night, and Good Luck for Dianne Reeves
- Pat Metheny Group for The Way Up
- Eddie Palmieri for Listen Here!
Latin
Awards for Latin American music:
- Laura Pausini for Escucha
- Bebo Valdes for Bebo De Cuba
- Luis Miguel for México En La Piel
- Shakira for Fijación Oral Vol. 1
- Little Joe Y La Familia for Chicanisimo
- Willy Chirino for Son Del Alma
Musical show
Award for Musical theatre recording:
- 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:
- Missy Elliott & Dave Meyers (video directors), Joseph Sasson (video producer), Missy Elliott featuring Ciara & Fat Man Scoop for "Lose Control"
- 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:
- Paul Winter Consort for Silver Solstice
Packaging and notes
- Aimee Mann & Gail Marowitz (art directors) for The Forgotten Arm performed by Aimee Mann
- Ian Cuttler (art director) for The Legend performed by Johnny Cash
- Alan Lomax, John Szwed (notes writer) for The Complete Library of Congress Recordings performed by Jelly Roll Morton
Polka
Award for Polka music:
- 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 Vocal
"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
Kelly Clarkson for Breakaway
Production and engineering
Awards for production and engineering:
- Alan Douglas & Mick Guzauski (engineers) for Back Home performed by Eric Clapton
- Da-Hong Seetoo (engineer) for Mendelssohn: The Complete String Quartets performed by Emerson String Quartet
- Louie Vega (remixer) for "Superfly (Louie Vega EOL Mix)" performed by Curtis Mayfield
- Steve Lillywhite
- Tim Handley
R&B
Awards for Rhythm & Blues music:
- Mariah Carey for "We Belong Together"
- John Legend for "Ordinary People"
- Beyoncé and Stevie Wonder for "So Amazing"
- Mariah Carey, Jermaine Dupri, Manuel Seal, & Johnta Austin for "We Belong Together" performed by Mariah Carey
- John Legend for Get Lifted
- Mariah Carey for The Emancipation of Mimi
- Aretha Franklin for "A House Is Not a Home"
- Damian Marley for "Welcome to Jamrock"
Rap
Awards for Rap music:
- Linkin Park and Jay-Z for "Numb/Encore"
- Kanye West for "Gold Digger"
- The Black Eyed Peas for "Don't Phunk With My Heart"
- D. Harris & Kanye West for "Diamonds from Sierra Leone" performed by Kanye West
- Kanye West for Late Registration
Reggae
Award for Reggae music:
- Damian Marley for Welcome to Jamrock
Rock
Awards for Rock music:
- Bruce Springsteen for "Devils & Dust"
- U2 for "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own"
- System Of A Down for "B.Y.O.B."
- Slipknot for "Before I Forget"
- Les Paul & Friends for "69 Freedom Specials"
- Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge and Larry Mullen (U2) for "City of Blinding Lights"
- U2 for How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
Surround sound
Award for surround sound recording:
- 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:
- President Barack Obama for Dreams from My Father
Traditional pop
Award for traditional pop music:
- Tony Bennett for The Art of Romance
World
Awards for World music:
- Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabate for In the Heart of the Moon
- Gilberto Gil for Eletracústico
Special Merit Awards
MusiCares Person of the Year
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.
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