49th Grammy Awards nominees and winners

This page lists the nominees for the Grammy Awards of 2007.

The winner of each category is shown in bold text.

General Field

Record of the Year

• "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

Album of the Year

• Taking The Long Way - Dixie Chicks
• St. Elsewhere - Gnarls Barkley
• Continuum - John Mayer
• Stadium Arcadium - Red Hot Chili Peppers
• FutureSex/LoveSounds - Justin Timberlake

Song of the Year

(Please note: As this is a songwriter's award, the songwriters are the proper recipients. The artist's name appears in parentheses for identification only.)

• "Be Without You" - Johnta Austin, Mary J. Blige, Bryan-Michael Cox & Jason Perry (Mary J. Blige)
• "Jesus, Take the Wheel" - Brett James, Hillary Lindsey & Gordie Sampson (Carrie Underwood)
• "Not Ready To Make Nice" - Martie Maguire, Natalie Maines, Emily Robison & Dan Wilson (Dixie Chicks)
• "Put Your Records On" - John Beck, Steve Chrisanthou & Corinne Bailey Rae (Corinne Bailey Rae)
• "You're Beautiful" - James Blunt, Amanda Ghost & Sacha Skarbek (James Blunt)

Best New Artist

• James Blunt
• Carrie Underwood
• Imogen Heap
• Corinne Bailey Rae
• Chris Brown

Pop

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

• "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

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance

• "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

Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal

• "Stickwitu" - The Pussycat Dolls
• "I Will Follow You Into the Dark" - Death Cab for Cutie
• "Over My Head (Cable Car)" - The Fray
• "Is It Any Wonder?" - Keane
• "My Humps" - The Black Eyed Peas

Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals

• "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

Best Pop Instrumental Performance

• "Mornin'" - George Benson and Al Jarreau
• "Drifting" - Enya
• "Subterfuge" - Béla Fleck and the Flecktones
• "Song H" - Bruce Hornsby
• "My Favorite Things" - The Brian Setzer Orchestra

Best Pop Instrumental Album

• New Beginnings - Gerald Albright
• Fire Wire - Larry Carlton
• X - Fourplay
• Fingerprints - Peter Frampton
• Wrapped in a Dream - Spyro Gyra

Best Pop Vocal Album

• 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

Dance

Best Dance Recording

• "Suffer Well" - Depeche Mode
• "Ooh La La" - Goldfrapp
• "Get Together" - Madonna
• "I'm with Stupid" - Pet Shop Boys
• "SexyBack" - Justin Timberlake and Timbaland

Best Electronic/Dance Album

• Supernature - Goldfrapp
• Confessions on a Dance Floor - Madonna
• A Lively Mind - Paul Oakenfold
• Fundamental - Pet Shop Boys
• The Garden - Zero 7

Traditional Pop

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

• Duets: An American Classic - Tony Bennett
• Caught in the Act - Michael Bublé
• Wintersong - Sarah McLachlan
• Bette Midler Sings the Peggy Lee Songbook - Bette Midler
• Timeless Love - Smokey Robinson

Rock

Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance

• "Nausea" - Beck
• "Someday Baby" - Bob Dylan
• "Route 66" - John Mayer
• "Saving Grace" - Tom Petty
• "Lookin' for a Leader" - Neil Young

Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal

• "Talk" - Coldplay
• "Dani California" - Red Hot Chili Peppers
• "How to Save a Life" - The Fray
• "Steady, As She Goes" - The Raconteurs
• "The Saints Are Coming" - U2 and Green Day

Best Hard Rock Performance

• "Crazy Bitch" - Buckcherry
• "Every Day Is Exactly the Same" - Nine Inch Nails
• "Lonely Day" - System of a Down
• "Vicarious" - Tool
• "Woman" - Wolfmother

Best Metal Performance

• "Redneck" - Lamb of God
• "Colony of Birchmen" - Mastodon
• "Lies, Lies, Lies" - Ministry
• "Eyes of the Insane" - Slayer
• "30/30-150" - Stone Sour

Best Rock Instrumental Performance

• "Chun Li's Spinning Bird Kick" - Arctic Monkeys
• "The Wizard Turns On..." - The Flaming Lips
• "Black Hole Sun" - Peter Frampton
• "Castellorizon" - David Gilmour
• "Super Colossal" - Joe Satriani

Best Rock Song

(Please note: As this is a songwriter's award, the songwriters are the proper recipients. The artist's name appears in parentheses for identification only.)

• "Chasing cars" - Nathan Connolly, Gary Lightbody, Jonny Quinn, Tom Simpson & Paul Wilson (Snow Patrol)
• "Dani California" - Flea, John Frusciante, Anthony Kiedis & Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
• "Lookin' for a Leader" - Neil Young (Neil Young)
• "Someday Baby" - Bob Dylan (Bob Dylan)
• "When You Were Young" - Brandon Flowers, Dave Keuning, Mark Stoermer & Ronnie Vannucci (The Killers)

Best Rock Album

• Try! - John Mayer Trio
• Highway Companion - Tom Petty
• Broken Boy Soldiers - The Raconteurs
• Stadium Arcadium - Red Hot Chili Peppers
• Living with War - Neil Young

Alternative

Best Alternative Music Album

• 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

R&B

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance

• "Ring the Alarm" - Beyoncé
• "Be Without You" - Mary J. Blige
• "Don't Forget About Us" - Mariah Carey
• "Day Dreaming" - Natalie Cole
• "I Am Not My Hair" - India.Arie

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance

• "Heaven" - John Legend
• "So Sick" - Ne-Yo
• "Black Sweat" - Prince
• "I Call It Love" - Lionel Richie
• "Got You Home" - Luther Vandross

Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

• "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 & Támar

Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance

• "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

Best Urban/Alternative Performance

• "Crazy" - Gnarls Barkley
• "That Heat" - Sérgio Mendes Featuring Erykah Badu & Will.i.am
• "Mas Que Nada" - Sérgio Mendes Featuring The Black Eyed Peas
• "Idlewild Blue (Don't Chu Worry 'Bout Me)" - Outkast
• "3121" - Prince

Best R&B Song

(Please note: As this is a songwriter's award, the songwriters are the proper recipients. The artist's name appears in parentheses for identification only.)

• "Be Without You" - Johnta Austin, Mary J. Blige, Bryan-Michael Cox & Jason Perry (Mary J. Blige)
• "Black Sweat" - Prince (Prince)
• "Deja Vu" - Shawn Carter, Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins, Beyoncé Knowles, Makeba Riddick, Keli Nicole Price, Delisha Thomas & John Webb (Beyoncé Featuring Jay-Z)
• "Don't Forget About Us" - Johnta Austin, Mariah Carey, Bryan-Michael Cox & Jermaine Dupri (Mariah Carey)
• "I Am Not My Hair" - Drew Ramsey, Shannon Sanders & India Arie Simpson, songwriters (India.Arie)

Best R&B Album

• The Breakthrough - Mary J. Blige
• Unpredictable - Jamie Foxx
• Testimony: Vol. 1, Life & Relationship - India.Arie
• 3121 - Prince
• Coming Home - Lionel Richie

Best Contemporary R&B Album

• B'Day - Beyoncé Knowles
• Chris Brown - Chris Brown
• 20 Y.O. - Janet Jackson
• Kelis Was Here - Kelis
• In My Own Words - Ne-Yo

Rap

Best Rap Solo Performance

• "Touch It" - Busta Rhymes
• "We Run This" - Missy Elliott
• "Kick, Push" - Lupe Fiasco
• "Undeniable" - Mos Def
• "What You Know" - T.I.

Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group

• "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

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration

• "Smack That" - Akon Featuring Eminem
• "Deja Vu" - Beyoncé Featuring Jay-Z
• "Shake That" - Eminem Featuring Nate Dogg
• "Unpredictable" - Jamie Foxx Featuring Ludacris
• "My Love" - Justin Timberlake Featuring T.I.

Best Rap Song

(Please note: As this is a songwriter's award, the songwriters are the proper recipients. The artist's name appears in parentheses for identification only.)

• "It's Goin' Down" - Chadron Moore & Jasiel Robinson (Yung Joc)
• "Kick, Push" - Wasalu Muhammad Jaco (Lupe Fiasco)
• "Money Maker" - Christopher Bridges & Pharrell (Ludacris Featuring Pharrell)
• "Ridin" - Anthony Henderson, Juan Carlos Salinas, Oscar Salinas & Hakeem Seriki (Chamillionaire Featuring Krayzie Bone)
• "What You Know" - Gabriel Arillo, Aldrian Davis & Clifford Harris (T.I.; sample writers Donny Hathaway, Leroy Hutson, Curtis Mayfield & Billy Roberts were listed but not included in the nomination.)

Best Rap Album

• Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor - Lupe Fiasco
• Release Therapy - Ludacris
• In My Mind - Pharrell
• Game Theory - The Roots
• King - T.I.

Folk

Best Zydeco or Cajun Music Album

• Le Cowboy Creole - Geno Delafose & French Rockin' Boogie
• King Cake - Lisa Haley
• Live: Á La Blue Moon - Lost Bayou Ramblers
• Blues De Musicien - Pine Leaf Boys
• Racines - Racines
• The La Louisianne Sessions - Roddie Romero And The Hub City All-Stars
• Live! Worldwide - Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience

Spoken Word

Best Spoken Word Album for Children

• Blah Blah Blah: Stories About Clams, Swamp Monsters, Pirates & Dogs - Bill Harley
• Christmas In The Trenches - John McCutcheon
• Disney's Little Einsteins Musical Missions (Various Artists) - Ted Kryczko & Ed Mitchell, producers
• Peter Pan - Jim Dale
• The Witches - Lynn Redgrave

Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Story Telling)

• I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This! - Bob Newhart
• New Rules — Polite Musings From A Timid Observer - Bill Maher
• Our Endangered Values: America's Moral Crisis - Jimmy Carter (tie)
• The Truth (with jokes) - Al Franken
• With Ossie And Ruby: In This Life Together - Ossie Davis & Ruby Dee (tie)

Best Comedy Album (For comedy recordings, spoken or musical)

• Blue Collar Comedy Tour — One For The Road - Bill Engvall, Ron White, Jeff Foxworthy & Larry The Cable Guy
• The Carnegie Hall Performance - Lewis Black
• Life Is Worth Losing - George Carlin
• Straight Outta Lynwood - "Weird Al" Yankovic
• You Can't Fix Stupid - Ron White

Country

Country field

Best Female Country Vocal Performance

• "Jesus, Take The Wheel" - Carrie Underwood || style="background: #99FF99; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="yes table-yes2"|Won

• "Kerosene" - Miranda Lambert || style="background: #FDD; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="no table-no2"|Nominated
• "I Still Miss Someone" - Martina McBride || style="background: #FDD; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="no table-no2"|Nominated
• "Something's Gotta Give" - LeAnn Rimes || style="background: #FDD; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="no table-no2"|Nominated
• "I Don't Feel Like Loving You Today" - Gretchen Wilson || style="background: #FDD; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="no table-no2"|Nominated

Best Male Country Vocal Performance

• "The Reason Why" - Vince Gill

Best Country Album

• Taking The Long Way - Dixie Chicks

External links

• 49th Annual Grammy Nominee List