49th Grammy Awards

Infobox Grammy Awards
name = 49th


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date= February 11, 2007
venue = Staples Center, Los Angeles, California
host = None
network = CBS
last=2006
next=2008

The 49th Annual Grammy Awards is a ceremony honoring the best in music for the recording year beginning September 15, 2005 and ending September 14, 2006 in the United States. The awards were handed out on Sunday February 11, 2007 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. As in most years since 2003, the ceremony did not have a host. The Dixie Chicks were the night's big winners winning a total of five awards. They are the first act since Eric Clapton in 1993 to win Record, Album and Song of the Year in one night. Don Henley was honored as MusiCares Person of the Year two nights prior to the show on February 9, 2007. The show won an Emmy for "Outstanding Lighting Direction (electronic, multicamera) for VMC Programming".

Performances

Opening Performance:
*The Police —- "Roxanne"Other Performers:
*Mary J. Blige -- "Be Without You"/"Stay with Me"
*Christina Aguilera —- "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" (James Brown tribute)
*Beyoncé —- "Listen"
*Smokey Robinson, Chris Brown, and Lionel Richie —- R&B Male Artists tribute
*Dixie Chicks —- "Not Ready To Make Nice"
*Justin Timberlake —- "What Goes Around.../...Comes Around Interlude"
*Ludacris, Mary J. Blige and Earth, Wind & Fire —- "Runaway Love"
*James Blunt —- "You're Beautiful"
*Gnarls Barkley —- "Crazy"
*John Legend, John Mayer and Corinne Bailey Rae —- "Like a Star"/"Coming Home"/" Gravity"
*Red Hot Chili Peppers —- "Snow ((Hey Oh))"
*Shakira and Wyclef Jean —- "Hips Don't Lie"
*Justin Timberlake, Robyn Troup, and T.I. —- "Ain't No Sunshine" and "My Love"
*Carrie Underwood and Rascal Flatts —- Bob Wills and Don Henley Tribute

Presenters

*Burt Bacharach
*Joan Baez
*Natasha Bedingfield
*Tony Bennett
*Black Eyed Peas
*Lewis Black
*Natalie Cole
*Ornette Coleman
*Common
*Nelly Furtado
*Al Gore
*Alyson Hannigan
*Don Henley
*Terrence Howard
*Jennifer Hudson
*Samuel L. Jackson
*Scarlett Johannsen
*Reba McEntire
*Mandy Moore
*Pink
*Queen Latifah
*Rihanna
*LeAnn Rimes
*Chris Rock
*Nicole Scherzinger
*Seal
*Cobie Smulders
*David Spade
*Quentin Tarantino
*Kanye West
*Luke Wilson
*Stevie Wonder

Winners

The winners in the four major categories are as follows:

Record of the Year

*"Not Ready to Make Nice" from Dixie Chicks' "Taking the Long Way" (Open Wide/Columbia)
**Rick Rubin, producer; Richard Dodd, Jim Scott & Chris Testa, engineers/mixers

Album of the Year

*"Taking the Long Way" by Dixie Chicks (Open Wide/Columbia)
**Rick Rubin, producer; Richard Dodd, Jim Scott & Chris Testa, engineers/mixers; Richard Dodd, mastering engineer

ong of the Year

* "Not Ready to Make Nice" from Dixie Chicks' "Taking the Long Way" (Open Wide/Columbia)
**Publishers: Woolly Puddin' Music; Chrysalis Music, Sugar Lake Music.
**Songwriters: Martie Maguire, Natalie Maines, Emily Robison & Dan Wilson

Best New Artist

*Carrie Underwood

References

External links

* [http://www.grammy.com/ Official Website] .
* [http://www.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Awards/49th_Show/list.aspx Complete list of all nominees and winners] .