49th Annual Grammy Awards

Main ceremony

Presenters

• Jamie Foxx – presented Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals
• Joan Baez – introduced Dixie Chicks
• Prince – introduced Beyoncé
• The Black Eyed Peas – presented Best R&B Album and presented Booker T and the MG's as the lifetime achievement honorees.
• P!nk & T.I. – presented Best Female R&B Vocal Performance and presented The Doors as Lifetime Achievement honorees.
• Stevie Wonder – introduced Corinne Bailey Rae, John Legend & John Mayer
• Nelly Furtado, Natasha Bedingfield & Nicole Scherzinger – presented Best Pop Vocal Album
• Burt Bacharach & Seal – presented Song of the Year and paid tribute to A&M founders Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss.
• Alyson Hannigan & Cobie Smulders – introduced Gnarls Barkley and presented The Grateful Dead as Lifetime Achievement honorees.
• Common & Kanye West – presented Best Rap Album
• Terrence Howard – introduced Mary J. Blige and presented Maria Callas as Lifetime Achievement honoree.
• Mandy Moore, LeAnn Rimes & Luke Wilson – presented Best Country Album
• Reba McEntire – introduced Carrie Underwood & Rascal Flatts and paid tribute to honorees Bob Wills and Don Henley.
• Natalie Cole & Ornette Coleman – presented Best New Artist
• Samuel L. Jackson & Christina Ricci – talk about the birth of R&B and introduced Lionel Richie, Chris Brown & Smokey Robinson
• Rihanna & David Spade – introduced Ludacris, Mary J. Blige & Earth, Wind & Fire
• Jennifer Hudson – introduced My Grammy Moment Winner Robyn Troup
• Tony Bennett & Quentin Tarantino – presented Record of the Year
• Chris Rock – introduced Red Hot Chili Peppers
• Al Gore & Queen Latifah – presented Best Rock Album
• Don Henley & Scarlett Johansson – presented Album of the Year

Winners and nominees

• Mary J. Blige
• Dixie Chicks
• John Mayer
• James Blunt
• Red Hot Chili Peppers
• Gnarls Barkley
• Justin Timberlake
• Carrie Underwood

General

• * Rick Rubin, producer; Richard Dodd, Jim Scott & Chris Testa, engineers/mixers
• "Be Without You" – Mary J. Blige
• * Bryan-Michael Cox & Ron Fair producers; Danny Cheung, Tal Herzberg, Dave "Hard-Drive" Pensado & Allen Sides, engineers/mixers
• "You're Beautiful" – James Blunt
• * Tom Rothrock, producer; Tom Rothrock & Mike Tarantino, engineers/mixers
• "Crazy" – Gnarls Barkley
• * Danger Mouse, producer; Ben H. Allen, Danger Mouse & Kennie Takahashi, engineers/mixers
• "Put Your Records On" – Corinne Bailey Rae
• * Steve Chrisanthou, producer; Steve Chrisanthou & Jeremy Wheatley, engineers/mixers

• * Rick Rubin, producer; Richard Dodd, Jim Scott & Chris Testa, engineers/mixers; Richard Dodd, mastering engineerSt. Elsewhere – Gnarls Barkley
• * Danger Mouse, producer; Ben H. Allen, Danger Mouse & Kennie Takahashi, engineers/mixers; Mike Lazer, mastering engineerContinuum – John Mayer
• * Steve Jordan & John Mayer, producers; John Alagía, Michael Brauer, Joe Ferla, Chad Franscoviak, Manny Marroquin & Dave O'Donnell, engineers/mixers; Greg Calbi, mastering engineerStadium Arcadium – Red Hot Chili Peppers
• * Rick Rubin, producer; Ryan Hewitt, Mark Linett & Andrew Scheps, engineers/mixers; Vlado Meller, mastering engineerFutureSex/LoveSounds – Justin Timberlake
• * Nate (Danja) Hills, Jawbreakers, Rick Rubin, Timbaland & Justin Timberlake, producers; Jimmy Douglass, Serban Ghenea, Padraic Kerin, Jason Lader, Andrew Scheps, Timbaland & Ethan Willoughby, engineers/mixers; Herb Powers, Jr., mastering engineer

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

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

Pop

• "Unwritten" – Natasha Bedingfield
• "You Can Close Your Eyes" – Sheryl Crow
• "Stupid Girls" – P!nk
• "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" – KT Tunstall

• "You're Beautiful" – James Blunt
• "Save Room" – John Legend
• "Jenny Wren" – Paul McCartney
• "Bad Day" – Daniel Powter

• "I Will Follow You Into The Dark" – Death Cab For Cutie
• "Over My Head (Cable Car)" – The Fray
• "Is It Any Wonder?" – Keane
• "Stickwitu" – The Pussycat Dolls

• "One" – Mary J. Blige & U2
• "Always On Your Side" – Sheryl Crow & Sting
• "Promiscuous" – Nelly Furtado & Timbaland
• "Hips Don't Lie" – Shakira & Wyclef Jean

• "Drifting" – Enya
• "Subterfuge" – Béla Fleck & The Flecktones
• "Song H" – Bruce Hornsby
• "My Favorite Things" – The Brian Setzer Orchestra

Dance

• * Nate "Danja" Hills, Timbaland & Justin Timberlake, producers; Jimmy Douglass, mixer
• "Suffer Well" – Depeche Mode
• * Ben Hillier, producer; Steve Fitzmaurice & Ben Hillier, mixers
• "Ooh La La" – Goldfrapp
• * Goldfrapp, producers; Mark "Spike" Stent, mixer
• "Get Together" – Madonna
• * Madonna & Stuart Price, producers; Mark "Spike" Stent], mixer
• "I'm With Stupid" – Pet Shop Boys
• * Trevor Horn, producer; Robert Orton, mixer

Traditional pop

Rock

• "Nausea" – Beck
• "Route 66" – John Mayer
• "Saving Grace" – Tom Petty
• "Lookin' for a Leader" – Neil Young

• "Talk" – Coldplay
• "How to Save a Life" – The Fray
• "Steady, As She Goes" – The Raconteurs
• "The Saints Are Coming" – U2 & Green Day

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

• "Redneck" – Lamb of God
• "Colony of Birchmen" – Mastodon
• "LiesLiesLies" – Ministry
• "30/30-150" – Stone Sour

• "Chun Li's Spinning Bird Kick" – Arctic Monkeys
• "Black Hole Sun" – Peter Frampton
• "Castellorizon" – David Gilmour
• "Super Colossal" – Joe Satriani

• * Flea, John Frusciante, Anthony Kiedis & Chad Smith, songwriters
• "Chasing Cars" – Snow Patrol
• * Nathan Connolly, Gary Lightbody, Jonny Quinn, Tom Simpson & Paul Wilson, songwriters
• "Lookin' for a Leader" – Neil Young
• * Neil Young, songwriter
• "Someday Baby" – Bob Dylan
• * Bob Dylan, songwriter
• "When You Were Young" – The Killers
• * Brandon Flowers, Dave Keuning, Mark Stoermer & Ronnie Vannucci, songwriters

Alternative

R&B

• "Don't Forget About Us" – Mariah Carey
• "Ring the Alarm" – Beyoncé
• "Day Dreaming" – Natalie Cole
• "I Am Not My Hair" – India.Arie

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

• "Breezin'" – George Benson & Al Jarreau
• "Love Changes" – Jamie Foxx & Mary J. Blige
• "Everyday " – Chaka Khan, Gerald Levert, Yolanda Adams & Carl Thomas
• "Beautiful, Loved And Blessed" – Prince & Támar

• "Christmas Time Is Here" – Anita Baker
• "I Found My Everything" – Mary J. Blige & 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

• "3121" – Prince
• "Idlewild Blue (Don't Chu Worry 'Bout Me)" – Outkast
• "That Heat" – Sérgio Mendes, Erykah Badu & will.i.am
• "Mas Que Nada" – Sérgio Mendes & The Black Eyed Peas

• * Johnta Austin, Mary J. Blige, Bryan-Michael Cox & Jason Perry, songwriters
• "Black Sweat" – Prince
• * Prince, songwriter
• "Deja Vu" – Beyoncé & Jay-Z
• * Shawn Carter, Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins, Beyoncé, Makeba Riddick, Keli Nicole Price, Delisha Thomas & John Webb, songwriters
• "Don't Forget About Us" – Mariah Carey
• * Johnta Austin, Mariah Carey, Bryan-Michael Cox & Jermaine Dupri, songwriters
• "I Am Not My Hair" – India.Arie
• * Drew Ramsey, Shannon Sanders & India Arie Simpson, songwriters

Rap

• "Touch It" – Busta Rhymes
• "We Run This" – Missy Elliott
• "Kick, Push" – Lupe Fiasco
• "Undeniable" – Mos Def

• "Georgia" – Ludacris & Field Mob featuring Jamie Foxx
• "Grillz" – Nelly featuring Paul Wall, Ali & Gipp
• "Mighty "O"" – Outkast
• "Don't Feel Right" – The Roots

• "Smack That" – Akon featuring Eminem
• "Deja Vu" – Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z
• "Shake That" – Eminem featuring Nate Dogg
• "Unpredictable" – Jamie Foxx featuring Ludacris

• * Christopher Bridges & Pharrell Williams, songwriters
• "It's Goin' Down"
• * Chadron Moore & Jasiel Robinson, songwriters
• "Kick, Push"
• * Wasalu Muhammad Jaco, songwriter
• "Ridin"
• * Anthony Henderson, J. Salinas, O. Salinas & Hakeem Seriki, songwriters
• "What You Know" – T.I.
• * Aldrin Davis & Clifford Harris, songwriters;

Country

• "Kerosene" – Miranda Lambert
• "I Still Miss Someone" – Martina McBride
• "Something's Gotta Give" – LeAnn Rimes
• "I Don't Feel Like Loving You Today" – Gretchen Wilson

• "Every Mile a Memory" – Dierks Bentley
• "The Seashores of Old Mexico" – George Strait
• "Would You Go with Me" – Josh Turner
• "Once in a Lifetime" – Keith Urban

• "Heaven's My Home" – The Duhks
• "Boondocks" – Little Big Town
• "What Hurts the Most" – Rascal Flatts
• "Leave The Pieces" – The Wreckers

• "Tomorrow Is Forever" – Solomon Burke & Dolly Parton
• "Calling Me" – Kenny Rogers & Don Henley
• "Midnight Angel" – Rhonda Vincent & Bobby Osborne
• "Love Will Always Win" – Trisha Yearwood & Garth Brooks

• "Jerusalem Ridge" – Casey Driessen
• "Gameshow Rag/Cannonball Rag" – Tommy Emmanuel
• "The Eleventh Reel" – Chris Thile
• "Nature of the Beast" – Jim VanCleve

• * Brett James, Hillary Lindsey & Gordie Sampson, songwriters
• "Every Mile a Memory"
• * Brett Beavers, Dierks Bentley & Steve Bogard, songwriters
• "I Don't Feel Like Loving You Today"
• * Matraca Berg & Jim Collins, songwriters
• "Like Red on a Rose"
• * Melanie Castleman & Robert Lee Castleman, songwriters
• "What Hurts the Most"
• * Steve Robson & Jeffrey Steele, songwriters

New Age

Jazz

• "Paq Man" – Paquito D'Rivera
• "Freedom Jazz Dance" – Taylor Eigsti
• "Hippidy Hop" – Roy Haynes
• "Hope" – Branford Marsalis

Gospel

• "Not Forgotten" – Israel and New Breed
• "The Blessing Of Abraham" – Donald Lawrence & The Tri-City Singers
• "Made To Worship" – Chris Tomlin
• "Victory" – Tye Tribbett & G.A.

• * Kirk Franklin, songwriter
• "The Blessing Of Abraham"
• * Donald Lawrence, songwriter
• "Mountain Of God"
• * Brown Bannister & Mac Powell, songwriters
• "Not Forgotten"
• * Israel Houghton & Aaron Lindsey, songwriters
• "Victory"
• * Tye Tribbett, songwriter

Latin

• Also nominated were:Live In Session – Bob GallarzaAll Of Me – Jay PerezRebecca Valadez – Rebecca Valadez

Blues

Folk

Reggae

World Music

Polka

Children's

Spoken word

Comedy

Classical

• * Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Andreas Neubronner, producer

• * Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Andreas Neubronner, producer; Peter Laenger, engineer

• * Robert Spano, conductor; Valerie Gross & Sid McLauchlan, producers; Kelley O'Connor, Jessica Rivera & Dawn Upshaw, soloists; Stephan Flock & Wolf-Dieter Karwatky, engineers

• * Paul Hillier, conductor; Brad Michel & Robina G. Young, producers; Brad Michel, engineer/mixer

• * Angelin Chang

• * Maurizio Pollini, soloist; Christopher Alder, producer; Klaus Hiemann & Oliver Rogalla Von Heyden, engineers

• * Emerson String Quartet, ensembles; Da-Hong Seetoo, producer

• * Fred Vogler, producer; Peter Rutenberg, conductor; Los Angeles Chamber Singers' Capella, ensembles; Fred Vogler, engineer

• * Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, soloist

• * Osvaldo Golijov, composer

• * Bryn Terfel, soloist; Sid McLauchlan, producer; Stephan Flock & Piotr Furmanczyk, engineers

Music video

• "Here It Goes Again" – Ok Go

In memoriam