I didnt post everything (cant post beyond a certain number of characters)
http://www.grammy.com/images/49th_Press_List.TXT

Category 1 - 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

General Field
Category 2 - 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

General Field
Category 3 - Song Of The Year
• Be Without You
Johnta Austin, Mary J. Blige, Bryan-Michael Cox & Jason Perry, songwriters (Mary
J. Blige)
• Jesus, Take The Wheel
Brett James, Hillary Lindsey & Gordie Sampson, songwriters (Carrie Underwood)
• Not Ready To Make Nice
Martie Maguire, Natalie Maines, Emily Robison & Dan Wilson, songwriters (Dixie
Chicks)
• Put Your Records On
John Beck, Steve Chrisanthou & Corinne Bailey Rae, songwriters (Corinne Bailey
Rae)
• You're Beautiful
James Blunt, Amanda Ghost & Sacha Skarbek, songwriters (James Blunt)

General Field
Category 4 - Best New Artist
• James Blunt
• Chris Brown
• Imogen Heap
• Corinne Bailey Rae
• Carrie Underwood

Field 1 - Pop
Category 5 - 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

Field 1 - Pop
Category 6 - 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

Field 1 - Pop
Category 7 - Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal
• My Humps
The Black Eyed Peas
• 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

Field 1 - Pop
Category 8 - 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

Field 1 - Pop
Category 9 - Best Pop Instrumental Performance
• Mornin'
George Benson (& Al Jarreau)
• Drifting
Enya
• Subterfuge
Béla Fleck & The Flecktones
• Song H
Bruce Hornsby
• My Favorite Things
The Brian Setzer Orchestra

Field 1 - Pop
Category 10 - Best Pop Instrumental Album
• New Beginnings
Gerald Albright
• Fire Wire
Larry Carlton
• X
Fourplay
• Fingerprints
Peter Frampton
• Wrapped In A Dream
Spyro Gyra

Field 1 - Pop
Category 11 - 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

Field 2 - Dance
Category 12 - Best Dance Recording
• Suffer Well
Depeche Mode
• Ooh La La
Goldfrapp
• Get Together
Madonna
• I'm With Stupid
Pet Shop Boys
• Sexy Back
Justin Timberlake & Timbaland

Field 2 - Dance
Category 13 - Best Electronic/Dance Album
• Supernature
Goldfrapp
• Confessions On A Dance Floor
Madonna
• A Lively Mind
Oakenfold
• Fundamental
Pet Shop Boys
• The Garden
Zero 7

Field 3 - Traditional Pop
Category 14 - 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

Field 4 - Rock
Category 15 - 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

Field 4 - Rock
Category 16 - Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal
• Talk
Coldplay
• How To Save A Life
The Fray
• Steady, As She Goes
The Raconteurs
• Dani California
Red Hot Chili Peppers
• The Saints Are Coming
U2 & Green Day

Field 4 - Rock
Category 17 - 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

Field 4 - Rock
Category 18 - 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

Field 4 - Rock
Category 19 - Best Rock Instrumental Performance
• Chun Li's Flying Bird Kick
Arctic Monkeys
• The Wizard Turns On...
The Flaming Lips
• Black Hole Sun
Peter Frampton
• Catsellorizon
David Gilmour
• Super Colossal
Joe Satriani

Field 4 - Rock
Category 20 - Best Rock Song
• Chasing Cars
Nathan Connolly, Gary Lightbody, Jonny Quinn, Tom Simpson & Paul Wilson,
songwriters (Snow Patrol)
• Dani California
Flea, John Frusciante, Anthony Kiedis & Chad Smith, songwriters (Red Hot Chili
Peppers)
• Lookin' For A Leader
Neil Young, songwriter (Neil Young)
• Someday Baby
Bob Dylan, songwriter (Bob Dylan)
• When You Were Young
Brandon Flowers, Dave Keuning, Mark Stoermer & Ronnie Vannucci, songwriters (The
Killers)

Field 4 - Rock
Category 21 - 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

Field 5 - Alternative
Category 22 - 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

Field 6 - R&B
Category 23 - 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

Field 6 - R&B
Category 24 - 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

Field 6 - R&B
Category 25 - 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

Field 6 - R&B
Category 26 - 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

Field 6 - R&B
Category 27 - Best Urban/Alternative Performance
• Crazy
Gnarls Barkley
• That Heat
Segio Mendes Featuring Erykah Badu & Will.i.am
• Mas Que Nada
Sergio Mendes Featuring The Black Eyed Peas
• Idlewild Blue (Don't Chu Worry 'Bout Me)
Outkast
• 3121
Prince

Field 6 - R&B
Category 28 - Best R&B Song
• Be Without You
Johnta Austin, Mary J. Blige, Bryan-Michael Cox & Jason Perry, songwriters (Mary
J. Blige)
• Black Sweat
Prince, songwriter (Prince)
• Deja Vu
Shawn Carter, Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins, Beyoncé Knowles, Makeba, Keli Nicole
Price & Delisha Thomas, songwriters (Beyoncé Featuring Jay-Z)
• Don't Forget About Us
Johnta Austin, Mariah Carey, Bryan-Michael Cox & Jermaine Dupri, songwriters
(Mariah Carey)
• I Am Not My Hair
Drew Ramsey, Shannon Sanders & India Arie Simpson, songwriters (India.Arie)

Field 6 - R&B
Category 29 - 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

Field 6 - R&B
Category 30 - Best Contemporary R&B Album
• B'Day
Beyoncé
• Chris Brown
Chris Brown
• 20 Y.O.
Janet Jackson
• Kelis Was Here
Kelis
• In My Own Words
Ne-Yo

[Edited on December 7, 2006 at 2:09 PM. Reason : edit]

12/7/2006 2:08:52 PM

OMG LIKE ALL OF THOSE ARE ON MY I-POD RIGHT NOW

12/7/2006 2:11:02 PM

YOU TOO!

I have corinne bailey rae on repeat

12/7/2006 2:11:42 PM

i don't quite follow the differences between "rock", "hard rock", and "alternative".

12/7/2006 2:17:19 PM

they should make a game show out of trying to figure out the Grammy Categories with Saget hosting. I would so watch that.

12/7/2006 2:18:53 PM

Category 1 - Record Of The Year
• You're Beautiful
James Blunt

Category 2 - Album Of The Year
• Continuum
John Mayer

Category 3 - Song Of The Year
• Not Ready To Make Nice
Martie Maguire, Natalie Maines, Emily Robison & Dan Wilson, songwriters (Dixie Chicks)

Category 4 - Best New Artist
• Carrie Underwood

Category 5 - Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
• Black Horse And The Cherry Tree
KT Tunstall

Category 6 - Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
• You're Beautiful
James Blunt

Category 8 - Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals
• Promiscuous
Nelly Furtado & Timbaland

Category 11 - Best Pop Vocal Album
• Back To Bedlam
James Blunt

Category 16 - Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal
• Dani California
Red Hot Chili Peppers

Category 21 - Best Rock Album
• Stadium Arcadium
Red Hot Chili Peppers



my picks, at least in the categories where I've heard a good bit of what's in it.

12/7/2006 2:36:07 PM

god the grammys SUCK!

12/7/2006 3:53:47 PM

Field 20 - Comedy
Category 78 - 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
[Warner Bros.]

• The Carnegie Hall Performance
Lewis Black
[Comedy Central Records]

• Life Is Worth Losing
George Carlin
[Atlantic]

• Straight Outta Lynwood
"Weird Al" Yankovic
[Volcano/Zomba Label Group]

• You Can't Fix Stupid
Ron White
[Image Entertainment]

12/7/2006 4:07:28 PM

this is all Ani will ever be nominated for BUT SHE'LL WIN AND TAKE HOME HER THIRD GRAMMY--w00t!

Field 24 - Package
Category 86 - Best Recording Package

• The Best Worst-Case Scenario
Ryan Clark, art director (Fair)
[Tooth & Nail Records]

• Personal File
Randall Martin, art director (Johnny Cash)
[Columbia/Legacy Recordings]

• Reprieve
Ani DiFranco & Brian Grunert, art directors (Ani DiFranco)
[Righteous Babe Records]

• 10,000 Days
Adam Jones, art director (Tool)
[Tool Dissectional/Volcano/Zomba Label Group]

• Versions
Neal Ashby & Matthew Curry, art directors (Thievery Corporation)
[ESL Music]

12/7/2006 4:10:34 PM

My Picks . . .

Category 1 - Record Of The Year
• Crazy
Gnarls Barkley

General Field
Category 2 - Album Of The Year
• Continuum
John Mayer

General Field
Category 3 - Song Of The Year
• Put Your Records On
John Beck, Steve Chrisanthou & Corinne Bailey Rae, songwriters (Corinne Bailey
Rae)

General Field
Category 4 - Best New Artist
• Corinne Bailey Rae

Field 1 - Pop
Category 5 - Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
• Black Horse And The Cherry Tree
KT Tunstall

Field 1 - Pop
Category 6 - Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
• Save Room
John Legend

Field 1 - Pop
Category 7 - Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal
• I Will Follow You Into The Dark
Death Cab For Cutie

Field 1 - Pop
Category 8 - Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals
• One
Mary J. Blige & U2

Field 1 - Pop
Category 9 - Best Pop Instrumental Performance
• Drifting
Enya

Field 1 - Pop
Category 10 - Best Pop Instrumental Album
• New Beginnings
Gerald Albright

Field 1 - Pop
Category 11 - Best Pop Vocal Album
• Continuum
John Mayer

Field 2 - Dance
Category 12 - Best Dance Recording
• Sexy Back
Justin Timberlake & Timbaland

Field 2 - Dance
Category 13 - Best Electronic/Dance Album
• The Garden
Zero 7

Field 3 - Traditional Pop
Category 14 - Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
• Timeless Love
Smokey Robinson

Field 4 - Rock
Category 15 - Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance
• Someday Baby
Bob Dylan

Field 4 - Rock
Category 16 - Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal
• Steady, As She Goes
The Raconteurs

Field 4 - Rock
Category 17 - Best Hard Rock Performance
• Vicarious
Tool

Field 4 - Rock
Category 18 - Best Metal Performance
• Colony Of Birchmen
Mastodon

Field 4 - Rock
Category 19 - Best Rock Instrumental Performance
• The Wizard Turns On...
The Flaming Lips

Field 4 - Rock
Category 20 - Best Rock Song
• Someday Baby
Bob Dylan, songwriter (Bob Dylan)

Field 4 - Rock
Category 21 - Best Rock Album
• Broken Boy Soldiers
The Raconteurs

Field 5 - Alternative
Category 22 - Best Alternative Music Album
• Show Your Bones
Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Field 6 - R&B
Category 23 - Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
• Day Dreaming
Natalie Cole

Field 6 - R&B
Category 24 - Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
• Heaven
John Legend

Field 6 - R&B
Category 25 - Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
• Family Affair
(Sly & The Family Stone), John Legend, Joss Stone With Van Hunt

Field 6 - R&B
Category 26 - Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance
• You Are So Beautiful
Sam Moore Featuring Billy Preston, Zucchero, Eric Clapton & Robert Randolph

Field 6 - R&B
Category 27 - Best Urban/Alternative Performance
• Idlewild Blue (Don't Chu Worry 'Bout Me)
Outkast


Field 6 - R&B
Category 28 - Best R&B Song
• I Am Not My Hair
Drew Ramsey, Shannon Sanders & India Arie Simpson, songwriters (India.Arie)

Field 6 - R&B
Category 29 - Best R&B Album
• Testimony: Vol. 1, Life & Relationship
India.Arie

Field 6 - R&B
Category 30 - Best Contemporary R&B Album
• In My Own Words
Ne-Yo

12/7/2006 4:15:36 PM

the grammy's are hilarious. no one that actually listens to music in anyway can think any of those nominations for "album of the year" make sense. that john mayer album is fucking ridiculously terrible. and i don't even hate his other shit.

12/7/2006 6:29:10 PM

I have friends who previously despised Mayer before Continuum, but after listening to it, even they admit his guitar work is A+ on that album.

12/7/2006 6:57:18 PM

impressive guitar work does not make an album good

case in point - mars volta

12/7/2006 7:22:26 PM

I'm not going to argue with anyone about music because I've learned in my five years of music writing that you can only present your opinion no change people's views. But I will say that it is mighty presumptuous to say, "no one that actually listens to music in anyway can think any of those nominations for "album of the year" make sense."

12/7/2006 7:55:10 PM

i think justin timberlake should win everything. i'm not ashamed to say that i like that "sexy back" song.

12/7/2006 9:04:22 PM

Quote :

"tschudi: no one that actually listens to music in anyway can think any of those nominations for "album of the year" make sense."

I listen to music in anyway and sans the JT album, which I don't think is even better than his first album, I'd agree with the nominees.

Quote :

"tschudi:. that john mayer album is fucking ridiculously terrible. and i don't even hate his other shit."

Continuum is so much better than his other albums. Only the JMT album comes close.

12/7/2006 9:51:38 PM

Quote :

"Continuum is so much better than his other albums. Only the JMT album comes close."

Agreed, I think JMT would be better if it had a handful more tracks . . . then again, then it would be called Continuum.

12/7/2006 9:54:01 PM

you honestly think those are the 5 best albums released this year? well, ok then. ironically the JT album is the best on that list.

12/7/2006 10:36:25 PM

I am not saying those five albums are the best, but I am saying no one can say they are not the five best. If you don't agree, fine, nor do I, but that doesn't mean they're wrong. Joe Somebody may agree with the list wholeheartedly, and he is not wrong to do so.

12/7/2006 10:54:14 PM

i think they actually changed the name to the "49th Annual Who Gives A Shit Awards"

12/7/2006 10:55:08 PM

Quote :

"tschudi: you honestly think those are the 5 best albums released this year? well, ok then. ironically the JT album is the best on that list."

Five of the best, not the 5 best.

12/8/2006 1:47:13 PM