Best Alternative Music Album Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not The Flaming Lips - At War With The Mystics Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones Thom Yorke - The Eraser
Song of the Year Mary J. Blige – “Be Without You” Carrie Underwood – “Jesus, Take The Wheel” Dixie Chicks – “Not Ready To Make Nice” Corinne Bailey Rae – “Put Your Records On” James Blunt – “You're Beautiful”
Album of the Year Dixie Chicks – Taking The Long Way Gnarls Barkley – St. Elsewhere John Mayer – Continuum Red Hot Chili Peppers – Stadium Arcadium Justin Timberlake – FutureSex/LoveSounds
Record of the Year Mary J. Blige – “Be Without You” James Blunt – “You’re Beautiful” Dixie Chicks – “Not Ready To Make Nice” Gnarls Barkley – “Crazy” Corinne Bailey Rae – “Put Your Records On”
My personal favorite: Best Rock Instrumental Performance, which finds the Arctic Monkeys, the Flaming Lips, Peter Frampton, David Gilmour, and Joe Satriani up against one another. Very prog couture.
Ex-Detroiter Jack White and his mates in the Raconteurs have earned two Grammy nominations! Their debut album, Broken Boy Soldiers is nominated for Best Rock Album and the single "Steady, As She Goes" is nominated for Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group.
The 49th Annual Grammy Awards take place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on February 11th 2007. For a full list, click on to Grammy.com