ASCAP Members Receive Multiple Nominations for the 49th Annual Grammy Awards
Mary J. Blige Leads with Eight Nods
The 49th Grammy Awards will be held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on February 11, 2007. The show will be broadcast on the CBS Network at 8 p.m. (ET/PT). The nominations for the 49th Annual Grammy Awards were announced Thursday, December 7, 2006 in Los Angeles.
Mary J. Blige tops the list with a total of eight nominations. Among other ASCAP members with multiple nods are: Dixie Chicks, John Mayer, Danger Mouse, Prince and Rick Rubin with five each, and Beyoncé, Gnarls Barkley and Justin Timberlake with four apiece.
ASCAP members Joan Baez, Ornette Coleman, the Doors, the Grateful Dead and Bob Wills will receive The Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award. Stephen Sondheim will be honored with The Academy's Trustees Award.
ASCAP's list of nominees are:
Record Of The Year
"Be Without You"
Mary J. Blige, artist
"Not Ready To Make Nice"
Dixie Chicks, artist
Rick Rubin, producer
"Crazy"
Gnarls Barkley, artist
Danger Mouse, producer
Ben H. Allen & Danger Mouse, engineers/mixers
"Put Your Records On"
Steve Chrisanthou (PRS), producer, engineer/mixer
Album Of The Year
Taking The Long Way
Dixie Chicks, artist
Rick Rubin, producer
St. Elsewhere
Gnarls Barkley, artist
Danger Mouse, producer
Ben H. Allen & Danger Mouse, engineers/mixers
Continuum
John Mayer, artist, producer
John Alagia & Dave O'Donnell, engineers/mixers
Stadium Arcadium
Rick Rubin, producer
Andrew Scheps, engineer/mixer
FutureSex/LoveSounds
Justin Timberlake, artist
Jawbreakers, Rick Rubin, Timbaland & Justin Timberlake, producers
Jason Lader, Andrew Scheps, Timbaland, engineers/mixers
Song Of The Year
"Be Without You"
Johnta Austin & Mary J. Blige, songwriters
"Jesus, Take The Wheel"
Brett James, Hillary Lindsey & Gordie Sampson (SOCAN), songwriters
"Not Ready To Make Nice"
Natalie Maines & Dan Wilson, songwriters
"Put Your Records On"
John Beck (PRS) & Steve Chrisanthou (PRS), songwriters
Best New Artist
Imogen Heap (PRS)
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
"Waiting On The World To Change"
John Mayer
"Jenny Wren"
Paul McCartney (PRS)
Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal
"My Humps"
The Black Eyed Peas
"Over My Head (Cable Car)"
The Fray
"Is It Any Wonder?"
Keane (PRS)
"Stickwitu"
The Pussycat Dolls
Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals
"For Once In My Life"
Tony Bennett & Stevie Wonder
"One"
Mary J. Blige & U2 (PRS)
"Promiscuous"
Nelly Furtado (SOCAN) & Timbaland
"Hips Don't Lie"
Wyclef Jean
Best Pop Instrumental Performance
"Song H"
Bruce Hornsby
Best Pop Instrumental Album
New Beginnings
Gerald Albright
X
Fourplay
Fingerprints
Peter Frampton
Wrapped In A Dream
Spyro Gyra
Best Pop Vocal Album
The River In Reverse
Elvis Costello
Continuum
John Mayer
FutureSex/LoveSounds
Justin Timberlake
Best Dance Recording
"Ooh La La"
Goldfrapp (PRS), artist, producers
"Get Together"
Madonna, artist
Madonna & Stuart Price (PRS), producers
"I'm With Stupid"
Pet Shop Boys (PRS), artist
Trevor Horn (PRS), producer
"Sexy Back"
Justin Timberlake & Timbaland, artist, producers
Best Electronic/Dance Album
Supernature
Goldfrapp (PRS)
Confessions On A Dance Floor
Madonna
Fundamental
Pet Shop Boys (PRS)
The Garden
Zero 7 (PRS)
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Duets: An American Classic
Tony Bennett
Timeless Love
Smokey Robinson
Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance
"Nausea"
Beck
"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 (PRS)
"How To Save A Life"
The Fray
"Steady, As She Goes"
The Raconteurs
"The Saints Are Coming"
U2 & Green Day
Best Hard Rock Performance
"Crazy Bitch"
Buckcherry
"Every Day Is Exactly The Same"
Nine Inch Nails
"Vicarious"
Tool
Best Metal Performance
"Eyes Of The Insane"
Slayer
"30/30-150"
Stone Sour
Best Rock Instrumental Performance
"Chun Li's Flying Bird Kick"
Arctic Monkeys (PRS)
"Black Hole Sun"
Peter Frampton
"Super Colossal"
Joe Satriani
Best Rock Song
"Lookin' For A Leader"
Neil Young, songwriter
"When You Were Young"
Brandon Flowers, Dave Keuning, Mark Stoermer & Ronnie Vannucci (The Killers), songwriters
Best Rock Album
Try!
John Mayer Trio
Highway Companion
Tom Petty
Broken Boy Soldiers
The Raconteurs
Living With War
Neil Young
Best Alternative Music Album
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Arctic Monkeys (PRS)
St. Elsewhere
Gnarls Barkley
The Eraser
Thom Yorke (PRS)
Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
"Ring The Alarm"
Beyoncé
"Be Without You"
Mary J. Blige
"I Am Not My Hair"
India.Arie
Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
"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
"Love Changes"
Featuring Mary J. Blige
"Everyday (Family Reunion)"
Chaka Khan & Carl Thomas
"Beautiful, Loved And Blessed"
Prince & Támar
Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance
"God Bless The Child"
Featuring Jill Scott
"I Found My Everything"
Mary J. Blige Featuring Raphael Saadiq
"You Are So Beautiful"
Zucchero (SIAE)
"How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)"
The Temptations
Best Urban/Alternative Performance
"Crazy"
Gnarls Barkley
"That Heat"
Sergio Mendes Featuring Erykah Badu
"Mas Que Nada"
Sergio Mendes Featuring The Black Eyed Peas
"Idlewild Blue (Don't Chu Worry 'Bout Me)"
Outkast
"3121"
Prince
Best R&B Song
"Be Without You"
Johnta Austin & Mary J. Blige, songwriters
"Black Sweat"
Prince, songwriter
"Deja Vu"
Jay-Z, Beyoncé Knowles & Delisha Thomas (SOCAN), songwriters
"Don't Forget About Us"
Johnta Austin & Jermaine Dupri, songwriters
"I Am Not My Hair"
India Arie Simpson, songwriters
Best R&B Album
The Breakthrough
Mary J. Blige
Testimony: Vol. 1, Life & Relationship
India.Arie
3121
Prince
Coming Home
Lionel Richie
Best Contemporary R&B Album
B'Day
Beyoncé
Kelis Was Here
Kelis
Best Rap Solo Performance
"We Run This"
Missy Elliott
Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group
"Ridin"
Chamillionaire Featuring Krayzie Bone
"Georgia"
Ludacris
"Grillz"
Nelly Featuring Paul Wall & Ali
"Mighty O"
Outkast
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
"Smack That"
Akon
"Deja Vu"
Beyoncé Featuring Jay-Z
"Unpredictable"
Featuring Ludacris
"My Love"
Justin Timberlake
Best Rap Song
"It's Goin' Down"
Chadron Moore, songwriter
"Money Maker"
Ludacris, songwriter
"Ridin"
Anthony Henderson, J. Slainas, O. Salinas & Hakeem Seriki, songwriters
Best Rap Album
Release Therapy
Ludacris
Best Female Country Vocal Performance
"Something's Gotta Give"
LeAnn Rimes
"I Don't Feel Like Loving You Today"
Gretchen Wilson
Best Male Country Vocal Performance
"Every Mile A Memory"
Dierks Bentley
"The Seashores Of Old Mexico"
George Strait
"Would You Go With Me"
Josh Turner
Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal
"Not Ready To Make Nice"
Dixie Chicks
"Heaven's My Home"
The Duhks (SOCAN)
"What Hurts The Most"
Rascal Flatts
Best Country Collaboration With Vocals
"Who Says You Can't Go Home"
Bon Jovi & Jennifer Nettles
"Calling Me"
Kenny Rogers
"Love Will Always Win"
Trisha Yearwood & Garth Brooks
Best Country Instrumental Performance
"Jerusalem Ridge"
Casey Driessen
"Gameshow Rag/Cannonball Rag"
Tommy Emmanuel (APRA)
"The Eleventh Reel"
Chris Thile
Best Country Song
"Every Mile A Memory"
Dierks Bentley, songwriter
"Jesus, Take The Wheel"
Brett James, Hillary Lindsey & Gordie Sampson (SOCAN), songwriters
"Like Red On A Rose"
Melanie Castleman, songwriter
"What Hurts The Most"
Steve Robson, songwriter
Best Country Album
Taking The Long Way
Dixie Chicks
Like Red On A Rose
Alan Jackson
Your Man
Josh Turner
Best Bluegrass Album
Long List Of Heartaches
The Grascals
Instrumentals
Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder
Best New Age Album
A Posteriori
Enigma
Beyond Words
Gentle Thunder With Will Clipman
The Magical Journeys Of Andreas Vollenweider
Andreas Vollenweider (SUISA)
Best Contemporary Jazz Album
People People Music Music
Groove Collective
Sexotica
Sex Mob
Who Let The Cats Out?
Mike Stern
Best Jazz Vocal Album
From This Moment On
Diana Krall (SOCAN)
Best Jazz Instrumental Solo
"Freedom Jazz Dance"
Taylor Eigsti, soloist
"Hope"
Branford Marsalis, soloist
Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group
Sound Grammar
Ornette Coleman
Trio Beyond - Saudades
Larry Goldings
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Some Skunk Funk
Marcio Doctor (GEMA) & Vince Mendoza conducting The WDR Big Band Köln
Best Latin Jazz Album
Codes
Ignacio Berroa
Viva
Diego Urcola
Best Gospel Performance
"Made To Worship"
Chris Tomlin
"Victory"
Tye Tribbett & G.A.
Best Gospel Song
"Mountain Of God"
Brown Bannister & Mac Powell, songwriters
"Victory"
Tye Tribbett, songwriter
Best Rock Or Rap Gospel Album
Where The Past Meets Today
Sarah Kelly
Turn Around
Jonny Lang
End Of Silence
Red
Bone-A-Fide
T-Bone
Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album
Coming Up To Breathe
MercyMe
Wherever You Are
Third Day
See The Morning
Chris Tomlin
Introducing Ayiesha Woods
Ayiesha Woods
Best Southern, Country, Or Bluegrass Gospel Album
Give It Away
Gaither Vocal Band
Precious Memories
Alan Jackson
Glory Train
Randy Travis
Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album
Victory Live!
Tye Tribbett & G.A.
Best Latin Pop Album
Adentro
Arjona
Lo Que Trajo El Barco
Obie Bermúdez
Trozos De Mi Alma 2
Marco Antonio Solis
Best Latin Rock, Alternative Or Urban Album
Lo Demás Es Plástico
Black:Guayaba
The Underdog/El Subestimado
Tego Calderón
Calle 13
Calle 13
Superpop Venezuela
Los Amigos Invisibles
Amar Es Combatir
Maná
Best Tropical Latin Album
Directo Al Corazón
Gilberto Santa Rosa
Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album
A Toda Ley
Pablo Montero
Orgullo De Mujer
Alicia Villarreal
Best Tejano Album
All Of Me
Jay Perez
Rebecca Valadez
Rebecca Valadez
Best Norteño Album
Algo De Mí
Conjunto Primavera
Puro Pa' Arriba
Los Huracanes Del Norte
Best Banda Album
Amor Gitano
Cuisillos
A Mucha Honra
Ezequiel Peña
Más Allá Del Sol
Joan Sebástian
Best Traditional Blues Album
Brother To The Blues
Louisiana's Leroux
Bronx In Blue
Dion
Best Traditional Folk Album
Gonna Let It Shine
Odetta
Adieu False Heart
Ann Savoy
We Shall Overcome - The Seeger Sessions
Bruce Springsteen
Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album
Solo Acoustic Vol. 1
Jackson Browne
Workbench Songs
Guy Clark
All The Roadrunning
Mark Knopfler (PRS) & Emmylou Harris
Best Native American Music Album
Heart Of The Wind
Will Clipman
American Indian Story
Jana
Dance With The Wind
Mary Youngblood
Best Hawaiian Music Album
Generation Hawai'i
Amy Hanaiali'I
The Wild Hawaiian
Henry Kapono
Legends Of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar - Live From Maui
Various Artists
Daniel Ho & George Kahumoku, Jr., producers
Best Reggae Album
Love Is My Religion
Ziggy Marley
Youth
Matisyahu
Rhythm Doubles
Sly & Robbie (PRS)
Who You Fighting For
UB40 (PRS)
Best Traditional World Music Album
Endless Vision
Hossein Alizadeh (GEMA)
Golden Strings Of The Sarode
Zakir Hussain
Best Contemporary World Music Album
Tiki
Richard Bona (SACEM)
M'Bemba
Salif Keita (PRS)
Long Walk To Freedom
Ladysmith Black Mambazo (SAMRO)
Savane
Ali Farka Toure (BUMDA)
Best Polka Album
Party Dress
LynnMarie & The Boxhounds
Best Musical Album For Children
Beethoven's Wig 3: Many More Sing Along Symphonies
Beethoven's Wig
Catch That Train!
Dan Zanes And Friends
The Sunny Side Of The Street
John Lithgow
Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Story Telling)
The Truth (With Jokes)
Al Franken
With Ossie And Ruby: In This Life Together
Ossie Davis
Best Musical Show Album
The Color Purple
Stephen Bray, composer/lyricist
The Drowsy Chaperone
Lisa Lambert (SOCAN) & Greg Morrison (SOCAN), composers/lyricists
The Pajama Game
Richard Adler & Jerry Ross, composers/lyricists
Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Stephen Sondheim, composer/lyricist
Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
Walk The Line
Joaquin Phoenix & Various Artists
Best Score Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
The Da Vinci Code
Hans Zimmer, composer
Pirates Of The Caribbean - Dead Man's Chest
Hans Zimmer, composer
Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
"Can't Take It In"
(From
The Chronicles Of Narnia - The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe)
Imogen Heap (PRS), songwriter
"I Need To Wake Up"
(From
An Inconvenient Truth)
Melissa Etheridge, songwriter
"Our Town" (From
Cars)
Randy Newman, songwriter
Best Instrumental Composition
"Argument"
Taylor Eigsti, composer
Best Instrumental Arrangement
"Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes"
Gordon Goodwin, arranger
"Three Women"
Gil Goldstein, arranger
Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
"For Once In My Life"
Jorge Calandrelli, arranger
"Good Morning Heartache"
Gil Goldstein & Greg Phillinganes, arrangers
"My Flame Burns Blue (Blood Count)"
Vince Mendoza, arranger
"Stardust"
Slide Hampton (SACEM), arranger
"Suninga"
Gil Goldstein, arranger
Best Recording Package
10,000 Days
Adam Jones, art director (Tool, artist)
Best Historical Album
Rockin' Bones: 1950's Punk & Rockabilly
Cheryl Pawelski, compilation producer
Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical
Danger Mouse
•
"Pieces Of The People We Love"
•
St. Elsewhere
Rick Rubin
•
American V: A Hundred Highways
•
"God's Gonna Cut You Down"
•
Stadium Arcadium
•
Taking The Long Way
•
12 Songs
Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical
"Damage Thorn (Buick Project Remix)"
Buick Project (PRS), remixers
"Deja Vu (Freemasons Club Mix - No Rap)"
Russell Small (PRS) & James Wiltshire (PRS), remixers
"Talk (Thin White Duke Mix)"
Jacques Lu Cont (PRS), remixer
"World Hold On (E-Smoove Remix)"
E-Smoove, remixer
Best Surround Sound Album
Long Walk To Freedom
Martin Walters, surround mix engineer, surround mastering engineer, surround producer
Morph The Cat
Donald Fagen, surround producer
A Valid Path
P.J. Olsson, surround mix engineer
Best Engineered Album, Classical
Látigo
Leslie Ann Jones, engineer
Best Classical Album
Lieberson: Rilke Songs, The Six Realms, Horn Concerto
David Starobin, producer
Mahler: Symphony No. 7
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Mozart: La Clemenza Di Tito
Marie-Claude Chappuis (SUISA)
Best Orchestral Performance
Mahler: Symphony No. 6 In A Min.
Iván Fischer (ARTISJUS), conductor
Mahler: Symphony No. 7
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Best Opera Recording
Mozart: La Clemenza Di Tito
Marie-Claude Chappuis (SUISA), soloist
Smetana: The Bartered Bride
Sir Charles Mackerras (PRS), conductor
Brian Couzens (PRS), producer
Best Choral Performance
Immortal Nystedt
Øystein Fevang (TONO), conductor
Requiem
Craig Hella Johnson, conductor
Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra)
Henze: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 And 3
Christopher Lyndon-Gee (APRA), conductor
Messiaen: Oiseaux Exotiques (Exotic Birds)
John McLaughlin Williams, conductor
Schmidt: Concertos
Ole Schmidt (KODA), conductor
Best Small Ensemble Performance
Miguel De Cervantes - Don Quijote De La Mancha - Romances Y Músicas
Jordi Savall (SACEM), conductor
Padilla: Sun Of Justice
Peter Rutenberg, conductor
Best Classical Contemporary Composition
"The Here And Now"
Christopher Theofanidis
"Paul Revere's Ride"
David Del Tredici
"A Scotch Bestiary"
James MacMillan (PRS)
Best Short Form Music Video
"8th Of November"
Big & Rich, artist
Steve Lamar, video producer
"When You Were Young"
The Killers, artist
"Writing On The Walls"
Underoath, artist
Best Long Form Music Video
Demon Days - Live In Manchester
Gorillaz (PRS), artist
I'm Going To Tell You A Secret
Madonna, artist
Wings For Wheels: The Making Of Born To Run
Bruce Springsteen, artist
Lifetime Achievement Award Honorees
Joan Baez
Ornette Coleman
The Doors
The Grateful Dead
Bob Wills
Trustees Award Honoree
Stephen Sondheim
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