Friday, December 8, 2006

2007 Grammy Awatds Nominees

Here are the nominees the select catagories for the 49th Annual Grammy Awards. You can find the rest at www.grammy.come. My picks are in bold.

Record of the Year
"Put Your Record On" - Corinne Bailey Rae
"Your Beautiful" - James Blunt
"Be Without You" - Mary J Blige
"Not Ready to Make Nice" - Dixie Chicks
"Crazy" - Gnarls Brakley

Album of the Year
Continuum - John Mayer
FutureSex/LoveSounds - Justin Timberlake
Stadium Arcadium - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Taking the Long Way - Dixie Chicks
St. Elsewhere - Gnarls Barkely

Song of the Year
“Jesus, Take the Wheel” - Brett James, Hillary Lindsey & Gordie Sampson
“Your Beautiful” - James Blunt, Amanda Ghost & Sacha Skarbek
“Not Ready to be Nice” - Martie Maguire, Natalie Maines, Emily Robison & Dan Wilson
“Put Your Records On” - John Beck, Steve Chrisanthou & Corinne Bailey Rae
“Be Without You” - Johnta Austin, Mary J. Blige, Bryan-Michael Cox & Jason Perry

New Artest of the Year
Corinne Bailey Rae
Chris Brown
Carrie Underwood
James Blunt
Imogen Heap

Male Pop Vocal Performance
“Bad Day” - Daniel Powter
“Waiting on the World To Change” - John Mayer
“Your Beautiful” - James Blunt
“Save Room” - John Legend
“Jenny Wren” - Paul McCartney

Female Pop Vocal Performance
“Ain’t No Other Man” - Christina Aguilera
“You Can Close Your Eyes” - Sheryl Crowe
“Stupid Girls” - Pink
“Unwritten” - Natasha Bedingfield
“Black Horse and the Cherry Tree” - KT Tunstall

Group/Duet Vocal Performance
“My Humps” - Black Eyed Peas
“Over My Head (Cable Car)” - The Fray
“I Will Follow You into the Dark” - Death Cab For Cutie
“Is It Any Wonder” - Keane
“Stickwitu” - Pussy Cat Dolls

Best Pop Collaboration of 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

Pop Vocal Album of the Year
Back to Basics - Christina Aguilera
Back to Bedlam - James Blunt
Continuum - John Mayer
FutureSex/LoveSounds - Justin Timberlake
The River in Reverse - Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint

Solo Rock Vocal Performance
“Nausea” - Beck
“Someday Baby” - Bob Dylan
“Route 66” - John Mayer
“Saving Grace” - Tom Petty
“Lookin for a Leader” - Neil Young

Group Duet/ Rock Vocal Performance
“Talk” - Caldplay
“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

Rock Song of the Year
“Chasing Cars” - Nathan Connolly, Gary Lightbody, Jonny Quinn, Tom Simpson & Paul Wilson
“Dani California” - Flea, John Frusciante, Anthony Kiedis & Chad Smith
“Lookin for a Leader” - Neil Young
“Someday baby” - Bob Dylan
“When You Were Young” - Brandon Flowers, Dave Keuning, Mark Stoermer & Ronnie Vannucci

Rock Album of the Year
Try! - John Mayer Trio
Highway Companion - Tom Petty
Broken Boy Solders - The Raconteurs
Stadium Arcadium - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Living with War - Neil Young

Best Soundtrack (Motion Picture or TV)
Brokeback Mountain
Cars
Grey’s Anatomy, Volume 2
Little Miss Sunshine
Walk the Line

Best Score from a Motion Picture
The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe - Harry Gregson-Williams
The Da Vinci Code - Hans Zimmer
Memoirs of a Geisha - John Williams
Munich - John Williams
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest - Hans Zimmer

Best Song from a Motion Picture
“Can’t Take It In” - The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe ; Imogen Heap
“I Need to Wake Up” - An Inconvenient Truth; Melissa Etheridge
“Our Town” - Cars; Randy Newman
“There’s Nothing Like a Show on Broadway” - The Producers; Mel Brooks
“Travlin Thru” - Transamerica; Dolly Parton

* The 49th Annual Grammy Awards will be presented my the Recording Academy of Arts and Science on Sunday, Febraury 11, 2007, LIVE! From the Stapeles Center in Los Angeles California.