(For recordings released during the Eligibility Year October 1, 2005 through September 30, 2006.)
Winners are in boldface type.
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
"Jenny Wren", Paul McCartney
Track from: Chaos And Creation In The Backyard
{Capitol Records)
Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals
"For Once In My Life", Tony Bennett & Stevie Wonder
Track from: Duets: An American Classic
{RPM Records/Columbia)
Best Pop Vocal Album
The River In Reverse, Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint
{Verve Forecast)
Read my review here!
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Duets: An American Classic, Tony Bennett
{RPM Records/Columbia)
Read my review here!
Bette Midler Sings The Peggy Lee Songbook, Bette Midler
{Columbia)
Timeless Love, Smokey Robinson
{New Door Records)
Read my review here!
Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance
"Someday Baby", Bob Dylan
Track from: Modern Times
{Columbia)
"Lookin' For A Leader", Neil Young
Track from: Living With War
{Reprise)
Best Rock Song
"Lookin' For A Leader", Neil Young
Track from: Living With War
{Reprise)
"Someday Baby", Bob Dylan
Track from: Modern Times
{Columbia)
Best Rock Album
Living With War, Neil Young
{Reprise)
Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
"Day Dreaming", Natalie Cole
Track from: Leavin'
{Verve)
Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
"I Call It Love", Lionel Richie
Track from: Coming Home
{Island Def Jam Recordings)
Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
"Breezin'", George Benson & Al Jarreau
Track from: Givin' It Up
{Concord Records/Monster Music)
Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance
"God Bless The Child", George Benson & Al Jarreau Featuring Jill Scott
Track from: Givin' It Up
{Concord Records/Monster Music)
"You Are So Beautiful", Sam Moore Featuring Billy Preston, Zucchero, Eric Clapton & Robert Randolph
Track from: Overnight Sensational
{Rhino Entertainment)
"How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)", The Temptations
Track from: Reflections
{New Door Records)
Best Urban/Alternative Performance
"That Heat", Sergio Mendes Featuring Erykah Badu & Will.i.am
Track from: Timeless
{Concord Records/Hear Music)
"Mas Que Nada", Sergio Mendes Featuring The Black Eyed Peas
Track from: Timeless
{Concord Records/Hear Music)
Best R&B Album
Coming Home, Lionel Richie
{Island Def Jam Recordings)
Best Country Collaboration With Vocals
"Tomorrow Is Forever", Solomon Burke & Dolly Parton
Track from: Nashville
{Shout! Factory)
"Calling Me", Kenny Rogers & Don Henley
Track from: Water & Bridges
{Capitol Records Nashville)
Best Country Album
You Don't Know Me: The Songs Of Cindy Walker, Willie Nelson
{Lost Highway)
Best Traditional Blues Album
Risin' With The Blues, Ike Turner
{Zoho Roots)
Best Contemporary Blues Album
Sippiana Hericane, Dr. John & The Lower 911
{Blue Note Records)
After The Rain, Irma Thomas
{Rounder)
Best Traditional Folk Album
Adieu False Heart, Linda Ronstadt & Ann Savoy
{Vanguard Records)
Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album
Solo Acoustic Vol. 1, Jackson Browne
{Inside Recordings)
Modern Times, Bob Dylan
{Columbia)
Best Musical Show Album
Jersey Boys, Bob Gaudio, producer (Bob Gaudio, composer; Bob Crewe, lyricist) (Original
Broadway Cast With Christian Hoff, Daniel Reichard, J. Robert Spencer, John
Lloyd Young & Others)
{Rhino)
Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
Walk The Line, Joaquin Phoenix & Various Artists
{Wind-Up Records)
Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
"Our Town (From Cars)", Randy Newman, songwriter (James Taylor)
{Walt Disney Records/Pixar; Publishers: Walt Disney Music, Pixar Talking Pictures)
"Travelin' Thru (From Transamerica)", Dolly Parton, songwriter (Dolly Parton)
{Nettwerk Records; Publisher: Velvet Apple Music)
Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
"For Once In My Life", Jorge Calandrelli, arranger (Tony Bennett & Stevie Wonder)
Track from: Duets: An American Classic
{RPM Records/Columbia)
Best Recording Package
Personal File, Randall Martin, art director (Johnny Cash)
{Columbia/Legacy Recordings)
Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package
One Kiss Can Lead To Another: Girl Group Sounds Lost & Found, Hugh Brown, Sheryl Farber & Maria Villar, art directors (Various Artists)
{Rhino Entertainment)
Best Album Notes
There Is A Season, David Fricke, album notes writer (The Byrds)
{Columbia/Legacy Recordings)
Best Historical Album
One Kiss Can Lead To Another: Girl Group Sounds Lost & Found, Sheryl Farber & Gary Stewart, compilation producers; Dan Hersch, Bill Inglot &
Dave Schultz, mastering engineers (Various Artists)
{Rhino Entertainment)
Rockin' Bones: 1950's Punk & Rockabilly, James Austin & Cheryl Pawelski, compilation producers; Bill Inglot & Dave
Schultz, mastering engineers (Various Artists)
{Rhino Entertainment)
Production, Non-Classical
T Bone Burnett
Walk The Line - Soundtrack (Joaquin Phoenix & Various Artists)
Rick Rubin
American V: A Hundred Highways (Johnny Cash)
God's Gonna Cut You Down (Johnny Cash)
12 Songs (Neil Diamond)
Will.i.am
Mas Que Nada (Sergio Mendes Featuring The Black Eyed Peas)
Timeless (Sergio Mendes)
