49TH GRAMMY AWARDS

The '49th Annual Grammy Awards' is a ceremony honoring the best in music for the recording year beginning September 15, 2005 and ending September 14, 2006 in the United States. The awards were handed out on Sunday February 11, 2007 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. As in most years since 2003, the ceremony did not have a host. The Dixie Chicks were the nights big winners winning a total of five awards. They are the first act since Eric Clapton in 1993 to win Record, Album and Song of the Year in one night. The show won an Emmy for "Outstanding Lighting Direction (electronic, multicamera) for VMC Programming".

Contents

Performances and presenters

Winners

Record of the Year

Album of the Year

Song of the Year

Best New Artist

References

External links

Performances and presenters

Performers:

★ Christina Aguilera

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★ James Brown Tribute

★ Beyoncé

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★ Listen

★ Smokey Robinson, Chris Brown, & Lionel Richie

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★ R&B Male Artists tribute

★ Dixie Chicks

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★ Not Ready To Make Nice

★ Justin Timberlake

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★ What Goes Around.../...Comes Around Interlude

★ Ludacris, Mary J. Blige & Earth, Wind & Fire

★ James Blunt

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★ You're Beautiful

★ Gnarls Barkley

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★ Crazy

★ John Legend, John Mayer & Corinne Bailey Rae

★ The Police

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★ Roxanne

★ Red Hot Chili Peppers

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★ Snow ((Hey Oh))

★ Shakira & Wyclef Jean

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★ Hips Don't Lie

★ Justin Timberlake, Robyn Troup, & T.I.

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★ Ain't No Sunshine & My Love

★ Carrie Underwood & Rascal Flatts

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★ Bob Wills & Don Henley Tribute
Presenters:

★ Burt Bacharach

★ Joan Baez

★ Natasha Bedingfield

★ Tony Bennett

★ Black Eyed Peas

★ Lewis Black

★ Natalie Cole

★ Ornette Coleman

★ Common

★ Nelly Furtado

★ Al Gore

★ Alyson Hannigan

★ Don Henley

★ Terrence Howard

★ Jennifer Hudson

★ Samuel L. Jackson

★ Scarlett Johannsen

★ Reba McEntire

★ Mandy Moore

★ Pink

★ Queen Latifah

★ Rihanna

★ LeAnn Rimes

★ Chris Rock

★ Nicole Scherzinger

★ Seal

★ Cobie Smulders

★ David Spade

★ Quentin Tarantino

★ Kanye West

★ Luke Wilson

★ Stevie Wonder

Winners

Main articles: Nominees for Grammy Awards of 2007

The winners in the four major categories are as follows:

Record of the Year

★ "Not Ready to Make Nice" from Dixie Chicks' ''Taking the Long Way'' (Open Wide/Columbia)

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★ Rick Rubin, producer; Richard Dodd, Jim Scott & Chris Testa, engineers/mixers

Album of the Year

★ ''Taking the Long Way'' by Dixie Chicks (Open Wide/Columbia)

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★ Rick Rubin, producer; Richard Dodd, Jim Scott & Chris Testa, engineers/mixers; Richard Dodd, mastering engineer

Song of the Year

★ "Not Ready to Make Nice" from Dixie Chicks' ''Taking the Long Way'' (Open Wide/Columbia)

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★ Publishers: Woolly Puddin' Music; Chrysalis Music, Sugar Lake Music.

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★ Songwriters: Martie Maguire, Natalie Maines, Emily Robison & Dan Wilson

Best New Artist

★ Carrie Underwood

References

External links

★ Official Website.

★ Complete list of all nominees and winners.