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Mary J. Blige, left, and Justin Timberlake react during the 49th Annual Grammy Awards nominations news conference in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2006. The Grammys will take place in Los Angeles on Feb. 11, 2007.

Best New Artist
·James Blunt
·Chris Brown
·Imogen Heap
·Corinne Bailey Rae
·Carrie Underwood

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

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
·James Blunt - “You’re Beautiful”
·John Legend - “Save Room”
·John Mayer - “Waiting on the World to Change”
·Paul McCartney - “Jenny Wren”
·Daniel Powter - “Bad Day”

Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal
· Black Eyed Peas - “My Humps”
·Death Cab for Cutie - “I Will Follow You Into the Dark”
·The Fray - “Over My Head (Cable Car)”
·Keane - “Is It Any Wonder?”
· Pussycat Dolls - “Stickwitu”

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals
·Tony Bennett and Stevie Wonder - “For Once in My Life”
·Mary J. Blige and U2 - “One”
·Sheryl Crow and Sting - “Always On Your Side”
·Nelly Furtado and Timbaland - “Promiscuous”
·Shakira and Wyclef Jean - “Hips Don’t Lie”

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

Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal
·Coldplay - “Talk”
·The Fray - “How To Save a Life”
·The Raconteurs - “Steady, As She Goes”
·Red Hot Chili Peppers - “Dani California”
·U2 and Green Day - “The Saints Are Coming”

Best Rock Song
·Bob Dylan - “Someday Baby” (Bob Dylan, songwriter)
·The Killers - “When You Were Young” (Brandon Flowers, Dave Keuning, Mark Stoermer and Ronnie Vannucci, songwriters)
·Red Hot Chili Peppers - “Dani California”
(Flea, John Frusciante, Anthony Kiedis and Chad Smith, songwriters)
·Snow Patrol - “Chasing Cars”(Nathan Connolly, Gary Lightbody, Jonny Quinn, Tom Simpson and Paul Wilson, songwriters)
·Neil Young - “Lookin’ For a Leader” (Neil Young, songwriter)

Best Rock Album
·John Mayer Trio - Try!
·Tom Petty - Highway Companion
·Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers
·Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium
·Neil Young - Living With War

Best Alternative Music Album
·Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not
· Flaming Lips - At War With the Mystics
·Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere
·Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones
·Thom Yorke - The Eraser

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
·Beyoncé - “Ring the Alarm”
·Mary J. Blige - “Be Without You”
·Mariah Carey - “Don’t Forget About Us”
·Natalie Cole - “Day Dreaming”
·India.Arie - “I Am Not My Hair”

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
·John Legend - “Heaven”
·Ne-Yo - “So Sick”
·Prince - “Black Sweat”
·Lionel Richie - “I Call It Love”
·Luther Vandross - “Got You Home”

Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals
·George Benson and Al Jarreau - “Breezin’ ”
·Jamie Foxx (featuring Mary J. Blige) - “Love Changes”
·Chaka Khan, Gerald Levert, Yolanda Adams and Carl Thomas - “Everyday (Family Reunion)”
·Sly & the Family Stone, John Legend, Joss Stone with Van Hunt - “Family Affair”

Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance
·Anita Baker - “Christmas Time Is Here”
·George Benson and Al Jarreau (featuring Jill Scott) - “God Bless the Child”
·Mary J. Blige (featuring Raphael Saadiq) - “I Found My Everything”
·Sam Moore (featuring Billy Preston, Zucchero, Eric Clapton and Robert Randolph) - “You Are So Beautiful”
·Temptations - “How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)”

Best Urban/Alternative Performance
·Gnarls Barkley - “Crazy”
·Sergio Mendes (featuring Erykah Badu and Will.I.Am) - “That Heat”
·Sergio Mendes (featuring the Black Eyed Peas) - “Mas Que Nada”
·Outkast - “Idlewild Blue (Don’t Chu Worry ‘Bout Me)”
·Prince - “3121″

Best R&B Song
·Mary J. Blige - “Be Without You” (Johnta Austin, Mary J. Blige, Bryan-Michael Cox and Jason Perry, songwriters)
·Prince - “Black Sweat” (Prince, songwriter)
·Beyoncé (featuring Jay-Z) - “Deja Vu”
(Shawn Carter, Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins, Beyoncé Knowles, Makeba, Keli Nicole Price and Delisha Thomas, songwriters)
·Mariah Carey - “Don’t Forget About Us”
(Johnta Austin, Mariah Carey, Bryan-Michael Cox and Jermaine Dupri, songwriters)
·India.Arie - “I Am Not My Hair” (Drew Ramsey, Shannon Sanders and India Arie Simpson, songwriters)

Best R&B Album
·Mary J. Blige - The Breakthrough
·Jamie Foxx - Unpredictable
·India.Arie - Testimony: Vol. 1, Life & Relationship
·Prince - 3121
·Lionel Richie - Coming Home

Best Contemporary R&B Album
·Beyoncé - B’Day
·Chris Brown - Chris Brown
·Janet Jackson - 20 Y.O.
·Kelis - Kelis Was Here
·Ne-Yo - In My Own Words

Best Rap Solo Performance
·Busta Rhymes - “Touch It”
·Missy Elliott - “We Run This”
·Lupe Fiasco - “Kick, Push”
·Mos Def - “Undeniable”
·T.I. - “What You Know”

Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group
·Chamillionaire (featuring Krayzie Bone) - “Ridin”
·Ludacris and Field Mob (featuring Jamie Foxx) - “Georgia”
·Nelly (featuring Paul Wall, Ali and Gipp) - “Grillz”
·Outkast - “Mighty ‘O’ ”
·The Roots - “Don’t Feel Right”

Best Rap Song
·Yung Joc - “It’s Goin’ Down”
(Chadron Moore and Jasiel Robinson, songwriters)
·Lupe Fiasco - “Kick, Push” (Wasalu Muhammad Jaco, songwriter)
·Ludacris (featuring Pharrell) - “Money Maker”
(Christopher Bridges and Pharrell Williams, songwriters)
·Chamillionaire (featuring Krayzie Bone) - “Ridin” (Anthony Henderson, J. Slainas, O. Salinas and Hakeem Seriki, songwriters)
·T.I. - “What You Know” (A. Davis & Clifford Harris, songwriters; Donny Hathaway, Leroy Hutson and Curtis Mayfield, songwriters)

Best Rap Album
·Lupe Fiasco - Lupe Fiasco’s Food & Liquor
·Ludacris - Release Therapy
·Pharrell - In My Mind
·The Roots - Game Theory
·T.I. - King

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goodnightboy

There's another thread for the Grammys further down the page, so this thread is unnecessary. I'm closing this - please check for duplicates before posting a new thead, thanks.