Nominees for Grammy Awards of 2007
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This page lists the nominees for the Grammy Awards of 2007.
The winner of each category is shown in bold text.
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[edit] General Field
[edit] Record of the Year
- "Be Without You" - Mary J. Blige
- "You're Beautiful" - James Blunt
- "Not Ready to Make Nice" - Dixie Chicks
- "Crazy" - Gnarls Barkley
- "Put Your Records On" - Corinne Bailey Rae
[edit] Album of the Year
- Taking The Long Way - Dixie Chicks
- St. Elsewhere - Gnarls Barkley
- Continuum - John Mayer
- Stadium Arcadium - Red Hot Chili Peppers
- FutureSex/LoveSounds - Justin Timberlake
[edit] Song of the Year
(Please note: As this is a songwriter's award, the songwriters are the proper recipients. The artist's name appears in parentheses for identification only.)
- "Be Without You" - Johnta Austin, Mary J. Blige, Bryan-Michael Cox & Jason Perry (Mary J. Blige)
- "Jesus, Take the Wheel" - Brett James, Hillary Lindsey & Gordie Sampson (Carrie Underwood)
- "Not Ready To Make Nice" - Martie Maguire, Natalie Maines, Emily Robison & Dan Wilson (Dixie Chicks)
- "Put Your Records On" - John Beck, Steve Chrisanthou & Corinne Bailey Rae (Corinne Bailey Rae)
- "You're Beautiful" - James Blunt, Amanda Ghost & Sacha Skarbek (James Blunt)
[edit] Best New Artist
[edit] Pop
[edit] Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
- "Ain't No Other Man" - Christina Aguilera
- "Unwritten" - Natasha Bedingfield
- "You Can Close Your Eyes" - Sheryl Crow
- "Stupid Girls" - Pink
- "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" - KT Tunstall
[edit] Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
- "You're Beautiful" - James Blunt
- "Save Room" - John Legend
- "Waiting on the World to Change" - John Mayer
- "Jenny Wren" - Paul McCartney
- "Bad Day" - Daniel Powter
[edit] Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
- "My Humps" - The Black Eyed Peas
- "I Will Follow You Into the Dark" - Death Cab for Cutie
- "Over My Head (Cable Car)" - The Fray
- "Is It Any Wonder?" - Keane
- "Stickwitu" - The Pussycat Dolls
[edit] Best Pop Collaboration with 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
[edit] Best Pop Instrumental Performance
- "Mornin'" - George Benson and Al Jarreau
- "Drifting" - Enya
- "Subterfuge" - Béla Fleck and the Flecktones
- "Song H" - Bruce Hornsby
- "My Favorite Things" - The Brian Setzer Orchestra
[edit] Best Pop Instrumental Album
- New Beginnings - Gerald Albright
- Fire Wire - Larry Carlton
- X - Fourplay
- Fingerprints - Peter Frampton
- Wrapped in a Dream - Spyro Gyra
[edit] Best Pop Vocal Album
- Back to Basics - Christina Aguilera
- Back to Bedlam - James Blunt
- The River in Reverse - Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint
- Continuum - John Mayer
- FutureSex/LoveSounds - Justin Timberlake
[edit] Dance
[edit] Best Dance Recording
- "Suffer Well" - Depeche Mode
- "Ooh La La" - Goldfrapp
- "Get Together" - Madonna
- "I'm with Stupid" - Pet Shop Boys
- "SexyBack" - Justin Timberlake and Timbaland
[edit] Best Electronic/Dance Album
- Supernature - Goldfrapp
- Confessions on a Dance Floor - Madonna
- A Lively Mind - Paul Oakenfold
- Fundamental - Pet Shop Boys
- The Garden - Zero 7
[edit] Traditional Pop
[edit] Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
- Duets: An American Classic - Tony Bennett
- Caught in the Act - Michael Bublé
- Wintersong - Sarah McLachlan
- Bette Midler Sings the Peggy Lee Songbook - Bette Midler
- Timeless Love - Smokey Robinson
[edit] Rock
[edit] Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance
- "Nausea" - Beck
- "Someday Baby" - Bob Dylan
- "Route 66 " - John Mayer
- "Saving Grace" - Tom Petty
- "Lookin' for a Leader" - Neil Young
[edit] Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
- "Talk" - Coldplay
- "Dani California" - Red Hot Chili Peppers
- "How to Save a Life" - The Fray
- "Steady, As She Goes" - The Raconteurs
- "The Saints Are Coming" - U2 and Green Day
[edit] Best Hard Rock Performance
- "Crazy Bitch" - Buckcherry
- "Every Day Is Exactly the Same" - Nine Inch Nails
- "Lonely Day" - System of a Down
- "Vicarious" - Tool
- "Woman" - Wolfmother
[edit] Best Metal Performance
- "Redneck" - Lamb of God
- "Colony of Birchmen" - Mastodon
- "Lies, Lies, Lies" - Ministry
- "Eyes of the Insane" - Slayer
- "30/30-150" - Stone Sour
[edit] Best Rock Instrumental Performance
- "Chun Li's Spinning Bird Kick" - Arctic Monkeys
- "The Wizard Turns On..." - The Flaming Lips
- "Black Hole Sun" - Peter Frampton
- "Castellorizon" - David Gilmour
- "Super Colossal" - Joe Satriani
[edit] Best Rock Song
(Please note: As this is a songwriter's award, the songwriters are the proper recipients. The artist's name appears in parentheses for identification only.)
- "Chasing cars" - Nathan Connolly, Gary Lightbody, Jonny Quinn, Tom Simpson & Paul Wilson (Snow Patrol)
- "Dani California" - Flea, John Frusciante, Anthony Kiedis & Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
- "Lookin' for a Leader" - Neil Young (Neil Young)
- "Someday Baby" - Bob Dylan (Bob Dylan)
- "When You Were Young" - Brandon Flowers, Dave Keuning, Mark Stoermer & Ronnie Vannucci (The Killers)
[edit] Best Rock Album
- Try! - John Mayer Trio
- Highway Companion - Tom Petty
- Broken Boy Soldiers - The Raconteurs
- Stadium Arcadium - Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Living with War - Neil Young
[edit] Alternative
[edit] Best Alternative Music Album
- Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not - Arctic Monkeys
- At War with the Mystics - The Flaming Lips
- St. Elsewhere - Gnarls Barkley
- Show Your Bones - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
- The Eraser - Thom Yorke
[edit] R&B
[edit] Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
- "Ring the Alarm" - Beyoncé
- "Be Without You" - Mary J. Blige
- "Don't Forget About Us" - Mariah Carey
- "Day Dreaming" - Natalie Cole
- "I Am Not My Hair" - India.Arie
[edit] Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
- "Heaven" - John Legend
- "So Sick" - Ne-Yo
- "Black Sweat" - Prince
- "I Call It Love" - Lionel Richie
- "Got You Home" - Luther Vandross
[edit] Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
- "Breezin'" - George Benson & Al Jarreau
- "Love Changes" - Jamie Foxx Featuring Mary J. Blige
- "Everyday (Family Reunion)" - Chaka Khan, Gerald Levert, Yolanda Adams & Carl Thomas
- "Family Affair" - Sly & The Family Stone, John Legend, Joss Stone With Van Hunt
- "Beautiful, Loved And Blessed" - Prince & Támar
[edit] Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance
- "Christmas Time Is Here" - Anita Baker
- "God Bless The Child" - George Benson & Al Jarreau Featuring Jill Scott
- "I Found My Everything" - Mary J. Blige Featuring Raphael Saadiq
- "You Are So Beautiful" - Sam Moore Featuring Billy Preston, Zucchero, Eric Clapton & Robert Randolph
- "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)" - The Temptations
[edit] Best Urban/Alternative Performance
- "Crazy" - Gnarls Barkley
- "That Heat" - Sergio Mendes Featuring Erykah Badu & Will.i.am
- "Mas Que Nada" - Sergio Mendes Featuring The Black Eyed Peas
- "Idlewild Blue (Don't Chu Worry 'Bout Me)" - Outkast
- "3121" - Prince
[edit] Best R&B Song
(Please note: As this is a songwriter's award, the songwriters are the proper recipients. The artist's name appears in parentheses for identification only.)
- "Be Without You" - Johnta Austin, Mary J. Blige, Bryan-Michael Cox & Jason Perry (Mary J. Blige)
- "Black Sweat" - Prince (Prince)
- "Deja Vu" - Shawn Carter, Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins, Beyoncé Knowles, Makeba Riddick, Keli Nicole Price, Delisha Thomas & John Webb (Beyoncé Featuring Jay-Z)
- "Don't Forget About Us" - Johnta Austin, Mariah Carey, Bryan-Michael Cox & Jermaine Dupri (Mariah Carey)
- "I Am Not My Hair" - Drew Ramsey, Shannon Sanders & India Arie Simpson, songwriters (India.Arie)
[edit] Best R&B Album
- The Breakthrough - Mary J. Blige
- Unpredictable - Jamie Foxx
- Testimony: Vol. 1, Life & Relationship - India.Arie
- 3121 - Prince
- Coming Home - Lionel Richie
[edit] Best Contemporary R&B Album
- B'Day - Beyoncé
- Chris Brown - Chris Brown
- 20 Y.O. - Janet Jackson
- Kelis Was Here - Kelis
- In My Own Words - Ne-Yo
[edit] Rap
[edit] Best Rap Solo Performance
- "Touch It" - Busta Rhymes
- "We Run This" - Missy Elliott
- "Kick, Push" - Lupe Fiasco
- "Undeniable" - Mos Def
- "What You Know" - T.I.
[edit] Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group
- "Ridin" - Chamillionaire Featuring Krayzie Bone
- "Georgia" - Ludacris & Field Mob (Featuring Jamie Foxx)
- "Grillz" - Nelly Featuring Paul Wall, Ali & Gipp
- "Mighty "O"" - Outkast
- "Don't Feel Right" - The Roots
[edit] Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
- "Smack That" - Akon Featuring Eminem
- "Deja Vu" - Beyoncé Featuring Jay-Z
- "Shake That" - Eminem Featuring Nate Dogg
- "Unpredictable" - Jamie Foxx Featuring Ludacris
- "My Love" - Justin Timberlake Featuring T.I.
[edit] Best Rap Song
(Please note: As this is a songwriter's award, the songwriters are the proper recipients. The artist's name appears in parentheses for identification only.)
- "It's Goin' Down" - Chadron Moore & Jasiel Robinson (Yung Joc)
- "Kick, Push" - Wasalu Muhammad Jaco (Lupe Fiasco)
- "Money Maker" - Christopher Bridges & Pharrell Williams (Ludacris Featuring Pharrell)
- "Ridin" - Anthony Henderson, Juan Carlos Salinas, Oscar Salinas & Hakeem Seriki (Chamillionaire Featuring Krayzie Bone)
- "What You Know" - Gabriel Arillo, Aldrian Davis & Clifford Harris (T.I.; sample writers Donny Hathaway, Leroy Hutson, Curtis Mayfield & Billy Roberts were listed but not included in the nomination.)
[edit] Best Rap Album
- Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor - Lupe Fiasco
- Release Therapy - Ludacris
- In My Mind - Pharrell
- Game Theory - The Roots
- King - T.I.
[edit] Spoken Word
[edit] Best Spoken Word Album for Children
- Blah Blah Blah: Stories About Clams, Swamp Monsters, Pirates & Dogs - Bill Harley
- Christmas In The Trenches - John McCutcheon
- Disney's Little Einsteins Musical Missions (Various Artists) - Ted Kryczko & Ed Mitchell, producers
- Peter Pan - Jim Dale
- The Witches - Lynn Redgrave
[edit] Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Story Telling)
- I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This! - Bob Newhart
- New Rules — Polite Musings From A Timid Observer - Bill Maher
- Our Endangered Values: America's Moral Crisis - Jimmy Carter (tie)
- The Truth (with jokes) - Al Franken
- With Ossie And Ruby: In This Life Together - Ossie Davis & Ruby Dee (tie)
[edit] Best Comedy Album (For comedy recordings, spoken or musical)
- Blue Collar Comedy Tour — One For The Road - Bill Engvall, Ron White, Jeff Foxworthy & Larry The Cable Guy
- The Carnegie Hall Performance - Lewis Black
- Life Is Worth Losing - George Carlin
- Straight Outta Lynwood - "Weird Al" Yankovic
- You Can't Fix Stupid - Ron White
