The 2006 Grammy Awards

I was in class for the first half hour. I just got back at 8:30 PM.

They have already announced a lot of the winners that were announced before the show started so I'm going to break down things that way.

During Show:
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance - Kelly Clarkson, "Since U Been Gone," Breakaway
Best Country Album - Alison Krauss and Union Station, Lonely Runs Both Ways
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award - David Bowie
Best Rap Album - Kanye West, Late Registration
Best Rock Album - U2, How to Dismantle an Atomic Album (This category had all good choices: Coldplay, Neil Young, Foo Fighters, The Rolling Stones!)
9:09 PM: Ellen DeGeneres says that Paul McCartney needs no introductions. Paul performs "Fine Line" with Brian Ray, Rusty Anderson, Wix Wickens, Abe Laboriel, Jr.! Two songs! McCartney: "This is the first time that I've played the Grammy's and I have finally passed the auditions. I want to rock a bit! I want to rock now a bit!" McCartney sings "Helter Skelter," originally released on The Beatles aka The White Album.
Trustee's Award - Chris Blackwell
Best Male R&B Peformance - John Legend, "Ordinary People," Get Lifted
Best Pop Vocal Album - Kelly Clarkson, Breakaway (This should have been Paul's!)
Trustee's Award - Owen Bradley
President's Merit Award - Mo Ostin
Rap/Sung Collaboration - Jay-Z Featuring Linkin Park, "Numb/Encore," Collision Course
Tribute to Sly and the Family Stone - Joss Stone, John Legend, Van Hunt, Fantasia, Devin Lima, Maroon 5 and Ciara (Everyday People), Will.I.Am (Dance to the Music), Robert Randolph, Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, and Sly Stone
Lifetime Achievement Award - Robert Johnson
Paul McCartney performs Yesterday with Linkin Park and Jay-Z. This is an unusual performance. Much like Elton John and Eminem.
Lifetime Achievement Award - The Weavers
Song of the Year - U2, "Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own," How to Dismantle an Atomic Album
Lifetime Achievement Award - Cream
Record of the Year - Green Day, "Boulevard of Broken Dreams, " American Idiot
Lifetime Achievement Award - Jessye Norman
Best New Artist - John Legend
Lifetime Achievement Award - Richard Pryor
Trustee's Award - Al Schmitt
Album of the Year - U2, How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb

Before Show:
Best Rap Solo Performance - Kanye West, "Gold Digger," Late Registration
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance - Stevie Wonder, "From The Bottom Of My Heart," A Time to Love
Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal - Maroon 5, "This Love," Friday the 13th
Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals - Gorillaz Featuring De La Soul, "Feel Good Inc.," Demon Days
Best Pop Instrumental Performance - Les Paul, "Caravan," American Made, World Played
Best Pop Instrumental Album - Burt Bacharach, At This Time
Best Dance Recording - The Chemical Brothers Featuring Q-Tip, "Galvanize," Push The Button
Best Electronic/Dance Album - The Chemical Brothers, Push The Button
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album - Tony Bennett, The Art Of Romance
Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance - Bruce Springsteen, "Devils & Dust," Devils & Dust
Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal - U2, "Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own," How to Dismantle an Atomic Album
Best Hard Rock Performance - System Of A Down, "B.Y.O.B.," Mezmerize
Best Metal Performance - Slipknot, "Before I Forget," Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)
Best Rock Instrumental Performance - Les Paul and Friends, "69 Freedom Special," American Made, World Played
Best Rock Song - U2, "City Of Blinding Lights," How to Dismantle an Atomic Album
Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal - U2, "Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own," How to Dismantle an Atomic Album
Best Alternative Music Album - The White Stripes, Get Behind Me
Best Female R&B Vocal Performance - Mariah Carey, "We Belong Together," The Emancipation Of Mimi
Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals - Beyoncé & Stevie Wonder, "So Amazing," So Amazing - An All Star Tribute To Luther Vandross
Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance - Aretha Franklin, "A House is not a Home," So Amazing - An All Star Tribute To Luther Vandross
Best Urban/Alternative Performance - Damian Marley, "Welcome To Jamrock," Welcome To Jamrock
Best R&B Song - Mariah Carey, "We Belong Together," The Emancipation Of Mimi
Best R&B Album - John Legend, Get Lifted
Category 30 - Best Contemporary R&B Album - Mariah Carey, The Emancipation Of Mimi
Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group - Black Eyed Peas, "Don't Phunk With My Heart," Monkey Business
Best Rap Song - Kanye West, "Diamonds From Sierra Leone"
Best Female Country Vocal Performance - Emmylou Harris, "The Connection," The Very Best Of Emmylou Harris: Heartaches & Highways
Best Male Country Vocal Performance - Keith Urban, "You'll Think Of Me"
Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal - Alison Krauss and Union Station, "Restless," Lonely Runs Both Ways
Best Country Collaboration With Vocals - Faith Hill & Tim McGraw, "Like We Never Loved At All," Fireflies
Best Country Instrumental Performance - Alison Krauss and Union Station, "Unionhouse Branch," Lonely Runs Both Ways
Best Country Song - The Rascal Fleets, "Bless The Broken Road," Feels Like Today
Best Bluegrass Album - The Del McCoury Band, The Company We Keep
Best New Age Album - Paul Winter Consort, Silver Solstice
Best Contemporary Jazz Album - Pat Metheny Group, The Way Up
Best Jazz Vocal Album - Dianne Reeves, Good Night, And Good Luck.
Best Jazz Instrumental Solo - Sonny Rollins, "Why Was I Born?" Without A Song - The 9/11 Concert
Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group - Wayne Shorter Quartet, Beyond The Sound Barrier
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album - Dave Holland Big Band, Overtime
Best Latin Jazz Album - Eddie Palmieri, Listen Here!
Best Gospel Performance - CeCe Winans, "Pray," Purified
Best Gospel Song - Yolanda Adams, "Be Blessed," Day by Day
Best Rock Gospel Album - Audio Adrenaline, Until My Heart Caves In
Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album - Casting Crowns, Lifesong
Best Southern, Country, or Bluegrass Gospel Album - Amy Grant, Rock Of Ages...Hymns & Faith
Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album - Donnie McClurkin, Psalms, Hymns & Spiritual Songs
Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album - CeCe Winans, Purified
Best Gospel Choir Or Chorus Album - Gladys Knight, choir director; Saints Unified Voices, One Voice
Best Latin Pop Album - Laura Pausini, Escucha
Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album - Shakira, Fijación Oral Vol. 1
Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album - Bebo Valdés, Bebo De Cuba
Best Salsa/Merengue Album - Willy Chirino, Son Del Alma
Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album - Luis Miguel, México En La Piel
Best Tejano Album - Little Joe Y La Familia, Chicanisimo
Best Traditional Blues Album - B.B King and Friends, 80
Best Contemporary Blues Album - Delbert McClinton, Cost of Living
Best Traditional Folk Album - Tim O'Brien, Fiddler's Green
Best Contemporary Folk Album - John Prine, Fair & Square
Best Native American Music Album - Sacred Ground - A Tribute To Mother Earth
Best Hawaiian Music Album - Masters Of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar - Vol. 1
Best Reggae Album - Damian Marley, Welcome To Jamrock
Best Traditional World Music Album - Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté, In The Heart Of The Moon
Best Contemporary World Music Album - Gilberto Gil, Eletracústico
Best Polka Album - Jimmy Sturr And His Orchestra, Shake, Rattle And Polka!
Best Musical Album For Children - Songs From The Neighborhood - The Music Of Mister Rogers
Best Spoken Word Album For Children - Marlo Thomas & Friends: Thanks & Giving All Year Long
Best Spoken Word Album - Senator Barack Obama, Dreams From My Father
Best Comedy Album - Chris Rock, Never Scared
Best Musical Show Album - Monty Python's Spamalot
Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media - Ray
Best Score Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media - Ray
Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media - Josh Groban, "Believe," The Polar Express
Best Instrumental Composition - Billy Childs, "Into The Light," Lyric
Best Instrumental Arrangement - Gordon Goodwin, "The Incredits," The Incredibles
Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) - Billy Childs, Gil Goldstein & Heitor Pereira, "What Are You Doing For The Rest Of Your Life?"
Best Recording Package - Aimee Mann & Gail Marowitz, art directors , The Forgotten Arm
Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package - Ian Cuttler, art director, (Johnny Cash) The Legend
Best Album Notes - John Szwed, album notes writer (Jelly Roll Morton), The Complete Library Of Congress Recordings By Alan Lomax
Best Historical Album - Jelly Roll Morton, The Complete Library Of Congress Recordings By Alan Lomax
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical - Alan Douglas & Mick Guzauski, engineers (Eric Clapton), Back Home
Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical - Steve Lillywhite, How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, Mr. A to Z
Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical - Louie Vega, remixer (Curtis Mayfield), "Superfly (Louie Vega EOL Mix)"
Best Surround Sound Album - Dire Straits , Brothers In Arms - 20th Anniversary Edition
Best Engineered Album, Classical - Da-Hong Seetoo, engineer (Emerson String Quartet), Mendelssohn: The Complete String Quartets
Producer Of The Year, Classical - Tim Handley
Best Classical Album - Bolcom: Songs Of Innocence And Of Experience
Best Orchestral Performance - "Shostakovich: Sym. No. 13"
Best Opera Recording - London Symphony Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra, "Verdi: Falstaff"
Best Choral Performance - University Of Michigan School Of Music Symphony Orchestra, Bolcom: Songs Of Innocence And Of Experience
Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra) - Claudio Abbado, conductor; Martha Argerich (Mahler Chamber Orchestra), "Beethoven: Piano Cons. Nos. 2 & 3"
Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra) - Evgeny Kissin, "Scriabin, Medtner, Stravinsky"
Best Chamber Music Performance - Emerson String Quartet, "Mendelssohn: The Complete String Quartets"
Best Small Ensemble Performance (with or without Conductor) - Pierre Boulez, conductor; Hilary Summers; Ensemble Intercontemporain, "Boulez: Le Marteau Sans Maître, Dérive 1 & 2"
Best Classical Vocal Performance - Thomas Quasthoff (Rainer Kussmaul; Members Of The RIAS Chamber Choir; Berlin Baroque Soloists), "Bach: Cantatas"
Best Classical Contemporary Composition - William Bolcom, "Bolcom: Songs Of Innocence And Of Experience"
Best Classical Crossover Album - Turtle Island String Quartet & Ying Quartet, 4 + Four
Short Form Music Video - Missy Elliott Featuring Ciara & Fat Man Scoop, "Lose Control"
Best Long Form Music Video - Martin Scorsese, video director; Margaret Bodde, Susan Lacy, Jeff Rosen, Martin Scorsese, Nigel Sinclair & Anthony Wall, video producers, "No Direction Home" (Bob Dylan)