And the Grammy Goes to . . .
Selected CDs
49th Annual Grammy award winners
for recordings released
from October 1, 2005 through September 30, 2006
The winners of the 47th and 48th Annual Grammy Awards are also available online.
- Album Of The Year and Best Country Album
- Taking the Long Way by Dixie Chicks (MC DIXI TLW D39)
Best Pop Vocal Album - Continuum by John Mayer
(MR MEYE CON M19) - Best Electronic / Dance Album
- Confessions On A Dance Floor by Madonna (MR MADO CDF M60)
- Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
- Duets: An American Classic by Tony Bennett (MA BENN DAC B79)
- Best Rock Album
- Stadium Arcadium by Red Hot Chili Peppers (MR REDH SA R96)
- Best Alternative Music Album
- St. Elsewhere by Gnarls Barkley (MP GNAR SE G03)
- Best R & B Album
- The Breakthrough by Mary J. Blige (MB BLIG BRE B22)
- Best Contemporary R & B Album
- B'Day by Beyoncé (MB KNOW BDA K20)
- Best Rap Album
- Release Therapy by Ludacris (MP LUDA RT L24)
- Best Bluegrass Album
- Instrumentals by Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder (MC SKAG INS S72)
- Best New Age Album
- Amarantine by Enya (MN ENYA AMA E74)
- Best Contemporary Jazz Album
- The Hidden Land by Béla Fleck & The Flecktones (MJ FLEC HL F17)
- Best Jazz Vocal Album
- Turned to Blue by Nancy Wilson (MA WILS-N TB W22)
- Best Jazz Instrumental Album
- The Ultimate Adventure by Chick Corea (MJ CORE UA C45)
- Best Latin Jazz Album
- Simpático by The Brian Lynch/Joseph Palmieri Project (MJ LYNC SIM L57)
- Best Rock or Rap Gospel Album
- Turn Around by Jonny Lang (MB LANG TA L92)
- Best Pop / Contemporary Gospel Album
- Wherever You Are by Third Day (MG THIR WYA T95)
- Best Southern, Country, or Bluegrass Gospel Album
- Glory Train by Randy Travis (MC TRAV GTS T02)
- Best Traditional Gospel Album
- Alive in South Africa by Israel & New Breed (MG ISRA ASA I93)
- Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album
- Hero by Kirk Franklin (MG FRAN HER F19)
- Best Latin Pop Album
- Adentro by Ricardo Arjona (ML ARJO ADE A91)
Limón Y Sal by Julieta Venegas (ML VENE LS V25) - Best Latin Rock / Alternative or Urban Album
- Amar Es Combatir by Maná (ML MANA AEC M61)
- Best Tropical Latin Album
- Directo Al Corazón by Gilberto Santa Rosa (ML SANTA DC S14)
- Best Mexican / Mexican-American Album
- Historias De Mi Terra by Pepe Aguilar (ML AGUI HMT A33)
- Best Tejano Album
- Sigue el Taconazo by Chente Barrera y Taconazo (ML BARR ST B04)
- Best Norteño Album
- Historias Que Contar by Los Tigres Del Norte (ML TIGR HQC T90)
- Best Banda Album
- Más Allá Del Sol by Joan Sebástian (ML SEBA MAS S71)
- Best Traditional Blues Album
- Risin' With the Blues by Ike Turner (MB TURN RB T11)
- Best Contemporary Blues Album
- After the Rain by Irma Thomas (MB THOM-I AR T86)
- Best Traditional Folk Album
- We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions by Bruce Springsteen
(MR SPRI-B WSO S67) - Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album
- Modern Times by Bob Dylan (MR DYLA MT D06)
- Best Native American Music Album
- Dance With the Wind by Mary Youngblood (P INDI YOUN Y44)
- Best Hawaiian Music Album
- Legends Of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar: Live From Maui by Various Artists
(P HAWA LHS D08) - Best Reggae Album
- Love is My Religion by Ziggy Marley (MW REGGAE MARL-Z M82)
- Best Traditional World Music Album
- Blessed by Soweto Gospel Choir (Q SOUT-A SOWE S38)
- Best Contemporary World Music Album
- Wonder Wheel by The Klezmatics (Q KLEZ KLEZ K33)
- Best Polka Album
- Polka In Paradise by Jimmy Sturr And His Orchestra (Q POLKA STUR S15)
- Best Musical Album For Children
- Catch That Train! by Dan Zanes and Friends (ZM ZANE CT F09)
- Best Musical Show Album
- Jersey Boys Original Broadway Cast Recording (K JERS JB R71)
- Best Compilation Soundtrack Album
- Walk The Line: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (L WALK WL W09)
- Best Historical Album
- Lost Sounds: Blacks And The Birth Of The Recording Industry 1891-1922 by Various Artists (MA COLL LSB A05 OVERSIZE)
- Best Classical Album
- Mahler: Symphony No. 7 by Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor (ES MAHL 7 T09)
- Best Classical Crossover Album
- Simple Gifts by Bryn Terfel (D TERF SG T72)