Mary J. Blige was honored with three awards at last night's Grammys for her 2005 album, The Breakthrough. And while she didn't win Album of the Year at the 49th annual ceremony - that honor went to Texan twangers the Dixie Chicks - she did manage to pick up the trophies for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance (for "Be Without You"), Best R&B Song (ditto), and Best R&B Album.
The following is a partial list of winners:
ALBUM OF THE YEAR - Not Ready to Make Nice -Dixie Chicks
SONG OF THE YEAR - "Not Ready to Make Nice" - Dixie Chicks
BEST ROCK SONG - "Dani California" - Red Hot Chili Peppers
BEST FEMALE POP VOCAL PERFORMANCE - "Aint No Other Man" - Christina Aguilera
BEST MALE POP VOCAL PERFORMANCE - "Waiting on the World to Change" - John Mayer
BEST POP PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCAL - "My Humps" - Black Eyed Peas
BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM - Continuum - John Mayer
BEST NEW ARTIST - Carrie Underwood
BEST MALE R&B VOCAL PERFORMANCE - Heaven - John Legend
BEST R&B PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCALS -Family Affair - John Legend, Joss Stone With Van Hunt
BEST TRADITIONAL R&B VOCAL PERFORMANCE - God Bless The Child - George Benson & Al Jarreau Featuring Jill Scott
BEST URBAN/ALTERNATIVE PERFORMANCE - Crazy - Gnarls Barkley
BEST R&B SONG (A SONGWRITER'S AWARD) - Be Without You - Johnta Austin, Mary J. Blige, Bryan -Michael Cox & Jason Perry, songwriters (Mary J. Blige)
BEST R&B ALBUM - The Breakthrough - Mary J. Blige
BEST CONTEMPORARY R&B ALBUM - B'Day - Beyonce
BEST RAP SOLO PERFORMANCE - What You Know - T.I.
BEST RAP PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP - Ridin - Chamillionaire Featuring Krayzie Bone
BEST RAP/SUNG COLLABORATION - My Love - Justin Timberlake Featuring T.I.
BEST RAP SONG - Money Maker - Christopher Bridges & Pharrell Williams, songwriters (Ludacris Featuring Pharrell)
BEST RAP ALBUM - Release Therapy - Ludacris - Reuters
BEST LATIN POP ALBUM (TIE) - Adentro - Arjona - Limon Y Sal - Julieta Venegas
BEST LATIN ROCK, ALTERNATIVE OR URBAN ALBUM - Amar Es Combatir - Mana
BEST TROPICAL LATIN ALBUM - Directo Al Corazon - Gilberto Santa Rosa
BEST MEXICAN/MEXICAN-AMERICAN ALBUM - Historias De Mi Tierra - Pepe Aguilar
BEST TEJANO ALBUM - Sigue El Taconazo - Chente Barrera y Taconazo
BEST NORTENO ALBUM - Historias Que Contar - Los Tigres Del Norte
BEST BANDA ALBUM - Mos Allo Del Sol - Joan Sebastian
BEST NEW AGE ALBUM - Amarantine - Enya
BEST CONTEMPORARY JAZZ ALBUM - The Hidden Land - Bela Fleck & The Flecktones
BEST JAZZ VOCAL ALBUM - Turned To Blue - Nancy Wilson
BEST JAZZ INSTRUMENTAL SOLO - Some Skunk Funk - Michael Brecker, soloist
BEST JAZZ INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM, INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP - The Ultimate Adventure - Chick Corea
BEST LARGE JAZZ ENSEMBLE ALBUM - Some Skunk Funk - Randy Brecker With Michael Brecker, Jim Beard, Will Lee, Peter Erskine, Marcio Doctor & Vince Mendoza conducting The WDR Big Band Koeln
BEST LATIN JAZZ ALBUM - Simpatico - The Brian Lynch/Eddie Palmieri Project
BEST GOSPEL PERFORMANCE - Victory - Yolanda Adams
BEST GOSPEL SONG (A SONGWRITER'S AWARD) - Imagine Me - Kirk Franklin, songwriter (Kirk Franklin)
BEST ROCK OR RAP GOSPEL ALBUM - Turn Around - Jonny Lang
BEST POP/CONTEMPORARY GOSPEL ALBUM - Wherever You Are - Third Day
BEST SOUTHERN, COUNTRY, OR BLUEGRASS GOSPEL ALBUM - Glory Train - Randy Travis
BEST TRADITIONAL GOSPEL ALBUM - Alive In South Africa - Israel & New Breed
BEST CONTEMPORARY R&B GOSPEL ALBUM - Hero - Kirk Franklin
BEST TRADITIONAL BLUES ALBUM - Risin' With The Blues - Ike Turner
BEST CONTEMPORARY BLUES ALBUM - After The Rain - Irma Thomas
BEST REGGAE ALBUM - Love Is My Religion - Ziggy Marley
BEST SPOKEN WORD ALBUM (TIE) - Our Endangered Values: America's Moral Crisis (Jimmy Carter) - Jimmy Carter With Ossie And Ruby: In This Life Together (Ossie Davis & Ruby Dee) - Ossie Davis & Ruby Dee
BEST HISTORICAL ALBUM - Lost Sounds: Blacks And The Birth Of The Recording Industry 1891-1922 - Meagan Hennessey & Richard Martin, compilation producers; Tim Brooks, David Giovannoni & Richard Martin, mastering engineers (Various Artists)
BEST COMEDY ALBUM - The Carnegie Hall Performance - Lewis Black
BEST SHORT FORM MUSIC VIDEO - Here It Goes Again - OK Go
February 12, 2007 @ 12:10 pm
Mary J. Blige Wins Three Grammys
However, the singer lost out to Dixie Chicks for Album of the Year.
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