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The 49th Annual Grammy Awards will honor the best in music of the recording year of 2006. The 2006 recording year started on October 1, 2005 and ended on September 30, 2006. The awards will be handed out on Sunday February 11, 2007 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, CA. As in 2006, the ceremony will have not have an overall host. [1]

The only people who are allowed to vote for the Grammy Awards are those who are members of the National Academy of the Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS). In order to be a member you need to have worked on six albums (in terms of production, engineering, mixing, or being the recording artist). NARAS members are peers of all who submit their work to the recording Academy. NARAS members are to vote based upon the quality of the work that has been submitted. It is highly stressed to voting NARAS members not to look at sales or charts when voting. Artists, producers, engineers/mixers or record companies are allowed to make submissions to the Recording Academy. The deadline for all submissions for the 49th Annual Grammy Awards is September 1, 2006. nominating ballots are sent to NARAS members by October 1, 2006 which is after the 2006 recording year ends. On the ballot you are allowed to nominated any of the work submitted. You can only vote in eight fields other than the general field. You can vote to nominate up to five works in for an award.

After a member is done nominating, he or she will send the ballot back to NARAS' headquarters in Santa Monica, CA. Once the nominating process is complete the votes are counted. The artists who received the top five most votes become the nominees for the 49th Annual Grammy Awards. (Note: fewer or less than five nominees is the result of a tie.) The nominations were announced on December 7, 2006. The voting ballots will be mailed to every NARAS member. They are all allowed to vote in the general field which includes the awards for Record, Album and Song of the Year as well as Best New Artist. NARAS members can vote in nine other fields. Some voting changes took place for the 49th Annual Grammy Awards. Nominees for the Historical field are now determined by a special committee. Also NARAS members are allowed to vote in the Latin fieds. In 2006 you were allowed to vote in only 8 fields but now 9 fields are open. NARAS members are to judge by quality, not sales or charts when casting votes. After casting votes the ballots are to be mailed back to NARAS's headquarters in Santa Monica, CA. All the votes are counted. The ones who have the most amount of votes for an award are proclaimed as the winners. The winners are announced on Sunday, February 11, 2007 at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards.

108 different awards will be handed out on Grammy night. Most awards will be handed out at the pre-telecast portion of the show.

Performances and presenters

Performers:

Presenters:

Nominees

Main article: Nominees for Grammy Awards of 2007
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Mary J. Blige's eight nominations include "Record of the Year" and "Song of the Year" for "Be Without You".

Here are the nominees in the four major categories:

Record of the Year

See also: Grammy Award for Record of the Year

Album of the Year

See also: Grammy Award for Album of the Year
  • Taking the Long Way by Dixie Chicks (Open Wide/Columbia)
    • Rick Rubin, producer; Richard Dodd, Jim Scott & Chris Testa, engineers/mixers; Richard Dodd, mastering engineer
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"Album of the Year" nominee St. Elsewhere by Gnarls Barkley (pictured here in August 2006) features "Record of the Year" nominee "Crazy".

Song of the Year

See also: Grammy Award for Song of the Year
  • "Be Without You" from Mary J. Blige's The Breakthrough (Geffen Records; Publishers: Chrysalis Music, Mary J. Blige Music, Naked Under My Clothes Music, Universal Music Corp., Babyboy's Little Publishing, Jason's Lyrics, Noontime South, Reach Global Tunes, WB Music.)
    • Johnta Austin, Mary J. Blige, Michael Cox & Jason Perry, songwriters
  • "Jesus, Take the Wheel" from Carrie Underwood's Some Hearts (Arista/Arista Nashville/19; Publishers: Dimensional Music of 1091/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, Raylene Music/BPJ Administration, No Such Music, Passing Stranger Music/1609 Songs/Music of Windswept.)
  • "Not Ready to Make Nice" from Dixie Chicks' Taking the Long Way (Open Wide/Columbia; Publishers: Woolly Puddin' Music; Chrysalis Music, Sugar Lake Music.)
  • "Put Your Records On" from Corinne Bailey Rae's Corinne Bailey Rae (Capitol; Publisher: Global Talent Publishing)
    • John Beck, Steve Chrisanthou & Corinne Bailey Rae, songwriters
"Best New Artist" nominee James Blunt released his U.S. debut single, "You're Beautiful", in 2005; his debut album, Back to Bedlam, followed in 2006.
  • "You're Beautiful" from James Blunt's Back to Bedlam (Custard/Atlantic; Publishers: EMI Blackwood Music, Universal Music Publishing.David Platz Music)

Best New Artist

See also: Grammy Award for Best New Artist
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