NPR: All Songs Considered: The Grammys 2006

| Back to npr.org

Poll Results

Who should win a Grammy? Here's what listeners said in our online poll:

Album of the Year: Kanye West's Late Registration

Record of the Year: Green Day's "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"

Best New Artist: Keane

Live Concerts

James Brown
Sinead O'Connor
Iron and Wine
Calexico
Son Volt
Death Cab for Cutie
My Morning Jacket
The White Stripes
M. Ward
Sigur Ros
Secret Machines
Kings of Leon
Lucinda Williams
David Gray
Bloc Party
The Decemberists
Interpol
Bright Eyes

Sign up for the All Songs Considered newsletter and we'll tell you when new music and other features are available online.

The Grammys 2006

Subscribe to the ASC podcast

Listen to the entire show

All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen talks with NPR music reviewers Tom Moon, Will Hermes and Meredith Ochs about this year's Grammy Awards nominees. They offer their predictions for who will win and who should win. Below are select artists from the "Record of the Year," "Album of the Year" and "Best New Artist" categories.

Expanded Grammy Coverage

E-mail this page to a friend

Gorillaz with De La Soul are up for a "Record of the Year" Grammy for the song "Feel Good Inc."

Gorillaz with De La Soul

CD: Demon Days
Song: "Feel Good Inc."
Label: EMI UK

Listen to "Feel Good Inc."

Mariah Carey is up for several Grammys, including "Album of the Year" for The Emancipation of Mimi and "Record of the Year" for "We Belong Together."

Mariah Carey

CD: The Emancipation of Mimi
Song: "We Belong Together"
Label: Island Def Jam

Listen to "We Belong Together"

Kanye West is also up for "Record" and "Song of the Year" for the CD Late Registration, featuring the cut "Gold Digger."

Kanye West

CD: Late Registration
Song: "Gold Digger"
Label: Roc A Fella

Listen to "Gold Digger"

John Legend is a nominee for the "Best New Artist" category for his break-out CD Get Lifted.

John Legend

CD: Get Lifted
Song: "Number One"
Label: Sony

Listen to "Number One"

Keane is also a nominee in the "Best New Artist" category for their album Hopes and Fears.

Keane

CD: Hopes and Fears
Song: "Everybody's Changing"
Label: Universal

Listen to "Everybody's Changing"

Sugarland is up for "Best New Artist" for their CD Twice the Speed of Life.

Sugarland

CD: Twice the Speed of Life
Song: "Just Might (Make Me Believe)"
Label: Mercury Nashville

Listen to "Just Might (Make Me Believe)"

Merle Haggard is one of several artists who'll receive a Lifetime Achievement Grammy. He released a new CD in 2005, Chicago Wind.

Merle Haggard

CD: Chicago Wind
Song: "Rebuild America First"
Label: Capitol Nashville

Listen to "Rebuild America First"

Paul McCartney, who's never won a Grammy as a solo artist, is up for "Album of the Year" for Chaos and Creation in the Backyard.

Paul McCartney

CD: Chaos and Creation in the Backyard
Song: "Fine Line"
Label: Capitol

Listen to "Fine Line"

Gwen Stefani is up for "Album of the Year" for Love, Angel, Music, Baby and "Record of the Year" for the song "Hollaback Girl."

Gwen Stefani

CD: Love, Angel, Music, Baby
Song: "Hollaback Girl"
Label: Interscope

Listen to "Hollaback Girl"

Advisory: This song contains adult language

Sufjan Stevens was overlooked by the Grammys this year. But a number of critics independently picked his CD, Illinois, as "Album of the Year" and Sufjan for "Best New Artist."

Sufjan Stevens

CD: Illinois
Song: "Chicago"
Label: Asthmatic Kitty

Listen to "Chicago"

Copyright , NPR

E-mail this Page

Recipient's e-mail address:	» Up to twelve addresses, separated by commas.
Your e-mail address:
Your name:
Personal message (optional, 600 characters max):
Your NPR member station:
Are you a member of your local NPR station?	Yes No
Would you like to receive information from your local NPR member station? (see NPR's privacy policy)	Yes No
Please send me updates from NPR.	Yes No

(Information collected by NPR will be used solely for internal NPR or NPR member station purposes and only if you selected 'yes' above. See NPR's privacy policy for more information.)