Album Of The Year
(Award to the Artist(s) and to the Album Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s)/Mixer(s) & Mastering Engineer(s), if other than the artist.)
Taking The Long Way
Dixie Chicks
Rick Rubin, producer; Richard Dodd, Jim Scott & Chris Testa, engineers/mixers; Richard Dodd, mastering engineer
[Open Wide/Columbia]
St. Elsewhere
Gnarls Barkley
Danger Mouse, producer; Ben H. Allen, Danger Mouse & Kennie Takahashi, engineers/mixers; Mike Lazer, mastering engineer
[Downtown/Atlantic]
Continuum
John Mayer
Steve Jordan & John Mayer, producers; John Alagia, Michael Brauer, Joe Ferla, Chad Franscoviak, Manny Marroquin & Dave O'Donnell, engineers/mixers; Greg Calbi, mastering engineer
[Aware/Columbia]
Stadium Arcadium
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Rick Rubin, producer; Ryan Hewitt, Mark Linett & Andrew Scheps, engineers/mixers; Vlado Meller, mastering engineer
[Warner Bros.]
FutureSex/LoveSounds
Justin Timberlake
Nate (Danja) Hills, Jawbreakers, Rick Rubin, Timbaland & Justin Timberlake, producers; Jimmy Douglass, Serban Ghenea, Padraic Kerin, Jason Lader, Andrew Scheps, Timbaland & Ethan Willoughby, engineers/mixers; Herb Powers, Jr., mastering engineer
[Jive Records/Zomba Label Group]
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)
You're Beautiful
James Blunt
Track from: Back To Bedlam
[Custard/Atlantic]
Save Room
John Legend
Track from: Once Again
[Columbia/GOOD/Sony Urban]
Waiting On The World To Change
John Mayer
Track from: Continuum
[Aware/Columbia]
Jenny Wren
Paul McCartney
Track from: Chaos And Creation In The Backyard
[Capitol]
Bad Day
Daniel Powter
Track from: Daniel Powter
[Warner Bros.]
Best Pop Vocal Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)
Back To Basics
Christina Aguilera
[RCA Records]
Back To Bedlam
James Blunt
[Custard/Atlantic]
The River In Reverse
Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint
[Verve Forecast]
Continuum
John Mayer
[Aware/Columbia]
FutureSex/LoveSounds
Justin Timberlake
[Jive Records/Zomba Label Group]
Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)
Nausea
Beck
[Interscope Records]
Someday Baby
Bob Dylan
Track from: Modern Times
[Columbia]
Route 66
John Mayer
Track from: Cars — Soundtrack (Various Artists)
[Disney]
Saving Grace
Tom Petty
Track from: Highway Companion
[American]
Lookin' For A Leader
Neil Young
Track from: Living With War
[Reprise]
Best Rock Album
(Vocal or Instrumental. Includes Hard Rock and Metal.)
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John Mayer Trio
[Aware/Columbia]
Highway Companion
Tom Petty
[American]
Broken Boy Soldiers
The Raconteurs
[V2/Third Man Records]
Stadium Arcadium
Red Hot Chili Peppers
[Warner Bros.]
Living With War
Neil Young
[Reprise]
Voici donc les categories et les concurents directs de John pour cette année.... Pas du gateau... Mais tant qu'il y a de la vie, il y a de l'espoir...