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Best
Latin Rock/Alternative Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)
Fijación
Oral Vol. 1 Shakira [Sony]
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Multiple
Award Winners Include John Legend, Kelly Clarkson
and CeCe Winans
SONY
BMG Dominates Across R&B and Gospel Categories
LOS
ANGELES – FEBRUARY 8, 2006 – SONY
BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT earned a total of 22
awards during the 48th Annual GRAMMY awards
from the National Academy of Recording Arts
& Sciences (NARAS). With wins across labels
and genres, highlights include John Legend who
took home awards for the Best New Artist, Best
R&B Album & Best Male R&B Vocal
Performance, Kelly Clarkson who won Best Pop
Vocal Album & Best Female Pop Vocal Performance,
CeCe Winans who was awarded Best Gospel Performance
& Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album, Bruce
Springsteen who received Best Solo Rock Vocal
Performance and Maroon 5 who took home Best
Pop Performance by a duo or group with Vocals.
SONY
BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT is a global recorded
music joint venture with a roster of current
artists that includes a broad array of both
local artists and international superstars,
as well as a vast catalog that comprises some
of the most important recordings in history.
SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT is 50% owned by
Bertelsmann A.G. and 50% owned by Sony Corporation
of America.
The
complete list of SONY BMG wins is as follows:
Category
4 - Best New Artist (For a new artist who releases,
during the Eligibility Year, the first recording
which establishes the public identity of that
artist.)
John
Legend
Pop Category 5 - Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks
only.)
Since
U Been Gone Kelly Clarkson Track from: Breakaway
[RCA Records]
Pop Category 7 - Best Pop Performance By A Duo
Or Group With Vocal (For established duos or groups,
with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)
This
Love Maroon 5 Track from: Live - Friday The
13th [Octone Records/J Records]
Pop Category 10 - Best Pop Instrumental Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time
of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)
At
This Time Burt Bacharach [Columbia Records]
Pop Category 11 - Best Pop Vocal Album (For albums
containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)
Breakaway
Kelly Clarkson [RCA Records]
Traditional Pop Category 14 - Best Traditional
Pop Vocal Album (For albums containing 51% or
more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)
The
Art Of Romance Tony Bennett [RPM Records/Columbia
Records]
Rock Category 15 - Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks
only.)
Devils
& Dust Bruce Springsteen Track from: Devils
& Dust [Columbia Records]
Rock Category 17 - Best Hard Rock Performance
(For a solo, duo, group or collaborative performances,
with vocals. Singles of tracks only.)
System
of a Down - "B.Y.O.B
R&B Category 24 - Best Male R&B Vocal
Performance (For a solo vocal performance. Singles
or Tracks only.)
Ordinary
People John Legend Track from: Get Lifted [Getting
Out Our Dreams/Sony Urban Music/Columbia]
R&B Category 25 - Best R&B Performance
By A Duo Or Group With Vocals (For duo, group
or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles
or Tracks only.)
So
Amazing Beyoncé & Stevie Wonder Track
from: So Amazing - An All Star Tribute
To Luther Vandross (Various Artists) [J Records]
R&B Category 26 - Best Traditional R&B
Vocal Performance (For solo, duo, group or collaborative
performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)
A
House Is Not A Home Aretha Franklin Track from:
So Amazing - An All Star Tribute
To Luther Vandross (Various Artists) [J Records]
R&B Category 29 - Best R&B Album (For
albums containing 51% or more playing time of
VOCAL tracks.)
Get
Lifted John Legend [Getting Out Our Dreams/Sony
Urban Music/Columbia]
Gospel Category 51 - Best Gospel Performance (For
solo, duo, group as collaborative performances.
Singles or tracks with vocal containing Gospel
lyrics. All genres of Gospel music are eligible.)
Pray
CeCe Winans Track from: Purified [Puresprings
Gospel/INO/Sony Urban
Music/Epic]
Gospel Category 54 - Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel
Album (For albums containing 51% or more playing
time of VOCAL tracks.)
Lifesong
Casting Crowns [Beach Street/Reunion Records]
Gospel Category 56 - Best Traditional Soul Gospel
Album (For albums containing 51% or more playing
time of VOCAL tracks.)
Psalms,
Hymns & Spiritual Songs Donnie McClurkin
[Verity Records]
Gospel Category 57 - Best Contemporary Soul Gospel
Album (For albums containing 51% or more playing
time of VOCAL tracks.)
Purified
CeCe Winans [Puresprings Gospel/INO/Sony Urban
Music/Epic]
Latin
Category 60 - Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)
Fijación
Oral Vol. 1 Shakira [Sony]
Latin Category 61 - Best Traditional Tropical
Latin Album (Vocal or Instrumental.)
Bebo
De Cuba Bebo Valdés [Calle 54 Records]
Composing/Arranging Category 85 - Best Instrumental
Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) (An Arranger's
Award. (Artist names appear in parenthesis.) Singles
or Tracks only.)
What
Are You Doing For The Rest Of Your Life? Billy
Childs, Gil Goldstein & Heitor
Pereira, arrangers (Chris Botti & Sting)
[Columbia Records]
Package
Category 87 - Best Boxed Or Special Limited
Edition Package
The
Legend Ian Cuttler, art director (Johnny Cash)
[Columbia Records/Legacy Recordings]
Classical Category 101 - Best Instrumental Soloist
Performance (without Orchestra) (Award to the
Instrumental Soloist.)
Scriabin,
Medtner, Stravinsky Evgeny Kissin [BMG Classics
RCA Red Seal]
Music
Video Category 108 - Best Long Form Music Video
(For video album packages consisting of more than
one song or track. Award to the Artist and to
the Video Director/Producer of at least 51% of
the total playing time.)
No
Direction Home (Bob Dylan) Martin Scorcese,
video director; Margaret Bodde, Susan Lacy,
Jeff Rosen, Martin Scorcese, Nigel Sinclair
& Anthony Wall, video producers [Columbia
Records]
