Congrats to the Dixie Chicks and Carrie Underwood for cleaning up at the Grammy Awards on Sunday. Lots of other women also deserve major kudos. Here’s a rundown of awards won by the ladies in categories where they competed against the men:
- Record Of The Year/Not Ready To Make Nice ~ Dixie Chicks
- Album Of The Year/Taking The Long Way ~ Dixie Chicks
- Song Of The Year/Not Ready To Make Nice ~ Martie Maguire, Natalie Maines, Emily Robison & Dan Wilson, songwriters (Dixie Chicks)
- Best New Artist/Carrie Underwood
- Best Electronic/Dance Album – Confessions On A Dance Floor ~ Madonna
- Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance/God Bless The Child ~ George Benson & Al Jarreau Featuring Jill Scott
- Best R&B Song/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 ~ Beyoncé
- Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal/Not Ready To Make Nice~Dixie Chicks
- Best Country Collaboration With Vocals/Who Says You Can’t Go Home ~ Bon Jovi & Jennifer Nettles
- Best Country Song/Jesus, Take The Wheel ~Brett James, Hillary Lindsey & Gordie Sampson, songwriters (Carrie Underwood)
- Best Country Album/Taking The Long Way ~ Dixie Chicks
- Best New Age Album/Amarantine~Enya
- Best Jazz Vocal Album/Turned To Blue ~ Nancy Wilson
- Best Gospel Performance/Victory ~ Yolanda Adams
- Best Latin Pop Album/Limón Y Sal ~ Julieta Venegas
- Best Contemporary Blues Album/After The Rain ~ Irma Thomas
- Best Native American Music Album/Dance With The Wind ~ Mary Youngblood
- 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 Opera Recording/Golijov: Ainadamar: Fountain Of Tears ~ Robert Spano, conductor; Kelley O’Connor, Jessica Rivera & Dawn Upshaw; Valérie Gross & Sid McLauchlan, producers (Women Of The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra)
- Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra)/Messiaen: Oiseaux Exotiques (Exotic Birds) ~ John McLaughlin Williams, conductor; Angelin Chang (Cleveland Chamber Symphony)
- Best Classical Vocal Performance/Rilke Songs ~ Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (Peter Serkin)
- Best Short Form Music Video/Here It Goes Again OK Go ~Dan Konopka, Damian Kulash, Jr., Timothy Nordwind, Andy Ross & Trish Sie, video directors; Dan Konopka, Damian Kulash, Jr., Timothy Nordwind, Andy Ross & Trish Sie, video producers
5 comments
Christina
That great pianist-prof Angelin Chang and Cleveland rocks!
gretchen
Yes – that Ok Go video is just pure genius. ;) And Enya rocks, too. :d/
kel1
Well, I see Enya won for her album. :) *cheers* And that’s all I’m going to say because I know Gretchen and I don’t see eye to eye on the Dixie Chicks. :D (But then, I’m not really a country music fan to begin with. ;) )
And have you seen the vid by OKGo that was co-produced by a woman (according to your info here)? It’s GREAT!! LOL
gretchen
Well, I have to disagree with you on the music. I think “Taking the Long Way Home” has several good tracks. That CD makes it into my player several times a month. I do agree that a lot of it is political, but artistically and musically it is a great album. The lyrics can be taken different ways so I just ignore the political meanings and think of them in my own context. :)>-
Paula The Surf Mom
Don’t get me started on the Dixie Chicks. Those Granny’s like everything else about them of late was all politics, the CD/Album is just not that good.