The 49th Annual Grammy Awards was a ceremony honoring the best in music for the recording year beginning October 1, 2005, and ending September 30, 2006, in the United States. The awards were handed out on Sunday, February 11, 2007, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The Dixie Chicks were the night's biggest winners winning a total of five awards. Mary J. Blige received the most nominations, with eight. Don Henley was honored as MusiCares Person of the Year two nights prior to the show on February 9, 2007. The show won an Emmy for Outstanding Lighting Direction (electronic, multicamera) for VMC Programming.

Main ceremony

The performance of Roxanne by The Police to open the show promoted the start of their reunion tour.

Presenters

Main ceremony

Winners and nominees

Multiple nominees and wins (award nominations/wins) Bold type indicates the winner out of the list of nominees.

General

Alternative

Blues

Country

Dance

Folk

Gospel

Jazz

Latin

Best Latin Pop Album: Best Latin Rock, Alternative Or Urban Album: Best Tropical Latin Album: Best Mexican / Mexican-American Album: Best Tejano Album: Best Norteño Album: Best Banda Album:

New Age

Pop

R&B

Best Contemporary R&B Album

Rap

Best Rap Solo Performance Best Rap/Sung Collaboration Best Rap Song Best Rap Album

Reggae

Rock

Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal

Traditional Pop

Children's

Best Musical Album for Children Best Spoken Word Album for Children

Spoken Word

Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Story Telling)

Comedy

Classical

Music Video

In memoriam

Maynard Ferguson Michael Brecker Ray Barretto Anita O'Day Alice Coltrane Robert Lockwood Jr. Floyd Dixon June Pointer Arthur Lee (musician) Phil Walden Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Malcolm Arnold Sarah Caldwell Denny Doherty Henry Lewy Syd Barrett Ian Copeland Ali Farka Touré Soraya (musician) Georgia Gibbs Frankie Laine Irving Green Gene Pitney Buck Owens Cindy Walker Buddy Killen Freddy Fender Desmond Dekker Ed Bradley J Dilla Ruth Brown Billy Preston Arif Mardin Gerald Levert Ahmet Ertegun James Brown References