Dixie Chicks swept the night at the 49th annual Grammy Awards

The Dixie Chicks swept the night, taking home all five awards they were nominated for – including album, song and record of the year, where they beat out competitors like Justin Timberlake, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and eight-time nominee Mary J. Blige.

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Record of the year

* Mary J. Blige, "Be Without You"
* James Blunt, "You're Beautiful"
* WINNER Dixie Chicks, "Not Ready to Make Nice"
* Gnarls Barkley, "Crazy"
* Corinne Bailey Rae, "Put Your Records On"



Album of the year

* WINNER Dixie Chicks, Taking the Long Way
* Gnarls Barkley, St. Elsewhere
* John Mayer, Continuum
* Red Hot Chili Peppers, Stadium Arcadium
* Justin Timberlake, FutureSex/LoveSounds



Song of the year

* "Be Without You" (Mary J. Blige)
* "Jesus, Take the Wheel" (Carrie Underwood)
* WINNER "Not Ready to Make Nice" (Dixie Chicks)
* "Put Your Records On" (Corinne Bailey Rae)
* "You're Beautiful" (James Blunt)



Best new artist

* James Blunt
* Chris Brown
* Imogen Heap
* Corinne Bailey Rae
* WINNER Carrie Underwood



Best pop album

* Christina Aguilera, Back to Basics
* James Blunt, Back to Bedlam
* Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint, The River in Reverse
* WINNER John Mayer, Continuum
* Justin Timberlake, FutureSex/LoveSounds



Best rock album

* John Mayer Trio, Try!
* Tom Petty, Highway Companion
* The Raconteurs, Broken Boy Soldiers
* WINNER Red Hot Chili Peppers, Stadium Arcadium
* Neil Young, Living With War



Best alternative music album

* Arctic Monkeys, Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
* The Flaming Lips, At War with the Mystics
* WINNER Gnarls Barkley, St. Elsewhere
* Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Show Your Bones
* Thom Yorke, The Eraser



Best R&B album

* WINNER Mary J. Blige, The Breakthrough
* Jamie Foxx, Unpredictable
* India.Arie, Testimony: Vol. 1, Life & Relationship
* Prince, 3121
* Lionel Richie, Coming Home



Best contemporary R&B album

* WINNER Beyoncé, B'Day
* Chris Brown, Chris Brown
* Janet Jackson, 20 Y.O.
* Kelis, Kelis Was Here
* Ne-Yo, In My Own Words



Best rap album

* Lupe Fiasco, Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquer
* WINNERLudacris, Release Therapy
* Pharrell, In My Mind
* The Roots, Game Theory
* T.I., King



Best country album

* WINNER Dixie Chicks, Taking the Long Way
* Alan Jackson, Like Red on a Rose
* Little Big Town, The Road to Here
* Willie Nelson, You Don't Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker
* Josh Turner, Your Man

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