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48th Annual Grammy Awards

The 48th Annual Grammy Awards took place on February 8, 2006, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California honoring the best in music for the recording year beginning from October 1, 2004, through September 30, 2005. Irish rock band U2 were the main recipients with five awards including Album of the Year. Mariah Carey, John Legend, and Kanye West were each nominated for eight awards and won three; Alison Krauss & Union Station also won three awards; and Kelly Clarkson won two. Green Day were amongst the big winners, winning the Grammy Award for Record of the Year.[1][2]

48th Annual Grammy Awards

February 8, 2006

Staples Center, Los Angeles

U2 (5)

John Legend, Kanye West, Mariah Carey (8 each)

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CBS

— 5/5

U2

— 3/3

Alison Krauss

— 3/8

Mariah Carey

— 3/8

John Legend

— 3/8

Kanye West

— 2/2

Kelly Clarkson

— 2/2

The Chemical Brothers

— 2/4

Stevie Wonder

James Taylor

Renaldo "Obie" Benson, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Oscar Brown, R. L. Burnside, Little Milton Campbell, Vassar Clements, Tyrone Davis, Victoria de los Ángeles, Ibrahim Ferrer, Carlo Maria Giulini, Lalo Guerrero, Percy Heath, Skitch Henderson, Milt Holland, Shirley Horn, Willie Hutch, Johnnie Johnson, Merle Kilgore, Chris LeDoux, Harold Leventhal, Jimmy Martin, Robert Moog, Birgit Nilsson, Wilson Pickett, John Raitt, Lou Rawls, Eugene Record, Bobby Short, Jimmy Smith, Sammi Smith, Luther Vandross, Simon Waronker, Chris Whitley, Ronald Winans, Paul Winchell, Link Wray and Richard Pryor.

Long John Baldry

's win for Album of the Year was their second win for that respective award. They previously won it back at the 30th Annual Grammy Awards in 1988 for The Joshua Tree. They are the only rock act to have more than one Album of the Year win.

U2

won his first Grammy Award for "You'll Think of Me" From his 2002 album Golden Road

Keith Urban

During the tribute performance Rusty Allen was in place of the original bassist Larry Graham.

Sly & the Family Stone

made his first public Appearance since 1987 wearing a Cockatoo-Style mohawk

Sly Stone

While presenting Alicia Keys & Stevie Wonder led a sing-along of "Higher Ground".

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

's win for "Before I Forget" was their first Grammy Award win.

Slipknot

& Joe Perry are from Aerosmith.

Steven Tyler

"" is originally sung by Wilson Pickett.

In the Midnight Hour

" is originally performed by Andy Williams from his 1971 album "You've Got a Friend". The song was written by Leon Russell.

A Song for You

made an appearance

Neil Portnow

at IMDb

48th Annual Grammy Awards

48th Annual Grammy Awards Winners List