poll Song and Record of the Year: 2006

[Achilles.]

Despite (or, more probably, because of) the underwhelming slate of nominees in the 2005 poll, we ended up with our most dominant winners yet. For the first time, both of our winners earned more than 50% of the vote. Usher’s “Yeah!” triumphed in Record of the Year, while Ray Charles’s Grammy winner earned only a single vote. The Grammys’ choice for Song of the Year fared little better, with only two votes leaving John Mayer with a last-place finish. Our voters decided to award Alicia Keys for “If I Ain’t Got You,” meaning she joins Avril Lavigne with two wins in this category. 
 

2006 was a fairly disparate year for the Recording Academy, with only one song making it into both Song and Record. Green Day took home Record of the Year for “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” while U2 earned their second Song of the Year trophy for “Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own.” Will ATRL agree? Will voters “Hollaback” for Gwen Stefani, or do they simply believe that Mariah Carey and the Grammys “Belong Together”? Vote now!

 

Spoiler

1999:

Record: Celine Dion - “My Heart Will Go On”

Song: Celine Dion - “My Heart Will Go On”

 

2000:

Record: Cher - “Believe”

Song: Santana - “Smooth”
 

2001:

Record: Madonna - “Music”

Song: Destiny’s Child - “Say My Name”
 

2002:

Record: OutKast - “Ms. Jackson”

Song: Alicia Keys - “Fallin’”

 

2003:

Record: Vanessa Carlton - “A Thousand Miles”

Song: Avril Lavigne - “Complicated”

 

2004:

Record: Beyoncé - “Crazy in Love (feat. Jay Z)”

Song: Avril Lavigne - “I’m With You”
 

2005:

Record: Usher - “Yeah!”

Song: Alicia Keys - “If I Ain’t Got You”

 

Edited December 8, 2023 by Achilles.

[ithinkheknowsoutsold]

Very stacked category for Record of the Year, but because I'm a ****** I went for Gwen Stefani.

[GraceRandolph]

Very stacked category for Record of the Year, but because I'm a ****** I went for Godriah.

[kataraqueen]

Green Day and Gorillaz devour for first one

 

Second one, Mariah Carey > John Legend > brick wall > sewer system > the rest

[Feanor]

Mariah for both.

[xfreshkidxx]

Mariah>>

[MALAMENTE]

Boulevard of Broken Dreams is the obvious ROTY. That song is a masterpiece. 

 

SOTY I vote Mariah (the page glitched and made me vote for U2)

[Dear Reader]

EASILY Mariah for both. What a legendary song 

[naval23]

We Belong Together easily. She literally created perfection that hasn't been touched by any one since 

[Tylerbv]

Boulevard of Broken Dreams

Bless the Broken Road

 

Weird year.

[Xtripped]

Mariah deserves at least one of those grammys

[Frozen99]

sorry gwennie but i have to go with boulevard of broken dreams, that song is just beyond magnificent.

damn, the SOTY category is dry as hell  

[jdanton2]

i will go with Mariah for both . not really one of my favorites by her but it is a weak set.

[BloodLuster]

the rightful winners

[GreatestLoveofAll]

Mariah's gonna win both for sure but while I gave it ROTY (which wasnt as easy a choice as it should have been), i voted for the Selah song for SOTY. a testimony that one is.

[Homebrand]

I think all ROTY songs are all worthy in their own right. I'm not mad at Green Day winning but either them or Mariah would of been right. 

 

SOTR is Mariah for sure though. 

[rebeltwat]

ROTY: Green Day

SOTY: Mariah

[LovaticSwiftie]

We Belong Together for both

[Achilles.]

Green Day and Mariah for me.