A portion of the proceeds benefit MusiCares and the GRAMMY Foundation

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The Recording Academy has teamed with Sony BMG's Strategic Marketing Group to release the 2006 GRAMMY Nominees CD, which celebrates many of the year's GRAMMY-nominated artists and songs. This year's compilation — due in stores nationwide on Jan. 24  — includes some of the year's best music and features nominated songs and artists from several major categories. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of the CD will benefit the MusiCares Foundation and the GRAMMY Foundation.

The disc features tracks from Beck, Mariah Carey, Kelly Clarkson, Coldplay, Sheryl Crow, Death Cab For Cutie, Foo Fighters, Franz Ferdinand, Gorillaz featuring De La Soul, Green Day, Jack Johnson, John Legend, Paul McCartney, Rascal Flatts, the Rolling Stones, Seal, Bruce Springsteen, Rob Thomas, U2, Stevie Wonder, and Neil Young. The 21 tracks from the 2006 GRAMMY Nominees CD represent nominees from the Record Of The Year, Album Of The Year, Song Of The Year, Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, Best Pop Vocal Album, Best Rock Album and Best Alternative Music Album categories. The CD is made possible by a special arrangement with all of the major music distribution companies and rotates distributors from year to year.

"The eclectic mix of excellent music contained on this compilation provides a great sample of the work created by this year's extremely talented nominees," said Recording Academy President Neil Portnow. "We anticipate continued success on the charts in order to further the important work of MusiCares and the GRAMMY Foundation. We thank Sony BMG for their support and look forward to another successful GRAMMY album."

"We are proud to continue our successful relationship with The Recording Academy and are so honored that we can once again be associated with one of the music industry's biggest events," said Sony BMG's Strategic Marketing Group Executive Vice President/General Manager Joe Dimuro.
The 48th Annual GRAMMY Awards will be held on Feb. 8, at Staples Center in Los Angeles, and will be broadcast in high-definition TV and 5.1 surround sound on the CBS Television Network at 8 p.m. (ET/PT). The show also will be supported on radio via Westwood One worldwide, and covered online at www.GRAMMY.yahoo.com.

For a complete track list of the 2006 GRAMMY Nominees CD, please click here.