Dixie Chicks, Blige, Underwood big Grammy winners
{{date|February 12, 2007}}

The [[w:Dixie Chicks|Dixie Chicks]] won the award album in the song of Not Ready To Make Nice. Finally overcame controversy to dominate the [[w:2007 Grammy Awards|2007 Grammy Awards]] on Sunday night, winning five statuettes including the two coveted awards for Record and Song of the Year (for "Not Ready To Make Nice").   The country/rock trio, led by [[w:Martie Maguire|Martie Maguire]], often criticized for their political views, also won for their album ''[[w:Taking the Long Way|Taking the Long Way]]''.

[[w:Mary J. Blige|Mary J. Blige]], who went into the Grammies with the most nominations, ended up winning three, while ''[[w:American Idol|American Idol]]'' winner [[w:Carrie Underwood|Carrie Underwood]] won two, including [[w:Grammy Award for Best New Artist|Best New Artist]] and for her song "[[w:Jesus Take The Wheel|Jesus Take The Wheel]]".  With completion of the "big three" music awards (which includes the American Music Awards held in November, and the Billboard Music Awards held in December), Blige and Underwood were the only two artists to sweep all three major awards this season.

== Sources ==

*{{source|url=http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/15709186
|title=List of Grammy Award winners
|author=Associated Press
|pub=Yahoo Music
|date=February 11, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Music_Awards_of_2006
|title=American Music Awards of 2006
|author=Wikipedia
|pub=Wikipedia
|date=January 10, 2007}} 
*{{source|url=http://billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003468068
|title=The 2006 Billboard Music Award Winners
|author=Billboard
|pub=Billboard
|date=December 4, 2006}} 

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The Dixie Chicks won the award album in the song of Not Ready To Make Nice. Finally overcame controversy to dominate the 2007 Grammy Awards on Sunday night, winning five statuettes including the two coveted awards for Record and Song of the Year (for "Not Ready To Make Nice").   The country/rock trio, led by Martie Maguire, often criticized for their political views, also won for their album Taking the Long Way.

Mary J. Blige, who went into the Grammies with the most nominations, ended up winning three, while American Idol winner Carrie Underwood won two, including Best New Artist and for her song "Jesus Take The Wheel".  With completion of the "big three" music awards (which includes the American Music Awards held in November, and the Billboard Music Awards held in December), Blige and Underwood were the only two artists to sweep all three major awards this season.
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