48th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

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XM is the Official Satellite Radio Partner of the 48th Annual GRAMMY® Awards...Wednesday, February 8, 2006.

See 48th Annual GRAMMY Awards Winners List

Get the most comprehensive behind-the-scenes access to Music's Biggest Night™ from the STAPLES Center in Los Angeles as XM provides unparalleled broadcast coverage of the annual telecast and GRAMMY Week events, as well as unique GRAMMY programming throughout the year.

On Feb 6, XM Live - XM 200 becomes GRAMMY Radio, with exclusive pre-show coverage of GRAMMY Week events - stay tuned as XM brings you inside events with some of the biggest names in music. For 72 hours - from Feb. 6 to Feb. 8 - GRAMMY Radio will bring you access to GRAMMY events and bring you specials highlighting the nominees in various music genres.

Events including:

GRAMMY Salute to Classical Music - Honoring Kronos Quartet
GRAMMY Salute to Jazz - Honoring Hank Jones, Barry Harris and Oscar Peterson
GRAMMY Salute to Gospel - Honoring Shirley Caesar, Billy Ray Hearn and Richard Smallwood
The GRAMMY Foundation®'s 8th Annual Music on Film Preservation Project "New Orleans Rising"
GRAMMY Career Day featuring GRAMMY Nominees Amerie, John Legend, Fantasia and Kanye West
What's The Download® Rap Session wwith honorary board members Kelly Clarkson, Common and Sway
The MusiCares Person of the Year™ Tribute Dinner and Concert Honoring James Taylor
The Special Merit Awards Ceremony & Nominee Reception - Lifetime Achievement Awards to David Bowie, Cream, Merle Haggard, Robert Johnson, Jessye Norman, Richard Pryor and The Weavers
Live coverage of the exclusive Clive Davis Party on February 7
Live coverage from the 48th Annual GRAMMY "Pre-Tel" Awards ceremony at the LA Convention Center on February 8 from 1:00 to 3:30pm PT

On February 7, XM invites you to The Clive Davis party at the Beverly Hilton. This event attracts music, movie and television's biggest stars, including live performances of some of music's most legendary performers. Join us on XM 200 at 11PM ET / 8PM PT. Encores of the party will be on February 8 at 7PM ET / 4PM PT

On Feb 8, the day of the 48th Annual GRAMMY Awards, XM will be live from 3pm to 8pm ET / 12 to 5pm PT leading up to the actual GRAMMY Awards Ceremony. From the "Pre-Telecast" Awards Ceremony to the Red Carpet, XM delivers the excitement of Music's Biggest Night.

Press Conference: The GRAMMY
The City - XM 67
Thursday, January 26 - 5PM ET
The City's Lisa (a.k.a. Sexy Chocolate) and DJ Xclusive, RAW's Leo G and Mz Kitti, and Suite 62's Cayman Kelly rep it up and pick their winners. Plus, Kayne drops by to explain Late Registration and Mariah talks about her Emancipation of Mimi-thing.

Encores:

Friday, January 27 at 7PM ET
Saturday, January 28 at 9AM ET
Monday, January 30 at 10PM ET

Country goes to the GRAMMYs
Highway 16 - XM 16
Saturday, January 28 - 9AM ET
Salute everything Country and the 2006 nominees who do XM proud. Get up to speed on who they are, where they come from and, of course, their nominated hits. Hosted by the folks who know Bluegrass, Contemporary, Gospel and everything in between.

Encores:

Wednesday, February 8 at 6PM ET
Saturday, February 4 at 8AM ET on America - XM 10
Tuesday, February 7 at Noon ET on America - XM 10

Slip Stream Special: X Country Salutes the 2006 GRAMMY Nominees with Marty Fitzpatrick
X Country - XM 12
Monday, Jan. 30 - 11AM ET
Join host Marty Fitzpatrick for an in-depth look at the X Country favorites who received GRAMMY nods this year.

Thursday, February 2 at 7PM ET Saturday, February 4 at 11AM ET

70s GRAMMY Special
70s on 7 - XM 7
Thursday, Feb. 2 - 9AM ET
Get back to the boogie and slip back in time for the 13th through the 22nd Annual GRAMMY awards. With a look at the nominees and winners of every show from 1970 through 1979.

Les Paul Special GRAMMY Show
Fine Tuning - XM 76
Thursday, Feb. 2 - 8PM ET
Join the greatest jazz guitarist of his generation as he spends time with Ben Smith, talking about his life, inventions, and newest GRAMMY-nominated CD, American Made, World Played.

Lifetime Achievement Awards-60s Style
60s on 6 - XM 6
Starting Friday, Feb. 3 - Throughout the day
From now up to GRAMMY night, 60s on 6 will be spotlighting the decade's artists who've been honored with the GRAMMY's Lifetime Achievement Award, including this year's recipient, Cream. Check in for quick clips saluting their everlasting contributions to music and culture.

The Bob Edwards Show
XM Public Radio - XM 133
Starting Friday, Feb. 3 - TBD
Plenty of GRAMMY-nominated artists have spent time with Bob, and now's the chance to hear them all. It's talk and music from favorites like Renee Fleming, Garrison Keillor, Bonnie Raitt and many more, as the countdown to the 2006 GRAMMYs continues.

XM Classics Salutes the 2006 GRAMMY Nominees
XM Classics - XM 110
Friday, Feb 3. - 9PM ET
Join Paul Bachmann as he plays selected music from artists nominated in the Classical categories, including Best Classical Album, Best Orchestral Performance and Best Operal Recording. Hear previous XM guests like the Emerson String Quartet, Cecilia Bartoli and Leonard Slatkin.

GRAMMY Awards: All That Matters
20 on 20 - XM 20
Sunday, Feb. 5 - 11AM ET
Catch Michelle for highlights of GRAMMY-nominated artists like Black Eyed Peas, Gorillaz, Coldplay, Mariah Carey and Kayne West. Run through her favorite picks and get up-to-date on the most wanted nominees.

The 4th Annual Real Jazz GRAMMY Preview Show
Real Jazz - XM 70
Sunday, Feb. 5 - Midnight ET
Co-hosted by Jackson Brady and jazz journalist Willard Jenkins, check in for intriguing interview segments from Bill Evans, Chris Walden, Sue Mingus, Terence Blanchard, Wynton & Branford Marsalis, Dave Holland, Nneena Freelon and Alice Coltrane.

Encores:

Monday, February 6 at 9PM ET
Tuesday, February 7 at 8AM ET
Wednesday, February 8 at Noon ET and 5PM ET

Featuring Shelley Berman's GRAMMY-winning Album
Laugh USA - XM 151
Wednesday, Feb. 8 - 8AM ET and 8PM ET
Hear Inside Shelley Berman in its entirety-the album that won the first non-music GRAMMY ever, back in 1959. Its cover cemented the comedian's image as a skinny guy in a high chair, and its humor earned him more than 20 appearances on the Ed Sullivan Show.

Broadminded: GRAMMY Night with the Broads
Take 5 - XM 155
Wednesday, Feb 8 - 8PM ET
Who better to take the XM Nation on a tour of the 2006 GRAMMYs than Christine, Shari and Molly. Get the dish on celebrity attendees, famous and infamous moments in GRAMMY history and, of course, all the nominated music.