2006 Tyler's Choice Music Awards

(Boldface = winner; Italics = runner-up)

Best Song by a Male Vocalist

• "Bad Day" - Daniel Powter (Mitchell Froom & Jeff Dawson)
• "Jenny Wren" - Paul McCartney (Nigel Godrich)
• "Waiting on the World to Change" - John Mayer (Steve Jordan & John Mayer)
• "White & Nerdy" - "Weird Al" Yankovic (Al Yankovic)
• "You're Beautiful" - James Blunt (Tom Rothrock)
  (Honourable Mentions: "Ever the Same" - Rob Thomas, "SexyBack" - Justin Timberlake, "Someday Baby" - Bob Dylan, "Temperature" - Sean Paul, "Upside Down" - Jack Johnson)

Best Song by a Female Vocalist

• "Ain't No Other Man" - Christina Aguilera (DJ Premier & Christina Aguilera)
• "Be Without You" - Mary J. Blige (Mary J. Blige, Bryan-Michael Cox & Ron Fair)
• "Black Horse and a Cherry Tree" - KT Tunstall (Andy Green)
• "Put Your Records On" - Corinne Bailey Rae (Steve Chrisanthou)
• "Unwritten" - Natasha Bedingfield (Wayne Rodrigues & Danielle Brisebois)
  (Honourable Mentions: "Hung Up" - Madonna, "Jesus, Take the Wheel" - Carrie Underwood, "Maneater" - Nelly Furtado, "SOS" - Rihanna, "Stupid Girls" - P!nk)

Best Song by a Duo, Group or Band

• "Crazy" - Gnarls Barkley (Danger Mouse)
• "Dani California" - Red Hot Chili Peppers (Rick Rubin)
• "Hips Don't Lie" - Shakira, ft. Wyclef Jean (Shakira, Wyclef Jean & Jerry Duplessis)
• "How to Save a Life" - The Fray (Mike Flynn & Aaron Johnson)
• "When You Were Young" - The Killers (Flood, Alan Moulder & The Killers)
  (Honourable Mentions: "Always on Your Side" - Sheryl Crow & Sting, "Call Me When You're Sober" - Evanescence, "Not Ready to Make Nice" - Dixie Chicks, "Stickwitu" - The Pussycat Dolls, "Where'd You Go" - Fort Minor, ft. Holly Brook)

Best Album

• Continuum - John Mayer (Steve Jordan & John Mayer)
• FutureSex/LoveSounds - Justin Timberlake (Justin Timberlake, Timbaland, Rick Rubin & Danja Hills)
• St. Elsewhere - Gnarls Barkley (Danger Mouse)
• Stadium Arcadium - Red Hot Chili Peppers (Rick Rubin)
• Straight Outta Lynwood - "Weird Al" Yankovic (Al Yankovic)
• Taking the Long Way - Dixie Chicks (Rick Rubin)
  (Honourable Mentions: Back to Basics - Christina Aguilera, Back to Bedlam - James Blunt, The Breakthrough - Mary J. Blige, Modern Times - Bob Dylan)

Best Music Video [TIE]

• "Crazy" - Gnarls Barkley (Robert Hales, director)
• "Dani California" - Red Hot Chili Peppers (Tony Kaye, director; Rachel Curl, producer)
• "Here We Go Again" - OK Go (Dan Konopka, Damian Kulash, Jr., Timothy Nordwind, Andy Ross & Trish Sie, directors/producers)
• "When You Were Young" - The Killers (Anthony Mandler, director; Everardo Gout & Gina Leonard, producer)
• "White & Nerdy" - "Weird Al" Yankovic (Al Yankovic, director)
  (Honourable Mentions: "8th of November" - Big & Rich, "Hung Up" - Madonna, "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" - Scissor Sisters, "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" - Panic! at the Disco, "Writing on the Walls" - Underoath)

Best Country Song

• "Jesus, Take the Wheel" - Carrie Underwood (Mark Bright)
• "Kerosene" - Miranda Lambert (Frank Liddell & Mike Wrucke)
• "Not Ready to Make Nice" - Dixie Chicks (Rick Rubin)
• "What Hurts the Most" - Rascal Flatts (Dann Huff & Rascal Flatts)
• "Who Says You Can't Go Home?" - Bon Jovi, ft. Jennifer Nettles (John Shanks, Jon Bon Jovi & Richie Sambora)
  (Honourable Mentions: "Boondocks" - Little Big Town, "Every Mile a Memory" - Dierks Bentley, "I Don't Feel Like Loving You Today" - Gretchen Wilson, "Once in a Lifetime" - Keith Urban, "The Reason Why" - Vince Gill)

Best Dance/Electronic Song

• "Hung Up" - Madonna (Madonna & Stuart Price)
• "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" - Scissor Sisters (Scissor Sisters)
• "SexyBack" - Justin Timberlake (Justin Timberlake, Timbaland & Danja Hills)
• "SOS" - Rihanna (J.R. Rotem)
• "Suffer Well" - Depeche Mode (Ben Hillier & Depeche Mode)
  (Honourable Mentions: "Buttons" - The Pussycat Dolls, ft. Snoop Dogg, "Everytime We Touch" - Cascada, "I'm with Stupid" - Pet Shop Boys, "Ooh La La" - Goldfrapp, "Temperature" - Sean Paul)

Best Pop Song

• "Black Horse and a Cherry Tree" - KT Tunstall (Andy Green)
• "Over My Head (Cable Car)" - The Fray (Mike Flynn & Aaron Johnson)
• "Stupid Girls" - P!nk (Billy Mann & MachoPsycho)
• "Waiting on the World to Change" - John Mayer (Steve Jordan & John Mayer)
• "You're Beautiful" - James Blunt (Tom Rothrock)
  (Honourable Mentions: "Ain't No Other Man" - Christina Aguilera, Bad Day" - Daniel Powter, "Hips Don't Lie" - Shakira, ft. Wyclef Jean, "Is It Any Wonder?" - Keane, "Unwritten" - Natasha Bedingfield)

Best Rap Song

• "Kick, Push" - Lupe Fiasco (Soundtrakk)
• "Money Maker" - Ludacris & Pharrell (The Neptunes)
• "My Love" - Justin Timberlake, ft. T.I. (Justin Timberlake, Timbaland & Danja Hills)
• "Ridin'" - Chamillionaire, ft. Krayzie Bone (Play-N-Skillz)
• "Where'd You Go" - Fort Minor, ft. Holly Brook (Mike Shinoda)
• "White & Nerdy" - "Weird Al" Yankovic (Al Yankovic)
  (Honourable Mentions: "Deja Vu" - Beyoncé, ft. Jay-Z, "Money Maker" - Ludacris & Pharrell, "Promiscuous" - Nelly Furtado, ft. Timbaland, "Unpredictable" - Jamie Foxx, ft. Ludacris, "What You Know" - T.I.)

Best Rock Song

• "Chasing Cars" - Snow Patrol (Jacknife Lee)
• "Dani California" - Red Hot Chili Peppers (Rick Rubin)
• "How to Save a Life" - The Fray (Mike Flynn & Aaron Johnson)
• "Someday Baby" - Bob Dylan (Jack Frost)
• "When You Were Young" - The Killers (Flood, Alan Moulder & The Killers)
  (Honourable Mentions: "A Little Less Sixteen Candles, A Little More Touch Me" - Fall Out Boy, "Perfect Situation" - Weezer, "Route 66" - John Mayer, "Savin' Me" - Nickelback, "Who Knew" - P!nk)

Best Songwriting

• "Be Without You" - Mary J. Blige (Mary J. Blige, Johntá Austin, Bryan-Michael Cox & Jason Perry)
• "Not Ready to Make Nice" - Dixie Chicks (Emily Robison, Martie Maguire, Natalie Maines & Dan Wilson)
• "Put You Records On" - Corinne Bailey Rae (John Beck, Steve Chrisanthou & Corinne Bailey Rae)
• "Waiting on the World to Change" - John Mayer (John Mayer)
• "You're Beautiful" - James Blunt (James Blunt, Amanda Ghost & Sacha Skarbek)
  (Honourable Mentions: "Crazy" - Gnarls Barkley, "Dani California" - Red Hot Chili Peppers, "How to Save a Life" - The Fray, "Not Ready to Make Nice" - Dixie Chicks, "Jesus, Take the Wheel" - Carrie Underwood)

Best Original Score

• AVATAR: The Last Airbender (Jeremy Zuckerman)
• Brokeback Mountain (Gustavo Santaolalla)
• Memoirs of a Geisha (John Williams)
• Munich (John Williams)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (Hans Zimmer)

Best Compilation Soundtrack

• Brokeback Mountain: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Gustavo Santaolalla)
  
• Cars: Original Soundtrack (Chris Montan & Randy Newman)
• Grey's Anatomy: Original Soundtrack, Volume 2 (Mitchell Leib & Alexandra Patsavas)
• Little Miss Sunshine: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Mychael Danna)
• Walk the Line: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (T-Bone Burnett)

Best Song Written for Visual Media

• "I Need to Wake Up" - An Inconvenient Truth (Melissa Etheridge)
• "A Love That Will Never Grow Old" - Brokeback Mountain (Gustavo Santaolalla & Bernie Taupin)
  
• "Our Town" - Cars (Randy Newman)
• "Travelin' Thru" - Transamerica (Dolly Parton)
• "Upside Down" - Curious George (Jack Johnson)

Best New Artist

• Carrie Underwood
• Chris Brown
• Corinne Bailey Frae
• The Fray
• James Blunt
  (Honourable Mentions: Daniel Powter, Gnarls Barkley, KT Tunstall, Natasha Bedingfield, Panic! at the Disco)