Winners Announced:February 4, 2024 Held at: Crypto.com Arena, Los Angelos, CA Host: Trevor Noah Eligibility Year:October 1, 2022, to September 15, 2023
Record of the Year Flowers – Miley Cyrus (WINNER) Worship – Jon Batiste Not Strong Enough – Boygenius What Was I Made For? from Barbie – Billie Eilish On My Mama – Victoria Monét Vampire – Olivia Rodrigo Anti-Hero – Taylor Swift Kill Bill – SZA
Album of the Year Midnights – Taylor Swift (WINNER) World Music Radio – Jon Batiste The Record – Boygenius Endless Summer Vacation – Miley Cyrus Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd – Lana Del Rey The Age of Pleasure – Janelle Monáe Guts – Olivia Rodrigo SOS – SZA
Song of the Year What Was I Made For? (From the Motion Picture Barbie”) – Billie Eilish O’Connell & Finneas O’Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish) (WINNER) A&W” – Jack Antonoff, Lana Del Rey & Sam Dew, songwriters (Lana Del Rey) Anti-Hero” – Jack Antonoff & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift) Butterfly” – Jon Batiste & Dan Wilson, songwriters (Jon Batiste) Dance the Night” (From Barbie the Album”) – Caroline Ailin, Dua Lipa, Mark Ronson & Andrew Wyatt, songwriters (Dua Lipa) Flowers” – Miley Cyrus, Gregory Aldae Hein & Michael Pollack, songwriters (Miley Cyrus) Kill Bill” – Rob Bisel, Carter Lang & Solána Rowe, songwriters (SZA) Vampire” – Daniel Nigro & Olivia Rodrigo, songwriters (Oliva Rodrigo)
Best New Artist Victoria Monét (WINNER) Gracie Abrams Fred Again Ice Spice Jelly Roll Coco Jones Noah Kahan The War and Treaty
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical Jack Antonoff (WINNER) Dernst D’Mile” Emile II Hit-Boy Metro Boomin Daniel Nigro
Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical Theron Thomas (WINNER) Edgar Barrera Jessie Jo Dillon Shane McAnally Justin Tranter
Best Pop Solo Performance Flowers – Miley Cyrus (WINNER) Paint the Town Red – Doja Cat What Was I Made For? from Barbie – Billie Eilish Vampire – Olivia Rodrigo Anti-Hero – Taylor Swift
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance Ghost in the Machine – SZA featuring Phoebe Bridgers (WINNER) Thousand Miles – Miley Cyrus featuring Brandi Carlile Candy Necklace – Lana Del Rey featuring Jon Batiste Never Felt So Alone – Labrinth featuring Billie Eilish Karma – Taylor Swift featuring Ice Spice
Best Pop Dance Recording Padam Padam – Kylie Minogue (WINNER) Baby Don’t Hurt Me – David Guetta, Anne-Marie and Coi Leray Miracle – Calvin Harris featuring Ellie Goulding One in a Million – Bebe Rexha & David Guetta Rush – Troye Sivan
Best Dance/Electronic Recording Skrillex, Fred again.. & Flowdan – Rumble (WINNER) Aphex Twin – Blackbox Life Recorder 21F James Blake – Loading Disclosure – Higher Than Ever BEfore Romy & Fred again.. – Strong
Best Dance/Electronic Music Album Fred again.. – Actual Life 3 (January 1 – September 9 2022) (WINNER) James Blake – Playing Robots Into Heaven The Chemical Brothers – For That Beautiful Feeling Kx5 – Kx5 Skrillex – Quest for Fire
Best Rock Album This Is Why – Paramore (WINNER) But Here We Are – Foo Fighters Starcatcher – Greta Van Fleet 72 Seasons – Metallica In Times New Roman… – Queens of the Stone Age
Best Alternative Music Performance This Is Why – Paramore (WINNER) Belinda Says – Alvvays Body Paint – Arctic Monkeys Cool About It – boygenius A&W – Lana Del Rey
Best Alternative Music Album The Record – boygenius (WINNER) The Car – Arctic Monkeys Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd – Lana Del Rey Cracker Island – Gorillaz I Inside the Old Year Dying – PJ Harvey
Best Rock Performance Boygenius – Not Strong Enough (WINNER) Arctic Monkeys – Sculptures of Anything Goes Black Pumas – More Than a Love Song Foo Fighters – Rescued Metallica – Lux Æterna
Best Metal Performance Metallica – 72 Seasons (WINNER) Disturbed – Bad Man Ghost – Phantom of the Opera Slipknot – Hive Mind Spiritbox – Jaded
Best Rock Song Boygenius – Not Strong Enough (WINNER) Foo Fighters – Rescued Olivia Rodrigo – Ballad of a Homeschooled Girl Queens of the Stone Age – Emotion Sickness The Rolling Stones – Angry
Best R&B Performance ICU – Coco Jones (WINNER) Summer Too Hot – Chris Brown Back to Love – Robert Glasper featuring SiR and Alex Isley How Does It Make You Feel – Victoria Monét Kill Bill – SZA
Best R&B Album Jaguar II – Victoria Monét (WINNER) Girls Night Out – Babyface What I Didn’t Tell You (Deluxe) – Coco Jones Special Occasion – Emily King Clear 2: Soft Life EP – Summer Walker
Best Traditional R&B Performance PJ Morton ft. Susan Carol – Good Morning (WINNER) Babyface ft. Coco Jones – Simple Kenyon Dixon – Lucky Victoria Monét ft. Earth, Wind & Fire and Hazel Monét – Hollywood SZA – Love Language
Best R&B Song SZA – Snooze (WINNER) Coco Jones – ICU Halle – Angel Robert Glasper ft. SiR & Alex Isley – Back to Love Victoria Monét – On My Mama
Best Progressive R&B Album SZA – SOS (WINNER) 6lack – Since I Have a Lover Diddy – The Love Album: Off the Grid Terrace Martin and James Fauntleroy – Nova Janelle Monáe – The Age of Pleasure
Best Melodic Rap Performance All My Life – Lil Durk featuring J. Cole (WINNER) Sittin’ on Top of the World – Burna Boy featuring 21 Savage Attention – Doja Cat Spin Bout U – Drake & 21 Savage Low – SZA
Best Rap Performance Killer Mike ft. André 3000, Future, and Eryn Allen Kane – Scientists & Engineers (WINNER) Baby Keem ft. Kendrick Lamar – The Hillbillies Black Thought – Love Letter Coi Leray – Players Drake & 21 Savage – Rich Flex
Best Rap Song Killer Mike ft. André 3000, Future, and Eryn Allen Kane – Scientists & Engineers (WINNER) Doja Cat – Attention Nicki Minaj & Ice Spice ft. Aqua – Barbie World Lil Uzi Vert – Just Wanna Rock Drake & 21 Savage – Rich Flex
Best Rap Album Killer Mike – Michael (WINNER) Drake & 21 Savage – Her Loss Metro Boomin – Heroes & Villains Nas – King’s Disease III Travis Scott – Utopia
Best Country Solo Performance White Horse – Chris Stapleton (WINNER) In Your Love – Tyler Childers Buried – Brandy Clark Fast Car – Luke Combs The Last Thing on My Mind – Dolly Parton
Best Country Album Bell Bottom Country – Lainey Wilson (WINNER) Rolling Up the Welcome Mat – Kelsea Ballerini Brothers Osborne – Brothers Osborne Zach Bryan – Zach Bryan Rustin’ in the Rain – Tyler Childers
Best Country Duo/Group Performance Zach Bryan ft. Kacey Musgraves – I Remember Everything (WINNER) Dierks Bentley ft. Billy Strings – High Note Brothers Osborne – Nobody’s Nobody Vince Gill & Paul Franklin – Kissing Your Picture (Is So Cold) Jelly Roll with Lainey Wilson – Save Me Carly Pearce ft. Chris Stapleton – We Don’t Fight Anymore
Best Country Song Chris Stapleton – White Horse (WINNER) Brandy Clark – Buried Morgan Wallen – Last Night Tyler Childers – In Your Love Zach Bryan ft. Kacey Musgraves – I Remember Everything
Best American Roots Performance Allison Russell – Eve Was Black (WINNER) Jon Batiste – Butterfly Blind Boys of Alabama – Heaven Help Us All Madison Cunningham – Inventing the Wheel Rhiannon Giddens – You Louisiana Man
Best Americana Performance Brandy Clark ft. Brandi Carlile – Dear Insecurity (WINNER) Blind Boys of Alabama – Friendship Tyler Childers – Help Me Make It Through the Night Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – King of Oklahoma Allison Russell – The Returner
Best American Roots Song Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – Cast Iron Skillet (WINNER) The War and Treaty – Blank Page Billy Strings ft. Willie Nelson – California Sober Brandy Clark ft. Brandi Carlile – Dear Insecurity Allison Russell – The Returner
Best Americana Album Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – Weathervanes (WINNER) Brandy Clark – Brandy Clark Rodney Crowell – The Chicago Sessions Rhiannon Giddens – You’re the One Allison Russell – The Returner
Best Bluegrass Album Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway – City of Gold (WINNER) Sam Bush – Radio John: Songs of John Hartford Michael Cleveland – Lovin’ of the Game Mighty Poplar – Mighty Poplar Willie Nelson – Bluegrass Billy Strings – Me/And/Dad
Best Traditional Blues Album Bobby Rush – All My Love for You (WINNER) Eric Bibb – Ridin’ Mr. Sipp – The Soul Side of Sipp Tracy Nelson – Life Don’t Miss Nobody John Primer – Teardrops For Magic Slim Live At Rosa’s Lounge
Best Contemporary Blues Album Larkin Poe – Blood Harmony (WINNER) Samantha Fish And Jesse Dayton – Death Wish Blues Ruthie Foster – Healing Time Christone Kingfish” Ingram – Live in London Bettye LaVette – LaVette!
Best Folk Album Joni Mitchell – Joni Mitchell at Newport [Live] (WINNER) Dom Flemons – Traveling Wildfire The Milk Carton Kids – I Only See the Moon Nickel Creek – Celebrants Old Crow Medicine Show – Jubilee Paul Simon – Psalms Rufus Wainwright – Folkocracy
Best Regional Roots Music Album Buckwheat Zydeco Jr. & The Legendary Ils Sont Partis Band – New Beginnings (WINNER, tie) Lost Bayou Ramblers & Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra – Live: Orpheum Theater Nola (WINNER, tie) Dwayne Dopsie & The Zydeco Hellraisers – Live At The 2023 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival New Breed Bass Band – Made in New Orleans New Orleans Nightcrawlers – Too Much to Hold The Rumble Feature Chief Joseph Boudreaux Jr. – Live at the Maple Leaf
Best Latin Pop Album X Mí (Vol. 1) – Gaby Moreno (WINNER) La Cuarta Hoja – Pablo Alborán Beautiful Humans, Vol. 1 – AleMor A Ciegas – Paula Arenas La Neta – Pedro Capó Don Juan – Maluma
Best Música Urbana Album Mañana Será Bonito – Karol G (WINNER) Saturno – Rauw Alejandro Data – Tainy
Best African Music Performance Water – Tyla (WINNER) Amapiano – Asake and Olamide City Boys – Burna Boy Unavailable – Davido featuring Musa Keys Rush – Ayra Starr
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media (Includes Film and Television) Oppenheimer – Ludwig Göransson, composer (WINNER) Barbie – Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt, composers Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Ludwig Göransson, composer The Fabelmans – John Williams, composer Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny – John Williams, composer
Best Song Written for Visual Media What Was I Made For? from Barbie the Album – Billie Eilish O’Connell and Finneas O’Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish) (WINNER) Barbie World” from Barbie the Album – Naija Gaston, Ephrem Louis Lopez Jr. and Onika Maraj, songwriters (Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice featuring Aqua) Dance the Night” from Barbie the Album – Caroline Ailin, Dua Lipa, Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt, songwriters (Dua Lipa) I’m Just Ken” from Barbie the Album – Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt, songwriters (Ryan Gosling) Lift Me Up” from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Music From and Inspired By – Ryan Coogler, Ludwig Göransson, Robyn Fenty and Temilade Openiyi, songwriters (Rihanna)
Best Música Mexicana Album (Including Tejano) Peso Pluma – Génesis (WINNER) Ana Bárbara – Bordado a Mano Flor de Toloache – Motherflower Lila Downs – La Sánchez Lupita Infante – Amor Como en las Películas de Antes
Best Alternative Jazz Album The Omnichord Real Book – Meshell Ndegeocello (WINNER) Love in Exile – Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, Shahzad Ismaily Quality Over Opinion – Louis Cole SuperBlue: The Iridescent Spree – Kurt Elling, Charlie Hunter, SuperBlue Live at the Piano – Cory Henry
Best Jazz Performance Samara Joy – Tight (WINNER) Jon Batiste – Movement 18’ (Heroes) Lakecia Benjamin – Basquiat Adam Blackstone ft. the Baylor Project & Russell Ferranté – Vulnerable (Live) Fred Hersch & Esperanza Spalding – But Not For Me
Best Jazz Vocal Album Nicole Zuraitis – How Love Begins (WINNER) Patti Austin Featuring Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band – For Ella 2 Fred Hersch & Esperanza Spalding – Alive at the Village Vanguard Gretchen Parlato & Lionel Loueke – Lean In Cécile McLorin Salvant – Mélusine
Best Jazz Instrumental Album Billy Childs – The Winds of Change (WINNER) Kenny Barron – The Source Lakecia Benjamin – Phoenix Adam Blackstone – Legacy: The Instrumental Jawn Pat Metheny – Dream Box
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album The Count Basie Orchestra Directed By Scotty Barnhart – Basie Swings The Blues (WINNER) ADDA Simfònica, Josep Vicent, Emilio Solla – The Chick Corea Symphony Tribute – Ritmo Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society – Dynamic Maximum Tension Vince Mendoza & Metropole Orkest – Olympians Mingus Big Band – The Charles Mingus Centennial Sessions
Best Latin Jazz Album Miguel Zenón & Luis Perdomo – El Arte Del Bolero Vol. 2 (WINNER) Eliane Elias – Quietude Ivan Lins with the Tblisi Symphony Orchestra – My Heart Speaks Bobby Sanabria Multiverse Big Band – Vox Humana Luciana Souza & Trio Corrente – Cometa
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album Laufey – Bewitched (WINNER) Liz Callaway – To Steve With Love: Liz Callaway Celebrates Sondheim Rickie Lee Jones – Pieces of Treasure Pentatonix – Holidays Around the World Bruce Springsteen – Only the Strong Survive Various – Sondheim Unplugged (The NYC Sessions), Vol. 3
Best Pop Vocal Album Taylor Swift – Midnights (WINNER) Kelly Clarkson – Chemistry Miley Cyrus – Endless Summer Vacation Olivia Rodrigo – Guts Ed Sheeran – (Subtract)
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain, Edgar Meyer ft. Rakesh Chaurasia – As We Speak (WINNER) House of Waters – On Becoming Bob James – Jazz Hands Julian Lage – The Layers Ben Wendel – All One
Best Musical Theater Album Some Like It Hot (WINNER) Kimberly Akimbo Parade Shucked Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Best Gospel Performance/Song Kirk Franklin – All Things (WINNER) Stanley Brown ft. Hezekiah Walker, Kierra Sheard & Karen Clark Sheard – God Is Good Erica Campbell – Feel Alright (Blessed) Zacardi Cortez – Lord Do It For Me (Live) Melvin Crispell III – God Is
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song Lecrae & Tasha Cobbs Leonard – Your Power (WINNER) Blessing Offor – Believe Cody Carnes – Firm Foundation (He Won’t) [Live] Lauren Daigle – Thank God I Do for KING & COUNTRY ft. Jordin Sparks – Love Me Like I Am Maverick City Music, Chandler Moore & Naomi Raine – God Problems
Best Gospel Album Tye Tribbett – All Things New: Live In Orlando (WINNER) Erica Campbell – I Love You Tasha Cobbs Leonard – Hymns (Live) Maverick City Music – The Maverick Way Jonathan McReynolds – My Truth
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album Lecrae – Church Clothes 4 (WINNER) Blessing Offor – My Tribe Da’ T.R.U.T.H. – Emanuel Lauren Daigle – Lauren Daigle Phil Wickham – I Believe
Best Roots Gospel Album Blind Boys of Alabama – Echoes of the South (WINNER) The Blackwood Brothers Quartet – Tribute to the King Becky Isaacs Bowman – Songs That Pulled Me Through the Tough Times Brian Free & Assurance – Meet Me at the Cross Gaither Vocal Band – Shine: The Darker The Night The Brighter The Light
Best Música Urbana Album Karol G – Mañana Será Bonito (WINNER) Rauw Alejandro – Saturno Tainy – Data
Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album Juanes – Vida Cotidiana (WINNER, tie) Natalia Lafourcade – De Todas Las Flores (WINNER, tie) Cabra – Martínez Diamante Eléctrico – Leche de Tigre Fito Paez – EADDA9223
Best Tropical Latin Album Rubén Blades con Roberto Delgado & Orquesta – Siembra: 45(degree) Aniversario (En Vivo en el Coliseo de Puerto Rico, 14 de Mayo 2022) (WINNER) Luis Figueroa – Voy A Ti Grupo Niche Y Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Colombia – Niche Sinfónico Omara Portuondo – Vida Tony Succar, Mimy Succar – Mimy & Tony Carlos Vives – Escalona Nunca Se Había Grabado Así
Best Global Music Performance Béla Fleck, Edgar Meyer & Zakir Hussain ft. Rakesh Chaurasia – Pashto (WINNER) Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer & Shahzad Ismaily – Shadow Forces Burna Boy – Alone Davido – Feel Silvana Estrada – Milagro Y Disastre Falu & Gaurav Shah (ft. PM Narendra Modi) – Abundance In Millets Ibrahim Maalouf ft. Cimafunk & Tank and the Bangas – Todo Colores
Best Global Music Album Shakti – This Moment (WINNER) Susana Baca- Epifanías Bokanté – History Burna Boy – I Told Them… Davido – Timeless
Best Reggae Album Julian Marley & Antacus – Colors of Royal (WINNER) Buju Banton – Born For Greatness Beenie Man – Simma Collie Buddz – Cali Roots Riddim 2023 Burning Spear – No Destroyer
Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album Carla Patullo ft. Tonality and the Scorchio Quartet – So She Howls (WINNER) Kirsten Agresta-Copely – Aquamarine Omar Akram – Moments of Beauty Ólafur Arnalds – Some Kind of Peace (Piano Reworks) David Darling & Hans Christian – Ocean Dreaming Ocean
Best Children’s Music Album 123 Andrés – We Grow Together Preschool Songs (WINNER) Andrew & Polly – Ahhhhh! Pierce Freelon & Nnenna Freelon – Ancestars DJ Willy Wow! – Hip Hope for Kids! Uncle Jumbo – Taste The Sky
Best Comedy Album Dave Chappelle – What’s In A Name? (WINNER) Trevor Noah – I Wish You Would Wanda Sykes – I’m An Entertainer Chris Rock – Selective Outrage Sarah Silverman – Someone You Love
Best Spoken Word Poetry Album J. Ivy – The Light Inside (WINNER) Aja Monet – When the Poems Do What They Do Kevin Powell – Grocery Shopping With My Mother Prentice Powell and Shawn William – For Your Consideration ’24 – The Album Queen Sheba – A-You’re Not Wrong B-They’re Not Either: The Fukc-It Pill Revisited
Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording Michelle Obama – The Light We Carry: Overcoming In Uncertain Times (WINNER) Meryl Streep – Big Tree William Shatner – Boldly Go: Reflections on a Life of Awe and Wonder Rick Rubin – The Creative Act: A Way of Being Senator Bernie Sanders – It’s Ok to Be Angry About Capitalism
Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media Peter Murray, J Scott Rakozy & Chuck E. Myers Sea”, composers Star Wars Jedi: Survivor (WINNER) Call Of Duty®: Modern Warfare II Sarah Schachner, composer God Of War Ragnarök Bear McCreary, composer Hogwarts Legacy Stephen Barton & Gordy Haab, composers Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical Jess Serro, Tripod & Austin Wintory, composers
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media Various Artists – Barbie The Album (WINNER) Daisy Jones & The Six – Aurora Various Artists – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Music From and Inspired By Various Artists – Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3: Awesome Mix, Vol. 3 Weird Al Yankovic – Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Best Music Video The Beatles – I’m Only Sleeping (WINNER) Tyler Childers – In Your Love Billie Eilish – What Was I Made For Kendrick Lamar – Count Me Out Troye Sivan – Rush
Best Music Film Moonage Daydream (WINNER) How I’m Feeling Now Live From Paris, The Big Steppers Tour I Am Everything Dear Mama
Best Recording Package Luke Brooks & James Theseus Buck – Stumpwork (WINNER) Caroline Rose – The Art of Forgetting Hsing-Hui Cheng – Cadenza 21’ Perry Shall – Eletrophonic Chronic Iam8bit – Gravity Falls Yu Wei – Migration
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package For The Birds: The Birdsong Project (WINNER) The Collected Works of Neutral Milk Hotel Gieo Inside: Deluxe Box Set Words & Music, May 1965 – Deluxe Edition
Best Album Notes Various Artists – Written In Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos (album notes by Robert Gordon & Deanie Parker (WINNER) John Coltrane & Eric Dolphy – Evenings At The Village Gate: John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy (Live) (album notes by Ashley Kahn) Howdy Glenn – I Can Almost See Houston: The Complete Howdy Glenn (album notes by Scott B. Bomar) Iftin Band – Mogadishu’s Finest: The Al Uruba Sessions (album notes by Vik Sohonie) Various Artists – Playing for the Man at the Door: Field Recordings from the Collection of Mack McCormick, 1958-1971 (album notes by Jeff Place & John Troutman
Best Historical Album Various Artists – Written in Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos (WINNER) Bob Dylan – Fragments – Time Out Of Mind Sessions (1996-1997): The Bootleg Series, Vol. 17 Various Artists – The Moaninest Moan of Them All: The Jazz Saxophone of Loren McMurray, 1920-1922 Various Artists – Playing for the Man at the Door: Field Recordings from the Collection of Mack McCormick, 1958-1971 Lou Reed – Words & Music, May 1965 – Deluxe Edition
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical Victoria Monét – Jaguar II (WINNER) Bokanté – History Boygenius – The Record Caroline Polachek – Desire, I Want to Turn Into You Feist – Multitudes
Best Engineered Album, Classical Riccardo Muti & Chicago Symphony Orchestra – Contemporary American Composers (WINNER) Gustavo Dudamel, Anne Akiko Meyers, Gustavo Castillo & Los Angeles Philharmonic – Fandango Manfred Honeck & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra – Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 & Schulhoff: Five Pieces Mehmet Ali Sanlikol, George Lernis & A Far Cry – Sanlikol: A Gentleman Of Istanbul – Symphony For Strings, Percussion, Piano, Oud, Ney & Tenor Shara Nova & A Far Cry – The Blue Hour
Producer of the Year, Classical Elaine Martone (WINNER) David Frost Morten Lindberg Dmitriy Lipay Brian Pidgeon
Best Remixed Recording Depeche Mode – Wagging Tongue (Wet Leg Remix) (WINNER) Gorillas ft. Tame Impala & Booty Brown – New Gold (Dom Dolla Remix) Lane 8 – Reviver (Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs Remix) Mariah Carey – Workin’ Hard (Terry Hunter Remix) Turnstile and Badbadnotgood ft. Blood Orange – Alien Love Call
Best Immersive Audio Album Alicia Keys – The Diary of Alicia Keys (WINNER) Bear McCreary – God of War Ragnarok George Strait – Blue Clear Sky Madison Beer – Silence Between Songs Ryan Ylyate – Act 3 (Immersive Edition)
Best Instrumental Composition John Williams – Helena’s Theme (WINNER) Béla Fleck, Edgar Meyer & Zakir Hussain Featuring Rakesh Chaurasia – Motion Lakecia Benjamin ft. Angela Davis – Amerikkan Skin Ludwig Göransson – Can You Hear the Music Quartet San Francisco Featuring Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band – Cutey And The Dragon
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella The String Revolution ft. Tommy Emmanuel – Folsom Prison Blues (WINNER) Hilario Duran And His Latin Jazz Big Band Featuring Paquito D’Rivera – I Remember Mingus Just 6 – Angels We Have Heard On High Ludwig Göransson – Can You Hear the Music Wednesday Addams – Paint It Black
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals säje ft. Jacob Collier – In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning (WINNER) Cécile McLorin Salvant – Fenestra Maria Mendes ft. John Beasley & Metropole Orkest – Com Que Voz (Live) Patti Austin ft. Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band – April in Paris Samara Joy – Lush Life
Best Orchestral Performance Los Angeles Philharmonic – Adès: Dante (WINNER) Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra – Scriabin: Symphony No. 2; The Poem Of Ecstasy Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra – Bartók: Concerto For Orchestra; Four Pieces The Philadelphia Orchestra – Price: Symphony No. 4; Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony San Francisco Symphony – Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
Best Opera Recording The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus – Blanchard: Champion (WINNER) Boston Modern Orchestra Project & Odyssey Opera Chorus – Corigliano: The Lord Of Cries The Dime Museum; Isaura String Quartet – Little: Black Lodge
Best Choral Performance Uusinta Ensemble; Helsinki Chamber Choir – Saariaho: Reconnaissance (WINNER) The Clarion Choir – Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil The Crossing – Carols After a Plague Miró Quartet; Conspirare – The House Of Belonging San Francisco Symphony Chorus – Ligeti: Lux Aeterna
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance Roomful Of Teeth – Rough Magic (WINNER) Anthony McGill & Pacifica Quartet – American Stories Catalyst Quartet – Uncovered, Vol. 3: Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, William Grant Still & George Walker Third Coast Percussion – Between Breaths Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax & Leonidas Kavakos – Beethoven For Three: Symphony No. 6, ‘Pastorale’ And Op. 1, No. 3
Best Classical Instrumental Solo Yuja Wang; Teddy Abrams, conductor (Louisville Orchestra) – The American Project (WINNER) Robert Black – Adams, John Luther: Darkness And Scattered Light Andy Akiho – Akiho: Cylinders Seth Parker Woods – Difficult Grace Curtis Stewart – Of Love
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album Julia Bullock, soloist; Christian Reif, conductor (Philharmonia Orchestra) – Walking In The Dark (WINNER) Reginald Mobley, soloist; Baptiste Trotignon, pianist – Because Karim Sulayman, soloist; Sean Shibe, accompanist – Broken Branches Laura Strickling, soloist; Daniel Schlosberg, pianist – 40@40 Lawrence Brownlee, soloist; Kevin J. Miller, pianist – Rising
Best Classical Compendium Alex Brown, Harlem Quartet, Imani Winds, Edward Perez, Neal Smith & A.B. Spellman – Passion For Bach And Coltrane (WINNER) Anne Akiko Meyers – Fandango Christopher Rountree, conductor – Julius Eastman, Vol. 3: If You’re So Smart, Why Aren’t You Rich? Peter Herresthal – Mazzoli: Dark With Excessive Bright Chick Corea – Sardinia Andy Akiho – Sculptures Aaron Diehl Trio & The Knights – Zodiac Suite
Best Contemporary Classical Composition Jessie Montgomery, composer (Awadagin Pratt, A Far Cry & Roomful Of Teeth) – Montgomery: Rounds (WINNER) Thomas Adès, composer (Gustavo Dudamel & Los Angeles Philharmonic) – Adès: Dante Andy Akiho, composer (Andy Akiho, Ankush Kumar Bahl & Omaha Symphony) – Akiho: In That Space, At That Time William Brittelle, composer (Roomful Of Teeth) – Brittelle: Psychedelics Missy Mazzoli, composer (Peter Herresthal, James Gaffigan & Bergen Philharmonic) – Mazzoli: Dark With Excessive Bright
Winners Announced:February 5, 2023 Held at: Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles, CA Host: Trevor Noah Eligibility Year:October 1, 2021, to September 30, 2022
Key Points: Grammy Trivia
The 2023 Grammy Awards were the first to be held at the newly renamed Crypto.com Arena, formerly known as the Staples Center. This marked a significant moment in the merging of tech culture and mainstream events.
Trevor Noah returned as host, once again showcasing his talent for blending humor and earnestness to make the event both entertaining and memorable.
The eligibility year ended on September 30, 2022, making it a full year’s representation of what the music industry had to offer.
The 2023 Grammys were noted for their international flavor, featuring more artists from around the globe than ever before.
The ceremony saw a resurgence in rock and indie genres, with several up-and-coming bands receiving nominations and awards.
Social issues like climate change and social justice made their way into the performances and speeches, reflecting the broader conversations happening in society.
2023 Record of the Year About Damn Time – Lizzo
Album of the Year Harry’s House – Harry Styles
Song of the Year Just Like That – Bonnie Raitt, songwriter (Bonnie Raitt)
Best New Artist Samara Joy
Best Pop Solo Performance Easy on Me – Adele
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance Unholy – Sam Smith and Kim Petras
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album Higher – Michael Bublé
Best Pop Vocal Album Harry’s House – Harry Styles
Best Dance/Electronic Recording Break My Soul – Beyoncé
Best Dance/Electronic Music Album Renaissance – Beyoncé
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album Empire Central – Snarky Puppy
Best Rock Performance Broken Horses – Brandi Carlile
Best Metal Performance Degradation Rules – Ozzy Osbourne featuring Tony Iommi
Best Rock Song Broken Horses – Brandi Carlile, Phil Hanseroth and Tim Hanseroth, songwriters (Brandi Carlile)
Best Rock Album Patient Number 9 – Ozzy Osbourne
Best Alternative Music Performance Chaise Longue – Wet Leg
Best Alternative Music Album Wet Leg – Wet Leg
Best R&B Performance Hrs & Hrs – Muni Long
Best Traditional R&B Performance Plastic Off the Sofa – Beyoncé
Best R&B Song Cuff It – Denisia “Blu June” Andrews, Beyoncé, Mary Christine Brockert, Brittany “Chi” Coney, Terius“The-Dream” Gesteelde-Diamant, Morten Ristorp, Nile Rodgers and Raphael Saadiq, songwriters (Beyoncé)
Best Progressive R&B Album Gemini Rights – Steve Lacy
Best R&B Album Black Radio III – Robert Glasper
Best Rap Performance The Heart Part 5 – Kendrick Lamar
Best Melodic Rap Performance Wait for U – Future featuring Drake and Tems
Best Rap Song The Heart Part 5 – Jake Kosich, Johnny Kosich, Kendrick Lamar and Matt Schaeffer, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar)
Best Rap Album Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers – Kendrick Lamar
Best Country Solo Performance Live Forever – Willie Nelson
Best Country Duo/Group Performance Never Wanted to Be That Girl – Carly Pearce and Ashley McBryde
Best Country Song ’Til You Can’t – Matt Rogers and Ben Stennis, songwriters (Cody Johnson)
Best Country Album A Beautiful Time – Willie Nelson
Best New Age, Ambient or Chant Album Mystic Mirror – White Sun
Best Improvised Jazz Solo Endangered Species – Wayne Shorter and Leo Genovese, soloist
Best Jazz Vocal Album Linger Awhile – Samara Joy
Best Jazz Instrumental Album New Standards Vol. 1 – Terri Lyne Carrington, Kris Davis, Linda May Han Oh, Nicholas Payton and Matthew Stevens
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra – Steven Feifke, Bijon Watson, Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra
Best Latin Jazz Album Fandango at the Wall in New York – Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra featuring the Congra Patria Son Jarocho Collective
Best Gospel Performance/Song Kingdom – Maverick City Music and Kirk Franklin; Kirk Franklin, Jonathan Jay, Chandler Moore & Jacob Poole, songwriters
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song Fear Is Not My Future – Maverick City Music and Kirk Franklin; Kirk Franklin, Nicole Hannel, Jonathan Jay, Brandon Lake and Hannah Shackelford, songwriters
Best Gospel Album Kingdom Book One Deluxe – Maverick City Music and Kirk Franklin
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album Breathe – Maverick City Music
Best Roots Gospel Album The Urban Hymnal – Tennessee State University Marching Band
Best Latin Pop Album Pasieros – Rubén Blades and Boca Livre
Best Música Urbana Album Un Verano Sin Ti – Bad Bunny
Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album Motomami – Rosalía
Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano) Un Canto por México — El Musical – Natalia Lafourcade
Best Tropical Latin Album Pa’lla Voy – Marc Anthony
Best American Roots Performance Stompin’ Ground – Aaron Neville with the Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Best Americana Performance Made Up Mind – Bonnie Raitt
Best American Roots Song Just Like That – Bonnie Raitt, songwriter (Bonnie Raitt)
Best Americana Album In These Silent Days – Brandi Carlile
Best Bluegrass Album Crooked Tree – Molly Tuttle and Golden Highway
Best Traditional Blues Album Get On Board – Taj Mahal and Ry Cooder
Best Contemporary Blues Album Brother Johnny – Edgar Winter
Best Folk Album Revealer – Madison Cunningham
Best Regional Roots Music Album Live at the 2022 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival – Ranky Tanky
Best Reggae Album The Kalling – Kabaka Pyramid
Best Global Music Performance Bayethe – Wouter Kellerman, Zakes Bantwini and Nomcebo Zikode
Best Global Music Album Sakura – Masa Takumi
Best Children’s Music Album The Movement – Alphabet Rockers
Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording Finding Me – Viola Davis
Best Spoken Word Poetry Album The Poet Who Sat by the Door – J. Ivy
Best Comedy Album The Closer – Dave Chappelle
Best Musical Theater Album Into the Woods (2022 Broadway Cast Recording) – Sara Bareilles, Brian d’Arcy James, Patina Miller and Phillipa Soo, principal vocalists; Rob Berman and Sean Patrick Flahaven, producers (Stephen Sondheim, composer and lyricist) (2022 Broadway Cast)
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media Encanto – Various Artists
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media Encanto – Germaine Franco, composer
Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarok – Stephanie Economou, composer
Best Song Written for Visual Media We Don’t Talk About Bruno from Encanto – Lin-Manuel Miranda, songwriter (Carolina Gaitán — La Gaita, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz and Encanto Cast)
Best Instrumental Composition Refuge – Geoffrey Keezer, composer (Geoffrey Keezer)
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella Scrapple From the Apple – John Beasley, arranger (Magnus Lindgren, John Beasley and the SWR Big Band featuring Martin Aeur)
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals Songbird (Orchestral Version) – Vince Mendoza, arranger (Christine McVie)
Best Recording Package Beginningless Beginning – Chun-Tien Hsia and Qing-Yang Xiao, art directors (Tamsui-Kavalan Chinese Orchestra)
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package In and Out of the Garden: Madison Square Garden ’81 ’82 ’83 – Lisa Glines, Doran Tyson and Dave Van Patten, art directors (The Grateful Dead)
Best Album Notes Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition) – Bob Mehr, album notes writer (Wilco)
Best Historical Album Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition) – Cheryl Pawelski and Jeff Tweedy, compilation producers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer (Wilco)
Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical Tobias Jesso Jr.
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical Harry’s House – Jeremy Hatcher, Oli Jacobs, Nick Lobel, Mark Spike” Stent and Sammy Witte, engineers; Randy Merrill, mastering engineer (Harry Styles)
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical Jack Antonoff
Best Remixed Recording About Damn Time (Purple Disco Machine Remix) – Purple Disco Machine, remixer (Lizzo)
Best Immersive Audio Album Divine Tides – Eric Schilling, immersive mix engineer; Stewart Copeland, Ricky Kej and Herbert Waltl, immersive producers (Stewart Copeland and Ricky Kej)
Best Engineered Album, Classical Bates: Philharmonia Fantastique — The Making of the Orchestra – Shawn Murphy, Charlie Post and Gary Rydstrom, engineers; Michael Romanowski, mastering engineer (Edwin Outwater and Chicago Symphony Orchestra)
Producer of the Year, Classical Judith Sherman
Best Orchestral Performance Works by Florence Price, Jessie Montgomery, Valerie Coleman – Michael Repper, conductor (New York Youth Symphony)
Best Opera Recording Blanchard: Fire Shut Up in My Bones – Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Angel Blue, Will Liverman, Latonia Moore and Walter Russell III; David Frost, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
Best Choral Performance Born – Donald Nally, conductor (Dominic German, Maren Montalbano, Rebecca Myers and James Reese; The Crossing)
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance Shaw: Evergreen – Attacca Quartet
Best Classical Instrumental Solo Letters for the Future – Time for Three; Xian Zhang, conductor (The Philadelphia Orchestra)
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album Voice of Nature: The Anthropocene – Renée Fleming, soloist; Yannick Nézet-Séguin, pianist
Best Classical Compendium An Adoption Story – Starr Parodi and Kitt Wakeley; Jeff Fair, Starr Parodi and Kitt Wakeley, producers
Best Contemporary Classical Composition Puts: Contact – Kevin Puts, composer (Xian Zhang, Time for Three and the Philadelphia Orchestra)
Best Music Video All Too Well: The Short Film – Taylor Swift; Taylor Swift, video director; Saul Germaine, video producer
Best Music Film Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story – Various Artists; Frank Marshall and Ryan Suffern, video directors; Frank Marshall, Sean Stuart and Ryan Suffern, video producers
Winners Announced:April 3, 2022 Held at: MGM Grand Garden Arena Host: Trevor Noah Eligibility Year:September 1, 2020, to September 30, 2021
Grammy Trivia
Trevor Noah returned to host the ceremony, his charisma and comedic timing adding sparkle to the event.
The eligibility period was aligned to be September 1, 2020, through September 30, 2021. This year’s calendar had a unique quirk as the event was pushed to April due to COVID-19 concerns.
Olivia Rodrigo had a breakthrough year, taking home several awards and establishing herself as a pop sensation. She snagged the award for Best New Artist.
For the first time ever, the Grammy Awards were held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, signaling a departure from the usual venue of the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
Hip-hop and rap categories saw increased representation and acknowledgment, reflecting shifts in popular musical taste.
Jon Batiste, known for his role as the musical director on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” surprised many by taking home several awards, including Album of the Year for We Are.
The ceremony gave special tributes to artists who had passed away in the eligibility year, adding an emotional depth to the occasion.
Record of the Year: Leave the Door Open – Silk Sonic — Dernst “D’Mile” Emile II & Bruno Mars, producers; Serban Ghenea, John Hanes & Charles Moniz, engineers/mixers; Randy Merrill, mastering engineer
Album of the Year: We Are – Jon Batiste
Song of the Year: Leave the Door Open – Brandon Anderson, Christopher Brody Brown, Dernst Emile Ii and Bruno Mars, Songwriters (Silk Sonic)
Best New Artist: Olivia Rodrigo
Best Pop Solo Performance: Drivers License – Olivia Rodrigo
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance: Kiss Me More – Doja Cat featuring SZA
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: Love for Sale – Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga
Best Pop Vocal Album: Sour – Olivia Rodrigo
Best Dance Recording: Alive – Rüfüs Du Sol, Jason Evigan & Rüfüs Du Sol, producers; Cassian Stewart-Kasimba, mixer
Best Dance/Electronic Album: Subconsciously – Black Coffee
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album: Tree Falls – Taylor Eigsti
Best Rock Performance: Making a Fire – Foo Fighters
Best Metal Performance: The Alien – Dream Theater
Best Rock Song: Waiting on a War – Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Rami Jaffee, Nate Mendel, Chris Shiflett and Pat Smear, Songwriters (Foo Fighters)
Best Rock Album: Medicine at Midnight – Foo Fighters
Best Alternative Music Album: Daddy’s Home – St. Vincent
Best R&B Performance (tie): Leave the Door Open – Silk Sonic Pick Up Your Feelings – Jazmine Sullivan
Best Traditional R&B Performance: Fight for You – H.E.R.
Best R&B Song: Leave the Door Open – Brandon Anderson, Christopher Brody Brown, Dernst Emile II and Bruno Mars, songwriters (Silk Sonic)
Best Progressive R&B Album: Table for Two – Lucky Daye
Best R&B Album: Heaux Tales – Jazmine Sullivan
Best Rap Performance: Family Ties – Baby Keem ft. Kendrick Lamar
Best Melodic Rap Performance: Hurricane – Kanye West ft. The Weeknd & Lil Baby
Best Rap Song: Jail – Dwayne Abernathy, Jr., Shawn Carter, Raul Cubina, Michael Dean, Charles M. Njapa, Sean Solymar, Brian Hugh Warner, Kanye West & Mark Williams, songwriters (Kanye West featuring Jay-Z)
Best Rap Album: Call Me If You Get Lost – Tyler, the Creator
Best Country Solo Performance: You Should Probably Leave – Chris Stapleton
Best Country Duo/Group Performance: Younger Me – Brothers Osborne
Best Country Song: Cold – Dave Cobb, J.T. Cure, Derek Mixon and Chris Stapleton, songwriters (Chris Stapleton)
Best Country Album: Starting Over – Chris Stapleton
Best New Age Album: Divine Tides – Stewart Copeland and Ricky Kej
Best Improvised Jazz Solo: Humpty Dumpty (Set 2) – Chick Corea, soloist
Best Jazz Vocal Album: Songwrights Apothecary Lab – Esperanza Spalding
Best Jazz Instrumental Album: Skyline – Ron Carter, Jack DeJohnette and Gonzalo Rubalcaba
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album: For Jimmy, Wes AND Oliver – Christian McBride Big Band
Best Latin Jazz Album: Mirror Mirror – Eliane Elias With Chick Corea and Chucho Valdés
Best Gospel Performance/Song: Never Lost – CeCe Winans
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song: Believe For It – CeCe Winans; Dwan Hill, Kyle Lee, CeCe Winans, and Mitch Wong, songwriters
Best Gospel Album: Believe for It – CeCe Winans
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album: Old Church Basement – Elevation Worship and Maverick City Music
Best Roots Gospel Album: My Savior – Carrie Underwood
Best Latin Pop or Urban Album: Mendó – Alex Cuba
Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album: Origen – Juanes
Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano): A Mis 80’s – Vicente Fernández
Best Tropical Latin Album: Salswing! – Rubén Blades y Roberto Delgado & Orquesta
Best American Roots Performance: Cry – Jon Batiste
Best American Roots Song: Cry – Jon Batiste and Steve McEwan, songwriters (Jon Batiste)
Best Americana Album: Native Sons – Los Lobos
Best Bluegrass Album: My Bluegrass Heart – Béla Fleck
Best Traditional Blues Album: I Be Trying – Cedric Burnside
Best Contemporary Blues Album: 662 – Christone “Kingfish” Ingram
Best Folk Album: They’re Calling Me Home – Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi
Best Regional Roots Music Album: Kau Ka Pe’a – Kalani Pe’a
Best Reggae Album: Beauty in the Silence – Soja
Best Global Music Album: Mother Nature – Angelique Kidjo
Best Global Music Performance: Mohabbat – Arooj Aftab
Best Children’s Music Album: A Colorful World – Falu
Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling): Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation From John Lewis – Don Cheadle
Best Comedy Album: Sincerely Louis C.K. – Louis C.K.
Best Musical Theater Album: The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical – Emily Bear, producer; Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear, composers/lyricists (Barlow & Bear)
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media: The United States vs. Billie Holiday – Andra Day
Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media (tie): The Queen’s Gambit – Carlos Rafael Rivera, composer “Bridgerton,” Kris Bowers, composer Soul – Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, composers
Best Song Written for Visual Media: All Eyes On Me [From Inside] – Bo Burnham, songwriter (Bo Burnham)
Best Instrumental Composition: Eberhard – Lyle Mays, composer (Lyle Mays)
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Capella: Meta Knight’s Revenge (From ‘Kirby Superstar’) – Charlie Rosen and Jake Silverman, arrangers (The 8-Bit Big Band featuring Button Masher)
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals: To The Edge Of Longing (Edit Version) – Vince Mendoza, Arranger (Vince Mendoza, Czech National Symphony Orchestra and Julia Bullock)
Best Immersive Audio Album: Alicia – George Massenburg and Eric Schilling, immersive mix engineers; Michael Romanowski, immersive mastering engineer; Ann Mincieli, immersive producer (Alicia Keys)
Best Immersive Audio Album (63rd GRAMMYS): Soundtrack of the American Soldier – Leslie Ann Jones, immersive mix engineer; Michael Romanowski, immersive mastering engineer; Dan Merceruio, immersive producer (Jim R. Keene and the United States Army Field Band)
Best Recording Package: Pakelang – Li Jheng Han and Yu, Wei, Art Directors (2nd Generation Falangao Singing Group and the Chairman Crossover Big Band)
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package: All Things Must Pass: 50th Anniversary Edition – Darren Evans, Dhani Harrison and Olivia Harrison, art directors (George Harrison)
Best Album Notes: The Complete Louis Armstrong Columbia and RCA Victor Studio Sessions 1946-1966 – Ricky Riccardi, album notes writer (Louis Armstrong)
Best Historical Album: Joni Mitchell Archives, Vol. 1: The Early Years (1963-1967) – Patrick Milligan and Joni Mitchell, compilation producers; Bernie Grundman, mastering engineer (Joni Mitchell)
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical: Love for Sale – Dae Bennett, Josh Coleman, and Billy Cumella, engineers; Greg Calbi and Steve Fallone, mastering engineers (Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga)
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical: Jack Antonoff
Best Remixed Recording: Passenger – (Mike Shinoda Remix); Mike Shinoda, remixer (Deftones); track from: “White Pony” (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)
Best Engineered Album, Classical: Chanticleer Sings Christmas – Leslie Ann Jones, engineer (Chanticleer)
Best Opera Recording: Glass: Akhnaten – Karen Kamensek, conductor; J’Nai Bridges, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Zachary James and Dísella Lárusdóttir; David Frost, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
Best Choral Performance: Mahler: Symphony No. 8, ‘Symphony of a Thousand’ – Gustavo Dudamel, conductor; Grant Gershon, Robert Istad, Fernando Malvar-Ruiz and Luke McEndarfer, chorus masters (Leah Crocetto, Mihoko Fujimura, Ryan McKinny, Erin Morley, Tamara Mumford, Simon O’Neill, Morris Robinson and Tamara Wilson; Los Angeles Philharmonic; Los Angeles Children’s Chorus, Los Angeles Master Chorale, National Children’s Chorus and Pacific Chorale)
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance: Beethoven: Cello Sonatas – Hope Amid Tears – Yo-Yo Ma and Emanuel Ax
Best Classical Instrumental Solo: Alone Together – Jennifer Koh
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album: Mythologies – Sangeeta Kaur and Hila Plitmann (Virginie D’Avezac De Castera, Lili Haydn, Wouter Kellerman, Nadeem Majdalany, Eru Matsumoto and Emilio D. Miler)
Best Classical Compendium: Women Warriors – The Voices of Change – Amy Andersson, conductor; Amy Andersson, Mark Mattson and Lolita Ritmanis, producers
Best Contemporary Classical Composition: Shaw: Narrow Sea – Caroline Shaw, composer (Dawn Upshaw, Gilbert Kalish, and Sō Percussion)
Best Music Video: Freedom – (Jon Batiste); Alan Ferguson, video director; Alex P. Willson, video producer
Best Music Film: Summer of Soul – (Various Artists); Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, video director; David Dinerstein, Robert Fyvolent and Joseph Patel, video producers
The stage for the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards was set on March 14, 2021. This year, the festivities were located in and around the Los Angeles Convention Center, a departure from the traditional Staples Center venue due to COVID-19 constraints.
Trevor Noah, known for his sharp wit and insightful commentary, took on the role of the evening’s host. His humor lightened the mood and kept audiences engaged.
Songs and albums released from September 1, 2019, to August 31, 2020, made the cut for this year’s nominations, framing the musical achievements during a most unusual year.
Beyoncé became the most awarded female artist in Grammy history, bringing her total number of Grammy wins to 28.
All nominees in the Best Rock Performance category were women for the first time, and the award went to Fiona Apple for Shameika.
Taylor Swift won Album of the Year for Folklore, making this her third win in this prestigious category.
In an ironic twist, despite the ceremony celebrating the best in music, one of the most talked-about performances was not a song at all but rather the spoken word. Amanda Gorman, the young poet who gained fame at the Presidential Inauguration, announced the winners for the evening’s global music categories.
Pandemic Adaptations: The ceremony featured both live and pre-recorded performances, a nod to social distancing requirements.
Harry Styles’ Feather Boa: The singer wore multiple feather boas during his performance of Watermelon Sugar, sparking numerous memes and social media conversations.
Billie Eilish’s Humility: Despite winning Record of the Year for Everything I Wanted, Billie Eilish insisted that Megan Thee Stallion deserved the award during her acceptance speech.
Record of the Year: Everything I Wanted – Billie Eilish
Album of the Year: Folklore – Taylor Swift
Song of the Year: I Can’t Breathe – Dernst Emile II, H.E.R. & Tiara Thomas, songwriters (H.E.R.)
Best New Artist: Megan Thee Stallion
Best Pop Solo Performance: Watermelon Sugar – Harry Styles
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance: Rain On Me – Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: American Standard – James Taylor
Best Pop Vocal Album: Future Nostalgia – Dua Lipa
Best Dance Recording: 10% – Kaytranada Featuring Kali Uchis
Best Dance/Electronic Album: Bubba – Kaytranada
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album: Live at the Royal Albert Hall – Snarky Puppy
Best Rock Performance: Shameika, Fiona Apple
Best Metal Performance: Bum-Rush, Body Count
Best Rock Song: Stay High, Brittany Howard, songwriter (Brittany Howard)
Best Rock Album: The New Abnormal – The Strokes
Best Alternative Music Album: Fetch the Bolt Cutters – Fiona Apple
Best R&B Performance: Black Parade – Beyoncé
Best Traditional R&B Performance: Anything For You – Ledisi
Best R&B Song: Better Than I Imagine – Robert Glasper, Meshell Ndegeocello & Gabriella Wilson, songwriters (Robert Glasper Featuring H.E.R. & Meshell Ndegeocello)
Best Progressive R&B Album: It Is What It Is – Thundercat
Best R&B Album: Beggir Love – John Legend
Best Rap Performance: Savage – Megan Thee Stallion Featuring Beyoncé
Best Melodic Rap Performance: Lockdown – Anderson .Paak
Best Rap Song: Savage – Beyoncé, Shawn Carter, Brittany Hazzard, Derrick Milano, Terius Nash, Megan Pete, Bobby Session Jr., Jordan Kyle Lanier Thorpe & Anthony White, songwriters (Megan Thee Stallion Featuring Beyoncé)
Best Rap Album: King’s Disease – Nas
Best Country Solo Performance: When My Amy Prays – Vince Gill
Best Country Duo/Group Performance: 10,000 Hours – Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber
Best Country Song: Crowded Table – Brandi Carlile, Natalie Hemby & Lori McKenna, songwriters (The Highwomen)
Best Country Album: Wildcard – Miranda Lambert
Best New Age Album: More Guitar Stories – Jim “Kimo” West
Best Improvised Jazz Solo: “All Blues,” Chick Corea, soloist
Best Jazz Vocal Album: Secrets Are The Best Stories – Kurt Elling Featuring Danilo Pérez
Best Jazz Instrumental Album: Trilogy 2 – Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album: Data Lords – Maria Schneider Orchestra
Best Latin Jazz Album: Four Questions – Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra
Best Gospel Performance/Song: “Movin’ On,” Jonathan McReynolds & Mali Music; Darryl L. Howell, Jonathan Caleb McReynolds, Kortney Jamaal Pollard & Terrell Demetrius Wilson, songwriters
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song: “There Was Jesus,” Zach Williams & Dolly Parton; Case Beathard, Jonathan Smith & Zach Williams, songwriters
Best Gospel Album: Gospel According to PJ – PJ Morton
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album: Jesus Is King – Kanye West
Best Roots Gospel Album: Celebrating Fisk! (The 150th Anniversary Album) – Fisk Jubilee Singers
Best Latin Pop or Urban Album: YHLQMDLG – Bad Bunny
Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album: La Conquista Del Espacio – Fito Paez
Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano): Un Canto Por Mexico, Vol. 1 – Natalia Lafourcade
Best Tropical Latin Album: 40 – Grupo Niche
Best American Roots Performance: “I Remember Everything,” John Prine
Best American Roots Song: “I Remember Everything,” Pat McLaughlin & John Prine, songwriters (John Prine)
Best Americana Album: World on the Ground – Sarah Jarosz
Best Bluegrass Album: Home – Billy Strings
Best Traditional Blues Album: Rawer Than Raw – Bobby Rush
Best Contemporary Blues Album: Have You Lost Your Mind Yet? – Fantastic Negrito
Best Folk Album: All the Good Times – Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
Best Regional Roots Music Album: Atmosphere – New Orleans Nightcrawlers
Best Reggae Album: Got to Be Tough – Toots & the Maytals
Best Global Music Album: Twice as Tall – Burna Boy
Best Children’s Music Album: All the Ladies – Joanie Leeds
Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling): Blowout: Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, and the Richest, Most Destructive Industry on Earth – Rachel Maddow
Best Comedy Album: Black Mitzvah – Tiffany Haddish
Best Musical Theater Album: Jagged Little Pill – Original Cast
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media: Jojo Rabbit – Various Artists
Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media: Joker – Hildur Guðnadóttir, composer
Best Song Written for Visual Media: No Time to Die – (From No Time to Die), Billie Eilish O’Connell & Finneas Baird O’Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish)
Best Instrumental Composition: Sputnik – Maria Schneider, composer (Maria Schneider)
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Capella: Donna Lee – John Beasley, arranger (John Beasley)
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals: He Won’t Hold You – Jacob Collier, arranger (Jacob Collier Featuring Rapsody)
Best Recording Package: Vols. 11 & 12 – Doug Cunningham & Jason Noto, art directors (Desert Sessions)
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package: Ode to Joy – Lawrence Azerrad & Jeff Tweedy, art directors (Wilco)
Best Album Notes: Dead Man’s Pop – Bob Mehr, album notes writer (The Replacements)
Best Historical Album: It’s Such a Good Feeling: The Best of Mister Rogers – Lee Lodyga & Cheryl Pawelski, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Mister Rogers)
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical: Hyperspace – Drew Brown, Andrew Coleman, Shawn Everett, Serban Ghenea, David Greenbaum, Jaycen Joshua & Mike Larson, engineers; Randy Merrill, mastering engineer (Beck)
Best Engineered Album, Classical: Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13, ‘Babi Yar,’ David Frost & Charlie Post, engineers; Silas Brown, mastering engineer (Riccardo Muti & Chicago Symphony Orchestra)
Producer of the Year, Classical: David Frost
Best Orchestral Performance: Ives: Complete Symphonies – Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic)
Best Opera Recording: Gershwin: Porgy and Bess – David Robertson, conductor; Angle Blue & Eric Owens; David Frost, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestral The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
Best Choral Performance: Danielpour: The Passion of Yeshua – JoAnn Falletta, conductor; James K. Bass & Adam Luebke, chorus masters (James K. Bass, J’Nai Bridges, Timothy Fallon, Kenneth Overton, Hila Plitmann & Matthew Worth; Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus & UCLA Chamber Singers)
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance: Contemporary Voices – Pacifica Quartet
Best Classical Instrumental Solo: Theofanidis: Concerto for Viola and Chamber Orchestra – Richard O’Neill; David Alan Miller, conductor (Albany Symphony)
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album: Smyth: The Prison – Sarah Brailey & Dashon Burton; James Blachly, conductor (Experiential Chorus; Experiential Orchestra)
Best Classical Compendium: Thomas, M.T.: From the Diary of Anne Frank & Meditations on Rilke – Isabel Leonard; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Jack Vad, producer
Best Contemporary Classical Composition: Rouse: Symphony No. 5 – Christopher Rouse, composer (Giancarlo Guerrero & Nashville Symphony)
Best Music Video: Brown Skin Girl – Beyoncé
Best Music Film: Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice – Linda Ronstadt
The ceremony held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles
Hosted by Alicia Keys
Eligibility for songs and albums from October 1, 2018, to August 31, 2019
Noteworthy Moments: Billie Eilish made a clean sweep, winning Album of the Year for When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, Record of the Year and Song of the Year for Bad Guy, and Best New Artist; Lizzo nabbed three awards, including Best Pop Solo Performance for Truth Hurts and Best Urban Contemporary Album for Cuz I Love You; Tyler, The Creator clinched Best Rap Album for Igor, sparking conversations about genre classifications
Trivia:
Billie Eilish became the youngest artist to win Album of the Year, at just 18
Alicia Keys hosted for the second consecutive year, bringing a calming presence amidst a heavy atmosphere
The ceremony took a somber tone as it coincided with the tragic death of Kobe Bryant, whose presence was deeply missed at the Staples Center
Lil Nas X’s eclectic performance of Old Town Road featured a medley of artists, including BTS and Billy Ray Cyrus, showcasing the song’s cross-genre appeal
Demi Lovato gave a tear-jerking performance of Anyone, a song she had recorded just four days before her 2018 overdose
Record of the Year: Bad Guy – Billie Eilish
Album of the Year: When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? – Billie Eilish
Song of the Year: Bad Guy – Billie Eilish O’Connell & Finneas O’Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish)
Best New Artist: Billie Eilish
Best Pop Solo Performance: Truth Hurts – Lizzo
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance: Old Town Road – Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: Look Now – Elvis Costello & The Imposters
Best Pop Vocal Album: When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? – Billie Eilish
Best Dance Recording: Got to Keep On – The Chemical Brothers
Best Dance/Electronic Album: No Geography – The Chemical Brothers
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album: Mettavolution – Rodrigo y Gabriela
Best Rock Performance: This Land – Gary Clark Jr.
Best Metal Performance: 7empest – Tool
Best Rock Song: This Land – Gary Clark Jr., songwriter (Gary Clark Jr.)
Best Rock Album: Social Cues – Cage the Elephant
Best Alternative Music Album: Father of the Bride – Vampire Weekend
Best R&B Performance: Come Home – Anderson Paak featuring André 3000
Best Traditional R&B Performance: Jerome – Lizzo
Best R&B Song: Say So – PJ Morton, songwriter (PJ Morton featuring JoJo)
Best Urban Contemporary Album: Cuz I Love You (Deluxe) – Lizzo
Best R&B Album: Ventura – Anderson Paak
Best Rap Performance: Racks in the Middle – Nipsey Hussle featuring Roddy Ricch & Hit-Boy
Best Rap/Sung Performance: Higher – DJ Khaled featuring Nipsey Hussle & John Legend
Best Rap Song: A Lot – Jermaine Cole, Dacoury Natche, 21 Savage & Anthony White, songwriters (21 Savage featuring J. Cole)
Best Rap Album: Igor – Tyler, the Creator
Best Country Solo Performance: Ride Me Back Home – Willie Nelson
Best Country Duo/Group Performance: Speechless – Dan + Shay
Best Country Song: Bring My Flowers Now – Brandi Carlile, Phil Hanseroth, Tim Hanseroth & Tanya Tucker, songwriters (Tanya Tucker)
Best Country Album: While I’m Livin’ – Tanya Tucker
Best New Age Album: Wings – Peter Kater
Best Improvised Jazz Solo: Sozinho – Randy Brecker, soloist
Best Jazz Vocal Album: 12 Little Spells – Esperanza Spalding
Best Jazz Instrumental Album: Finding Gabriel – Brad Mehldau
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album: The Omni-American Book Club – Brian Lynch Big Band
Best Latin Jazz Album: Antidote – Chick Corea & The Spanish Heart Band
Best Gospel Performance/Song: Love Theory – Kirk Franklin, songwriter (Kirk Franklin)
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song: God Only Knows – Josh Kerr, Jordan Reynolds, Joel Smallbone, Luke Smallbone & Tedd Tjornhom, songwriters (for KING & COUNTRY & Dolly Parton)
Best Gospel Album: Long Live Love – Kirk Franklin
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album: Burn the Ships – for KING & COUNTRY
Best Roots Gospel Album: Testimony – Gloria Gaynor
Best Latin Pop Album: El Disco – Alejandro Sanz
Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album: El Mal Querer – Rosalía
Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano): De Ayer Para siempre – Mariachi los Camperos
Best Tropical Latin Album: (tie) Opus – Marc Anthony A Journey Through Cuban Music – Aymée Nuviola (TIE)
Best American Roots Performance: Saint Honesty – Sara Bareilles
Best American Roots Song: Call My Name – Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O’Donovan & Sara Watkins, songwriters (I’m with Her)
Best Americana Album: Oklahoma – Keb’ Mo’
Best Bluegrass Album: Tall Fiddler – Michael Cleveland
Best Traditional Blues Album: Tall, Dark, and Handsome – Delbert McClinton & Self-Made Men
Best Contemporary Blues Album: This Land – Gary Clark Jr.
Best Folk Album Patty Griffin – Patty Griffin
Best Regional Roots Music Album: Good Time – Ranky Tanky
Best Reggae Album: Rapture – Koffee
Best World Music Album: Celia – Angélique Kidjo
Best Children’s Album: Ageless: Songs for the Child Archetype – Jon Samson
Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling): Becoming – Michelle Obama
Best Comedy Album: Sticks & Stones – Dave Chappelle
Best Musical Theater Album: Hadestown – Reeve Carney, André De Shields, Amber Gray, Eva Noblezada & Patrick Page, principal soloists; Mara Isaacs, David Lai, Anaïs Mitchell & Todd Sickafoose, producers (Anaïs Mitchell, composer & lyricist) (Original Broadway Cast)
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media: A Star Is Born – Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper, Paul “DJWS” Blair, Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga, Nick Monson, Lukas Nelson Mark Nilan Jr. & Benjamin Rice, compilation producers; Julianne Jordan & Julia Michels, music supervisors
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media: Chernobyl – Hildur Guðnadóttir, composer
Best Song Written for Visual Media: I’ll Never Love Again (Film Version) (from A Star Is Born), Natalie Hemby, Lady Gaga, Hillary Lindsey & Aaron Raitiere, songwriters (Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper)
Best Instrumental Composition: Star Wars: “Galaxy’s Edge (Symphonic Suite)” – John Williams, composer (John Williams)
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella: Moon River – Jacob Collier, arranger (Jacob Collier)
Best Arrangement, Instruments, and Vocals: All Night Long, Jacob Collier, arranger (Jacob Collier featuring Jules Buckley, Take 6 & Metropole Orkest)
Best Recording Package: Chris Cornell, Barry Ament, Jeff Ament, Jeff Fura & Joe Spix, art directors (Chris Cornell)
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package: Woodstock: Back to the Garden – The Definitive 50th Anniversary Archive, Masaki Koike, art director (Various artists)
Best Album Notes: Stax ’68: A Memphis Story, Steve Greenberg, album notes writer (Various artists)
Best Historical Album: Pete Seeger: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection, Jeff Place & Robert Santelli, compilation producers; Pete Reiniger, mastering engineer (Pete Seeger)
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical: When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, Rob Kinelski & Finneas O’Connell, engineers; John Greenham, mastering engineer (Billie Eilish)
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical: Finneas, When We Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (Billie Eilish)
Best Remixed Recording: I Rise (Tracy Young’s Pride Intro Radio Remix), Tracy Young, remixer (Madonna)
Best Engineered Album, Classical: Riley: Sun Rings, Leslie Ann Jones, engineer; Robert C. Ludwig, mastering engineer (Kronos Quartet)
Producer of the Year, Classical: Blanton Alspaugh – Artifacts – The Music of Michael McGlynn (Charles Bruffy & Kansas City Chorale) Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique; Fantaisie sur La Tempête de Shakespeare (Andrew Davis & Toronto Symphony Orchestra) Copland: Billy the Kid; Grohg (Leonard Slatkin & Detroit Symphony Orchestra) Duruflé: Complete Choral Works (Robert Simpson & Houston Chamber Choir) Glass: Symphony No. 5 (Julian Wachner, The Choir Of Trinity Wall Street, Trinity Youth Chorus, Downtown Voices & Novus NY) Sander: The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom (Peter Jermihov & PaTRAM Institute Singers) Smith, K.: Canticle (Craig Hella Johnson & Cincinnati Vocal Arts Ensemble) Visions Take Flight (Mei-Ann Chen & ROCO)
Best Orchestral Performance: Norman: Sustain, Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic)
Best Opera Recording Picker: Fantastic Mr. Fox, Gil Rose, conductor; John Brancy, Andrew Craig Brown, Gabriel Preisser, Krista River & Edwin Vega; Gil Rose, producer (Boston Modern Orchestra Project; Boston Children’s Chorus)
Best Choral Performance: Duruflé: Complete Choral Works, Robert Simpson, conductor (Ken Cowan; Houston Chamber Choir)
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance Shaw: Orange – Attacca Quartet
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album: Songplay, Joyce DiDonato; Chuck Israels, Jimmy Madison, Charlie Porter & Craig Terry, accompanists (Steve Barnett & Lautaro Greco)
Best Classical Compendium: The Poetry of Places, Nadia Shpachenko; Marina A. Ledin & Victor Ledin, producers
Best Contemporary Classical Composition Higdon: Harp Concerto, Jennifer Higdon, composer (Yolanda Kondonassis, Ward Stare & The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra)
Best Music Video: Old Town Road (Official Movie) – Lil Nas X & Billy Ray Cyrus
Winners Announced: February 10, 2019 Held at: Staples Center, Los Angeles Host: Alicia Keys Eligibility Year: October 1, 2017, to September 30, 2018
2019 Grammy Trivia
This year marked the first time in Grammy history that women won all major categories, breaking the notorious Grammy glass ceiling.
Childish Gambino’s This Is America made history by becoming the first rap song to win Song of the Year and Record of the Year.
Alicia Keys, a 15-time Grammy winner herself, hosted the show and notably performed a medley playing two pianos at once.
Dua Lipa took home the award for Best New Artist and used her acceptance speech to take a jab at Recording Academy President Neil Portnow’s controversial 2018 “step up” comment aimed at female artists.
Golden Hour by Kacey Musgraves was a dark horse in the awards race, winning Album of the Year and showing that country music still has a significant presence at the Grammys.
Cardi B became the first solo female artist to win Best Rap Album, a category usually dominated by male artists.
Lady Gaga won multiple awards for her A Star Is Born soundtrack work, including Best Song Written for Visual Media with Shallow.
Drake’s win for Best Rap Song with God’s Plan came with a somewhat controversial speech where the rapper critiqued the importance of award shows.
2019 Grammy Winners
Album of the year: Golden Hour – Kacey Musgraves
Record of the Year: This Is America – Childish Gambino
Song of the Year: This Is America – Childish Gambino and Ludwig Goransson
Best rap/sung performance: This Is America – Childish Gambino
Best music video: This Is America – Childish Gambino
Best rap album: Invasion of Privacy – Cardi B
Best rap song: God’s Plan – Drake
Best new artist: Dua Lipa
Best country album: Golden Hour – Kacey Musgraves
Best pop duo/group performance: Shallow – Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper
Best pop vocal album: Sweetener – Ariana Grande
Best pop solo performance: Joanne (Where Do You Think You’re Goin’?) – Lady Gaga
Best R&B album: H.E.R. – H.E.R.
Best R&B song: Boo’d Up – Ella Mai, DJ Mustard, Larrance Dopson and Joelle James
Best R&B performance: Best Part – H.E.R. featuring Daniel Caesar
Producer of the year, non-classical: Pharrell Williams
Best rap performance: (tie) King’s Dead – Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, Future and James Blake Bubblin by Anderson.Paak
Best urban contemporary album: Everything Is Love – The Carters
Best traditional pop vocal album: Willie Nelson’s My Way
Best rock song: Masseduction – St. Vincent
Best rock album: From the Fires – Greta Van Fleet
Best rock performance: When Bad Does Good – Chris Cornell
Best dance recording: Electricity – Silk City and Dua Lipa featuring Diplo and Mark Ronson
Best country song: Space Cowboy – Kacey Musgraves (Luke Laird, Shane McAnally and Kacey Musgraves)
Best reggae album: 44/876 – Sting & Shaggy
Best country solo performance: Butterflies – Kacey Musgraves
Best duo/group country performance: Tequila – Dan + Shay
Best jazz vocal album: The Window – Cecile McLorin Salvant
Best alternative music album: Colors – Beck
Best comedy album: Equanimity & the Bird Revelation – Dave Chappelle
Best Latin pop album: Sincera – Claudia Brant
Best spoken word album: Faith – A Journey for All – Jimmy Carter
Best folk album: All Ashore – Punch Brothers
Best contemporary Christian music album: Look Up Child – Lauren Daigle
Best musical theater album: Visit – The Band
Best American roots song: The Joke – Brandi Carlile
Best American Roots performance: The Joke- Brandi Carlile
Best Americana album: By the Way, I Forgive You – Brandi Carlile
Best gospel album: Hiding Place – Tori Kelly
Best contemporary Christian music performance/song: You Say -0 Lauren Daigle
Best world music album: Freedom- Soweto Gospel Choir
Best compilation soundtrack for visual media: The Greatest Showman
Best score soundtrack for visual media: Black Panther
Best song written for visual media: Shallow from A Star Is Born
Best traditional blues album: The Blues Is Alive and Well – Buddy Guy
Best music film: Quincy – Quincy Jones
Best boxed or special limited edition package: Squeeze Box: The Complete Works of ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic
Winners announced on January 28, 2018, a significant date as the Grammys returned to New York City for the first time since 2003
The ceremony unfolded at the iconic Madison Square Garden, a departure from the usual Los Angeles venues
The charming James Corden of “The Late Late Show” took up hosting duties, bringing his unique comedic flair to the stage
Music that graced our ears from October 1, 2016, to September 30, 2017, fell into the eligibility window for these awards
Noteworthy Moments: Bruno Mars left an indelible mark by snagging the trifecta—Album, Record, and Song of the Year; Kendrick Lamar’s electric opening performance blended politics and art; Kesha’s emotional rendition of “Praying” became a rallying cry for the #MeToo movement
Trivia:
Bruno Mars’ historic sweep placed him in the company of only ten other artists who’ve won Album, Record, and Song of the Year in a single ceremony
In a surprising twist, Alessia Cara outperformed the much-favored SZA to clinch Best New Artist
A pre-recorded “Carpool Karaoke” segment featuring Shaggy and Sting gave the audience a moment of levity
Hillary Clinton raised eyebrows and chuckles with her unexpected appearance, reading an excerpt from Michael Wolff’s controversial book Fire and Fury
The glaring underrepresentation of female winners led to a social media uproar, encapsulated by the trending hashtag #GrammysSoMale
2018 Grammy Winners
Album of the Year: 24K Magic – Bruno Mars
Record of the Year: 24K Magic – Bruno Mars
Song of the Year: That’s What I Like – Bruno Mars
Best Country Album: From A Room: Volume 1 – Chris Stapleton
Best Comedy Album: The Age of Spin/Deep in the Heart of Texas – Dave Chapelle
Best Rap Album: Damn – Kendrick Lamar
Best Pop Solo Performance: Shape of You – Ed Sheeran
Best New Artist: Alessia Cara
Best Rap/Sung Performance: Loyalty – Kendrick Lamar, Rihanna
Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical: Greg Kurstin
Best Pop Vocal Album: ÷ (Divide) – Ed Sheeran
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: Tony Bennett Celebrates 90 (Various Artists) Dae Bennet, Producer
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance: Feel It Still – Portugal the Man
Best Country Song: Broken Halos – Mike Henderson & Chris Stapleton
Best Country Duo/Group Performance: Better Man – Little Big Town
Best Country Solo Performance: Either Way – Chris Stapleton
Best Rap Song: Humble. – Kendrick Lamar
Best Rap Performance: Humble. – Kendrick Lamar
Best R&B Album: 24K Magic – Bruno Mars
Best Urban Contemporary Album: Starboy – The Weeknd
Best R&B Song: That’s What I Like – Bruno Mars
Best Traditional R&B Performance: Redbone – Childish Gambino
Best R&B Performance: That’s What I Like -Bruno Mars
Best Alternative Music Album: Sleep Well Beast – The National
Best Rock Album: A Deeper Understanding – The War on Drugs
Best Rock Song: Run – Foo Fighters
Best Metal Performance: Sultan’s Curse – Mastodon
Best Rock Performance: You Want it Darker – Leonard Cohen
Best Children’s Album: Feel What U Feel – Lisa Loeb
Best World Music Album: Shaka Zulu Revisited: 30th Anniversary Celebration – Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Best Reggae Album: Stony Hill – Damian Marley
Best Regional Roots Music Album: Kalenda – Lost Bayou Ramblers
Best Folk Album: Mental Illness – Aimee Mann
Best Contemporary Blues Album: Tajmo – Taj Mahal & Keb’ Mo’
Best Traditional Blues Album: Blue & Lonesome – Rolling Stones
Best Bluegrass Album (tie): Laws Of Gravity – The Infamous Stringdusters All The Rage In Concert Volume One – Rhonda Vincent and the Rage
Best Americana Album: The Nashville Sound, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
Best American Roots Song: If We Were Vampires – Jason Isbell, songwriter (Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit)
Best Regional Mexican Music Album: Arriero Somos Versiones Acústicas – Aida Cuevas
Best American Roots Performance: Killer Diller Blues – Alabama Shakes
Best Gospel Performance/Song: Never Have to Be Alone – CeCe Winans
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song: What A Beautiful Name – Hillsong Worship
Best Roots Gospel Album: Sing It Now: Songs Of Faith & Hope – Reba McEntire
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album: Chain Breaker – Zach Williams
Best Gospel Album: Let Them Fall In Love – CeCe Winans
Best Latin Jazz Album: Jazz Tango – Pablo Ziegler Trio
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album: Bringin’It – Christian McBride
Best Jazz Instrumental Album: Rebirth – Billy Childs
Best Jazz Vocal Album: Dreams And Dagger – Cecile Salvant
Best Improvised Jazz Solo: Miles Beyond – John McLaughlin, soloist
Best Contemporary Classical Composition: Higdon: Viola Concerto – Jennifer Higdon, composer (Roberto Díaz, Giancarlo Guerrero & Nashville Symphony)
Best Classical Compendium: Higdon: Viola Concerto – Jennifer Higdon, composer (Roberto Díaz, Giancarlo Guerrero & Nashville Symphony)
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album: ‘Crazy Girl Crazy – Music By Gershwin, Berg & Berio,’ Barbara Hannigan (Orchestra Ludwig)
Best Classical Instrumental Solo: Transcendental – Daniil Trifonov
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance: Death & The Maiden – Pat Kop & The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Best Choral Performance: Bryars: The Fifth Century”- Donald Nally, conductor
Best Opera Recording: Berg: Wozzeck
Best Orchestral Performance: Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5; Barber – Manfred Honeck, conductor with Pittsburgh Symphony
Producer Of The Year, Classical: David Frost
Best Engineered Album, Classical: SHOSTAKOVICH: SYMPHONY NO. 5; BARBER: ADAGIO – Mark Donahue, engineer (Manfred Honeck & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)
Best New Age Album: Dancing on Water – Peter Kater
Best Song Written For Visual Media: How Far I’ll Go – Lin-Manuel Miranda, songwriter (Auli’i Cravalho) Track from Moana
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media: La La Land -Justin Hurwitz, composer
Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media: La La Land
Best Musical Theater Album: Dear Evan Hansen
Best Spoken Word Album: Carrie Fisher, The Princess Diarist
Best Tropical Latin Album: Ruben Blades Con Roberto Delgado & Orquesta – Salsa Big Band
Best Regional Mexican Music Album: Arriero Somos Versiones Acusticas – Alex Campos
Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album: Residente – Residente
Best Latin Pop Album: El Dorado – Shakira
Best Surround Sound Album: Early Americans
Best Remixed Recording: You Move (Latroit Remix) – Dennis White, remixer Depeche Mode
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical: 24K Magic – Serban Ghenea, John Hanes & Charles Moniz, engineers; Tom Coyne, mastering engineer – Bruno Mars
Best Historical Album: The Goldberg Variations – The Complete Unreleased Recording Sessions June 1955
Best Album Notes: Live At The Whisky A Go-Go: The Complete Recordings, Lynell George, album notes writer (Otis Redding)
Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package: The Voyager Golden Record: 40th Anniversary Edition, Lawrence Azerrad, Timothy Daly & David Pescovitz, art directors (Various Artists)
Best Recording Package (tie): El Orisha De La Rosa – Claudio Roncoli & Cactus Taller, art director Magin Diaz Pure Comedy (Deluxe Edition) Sasha Barr, Ed Steed & Josh Tillman, art directors (Father John Misty)
Best Arrangement, Instruments And Vocals: PUTIN – Randy Newman
Best Arrangement, Instrumental Or A Cappella: Escapades For Alto Saxophone And Orchestra From Catch Me If You Can – John Williams, arranger
Best Instrumental Composition: Three Revolutions – composers Arturo O’Farrill and Chucho Valdes
Best Music Film: The Defiant Ones
Best Music Video: Humble. – Kendrick Lamar, The Little Homies & Dave Meyers, video directors; Jason Baum, Dave Free, Jamie Rabineau, Nathan K., Scherrer & Anthony Tiffith, video producers
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album: Prototype – Chuck Loeb
Best Dance/Electronic Album: 3-D The Catalogue – Kraftwerk
The Grammy winners were announced on February 12, 2017
The event took place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles
Host James Corden of “Carpool Karaoke” fame led the evening’s proceedings
Music released between October 1, 2015, and September 30, 2016, was eligible for consideration
Noteworthy Moments: Adele won Album, Record, and Song of the Year; David Bowie received five posthumous awards; Chance the Rapper became the first artist to win a Grammy for a streaming-only album
Trivia:
Adele paused and restarted her George Michael tribute, stating she wanted to get the performance “right” to honor him properly
Beyoncé performed while visibly pregnant with twins, focusing her stage show on the concept of motherhood
Twenty-One Pilots accepted their Best Pop Duo/Group Performance award in their underwear, following through on an old pact they had made
A Tribe Called Quest’s performance featured a political protest that included references to “Agent Orange,” alluding to then-President Donald Trump
Chance the Rapper’s Best New Artist victory marked him as the first black hip-hop artist to win the category since Lauryn Hill in 1999
Album of the Year: 25 – Adele
Record of the Year: Hello – Adele
Song of the Year: Hello – Adele
Best Rap Album: Coloring Book – Chance The Rapper
Best Urban Contemporary Album: Lemonade – Beyonce
Best Country Solo Performance: My Church – Maren Morris
Best Rock Song: Blackstar – David Bowie
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance: Stressed Out – Twenty-One Pilots
Best New Artist: Chance the Rapper
Pop Solo Performance: Hello – Adele
Traditional Pop Vocal Album: Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin – Willie Nelson
Pop Vocal Album: 25 – Adele
Dance Recording: Don’t Let Me Down – The Chainsmokers Featuring Daya
Dance/Electronic Album: Skin – Flume
Rock Performance: Blackstar – David Bowie
Metal Performance: Dystopia – Megadeth
Rock Album: Tell Me I’m Pretty – Cage the Elephant
Alternative Music Album: Blackstar – David Bowie
R&B Performance: Cranes in the Sky – Solange
Traditional R&B Performance: Angel, Lalah Hathaway
R&B Song: Lake By the Ocean – Hod David & Musze, songwriters (Maxwell)
R&B Album: Lalah Hathaway Live – Lalah Hathaway
Rap Performance: No Problem – Chance The Rapper Featuring Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz
Rap/Sung Performance: Hotline Bling – Drake
Rap Song: Hotline Bling – Aubrey Graham & Paul Jefferies, songwriters (Drake)
Best Latin Pop Album: Un Besito Mas – Jesse & Joy
Best Country Album: A Sailor’s Guide to Earth – Sturgill Simpson
Best Country Song: Humble and Kind – Tim McGraw
Best Country Duo/Group Performance: Jolene (feat. Dolly Parton) – Pentatonix
Best Roots Gospel Album: Hymns – Joey+Rory
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album: Presidential Suite: Eight Variations on Freedom – Ted Nash Big Band
Best Jazz Instrumental Album: Country for Old Men – John Scofield
Best Jazz Vocal Album: Gregory Porter, Take Me to the Alley
Best Improvised Jazz Solo: I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry -John Scofield
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album: Culcha Vulcha – Snarky Puppy
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance: Steve Reich – Third Coast Percussion
Best Dance Recording: Don’t Let Me Down (feat. Daya) – The Chainsmokers
Best New Age Album: White Sun II – White Sun
Best Gospel Performance/Song: God Provides – Tamela Mann
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song: Thy Will – Hillary Scott & The Scott Family
Best Gospel Album: Losing My Religion – Kirk Franklin
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album: Love Remains – Hillary Scott & The Scott Family
Best World Music Album: Sing Me Home – Yo-Yo Ma and The Silk Road Ensemble
Best Children’s Album: Infinity Plus One – Secret Agent 23 Skidoo
Best Spoken Word Album: Carol Burnett, In Such Good Company: Eleven Years Of Laughter, Mayhem and Fun in the Sandbox
Best Musical Theater Album: The Color Purple
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media: Miles Ahead
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media: Star Wars: The Force Awakens – John Williams
Best Song Written for Visual Media: Can’t Stop the Feeling! – Justin Timberlake
Best Instrumental Composition: Spoken at Midnight – Ted Nash
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella: You and I – Jacob Collier
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals: Flintstones – Jacob Collier
Best Recording Package: Blackstar – David Bowie
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package: Edith Piaf 1915-2015 – Edith Piaf
Best Album Notes: Sissle and Blake Sing Shuffle Along – Eubie Blake and Noble Sissle
Best Historical Album: The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series, Vol.12 (Collector’s Edition) – Bob Dylan
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical: Blackstar – David Bowie
Best Remixed Recording: Tearing Me Up (RAC Remix) – Bob Moses
Best Surround Sound Album: Dutilleux: Sur Le Même Accord; Les Citations; Mystère De L’instant & Timbres, Espace, Mouvement – Ludovic Morlot & Seattle Symphony
Best Engineered Album, Classical: Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles – Mark Donahue and Fred Vogler
Producer of the Year, Classical: David Frost
Best Orchestral Performance: Shostakovich: Under Stalin’s Shadow – Symphonies Nos. 5, 8 & 9 – Boston Symphony Orchestra
Best Music Video: Formation Beyoncé
Best Music Film: The Beatles: Eight Days a Week the Touring Years – The Beatles
The Staples Center in Los Angeles served as the host venue, a frequent location for the Grammys
LL Cool J was the master of ceremonies, marking his fifth consecutive year as host
Music released between October 1, 2014, and September 30, 2015, was up for consideration
Noteworthy Moments: Taylor Swift’s 1989 won Album of the Year; Kendrick Lamar took home five awards, including Best Rap Album for To Pimp a Butterfly; Meghan Trainor was named Best New Artist
Trivia:
Kendrick Lamar’s performance was highly political, focusing on issues like racial inequality, which resonated with many viewers
Taylor Swift became the first woman to win Album of the Year twice for her own albums, previously winning for Fearless
Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda and his cast performed the opening number via satellite from New York, and also won Best Musical Theater Album
Lady Gaga performed a David Bowie tribute, covering a medley of his songs to honor the late artist
A tribute to late Motorhead frontman Lemmy Kilmister was performed by The Hollywood Vampires, featuring Johnny Depp, Alice Cooper, and Joe Perry
Record of the Year: Uptown Funk – Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars
Album of the Year: 1989 – Taylor Swift
Song of the Year: Thinking Out Loud – Ed Sheeran
Best New Artist: Meghan Trainor
Best Musical Theater Album: Hamilton
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance: Uptown Funk – Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars
Best Pop Solo Performance: Thinking Out Loud -Ed Sheeran
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: The Songs of Jerome Kern – Tony Bennett & Bill Charlap
Best Rap Album: To Pimp a Butterfly – Kendrick Lamar
Best Rap Song: Alright – Kendrick Lamar
Best Rap Performance: Alright – Kendrick Lamar
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration: These Walls – Kendrick Lamar feat. Bilal, Anna Wise & Thundercat
Best Alternative Music Album: Sound & Color -Alabama Shakes
Best Rock Performance: Don’t Wanna Fight – Alabama Shakes
Best Rock Album: Drones – Muse
Best Rock Song: Don’t Wanna Fight – Alabama Shakes
Best R&B Album: Black Messiah – D’Angelo and the Vanguard
Best Urban Contemporary Album: Beauty Behind the Madness – The Weeknd
Best R&B Performance: Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey) – The Weeknd
Best R&B Song: Really Love – D’Angelo and The Vanguard
Best Traditional R&B Performance: Little Ghetto Boy – Lalah Hathaway
Best Dance/Electronic Album: Skrillex and Diplo Present Jack Ü – Skrillex and Diplo
Best Dance Recording: Where Are Ü Now – Skrillex and Diplo With Justin Bieber
Best Music Video: Bad Blood – Taylor Swift feat. Kendrick Lamar
Best Country Album: Traveler – Chris Stapleton
Best Country Duo/Group Performance: Girl Crush – Little Big Town
Best Country Song: Girl Crush – Little Big Town
Best Music Film: Amy – Amy Winehouse
Best Rap/Song Collaboration: Glory – Common & John Legend
Best Pop Vocal Album: 1989 – Taylor Swift
Best Country Solo Performance: Traveler – Chris Stapleton
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album: This Is Not a Test – Tobymac
Best Roots Gospel Album: Still Rockin’ My Soul – The Fairfield Four
Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album: Dale – Pitbull
Best Latin Pop Album: A Quien Quiera Escuchar (Deluxe Edition) – Ricky Martin
Best Comedy Album: Live at Madison Square Garden – Louis C.K.
Best Spoken Word Album: A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety – Jimmy Carter
Score Soundtrack for Visual Media: Birdman
Best Gospel Album: Covered: Alive Is Asia [Live] (Deluxe) – Israel & Newbreed
Best Gospel Performance/Song: Wanna Be Happy? – Kirk Franklin
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song: Holy Spirit – Francesca Battistelli
Best Contemporary Classical Composition: Paulus: Prayers & Remembrances – Stephen Paulus
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album: Joyce & Tony – Live From Wigmore Hall – Joyce DiDonato and Antonio Pappano
Best Classical Instrumental Solo: Dutilleux: Violin Concerto, L’Arbre Des Songes- Augustin Hadelich
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance: Filament – Eighth Blackbird
Best Choral Performance: Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil- Charles Bruffy
Best Opera Recording: Ravel: L’Enfant Et Les Sortilèges; Shéhérazade – Saito Kinen Orchestra; SKF Matsumoto Chorus & SKF Matsumoto Children’s Chorus
Producer of the Year, Classical: Judith Sherman
Best Regional Roots Music Album: Go Go Juice – Jon Cleary
Best Folk Album: Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn – Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn
Best Blues Album: Born to Play Guitar – Buddy Guy
Best Bluegrass Album: The Muscle Shoals Recordings – The Steeldrivers
Best Americana Album: Something More Than Free – Jason Isbell
Best American Roots Song: 24 Frames – Jason Isbell
Best American Roots Performance: See That My Grave Is Kept Clean – Mavis Staples
Best Tropical Latin Album: Son De Panamá – Rubén Blades With Roberto Delgado & Orchestra
Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano): Realidades – Deluxe Edition – Los Tigres Del Norte
Best Children’s Album: Home – Tim Kubart
Best World Album: Sings – Angélique Kidjo
Best Reggae Album: Strictly Roots – Morgan Heritage
Best Latin Jazz Album: Made in Brazil – Eliane Elias
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album: The Thompson Fields – Maria Schneider
Best Jazz Instrumental Album: Past Present – John Scofield
Best Jazz Vocal Album: For One To Love – Cécile McLorin Salvant
Best Surround Sound Album: Amused To Death – James Guthrie and Joel Plante
Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical: Uptown Funk (Dave Audé Remix) – Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical: Sound & Color – Alabama Shakes
Best Historical Album: The Basement Tapes Complete: The Bootleg Series Vol. 11 – Various artists
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package: The Rise & Fall Of Paramount Records, Volume Two (1928-32) – Various Artists
Best Album Notes: Love Has Many Faces: A Quartet, A Ballet, Waiting To Be Danced – Joni Mitchell
Best Recording Package: Still the King: Celebrating the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys – Sarah Dodds, Shauna Dodds & Dick Reeves (Asleep at the Wheel)
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals: Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime) – Maria Schneider
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella: Olusola; “Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy – Avi Kaplin, Kirstin Taylor, Kevin K.O.
Best Instrumental Composition: The Afro Latin Jazz Suite – Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra
Staples Center in Los Angeles was the go-to venue for the night’s festivities
LL Cool J acted as the host, a role he was becoming quite accustomed to
Music released between October 1, 2013, and September 30, 2014, was eligible for awards
Noteworthy Moments: Sam Smith won four awards, including Record and Song of the Year for “Stay With Me”; Beck’s Morning Phase nabbed Album of the Year; Pharrell Williams scored three awards, including one for the infectious “Happy”
Trivia:
Sam Smith was one of the few artists to win in all four major categories in one night
Kanye West jokingly stormed the stage when Beck won Album of the Year, referencing his infamous Taylor Swift interruption from 2009
The awards show featured a “FourFiveSeconds” performance by Rihanna, Kanye West, and Paul McCartney, generating a lot of buzz
AC/DC opened the show, marking their Grammy Awards performance debut
Madonna performed “Living for Love” with a matador-themed performance, attracting both praise and criticism
2015 Grammy Winners
Record of the Year: Stay With Me (Darkchild Version) – Sam Smith
Album of the Year: Morning Phase – Beck
Song of the Year: Stay With Me (Darkchild Version) – Sam Smith
Best New Artist: Sam Smith
Best Pop Solo Performance: Happy (Live) – Pharrell Williams
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance: Say Something – A Great Big World With Christina Aguilera
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: Cheek to Cheek – Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga
Best Pop Vocal Album: In The Lonely Hour – Sam Smith
Best Dance Recording: Rather Be – Clean Bandit featuring Jess Glynne
Best Dance/Electronic Album: Syro – Aphex Twin
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album: Bass & Mandolin – Chris Thile & Edgar Meyer Jr
Best Rock Performance: Lazaretto – Jack White
Best Metal Performance: The Last in Line – Tenacious D
Best Rock Song: Ain’t It Fun – Paramore (Hayley Williams & Taylor York, songwriters)
Best Rock Album: Morning Phase – Beck
Best Alternative Music Album: St. Vincent – St. Vincent
Best R&B Performance: Drunk in Love – Beyonce featuring Jay Z
Best Traditional R&B Performance: Jesus Children – Robert Glasper Experiment featuring Lalah Hathaway & Malcolm-Jamal Warner
Best R&B Song: Drunk in Love – Beyonce featuring Jay Z
Best Urban Contemporary Album: Girl – Pharrell Williams
Best R&B Album: Love, Marriage & Divorce – Toni Braxton & Babyface
Best Rap Performance: I – Kendrick Lamar
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration: The Monster – Eminem Featuring Rihanna
Best Rap Song: I – Kendrick Lamar (K. Duckworth & C. Smith, songwriters)
Best Rap Album: The Marshall Mathers LP2 – Eminem
Best Country Solo Performance: Something in the Water – Carrie Underwood
Best Country Duo/Group Performance: Gentle on My Mind – The Band Perry
Best Country Song: I’m Not Gonna Miss You – Glen Campbell (Glen Campbell & Julian Raymond, songwriters)
Best New Age Album: Winds of Samsara – Ricky Kej & Wouter Kellerman
Best Improvised Jazz Solo: Fingerprints – Chick Corea, soloist
Best Jazz Vocal Album: Beautiful Life – Dianne Reeves
Best Jazz Instrumental Album: Trilogy – Chick Corea Trio
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album: Life in the Bubble – Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band
Best Latin Jazz Album: The Offense of the Drum – Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra
Best Gospel Performance/Song: No Greater Love – Smokie Norful (Smokie Norful; Aaron W. Lindsey & Smokie Norful, songwriters)
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song: Messengers – Lecrae featuring For King & Country
Best Gospel Album: Help – Erica Campbell
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album: Run Wild. Live Free. Love Strong. – For King & Country
Best Roots Gospel Album: Shine For All the People – Mike Farris
Best Latin Pop Album: Tangos – Ruben Blades
Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album: Multiviral – Calle 13
Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano): Mano A Mano – Tangos A La Manera De Vicente Fernandez – Vicente Fernandez
Best Tropical Latin Album: Mas + Corazon Profundo – Carlos Vives
Best American Roots Performance: A Feather’s Not a Bird – Rosanne Cash
Best American Roots Song: A Feather’s Not a Bird – Rosanne Cash (Rosanne Cash & John Leventhal, songwriters)
Best Americana Album: The River & The Thread – Rosanne Cash
Best Bluegrass Album: The Earls of Leicester – The Earls of Leicester
Best Blues Album: Step Back – Johnny Winter
Best Folk Album: Remedy – Old Crow Medicine Show
Best Regional Roots Music Album: The Legacy – Jo-El Sonnier
Best Reggae Album: Fly Rasta – Ziggy Marley
Best World Music Album: Eve – Angelique Kidjo
Best Children’s Album: I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up For Education and Changed the World (Malala Yousafzai) – Neela Vaswani
Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling): Diary of a Mad Diva – Joan Rivers
Best Comedy Album: Mandatory Fun – “Weird Al” Yankovic
Best Musical Theater Album: Beautiful: The Carole King Musical – Jessie Mueller, principal soloist; Jason Howland, Steve Sidwell & Billy Jay Stein, producers (Carole King, composer & lyricist) (Original Broadway Cast)
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media: Frozen – Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez, Tom MacDougall & Chris Montan, compilation producers
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media: The Grand Budapest Hotel – Alexandre Desplat, composer
Best Song Written for Visual Media: Let It Go – Idina Menzel (Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez, songwriters)
Best Instrumental Composition: The Book Thief – John Williams, composer
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Capella: Daft Punk – Pentatonix (Ben Bram, Mitch Grassi, Scott Hoying, Avi Kaplan, Kirstin Maldonado & Kevin Olusola, arrangers)
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals: New York Tendaberry” Billy Childs featuring Renee Fleming & Yo-Yo Ma (Billy Childs, arranger)
Best Recording Package: Lightning Bolt – Pearl Jam (Jeff Ament, Don Pendleton, Joe Spix & Jerome Turner, art directors)
Best Boxed or Special Edition Limited Edition Package: The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume One (1917-27) – Various Artists (Susan Archie, Dean Blackwood & Jack White, art directors)
Best Album Notes: Offering: Live At Temple University – John Coltrane (Ashley Kahn, album notes writer)
Best Historical Album: The Garden Spot Programs, 1950 – Hank Williams (Colin Escott & Cheryl Pawelski, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer)
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical: Morning Phase – Beck (Tom Elmhirst, David Greenbaum, Florian Lagatta, Cole Marsden Greif-Neill, Robbie Nelson, Darrell Thorp, Cassidy Turbin & Joe Visciano, engineers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer)
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical: Max Martin
Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical: All Of Me (Tiesto’s Birthday Treatment Remix) – John Legend (Tijs Michiel Verwest, remixer)
Best Engineered Album, Classical: Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem; Symphony No. 4; The Lark Ascending – Robert Spano, Norman Mackenzie, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus (Michael Bishop, engineer; Michael Bishop, mastering engineer)
Producer of the Year, Classical: Judith Sherman
Best Orchestral Performance: Adams, John: City Noir – St. Louis Symphony (David Robertson, conductor)
Best Opera Recording: Charpentier: La Descente D’Orphee Aux Enfers – Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Ensemble; Boston Early Music Festival Vocal Ensemble (Paul O’Dette & Stephen Stubbs, conductors; Aaron Sheehan; Renate Wolter-Seevers, producer)
Best Choral Performance: The Sacred Spirit of Russia – Conspirare (Craig Hella Johnson, conductor)
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance: In 27 Pieces – The Hilary Hahn Encores – Hilary Hahn & Cory Smythe
Best Classical Instrumental Solo: Play – Jason Vieaux
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album: Douce France – Carl Bagge, Margareta Bengston, Mats Bergström, Per Ekdahl, Bengan Janson, Olle Linder & Antoine Tamestit (Anne Sofie Von Otter; Bengt Forsberg, accompanist)
Best Contemporary Classical Composition: Adams, John Luther: Become Ocean – Ludovic Morlot & Seattle Symphony (John Luther Adams, composer)
Best Music Video: Happy – Pharrell Williams (We Are From LA, video director; Kathleen Heffernan, Solal Micenmacher, Jett Steiger, video producers)
Best Music Film: 20 Feet From Stardom – Darlene Love, Merry Clayton, Lisa Fischer & Judith Hill (Morgan Neville, video director; Gil Friesen & Caitrin Rogers, video producers)
Staples Center was the venue of choice in Los Angeles
LL Cool J hosted, adding to his Grammy hosting repertoire
The eligibility period spanned from October 1, 2012, to September 30, 2013
Noteworthy Moments: Daft Punk won Record of the Year for Get Lucky and Album of the Year for Random Access Memories; Macklemore & Ryan Lewis took home four awards, including Best New Artist; Lorde won Song of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance for Royals.
Trivia:
Daft Punk’s performance with Pharrell Williams, Nile Rodgers, and Stevie Wonder became a standout medley of the night
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis sent a political message by featuring a mass wedding during their performance of Same Love.
The night was dubbed “the year of the rookies” as Lorde and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, both newcomers, stole the show
Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, two of The Beatles, reunited for a performance, receiving a standing ovation
Taylor Swift headbanged during her performance of “All Too Well,” creating a memorable moment and a wealth of internet memes
2014 Grammy Winners
Record Of The Year of 2014
Get Lucky – Daft Punk, Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers
Album Of The Year
Random Access Memories – Daft Punk
Song Of The Year
Royals – Ella Yelich O’Connor, Joel Little, songwriters (Lorde)
Best New Artist of 2014
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Best Pop Solo Performance
Royals – Lorde
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Get Lucky – Daft Punk, Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers
Best Pop Instrumental Album
Steppin’ Out – Herb Alpert
Best Pop Vocal Album
Unorthodox Jukebox – Bruno Mars
Best Dance Recording of 2014
Clarity – Zedd & Foxes
Best Dance/Electronica Album
Random Access Memories – Daft Punk
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
To Be Loved – Michael Bublé
Best Rock Performance
Radioactive – Imagine Dragons
Best Metal Performance
God Is Dead? – Black Sabbath
Best Rock Song of 2014
Cut Me Some Slack – Dave Grohl, Paul McCartney, Krist Novoselic & Pat Smear, songwriters (Paul McCartney, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, Pat Smear.
Best Rock Album
Celebration Day – Led Zeppelin
Best Alternative Music Album
Modern Vampires of the City – Vampire Weekend
Best R&B Performance
Something – Snarky Puppy & Lalah Hathaway
Best Traditional R&B Performance
Please Come Home – Gary Clark, Jr.
Best R&B Song of 2014
Pusher Love Girl – James Fauntleroy, Jerome Harmon, Timothy Mosley & Justin Timberlake, songwriters (Justin Timberlake)
Best Urban Contemporary Album
Unapologetic – Rihanna
Best R&B Album of 2014
Girl on Fire – Alicia Key
Best Rap Performance
Thrift Shop – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
Holy Grail – Jay-Z & Justin Timberlake
Best Rap Song of 2014
Thrift Shop -Ben Haggerty & Ryan Lewis, songwriters (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz)
Long Night Moon – Sarah Dodds & Shauna Dodds, art directors (Reckless Kelly)
Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package
Wings Over America (Deluxe Edition) – Simon Earith & James Musgrave, art directors (Paul McCartney and Wings)
Best Album Notes
Afro Blue Impressions (Remastered & Expanded) – Neil Tesser, album notes writer (John Coltrane)
Best Historical Album (tie)
Charlie Is My Darling – Ireland 1965 Teri Landi, Andrew Loog Oldham & Steve Rosenthal, compilation producers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer (The Rolling Stones)
The Complete Sussex And Columbia Albums Leo Sacks, compilation producer; Joseph M. Palmaccio, Tom Ruff & Mark Wilder, mastering engineers (Bill Withers)
Best Engineered Album, Non-classical
Random Access Memories – Peter Franco, Mick Guzauski, Florian Lagatta & Daniel Lerner, engineers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer (Daft Punk)
Producer Of The Year, Non-classical
Pharrell Williams
Best Remixed Recording, Non-classical
Summertime Sadness (Cedric Gervais Remix)
Best Surround Sound Album
Live Kisses -Al Schmitt, surround mix engineer; Tommy LiPuma, surround producer (Paul McCartney)
Best Engineered Album, Classical
Winter Morning Walks -David Frost, Brian Losch & Tim Martyn, engineers; Tim Martyn, mastering engineer (Dawn Upshaw, Maria Schneider, Australian Chamber Orchestra & Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra)
Producer Of The Year, Classical
David Frost – Andres: Home Stretch (Timo Andres, Andrew Cyr & Metropolis Ensemble)
Adès: The Tempest – Thomas Adès (conductor); Simon Keenlyside, Isabel Leonard, Audrey Luna, Alan Oke (soloists); Luisa Bricetti and Victoria Warivonchick (producers)
Best Choral Performance
Pärt: Adam’s Lament, Tõnu Kaljuste (conductor) (with Tui Hirv & Rainer Vilu; Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir; Sinfonietta Riga & Tallinn Chamber Orchestra; Latvian Radio Choir & Vox Clamantis)
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Roomful of Teeth – Brad Wells & Roomful of Teeth
Best Classical Instrumental Solo
Corigliano: Conjurer – Concerto for Percussionist & String Orchestra – Evelyn Glennie (soloist), David Alan Miller (conductor)
Best Classical Vocal Solo
Winter Morning Walks- Dawn Upshaw
Best Classical Compendium
Hindemith: Violinkonzert; Symphonic; Konzertmusik, Christoph Eschenbach (conductor)
Best Classical Contemporary Composition
Winter Morning Walks- Maria Schneider
Best Music Video of 2014
Suit & Tie – Justin Timberlake & Jay-Z, David Fincher, video director; Timory King, video producer
Best Music Film
Live Kisses – Paul McCartney, Jonas Åkerlund, video director; Violaine Etienne, Aron Levine & Scott Rodger, video producers
The ceremony was held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
LL Cool J served as the host for the second consecutive year.
The eligibility period for the awards was from October 1, 2011, to September 30, 2012.
Noteworthy Moments: Mumford & Sons secured Album of the Year with Babel. Gotye’s Somebody That I Used to Know won Record of the Year. Fun. received both Best New Artist and Song of the Year for We Are Young.
Trivia:
Taylor Swift performed We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together with a circus-themed backdrop.
Kelly Clarkson’s acceptance speech for Best Pop Vocal Album turned heads as she humorously confessed to not knowing fellow nominee Miguel, despite praising him.
Frank Ocean performed Forrest Gump, noted for its emotional depth, especially since it was one of his first public performances after coming out.
Justin Timberlake performed at the Grammys for the first time since 2009, signaling his return to music.
A Bob Marley tribute featured Bruno Mars, Sting, Rihanna, and Marley’s sons Ziggy and Damian performing together.
2013 Grammy Winners
Record Of The Year
Somebody That I Used to Know – Gotye Featuring Kimbra
Album Of The Year
Babel – Mumford & Sons
Song Of The Year
We Are Young – Jack Antonoff, Jeff Bhasker, Andrew Dost & Nate Ruess, songwriters (Fun. featuring Janelle Monáe)
Best New Artist
fun.
Best Pop Solo Performance
Set Fire To The Rain – Adele
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Somebody That I Used To Know – Gotye Featuring Kimbra
Best Pop Instrumental Album
Impressions – Chris Botti
Best Pop Vocal Album
Stronger – Kelly Clarkson
Best Dance Recording
Bangarang – Skrillex Featuring Sirah
Best Dance/Electronica Album
Bangarang – Skrillex
Best Tradional Pop Vocal Album:
Kisses On The Bottom – Paul McCartney
Best Rock Performance:
Lonely Boy – The Black Keys
Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance:
Love Bites (So Do I) – Halestorm
Best Rock Song
Lonely Boy – Dan Auerbach, Brian Burton & Patrick Carney, songwriters (The Black Keys)
Best Rock Album
El Camino – The Black Keys
Best Alternative Music Album
Making Mirrors – Gotye
Best R&B Performance
Climax – Usher
Best Traditional R&B Performance
Love On Top – Beyoncé
Best R&B Song
Adorn – Miguel Pimentel, songwriter (Miguel)
Best R&B Album
Black Radio – Robert Glasper Experiment
Best Rap Performance
… In Paris – Jay-z & Kanye West
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
No Church In The Wild – Jay-z & Kanye West featuring Frank Ocean & The Dream
Best Rap Song
… In Paris – Shawn Carter, Mike Dean, Chauncey Hollis & Kanye West, Songwriters (W.A. Donaldson, songwriter) (Jay-Z & Kanye West)
Best Rap Album
Take Care – Drake
Best Country Solo Performance
Blown Away – Carrie Underwood
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
Pontoon – Little Big Town
Best Country Song
Blown Away – Josh Kear & Chris Tompkins, songwriters (Carrie Underwood)
Best Country Album
Uncaged – Zac Brown Band
Best New Age Album
Echoes Of Love – Omar Akram
Best Improvised Jazz Solo
Hot House – Gary Burton & Chick Corea, soloists
Best Jazz Vocal Album
Radio Music Society – Esperanza Spalding
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Unity Band – Pat Metheny Unity Band
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Dear Diz (Every Day I Think Of You) – Arturo Sandoval
Best Latin Jazz Album
¡ritmo! – The Clare Fischer Latin Jazz Big Band
Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance
10,000 Reasons (bless The Lord) – Matt Redman
Best Gospel Song
Go Get It – Erica Campbell, Tina Campbell & Warryn Campbell, Songwriters (Mary Mary)
Best Contemporary Christian Music Song
10,000 Reasons (Bless The Lord) – Jonas Myrin & Matt Redman, songwriters (Matt Redman)
Best Gospel Album
Gravity – Lecrae
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
Eye On It – Tobymac
Best Latin Pop Album
MTV Unplugged Deluxe Edition – Juanes
Best Latin Rock, Urban Or Alternative Album
Imaginaries – Quetzal
Best Regional Mexican Music Album (including Tejano)
Pecados Y Milagros – Lila Downs
Best Tropical Latin Album
Retro – Marlow Rosado Y La Riqueña
Best Americana Album
Slipstream – Bonnie Raitt
Best Bluegrass Album
Nobody Knows You – Steep Canyon Rangers
Best Blues Album
Locked Down – Dr. John
Best Folk Album
The Goat Rodeo Sessions – Yo-yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer & Chris Thile
Best Regional Roots Music Album
The Band Courtbouillon – Wayne Toups, Steve Riley & Wilson Savoy
Best Reggae Album
Rebirth – Jimmy Cliff
Best World Music Album
The Living Room Sessions Part 1 – Ravi Shankar
Best Children’s Album
Can You Canoe? – The Okee Dokee Brothers
Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling)
Society’s Child: My Autobiography – Janis Ian
Best Comedy Album
Blow Your Pants Off – Jimmy Fallon
Musical Theater Album
Once: A New Musical – Steve Kazee & Cristin Milioti, Principal Soloists; Steven Epstein & Martin Lowe, producers (Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova, Composers/lyricists) (Original Broadway Cast With Steve Kazee, Cristin Milioti & Others)
Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media
Midnight In Paris- (Various Artists)
Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo – Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, Composers
Best Song Written For Visual Media
Safe & Sound (from The Hunger Games) – T Bone Burnett, Taylor Swift, John Paul White & Joy Williams, Songwriters (Taylor Swift Featuring The Civil Wars)
Best Instrumental Composition
Mozart Goes Dancing – Chick Corea, Composer (Chick Corea & Gary Burton)
Best Instrumental Arrangement
How About You – Gil Evans, Arranger (Gil Evans Project)
Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
City Of Roses – Thara Memory & Esperanza Spalding, Arrangers (Esperanza Spalding)
Best Recording Package
Biophilia – Michael Amzalag & Mathias Augustyniak, Art Directors (Björk)
Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package
Woody At 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection – Fritz Klaetke, Art Director (Woody Guthrie)
Best Album Notes
Singular Genius: The Complete ABC Singles, Billy Vera, album notes writer (Ray Charles)
Best Historical Album
The Smile Sessions (Deluxe Box Set) – Alan Boyd, Mark Linett, Brian Wilson & Dennis Wolfe, Compilation Producers; Mark Linett, Mastering Engineer (The Beach Boys)
Best Engineered Album, Non-classical
The Goat Rodeo Sessions – Richard King, Engineer; Richard King, Mastering Engineer (Yo-Yo Ma)
Best Surround Sound Album
Modern Cool – Jim Anderson, Surround Mix Engineer; Darcy Proper, Surround Mastering Engineer; Michael Friedman, Surround Producer (Patricia Barber)
Best Engineered Album, Classical
Life & Breath – Choral Works By René Clausen – Tom Caulfield & John Newton, Engineers; Mark Donahue, Mastering Engineer (Charles Bruffy & Kansas City Chorale)
Producer Of The Year, Classical
Blanton Alspaugh
Best Orchestral Performance
Adams: Harmonielehre & Short Ride In A Fast Machine – Michael Tilson Thomas, Conductor (San Francisco Symphony)
Best Opera Recording
Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen – James Levine & Fabio Luisi, Conductors; Hans-peter König, Jay Hunter Morris, Bryn Terfel & Deborah Voigt; Jay David Saks, Producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
Best Choral Performance
Life & Breath – Choral Works By René Clausen – Charles Bruffy, Conductor (Matthew Gladden, Lindsey Lang, Rebecca Lloyd, Sarah Tannehill & Pamela Williamson; Kansas City Chorale)
Classical Instrumental Solo
Kurtág & Ligeti: Music For Viola – Kim Kashkashian
Classical Vocal Solo
Poémes – Renée Fleming (Alan Gilbert & Seiji Ozawa; Orchestre National De France & Orchestre Philharmonique De Radio France)
Classical Compendium
Penderecki: Fonogrammi; Horn Concerto; Partita; The Awakening Of Jacob; Anaklasis – Antoni Wit, Conductor; Aleksandra Nagórko & Andrzej Sasin, Producers
Contemporary Classical Composition
Hartke, Stephen: Meanwhile – Incidental Music To Imaginary Puppet Plays Stephen Hartke, Composer (eighth blackbird)
Short Form Music Video
We Found Love – Rihanna Featuring Calvin Harris | Melina Matsoukas, Video Director; Juliette Larthe & Ben Sullivan, Video Producers
Long Form Music Video
Big Easy Express – Mumford & Sons, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros & Old Crow Medicine Show | Emmett Malloy, Video Director; Bryan Ling, Mike Luba & Tim Lynch, Video Producers
Winners for the 2012 Grammy Awards were announced on February 12, 2012.
The event was at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
LL Cool J served as the host for the night, his first time in this role for the Grammys.
Music that was released from October 1, 2010, to September 30, 2011, was eligible for the awards.
Noteworthy Moments: Adele dominated the night, sweeping six categories including Album of the Year for 21 and Song of the Year for Rolling in the Deep. The Beach Boys returned to the Grammy stage for their 50th anniversary, sharing the limelight with Maroon 5 and Foster the People. Jennifer Hudson delivered a touching tribute to the recently departed Whitney Houston. Skrillex broke into the mainstream by winning three awards in the electronic dance music categories.
Trivia:
LL Cool J began the event with a heartfelt prayer in memory of Whitney Houston.
The Foo Fighters also had a big night, winning five of the six awards for which they were nominated.
The ceremony marked the first time that the Grammys did not have a General Field category nomination for a woman in seven years.
Bruce Springsteen opened the show, making it a rock-solid start before the awards were handed out.
This was the first year the Grammys were held after a major overhaul of award categories, reducing the total number from 109 to 78.
2012 Grammy Winners
Album of the Year: 21 – Adele
Record Of The Year: Rolling In The Deep – Adele
Song Of The Year: Rolling In The Deep – Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth, songwriters
New Artist Bon Iver
Best Country Album: Own The Night – Lady Antebellum
Best R&B Album: F.A.M.E. – Chris Brown
Best Rock Performance: Walk – Foo Fighters
Best Rap Performance: Otis – Jay-Z & Kanye West
Best Pop Solo Performance: Someone Like You – Adele
Best Country Solo Performance: Mean – Taylor Swift
Best Country Duo/Group Performance: Barton Hollow – The Civil Wars
Best Country Song: Mean – Taylor Swift, songwriter (Taylor Swift)
Best Folk Album: Barton Hollow – The Civil Wars
Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance: White Limo – Foo Fighters
Best Rock Song: Walk – Foo Fighters, songwriters (Foo Fighters)
Best Rock Album: Wasting Light – Foo Fighters
Best Alternative Music Album: Bon Iver – Bon Iver
Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical Paul Epworth, For work with Foster the People, Adele and Cee-Lo Green
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration: All Of The Lights – Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi & Fergie
Best Rap Song: All Of The Lights – Jeff Bhasker, Stacy Ferguson, Malik Jones, Warren Trotter & Kanye West, songwriters (Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi & Fergie)
Best Rap Album: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy – Kanye West
Best R&B Performance: Is This Love – Corinne Bailey Rae
Best Traditional R&B Performance: Fool For You – Cee Lo Green & Melanie Fiona
Best R&B Song: Fool For You – Cee Lo Green, Melanie Hallim, Jack Splash, songwriters (Cee Lo Green & Melanie Fiona)
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance: Body And Soul – Tony Bennett & Amy Winehouse
Best Pop Instrumental Album: The Road From Memphis – Booker T. Jones
Best Pop Vocal Album: 21 – Adele
Best Short Form Music Video: Rolling In The Deep – Adele, Sam Brown, video director; Hannah Chandler, video producer
Best Long Form Music Video: Foo Fighters: Back And Forth – Foo Fighters
Best Improvised Jazz Solo: 500 Miles High – Chick Corea, soloist
Best Jazz Vocal Album: The Mosaic Project – Terri Lyne Carrington & Various Artists
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album: The Good Feeling – Christian McBride Big Band
Best Jazz Instrumental Album: Forever – Corea, Clarke & White
Best Americana Album: Ramble At The Ryman – Levon Helm
Best Bluegrass Album Paper Airplane – Alison Krauss & Union Station
Best Blues Album: Revelator – Tedeschi Trucks Band
Best Regional Roots Music Album: Rebirth Of New Orleans – Rebirth Brass Band
Best New Age Album: What’s It All About – Pat Metheny
Best Reggae Album: Revelation Pt 1: The Root Of Life – Stephen Marley
Best World Music Album: Tassili – Tinariwen
Best Children’s Album: All About Bullies … Big And Small – (Various Artists) Jim Cravero, Gloria Domina, Kevin Mackie, Steve Pullara & Patrick Robinson, producers
Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Story Telling): If You Ask Me (And Of Course You Won’t) – Betty White
Best Comedy Album: Hilarious – Louis C.K
Best Musical Theater Album: The Book Of Mormon – Josh Gad & Andrew Rannells, artists; Anne Garefino, Robert Lopez, Stephen Oremus, Trey Parker, Scott Rudin & Matt Stone, producers; Robert Lopez, Trey Parker & Matt Stone, composers/lyricists (Original Broadway Cast)
Best Dance Recording: Skrillex – Skrillex, producer; Skrillex, mixer
Best Dance/Electronica Album: Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites – Skrillex
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: Duets II – Tony Bennett & Various Artists
Best Engineered Album, Classical: Aldridge: Elmer Gantry – Byeong-Joon Hwang & John Newton, engineers; Jesse Lewis, mastering engineer (William Boggs, Keith Phares, Patricia Risley, Vale Rideout, Frank Kelley, Heather Buck, Florentine Opera Chorus & Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra)
Producer Of The Year, Classical: Judith Sherman
Best Orchestral Performance: Brahms: Symphony No. 4, Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic)
Best Opera Recording: Adams: Doctor Atomic – Alan Gilbert, conductor; Meredith Arwady, Sasha Cooke, Richard Paul Fink, Gerald Finley, Thomas Glenn & Eric Owens; Jay David Saks, producer (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
Best Choral Performance Light & Gold – Eric Whitacre, conductor (Christopher Glynn & Hila Plitmann; The King’s Singers, Laudibus, Pavão Quartet & The Eric Whitacre Singers)
Best Small Ensemble Performance: Mackey: Lonely Motel – Music From Slide – Rinde Eckert & Steven Mackey; Eighth Blackbird
Best Classical Instrumental Solo: Schwantner: Concerto For Percussion & Orchestra – Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor; Christopher Lamb (Nashville Symphony)
Best Classical Vocal Solo: Diva Divo – Joyce DiDonato (Kazushi Ono; Orchestre De L’Opéra National De Lyon; Choeur De L’Opéra National De Lyon)
Best Contemporary Classical Composition: Aldridge, Robert: Elmer Gantry – Robert Aldridge & Herschel Garfein
Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance: Jesus – Le’Andria Johnson
Best Gospel Song: Hello Fear – Kirk Franklin, songwriter (Kirk Franklin)
Best Contemporary Christian Music Song: Blessings – Laura Story, songwriter (Laura Story)
Best Gospel Album: Hello Fear – Kirk Franklin
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album: And If Our God Is For Us… – Chris Tomlin
Best Latin Pop, Rock, Or Urban Album: Drama Y Luz – Maná
Best Regional Mexican Or Tejano Album: Bicentenario – Pepe Aguilar
Best Banda Or Norteño Album: Los Tigres Del Norte And Friends – Los Tigres Del Norte
Best Tropical Latin Album: The Last Mambo – Cachao
Best Recording Package: Scenes From The Suburbs – Caroline Robert, art director (Arcade Fire)
Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package: The Promise: The Darkness On The Edge Of Town Story – Dave Bett & Michelle Holme, art directors (Bruce Springsteen)
Best Album Notes: Hear Me Howling!: Blues, Ballads & Beyond As Recorded By The San Francisco Bay By Chris Strachwitz In The 1960s – Adam Machado, album notes writer (Various Artists)
Best Historical Album Band On The Run (Paul McCartney Archive Collection – Deluxe Edition), Paul McCartney, compilation producer; Sam Okell & Steve Rooke, mastering engineers (Paul McCartney & Wings)
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical: Paper Airplane – Neal Cappellino & Mike Shipley, engineers; Brad Blackwood, mastering engineer (Alison Krauss & Union Station)
Best Surround Sound Album: Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs(Super Deluxe Edition) – Elliot Scheiner, surround mix engineer; Bob Ludwig, surround mastering engineer; Bill Levenson & Elliot Scheiner, surround producers (Derek & The Dominos)
Best Instrumental Composition: Life In Eleven – Béla Fleck & Howard Levy, composers (Béla Fleck & The Flecktones)
Best Instrumental Arrangement: Rhapsody In Blue – Gordon Goodwin, arranger (Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band)
Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s): Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me) – Jorge Calandrelli, arranger (Tony Bennett & Queen Latifah)
Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media: Boardwalk Empire: Volume 1″ (Various Artists), Stewart Lerman, Randall Poster & Kevin Weaver, producers
Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media: The King’s Speech – Alexandre Desplat, composer
Best Song Written For Visual Media: I See The Light” (From “Tangled”). Alan Menken & Glenn Slater, songwriters (Mandy Moore & Zachary Levi)
The 2011 Grammy Award winners were announced on February 13, 2011.
The event was held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
Unlike many other years, there was no official host for this ceremony.
The eligibility year for the awards ranged from September 1, 2009, to September 30, 2010.
Noteworthy Moments:
The Suburbs by Arcade Fire won Album of the Year, surprising many.
Lady Antebellum’s Need You Now snagged Song of the Year and Record of the Year.
Esperanza Spalding became the first jazz artist to win Best New Artist.
This was the last Grammy ceremony to be held before the categories were reduced from 109 to 7
Mick Jagger made his first-ever live appearance at the Grammys, performing a tribute to Solomon Burke
Barbra Streisand returned to the Grammy stage for the first time in 6 years to perform “Evergreen
Jazz bassist and singer Esperanza Spalding upset Justin Bieber and Drake to win Best New Artist
The awards ceremony was watched by 26.6 million viewers, a significant increase from the previous year.
2011 Grammy Winners
Album of the Year: The Suburbs – Arcade Fire
Record of the Year: Need You Now – Lady Antebellum
Rap Album: Recovery, Eminem
New Artist: Esperanza Spalding
Song of the Year: Need You Now – Lady Antebellum
Pop Vocal Album: The Fame Monster – Lady Gaga
Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals: Hey, Soul Sister (Live) – Train
Traditional Pop Vocal Album: Crazy Love – Michael Bublé
Female Pop Vocal Performance: Bad Romance – Lady Gaga
Male Pop Vocal Performance: Just The Way You Are – Bruno Mars
Pop Collaboration With Vocals: Imagine – Herbie Hancock, Pink, India.Arie, Seal, Konono No 1, Jeff Beck & Oumou Sangare, The Imagine Project
Pop Instrumental Performance: Nessun Dorma – Jeff Beck, Emotion & Commotion
Pop Instrumental Album: Take Your Pick – Larry Carlton & Tak Matsumoto
Female R&B Vocal Performance: Back to Me – Fantasia
Male R&B Vocal Performance: There Goes My Baby – Usher
R&B Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals: Soldier of Love – Sade
Traditional R&B Vocal Performance: Wake Up! – John Legend & The Roots
R&B Song: Wake Up! – John Legend & The Roots
R&B Album: Wake Up! – John Legend & The Roots
Contemporary R&B Album: Raymond V Raymond – Usher
Rap Song: Empire State of Mind – Jay-Z & Alicia Keys
Rap/Sung Collaboration: Empire State of Mind – Jay-Z & Alicia Keys
Rap Performance by a Duo or Group: On to the Next One – Jay-Z & Swizz Beatz
Rap Solo Performance: Eminem – Not Afraid
Urban/Alternative Performance: F*** You – Cee Lo Green
Rock Album: The Resistance – Muse
Solo Rock Vocal Performance: Helter Skelter – Paul McCartney
Rock Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals: Tighten Up – The Black Keys
Rock Song: Angry World – Neil Young
Hard Rock Performance: Them Crooked Vultures – New Fang
Metal Performance: El Dorado – Iron Maiden
Rock Instrumental Performance: Hammerhead – Jeff Beck
Country Album: Need You Now – Lady Antebellum
Female Country Vocal Performance: The House That Built Me – Miranda Lambert
Male Country Vocal Performance: -Til Summer Comes Around – Keith Urban
Country Song: Need You Now – Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley & Hillary Scott, songwriters (Lady Antebellum)
Country Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals: Need You Now – Lady Antebellum
Country Instrumental Performance: Hummingbyrd – Marty Stuart
New Age Album: Miho: Journey to the Mountain – Paul Winter Consort
Contemporary Jazz Album: The Stanley Clarke Band – The Stanley Clarke Band
Jazz Vocal Album: Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959): To Billie With Love From Dee Dee, – Dee Dee Bridgewater
Latin Pop Album: Paraiso Express – Alejandro Sanz
Latin Rock, Alternative or Urban Album: El Existential – Grupo Fantasma
Tropical Latin Album: Viva La Tradición – Spanish Harlem Orchestra
Tejano Album: Recuerdos – Little Joe & La Familia
Norteño Album: Classic – Intocable
Banda Album: Enamórate De Mí – El Güero Y Su Banda Centenario
Contemporary Jazz Album: The Stanley Clarke Band – The Stanley Clarke Band
Jazz Vocal Album: Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959): To Billie With Love From Dee Dee – Dee Dee Bridgewater
Improvised Jazz Solo: A Change Is Gonna Come – Herbie Hancock
Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group: Moody 4B – James Moody
Large Jazz Ensemble Album: Live at Jazz Standard – Mingus Big Band
Latin Jazz Album: Chucho’s Steps – Chucho Valdés and the Afro-Cuban Messengers
Gospel Performance: Grace – BeBe & CeCe Winans, Still
Gospel Song: It’s What I Do – Jerry Peters & Kirk Whalum, songwriters (Kirk Whalum & Lalah Hathaway), The Gospel According to Jazz Chapter III
Rock or Rap Gospel Album: Hello Hurricane – Switchfoot
Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album: Love God. Love People – Israel Houghton
Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album: The Reason – Diamond Rio
Traditional Gospel Album: Downtown Church – Patty Griffin
Contemporary R&B Gospel Album: Still – BeBe & CeCe Winans
Dance Recording: Only Girl (in the World) – Rihanna
Electronic/Dance Album: La Roux – La Roux
Alternative Music Album: Brothers, The Black Keys
Americana Album: You Are Not Alone, Mavis Staples
Bluegrass Album: Mountain Soul II – Patty Loveless
Traditional Blues Album: Joined At The Hip – Pinetop Perkins & Willie ‘Big Eyes’ Smith
Contemporary Blues Album: Living Proof – Buddy Guy
Traditional Folk Album: Genuine Negro Jig – Carolina Chocolate Drops
Contemporary Folk Album: God Willin’ & The Creek Don’t Rise – Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs
Hawaiian Music Album: Huana Ke Aloha – Tia Carrere
Native American Music Album: 2010 Gathering Of Nations Pow Wow: A Spirit’s Dance – Various Artists
Zydeco or Cajun Music Album: Zydeco Junkie – Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band
Reggae Album: Before The Dawn – Buju Banton
Traditional World Music Album: Ali And Toumani – Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté
Contemporary World Music Album: Throw Down Your Heart, Africa Sessions Part 2: Unreleased Tracks – Béla Fleck
New Age Album: Miho: Journey to the Mountain – Paul Winter Consort
Short Form Music Video: Bad Romance – Lady Gaga
Long Form Music Video: When You’re Strange – The Doors
Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books and Storytelling): The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Presents Earth (The Audiobook)
Musical Show Album: American Idiot (Featuring Green Day)
Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media: Crazy Heart (Various Artists)
Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media: Toy Story 3 – Randy Newman, composer
Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media: The Weary Kind (From Crazy Heart), Ryan Bingham & T Bone Burnett, songwriters
Instrumental Composition: The Path Among the Trees – Billy Childs, composer (Billy Childs Ensemble), Autumn: In Moving Pictures Jazz – Chamber Music Vol. 2
Winners Announced: January 31, 2010 Held at: Staples Center, Los Angeles Host: John Goodman Eligibility Year: October 1, 2008 – August 31, 2009
Behind-the-Beats Trivia
Taylor Swift, at the age of 20, became the youngest artist to win Album of the Year for Fearless.
Beyoncé broke the record for most Grammy Awards won by a female artist in one night, taking home six awards.
Lady Gaga made a grand entrance by arriving in a giant egg; she later performed Born This Way.
John Goodman, known for his acting rather than hosting music events, was an unexpected choice that added a different flavor to the ceremony.
Jazz musician Chick Corea was the only artist nominated in two different genres: Jazz and Classical.
The eligibility year for this particular Grammy Awards was shortened by one month, to synchronize the Grammy Award cycle with that of its peer awards.
The award for Best New Artist went to the Zac Brown Band, marking a rare win for a country group in this category.
David Guetta won his first Grammy this year for the song When Love Takes Over, featuring Kelly Rowland, in the category Best Dance Recording.
2010 Grammy Winners
Album of the Year:
Fearless – Taylor Swift
Record of the Year:
Use Somebody – Kings of Leon
Song of the Year:
Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) – Beyoncé
New Artist:
Zac Brown Band
Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals:
I Gotta Feeling – The Black Eyed Peas
Pop Vocal Album:
The Black Eyed PeasThe E.N.D.
Female Pop Vocal Performance:
Halo – Beyoncé
Male Pop Vocal Performance:
Make It Mine – Jason Mraz
Traditional Pop Vocal Album:
Michael Bublé Meets Madison Square Garden – Michael Bublé
Pop Collaboration With Vocals:
Jason Mraz and Colbie Caillat – Lucky
Pop Instrumental Performance:
Throw Down Your Heart – Bela Fleck
Pop Instrumental Album:
Potato Hole, Booker T. Jones
Female R&B Vocal Performance:
Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) – Beyoncé
Male R&B Vocal Performance:
Pretty Wings – Maxwell
R&B Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals:
Blame It – Jamie Foxx and T-Pain
Traditional R&B Vocal Performance:
At Last, Beyoncé
R&B Song:
Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) – Beyoncé
R&B Album:
Blacksummers’ Night – Maxwell
Contemporary R&B Album:
I Am…Sasha Fierce – Beyoncé
Rap/Sung Collaboration:
Run This Town – Jay-Z, Rihanna and Kanye West
Rap Performance by a Duo or Group:
Crack a Bottle – Eminem, Dr. Dre and 50 Cent
Rap Song:
Run This Town – Jay-Z, Rihanna and Kanye West
Rap Album:
Relapse – Eminem
Rap Solo Performance:
Jay-Z – D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)
Urban/Alternative Performance:
India.Arie and Dobet Gnahoré – Pearls
Country Album:
Fearless – Taylor Swift
Female Country Vocal Performance:
White Horse – Taylor Swift
Male Country Vocal Performance:
Sweet Thing – Keith Urban
Country Song:
White Horse – Taylor Swift
Country Collaboration With Vocals:
I Told You So – Carrie Underwood and Randy Travis
Country Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals:
I Run to You – Lady Antebellum
Country Instrumental Performance:
Producer’s Medley – Steve Wariner
Rock Album:
21st Century Breakdown – Green Day
Solo Rock Vocal Performance:
Working on a Dream – Bruce Springsteen
Rock Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals:
Use Somebody – Kings of Leon
Rock Song:
Use Somebody – Kings of Leon
Hard Rock Performance:
War Machine – AC/DC
Metal Performance:
Dissident Aggressor – Judas Priest
Rock Instrumental Performance:
A Day in the Life – Jeff Beck
Dance Recording:
Poker Face – Lady Gaga
Electronic/Dance Album:
The Fame – Lady Gaga
Alternative Music Album:
Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix – Phoenix
Americana Album:
Electric Dirt – Levon Helm
Bluegrass Album:
The Crow/New Songs for the Five-String Banjo, Steve Martin
Traditional Blues Album:
A Stranger Here – Ramblin’ Jack Elliott
Contemporary Blues Album:
Already Free – The Derek Trucks Band
Traditional Folk Album:
High Wide & Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project, Loudon Wainwright III
Contemporary Folk Album:
Townes – Steve Earle
Hawaiian Music Album:
Masters of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar, Volume 2, Various Artists
Native American Music Album:
Spirit Wind North – Bill Miller
Zydeco or Cajun Music Album:
Lay Your Burden Down – Buckwheat Zydeco
Reggae Album:
Mind Control – Acoustic, Stephen Marley
Traditional World Music Album:
Douga Mansa – Mamadou Diabate
Contemporary World Music Album:
Throw Down Your Heart: Tales From the Acoustic Planet, Vol. 3 – Africa Sessions, Béla Fleck
New Age Album:
Prayer for Compassion – David Darling
Short Form Music Video:
Boom Boom Pow – The Black Eyed Peas
Long Form Music Video:
The Beatles Love – All Together Now – Various Artists
Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books and Storytelling):
Always Looking Up – Michael J. Fox
Musical Show Album:
West Side Story
Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media:
Slumdog Millionaire
Score Soundtrack Album tor Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media:
Up – Michael Giacchino
Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media:
Jai Ho – (from Slumdog Millionaire), A.R. Rahman, Sukhvinder Singh, Tanvi Shah, Mahalaxmi Iyer and Vijay Prakash
Instrumental Composition:
Married Life (from Up) – Michael Giacchino
Instrumental Arrangement:
West Side Story Medley – Bill Cunliffe
Gospel Performance:
Wait on the Lord – Donnie McClurkin featuring Karen Clark Sheard
Gospel Song:
God in Me – Mary Mary featuring Kierra “KiKi” Sheard
Rock or Rap Gospel Album:
Live Revelations – Third Day
Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album:
The Power of One – Israel Houghton
Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album:
Jason Crabb – Jason Crabb
Traditional Gospel Album:
Oh Happy Day – Various Artists
Contemporary R&B Gospel Album:
Audience of One – Heather Headley
Latin Pop Album:
Sin Frenos – La Quinta Estación
Latin Rock, Alternative or Urban Album:
Los De Atras Vienen Conmigo – Calle 13
Tropical Latin Album:
Ciclos – Luis Enrique
Regional Mexican Album:
Necesito De Ti – Vicente Fernández
Tejano Album:
Borders y Bailes – Los Texmaniacs
Norteño Album:
Tu Noche Con…Los Tigres Del Norte – Los Tigres Del Norte
Banda Album:
Tu Esclavo y Amo – Lupillo Rivera
Contemporary Jazz Album:
75 – Joe Zawinul & the Zawinul Syndicate
Jazz Vocal Album:
Dedicated to You: Kurt Elling Sings the Music of Coltrane and Hartman, Kurt Elling
Improvised Jazz Solo:
Dancin’ 4 Chicken – Terence Blanchard, soloist
Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group:
Five Piece Band Live, Chick Corea and John McLaughlin Five Peace Band
Large Jazz Ensemble Album:
Book One – New Orleans Jazz Orchestra
Latin Jazz Album:
Juntos Para Siempre, Bebo Valdés and Chucho Valdés
Engineered Album, Classical:
Mahler: Symphony No. 8; Adagio From Symphony No. 10, Michael Tilson Thomas and San Francisco Symphony
Orchestral Performance:
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé
Opera Recording:
Britten: Billy Budd, London Symphony Orchestra; Gentlemen of the London Symphony Chorus
Choral Performance:
Mahler: Symphony No. 8; Adagio From Symphony No. 10, Laura Claycomb, Anthony Dean Griffey, Elza van den Heever, Katarina Karnéus, Quinn Kelsey, James Morris, Yvonne Naef and Erin Wall; San Francisco Symphony; Pacific Boychoir – San Francisco Symphony Chorus and San Francisco Girls Chorus
Winners Announced:February 8, 2009 Held at: Staples Center, Los Angeles Host: No official host Eligibility Year: October 1, 2007 – September 30, 2008
Noteworthy Grammy 2009 Trivia
Raising Sand by Robert Plant & Alison Krauss was the evening’s big winner, snagging Album of the Year and Record of the Year for Please Read the Letter.
The night was a triumph for Lil Wayne, who walked away with four Grammys, including Best Rap Album for Tha Carter III.
Coldplay’s Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends snagged three awards, including Song of the Year for Viva La Vida.
This Grammy ceremony was unique in that it featured a 3-D tribute to Michael Jackson, who had passed away the previous year.
Adele won her first two Grammy Awards this year, including Best New Artist, kickstarting her meteoric rise in the music industry.
The night was also significant for Radiohead’s live performance of 15 Step with the USC Marching Band, a groundbreaking collaboration that garnered much attention.
2009 Grammy Winners
Album of the Year: Raising Sand – Robert Plant and Alison Krauss
Rap Album: Tha Carter III – Lil Wayne
Male Pop Vocal Performance: Say – John Mayer
Record of the Year: Please Read the Letter – Robert Plant and Alison Krauss
New Artist: Adele
Rock Album: Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends – Coldplay
Pop Collaboration With Vocals: Rich Woman – Robert Plant and Alison Krauss
Song of the Year: Viva La Vida – Coldplay
Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals: Stay – Sugarland
R&B Album: Jennifer Hudson – Jennifer Hudson
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical: Rick Rubin
Producer of the Year, Classical: David Frost
Female Pop Vocal Performance: Chasing Pavements – Adele
Pop Vocal Album: Rockferry – Duffy
Pop Instrumental Performance: I Dreamed There Was No War – Eagles
Pop Instrumental Album: Jingle All the Way – Béla Fleck & The Flecktones
Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals: Viva La Vida – Coldplay
Alternative Music Album: In Rainbows – Radiohead
Solo Rock Vocal Performance: Gravity – John Mayer
Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals: Sex on Fire – Kings of Leon
Hard Rock Performance: Wax Simulacra – The Mars Volta
Metal Performance: My Apocalypse – Metallica
Rock Instrumental Performance: Peaches En Regalia – Zappa Plays Zappa
Rock Song: Girls in Their Summer Clothes – Bruce Springsteen
Rap Solo Performance: A Milli – Lil Wayne
Rap Performance by a Duo or Group: Swagga Like Us – Jay-Z and T.I. featuring Kanye West and Lil Wayne
Rap/Sung Collaboration: American Boy – Estelle featuring Kanye West
Rap Song: Lollipop – Dwayne Carter, Darius Harrison, James Scheffer, Stephen Garrett and Rex Zamor
Country Song: Stay – Sugarland
Female Country Vocal Performance: Last Name – Carrie Underwood
Male Country Vocal Performance: Letter to Me – Brad Paisley
Country Collaboration with Vocals: Killing the Blues – Robert Plant and Alison Krauss
Country Instrumental Performance: Cluster Pluck – Brad Paisley, James Burton, Vince Gill, John Jorgenson, Albert Lee, Brent Mason, Redd Volkaert and Steve Wariner
R&B Song: Miss Independent – Mikkel S. Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen and Shaffer Smith
Contemporary R&B Album: Growing Pains – Mary J. Blige
Female R&B Vocal Solo: Superwoman – Alicia Keys
Male R&B Vocal Solo: Miss Independent – Ne-Yo
R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals: Stay With Me (By the Sea) – Al Green featuring John Legend
Traditional R&B Vocal Performance: You’ve Got the Love I Need – Al Green featuring Anthony Hamilton
Urban/Alternative Performance: Be OK – Chrisette Michele featuring will.i.am
Dance Recording: Harder Better Faster Stronger – Daft Punk
Electronic Dance Album: Alive 2007 – Daft Punk
Bluegrass Album: Honoring the Fathers of Bluegrass: Tribute to 1946 and 1947 – Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder
Traditional Blues Album: One Kind Favor – B.B. King
Contemporary Blues Album: City That Care Forgot – Dr. John and The Lower 911
New Age Album: Peace Time – Jack DeJohnette
Contemporary Jazz Album: Randy in Brasil – Randy Brecker
Jazz Vocal Album: Loverly – Cassandra Wilson
Jazz Instrumental Solo: BE-BOP – Terence Blanchard
Jazz Instrumental Album Individual or Group: The New Crystal Silence – Chick Corea and Gary Burton
Large Jazz Ensemble Album: Monday Night Live at the Village Vanguard – The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra
Latin Jazz Album: Song for Chico – Arturo O’Farrill and The Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra
Latin Pop Album: La Vida … Es Un Ratico – Juanes
Latin Rock or Alternative Album: 45 – Jaguares
Latin Urban Album: Los Extraterrestres – Wisin y Yandel
Tropical Latin Album: Senor Bachata – Jose Feliciano
Regional Mexican Album: Amor, Dolor y Légrimas: Musica Ranchera – Los Camperos Canciones De Amor – Mariachi Divas
Tejano Album: Viva La Revolucion – Ruben Ramos and The Mexican Revolution
Norteño Album: Raíces – Los Tigres Del Norte
Banda Album: No Es De Madera – Joan Sebástian
Traditional Folk Album: At 89 – Pete Seeger
Contemporary Folk/Americana Album: Raising Sand – Robert Plant and Alison Krauss (Rounder)
Native American Music Album: Come to Me Great Mystery: Native American Healing Songs – Various Artists
Hawaiian Music Album: Ikena – Tia Carrere and Daniel Ho
Zydeco or Cajun Music Album: Live at the 2008 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival – BeauSoleil and Michael Doucet
Engineering Album, Classical: Traditions and Transformations: Sounds of Silk Road Chicago – David Frost, Tom Lazarus and Christopher Willis
Reggae Album: Jah Is Real – Burning Spear
Traditional World Music Album: Ilembe: Honoring Shaka Zulu – Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Contemporary World Music Album: Global Drum Project – Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Sikiru Adepoju and Giovanni Hidalgo
Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media: Juno – Various Artists
Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Television or Other Visual Media: The Dark Knight
Polka Album: Let the Whole World Sing – Jimmy Sturr and His Orchestra
Gospel Performance: Get Up – Mary Mary
Gospel Song: Help Me Believe – Kirk Franklin
Rock or Rap Gospel Album: Alive and Transported – TobyMac
Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album: Thy Kingdom Come – CeCe Winans
Southern, Country, Bluegrass Gospel Album: Lovin’ Life – Gaither Vocal Band
Traditional Gospel Album: Down in New Orleans – The Blind Boys of Alabama
Contemporary R&B Gospel Album: The Fight of My Life – Kirk Franklin
Classical Album: Weill: Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny – James Conlon, conductor
Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media: Down to Earth from WALL-E – Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman
Musical Show Album: In the Heights – Kurt Deutsch, Alex Lacamoire, Andres Levin, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Joel Moss and Bill Sherman, producers; Lin-Manuel Miranda, composer/lyricist
Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Story Telling): An Inconvenient Truth (Al Gore) – Beau Bridges, Cynthia Nixon and Blair Underwood
Musical Album for Children: Here Come the 123s – They Might Be Giants
Spoken Word Album Children: Yes to Running! Bill Harley Live – Bill Harley
Comedy Album: It’s Bad for Ya – George Carlin
Instrumental Composition: The Adventures of Mutt – Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull – John Williams
Instrumental Arrangement: Define Dancing from WALL-E, Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman
Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s): Here’s That Rainy Day – Nan Schwartz
Engineered Album, Non-Classical: Consolers of the Lonely – Joe Chiccarelli, Vance Powell and Jack White III, engineers
Remixed Recording: Electric Feel (Justice Remix) – Justice
Surround Sound Album: Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Night on Bald Mountain; Prelude to Khovanshchina – Michael Bishop
Opera Recording: Weill: Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny – James Conlon, conductor
Orchestral Performance: Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4 – Bernard Haitink, conductor Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Instrumental Soloist Performance (Without Orchestra): Piano Music of Salonen, Stucky, and Lutoslawski – Gloria Cheng
Chamber Music Performance: Carter, Elliott: String Quartets Nos. 1 and 5 – Pacifica Quartet
Small Ensemble Performance: Spotless Rose: Hymns to the Virgin Mary – Charles Bruffy, conductor; Phoenix Chorale
Classical Vocal Performance: Corigliano: Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan – Hila Plitmann
Classical Contemporary Composition: Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan – John Corigliano
Classical Crossover Album: Simple Gifts – The King’s Singers
Short Form Music Video: Pork and Beans – Weezer, Mathew Cullen
Long Form Music Video: Runnin’ Down a Dream – Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Recording Package: Death Magnetic – Bruce Duckworth, Sarah Moffat and David Turner
Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package: In Rainbows – Stanley Donwood, Mel Maxwell and Christiaan Munro
Album Notes: Kind of Blue: 50th Anniversary Collector’s Edition – Francis Davis
Historical Album: Art of Field Recording Volume I: Fifty Years of Traditional American Music Documented by Art Rosenbaum – Steven Lance Ledbetter and Art Rosenbaum, compilation producers
Winners Announced: February 10, 2008 Held at: Staples Center, Los Angeles Host: No official host Eligibility Year: October 1, 2006 – September 30, 2007
Grammy Trivia You Don’t Want to Miss
The night was quite a sweep for Amy Winehouse, who nabbed five awards including Record of the Year and Song of the Year for Rehab.
River: The Joni Letters by Herbie Hancock was the dark horse, winning Album of the Year. This was a big deal because jazz albums rarely capture this title.
Kanye West delivered a memorable performance of Stronger with Daft Punk. This was Daft Punk’s first-ever live television performance.
The Foo Fighters performed in a tent outside the Staples Center, a rather unconventional setting for Grammy acts.
Tina Turner made her return to the Grammy stage after a seven-year hiatus, sharing it with Beyoncé.
Carrie Underwood’s song Before He Cheats snagged two awards and helped solidify her transition from an American Idol winner to a country superstar.
Classical music got a nod with The Kronos Quartet winning Best Chamber Music Performance for their work Ligeti: The String Quartets.
The Best Comedy Album went to Flight of the Conchords for The Distant Future, raising their profile in the entertainment industry.
2008 Grammy Winners
Album of the Year:
River: The Joni Letters – Herbie Hancock
Record of the Year:
Rehab – Amy Winehouse
Song of the Year:
Rehab – Amy Winehouse
New Artist:
Amy Winehouse
Alternative Music Album:
Icky Thump – The White Stripes
Rock Song:
Radio Nowhere – Bruce Springsteen, songwriter (Bruce Springsteen)
Solo Rock Vocal Performance:
Radio Nowhere – Bruce Springsteen
Rock Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals:
Icky Thump – The White Stripes
Hard Rock Performance:
The Pretender – Foo Fighters
Metal Performance:
Final Six – Slayer
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical:
Mark Ronson
Pop Vocal Album:
Back to Black – Amy Winehouse
Female Pop Vocal Performance:
Rehab – Amy Winehouse
Male Pop Vocal Performance:
What Goes Around…Comes Around – Justin Timberlake
Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals:
Makes Me Wonder – Maroon 5
Pop Collaboration With Vocals:
Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On) – Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
Pop Instrumental Album:
The Mix-Up – Beastie Boys
Pop Instrumental Performance:
One Week Last Summer – Joni Mitchell
Traditional Pop Vocal Album:
Call Me Irresponsible – Michael Buble
Rock Instrumental Performance:
Once Upon a Time in The West – Bruce Springsteen
Rap Solo Performance:
Stronger – Kanye West
Rap Performance by a Duo or Group:
Southside – Common, featuring Kanye West
Rap Song:
Good Life – Aldrin Davis, Mike Dean, Faheem Najm & Kanye West, songwriters (J. Ingram & Q. Jones, songwriters) (Kanye West Featuring T-Pain)
Country Song:
Before He Cheats – Josh Kear & Chris Tompkins, songwriters (Carrie Underwood)
Female Country Vocal Performance:
Before He Cheats – Carrie Underwood
Male Country Vocal Performance:
Stupid Boy – Keith Urban
Country Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals:
How Long – Eagles
Country Collaboration With Vocals:
Lost Highway – Willie Nelson & Ray Price
Country Instrumental Performance:
Throttleneck – Brad Paisley
R&B Album:
Funk This – Chaka Khan
R&B Song:
No One – Dirty Harry, Kerry Brothers & Alicia Keys, songwriters (Alicia Keys)
Contemporary R&B Album:
Because of You – Ne-Yo
Female R&B Vocal Performance :
Alicia Keys
Male R&B Vocal Performance:
Future Baby Mama – Prince
R&B Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals:
Disrespectful – Chaka Khan, featuring Mary J. Blige
Traditional R&B Vocal Performance:
In My Songs – Gerald Levert
Urban/Alternative Performance:
Daydreamin’ – Lupe Fiasco, featuring Jill Scott
Dance Recording:
LoveStoned/I Think She Knows – Justin Timberlake, Nate (Danja) Hills, Timbaland & Justin Timberlake, producers; Jimmy Douglass & Timbaland, mixers
Electronic/Dance Album:
We Are the Night – The Chemical Brothers
Bluegrass Album:
The Bluegrass Diaries – Jim Lauderdale
Traditional Blues Album:
Last of the Great Mississippi Delta Bluesmen – Live In Dallas – Henry James Townsend, Joe Willie “Pinetop” Perkins, Robert Lockwood Jr. & David “Honeyboy” Edwards
Contemporary Blues Album:
The Road to Escondido – JJ Cale & Eric Clapton
New Age Album:
Crestone – Paul Winter Consort
Contemporary Jazz Album:
River – The Joni Letters – Herbie Hancock
Jazz Vocal Album:
Avant Gershwin – Patti Austin
Jazz Instrumental Solo:
Anagram – Michael Brecker, soloist
Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group:
Pilgrimage – Michael Brecker
Large Jazz Ensemble Album:
A Tale of God’s Will (A Requiem for Katrina) – Terence Blanchard
Traditional Folk Album:
Dirt Farmer – Levon Helm
Contemporary Folk/Americana Album:
Washington Square Serenade – Steve Earle
Native American Music Album:
Totemic Flute Chants – Johnny Whitehorse
Hawaiian Music Album:
Treasures of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar – Various Artists, Daniel Ho, George Kahumoku Jr., Paul Konwiser & Wayne Wong, producers
Zydeco or Cajun Music Album:
Live! Worldwide – Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience
Reggae:
Mind Control – Stephen Marley
Traditional World Music Album:
African Spirit – Soweto Gospel Choir
Contemporary World Music Album:
Djin Djin – Angelique Kidjo
Polka Album:
Come Share the Wine – Jimmy Sturr and His Orchestra
Gospel Performance: (tie)
Blessed & Highly Favored – The Clark Sisters;
Never Gonna Break My Faith – Aretha Franklin & Mary J. Blige (Featuring The Harlem Boys Choir).
Gospel Song:
Blessed & Highly Favored – Karen Clark-Sheard, songwriter (The Clark Sisters)
Rock or Rap Gospel Album:
Before the Daylight’s Shot – Ashley Cleveland
Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album:
A Deeper Level – Israel and New Breed
Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album:
Salt of the Earth – Ricky Skaggs & The Whites
Traditional Gospel Album:
Live – One Last Time – The Clark Sisters
Contemporary R&B Gospel Album:
Free to Worship – Fred Hammond
Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media:
Love (The Beatles) George Martin & Giles Martin, producers (Apple Records/Capitol Records)
Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media:
Ratatouille – Michael Giacchino, composer
Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media:
Love You I Do (From Dreamgirls) – Siedah Garrett & Henry Krieger, songwriters (Jennifer Hudson)
Musical Show Album:
Spring Awakening – Duncan Sheik, producer; Duncan Sheik, composer; Steven Sater, lyricist (Original Broadway Cast With Jonathan Groff, Lea Michele & Others)
Surround Sound:
Love – Paul Hicks, surround mix engineer; Tim Young, surround mastering engineer; George Martin & Giles Martin, surround producers (The Beatles)
Short Form Music Video:
God’s Gonna Cut You Down – Johnny Cash
Long Form Music Video:
The Confessions Tour – Madonna
Recording Package:
Cassadaga – Zachary Nipper, art director (Bright Eyes)
Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package:
What It Is! – Funky Soul and Rare Grooves (1967-1977) – Masaki Koike, art director
Album Notes:
John Work, III – Recording Black Culture – Bruce Nemerov, album notes writer
Historical Album:
The Live Wire – Woody Guthrie in Performance 1949 – Nora Guthrie & Jorge Arevalo Mateus, compilation producers; Jamie Howarth, Steve Rosenthal, Warren Russell-Smith & Dr. Kevin Short, mastering engineers (Woody Guthrie)
Eligibility Year: October 1, 2005 – September 30, 2006
Trivia:
The Dixie Chicks were the big winners of the night, taking home five awards including Album of the Year for Taking the Long Way.
Not Ready to Make Nice, also by the Dixie Chicks, won both Record of the Year and Song of the Year, making a strong political statement.
Mary J. Blige was another notable winner, bagging three awards including Best R&B Album for The Breakthrough.
Justin Timberlake snagged two awards, including Best Dance Recording for the hit SexyBack.
The iconic Tony Bennett Duets: An American Classic earned Tony Bennett two Grammys, and it was a unique collaborative project featuring various artists across genres.
The Best New Artist category had an unusual mix of genres represented, with British soul singer Corinne Bailey Rae and American rapper Lupe Fiasco among the nominees. Carrie Underwood took home the prize.
The Red Hot Chili Peppers also had a successful night, winning four awards, including Best Rock Album for Stadium Arcadium.
Shakira’s Hips Don’t Lie featuring Wyclef Jean was a notable snub, not winning any awards despite its massive commercial success.
John Mayer won Best Pop Vocal Album for Continuum, further solidifying his status as a pop and blues sensation.
Rick Rubin won Producer of the Year, Non-Classical, partly for his work on the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Stadium Arcadium.
2007 Grammy Winners
Album of the Year: Taking the Long Way – Dixie Chicks
Record of the Year: Not Ready to Make Nice – Dixie Chicks
Song of the Year: Not Ready to Make Nice – Martie Maguire, Natalie Maines, Emily Robison and Dan Wilson (Dixie Chicks)
New Artist: Carrie Underwood
Female R&B Vocal Performance: Be Without You – Mary J. Blige
Pop Vocal Album: Continuum – John Mayer
Pop Collaboration With Vocals: For Once in My Life – Tony Bennett and Stevie Wonder
Country Album: Taking the Long Way – Dixie Chicks
Rap Album: Release Therapy – Ludacris
Rock Album: Stadium Arcadium – Red Hot Chili Peppers
R&B Album: The Breakthrough – Mary J. Blige
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical: Rick Rubin
Traditional Pop Vocal Album: Duets: an American Classic – Tony Bennett
Female Pop Vocal Performance: Ain’t No Other Man – Christina Aguilera
Male Pop Vocal Performance: Waiting on the World to Change – John Mayer
Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal: My Humps – Black Eyed Peas
Pop Instrumental Performance: Mornin’ – George Benson (& Al Jarreau)
Pop Instrumental Album: Fingerprints – Peter Frampton
Rock Instrumental Performance: The Wizard Turns On … – the Flaming Lips
Rock Song: Dani California – Flea, John Frusciante, Anthony Kiedis and Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers);
Solo Rock Vocal Performance: Someday Baby – Bob Dylan
Rock Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal: Dani California – Red Hot Chili Peppers
Hard Rock Performance: Woman – Wolfmother
Metal Performance: Eyes of the Insane – Slayer
Alternative Music Album: St. Elsewhere – Gnarls Barkley
Dance Recording: Sexy Back – Justin Timberlake and Timbaland
Electronic/Dance Album: Confessions on a Dance Floor – Madonna
Rap Solo Performance: What You Know – T.I
Rap Performance by a Duo or Group: Ridin – Chamillionaire featuring Krayzie Bone
Rap/Sung Collaboration: My Love – Justin Timberlake featuring T.I
Rap Song: Money Maker – Christopher Bridges and Pharrell Williams (Ludacris featuring Pharrell)
R&B Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals: Family Affair – (Sly and the Family Stone), John Legend, Joss Stone With Van Hunt
Traditional R&B Vocal Performance: God Bless the Child – George Benson and Al Jarreau featuring Jill Scott
R&B Song: Be Without You – Johnta Austin, Mary J. Blige, Bryan-Michael Cox and Jason Perry (Mary J. Blige)
Contemporary R&B Album: B’Day – Beyonce
Traditional Blues Album: Risin’ With the Blues – Ike Turner
Contemporary Blues Album: After the Rain – Irma Thomas
Female Country Vocal Performance: Jesus, Take the Wheel – Carrie Underwood
Male Country Vocal Performance: The Reason Why – Vince Gill
Country Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal: Not Ready to Make Nice – Dixie Chicks
Country Collaboration With Vocals: Who Says You Can’t Go Home – Bon Jovi and Jennifer Nettles
Country Instrumental Performance: Whiskey Before Breakfast – Bryan Sutton and Doc Watson
Country Song: Jesus, Take the Wheel – Brett James, Hillary Lindsey and Gordie Sampson (Carrie Underwood)
Bluegrass Album: Instrumentals – Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder
Contemporary Jazz Album: The Hidden Land – Bela Fleck and the Flecktones
Jazz Instrumental Solo: Some Skunk Funk – Michael Brecker
Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group: The Ultimate Adventure – Chick Corea
Large Jazz Ensemble Album: Some Skunk Funk – Randy Brecker With Michael Brecker, Jim Beard, Will Lee, Peter Erskine, Marcio
Jazz Vocal Album: Turned to Blue – Nancy Wilson
Instrumental Composition: A Prayer for Peace – John Williams, composer (John Williams), from “Munich — Soundtrack.”
Instrumental Arrangement: Three Ghouls – Chick Corea, arranger (Chick Corea), from “The Ultimate Adventure.”
Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s): For Once in My Life – Jorge Calandrelli, arranger (Tony Bennett and Stevie Wonder), from “Duets: an American Classic.”
Gospel Performance: Victory – Yolanda Adams
Gospel Song: Imagine Me – Kirk Franklin (Kirk Franklin)
Rock or Rap Gospel Album: Turn Around – Jonny Lang
Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album: Wherever You Are – Third Day
Southern, Country, or Bluegrass Gospel Album: Glory Train – Randy Travis
Traditional Gospel Album: Alive in South Africa – Israel and New Breed
Contemporary R&B Gospel Album: Hero – Kirk Franklin
Short Form Music Video: Here It Goes Again – OK Go
Long Form Music Video: Wings for Wheels: The Making of Born to Run – Bruce Springsteen
Producer of the Year, Classical: Elaine Martone
Classical Album: Mahler: Symphony No. 7 – Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor, Andreas Neubronner, producer (San Francisco Symphony)
Orchestral Performance: Mahler: Symphony No. 7 – Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor (San Francisco Symphony)
Opera Recording: Golijov: Ainadamar: Fountain of Tears – Robert Spano, conductor, Kelley O’Connor and Dawn Upshaw; Valerie Gross and Sid McLauchlan, producers (Women of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra)
Choral Performance: Part: Da Pacem – Paul Hillier, conductor (Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir)
Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media: Walk the Line – Joaquin Phoenix and Various Artists
Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media: Memoirs of a Geisha – John Williams, composer
Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media: Our Town (From Cars) – Randy Newman (James Taylor)
Musical Show Album: Jersey Boys
Musical Album for Children: Catch That Train – Dan Zanes and Friends
Comedy Album: The Carnegie Hall Performance – Lewis Black
New Age Album: Amarantine – Enya
Traditional Folk Album: We Shall Overcome – the Seeger Sessions – Bruce Springsteen
Contemporary Folk/Americana Album: Modern Times – Bob Dylan
Latin Pop Album (tie): Adentro – Arjona Limon Y Sal – Julieta Venegas
Latin Rock, Alternative or Urban Album: Amar Es Combatir – Mana
Tropical Latin Album: Directo Al Corazon – Gilberto Santa Rosa
Mexican/Mexican-American Album: Historias De Mi Tierra – Pepe Aguilar
Tejano Album: Sigue El Taconazo – Chente Barrera
Norteno Album: Historias Que Contar – Los Tigres Del Norte
Banda Album: Mas Alla Del Sol – Joan Sebastian
Latin Jazz Album: Simpatico – the Brian Lynch/Eddie Palmieri Project
Native American Music Album: Dance With the Wind – Mary Youngblood
Hawaiian Music Album: Legends of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar — Live From Maui – Various Artists
Reggae Album: Love Is My Religion – Ziggy Marley
Traditional World Music Album: Blessed – Soweto Gospel Choir
Contemporary World Music Album: Wonder Wheel – the Klezmatics
Polka Album: Polka in Paradise – Jimmy Sturr and His Orchestra
Spoken Word Album for Children: Blah Blah Blah: Stories About Clams, Swamp Monsters, Pirates and Dogs – Bill Harley
Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books and Story Telling). (Tie): Our Endangered Values: America’s Moral Crisis (Jimmy Carter) – Jimmy Carter. “With Ossie and Ruby: In This Life Together (Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee) – Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee
Recording Package: 10,000 Days – Adam Jones, art director (Tool)
Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package: Stadium Arcadium – Flea, John Frusciante, Anthony Kiedis, Chad Smith and Matt Taylor, art directors (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
Album Notes: If You Got to Ask, You Ain’t Got It!” Dan Morgenstern, album notes writer (Fats Waller)
Historical Album: Lost Sounds: Blacks and the Birth of the Recording Industry 1891-1922.
Engineered Album, Classical: Elgar: Enigma Variations; Britten: the Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Four Sea Interludes – Michael Bishop, engineer (Paavo Jarvi and Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra)
Engineered Album, Non-Classical: At War With the Mystics – the Flaming Lips and Dave Fridmann, engineers (The Flaming Lips)
Remixed Recording, Non-Classical: Talk (Thin White Duke Mix) – Jacques Lu Cont, remixer (Coldplay)
Eligibility Year: October 1, 2004 – September 30, 2005
Trivia:
2006 was the 48th edition of the Grammy Awards, and the ceremony lacked an official host, a rare occurrence in the show’s history.
U2 dominated the ceremony, winning five Grammys, including Best Rock Album and Song of the Year for Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own.
Mariah Carey, once considered a pop diva past her prime, made a powerful comeback with The Emancipation of Mimi. She went home with three Grammys, including Best Contemporary R&B Album.
Kanye West, who was no stranger to Grammy controversy, won Best Rap Album for Late Registration. However, he lost Album of the Year to U2’s How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, fueling the debate over whether rap albums get the recognition they deserve in major categories.
Alison Krauss & Union Station also had a strong presence, winning all three of the awards for which they were nominated.
Green Day, who had swept the Grammys the previous year with American Idiot, won Record of the Year for Boulevard of Broken Dreams.
It was a big night for R&B and soul, with John Legend winning Best New Artist and Best R&B Album for Get Lifted.
The award for Best Comedy Album was snagged by Chris Rock for Never Scared.
Kelly Clarkson made Grammy history by becoming the first American Idol alum to win a Grammy. She took home two, including Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for Since U Been Gone.
2006 Grammy Winners
Record of the Year: Boulevard Of Broken Dreams – Green Day
Album of the Year: How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb – U2
Song of the Year: Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own – U2
New Artist: John Legend
Female Pop Vocal Performance: Since U Been Gone – Kelly Clarkson
Male Pop Vocal Performance: From The Bottom Of My Heart – Stevie Wonder
Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal: This Love – Maroon 5
Pop Collaboration With Vocals: Feel Good Inc – Gorillaz Featuring De La Soul
Pop Instrumental Performance: Caravan – Les Paul
Pop Instrumental Album: At This Time – Burt Bacharach
Pop Vocal Album: Breakaway – Kelly Clarkson
Dance Recording: Galvanize – The Chemical Brothers Featuring Q-Tip
Electronic/Dance Album: Push The Button – The Chemical Brothers
Traditional Pop Vocal Album: The Art Of Romance – Tony Bennett
Solo Rock Vocal Performance: Devils & Dust – Bruce Springsteen
Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal: Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own – U2
Hard Rock Performance: B.Y.O.B. – System Of A Down
Metal Performance: Before I Forget – Slipknot
Rock Instrumental Performance: 69 Freedom Special – Les Paul & Friends
Rock Song: City Of Blinding Lights – U2
Rock Album: How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb – U2
Alternative Music Album: Get Behind Me Satan – The White Stripes
Female R&B Vocal Performance: We Belong Together – Mariah Carey
Male R&B Vocal Performance: Ordinary People – John Legend
R&B Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals: So Amazing – Beyonce & Stevie Wonder
Traditional R&B Vocal Performance: A House Is Not A Home – Aretha Franklin
Urban/Alternative Performance: Welcome To Jamrock – Damian Marley
R&B Song: We Belong Together – Mariah Carey
R&B Album: Get Lifted – John Legend
Contemporary R&B Album: The Emancipation of Mimi – Mariah Carey
Rap Solo Performance: Gold Digger – Kanye West
Rap Performance by a Duo or Group: Don’t Phunk With My Heart – The Black Eyed Peas
Rap/Sung Collaboration: Numb/Encore – Jay-Z Featuring Linkin Park
Rap Song: Diamonds From Sierra Leone – Kanye West
Rap Album: Late Registration – Kanye West
Female Country Vocal Performance: The Connection – Emmylou Harris
Male Country Vocal Performance: You’ll Think Of Me – Keith Urban
Country Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal: Restless – Alison Krauss And Union Station
Country Collaboration With Vocals: Like We Never Loved At All – Faith Hill & Tim McGraw
Country Instrumental Performance: Unionhouse Branch – Alison Krauss & Union Station
Country Song: Bless The Broken Road – Rascal Flatts
Country Album: Lonely Runs Both Ways – Alison Krauss And Union Station
Bluegrass Album: The Company We Keep – The DelMcCoury Band
New Age Album: Silver Solstice – Paul Winter Consort
Contemporary Jazz Album: The Way Up – Pat Metheny Group
Jazz Vocal Album: Good Night, And Good Luck – Dianne Reeves
Jazz Instrumental Solo: Why Was I Born? – Sonny Rollins
Jazz Instrumental Album – Individual or Group: Beyond The Sound Barrier – Wayne Shorter Quartet
Large Jazz Ensemble Album: Overtime – Dave Holland Big Band
Latin Jazz Album: Listen Here! – Eddie Palmieri
Gospel Performance: Pray – CeCe Winans
Best Gospel Song: Be Blessed – Yolanda Adams
Rock Gospel Album: Until My Heart Caves In – Audio Adrenaline
Gospel Choir or Chorus Album: One Voice – Gladys Knight, Saints Unified Voices
Latin Pop Album: Eschucha – Laua Pausini
Latin Rock/Alternative Album: Fijación Oral Vol. 1 – Shakira
Traditional Tropical Latin Album: Bebo De Cuba – Bebo Valdés
Salsa/Merengue Album: Son Del Alma – Willy Chirino
Mexican/Mexican-American Album: México En La Piel – Luis Miguel
Tejano Album: Chicanisimo – Little Joe Y La Familia
Traditional Blues Album: 80 – B.B. King & Friends
Contemporary Blues Album: Cost Of Living – Delbert McClinton
Traditional Folk Album: Fiddler’s Green – Tim O’Brien
Contemporary Folk Album: Fair & Square – John Prine
Native American Music Album: Sacred Ground – A Tribute To Mother Earth – Various Artists
Hawaiian Music Album: Masters Of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar – Vol. 1 – Various Artists (Daniel Ho, Paul Konwiser & Wayne Wong, producers)
Reggae Album: Welcome To Jamrock – Damian Marley
Traditional World Music Album: In The Heart Of The Moon – Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté
Contemporary World Music Album: Eletracústico – Gilberto Gil
Polka Album: Shake, Rattle And Polka! – Jimmy Sturr And His Orchestra
Musical Album for Children: Songs From The Neighborhood – The Music Of Mister Rogers – Various Artists
Spoken Word Album for Children: Marlo Thomas & Friends: Thanks & Giving All Year Long – Various Artists
Spoken Word Album: Dreams From My Father (Senator Barack Obama) – Senator Barack Obama
Comedy Album: Never Scared – Chris Rock
Musical Show Album: Monty Python’s Spamalot
Compilation Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media: Ray – Ray Charles
Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media: Ray
Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media: Believe – Polar Express (Josh Groban, performer)
Instrumental Composition: Into The Light – Billy Childs Ensemble
Instrumental Arrangement: The Incredits – Various (Gordon Godwin, arranger)
Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s): What Are You Doing For The Rest Of Your Life? Billy Childs, Gil Goldstein & Heitor Pereira, arrangers (Chris Botti & Sting, performers)
Recording Package: The Forgotten Arm – Amiee Mann
Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package: The Legend – Johnny Cash
Album Notes: The Complete Library Of Congress Recordings By Alan Lomax – John Szwed, album notes writer (Jelly Roll Morton, performer)
Historical Album: The Complete Library Of Congress Recordings By Alan Lomax Jeffrey Greenberg & Anna Lomax Wood, compilation producers; Adam Ayan & Steve Rosenthal, mastering engineers (Jelly Roll Morton, performer)
Engineered Album – Non-Classical: Back Home – Eric Clapton
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical: Steve Lillywhite – How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb (U2) , Mr. A-Z (Jason Mraz)
Surround Sound Album: Brothers In Arms – 20th Anniversary Edition – Dire Straits
Engineered Album – Classical: Mendelssohn: The Complete String Quartets Da-Hong Seetoo, engineer (Emerson String Quartet, performers)
Producer of the Year, Classical: Tim Handley-Adams: Shaker Loops (Marin Alsop), Bolcom: Songs Of Innocence And Of Experience (Leonard Slatkin, Christine Brewer & Joan Morris), Brahms: Sym. No. 1 (Marin Alsop & London Philharmonic Orchestra), Daugherty: Philadelphia Stories (Marin Alsop & Evelyn Glennie), Glass: Syms. Nos. 2 And 3 (Marin Alsop & Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra)
Classical Album: Bolcom: Songs Of Innocence And Of Experience – Leonard Slatkin, conductor; Jerry Blackstone, William Hammer, Jason Harris, Christopher Kiver, Carole Ott & Mary Alice Stollak, choir directors; Tim Handley, producer (Christine Brewer & Joan Morris; University Of Michigan School Of Music Symphony Orchestra)
Best Orchestral Performance (Award to the Conductor and to the Orchestra): Shostakovich: Sym. No. 13 – Mariss Jansons, conductor (Sergei Aleksashkin; Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks; Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks)
Opera Recording: Shostakovich: Sym. No. 13 – Mariss Jansons, conductor (Sergei Aleksashkin; Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks; Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks)
Choral Performance: Bolcom: Songs Of Innocence And Of Experience – Leonard Slatkin, conductor; Jerry Blackstone, William Hammer, Jason Harris, Christopher Kiver, Carole Ott & Mary Alice Stollak, choir directors (Christine Brewer, Measha Brueggergosman, Ilana Davidson, Nmon Ford, Linda Hohenfeld, Joan Morris, Carmen Pelton, Marietta Simpson & Thomas Young; Michigan State University Children’s Choir, University Of Michigan Chamber Choir, University Of Michigan Orpheus Singers, University Of Michigan University Choir & University Musical Society Choral Union; University Of Michigan School Of Music Symphony Orchestra)
Chamber Music Performance: Mendelssohn: The Complete String Quartets – Emerson String Quartet
Small Ensemble Performance (with or without Conductor): Boulez: Le Marteau Sans Maître, Dérive 1 & 2 – Pierre Boulez, conductor; Hilary Summers; Ensemble Intercontemporain
Classical Vocal Performance: Bach: Cantatas – Thomas Quasthoff (Rainer Kussmaul; Members Of The RIAS Chamber Choir; Berlin Baroque Soloists)
Classical Contemporary Composition: Bolcom: Songs Of Innocence And Of Experience – William Bolcom (Leonard Slatkin)
Classical Crossover Album: 4 + Four – Turtle Island String Quartet & Ying Quartet
Short Form Music Video: Lose Control – Missy Elliott Featuring Ciara & Fat Man Scoop
Long Form Music Video: No Direction Home – Bob Dylan, Martin Scorsese, video director; Margaret Bodde, Susan Lacy, Jeff Rosen, Martin Scorsese, Nigel Sinclair & Anthony Wall, video producers
Eligibility Year: October 1, 2003 – September 30, 2004
Trivia and Notable Moments
The Album of the Year went to Genius Loves Company, a posthumous release by Ray Charles, featuring duets with various artists like Norah Jones and Elton John.
Ray Charles also posthumously won Record of the Year for Here We Go Again, a duet with Norah Jones. This was a poignant moment, celebrating the legendary artist.
Usher’s hit Yeah! featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris won Best Rap/Sung Collaboration, making Usher one of the big winners of the night with multiple awards.
Daughters by John Mayer won Song of the Year, with Mayer also taking home Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for the song.
Green Day’s American Idiot won Best Rock Album, and the title track also earned the band a win for Record of the Year. The album was a political statement and a departure from the band’s earlier sound.
Alicia Keys won Best R&B Album for The Diary of Alicia Keys, adding another Grammy to her growing list of accolades.
Kanye West, nominated for 10 awards, took home three, including Best Rap Album for The College Dropout. His track Jesus Walks also won Best Rap Song.
Maroon 5 snagged the Best New Artist award, beating out the likes of Kanye West and Gretchen Wilson.
Los Lonely Boys by Los Lonely Boys won Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals, while A Song for You by The Temptations secured the award for Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance.
A Boot and a Shoe by Sam Phillips won Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical, showcasing the behind-the-scenes technical talent in the music industry.
2005 Grammy Winners
Record of the Year: Here We Go Again – Ray Charles and Norah Jones
Album of the Year: Genius Loves Company – Ray Charles and Various Artists
Song of the Year: Daughters – John Mayer (John Mayer)
New Artist: Maroon 5
Female Pop Vocal Performance: Sunrise – Norah Jones
Male Pop Vocal Performance: Daughters – John Mayer
Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal: Heaven – Los Lonely Boys
Pop Collaboration With Vocals: Here We Go Again – Ray Charles and Norah Jones
Pop Instrumental Performance: 11th Commandment – Ben Harper
Pop Instrumental Album: Henry Mancini: Pink Guitar – Various Artists
Pop Vocal Album: Genius Loves Company – Ray Charles and Various Artists
Dance Recording: Toxic – Britney Spears
Electronic/Dance Album: Kish Kash – Basement Jaxx
Traditional Pop Vocal Album: Stardust: The Great American Songbook Volume III – Rod Stewart
Solo Rock Vocal Performance: Code of Silence – Bruce Springsteen
Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal: Vertigo – U2
Hard Rock Performance: Slither – Velvet Revolver
Metal Performance: Whiplash – Motorhead
Rock Instrumental Performance: Mrs. O’Leary’s Cow – Brian Wilson
Rock Song: Vertigo – Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge and Larry Mullen (U2)
Rock Album: American Idiot – Green Day
Alternative Music Album: A Ghost Is Born – Wilco
Female R&B Vocal Performance: If I Ain’t Got You – Alicia Keys
Male R&B Vocal Performance: Call My Name – Prince
R&B Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals: My Boo – Usher and Alicia Keys
Traditional R&B Vocal Performance: Musicology – Prince
Urban/Alternative Performance: Cross My Mind – Jill Scott
R&B Song: You Don’t Know My Name – Alicia Keys, Harold Lilly and Kanye West (Alicia Keys)
R&B Album: The Diary of Alicia Keys – Alicia Keys
Contemporary R&B Album: Confessions – Usher
Rap Solo Performance: 99 Problems – Jay-Z
Rap Performance by a Duo or Group: Let’s Get It Started – The Black Eyed Peas
Rap/Sung Collaboration: Yeah! – Usher featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris
Rap Song: Jesus Walks – C. Smith and Kanye West (Kanye West)
Rap Album: The College Dropout – Kanye West
Female Country Vocal Performance: Redneck Woman – Gretchen Wilson
Male Country Vocal Performance: Live Like You Were Dying – Tim McGraw
Country Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal: Top of the World – Dixie Chicks
Country Collaboration With Vocals: Portland Oregon – Loretta Lynn and Jack White
Country Instrumental Performance: Earl’s Breakdown – Nitty Gritty Dirt Band featuring Earl Scruggs, Randy Scruggs, Vassar Clements and Jerry Douglas
Country Song: Live Like You Were Dying – Tim Nichols and Craig Wiseman (Tim McGraw):
Country Album: Van Lear Rose – Loretta Lynn
Bluegrass Album: Brand New Strings – Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder
New Age Album: Returning – Will Ackerman
Contemporary Jazz Album: Unspeakable – Bill Frisell
Jazz Vocal Album: R.S.V.P. (Rare Songs, Very Personal) – Nancy Wilson
Jazz Instrumental Solo: Speak Like a Child – Herbie Hancock
Jazz Instrumental Album – Individual or Group: Illuminations – McCoy Tyner with Gary Bartz, Terence Blanchard, Christian McBride and Lewis Nash
Large Jazz Ensemble Album: Concert in the Garden – Maria Schneider Orchestra
Latin Jazz Album: Land of the Sun – Charlie Haden
Gospel Performance: Heaven Help Us All – Ray Charles and Gladys Knight
Rock Gospel Album: Wire – Third Day
Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album: All Things New – Steven Curtis Chapman
Southern, Country, or Bluegrass Gospel Album: Worship and Faith – Randy Travis
Traditional Soul Gospel Album: There Will Be a Light – Ben Harper and The Blind Boys of Alabama
Contemporary Soul Gospel Album: Nothing Without You – Smokie Norful
Gospel Choir or Chorus Album: Live… This is Your House – The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir
Latin Pop Album: Amar Sin Mentiras – Marc Anthony
Latin Rock/Alternative Album: Street Signs – Ozomatli
Traditional Tropical Latin Album: – !Ahora Si! – Israel Lopez “Cachao”
Salsa/Merengue Album: Across 110th Street – Spanish Harlem Orchestra featuring Ruben Blades
Tejano Album: Polkas, Gritos y Acordeones – David Lee Garza, Joel Guzman and Sunny Sauceda
Traditional Blues Album: Blues to the Bone – Etta James
Contemporary Blues Album: Keep It Simple – Keb’ Mo’
Traditional Folk Album: Beautiful Dreamer – The Songs of Stephen Foster – Various Artists
Contemporary Folk Album: The Revolution Starts Now – Steve Earle
Native American Music Album: Cedar Dream Songs – Bill Miller
Hawaiian Music Album: Slack Key Guitar Volume 2 – Various Artists
Reggae Album: True Love – Toots and The Maytals
Traditional World Music Album: Raise Your Spirit Higher – Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Contemporary World Music Album: Egypt – Youssou N’Dour
Polka Album: Let’s Kiss: 25th Anniversary Album – Brave Combo
Musical Album for Children: cELLAbration! A Tribute to Ella Jenkins – Various Artists
Spoken Word Album for Children: The Train They Call The City of New Orleans – Tom Chapin
Spoken Word Album: My Life – Bill Clinton
Comedy Album: The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents America: A Citizen’s Guide to Democracy Inaction – Jon Stewart and The Cast of the Daily Show
Musical Show Album: Wicked
Compilation Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media: Garden State – Various Artists
Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Howard Shore, composer
Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media: Into the West – Annie Lennox, Howard Shore and Fran Walsh, songwriters, track from “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King”
Instrumental Composition: Past Present and Future – Slide Hampton, composer (The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra), from “The Way – Music of Slide Hampton”
Instrumental Arrangement: Past Present and Future – Slide Hampton, arranger (The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra), from “The Way – Music of Slide Hampton”
Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s): Over the Rainbow – Victor Vanacore, arranger (Ray Charles & Johnny Mathis), from “Genius Loves Company”
Recording Package:): A Ghost is Born – Peter Buchanan-Smith and Dan Nadel, art directors (Wilco)
Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package: Once in a Lifetime – Stefan Sagmeister, art director (Talking Heads)
Album Notes: The Complete Columbia Recordings of Woody Herman and His Orchestra and Woodchoppers (1945-1947) – Loren Schoenberg, album notes writer (Woody Herman and His Orchestra)
Historical Album: Night Train to Nashville: Music City Rhythm and Blues, 1945-1970 – Daniel Cooper and Michael Gray, compilation producers
Engineered Album – Non-Classical: Genius Loves Company – Robert Fernandez, John Harris, Terry Howard, Pete Karam, Joel Moss, Al Schmitt and Ed Thacker, engineers
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical: John Shanks
Remixed Recording, Non-Classical: It’s My Life (Jacques Lu Cont’s Thin White Duke Mix) – Jacques Lu Cont, remixer (No Doubt)
Surround Sound Album: Genius Loves Company – Robert Hadley and Doug Sax, surround mastering
Engineered Album – Classical: Higdon: City Scape Concerto for Orchestra – Jack Renner, engineer (Robert Spano)
Producer of the Year, Classical: David Frost
Classical Album: Adams: On the Transmigration of Souls – Lorin Maazel, conductor John Adams and Lawrence Rock, producers
Best Orchestral Performance (Award to the Conductor and to the Orchestra): Adams: On The Transmigration Of Souls – Lorin Maazel, conductor (Brooklyn Youth Chorus & New York Choral Artists New York Philharmonic, Nonesuch Records)
Opera Recording: Mozart: Le Nozze Di Figaro – Rene Jacobs, conductor Patrizia Ciofi, Veronique Gens, Simon Keenlyside, Angelika Kirchschlager and Lorenzo Regazzo Martin Sauer, producer (Various Artists Concerto K. Joln)
Choral Performance: Berlioz: Requiem – Robert Spano, conductor Norman Mackenzie, choir director (Frank Lopardo, tenor Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus Atlanta Symphony Orchestra)
Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra): Previn: Violin Concerto ‘Anne-Sophie’/Bernstein: Serenade – Andre Previn, conductor Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin (Boston Symphony Orchestra and London Symphony Orchestra)
Chamber Music Performance: Prokofiev (ArrPletnev): Cinderella – Suite for Two Pianos/Ravel: Ma Mere L’Oye – Martha Argerich, piano and Mikhail Pletnev, piano
Small Ensemble Performance (with or without Conductor): Carlos Chavez – Complete Chamber Music, Vol2 – Jeff von der Schmidt, conductor Southwest Chamber Music
Classical Vocal Performance: Ives: Songs (The Things Our Fathers Loved the Housatonic at Stockbridge, etc) – Susan Graham, mezzo soprano
Classical Contemporary Composition: Adams: on the Transmigration of Souls – John Adams (Lorin Maazel Brooklyn Youth Chorus and New York Choral Artists New York Philharmonic)
Classical Crossover Album: LAGQ’s Guitar Heroes – Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
Short Form Music Video: Vertigo – U2
Long Form Music Video: Concert for George – Various Artists
Eligibility Year: October 1, 2002 – September 30, 2003
2004 Grammy Trivia
OutKast’s double album Speakerboxxx/The Love Below bagged the Album of the Year, marking a significant moment for hip-hop in the Grammys.
Beyoncé had a stellar night, winning five Grammys, including Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for Dangerously in Love 2.
Cold Mountain provided a rare moment for bluegrass music, as Scarlet Tide, co-written by Elvis Costello, won in the Best Song Written for Visual Media category.
Warren Zevon, who had been diagnosed with terminal lung cancer, was posthumously awarded two Grammys, adding an emotional note to the evening.
Smooth jazz saxophonist George Benson and powerhouse vocalist Al Jarreau teamed up for a cover of Take Five that won the Best Pop Instrumental Performance.
A Day in the Life by Herbie Hancock, Michael Brecker, and Roy Hargrove won the award for Best Jazz Instrumental Solo.
Luther Vandross, who was unable to attend due to health issues, won four Grammys, including Song of the Year for Dance with My Father.
The late Johnny Cash received three nominations and one win for his cover of Nine Inch Nails’ song Hurt in the Best Short Form Music Video category.
Christina Aguilera’s Beautiful was honored with Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, and the song’s writer, Linda Perry, was nominated for Song of the Year.
Evanescence won Best New Artist, despite controversies surrounding the band’s categorization in the rock genre.
2004 Grammy Winners
Record: Clocks – Coldplay
Album: Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, Outkast
Song of the year: Dance with My Father – Richard Marx, Luther Vandross, songwriters (Luther Vandross)
New Artist: Evanescence
Female Pop Vocal: Beautiful – Christina Aguilera
Male Pop Vocal: Cry Me a River – Justin Timberlake
Pop Duo or Group with Vocals: Underneath It All – No Doubt
Pop Collaboration with Vocals: Whenever I Say Your Name – Sting, Mary J. Blige
Pop Instrumental: Marwa Blues – George Harrison
Pop Instrumental Album: Mambo Sinuendo, Ry Cooder, Manuel Galban
Pop Vocal Album: Justified, Justin Timberlake
Dance Recording: Come Into My World – Kylie Minogue
Traditional Pop Vocal Album: A Wonderful World, Tony Bennett, k.d. lang
Female Rock Vocal: Trouble – Pink
Male Rock Vocal: Gravedigger – Dave Matthews
Rock Duo or Group with Vocals: Disorder in the House – Warren Zevon, Bruce Springsteen
Hard Rock: Bring Me To Life – Evanescence featuring Paul McCoy
Metal: St. Anger – Metallica
Rock Instrumental: Plan B – Jeff Beck
Rock Song: Seven Nation Army – Jack White, songwriter (The White Stripes)
Rock Album: One by One – Foo Fighters
Alternative Music Album: Elephant – The White Stripes
Female R&B Vocal: Dangerously In Love – Beyoncé
Male R&B Vocal: Dance with My Father – Luther Vandross
R&B Duo or Group with Vocals: The Closer I Get To You – Beyoncé & Luther Vandross
Traditional R&B Vocal: Wonderful – Aretha Franklin
Urban/Alternative Vocal: Hey Ya! – Outkast
R&B Song: Crazy in Love – Shawn Carter, Rich Harrison, Beyoncé Knowles, Eugene Record, songwriters (Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z)
R&B Album: Dance with My Father – Luther Vandross
Contemporary R&B Vocal Album: Dangerously In Love – Beyoncé
Female Rap Solo: Work It – Missy Elliott
Male Rap Solo: Lose Yourself – Eminem
Rap Duo or Group: Shake Ya Tailfeather – Nelly, P. Diddy & Murphy Lee
Rap Sung/Collaboration: Crazy in Love – Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z
Rap Song: Lose Yourself – J. Bass, M. Mathers, L. Resto, songwriters (Eminem)
Rap Album: Speakerboxxx/The Love Below – Outkast
Female Country Vocal: Keep on the Sunny Side – June Carter Cash
Male Country Vocal: Next Big Thing – Vince Gill
Country Duo or Group with Vocals: A Simple Life – Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder
Country Collaboration with Vocals: How’s the World Treating You – James Taylor, Alison Krauss
Country Instrumental: Cluck Old Hen – Alison Krauss & Union Station
Country Song: It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere – Jim ·Moose· Brown, Don Rollins, songwriters (Alan Jackson, Jimmy Buffett)
Country Album: Livin’, Lovin’, Losin’ – Songs of the Louvin Brothers, various artists
Bluegrass Album: Live – Alison Krauss & Union Station
New Age Album: One Quiet Night – Pat Metheny
Contemporary Jazz Album: 34th N Lex – Randy Brecker
Jazz Vocal Album: A Little Moonlight – Dianne Reeves
Jazz Instrumental, Solo: Matrix – Chick Corea
Jazz Instrumental Album: Alegria – Wayne Shorter
Large Jazz Ensemble Album: Wide Angles – Michael Brecker Quindectet
Latin Jazz Album: Live at the Blue Note – Michel Camilo with Charles Flores & Horacio ·El Negro· Hernandez
Rock Gospel Album: Worldwide – Audio Adrenaline
Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album: Worship Again – Michael W. Smith
Southern, Country, or Bluegrass Gospel Album: Rise and Shine – Randy Travis
Traditional Soul Gospel Album: Go Tell It On the Mountain – The Blind Boys of Alabama
Contemporary Soul Gospel Album: Again – Donnie McClurkin
Gospel Album by a Choir or Chorus: A Wing and a Prayer – Bishop T. D. Jakes, choir director; The Potter’s House Mass Choir
2004 Grammy Award Winners No Es Lo Mismo – Alejandro Sanz
Latin Rock/Alternative Album: Cuatro Caminos – Café Tacuba
Tropical Latin Album: Buenos Hermanos – ,Ibrahim Ferrer
Salsa/Merengue Album: Regalo Del Alma – Celia Cruz
Mexican/Mexican-American Album: Afortunado – Joan Sebastian
Tejano Album: Si Me Faltas Tu, Jimmy Gonzalez y El Grupo Mazz
Traditional Blues Album: Blues Singer – Buddy Guy
Contemporary Blues Album: Let’s Roll – Etta James
Traditional Folk Album: Wildwood Flower – June Carter Cash
Contemporary Folk Album: The Wind – Warren Zevon
Native American Music Album: Flying Free – Black Eagle
Reggae Album: Dutty Rock – Sean Paul
Traditional World Music Album: Sacred Tibetan Chant – The Monks of Sherab Ling Monastery
Contemporary World Music Album: Voz D’Amor – Cesaria Evora
Polka Album: Let’s Polka ‘Round – Jimmy Sturr
Musical Album for Children: Bon Appetit! – Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer
Spoken Word Album for Children: Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf/Beintus: Wolf Tracks – Bill Clinton, Mikhail Gorbachev, Sophia Loren
Spoken Word Album: Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right – Al Franken
Comedy Album: Poodle Hat – Weird Al Yankovic
Musical Show Album: Gypsy – Jay David Saks, producer; Jule Styne, composer; Stephen Sondheim, lyricist
Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television, or Other Visual Media: Chicago – Various Artists
Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television, or Other Visual Media: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – Howard Shore, composer
Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television, or Other Visual Media: A Mighty Wind· (from A Mighty Wind) – Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy, Michael McKean
Instrumental Composition: Sacajawea – Wayne Shorter – composer (Wayne Shorter)
Instrumental Arrangement: Timbuktu – Michael Brecker, Gil Goldstein, arrangers (Michael Brecker Orchestra)
Opera Recording: Janácek: Jenufa – Bernard Haitink, conductor
Choral Performance: Sibelius: Cantatas – Paavo Jarvi, conductor
Instrumental Soloist with Orchestra: Britten: Violin Concerto/Walton: Viola Concerto – Maxim Vengerov, violin & viola with the London Symphony Orchestra
Instrumental Soloist Without Orchestra: Haydn: Piano Sonatas Nos. 29, 31, 34, 35 & 49 – Emanuel Ax, piano
Chamber Music: Berg: Lyric Suite – Kronos Quartet & Dawn Upshaw, soprano
Small Ensemble Performance (with or Without Conductor): Chavez: Suite for Double Quartet – Jeff von der Schmidt, conductor; Southwest Chamber Music
Classical Vocal: Schubert: Lieder with Orchestra – Thomas Quasthoff, bass-baritone; Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo soprano
Classical Contemporary Composition: Argento: Casa Guidi – Dominick Argento
Eligibility Year: October 1, 2001 – September 30, 2002
Trivia
This was the first time since 1998 that the Grammys returned to New York City’s iconic Madison Square Garden.
One of the show’s major moments came when Simon & Garfunkel reunited for an opening performance of their classic The Sound of Silence.
Norah Jones had a breakthrough year, winning five Grammys, including Album of the Year for Come Away with Me.
Eminem’s The Eminem Show took home the award for Best Rap Album, a year after causing significant controversy with his previous album.
The Grammy for Best New Artist was awarded to Norah Jones, solidifying her place as the year’s breakout talent.
Bruce Springsteen’s The Rising was a notable winner, capturing three awards, including Best Rock Album. It was written in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks.
Hot in Herre by Nelly won Best Male Rap Solo Performance, a bop that was everywhere that year.
The Police reunited for a performance at this ceremony, making it one of the show’s highlights.
Coldplay’s In My Place won Record of the Year, adding to their growing list of accolades.
John Mayer was awarded Song of the Year for his hit Your Body Is a Wonderland.
Don’t Know Why, performed by Norah Jones and written by Jesse Harris, won Song of the Year, further cementing Norah Jones’ big night.
Avril Lavigne, who had a strong year with her debut album Let Go, was nominated for eight awards but did not win any.
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance went to Norah Jones for Don’t Know Why, which became one of her signature songs.
Satisfied Mind by Ben Harper won Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album, adding a diverse genre winner to the mix.
2003 Grammy Winners
Record of the Year: Don’t Know Why – Norah Jones
Album of the Year: Come Away with Me, Norah Jones
Song of the Year: Don’t Know Why – Jesse Harris, songwriter (Norah Jones):
New Artist: Norah Jones
Female Pop Vocal: Don’t Know Why – Norah Jones
Male Pop Vocal: Your Body Is a Wonderland – John Mayer
Pop Duo or Group with Vocals: Hey Baby – No Doubt
Pop Collaboration with Vocals: The Game of Love – Santana & Michelle Branch
Pop Instrumental: Auld Lang Syne – B. B. King
Pop Instrumental Album: Just Chillin’, Norman Brown
Dance Recording: Days Go By – Dirty Vegas
Traditional Pop Vocal Album: Playin’ with My Friends: Bennett Sings the Blues, Tony Bennett (Columbia/Sony Records)
Female Rock Vocal: Steve McQueen – Sheryl Crow
Male Rock Vocal: The Rising – Bruce Springsteen
Rock Duo or Group with Vocals: In My Place – Coldplay
Hard Rock: All My Life – Foo Fighters
Metal: Here to Stay – Korn
Rock Instrumental: Approaching Pavonis Mons By Balloon (Utopia Planitia) – The Flaming Lips
Rock Song: The Rising – Bruce Springsteen, songwriter (Bruce Springsteen)
Rock Album: The Rising, Bruce Springsteen
Alternative Music Album: A Rush of Blood to the Head, Coldplay
Female R&B Vocal: He Think I Don’t Know – Mary J. Blige
Male R&B Vocal: U Don’t Have to Call – Usher
R&B Duo or Group with Vocals: Love’s in Need of Love Today – Stevie Wonder & Take Six
Traditional R&B Vocal: What’s Going On – Chaka Khan & The Funk Brothers
Urban/Alternative Vocal: Little Things – India.Arie
R&B Song: Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip Hop) – Erykah Badu, Madukwu Chinwah, Robert Ozuna, James Poyser, Raphael Saadiq, Glen Standridge, songwriters (Erykah Badu featuring Common)
R&B Album: Voyage to India, India.Arie
Contemporary R&B Vocal Album: Ashanti, Ashanti
Female Rap Solo: Scream, a k a Itchin’ – Missy Elliott
Male Rap Solo: Hot in Herre – Nelly
Rap Duo or Group: The Whole World – OutKast featuring Killer Mike
Rap Sung/Collaboration: Dilemma – Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland
Rap Album: The Eminem Show, Eminem
Female Country Vocal: Cry – Faith Hill
Male Country Vocal: Give My Love to Rose – Johnny Cash
Country Duo or Group with Vocals: Long Time Gone – Dixie Chicks
Country Collaboration with Vocals: Mendocino County Line – Willie Nelson with Lee Ann Womack
Country Instrumental: Lil’ Jack Slade – Dixie Chicks
Country Song: Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning) – Alan Jackson, songwriter (Alan Jackson)
Country Album: Home – Dixie Chicks
Bluegrass Album: Lost in the Lonesome Pines – Jim Lauderdale, Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys
New Age Album: Acoustic Garden – Eric Tingstad & Nancy Rumbel
Contemporary Jazz Album: Speaking of Now – Pat Metheny Group:
Jazz Vocal Album: Live in Paris – Diana Krall
Jazz Instrumental, Solo: My Ship – Herbie Hancock
Jazz Instrumental Album: Directions in Music, Herbie Hancock, Michael Brecker, and Roy Hargrove
Large Jazz Ensemble Album: What Goes Around – Dave Holland Big Band
Latin Jazz Album: The Gathering, Caribbean Jazz Project
Rock Gospel Album: Come Together – Third Day
Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album: The Eleventh Hour – Jars of Clay
Southern, Country, or Bluegrass Gospel Album: We Called Him Mr. Gospel Music: The James Blackwood Tribute Album – The Jordanaires, Larry Ford and the Light Crust Doughboys
Traditional Soul Gospel Album: Higher Ground, The Blind Boys of Alabama
Contemporary Soul Gospel Album: Sidebars – Eartha
Gospel Album by a Choir or Chorus: Be Glad – Carol Cymbala, choir director; The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir
Latin Pop Album: Caraluna – Bacilos
Latin Rock/Alternative Album: Revolución De Amor – Maná
Tropical Latin Album: El Arte Del Sabor – Bebo Valdés Trio with Israel Lopez Cachao & Carlos Patato Valdés
Salsa Album: La Negra Tiene Tumbao – Celia Cruz
Merengue Album: Latino – Grupo Mania
Mexican/Mexican-American Album: Lo Dijo El Corazón – Joan Sebastian
Tejano Album: Acuérdate – Emilio Navaira
Traditional Blues Album: A Christmas Celebration of Hope – B. B. King
Contemporary Blues Album: Don’t Give Up On Me – Solomon Burke
Traditional Folk Album: Legacy – Doc Watson, David Holt
Contemporary Folk Album: This Side – Nickel Creek
Native American Music Album: Beneath the Raven Moon – Mary Youngblood
Reggae Album: Jamaican E.T – Lee Scratch Perry
World Music Album: Mundo – Ruben Blades
Polka Album: Top of the World – Jimmy Sturr
Musical Album for Children: Monsters Inc.: Scream Factory Favorites – Riders in the Sky
Spoken Word Album for Children: There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly – Tom Chapin (Live Oak Media)
Spoken Word Album: A Song Flung Up to Heaven – Maya Angelou
Spoken Comedy Album: Robin Williams: Live 2002 – Robin Williams
Musical Show Album: Hairspray – Marc Shaiman, composer and lyricist; Scott Wittman, lyricist
Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television, or Other Visual Media: Standing in the Shadows of Motown – Various Artists
Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television, or Other Visual Media: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – Howard Shore, Composer
Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television, or Other Visual Media: If I Didn’t Have You (from Monsters Inc.) – Randy Newman, composer (Randy Newman)
Instrumental Composition: Six Feet Under Title Theme – from Six Feet Under – Thomas Newman, Composer
Instrumental Arrangement: Six Feet Under Title Theme – Thomas Newman, arranger
Instrumental Arrangement with Accompanying Vocals: Mean Old Man – Dave Grusin, arranger
Best Recording Package: Home – Kevin Reagan, art director
Best Boxed Recording Package: Screamin’ and Hollerin’ the Blues: The Worlds of Charley Patton – Susan Archie, art director
Best Album Notes: Screamin’ and Hollerin’ the Blues: The Worlds of Charley Patton – David Evans, album notes writer
Historical Album: Screamin’ and Hollerin’ the Blues: The Worlds of Charley Patton
Best Engineered Album – Non-Classical: Come Away with Me – Husky Huskolds, Arif Mardin, and Jay Newland, engineers (Norah Jones)
Producer, Non-Classical: Arif Mardin
Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical: Hella Good – Roger Sanchez, remixer
Best-Engineered Album – Classical: Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony (Symphony No. 1), Michael Bishop, engineer
Classical Producer: Robert Woods
Classical Album: Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony (Symphony No. 1), Robert Spano, conductor; Thomas C. Moore, producer
Orchestral Performance: Mahler: Symphony No. 6 – Michael Tilson Thomas (San Francisco Symphony)
Opera Recording: Wagner: Tannhäuser – Daniel Barenboim, conductor
Choral Performance: Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony (Symphony No. 1) – Robert Spano, conductor
Instrumental Soloist with Orchestra: Brahms/Stravinsky: Violin Concertos – ilary Hahn, violinist, with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Instrumental Soloist Without Orchestra: Chopin: Etudes, Op. 10 and Op. 25 – Murray Perahia, piano
Small Ensemble Performance (with or Without Conductor): Tavener: Lamentations and Praises – Joseph Jennings, conductor; Chanticleer; the Handel & Haydn Society of Boston
Eligibility Year: October 1, 2000 – September 30, 2001
Trivia
Jon Stewart hosted the Grammy Awards for his second consecutive year, providing his usual blend of humor and wit.
U2 emerged as a big winner, bagging four awards including Record of the Year and Song of the Year for Walk On.
Newcomer Alicia Keys made a strong impression, winning five Grammys including Best New Artist and Song of the Year for Fallin’.
Best Rap Album went to Stankonia by OutKast, featuring hits like Ms. Jackson.
The soundtrack for O Brother, Where Art Thou? spotlighted bluegrass music and snagged Album of the Year.
Janet Jackson announced the Best Dance Recording, which went to Who Let the Dogs Out by Baha Men.
Linkin Park received accolades for Best Hard Rock Performance with their song Crawling.
The peculiar Best Spoken Word Album for Children went to Mama Don’t Allow performed by Tom Chapin.
The Best Instrumental Composition was awarded to John Williams for his score on Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.
Train’s Drops of Jupiter won Best Rock Song, affirming its status as a radio favorite.
Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys fame got his first Grammy for Best Rock Instrumental Performance for Smile.
Renowned Indian musician Ravi Shankar bagged the Best World Music Album, adding another feather to his cap.
2002 Grammy Winners
Record of the Year:
Walk On – U2
Album of the Year:
O Brother, Where Art Thou?” soundtrack, Various Artists
Song of the Year:
Fallin’ – Alicia Keys
New Artist:
Alicia Keys
Female Pop Vocal:
I’m Like a Bird – Nelly Furtado
Male Pop Vocal:
Don’t Let Me Be Lonely Tonight – James Taylor
Pop Duo or Group with Vocals:
Stuck in a Moment You Can’t Get Out Of – U2
Pop Collaboration with Vocals:
Lady Marmalade – Christina Aguilera, Lil’ Kim, Mya and Pink
Pop Instrumental:
Reptile – Eric Clapton
Dance Recording:
All For You – Janet Jackson
Pop Instrumental Album:
No Substitutions Live in Osaka – Larry Carlton and Steve Lukather
Pop Vocal Album:
Lovers Rock – Sade
Traditional Pop Vocal Album:
Songs I Heard – Harry Connick Jr
Female Rock Vocal:
Get Right With God – Lucinda Williams
Male Rock Vocal:
Dig In – Lenny Kravitz
Rock Duo or Group with Vocals:
Elevation – U2
Hard Rock:
Crawling – Linkin Park
Metal:
Schism – Tool
Rock Instrumental:
Dirty Mind – Jeff Beck
Rock Song:
Drops of Jupiter – Charlie Colin, Rob Hotchkiss, Pat Monahan, Jimmy Stafford and Scott Underwood (Train)
Rock Album:
All That You Can’t Leave Behind – U2
Alternative Music Album:
Parachutes – Coldplay
Female R&B Vocal:
Fallin’ – Alicia Keys
Male R&B Vocal:
U Remind Me – Usher
R&B Duo or Group with Vocals:
Survivor – Destiny’s Child
R&B Song:
Fallin’ – Alicia Keys
R&B Album:
Songs in A Minor – Alicia Keys
Traditional R&B Vocal Performance:
At Last – Gladys Knight
Rap Solo:
Get Ur Freak On – Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliott
Rap Duo or Group:
Ms Jackson – OutKast
Rap Album:
Stankonia – OutKast
Female Country Vocal:
Shine – Dolly Parton
Male Country Vocal:
O Death – Ralph Stanley, from the “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” soundtrack
Country Duo or Group with Vocals:
The Lucky One – Alison Krauss and Union Station
Country Collaboration with Vocals:
I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow – Dan Tyminski, Harley Allen and Pat Enright (The Soggy Bottom Boys), from the “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” soundtrack
Country Instrumental:
Foggy Mountain Breakdown – Earl Scruggs, Glen Duncan, Randy Scruggs, Steve Martin, Vince Gill, Marty Stuart, Gary Scruggs, Albert Lee, Paul Shaffer, Jerry Douglas and Leon Russell
Country Song:
The Lucky One – Robert Lee Castleman (Alison Krauss and Union Station)
Country Album:
Timeless – Hank Williams Tribute – Various Artists
Bluegrass Album:
New Favorite – Alison Krauss and Union Station
New Age Album:
A Day Without Rain – Enya
Contemporary Jazz:
M2 – Marcus Miller
Jazz Vocal:
The Calling – Dianne Reeves
Jazz Instrumental, Solo:
Chan’s Song – Michael Brecker
Jazz Instrumental Album:
This Is What I Do – Sonny Rollins
Large Jazz Ensemble:
Homage To Count Basie – Bob Mintzer Big Band
Southern Gospel, Country Gospel, or Bluegrass Gospel Album:
Bill & Gloria Gaither Present A Billy Graham Music Homecoming – Bill and Gloria Gaither and The Homecoming Friends
Traditional Soul Gospel Album:
Spirit of the Century – The Blind Boys of Alabama
Contemporary Soul Gospel Album:
The Experience – Yolanda Adams
Gospel Album by a Choir or Chorus:
Love Is Live! – LFT Church Choir, Hezekiah Walker, choir director
Latin Pop Album:
La Musica De Baldemar Huerta – Freddy Fender
Latin Rock/Alternative Album:
Embrace the Chaos – Ozomatli
Traditional Tropical Latin Album:
Dejame Entrar – Carlos Vives
Salsa Album:
Encore – Robert Blades
Merengue Album:
Yo Por Ti – Olga Tanon
Mexican-American Album:
En Vivo El Hombre y Su Musica – Ramon Ayala y Sus Bravos del Norte
Tejano Album:
Nadie Como Tu – Solido
Traditional Blues Album:
Do You Get the Blues? – Jimmie Vaughan
Contemporary Blues Album:
Nothing Personal – Delbert McClinton
Traditional Folk Album:
Down From the Mountain – Various Artists
Contemporary Folk Album:
Love and Theft – Bob Dylan
Native American Music Album:
Bless the People – Harmonized Peyote Songs – Verdell Primeaux and Johnny Mike
Reggae Album:
Halfway Tree – Damian Marley
World Music Album:
Full Circle/Carnegie Hall 2000 – Ravi Shankar
Polka Album:
Gone Polka – Jimmy Sturr
Musical Album for Children:
Elmo and the Orchestra – Sesame Street Characters
Spoken Word Album for Children:
Mama Don’t Allow – Tom Chapin
Spoken Word Album:
Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones – Quincy Jones
Spoken Comedy Album:
Napalm and Silly Putty – George Carlin
Musical Show Album:
The Producers – Original Broadway Cast with Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick, lyricist and composer Mel Brooks
Best Compilation Soundtrack Album:
O Brother, Where Art Thou? – Various Artists
Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture or for Television:
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon – composer Tan Dun
Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television:
Boss of Me – (They Might Be Giants from “Malcolm in the Middle”), songwriters They Might Be Giants
Instrumental Arrangement:
Claude Debussy ‘Doctor Gradus Ad Parnassum’ from Children’s Corner – Bela Fleck and Edgar Meyer (Bela Fleck with Joshua Bell and Gary Hoffmann)
Instrumental Arrangement with Accompanying Vocals:
Drops of Jupiter – Paul Buckmaster (Train)
Best Recording Package:
Amnesiac (Special Limited Edition) (Radiohead)
Best Boxed Recording Package:
Brain in a Box- The Science Fiction Collection – (Various Artists)
Best Album Notes (tie):
Richard Pryor And It’s Deep Too! The Complete Warner Bros Recordings (1968-1992) – (Richard Pryor); Arhoolie Records 40th Anniversary Collection: 1960-2000 The Journey Of Chris Strachwitz – (Various Artists)
Historical Album:
Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia 1933-1944 – (Billie Holiday)
Best-Engineered Album – Non-Classical:
The Look of Love – (Diana Krall)
Producer, Non-Classical:
T Bone Burnett
Remixer, Non-Classical:
Deep Dish, “Thank You (Deep Dish Vocal Remix)” (Dido)
Best-Engineered Album – Classical:
Bernstein (Arr Brohn & Corigliano): West Side Story Suite (Lonely Town; Make Our Garden Grow, Etc )” (Joshua Bell)
Classical Producer:
Manfred Eicher
Classical Album:
Berlioz: Les Troyens – James Mallinson, producer
Opera Recording:
Berlioz: Les Troyens – Sir Colin Davis; Michelle De Young, Ben Heppner, Petra Lang, Peter Mattei, Stephen Milling, Sara Mingardo, Kenneth Tarver; James Mallinson, producer (Various Artists; London Sym Orch)
Choral Performance:
Bach: St Matthew Passion – Nikolaus Harnoncourt (Arnold Schoenberg Chamber Orch and Wiener Sangerknaben; Concentus Musicus Wien)
Instrumental Soloist with Orchestra:
Strauss Wind Concertos (Horn Concerto; Oboe Concerto, etc ) – Dale Clevenger, horn; Larry Combs, clarinet; Alex Klein, oboe; David McGill, bassoon; Daniel Barenboim, piano/conductor (Chicago Sym Orch )
Chamber Music:
Haydn: The Complete String Quartets – The Angeles String Quartet
Small Ensemble Performance (with or without Conductor):
After Mozart (Raskatov, Silvestrov, Schnittke, Etc ) – Kremerata Baltica; Gidon Kremer, violin
Classical Vocal:
Dreams & Fables ? Gluck Italian Arias (Tremo Fra’ Dubbi Miei; Di Questa Cetra in Seno, etc ) – Cecilia Bartoli, mezzo soprano
Classical Contemporary Composition:
Rouse: Concert De Gaudi for Guitar and Orch – Christopher Rouse, Composer
Classical Crossover Album:
Perpetual Motion (Scarlatti, Bach, Debussy, Chopin, etc )” Bela Fleck, banjo (Joshua Bell, violin; Evelyn Glennie, marimba; Gary Hoffman, cello; Edgar Meyer, bass and piano; Chris Thile, mandolin; John Williams, guitar)
Music Video, Short Form:
Weapon of Choice – Fatboy Slim featuring Bootsy Collins
Music Video, Long Form:
Recording the Producers: A Musical Romp With Mel Brooks – Mel Brooks (with Various Artists including Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick)
Eligibility Year: October 1, 1999 – September 30, 2000
Trivia
Jon Stewart’s hosting debut was a big hit, cementing him as a top choice for emceeing awards shows.
The night belonged to Eminem and Elton John, who performed Stan together in a highly anticipated collaboration.
Destiny’s Child clinched two awards, including Best R&B Song for “Say My Name,” which helped solidify their place in pop history.
In a triumphant moment, U2’s Beautiful Day won Song of the Year, Record of the Year, and Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.
The Best New Artist award went to Shelby Lynne, a controversial pick as she had been in the music industry for more than a decade.
Jazz legend Herbie Hancock added another Grammy to his collection, this time for Best Jazz Instrumental Album for Gershwin’s World.
The Best Alternative Music Album award went to Kid A by Radiohead, marking the band’s increasing influence in the American music scene.
Steely Dan made a surprise win for Album of the Year with Two Against Nature, beating out strong competitors like Eminem and Radiohead.
Dolly Parton received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, celebrating her contribution to country music.
Classical guitarist Sharon Isbin won her first Grammy for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance for her album Dreams of a World.
Madonna, often the queen of controversy, snagged the Best Song Written for Visual Media for her song “Beautiful Stranger,” featured in Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me.
Record of the Year: Beautiful Day – U2
Album of the Year: Two Against Nature – Steely Dan (Giant Records)
Song of the Year: Beautiful Day – U2
New Artist: Shelby Lynne
Female Pop Vocal: I Try – Macy Gray
Male Pop Vocal: She Walks This Earth (Soberana Rosa) – Sting
Pop Duo or Group with Vocals: Cousin Dupree – Steely Dan
Pop Collaboration with Vocals: Is You Is, or Is You Ain’t (My Baby) – B. B. King and Dr. John
Pop Instrumental: Caravan – The Brian Setzer Orchestra:
Dance Recording: Who Let the Dogs Out – Baha Men
Pop Instrumental Album: Symphony No. 1 – Joe Jackson (Sony Classical)
Pop Vocal Album: Two Against Nature – Steely Dan (Giant Records)
Traditional Pop Vocal Album: Both Sides Now – Joni Mitchell (Reprise Records)
Female Rock Vocal: There Goes the Neighborhood – Sheryl Crow
Male Rock Vocal: Again – Lenny Kravitz
Rock Duo or Group with Vocals: Beautiful Day – U2
Hard Rock: Guerrilla Radio – Rage Against the Machine
Metal: Elite – Deftones
Rock Instrumental: The Call of the Ktulu – Metallica with Michael Kamen conducting the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Rock Song: With Arms Wide Open – Scott Stapp and Mark Tremonti, songwriters
Rock Album: There Is Nothing Left to Lose – Foo Fighters (RCA/Roswell Records)
Alternative Music Album: Kid A – Radiohead (Radiohead)
Female R&B Vocal: He Wasn’t Man Enough – Toni Braxton
Male R&B Vocal: Untitled (How Does it Feel) D’Angelo
R&B Duo or Group with Vocals: Say My Name – Destiny’s Child
R&B Song: Say My Name – LaShawn Daniels, Fred Jerkins III, Rodney Jerkins, Beyoncé Knowles, LeToya Luckett, LaTavia Roberson, and Kelendria Rowland, songwriters
R&B Album: Voodoo – D’Angelo (Cheeba Sound/Virgin Records America)
Traditional R&B Vocal Performance: Ear-Resistible – The Temptations
Rap Solo: The Real Slim Shady – Eminem
Rap Duo or Group: Forgot about Dre – Dr. Dre featuring Eminem
Rap Album: The Marshall Mathers LP – Eminem
Female Country Vocal: Breathe – Faith Hill
Male Country Vocal: Solitary Man – Johnny Cash
Country Duo or Group with Vocals: Cherokee Maiden – Asleep at the Wheel
Country Collaboration with Vocals: Let’s Make Love – Faith Hill and Tim McGraw
Country Instrumental: Leaving Cottondale – Alison Brown with Béla Fleck
Country Song: I Hope You Dance – Mark D. Sanders and Tia Sillers, songwriters
Country Album: Breathe – Faith Hill (Warner Bros. Records)
Bluegrass Album: The Grass Is Blue – Dolly Parton (Sugar Hill Records)
New Age Album: Thinking of You – Kitaro (Domo Records)
Contemporary Jazz: Outbound – Béla Fleck and the Flecktones
Jazz Vocal: In The Moment Live in Concert – Dianne Reeves
Jazz Instrumental – Solo: (Go) Get It – Pat Metheny
Jazz Instrumental, Individual or Group: Contemporary Jazz – Branford Marsalis (Columbia Records)
Large Jazz Ensemble: 52nd Street Themes – Joe Lovano (Blue Note Records)
Latin Jazz: Live at the Village Vanguard – Chucho Valdés
Rock Gospel Album: Double Take – Petra (Word Records)
Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album: If I Left the Zoo – Jars of Clay (Essential Records)
Southern Gospel, Country Gospel, or Bluegrass Gospel Album: Soldier of the Cross – Ricky Skaggs And Kentucky Thunder (Skaggs Family Records)
Traditional Soul Gospel Album: You Can Make It – Shirley Caesar(Myrrh Records)
Contemporary Soul Gospel Album: Thankful – Mary Mary (Columbia/C2/Word Entertainment)
Gospel Album by a Choir or Chorus: Live – God Is Working – Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir; Carol Cymbala, Choir Director (M2.0 Music)
Latin Pop Album: Shakira – MTV Unplugged – Shakira
Latin Rock/Alternative Album: Uno – La Ley
Tropical Latin Album: Alma Caribeña – Gloria Estefan
Salsa Album: Masterpiece/Obra Maestra – Tito Puente and Eddie Palmieri
Merengue Album: Olga Viva, Viva Olga – Olga Tañón
Mexican-American Album: Por Una Mujer Bonita – Pepe Aguilar
Tejano Album: ¿Qué Es Música Tejana? – The Legends
Traditional Blues Album: Riding with the King – B. B. King and Eric Clapton(Reprise Records)
Contemporary Blues Album: Shoutin’ in Key – Taj Mahal and the Phantom Blues Band (Hannibal Records)
Traditional Folk Album: Public Domain – Songs from the Wild Land – Dave Alvin (HighTone)
Contemporary Folk Album: Red Dirt Girl – Emmylou Harris (Nonesuch Records)
Native American Music Album: Gathering of Nations Pow Wow – Various Artists (Soar)
Reggae Album: Art and Life – Beenie Man (Virgin Records America)
World Music Album: João Voz e Violão – João Gilberto (Verve Records)
Polka Album: Touched by a Polka – Jimmy Sturr (Rounder Records)
Musical Album for Children: Woody’s Roundup featuring Riders in the Sky – Riders in the Sky (Walt Disney Records)
Spoken Word Album for Children: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (J. K. Rowling) – Jim Dale (Listening Library)
Spoken Word or Non-Musical Album: The Measure of a Man (Sidney Poitier) – Sidney Poitier (Harper Audio)
Spoken Comedy Album: Braindroppings – George Carlin (HighBridge Audio)
Musical Show Album: Elton John and Tim Rice’s Aida (Buena Vista Records)
Best Compilation Soundtrack Album: Almost Famous – Various Artists (DreamWorks Records)
Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture or for Television: American Beauty – Thomas Newman, Composer
Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television: When She Loved Me (from Toy Story 2) – Randy Newman, songwriter
Instrumental Composition: Theme from Angela’s Ashes – John Williams, Composer
Instrumental Arrangement: Spain for Sextet and Orchestra – Chick Corea, arranger
Instrumental Arrangement with Accompanying Vocals: Both Sides Now – Vince Mendoza, arranger
Best Recording Package: Music – Kevin Reagan, art director (Maverick/Warner Bros. Records)
Best Boxed Recording Package: Miles Davis and John Coltrane: The Complete Columbia Recordings 1955-1961 – Frank Harkins and Arnold Levine, art directors (Columbia/Legacy Recordings)
Best Album Notes: Miles Davis and John Coltrane: The Complete Columbia Recordings 1955-1961 – Bob Blumenthal, album notes writer
Historical Album: Louis Armstrong: The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings (Columbia/Legacy Recordings)
Best-Engineered Album – Non-Classical: Two Against Nature – Phil Burnett, Roger Nichols, Dave Russell and Elliot Scheiner, engineers (Giant Records)
Producer, Non-Classical: Dr. Dre
Remixer, Non-Classical: Hex Hector
Best-Engineered Album – Classical: Dvorák: Requiem, Op. 89; Sym. No. 9, Op. 95 – From the New World – John Eargle, engineer
Orchestral Performance: Mahler: Sym. No. 10 – Sir Simon Rattle (Berliner Phil.) (EMI Classics)
Opera Recording: Busoni: Doktor Faust – Kent Nagano, conductor (Erato)
Choral Performance: Penderecki: Credo – Helmuth Rilling, conductor (Oregon Bach Festival Cho.; Oregon Bach Festival Orch.)
Instrumental Soloist with Orchestra: Maw: Violin Concerto – Joshua Bell, violin; Sir Roger Norrington, conductor
Instrumental Soloist without Orchestra: Dreams of a World (Works of Lauro, Ruiz-Pipo, Duarte, etc.) – Sharon Isbin, guitar
Chamber Music: Shostakovich: The String Quartets – Emerson String Quartet
Small Ensemble Performance (with or without Conductor): Shadow Dances (Stravinsky Miniatures Tango; Suite No. 1; Octet, Etc.) – Juliane Banse, soprano; The 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic
Classical Vocal: The Vivaldi Album (Dell’aura al sussurrar; Alma oppressa, etc.) – Cecilia Bartoli, mezzo soprano
Classical Contemporary Composition: Crumb: Star-Child – George Crumb, Composer
Classical Crossover Album: Appalachian Journey (1B; Misty Moonlight Waltz; Indecision, etc.) – Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Edgar Meyer. double bass; Mark O’Connor, violin (Alison Krauss, fiddle and vocals; James Taylor, vocals)
Music Video, Short Form: Learn to Fly – (Foo Fighters), Jesse Peretz, video director
Music Video, Long Form: Gimme Some Truth – The Making of John Lennon’s Imagine Album (John Lennon) – Andrew Solt, video director
Eligibility Year: October 1, 1998 – September 30, 1999
2000 Grammys Trivia
The ceremony marked the debut of the Staples Center as the event’s venue, moving from its previous location, the Shrine Auditorium.
Carlos Santana’s Supernatural swept the awards with nine Grammys, tying Michael Jackson’s record for the most wins in a single night.
Eminem made headlines for winning Best Rap Album for The Slim Shady LP, amidst controversy over the album’s lyrical content.
TLC’s “No Scrubs” bagged Best R&B Song and Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group, strengthening the influence of R&B in mainstream music.
In a curious twist, Sting won Best Pop Vocal Album for Brand New Day while also securing the Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for the title track.
The Best New Artist category featured a notable lineup, including Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Kid Rock, Macy Gray, and Susan Tedeschi. Christina Aguilera took home the prize.
The year 2000 was significant for Latin music, as Ricky Martin performed “The Cup of Life,” energizing the genre’s presence in mainstream American music.
Diane Warren won Song of the Year for “You’ll Be In My Heart,” performed by Phil Collins for the Tarzan soundtrack.
As a sign of changing times, MP3.com received a special technical Grammy award, acknowledging the influence of digital media on the music industry.
Country legend Johnny Cash was awarded a posthumous Grammy for Best Male Country Vocal Performance for his rendition of “Solitary Man.”
2000 Grammy Winners
Record of the Year: Smooth – Santana featuring Rob Thomas
Album of the Year: Supernatural – Santana (Arista Records):
Song of the Year: Smooth – Itaal Shur and Rob Thomas, songwriters
New Artist: Christina Aguilera
Female Pop Vocal: I Will Remember You – Sarah McLachlan
Male Pop Vocal: Brand New Day – Sting
Pop Duo or Group with Vocals: Maria Maria – Santana
Pop Collaboration with Vocals: Smooth – Santana featuring Rob Thomas
Pop Instrumental: El Farol – Santana
Dance Recording: Believe – Cher
Pop Album: Brand New Day – Sting (A&M Records)
Traditional Pop Album: Bennett Sings Ellington Hot and Cool – Tony Bennett
Female Rock Vocal: Sweet Child O’ Mine – Sheryl Crow
Male Rock Vocal: American Woman – Lenny Kravitz
Rock Duo or Group with Vocals: Put Your Lights On – Santana featuring Everlast
Hard Rock: Whiskey in the Jar – Metallica
Metal: Iron Man – Black Sabbath
Rock Instrumental: The Calling – Santana featuring Eric Clapton
Rock Song: Scar Tissue – Flea, John Frusciante, Anthony Kiedis, and Chad Smith, songwriters
Rock Album: Supernatural – Santana (Arista Records)
Alternative Music Performance: Mutations – Beck
Female R&B Vocal: It’s Not Right but It’s Okay – Lauryn Hill
Male R&B Vocal: Staying Power – Barry White
R&B Duo or Group with Vocals: No Scrubs – TLC
R&B Song: No Scrubs – Kevin ‘Shekspere’ Briggs, Kandi Burruss, and Tameka Cottle, songwriters
R&B Album: Fanmail – TLC (LaFace Records):
Traditional R&B Vocal Performance: Staying Power – Barry White
Rap Solo: My Name Is – Eminem
Rap Duo or Group: You Got Me – The Roots featuring Erykah Badu
Rap Album: The Slim Shady LP – Eminem
Female Country Vocal: Man! I Feel like a Woman! – Shania Twain
Male Country Vocal: Choices – George Jones
Country Duo or Group with Vocals: Ready to Run – Dixie Chicks
Country Collaboration with Vocals: After the Gold Rush – Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, and Dolly Parton
Country Instrumental: Bob’s Breakdowns – Asleep At The Wheel featuring Tommy Allsup, Floyd Domino, Larry Franklin, Vince Gill, and Steve Wariner
Country Song: Come On Over – Robert John Mutt Lange and Shania Twain, songwriters
Country Album: Fly – Dixie Chicks (Monument Records):
Bluegrass Album: Ancient Tones – Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder (Skaggs Family Records)
New Age Album: Celtic Solstice – Paul Winter and Friends (Living Music)
Contemporary Jazz: Inside – David Sanborn
Jazz Vocal: When I Look in Your Eyes – Diana Krall
Jazz Instrumental, Solo: In Walked Wayne – Wayne Shorter
Jazz Instrumental, Individual or Group: Like Minds – Gary Burton, Chick Corea, Pat Metheny, Roy Haynes, and Dave Holland (Concord Jazz)
Large Jazz Ensemble: Serendipity 18 – The Bob Florence Limited Edition
Latin Jazz: Latin Soul – Poncho Sanchez
Rock Gospel Album: Pray – Rebecca St. James (ForeFront Records)
Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album: Speechless – Steven Curtis Chapman (Sparrow Records)
Southern Gospel, Country Gospel, or Bluegrass Gospel Album: Kennedy Center Homecoming – Bill and Gloria Gaither and Their Homecoming Friends(Spring House Music Group)
Traditional Soul Gospel Album: Christmas with Shirley Caesar – Shirley Caesar (Myrrh Records)
Contemporary Soul Gospel Album: Mountain High . . . Valley Low – Yolanda Adams (Elektra Entertainment Group)
Gospel Album by a Choir or Chorus High and Lifted Up – The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir; Carol Cymbala, Choir Director (Atlantic Records)
Latin Pop: Tiempos – Rubén Blades
Latin Rock/Alternative: Resurrection – Chris Perez Band
Tropical Latin: Mambo Birdland – Tito Puente
Salsa: Llego . . . Van Van: Van Van Is Here – Los Van Van
Merengue: Pintame – Elvis Crespo
Mexican-American: 100 Años de Mariachi – Plácido Domingo
Tejano: Por Eso Te Amo – Los Palominos
Traditional Blues: Blues on the Bayou – B. B. King (MCA Records)
Contemporary Blues: Take Your Shoes Off – The Robert Cray Band (Rykodisc)
Traditional Folk: Press On – June Carter Cash (Risk/Small Hairy Dog Records)
Contemporary Folk: Mule Variations – Tom Waits (Tom Waits)
World Music Album: Livro – Caetano Veloso (Nonesuch Records)
Polka Album: Polkasonic – Brave Combo (Cleveland International Records)
Musical Album for Children: The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland – Various Artists (Sony Wonder)
Spoken Word Album for Children: Listen to the Storyteller – Wynton Marsalis, Graham Greene, and Kate Winslet (Sony Classical)
Spoken Word or Non-Musical Album: The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. – LeVar Burton (with Martin Luther King, Jr.) (Time Warner Audiobooks)
Spoken Comedy Album: Bigger and Blacker – Chris Rock (DreamWorks Records)
Musical Show Album: Annie Get Your Gun (Angel Records)
Best Soundtrack Album: Tarzan – Phil Collins (Walt Disney Records)
Instrumental Composition for a Motion Picture or for Television: A Bug’s Life – Randy Newman, Composer:
Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television: Beautiful Stranger (from Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me) – Madonna and William Orbit, songwriters
Instrumental Composition: Joyful Noise Suite – Don Sebesky, Composer
Instrumental Arrangement: Chelsea Bridge – Don Sebesky, arranger
Instrumental Arrangement with Accompanying Vocals: Lonely Town – Alan Broadbent, arranger
Best Recording Package: Ride with Bob – Ray Benson, Sally Carns, and Buddy Jackson, art directors (DreamWorks Records Nashville)
Best Album Notes: John Coltrane – The Classic Quartet-Complete Impulse! Studio Recordings – Bob Blumenthal, album notes writer
Historical Album: The Duke Ellington Centennial Edition?The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (1927-1973) (RCA Victor/BMG Classics)
Best-Engineered Album – Non-Classical: When I Look in Your Eyes – Al Schmitt, engineer (Verve Records)
Producer, Non-Classical: Walter Afanasieff
Remixer, Non-Classical: Club 69 (Peter Rauhofer)
Best-Engineered Album – Classical: Stravinsky: Firebird; The Rite of Spring; Perséphone – Markus Heiland, engineer
Classical Producer: Adam Abeshouse
Classical Album: Stravinsky: Firebird; The Rite of Spring; Perséphone – Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor (RCA Victor Red Seal)
Orchestral: Stravinsky: Firebird; The Rite of Spring; Perséphone – Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor (Deutsche Grammophon)
Opera: Stravinsky: The Rake’s Progress – John Eliot Gardiner, conductor (Deutsche Grammophon)
Choral: Britten: War Requiem – Robert Shafer, conductor (The Washington Chorus)
Instrumental Soloist with Orchestra: Prokofiev: Piano Cons. Nos. 1 and 3/Bartók: Piano Con. No. 3 – Martha Argerich, piano; Charles Dutoit, conductor
Instrumental Soloist without Orchestra: Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87 – Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
Small Ensemble Performance (with or without Conductor): Colors Of Love (Works of Thomas, Stucky, Tavener, Rands, Etc.) – Chanticleer; Joseph Jennings, conductor
Classical Vocal: Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn – Thomas Quasthoff, baritone; Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo soprano
Classical Contemporary Composition: Boulez: Répons – Pierre Boulez, Composer
Classical Crossover Album: Schickele: Hornsmoke (Piano Con. No. 2 in F Maj. ‘Ole’; Brass Calendar; Hornsmoke-A Horse Opera) – The Chestnut Brass Co.; Peter Schickele, piano and narrator
Music Video, Short Form: Freak on a Leash – (Korn), Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris, Todd McFarlane, and Graham Morris, video directors
Music Video, Long Form: Band of Gypsys – Live at Fillmore East – (Jimi Hendrix), Bob Smeaton, video director
Eligibility Year: October 1, 1997 – September 30, 1998
Trivia
Best New Artist Snub: Despite huge success, Backstreet Boys lost the Best New Artist award to Lauryn Hill.
Album of the Year: The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill by Lauryn Hill also took home the Album of the Year, solidifying her rising stardom.
Record of the Year: Celine Dion’s My Heart Will Go On won the award, continuing its acclaim from its association with Titanic.
Multiple Awards: Lauryn Hill took home five awards this year, setting a record for a female artist at that time.
Rap Categories: Jay-Z won his first Grammy, Best Rap Album for Vol. 2… Hard Knock Life.
Latin Music: Ricky Martin’s Vuelve won Best Latin Pop Performance, foreshadowing the Latin pop explosion that was to come later in 1999.
Country Collaboration: Clint Black, Joe Diffie, Merle Haggard, Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, Patty Loveless, Earl Scruggs, Ricky Skaggs, Marty Stuart, Pam Tillis, Randy Travis, Travis Tritt and Dwight Yoakam collaborated on “Same Old Train,” which won Best Country Collaboration With Vocals.
1999 Grammy Winners
Record of the Year: My Heart Will Go On – Celine Dion Song of the Year:
Song of the Year: My Heart Will Go On – James Horner and Will Jennings, songwriters
Album of the year: The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill – Lauryn Hill (Ruffhouse/Columbia Records)
New Artist: Lauryn Hill
Female Pop Vocal: My Heart Will Go On – Celine Dion
Male Pop Vocal: My Father’s Eyes – Eric Clapton
Pop Duo or Group with Vocals: Jump Jive An’ Wail – The Brian Setzer Orchestra
Pop Collaboration with Vocals: I Still Have That Other Girl – Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach
Pop Instrumental: Sleepwalk – The Brian Setzer Orchestra
Dance Recording: Ray of Light – Madonna
Pop Album: Ray of Light – Madonna (Maverick/Warner Bros. Records)
Traditional Pop Album: Live at Carnegie Hall The 50th Anniversary Concert – Patti Page
Female Rock Vocal: Uninvited – Alanis Morissette
Male Rock Vocal: Fly Away – Lenny Kravitz
Rock Duo or Group with Vocals: Pink – Aerosmith
Hard Rock: Most High – Jimmy Page and Robert Plant
Metal: Better Than You – Metallica
Rock Instrumental: The Roots of Coincidence – Pat Metheny Group
Rock Song: Uninvited – Alanis Morissette, songwriter
Rock Album: The Globe Sessions – Sheryl Crow (A&M Records)
Alternative Album: Hello Nasty – Beastie Boys
Female R&B Vocal: Doo Wop (That Thing), Lauryn Hill
Male R&B Vocal: St. Louis Blues – Stevie Wonder
R&B Duo or Group with Vocals: The Boy Is Mine – Brandy and Monica
R&B Song: Doo Wop (That Thing) – Lauryn Hill, songwriter
R&B Album: The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill – Lauryn Hill (Ruffhouse/Columbia Records)
Traditional R&B Vocal Performance: Live! One Night Only – Patti LaBelle
Rap Solo: Gettin’ Jiggy Wit It – Will Smith
Rap Duo or Group: Intergalactic – Beastie Boys
Rap Album: Vol. 2 . . . Hard Knock Life – Jay-Z
Female Country Vocal: You’re Still the One – Shania Twain
Male Country Vocal: If You Ever Have Forever in Mind – Vince Gill
Country Duo or Group with Vocals: There’s Your Trouble – Dixie Chicks
Country Collaboration with Vocals: Same Old Train – Clint Black, Joe Diffie, Merle Haggard, Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, Patty Loveless, Earl Scruggs, Ricky Skaggs, Marty Stuart, Pam Tillis, Randy Travis, Travis Tritt, and Dwight Yoakam
Country Instrumental: A Soldier’s Joy – Randy Scruggs and Vince Gill
Country Song: You’re Still the One – Robert John Mutt Lange and Shania Twain, songwriters
Country Album: Wide Open Spaces – Dixie Chicks (Monument Records)
Bluegrass Album: Bluegrass Rules! – Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder (Skaggs Family Records)
New Age Album: Landmarks – Clannad (Atlantic Records)
Contemporary Jazz: Imaginary Day – Pat Metheny Group
Jazz Vocal: I Remember Miles – Shirley Horn
Jazz Instrumental, Solo: Rhumbata – Chick Corea and Gary Burton
Jazz Instrumental, Individual or Group: Gershwin’s World – Herbie Hancock (Verve Records)
Large Jazz Ensemble: Count Plays Duke – Count Basie Orchestra
Latin Jazz: Hot House – Arturo Sandoval
Rock Gospel Album: You Are There – Ashley Cleveland (Cadence/204 Records)
Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album: This Is My Song – Deniece Williams (Harmony Records)
Southern Gospel, Country Gospel, or Bluegrass Gospel Album: The Apostle – Music From and Inspired by the Motion Picture – various artists (Sparrow Records/Rising Tide [MCA])
Traditional Soul Gospel Album: He Leadeth Me – Cissy Houston (House Of Blues Music)
Contemporary Soul Gospel Album: The Nu Nation Project – Kirk Franklin (Gospo Centric Records)
Gospel Album by a Choir or Chorus: Reflections – The Associates; O’Landa Draper, Choir Director (Warner Alliance Records)
Latin Pop: Vuelve – Ricky Martin
Latin Rock/Alternative: Sueños Liquidos – Mana
Tropical Latin: Contra la Corriente – Marc Anthony
Mexican-American: Los Super Seven – Los Super Seven
Tejano: Said and Done – Flaco Jimenez
Traditional Blues: Any Place I’m Going – Otis Rush (House Of Blues Records)
Contemporary Blues: Slow Down – Keb’ Mo’ (Okeh/550 Music)
Traditional Folk: Long Journey Home – The Chieftains with various artists (Wicklow Records)
Contemporary Folk: Car Wheels on a Gravel Road – Lucinda Williams (Mercury Records)
Reggae Album: Friends – Sly and Robbie (EastWest Records America/EEG)
World Music Album: Quanta Live – Gilberto Gil (Atlantic/Mesa Records)
Polka Album: Dance with Me – Jimmy Sturr and His Orchestra (Rounder Records)
Musical Album for Children: Elmopalooza! – The Sesame Street Muppets with various artists (Sony Wonder Records)
Spoken Word Album for Children: The Children’s Shakespeare – various artists (Dove Audio)
Spoken Word or Non-Musical Album: Still Me (Christopher Reeve) – Christopher Reeve (Random House Audio Books)
Spoken Comedy Album: The 2000-Year-Old Man in the Year 2000 – Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner (Rhino Records)
Musical Show Album: The Lion King (Walt Disney Records)
Instrumental Composition: Almost 12 – Bela Fleck, Future Man, and Victor Lemonte Wooten, composers
Instrumental Composition for a Motion Picture or for Television: Saving Private Ryan – John Williams, Composer
Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television: My Heart Will Go On (from Titanic) – James Horner and Will Jennings, songwriters
Instrumental Arrangement: Waltz for Debby – Don Sebesky, arranger
Instrumental Arrangement with Accompanying Vocals: St. Louis Blues – Herbie Hancock, Robert Sadin, and Stevie Wonder, arrangers
Best Recording Package: Ray of Light – Kevin Reagan, art director (Maverick/Warner Bros. Records)
Best Recording Package Boxed: The Complete Hank Williams, Jim Kemp and Virginia Team, art directors (Rhino Records)
Best Album Notes: Miles Davis Quintet 1965?1968 – Bob Belden, Todd Coolman and Michael Cuscuna, album notes writers
Historical Album: The Complete Hank Williams (Mercury Records Nashville):
Best-Engineered Album – Non-Classical: The Globe Sessions – Tchad Blake, Trina Shoemaker and Andy Wallace, engineers (A&M Records)
Producer, Non-Classical: Rob Cavallo
Remixer, Non-Classical: David Morales
Best-Engineered Album – Classical: Barber: Prayers of Kierkegaard/Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem/Bartok: Cantata Profana – Jack Renner, engineer
Classical Producer: Steven Epstein
Classical Album: Barber: Prayers of Kierkegaard/Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem/Bartok: Cantata Profana – Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Robert Shaw, conductor (Telarc)
Orchestral: Mahler: Sym. No. 9 – Pierre Boulez conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (Deutsche Grammophon)
Opera: Bartok: Bluebeard’s Castle – Pierre Boulez, conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (Deutsche Grammophon)
Choral: Barber: Prayers of Kierkegaard/Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem/Bartok: Cantata Profana – Robert Shaw, conductor (Telarc)
Instrumental Soloist with Orchestra: Penderecki: Violin Con. No. 2 ‘Metamorphosen’ – Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin; Krzysztof Penderecki, conductor
Instrumental Soloist without Orchestra: Bach: English Suites Nos. 1, 3 and 6 – Murray Perahia, piano
Chamber Music: American Scenes (Works of Copland, Previn, Barber, Gershwin) – Andre Previn, piano; Gil Shaham, violin
Small Ensemble Performance (with or without Conductor): Reich: Music for 18 Musicians – Steve Reich and Musicians
Classical Vocal: The Beautiful Voice (Works of Charpentier, Gounod, Massenet, Flotow, Etc.) – Renee Fleming, soprano
Eligibility Year: October 1, 1996 – September 30, 1997
Trivia
It’s All About the Benjamins: Sean “Puff Daddy” Combs dominated the evening with No Way Out, which won Best Rap Album.
Fleetwood’s Comeback: Fleetwood Mac marked their return by snagging an award for The Dance in the Best Pop Album category.
Record of the Year: Shawn Colvin’s “Sunny Came Home” snatched this prestigious award, alongside a win for Song of the Year.
Dylan’s Timeless Voice: Bob Dylan’s Time Out of Mind not only won Album of the Year but also marked Dylan’s resurgence in popular music.
Jazzy Notes: Buena Vista Social Club by Ry Cooder brought Cuban music to the forefront, winning Best Tropical Latin Performance.
Classical Crossover: Cellist Yo-Yo Ma won Best Classical Crossover Album for his work Soul of the Tango, dedicated to the music of Astor Piazzolla.
Teen Pop Emerges: Although not a winner, the Backstreet Boys received their first Grammy nomination, signaling the ascent of teen pop in mainstream music.
1998 Grammy Winners
Record of the Year: Sunny Came Home – Shawn Colvin
Album of the Year: Time Out of Mind – Bob Dylan (Columbia Records)
Song of the Year: Sunny Came Home – Shawn Colvin and John Leventhal, songwriters
New Artist: Paula Cole
Female Pop Vocal: Building a Mystery – Sarah McLachlan
Male Pop Vocal: Candle in the Wind 1997 – Elton John
Pop Duo or Group with Vocals: Virtual Insanity – Jamiroquai
Pop Collaboration with Vocals: Don’t Look Back – John Lee Hooker with Van Morrison
Pop Instrumental: Last Dance – Sarah McLachlan
Dance Recording: Carry On – Donna Summer and Giorgio Moroder
Pop Album: Hourglass – James Taylor (Columbia Records)
Traditional Pop Album: Tony Bennett on Holiday – Tony Bennett
Female Rock Vocal: Criminal – Fiona Apple
Male Rock Vocal: Cold Irons Bound – Bob Dylan
Rock Duo or Group with Vocals: One Headlight – the Wallflowers
Hard Rock: The End Is the Beginning Is the End – the Smashing Pumpkins
Metal: Ænima – Tool
Rock Instrumental: Block Rockin’ Beats – the Chemical Brothers
Rock Song: One Headlight – Jakob Dylan, songwriter
Rock Album: Blue Moon Swamp – John Fogerty (Warner Bros. Records)
Alternative Album: OK Computer – Radiohead
Female R&B Vocal: On and On – Erykah Badu
Male R&B Vocal: I Believe I Can Fly – R. Kelly
R&B Duo or Group with Vocals: No Diggity – Blackstreet
R&B Song: I Believe I Can Fly – R. Kelly, songwriter
R&B Album: Baduizm – Erykah Badu (Kedar/Universal Records)
Rap Solo: Men in Black – Will Smith
Rap Duo or Group: I’ll Be Missing You – Puff Daddy and Faith Evans featuring 112
Rap Album: No Way Out – Puff Daddy and the Family
Female Country Vocal: How Do I Live – Trisha Yearwood
Male Country Vocal: Pretty Little Adriana – Vince Gill
Country Duo or Group with Vocals: Looking in the Eyes of Love – Alison Krauss and Union Station
Country Collaboration with Vocals: In Another’s Eyes – Trisha Yearwood and Garth Brooks
Country Instrumental: Little Liza Jane – Alison Krauss and Union Station
Country Song: Butterfly Kisses – Bob Carlisle and Randy Thomas, songwriters
Country Album: Unchained – Johnny Cash (American Records)
Bluegrass Album: So Long So Wrong – Alison Krauss and Union Station (Rounder Records)
New Age Album: Oracle – Michael Hedges (Windham Hill Records)
Contemporary Jazz: Into the Sun – Randy Brecker
Jazz Vocal: Dear Ella – Dee Dee Bridgewater
Jazz Instrumental, Solo: Stardust – Doc Cheatham and Nicholas Payton
Jazz Instrumental, Individual or Group: Beyond the Missouri Sky – Charlie Haden and Pat Metheny (Verve Records)
Large Jazz Ensemble: Joe Henderson Big Band – Joe Henderson Big Band
Latin Jazz: Habana – Roy Hargrove’s Crisol
Rock Gospel Album: Welcome to the Freak Show: dc Talk Live in Concert – dc Talk (ForeFront Records)
Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album: Much Afraid – Jars of Clay (Silvertone/Essential Records)
Southern Gospel, Country Gospel or Bluegrass Gospel Album: Amazing Grace 2: A Country Salute to Gospel – various artists (Sparrow Records)
Traditional Soul Gospel Album: I Couldn’t Hear Nobody Pray – the Fairfield Four (Warner Bros. Records Nashville)
Best Recording Package: Various Artists: Titanic?Music as Heard on the Fateful Voyage – Hugh Brown, Al Q., and Jeff Smith, art directors (Rhino Records)
Best Recording Package Boxed: Various Artists: Beg, Scream and Shout! The Big Ol’ Box of ’60s Soul – Hugh Brown,David Gorman and Rachel Gutek, art directors (Rhino Records)
Best Album Notes: Various Artists: Anthology of American Folk Music (1997 Edition Expanded) – John Fahey, Luis Kemnitzer, Joh Pankake, Chuck Pirtle, Jeff Place, Neil V. Rosenberg, Luc Sante, Peter Stampfel and Eric Von Schmidt, album notes writers
Historical Album: Anthology of American Folk Music (1997 Edition Expanded) (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings)
Best-Engineered Album – Non-Classical: James Taylor: Hourglass – Frank Filipetti, engineer (Columbia Records)
Producer: Babyface
Remixer: Frankie Knuckles
Best-Engineered Album – Classical: Copland: The Music of America – Michael Bishop and Jack Renner, engineers
Classical Producer: Steven Epstein
Classical Album: Premieres: Cello Concertos (Works of Danielpour, Kirchner, Rouse) – Philadelphia Orchestra (Sony Classical)
Orchestral: Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique; Tristia – Pierre Boulez conducting the Cleveland Orchestra and Chorus (Deutsche Grammophon)
Opera: Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg – Sir Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus (London Records)
Choral: Adams: Harmonium/Rachmaninoff: The Bells – Robert Shaw, conductor (Telarc):
Instrumental Soloist with Orchestra: Premieres: Cello Concertos (Works of Danielpour, Kirchner, Rouse) – Yo-Yo Ma, violoncello; David Zinman, conductor
Instrumental Soloist without Orchestra: Bach: Suites for Solo Cello Nos. 1-6 – Janos Starker, cello
Chamber Music: Beethoven: The String Quartets, Emerson String Quartet
Small Ensemble Performance (with or without Conductor): Hindemith: Kammermusik No. 1 With Finale 1921, Op. 24 No. 1 – Claudio Abbado conducting members of the Berliner Philharmonic
Classical Vocal: An Italian Songbook (Works of Bellini, Donizetti, Rossini) – Cecilia Bartoli
Classical Contemporary Composition: Adams: El Dorado – John Adams, Composer
Music Video, Short Form: Got ‘Till It’s Gone – Janet Jackson; Mark Romanek and Aris McGarry, video directors
Music Video, Long Form: Alanis Morissette: Jagged Little Pill – Live, Alanis Morissette and Steve Purcell, video directors
Music Video, Short Form: Ray of Light – Jonas Akerlund, video director
Music Video, Long Form: American Masters: Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart – Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, video director
Eligibility Year: October 1, 1995 – September 30, 1996
Trivia
Gospel Roots: Celine Dion’s chart-topping Because You Loved Me lost Song of the Year to Eric Clapton’s Change the World, which was a hit in both pop and gospel formats.
LeAnn’s Leap: LeAnn Rimes, at just 14 years old, won two awards, including Best New Artist.
Ellen’s Encore: Ellen DeGeneres hosted the Grammys for the second year in a row, solidifying her role as an award show staple.
Jazz and Rap: The Fugees won Best Rap Album for The Score, a fusion of rap, soul, and jazz that was groundbreaking at the time.
Young Prodigy: At 20 years old, Alanis Morissette won Album of the Year for Jagged Little Pill, an album that tackled serious social issues and broke musical norms.
Country Crossovers: Shania Twain and LeAnn Rimes brought country into the mainstream, each earning nominations and Rimes taking home trophies.
An Opera’s Opening: The 3 Tenors’ recording of The Three Tenors in Concert 1994 won Best Classical Album, a nod to the genre’s cultural significance.
1997 Grammy Winners
Record of the Year: Change the World – Eric Clapton
Album of the Year: Falling Into You, Celine Dion (550 Music/Epic)
Song of the Year: Change the World – Gordon Kennedy, Wayne Kirkpatrick and Tommy Sims, songwriters
Best New Artist: LeAnn Rimes
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance: Change the World – Eric Clapton
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance: Un-break My Heart – Toni Braxton
Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal: Free As a Bird – The Beatles
Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals: When I Fall in Love – Natalie Cole with Nat King Cole
Best Pop Instrumental Performance: The Sinister Minister – Béla Fleck and the Flecktones
Best Pop Album: Falling Into You, Celine Dion (550 Music/Epic)
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance: Here’s to the Ladies, Tony Bennett
Best Female Rock Vocal Performance: If It Makes You Happy – Sheryl Crow
Best Male Rock Vocal Performance: Where It’s At – Beck
Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal: So Much to Say – Dave Matthews Band
Best Hard Rock Performance: Bullet With Butterfly Wings – Smashing Pumpkins
Best Metal Performance: Tire Me – Rage Against the Machine
Best Rock Instrumental Performance: SRV Shuffle – Jimmie Vaughan, Eric Clapton, Bonnie Raitt, Robert Cray, B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Dr. John and Art Neville
Best Rock Song: Give Me One Reason – Tracy Chapman, songwriter
Best Rock Album: Sheryl Crow, Sheryl Crow (A&M)
Best Alternative Music Performance: Odelay, Beck
Best Female R&B Vocal Performance: You’re Makin’ Me High – Toni Braxton
Best Male R&B Vocal Performance: Your Secret Love – Luther Vandross
Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal: Killing Me Softly With His Song – Fugees
Best R&B Album: Words, The Tony Rich Project (LaFace)
Best Rap Solo Performance: Hey Lover – LL Cool J
Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group: Tha Crossroads – Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
Best Rap Album: The Score, Fugees; Lauryn Hill, Prakazrel Pras and Wyclef, producers (Ruffhouse/Columbia)
Best Female Country Vocal Performance: Blue – LeAnn Rimes
Best Male Country Vocal Performance: Worlds Apart – Vince Gill
Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal: My Maria – Brooks and Dunn
Best Country Collaboration With Vocals: High Lonesome Sound – Vince Gill featuring Alison Krauss and Union Station
Best Country Instrumental Performance: Jam Man – Chet Atkins
Best Country Song: Blue – Bill Mack, songwriter
Best Country Album: The Road to Ensanada, Lyle Lovett; Billy Williams and Lyle Lovett, producers (Curb/MCA)
Best Bluegrass Album: True Life Blues: The Songs of Bill Monroe, various artists (Sugar Hill)
Best New Age Album: The Memory of Trees, Enya (Reprise)
Best Contemporary Jazz Performance: High Life, Wayne Shorter
Best Jazz Vocal Performance: New Moon Daughter, Cassandra Wilson
Best Jazz Instrumental Solo: Cabin Fever – Michael Brecker
Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Individual or Group: Tales From the Hudson, Michael Brecker
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance: Live at Manchester Craftmen’s Guild, Count Basie Orchestra (with The New York Voices); Grover Mitchell, conductor
Best Latin Jazz Performance: Portraits of Cuba, Paquito D’Rivera
Best Rock Gospel Album: Jesus Freak, dc Talk (ForeFront Communications)
Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album: Tribute – The Songs of Andrae Crouch, various artists; Norman Miller and Neal Joseph, producers (Warner Alliance)
Best Southern Gospel, Country Gospel or Bluegrass Gospel Album: I Love to Tell the Story: 25 Timeless Hymns, Andy Griffith (Sparrow Communications Group)
Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album: Face to Face, Cissy Houston (House of Blues Music Co.)
Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album: Whatcha Lookin’ 4, Kirk Franklin and the Family (Gospo Centric)
Best Gospel Album by a Choir or Chorus: Just a Word, Shirley Caesar’s Outreach Convention Choir (Word Gospel)
Best Latin Pop Performance: Enrique Iglesias, Enrique Iglesias
Best Tropical Latin Performance: La Rosa de los Vientos, Ruben Blades
Best Mexican-American/Tejano Music Performance: Un Millon de Rosas, La Mafia
Best Traditional Blues Album: Deep in the Blues, James Cotton (Verve)
Best Contemporary Blues Album: Just Like You, Keb’ Mo’ (Okeh/Epic)
Best Traditional Folk Album: Pete, Pete Seeger (Living Music)
Best Contemporary Folk Album: The Ghost of Tom Joad, Bruce Springsteen (Columbia)
Best Reggae Album: Hall of Fame – A Tribute to Bob Marley’s 50th Anniversary, Bunny Wailer (RAS Records)
Best World Music Album: Santiago, The Chieftains (RCA Victor)
Best Polka Album: Polka! All Night Long, Jimmy Sturr (Rounder)
Best Musical Album for Children: Dedicated to the One I Love, Linda Ronstadt; George Massenburg and Linda Ronstadt, producers (Elektra)
Best Spoken Word Album for Children: Stellaluna, David Holt; Virginia Callaway, Steven Heller and David Holt, producers (High Windy Audio)
Best Spoken Word or Non-Musical Album: It Takes a Village, Hillary Rodham Clinton (Simon and Schuster Audioworks)
Best Spoken Comedy Album: Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot, Al Franken (Dove Audio)
Best Musical Show Album: Riverdance, various artists; Bill Whelan, producer, composer and lyricist (Celtic Heartbeat/Atlantic)
Best Instrumental Composition: Manhattan (Island of Lights and Love) – Herbie Hancock and Jean Hancock, composers
Best Instrumental Composition for a Motion Picture or for Television: Independence Day, David Arnold, composer
Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television: Because You Loved Me (From Up Close and Personal ), Diane Warren, songwriter
Best Instrumental Arrangement: An American Symphony (Mr. Holland’s Opus) – Michael Kamen, arranger
Best Instrumental Arrangement With Accompanying Vocal(s): When I Fall in Love – Alan Broadbent, David Foster and Gordon Jenkins, arrangers
Best Recording Package: Ultra-Lounge (Leopard Skin Sampler), Andy Engel and Tommy Steele, art directors (Capitol)
Best Recording Package – Boxed: The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings, Chika Azuma and Arnold Levine, art directors (Columbia)
Best Album Notes: The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings, George Avakian, Bob Belden, Bill Kirchner and Phil Schaap, album-notes writers (Columbia)
Best Historical Album: The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings, Bob Belden and Phil Schaap, compilation producers; Phil Schaap and Mark Wilder, mastering engineers (Columbia)
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical: Q’s Jook Joint, Francis Buckley, Al Schmitt, Bruce Swedien and Tommy Vicari, engineers (Qwest/Warner Bros.)
Producer of the Year: Kenneth Babyface Edmonds
Best Classical Engineered Recording: Copland: Dance Symphony; Short Symphony; Organ Symphony, Etc., William Hoekstra and Lawrence Rock, engineers (RCA Victor Red Seal)
Classical Producer of the Year: Joanna Nickrenz
Best Classical Album: Corgiliano: of Rage and Remembrance (Symphony No. 1, etc.), Leonard Slatkin, conductor; Joanna Nickrenz, producer; various artists (RCA Victor Red Seal)
Best Orchestral Performance: Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet (Scenes From the Ballet), Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Best Opera Recording: Britten: Peter Grimes, Richard Hickox, conductor; Philip Langridge, Alan Opie and Janice Watson, principal soloists; Brian Couzens, producer
Best Choral Performance: Walton: Belshazzar’s Feast – Andrew Litton, conductor; Neville Creed and David Hill, chorus masters
Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (With Orchestra): Bartok: The Three Piano Concertos, Yefim Bronfman, piano
Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (Without Orchestra): The Romantic Master (Works of Saint-Saens; Handel, etc.), Earl Wild, piano
Best Chamber Music Performance: Corigliano: String Quartet, etc. – Cleveland Quartet
Best Small Ensemble Performance (With or Without Conductor): Boulez:…Explosante-Fixe… – Pierre Boulez, conductor
Best Classical Vocal Performance: Opera Arias (Works of Mozart, Wagner, Borodin, etc.), Bryn Terfel, bass baritone
Best Classical Contemporary Composition: Corigliano: String Quartet – John Corigliano, composer
Best Music Video, Short Form: Free As a Bird – The Beatles; Joe Pytka, video director
Best Music Video, Long Form: The Beatles Anthology, The Beatles; Geoff Wonfor, video director; Chips Chipperfield, video producer
Held at: Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California
Host: Ellen DeGeneres
Eligibility Year: October 1, 1994 – September 30, 1995
Trivia
Alanis Unplugged: Alanis Morissette’s Jagged Little Pill snagged Album of the Year, marking her as a force in the music industry.
Hootie’s Big Catch: Hootie & the Blowfish won Best New Artist, propelling them into stardom.
King of Pop’s Return: Michael Jackson’s Scream, his duet with sister Janet, was one of the most expensive music videos ever made and was nominated, although it didn’t win.
Country Under Spotlight: Shania Twain’s The Woman in Me won Best Country Album, indicating the growing influence of country music in mainstream media.
Seal of Approval: Seal’s Kiss from a Rose won both Record of the Year and Song of the Year, boosting his career substantially.
Soundtrack Success: Disney’s Pocahontas took home the award for Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television, continuing the trend of animated films performing well at the Grammys.
Comic Relief: The host, Ellen DeGeneres, was primarily known for her work in television and stand-up comedy, making her a unique but entertaining choice for the music-focused event.
1996 Grammy Winners
Album of the Year: Jagged Little Pill, Alanis Morissette (Maverick/Reprise)
Song of the Year: Kiss From a Rose – Seal, songwriter
Best New Artist: Hootie and the Blowfish
Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male: Kiss From a Rose – Seal
Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female: No More `I Love You’s – Annie Lennox
Best Pop Performance By a Duo or Group With Vocal: Let Her Cry – Hootie and the Blowfish
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance: Duets II – Frank Sinatra
Best Pop Instrumental Performance: Mariachi Suite – Los Lobos
Best Pop Vocal Collaboration: Have I Told You Lately That I Love You? – The Chieftains with Van Morrison
Best Pop Album: Turbulent Indigo, Joni Mitchell (Reprise)
Best Rock Album: Jagged Little Pill, Alanis Morissette (Maverick/Reprise)
Best Rock Gospel Album: Lesson of Love, Ashley Cleveland (Reunion)
Best Rock Song: You Oughta Know – Glen Ballard and Alanis Morissette, songwriters
Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male: You Don’t Know How It Feels – Tom Petty
Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female: You Oughta Know – Alanis Morissette
Best Rock Performance By a Duo or Group With Vocal: Run-Around – Blues Traveler
Best Rock Instrumental Performance: Jessica – The Allman Brothers Band
Best Hard Rock Performance: Spin the Black Circle – Pearl Jam
Best Metal Performance: Happiness Is Slavery – Nine Inch Nails
Best Alternative Music Performance: MTV Unplugged in New York, Nirvana (DGC)
Best Rhythm and Blues Album: CrazySexyCool, TLC (LaFace Records)
Best Rhythm and Blues Song: For Your Love – Stevie Wonder, songwriter
Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance, Male: For Your Love – Stevie Wonder
Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance, Female: I Apologize – Anita Baker
Best Rhythm and Blues Performance By a Duo or Group With Vocal: Creep – TLC
Best Rap Album: Poverty’s Paradise, Naughty by Nature (Tommy Boy)
Best Rap Solo Performance: Gangsta’s Paradise – Coolio
Best Rap Performance By a Duo or Group: I’ll Be There for You /You’re All I Need to Get By – Method Man/Mary J. Blige
Best Jazz Vocal Performance: An Evening With Lena Horne – Lena Horne
Best Jazz Instrumental Solo: Impressions – Michael Brecker
Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Individual or Group: Infinity – McCoy Tyner Trio featuring Michael Brecker
Best Contemporary Jazz Performance: We Live Here – Pat Metheny Group
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance: All Blues – GRP All-Star Big Band and Tom Scott
Best Latin Jazz Performance: Antônio Brasileiro – Antônio Carlos Jobim
Best Country Album: The Woman in Me, Shania Twain (Mercury Nashville)
Best Country Song: Go Rest High on That Mountain – Vince Gill, songwriter
Best Country Vocal Performance, Male: Go Rest High on That Mountain – Vince Gill
Best Country Vocal Performance, Female: Baby, Now That I’ve Found You – Alison Krauss
Best Country Performance By a Duo or Group With Vocal: Here Comes the Rain – The Mavericks
Best Country Vocal Collaboration: Somewhere in the Vicinity of the Heart – Shenandoah with Alison Krauss
Best Country Instrumental Performance: Hightower – Asleep at the Wheel featuring Bela Fleck and Johnny Gimble
Best Bluegrass Album: Unleashed, The Nashville Bluegrass Band (Sugar Hill)
Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album: Shirley Caesar Live He Will Come, Shirley Caesar (Word)
Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album: Alone in His Presence, CeCe Winans (Sparrow Communications Group)
Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album: I’ll Lead You Home, Michael W. Smith (Reunion)
Best Rock Gospel Album: Lesson of Love, Ashley Cleveland (Reunion)
Best Southern Gospel, Country Gospel or Bluegrass Gospel Album: Amazing Grace – A Country Salute to Gospel, various artists (Sparrow Communications Group)
Best Gospel Album By a Choir or Chorus: Praise Him… Live!, The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir (Warner Alliance)
Best Latin Pop Performance: Amor – Jon Secada
Best Tropical Latin Performance: Abriendo Puertas – Gloria Estefan
Best Mexican-American Performance: Flaco Jimenez – Flaco Jimenez
Best Traditional Blues Album: Chill Out, John Lee Hooker (Point-Blank)
Best Contemporary Blues Album: Slippin’ In, Buddy Guy (Silvertone)
Best Traditional Folk Album: South Coast, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott (Red House)
Best Contemporary Folk Album: Wrecking Ball, Emmylou Harris (Asylum/Elektra)
Best Reggae Album: Boombastic, Shaggy (Virgin)
Best New Age Album: Forest, George Winston
Best World Music Album: Bohème, Deep Forest (Windham Hill)
Best Polka Album: I Love to Polka, Jimmy Sturr (Rounder)
Best Instrumental Arrangement: Lament – Robert Farnon, arranger
Best Instrumental Arrangement With Accompanying Vocal(s): I Get a Kick out of You – Rob McConnell, arranger
Best Instrumental Composition: A View From the Side – Bill Holman
Best Musical Show Album: Smokey Joe’s Cafe – The Songs of Leiber and Stoller, Jerry Leiber, lyricist; Mike Stoller, composer (Atlantic Theater)
Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television: Crimson Tide – Hans Zimmer, composer
Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television: Colors of the Wind (From Pocahontas), Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz, songwriters
Best Classical Contemporary Composition: Messiaen: Concert a Quatre – Olivier Messiaen, composer
Best Classical Album: Debussy: La Mer; Nocturnes; Jeux, etc. Pierre Boulez conducting the Cleveland Orchestra (Deutsche Grammophon)
Best Chamber Music Performance: Brahms/Beethoven/Mozart: Clarinet Trios, Emanuel Ax, piano; Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Richard Stoltzman, clarinet
Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist(s) (With Orchestra): The American Album (Works of Bernstein, Barber, Foss), Itzhak Perlman, violin (EMI Classics)
Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist(s) (Without Orchestra): Schubert: Piano Sonatas (B-Flat Major and A Major), Radu Lupu, piano (London Records)
Best Orchestral Performance: Debussy: La Mer, Nocturnes; Jeux, etc., Pierre Boulez conducting the Cleveland Orchestra (Deutsche Grammophon)
Best Opera Recording: Berlioz: Les Troyens, Charles Dutoit conducting the Orchestre Symphonie de Montreal
Best Performance of a Choral Work: Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem, Herbert Blomstedt conducting San Francisco Symphony, San Francisco Symphony Chorus and various artists
Best Classical Vocal Performance: The Echoing Air – The Music of Henry Purcell (If Music Be the Food of Love; Sweeter Than Roses, etc.), Sylvia McNair, soprano
Best Spoken Comedy Album: Crank Calls, Jonathan Winters (Audio Select)
Best Spoken Word or Non-Musical Album: Phenomenal Woman, Maya Angelou (Random House Audio Books)
Best Musical Album for Children: Sleepy Time Lullabys, Barbara Bailey Hutchison (Jaba)
Best Spoken Word Album for Children: Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf, Patrick Stewart (Erato)
Best Recording Package: Turbulent Indigo, Robbie Cavolina and Joni Mitchell, art directors (Reprise)
Best Recording Package – Boxed: Civilization Phaze III, Frank Zappa and Gail Zappa, art directors (Barking Pumpkin)
Best Album Notes: The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles, Volume 3: 1972 – 1975, Rob Bowman, album notes writer (Stax)
Best Historical Album: The Heifetz Collection (RCA Victor Gold Seal)
Best Music Video, Short Form: Scream – Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson
Best Music Video, Long Form: Secret World Live – Peter Gabriel
Best Engineered Album (Non-Classical): Wildflowers, Dave Bianco, Richard Dodd, Stephen McLaughlin and Jim Scott, engineers (Warner Bros.)
Best Classical Engineered Recording: Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra/Kossuth: Symphonic Poem, Michael Mailes and Jonathan Stokes, engineers (London Records)
Held at: Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California
Host: Paul Reiser
Eligibility Year: October 1, 1993 – September 30, 1994
Trivia
Sheryl Crow Takes Flight: Sheryl Crow won three awards, including Record of the Year for All I Wanna Do.
King of Pop: Michael Jackson snagged a Grammy for Best Music Video for Scream, his duet with sister Janet Jackson.
Songwriting Success: Bruce Springsteen won Song of the Year for Streets of Philadelphia, which also nabbed him an Oscar the previous year.
Country Spotlight: Mary Chapin Carpenter’s Shut Up and Kiss Me won Best Female Country Vocal Performance.
Classical Crossover: Cellist Yo-Yo Ma won Best Instrumental Soloist Performance for his rendition of the six Bach Cello Suites.
New Age Aura: Enya won Best New Age Album for The Memory of Trees, adding another accolade to her decorated career.
Jazz Maestro: McCoy Tyner won Best Jazz Instrumental Solo for Impressions.
1995 Grammy Winners
Record of the Year: All I Wanna Do – Sheryl Crow
Album of the Year: MTV Unplugged, Tony Bennett (Columbia)
Song of the Year: Streets of Philadelphia (Theme from Philadelphia), Bruce Springsteen, songwriter
Best New Artist: Sheryl Crow
Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male: Can You Feel the Love Tonight – Elton John
Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female: All I Wanna Do – Sheryl Crow
Best Pop Performance By a Duo or Group With Vocal: I Swear – All-4-One
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance: MTV Unplugged, Tony Bennett
Best Pop Instrumental Performance: Cruisin’ – Booker T and the MG’s
Best Pop Vocal Collaboration: Funny How Time Slips Away – Al Green and Lyle Lovett
Best Pop Album: Longing in Their Hearts, Bonnie Raitt (Capitol)
Best Rock Album: Voodoo Lounge, The Rolling Stones (Virgin)
Best Rock Gospel Album: Wake-Up Call, Petra (Dayspring)
Best Rock Song: Streets of Philadelphia – Bruce Springsteen, songwriter
Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male: Streets of Philadelphia – Bruce Springsteen
Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female: Come to My Window – Melissa Etheridge
Best Rock Performance By a Duo or Group With Vocal: Crazy – Aerosmith
Best Rock Instrumental Performance: Marooned – Pink Floyd
Best Hard Rock Performance: Black Hole Sun – Soundgarden
Best Metal Performance: Spoonman – Soundgarden
Best Alternative Music Performance: Dookie, Green Day
Best Rhythm and Blues: Album II, Boyz II Men (Motown)
Best Rhythm and Blues Song: I’ll Make Love to You – Babyface, songwriter
Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance, Male: When Can I See You – Babyface
Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance, Female: Breathe Again – Toni Braxton
Best Rhythm and Blues Performance By a Duo or Group With Vocal: I’ll Make Love to You – Boyz II Men
Best Rap Solo Performance: U.N.I.T.Y. – Queen Latifah
Best Rap Performance By a Duo or Group: None of Your Business – Salt-N-Pepa
Best Jazz Vocal Performance: Mystery Lady (Songs of Billie Holiday), Etta James
Best Jazz Instrumental Solo: Prelude to a Kiss – Benny Carpenter
Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Individual or Group: A Tribute to Miles, Ron Carter, Herbie Hancock, Wallace Roney, Wayne Shorter and Tony Williams
Best Contemporary Jazz Performance: Out of the Loop – Brecker Brothers
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance: Journey – McCoy Tyner Big Band
Best Latin Jazz Performance: Danzon – Arturo Sandoval
Best Country Album: Stones in the Road, Mary Chapin Carpenter (Columbia)
Best Country Song: I Swear – Gary Baker and Frank J. Meyers, songwriters
Best Country Vocal Performance, Male: When Love Finds You – Vince Gill
Best Country Vocal Performance, Female: Shut Up and Kiss Me – Mary Chapin Carpenter
Best Country Performance By a Duo or Group With Vocal: Blues for Dixie – Asleep at the Wheel with Lyle Lovett
Best Country Vocal Collaboration: I Fall to Pieces – Aaron Neville and Trisha Yearwood
Best County Instrumental Performance: Young Thing – Chet Atkins
Best Bluegrass Album: The Great Dobro Sessions, various artists (Sugar Hill)
Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album: Songs of the Church – Live in Memphis, Albertina Walker (Benson)
Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album: Join the Band, Take 6 (Reprise/Warner Alliance)
Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album: Mercy, Andrae Crouch (Qwest/Warner Alliance)
Best Southern Gospel, Country Gospel or Bluegrass Gospel Album: I Know Who Holds Tomorrow, Alison Krauss and the Cox Family (Rounder)
Best Gospel Album By a Choir or Chorus (tie): Through God’s Eyes, Thompson Community Singers; Rev. Milton Brunson, choir director (Word) Live in Atlanta at Morehouse College, Love Fellowship Crusade Choir; Hezekiah Walker, choir director (Benson)
Best Latin Pop Performance: Segundo Romance – Luis Miguel
Best Tropical Latin Performance: Master Sessions Volume 1, Chachao
Best Mexican-American Performance: Recuerdo a Javier Solis – Vikki Carr
Best Traditional Blues Album: From the Cradle, Eric Clapton (Reprise)
Best Contemporary Blues Album: Father Father, Pops Staples (Pointblank)
Best Traditional Folk Album: World Gone Wrong, Bob Dylan (Columbia)
Best Contemporary Folk Album: American Recordings, Johnny Cash (American Recordings)
Best Reggae Album: Crucial! Roots Classics, Bunny Wailer (Shanachie)
Best New Age Album: Prayer for the Wild Things, Paul Winter (Living Music Records)
Best World Music Album: Talking Timbuktu, Ali Farka Toure with Ry Cooder (Hannibal)
Best Polka Album: Music and Friends, Walter Ostanek Band (WRS)
Best Instrumental Arrangement: Three Cowboy Songs – Dave Grusin, arranger
Best Instrumental Arrangement With Accompanying Vocal(s): Circle of Life – Lebo Morake and Hans Zimmer, arrangers
Best Instrumental Composition: African Skies – Michael Brecker, composer
Best Musical Show Album: Passion, Original Broadway cast (Angel)
Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television: Schindler’s List, John Williams, composer
Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television: Streets of Philadelphia (From Philadelphia), Bruce Springsteen, songwriter
Best Classical Contemporary Composition: Cello Concerto – Stephen Albert, composer
Best Classical Album: Bartok, Concerto for Orchestra; Four Orchestral Pieces, Op. 12, Pierre Boulez conducting Chicago Symphony Orchestra (Deutsche Grammophon)
Best Chamber Music Performance: Beethoven and Mozart, Quintets, Daniel Barenboim, piano; Dale Clevenger, horn; Larry Combs, clarinet; Daniele Damiano, bassoon; Hansjorg Schellenberger, oboe
Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist(s) (With Orchestra): The New York Album (Works of Albert, Bartok and Bloch), David Zinman conducting Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; Yo-Yo Ma, cellist and alto violinist
Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist(s) (Without Orchestra): Haydn, Piano Sonatas nos. 32, 47, 53 and 59, Emmanuel Ax, pianist
Best Orchestral Performance: Bartok, Concerto for Orchestra; Four Orchestral Pieces, Op. 12, Pierre Boulez, conducting Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Best Opera Recording: Floyd, Susannah, Kent Nagano conducting Orchestra and Chorus of Opera de Lyon; solos: Studer, Hadley, Ramey and Chester (Virgin Classics)
Best Performance of a Choral: Work Berlioz, Messe Solennelle, John Eliot Gardiner, choir director, the Monteverdi Choir, Orchestra Revolutionnaire et Romantique and various artists
Best Classical Vocal Performance: The Impatient Lover (Italian Songs by Beethoven, Schubert, Mozart, etc.), Cecilia Bartoli, mezzo-soprano; Andras Schiff, piano
Best Spoken Comedy Album: Live From Hell, Sam Kinison (Priority Records)
Best Spoken Word or Non-Musical Album: Get in the Van: On the Road With Black Flag, Henry Rollins (Time Warner Audiobooks)
Best Musical Album for Children: The Lion King – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, various artists (Walt Disney Records)
Best Spoken Word Album for Children: The Lion King Read-Along, original cast (Walt Disney Records)
Best Recording Package: Tribute to the Music of Bob Willis and the Texas Playboys, Buddy Jackson, art director (Liberty)
Best Recording Package – Boxed: The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song Books, Chris Thompson, art director (Verve)
Best Album Notes: Louis Armstrong: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, 1923?1934, Dan Morgenstern and Loren Schoenberg, album notes writers (Columbia/Legacy/Smithsonian)
Best Historical Album: The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song Books on Verve (Verve)
Best Music Video, Short Form: Love Is Strong – The Rolling Stones
Best Music Video, Long Form: Zoo TV: Live From Sydney, U2
Producer of the Year (Non-Classical): Don Was
Classical Producer of the Year: Andrew Cornall
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