Pop Stops picks the Grammy winners
Who
will take home the gold gramophone statuettes for stellar musical achievement
this year?The 45th Annual Grammy Awards Show is just a few nights away Sunday
so, once again, it's time to take a look back at the best (or at least the
most popular) recordings of the past year.
For a nice compilation of nominated songs and artists, pick up the Grammy Nominees 2003 CD, a 19-song collection,including songs from Vanessa Carlton, Norah Jones, Nickelback, Dixie Chicks, Eminem, Nelly, Michelle Branch, Avril Lavigne, John Mayer, Pink, Britney Spears, Sting and more.
The 2001-2002 Grammy eligibility year (Oct. 1, 2001-Sept. 30, 2002) produced a wide range of music from new and old artists, but no runaway 10-nomination contenders this year. Sheryl Crow, Bruce Springsteen, Jones,Lavigne, Ashanti, Nelly, Eminem and Raphael Saadiq (formerly of Tony! Toni! Tonι!) all picked up five nominations apiece. Alan Jackson, Chad Kroeger (Nickelback), Remy Shand, and Dixie Chicks were right behind with four nominations apiece, and India.Arie, Erykah Badu, Ian Bostridge, Vanessa Carlton, Johnny Cash, Elvis Costello, Dr. Dre, Arif Mardin and No Doubt all scored three nominations.
This year, the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, the group that oversees the Grammy Awards, also introduced two new categories Best Contemporary R&B Album and Best Urban/Alternative Performance, bringing the total number of Grammy award categories to 104.
Grammys on TVWHAT: 45th Grammy Awards. WHERE: New York's Madison Square Garden. WHEN: Sunday, 8 p.m. TELEVISION: CBS, Channel 2. |
The Grammy Awards cover the whole spectrum of music, from pop to blues to rap to classical to children's recordings. I can't claim to have listened to every recording released this year (and must admit deficiency in the jazz, classical, polka, gospel and blues sections) so this "Grammy Pick's" list will focus on awards in the pop/rock/country field the usual purview of the "Pop Stops" column.
For a complete listing of all 104 categories of awards, check out the Grammy Web site at www.grammy.com. This year, the list includes my best guesses of who will win the Grammies. Pull out your own pens and insert your own checkmarks before the show and see how your votes compare with mine.
EDITOR'S NOTE: I've added red x's designating the winners. These (obviously) did not appear in the original column published prior to the awards show. Adding it all up, I scored about 40% in picking the awards this year.
RECORD
OF THE YEAR
Award to the Artist and to the Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s) and/or Mixer(s) if other than the artist. This category is for a commercially released single, or from a current year's album.
"A
Thousand Miles" by Vanessa Carlton, from Be Not Nobody
"Without Me" by Eminem,
from The Eminem Show
x"Don't Know Why" by Norah Jones, from Come Away With Me
"Dilemma" by Nelly, featuring
Kelly Rowland from Nellyville
"How
You Remind Me" by Nickelback, from Nickelback
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Award to the artist(s) and to the album producer(s), recording engineer(s)/mixer(s) and mastering engineer(s), if other than the artist.
Home by Dixie Chicks
The Eminem Show by Eminem
x Come Away With Me by Norah
Jones
Nellyville by Nelly
The Rising by Bruce Springsteen
SONG OF THE YEAR
A Songwriter(s) award. A song is eligible if it was first released, or if it first achieved prominence, during the eligibility year. (Artist names appear in parenthesis.) singles or tracks, only.
"Complicated" Lauren
Christy, Graham Edwards, Avril Lavigne and Scott Spock, songwriters (recorded
by Avril Lavigne) from Let Go
x "Don't Know Why" Jesse Harris, songwriter (recorded by Norah Jones) from Come Away With Me
"The Rising" Bruce Springsteen,
songwriter (Bruce Springsteen), from The Rising
"A Thousand Miles" Vanessa
Carlton, songwriter (recorded by Vanessa Carlton) from Be Not Nobody
"Where Were You (When the
World Stopped Turning)" by Alan Jackson, songwriter (recorded by Alan Jackson),
from Drive
BEST NEW ARTIST
For a new artist who releases, during the eligibility year, the first recording that establishes the public identity of that artist.
Ashanti
Michelle Branch
x Norah Jones
Avril Lavigne
John Mayer
BEST FEMALE POP VOCAL PERFORMANCE
For a solo vocal performance. Singles or tracks, only.
"Soak up the Sun" Sheryl
Crow, from C'mon, C'mon
x "Don't Know Why" Norah Jones, from Come Away With Me
"Complicated"
Avril Lavigne, from Let Go
"Get The Party Started"
Pink, from Missundaztood
"Overprotected" Britney
Spears, from Britney
BEST MALE POP VOCAL PERFORMANCE
For a solo vocal performance. Singles or tracks, only.
"7
Days" Craig David, from Born To Do It
"Original Sin" Elton
John, from Songs From The West Coast
x "Your Body Is a Wonderland"
John Mayer, from Room For Squares
"Fragile" Sting from
... All this Time
"October Road" James
Taylor, from October Road
BEST
POP PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCAL
For established duos or groups, with vocals. Singles or tracks, only.
"Everyday" Bon Jovi
"Girl All the Bad Guys Want"
Bowling for Soup, from Drunk Enough to Dance
"Where Are You Going"
Dave Matthews Band, from Busted Stuff
x "Hey Baby" No Doubt, from Rock Steady
"Girlfriend" *NSYNC,
from Celebrity
BEST POP COLLABORATION WITH VOCALS
For a collaborative performance, with vocals, by artists who do not normally perform together. Singles or tracks, only.
"Dirrty" Christina Aguilera,
featuring Redman
"Christmas Song" India.Arie
and Stevie Wonder, from Voyage to India
"What a Wonderful World"
Tony Bennett and kd lang, from A Wonderful World
"Better Than Anything"
Natalie Cole and Diana Krall, from Ask a Woman Who Knows (Natalie Cole)
"It's So Easy" Sheryl
Crow and Don Henley, from C'mon, C'mon (Sheryl Crow)
x "The Game Of Love" Santana
and Michelle Branch
BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM
For albums containing 51 percent or more playing time of vocal tracks.
x Come Away with Me Norah Jones
Let Go Avril Lavigne
Rock Steady No Doubt
Missundaztood Pink
Britney Britney Spears
BEST DANCE RECORDING
For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances. Vocal or instrumental. Singles or tracks, only.
"Gotta Get Thru This"
Daniel Bedingfield from Gotta Get Thru This
x"Days Go By" Dirty Vegas, from Dirty Vegas
"Superstylin'" Groove
Armada, from Goodbye Country (Hello Nightclub)
"Love at First Sight"
Kylie Minogue, from Fever
"Hella Good" No Doubt,
from Rock Steady
BEST TRADITIONAL POP VOCAL ALBUM
For albums containing 51 percent or more playing time of vocal tracks.
x
Playin' with My Friends: Bennett Sings the Blues Tony Bennett
Michael Feinstein with the Israel
Philharmonic Orchestra Michael Feinstein
Bernadette Peters Loves Rodgers
& Hammerstein Bernadette Peters
It Had To Be You ...The Great
American Songbook Rod Stewart
Christmas Memories Barbra
Streisand
BEST FEMALE ROCK VOCAL PERFORMANCE
For a solo vocal performance. Singles or tracks, only.
x "Steve McQueen" Sheryl Crow, from C'mon, C'mon
"The Weakness in Me" Melissa
Etheridge
"Skier Boi" Avril Lavigne,
from Let Go
"Gnawin' on It" Bonnie
Raitt, from Silver Lining
"Alone" Susan Tedeschi
BEST
MALE ROCK VOCAL PERFORMANCE
For a solo vocal performance. Singles or tracks, only.
"Slow
Burn" David Bowie, from Heathen
"45" Elvis Costello,
from When I Was Cruel
"The Barry Williams Show"
Peter Gabriel, from Up
"Darkness, Darkness"
Robert Plant, from Dreamland
x
"The Rising" Bruce Springsteen, from The Rising
BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCAL
For duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or tracks, only.
"Girls of Summer" Aerosmith,
from O, Yeah! Ultimate Aerosmith Hits
x"In My Place" Coldplay, from A Rush of Blood to the Head
"My Sacrifice" Creed,
from Weathered
"Hero" Chad Kroeger,
featuring Josey Scott, from Spider-Man Music from and Inspired by
(various artists)
"When I'm Gone" 3 Doors
Down
"Take Me as I Am" Tonic,
from Head on Straight
"Walk On" U2, from America
A Tribute to Heroes (various artists)
BEST HARD ROCK PERFORMANCE
For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles
or tracks, only.
x "All My Life" Foo Fighters
"I Stand Alone" Godsmack,
from The Scorpion King Music from and Inspired by (various artists)
"Youth Of The Nation" P.O.D.,
from Satellite
"No One Knows" Queens
of the Stone Age, from Songs for the Deaf
"Aerials" System of
a Down, from Toxicity
BEST METAL PERFORMANCE
For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or tracks, only.
x "Here To Stay" Korn, from Untouchables
"Portrait" P.O.D.,
from Satellite
"My Plague" Slipknot,
from Resident Evil Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture
(various artists)
"Get Inside" Stone Sour,
from Stone Sour
"Never Gonna Stop (The Red,
Red Kroovy)" Rob Zombie, from The Sinister Urge
BEST
ROCK INSTRUMENTAL PERFORMANCE
For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, without vocals. Includes rock, hard rock and metal. Singles or tracks, only.
x "Approaching Pavonis Mons
by Balloon (Utopia Planitia)" The Flaming Lips, from Yoshimi Battles
the Pink Robots
"Sco-Mule" Gov't Mule,
from The Deep End Volume 1
"Apollo" Tony Levin,
from Pieces of the Sun
"Starry Night" Joe
Satriani, from Strange Beautiful Music
"Love Theme From The Godfather"
Slash, from The Kid Stays in the Picture (Jeff Danna)
BEST ROCK SONG
A songwriter(s) award. Includes rock, hard rock and metal songs. For song eligibility guidelines see Category #3. (Artist names appear in parenthesis.) Singles or tracks, only.
"All My Life" Foo Fighters,
songwriters (Foo Fighters)
"Hero" Chad Kroeger,
songwriter (Chad Kroeger, featuring Josey Scott), from Spider-Man Music
from and inspired by (Various Artists)
"I Stand Alone" Sully
Erna, songwriter (Godsmack), from The Scorpion King music from and
inspired by (various artists)
x"The Rising" Bruce Springsteen, songwriter (Bruce Springsteen), from The Rising
"When I'm Gone" Brad
Arnold, Todd Harrell, Chris Henderson and Matt Roberts, songwriters (3 Doors Down)
BEST ROCK ALBUM
Vocal or instrumental. Includes hard rock and metal.
When I Was Cruel Elvis
Costello
C'mon, C'mon Sheryl Crow
Dreamland Robert Plant
xThe Rising Bruce Springsteen
Head On Straight Tonic
BEST ALTERNATIVE MUSIC ALBUM
(Vocal or instrumental.)
Sea Change Beck
Walking With Thee Clinic
x A Rush of Blood to the Head
Coldplay
Cruel Smile Elvis Costello
and The Imposters
Behind The Music The Soundtrack
of Our Lives
BEST FEMALE R&B VOCAL PERFORMANCE
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or tracks, only.)
"More Than A Woman"
Aaliyah, from Aaliyah
"Foolish" Ashanti,
from Ashanti
x"He Think I Don't Know" Mary J. Blige, from No More Drama
"I'm Still Standing"
Eartha, from Sidebars
"He Loves Me (Lyzel in E
Flat) (Movements I, II, III)" Jill Scott, from Experience: Jill Scott
826+
BEST MALE R&B VOCAL PERFORMANCE
For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.
"Let's Stay Home Tonight"
Joe from Better Days
"The World's Greatest"
R. Kelly from Ali - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Various Artists)
"Halfcrazy" Musiq from
Juslisen (Just Listen)
"Take A Message"
Remy Shand from The Way I Feel
x "U Don't Have To Call"
Usher
BEST R&B PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCAL
(For duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)
"All The Way" Kenny
G Featuring Brian McKnight from Paradise
"Don't Mess With My Man"
Nivea Featuring Brian & Brandon Casey of Jagged Edge
"More Than A Woman" Angie
Stone & Joe
"Girl Talk" TLC
x "Love's In Need Of Love Today" Stevie Wonder & Take 6 from America - A Tribute To Heroes (Various Artists)
BEST FEMALE RAP SOLO PERFORMANCE
(For a solo Rap performance. Singles or Tracks only.)
"Diary... " Charli
Baltimore
x"Scream a.k.a. Itchin'" Missy Elliott from Miss E...So Addictive
"Satisfaction" Eve
from Eve-Olution
"Na Na Be Like" Foxy
Brown from Broken Silence
"Mystery Of Iniquity"
Lauryn Hill from MTV Unplugged 2.0
BEST MALE RAP SOLO PERFORMANCE
(For a solo Rap performance. Singles or Tracks only.)
"Without Me" Eminem
from The Eminem Show
"Song Cry" Jay-Z
from The Blueprint
"Rollout (My Business)"
Ludacris from Word Of Mouf
"Bouncin' Back (Bumpin'
Me Against The Wall)" Mystikal from Tarantula
x "Hot In Here" Nelly from Nellyville
BEST RAP ALBUM
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)
xThe Eminem Show Eminem
Word Of Mouf Ludacris
Tarantula Mystikal
Nellyville Nelly
Diary Of A Sinner: 1st Entry
Petey Pablo
BEST
FEMALE COUNTRY VOCAL PERFORMANCE
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)
x "Cry" Faith Hill from
Cry
"Blessed" Martina McBride
from Greatest Hits
"Dagger Through The Heart"
Dolly Parton from Halos & Horns
"Lately" Lucinda Williams
from Going Driftless (Various Artists)
"Something Worth Leaving Behind"
Lee Ann Womack from Something Worth Leaving Behind
BEST MALE COUNTRY VOCAL PERFORMANCE
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)
x "Give My Love To Rose"
Johnny Cash from American IV: The Man Comes Around
"Three Days" Pat Green
from Three Days
"Where Were You (When The
World Stopped Turning)" Alan Jackson from Drive
"The Impossible" Joe
Nichols from Man With A Memory
"I'm Gonna Miss Her" Brad
Paisley from Part II
BEST COUNTRY PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCAL
(For established duos or groups with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)
"Beautiful Mess" Diamond
Rio from Completely
x "Long Time Gone" Dixie
Chicks from Home
"Not A Day Goes By" Lonestar
from I'm Already There
"Roll The Stone Away"
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band from Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Vol. III
"Just What I Do" Trick
Pony from Trick Pony
BEST COUNTRY COLLABORATION WITH VOCALS
(For a collaborative performance, with vocals, by artists who do not normally perform together. Singles or Tracks only.)
"Squeeze Me In" Garth
Brooks & Trisha Yearwood from Scarecrow (Garth Brooks)
"Flesh and Blood" Mary
Chapin Carpenter, Sheryl Crow & Emmylou Harris from Kindred Spirits - A Tribute
To The Songs Of Johnny Cash (Various Artists)
"Bridge Over Troubled Water"
Johnny Cash & Fiona Apple from American IV: The Man Comes Around (Johnny
Cash)
x"Mendocino County Line" Willie Nelson With Lee Ann Womack from The Great Divide (Willie Nelson)
"Will The Circle Be Unbroken
(Glory, Glory)" Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Taj Mahal, Alison Krauss & Doc
Watson from Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Vol. III
BEST COUNTRY SONG
(A Songwriter(s) Award. For Song Eligibility Guidelines see Category #3. (Artist names appear in parenthesis.) Singles or Tracks only.)
"The Impossible" Kelley
Lovelace & Lee Thomas Miller, songwriters (Joe Nichols) from Man With A Memory
"Long Time Gone"
Darrell Scott, songwriter (Dixie Chicks) from Home
"Mendocino County Line"
Matt Serletic & Bernie Taupin, songwriters (Willie Nelson With Lee Ann Womack)
from The Great Divide (Willie Nelson)
"Three Days" Radney Foster
& Pat Green, songwriters (Pat Green) from Three Days
x"Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning)" Alan Jackson, songwriter (Alan Jackson) from Drive
BEST COUNTRY ALBUM
(Vocal or Instrumental.)
xHome Dixie Chicks
Drive Alan Jackson
The Great Divide Willie
Nelson
Man With A Memory Joe Nichols
Halos & Horns Dolly Parton
BEST TRADITIONAL FOLK ALBUM
(Vocal or Instrumental.)
Fiddlers 4 Fiddlers
4 (Bruce Molsky, Michael Doucet, Darol Anger & Rushad Eggleston)
Postcards Cathy Fink
& Marcy Marxer
Blue Country Heart Jorma
Kaukonen
High Lonesome Cowboy
Peter Rowan & Don Edwards
Evangeline Made - A Tribute
To Cajun Music Various Artists
xLegacy Doc Watson & David Holt
BEST CONTEMPORARY FOLK ALBUM
(Vocal or Instrumental.)
American IV - The
Man Comes Around Johnny Cash
Down The Old Plank Road
The Chieftains
Jerusalem Steve Earle
1000 Kisses Patty Griffin
x This Side Nickel Creek
BEST WORLD MUSIC ALBUM
(Vocal or Instrumental.)
x Mundo Rubιn Blades
Moffou Salνf Keνta
Black Ivory Soul Angιlique
Kidjo
Fight To Win Femi Kuti
Anoushka Shankar: Live At Carnegie
Hall Anoushka Shankar
BEST SPOKEN COMEDY ALBUM
(For spoken word comedy recordings.)
The Bathroom Wall Jimmy
Fallon
Complaints And Grievances
George Carlin
Oh, The Things I Know!
Al Franken
The Rant Zone Dennis
Miller
x Robin Williams - Live 2002
Robin Williams
BEST SCORE SOUNDTRACK ALBUM FOR A MOTION PICTURE, TELEVISION OR OTHER VISUAL MEDIA
(Award to Composer(s) for an original score created specifically for, or as a companion to, a current legitimate motion picture, television show or series or other visual media.)
A Beautiful Mind James
Horner, composer
Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's
Stone John Williams, composer
x The Lord Of The Rings - The
Fellowship Of The Ring Howard Shore, composer
Monsters, Inc. Randy
Newman, composer
Spider-Man Danny Elfman,
composer
BEST SONG WRITTEN FOR A MOTION PICTURE, TELEVISION OR OTHER VISUAL MEDIA
(A Songwriter(s) award. For a song (melody & lyrics) written specifically for a motion picture, television or other visual media, and released for the first time during the Eligibility Year. (Artist names appear in parenthesis.) Singles or Tracks only.)
" Hero" Chad Kroeger,
songwriter (Chad Kroeger Featuring Josey Scott) from Spider-Man
x" If I Didn't Have You" Randy Newman, songwriter (Randy Newman) from Monsters, Inc.
" Love Of My Life" -
An Ode To Hip Hop Erykah Badu, Madukwu Chinwah, Rashid Lonnie Lynn, Robert Ozuna,
James Poyser, Raphael Saadiq & Glen Standridge, songwriters (Erykah Badu Featuring
Common) from Brown Sugar
" May It Be" Enya,
Nicky Ryan & Roma Ryan, songwriters (Enya) from The Lord Of The Rings - The
Fellowship Of The Ring
"Vanilla Sky" Paul
McCartney, songwriter (Paul McCartney) from Vanilla Sky
BEST INSTRUMENTAL COMPOSITION
(A Composer's Award for an original composition (not an adaptation) first released during the Eligibility Year. Singles or Tracks only.)
" Hedwig's Theme" John
Williams, composer (John Williams) from Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone
- Soundtrack
"Inspiration" Kenny
Werner, composer (Toots Thielemans & Kenny Werner) from Toots Thielemans
& Kenny Werner
"The Ride Of The Doors"
Randy Newman, composer (Randy Newman) from Monsters, Inc. - Soundtrack
"Signs - Main Titles"
James Newton Howard, composer (James Newton Howard) from Signs - Score
Soundtrack
x "Six Feet Under Title Theme"
Thomas Newman, composer (Thomas Newman) from Six Feet Under - Music From
The HBO Original Series (Various Artists)
BEST BOXED OR SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION PACKAGE
Can You Dig It? The '70s
Soul Experience by Various Artists
Capitol Records Sixtieth Anniversary
1942-2002 by Various Artists
Like Omigod! - The '80s Pop
Culture Box (Totally) by Various Artists
xScreamin' And Hollerin' The Blues: The Worlds Of Charley Patton by Charley Patton
Ultra-Lounge - Vegas Baby!
by Various Artists)
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, NON-CLASSICAL
(A Producer's Award. (Artists names appear in parenthesis.))
Dr. Dre (for songs by
Eminem, Busta Rhymes, Truth Hurts, Warren G and Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg)
Nellee Hooper (for songs
by Lamya and No Doubt)
Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis
(for songs by Bryan Adams, Yolanda Adams, Boyz II Men, Mariah Carey and Deborah
Cox)
x Arif Mardin (for "Come Away with Me" by Norah Jones)
Rick Rubin (for songs by
Johnny Cash, Red Hot Chili Peppers)
BEST REMIXED RECORDING, NON-CLASSICAL
(A Remixer's Award. (Artists names appear in parenthesis for identification.) Singles or Tracks only.)
"He Loves Me" (Illegal
Mix) Jay-J & Chris Lum, remixers (Jill Scott) from Experience: Jill Scott
826+
x "Hella Good" (Roger Sanchez
Remix Main) Roger Sanchez, remixer (No Doubt) from Rock Steady
"Lost Love" (Felix Da Housecat
Thee Clubhead Mix) Felix Da Housecat, remixer (Rinτηιrτse) from Music Kills
Me
"What About Us" (SilkMix.Com
Mix) Steve "Silk" Hurley, remixer (Brandy)
"Work It Out" (Maurice's
Nu Soul Mix) Maurice Joshua, remixer (Beyoncι Knowles)
BEST SHORT FORM MUSIC VIDEO
(For an individual track or single promotional clip. Award to the Artist and to the Video Director/Producer.)
"Days Go By" Dirty
Vegas
x "Without Me" Eminem
"Knoc" Knoc-Turn'Al Featuring
Dr. Dre & Missy Elliott
"One Mic" Nas
"My Culture" 1 Giant Leap
Featuring Robbie Williams & Maxi Jazz