42nd Grammy Award Nominations (2000)

Here's a look at the full list of nominees for the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards. We also have results and commentary for the ceremony.

Category 1 - Record Of The Year

  • I Want It That Way
    Backstreet Boys
    Kristian Lundin & Max Martin, producers; Kristian Lundin & Max Martin, engineers/mixers
    Track from: Millennium
    [Jive Records]
  • Believe
    Cher
    Brian Rawling & Mark Taylor, producers; Mark Taylor, engineer/mixer
    Track from: Believe
    [Warner Bros. Records]
  • Livin' La Vida Loca
    Ricky Martin
    Desmond Child & Robi Rosa, producers; Charles Dye, engineer/mixer
    Track from: Ricky Martin
    [C2/Columbia Records]
  • Smooth
    Santana Featuring Rob Thomas
    Matt Serletic, producer; David Thoener, engineer/mixer
    Track from: Supernatural
    [Arista Records]
  • No Scrubs
    TLC
    Kevin "Shekspere" Briggs, producer; Leslie Brathwaite & Carlton Lynn, engineers/mixers
    Track from: Fanmail
    [LaFace Records]

Category 2 - Album Of The Year

  • Millennium
    Backstreet Boys
    Various producers; Various engineers/mixers
    [Jive Records]
  • Fly
    Dixie Chicks
    Blake Chancey & Paul Worley, producers; John Guess & Billy Sherrill, engineers/mixers
    [Monument Records]
  • When I Look In Your Eyes
    Diana Krall
    Tommy LiPuma & Johnny Mandel, producers; Al Schmitt, engineer/mixer
    [Verve Records]
  • Supernatural
    Santana
    Clive Davis & Carlos Santana, producers; Steve Fontano, engineer/mixer
    [Arista Records]
  • Fanmail
    TLC
    Dallas Austin, producer; Carlton Lynn, engineer/mixer
    [LaFace Records]

Category 3 - Song Of The Year

  • I Want It That Way
    Andreas Carlsson & Max Martin, songwriters (Backstreet Boys)
    Track from: Millennium
    [Jive Records]
  • Livin' La Vida Loca
    Desmond Child & Robi Rosa, songwriters (Ricky Martin)
    Track from: Ricky Martin
    [C2/Columbia Records]
  • Smooth
    Itaal Shur & Rob Thomas, songwriters (Santana Featuring Rob Thomas)
    Track from: Supernatural
    [Arista Records]
  • Unpretty
    Dallas Austin & Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins, songwriters (TLC)
    Track from: Fanmail
    [LaFace Records]
  • You've Got A Way
    Robert John "Mutt" Lange & Shania Twain, songwriters (Shania Twain)
    Track from: Come On Over
    [Mercury Records Nashville]

Category 4 - Best New Artist

  • Christina Aguilera
  • Macy Gray
  • Kid Rock
  • Britney Spears
  • Susan Tedeschi

Category 5 - Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

  • Genie In A Bottle
    Christina Aguilera
    Track from: Christina Aguilera
    [RCA Records]
  • Beautiful Stranger
    Madonna
    Track from: Austin Powers The Spy Who Shagged Me - Music From The Motion Picture
    [Maverick Records]
  • I Will Remember You
    Sarah McLachlan
    Track from: Mirrorball
    [Arista Records]
  • Thank U
    Alanis Morissette
    Track from: Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie
    [Maverick/Reprise Records]
  • ...Baby One More Time
    Britney Spears
    Track from: ...Baby One More Time
    [Jive Records]

Category 6 - Best Male Pop Vocal Performance

  • I Need To Know
    Marc Anthony
    Track from: Marc Anthony
    [Columbia Records]
  • Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit Of...)
    Lou Bega
    [RCA Records]
  • Sogno
    Andrea Bocelli
    Track from: Sogno
    [Polydor Records]
  • Livin' La Vida Loca
    Ricky Martin
    Track from: Ricky Martin
    [C2/Columbia Records]
  • Brand New Day
    Sting
    Track from: Brand New Day
    [A&M Records]

Category 7 - Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

  • I Want It That Way
    Backstreet Boys
    Track from: Millennium
    [Jive Records]
  • Maria Maria
    Santana
    Track from: Supernatural
    [Arista Records]
  • Kiss Me
    Sixpence None The Richer
    Track from: Sixpence None The Richer AND FROM Dawson's Creek
    [Squint Entertainment AND Columbia/Sony Music Soundtrax]
  • All Star
    Smash Mouth
    Track from: Astro Lounge
    [Interscope Records]
  • Unpretty
    TLC
    Track from: Fanmail
    [LaFace Records]

Category 8 - Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals

  • The Prayer
    Andrea Bocelli & Celine Dion
    Track from: Sogno
    [Polydor Records]
  • When You Believe
    Whitney Houston & Mariah Carey
    Track from: My Love Is Your Love AND FROM The Prince Of Egypt Soundtrack
    [Arista Records AND DreamWorks Records]
  • Music Of My Heart
    'N Sync & Gloria Estefan
    Track from: Music Of The Heart - The Album (Various Artists)
    [Epic Records/Sony Music Soundtrax]
  • Love Of My Life
    Santana Featuring Dave Matthews
    Track from: Supernatural
    [Arista Records]
  • Smooth
    Santana Featuring Rob Thomas
    Track from: Supernatural
    [Arista Records]

Category 9 - Best Pop Instrumental Performance

  • The Look Of Love
    Herb Alpert
    Track from: Herb Alpert & Colors
    [Almo Sounds]
  • A Day In The Life
    Jeff Beck
    Track from: George Martin - In My Life (Various Artists)
    [Echo/MCA Records]
  • Song C
    Bruce Hornsby
    Track from: Spirit Trail
    [RCA Records]
  • Night And Day
    Willie Nelson
    Track from: Night And Day
    [Pedernales/FreeFalls Entertainment]
  • El Farol
    Santana
    Track from: Supernatural
    [Arista Records]

Category 10 - Best Dance Recording

  • Believe
    Cher
    Track from: Believe
    [Warner Bros. Records]
  • Don't Let This Moment End
    Gloria Estefan
    Track from: Gloria!
    [Epic Records]
  • Praise You
    Fatboy Slim
    Track from: You've Come A Long Way, Baby
    [Astralwerks]
  • Waiting For Tonight
    Jennifer Lopez
    Track from: On The 6
    [Epic/WORK]
  • I Will Go With You (Con Te Partiró)
    Donna Summer
    Track from: VH1 Presents Live & More Encore!
    [Epic Records]

Category 11 - Best Pop Album

  • Millennium
    Backstreet Boys
    [Jive Records]
  • Believe
    Cher
    Brian Rawling & Mark Taylor, producers; Mark Taylor, engineer/mixer
    [Warner Bros. Records]
  • Ricky Martin
    Ricky Martin
    Desmond Child & Robi Rosa, producers; Charles Dye, engineer/mixer
    [C2/Columbia Records]
  • Mirrorball
    Sarah McLachlan
    Tom Lord-Alge & Tim Oberthier, engineers/mixers
    [Arista Records]
  • Brand New Day
    Sting
    Kipper & Sting, producers; Neil Dorfsman & Simon Osborne, engineers/mixers
    [A&M Records]

Category 12 - Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance

  • Bennett Sings Ellington - Hot & Cool
    Tony Bennett
    [RPM Records/Columbia]
  • Come By Me
    Harry Connick, Jr.
    [Columbia Records]
  • The Movie Album - As Time Goes By
    Neil Diamond
    [Columbia Records]
  • Manilow Sings Sinatra
    Barry Manilow
    [Arista Records]
  • You're The Top: Love Songs Of Cole Porter
    Bobby Short
    [Telarc Jazz]

Category 13 - Best Female Rock Vocal Performance

  • Bliss
    Tori Amos
    Track from: To Venus And Back
    [Atlantic Records]
  • Sweet Child O' Mine
    Sheryl Crow
    Track from: Big Daddy - Music From The Motion Picture (Various Artists)
    [C2 Records/Sony Music Soundtrax]
  • Jukebox
    Ani Difranco
    Track from: Up Up Up Up Up Up
    [Righteous Babe Records]
  • Angels Would Fall
    Melissa Etheridge
    Track from: Breakdown
    [Island/Def Jam Music Group]
  • Possession (Live)
    Sarah McLachlan
    Track from: Mirrorball
    [Arista Records]

Category 14 - Best Male Rock Vocal Performance

  • Can't Change Me
    Chris Cornell
    Track from: Euphoria Morning
    [A&M Records]
  • What It's Like
    Everlast
    Track from: Whitey Ford Sings The Blues
    [Tommy Boy Records]
  • American Woman
    Lenny Kravitz
    Track from: Austin Powers The Spy That Shagged Me
    [Maverick Records]
  • The Promise
    Bruce Springsteen
    Track from: 18 Tracks
    [Columbia Records]
  • Hold On
    Tom Waits
    Track from: Mule Variations
    [Anti/Epitaph Records]

Category 15 - Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

  • Special
    Garbage
    Track from: Version 2.0
    [Almo Sounds]
  • Black Balloon
    The Goo Goo Dolls
    Track from: Dizzy Up The Girl
    [Warner Bros. Records]
  • Malibu
    Hole
    Track from: Celebrity Skin
    [DGC Records]
  • Scar Tissue
    Red Hot Chili Peppers
    Track from: Californication
    [Warner Bros. Records]
  • Put Your Lights On
    Santana Featuring Everlast
    Track from: Supernatural
    [Arista Records]

Category 16 - Best Hard Rock Performance

  • Get Born Again
    Alice In Chains
    Track from: Nothing Safe
    [Columbia Records]
  • Lit Up
    Buckcherry
    Track from: Buckcherry
    [DreamWorks Records]
  • Bawitdaba
    Kid Rock
    Track from: Devil Without A Cause
    [Lava/Atlantic Records]
  • Freak On A Leash
    Korn
    Track from: Family Values Tour '98 (Various Artists)
    [Epic Records]
  • Nookie
    Limp Bizkit
    Track from: Significant Other
    [Flip/Interscope Records]
  • Whiskey In The Jar
    Metallica
    Track from: Garage Inc.
    [Elektra Entertainment Group]

Category 17 - Best Metal Performance

  • Iron Man
    Black Sabbath
    Track from: Reunion
    [Epic Records]
  • Bad Blood
    Ministry
    Track from: The Matrix - Music From The Motion Picture (Various Artists) AND FROM Dark Side Of The Spoon
    [Maverick Records AND Warner Bros. Records]
  • Enter Sandman
    Motorhead
    Track from: ECW Extreme Music (Various Artists)
    [Slab/CMC International Records]
  • Starf***ers, Inc.
    Nine Inch Nails
    Track from: The Fragile
    [Nothing/Interscope Records]
  • Superbeast
    Rob Zombie
    Track from: Hellbilly Deluxe
    [Geffen/DGC Records]

Category 18 - Best Rock Instrumental Performance

  • What Mama Said
    Jeff Beck
    Track from: Who Else!
    [Epic Records]
  • Espionage
    Green Day
    Track from: Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me - Music From The Motion Picture (Various Artists)
    [Maverick Records]
  • Bodyrock
    Moby
    Track from: Play
    [V2 Records]
  • The Calling
    Santana Featuring Eric Clapton
    Track from: Supernatural
    [Arista Records]
  • Windows To The Soul
    Steve Vai
    Track from: The Ultra Zone
    [Epic Records]

Category 19 - Best Rock Song

  • Angels Would Fall
    Melissa Etheridge & John Shanks, songwriters (Melissa Etheridge)
    Track from: Breakdown
    [Island/Def Jam Music Group]
  • The Promise
    Bruce Springsteen, songwriter (Bruce Springsteen)
    Track from: 18 Tracks
    [Columbia Records]
  • Room At The Top
    Tom Petty, songwriter (Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers)
    Track from: Echo
    [Warner Bros. Records]
  • Scar Tissue
    Flea, John Frusciante, Anthony Kiedis & Chad Smith, songwriters (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
    Track from: Californication
    [Warner Bros. Records]
  • Special
    Doug Erikson, Shirley Manson, Steve Marker & Butch Vig, songwriters (Garbage)
    Track from: Version 2.0
    [Almo Sounds]

Category 20 - Best Rock Album

  • Breakdown
    Melissa Etheridge
    Melissa Etheridge & John Shanks, producers; Marc DeSisto, engineer/mixer
    [Island/Def Jam Music Group]
  • Significant Other
    Limp Bizkit
    Terry Date & Limp Bizkit, producers; Terry Date & Brendan O'Brien, engineers/mixers
    [Flip/Interscope Records]
  • Echo Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
    Mike Campbell, Tom Petty & Rick Rubin, producers; Mike Campbell & Richard Dodd, engineers/mixers
    [Warner Bros. Records]
  • Californication
    Red Hot Chili Peppers
    Rick Rubin, producer; Jim Scott, engineer/mixer
    [Warner Bros. Records]
  • Supernatural
    Santana
    Clive Davis & Carlos Santana, producers; Steve Fontano, engineer/mixer
    [Arista Records]

Category 21 - Best Alternative Music Performance

  • To Venus And Back
    Tori Amos
    [Atlantic Records]
  • Mutations
    Beck
    [DGC Records]
  • You've Come A Long Way, Baby
    Fatboy Slim
    [Astralwerks]
  • Play
    Moby
    [V2 Records]
  • The Fragile
    Nine Inch Nails
    [Nothing/Interscope Records]

Category 22 - Best Female R&B Vocal Performance

  • All That I Can Say
    Mary J. Blige
    Track from: Mary
    [MCA Records]
  • Almost Doesn't Count
    Brandy
    Track from: Never Say Never
    [Atlantic Records]
  • Do Something
    Macy Gray
    Track from: On How Life Is
    [Epic/Clean Slate]
  • Everything Is Everything
    Lauryn Hill
    Track from: The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill
    [Ruffhouse/Columbia Records]
  • It's Not Right But It's Okay
    Whitney Houston
    Track from: My Love Is Your Love
    [Arista Records]

Category 23 - Best Male R&B Vocal Performance

  • Did You Ever Know
    Peabo Bryson
    Track from: Unconditional Love
    [Private Music]
  • When A Woman's Fed Up
    R. Kelly
    Track from: R.
    [Jive Records]
  • Fortunate
    Maxwell
    Track from: Life - Music Inspired By The Motion Picture (Various Artists)
    [Rock Land/Interscope/Columbia Records]
  • Sweet Lady
    Tyrese
    Track from: Tyrese
    [RCA Records]
  • Staying Power
    Barry White
    Track from: Staying Power
    [Private Music]

Category 24 - Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

  • Spend My Life With You
    Eric Benét Featuring Tamia
    Track from: A Day In The Life
    [Warner Bros. Records]
  • Don't Waste Your Time
    Mary J. Blige & Aretha Franklin
    Track from: Mary
    [MCA Records]
  • Bills, Bills, Bills
    Destiny's Child
    Track from: The Writing's On The Wall
    [Columbia Records]
  • Heartbreak Hotel
    Whitney Houston Featuring Faith Evans & Kelly Price
    Track from: My Love Is Your Love
    [Arista Records]
  • No Scrubs
    TLC
    Track from: Fanmail
    [LaFace Records]

Category 25 - Best R&B Song

  • All That I Can Say
    Lauryn Hill, songwriter (Mary J. Blige)
    Track from: Mary
    [MCA Records]
  • Bills, Bills, Bills
    Kevin "Shekspere" Briggs, Kandi Bunuss, Beyonc Knowles, LeTonya Luckett & Kelendria Rowland, songwriters (Destiny's Child)
    Track from: The Writing's On The Wall
    [Columbia Records]
  • Heartbreak Hotel
    K. Karlin, Tamara Savage & Carsten Schack, songwriters (Whitney Houston Featuring Faith Evens & Kelly Price)
    Track from: My Love Is Your Love
    [Arista Records]
  • It's Not Right But It's Okay
    Lashawn Daniels, Tony Estes, Fred Jerkins III, Rodney Jerkins & Isaac Phillips, songwriters (Whitney Houston)
    Track from: My Love Is Your Love
    [Arista Records]
  • No Scrubs
    Kevin "Shekspere" Briggs, Kandi Burruss & Tameka Cottle, songwriters (TLC)
    Track from: Fanmail
    [LaFace Records]

Category 26- Best R&B Album

  • Mary
    Mary J. Blige
    [MCA Records]
  • My Love Is Your Love
    Whitney Houston
    Clive Davis & Whitney Houston, producers
    [Arista Records]
  • R.
    R. Kelly
    R. Kelly, producer; Stephen George & R. Kelly, engineers/mixers
    [Jive Records]
  • Back At One
    Brian McKnight
    Brian McKnight, producer; Dave " Hard Drive" Pensado & Chris Wood, engineers/mixers
    [Motown Records]
  • Fanmail
    TLC
    Dallas Austin, producer; Carlton Lynn, engineer/mixer
    [LaFace Records]

Category 27 - Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance

  • Unconditional Love
    Peabo Bryson
    [Private Music]
  • Valence Street
    The Neville Brothers
    [Columbia Records]
  • It's Harder Now
    Wilson Pickett
    [Bullseye Blues & Jazz]
  • Intimate
    Smokey Robinson
    [Motown Records]
  • Staying Power
    Barry White
    [Private Music]

Category 28 - Best Rap Solo Performance

  • Gimme Some More
    Busta Rhymes
    Track from: E.L.E. (Extinction Level Event - The Final World Front)
    [Elektra Entertainment Group]
  • My Name Is
    Eminem
    Track from: The Slim Shady LP
    [Aftermath/Interscope Records]
  • Vivrant Thing
    Q-Tip
    Track from: Violator The Album
    [Violator/Def Jam Records]
  • Wild Wild West
    Will Smith (Featuring Dru Hill & Kool Mo Dee)
    Track from: Wild Wild West - Music Inspired By The Motion Picture
    [Overbrook/Interscope Records]
  • Changes
    2Pac
    Track from: Greatest Hits
    [Death Row/Interscope Records]

Category 29 - Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group

  • What's It Gonna Be?!
    Busta Rhymes Featuring Janet Jackson
    Track from: E.L.E. (Extinction Level Event - The Final World Front)
    [Elektra Entertainment Group]
  • Satisfy You
    Puff Daddy Featuring R. Kelly
    Track from: Forever
    [Bad Boy/Arista Records]
  • Still D.R.E.
    Dr. Dre Featuring Snoop Dogg
    Track from: Chronic 2001
    [After Math/Interscope Records]
  • Guilty Conscience
    Eminem & Dr. Dre
    Track from: The Slim Shady LP
    [Aftermath/Interscope Records]
  • You Got Me
    The Roots Featuring Erykah Badu
    Track from: Things Fall Apart
    [MCA Records]

Category 30 - Best Rap Album

  • E.L.E. (Extinction Level Event - The Final World Front)
    Busta Rhymes
    Robert Burnette, Busta Rhymes & Vinny Nicoletti, engineers/mixers
    [Elektra Entertainment Group]
  • Da Real World
    Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott
    Timbaland, producer; Jimmy Douglass & Timbaland, engineers/mixers
    [The Gold Mind Inc./EastWest Records/EEG]
  • The Slim Shady LP
    Eminem
    Jeff Bass, Marky Bass & Eminem, producers; Mr. B, engineer/mixer
    [Aftermath/Interscope Records]
  • I Am
    Nas
    Rich Travali, engineer/mixer
    [Columbia Records]
  • Things Fall Apart
    The Roots
    The Grand Wizzards, producers; Keith Cramer, David Ivory & Axel Niehaus, engineers/mixers
    [MCA Records]

Category 31 - Best Female Country Vocal Performance

  • Ordinary Heart
    Emmylou Harris
    Track from: Happy, Texas - Music From The Motion Picture (Various Artists)
    [Arista Nashville]
  • Let Me Let Go
    Faith Hill
    Track from: Faith
    [Warner Bros. Records]
  • Forget About It
    Alison Krauss
    Track from: Forget About It
    [Rounder Records]
  • I Love You
    Martina McBride
    Track from: Emotion AND FROM Runaway Bride
    [RCA Records AND Columbia/Sony Music Soundtrax]
  • Man! I Feel Like A Woman!
    Shania Twain
    Track from: Come On Over
    [Mercury Records Nashville]

Category 32 - Best Male Country Vocal Performance

  • Don't Come Cryin' To Me
    Vince Gill
    Track from: The Key
    [MCA Records Nashville]
  • Choices
    George Jones
    Track from: Cold Hard Truth
    [Asylum Records]
  • That's Right (You're Not From Texas)
    Lyle Lovett
    Track from: Live In Texas
    [MCA/Curb Records]
  • Please Remember Me
    Tim McGraw
    Track from: A Place In The Sun
    [Curb Records]
  • Crazy Little Thing Called Love
    Dwight Yoakam
    Track from: Last Chance For A Thousand Years
    [Reprise Records]

Category 33 - Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

  • Honky Tonk Song
    BR5-49
    Track from: Happy, Texas - Music From The Motion Picture (Various Artists)
    [Arista Nashville]
  • Unbelievable
    Diamond Rio
    Track from: Unbelievable
    [Arista Nashville]
  • Ready To Run
    Dixie Chicks
    Track from: Fly AND FROM Runaway Bride
    [Monument Records AND Columbia/Sony Music Soundtrax]
  • Amazed
    Lonestar
    Track from: Lonely Grill
    [BNA Records]
  • Little Good-Byes
    SheDaisy
    Track from: The Whole SheBang
    [Hollywood/Lyric Street Records]

Category 34 - Best Country Collaboration With Vocals

  • God Must Have Spent A Little More Time On You
    Alabama Featuring 'N Sync
    Track from: Twentieth Century
    [RCA Records Nashville]
  • Going Away Party
    Asleep At The Wheel Featuring The Manhattan Transfer & Willie Nelson
    Track from: Ride With Bob
    [DreamWorks Records Nashville]
  • Roly Poly
    Asleep At The Wheel Featuring The Dixie Chicks
    Track from: Ride With Bob
    [DreamWorks Records Nashville]
  • When I Said I Do
    Clint Black With Lisa Hartman Black
    Track from: D'lectrified
    [RCA Records Nashville]
  • After The Gold Rush
    Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt & Dolly Parton
    Track from: Trio II
    [Asylum Records]

Category 35 - Best Country Instrumental Performance

  • Bob's Breakdowns
    Asleep At The Wheel Featuring Tommy Allsup, Floyd Domino, Larry Franklin, Vince Gill & Steve Wariner
    Track from: Ride With Bob
    [DreamWorks Records Nashville]
  • Black Mountain Rag
    Del McCoury, Doc Watson & Mac Wiseman
    Track from: Mac, Doc & Del
    [Sugar Hill Records]
  • Mr. John Henry, Steel Driving Man
    Marty Stuart & Earl Scruggs
    Track from: The Pilgrim
    [MCA Records Nashville]
  • The Greatest Love Of All Time (Reprise)
    Marty Stuart
    Track from: The Pilgrim
    [MCA Records Nashville]
  • The Harry Shuffle
    Steve Wariner
    Track from: Two Teardrops
    [Capitol Records Nashville]

Category 36 - Best Country Song

  • Amazed
    Marv Green, Chris Lindsey & Aimee Mayo, songwriters (Lonestar)
    Track from: Lonely Grill
    [BNA Records]
  • Choices
    Mike Curtis & Billy Yates, songwriters (George Jones)
    Track from: Cold Hard Truth
    [Asylum Records]
  • Come On Over
    Robert John "Mutt" Lange & Shania Twain, songwriters (Shania Twain)
    Track from: Come On Over
    [Mercury Records Nashville]
  • Ready To Run
    Marcus Hummon & Martie Seidel, songwriters (Dixie Chicks)
    Track from: Fly AND FROM Runaway Bride
    [Monument Records AND Columbia/Sony Music Soundtrax]
  • Two Teardrops
    Bill Anderson & Steve Wariner, songwriters (Steve Wariner)
    Track from: Two Teardrops
    [Capitol Records Nashville]

Category 37 - Best Country Album

  • Ride With Bob
    Asleep At The Wheel
    Ray Benson, producer; Ray Benson & Larry Seyer, engineers/mixers
    [DreamWorks Records Nashville]
  • Fly
    Dixie Chicks
    Blake Chancey & Paul Worley, producers; John Guess & Billy Sherrill, engineers/mixers
    [Monument Records]
  • Trio II
    Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt & Dolly Parton
    George Massenburg, producer; Nathaniel Kunkel, George Massenburg & Linda Ronstadt, engineers/mixers
    [Asylum Records]
  • Cold Hard Truth
    George Jones
    Keith Stegall, producer; John Kelton, engineer/mixer
    [Asylum Records]
  • Forget About It
    Alison Krauss
    Alison Krauss, producer; Gary Paczosa, engineer/mixer
    [Rounder Records]

Category 38 - Best Bluegrass Album

  • Bluegrass Mandolin Extravaganza
    Sam Bush, David Grisman, Ronnie McCoury, Jesse McReynolds, Bobby Osborne, Ricky Skaggs, Frank Wakefield, Buck White With Del McCoury
    [Acoustic Disc]
  • The Mountain
    Steve Earle & The Del McCoury Band
    [E-Squared Records]
  • The Bluegrass Sessions - Tales From The Acoustic Planet, Volume 2
    Béla Fleck
    [Warner Bros. Records]
  • I Feel Like Singing Today
    Jim Lauderdale, Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys
    [Rebel Records]
  • Ancient Tones
    Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder
    [Skaggs Family Records]

Category 39 - Best New Age Album

  • Citizen Of The World
    David Arkenstone
    [Windham Hill Records]
  • Turning
    Suzanne Ciani
    [Seventh Wave]
  • Inside Monument Valley
    Paul Horn & R. Carlos Nakai
    [Canyon Records Productions]
  • Inner Voices
    R. Carlos Nakai
    [Canyon Records Productions]
  • Plains
    George Winston
    [Windham Hill Records]
  • Celtic Solstice
    Paul Winter & Friends
    [Living Music]

Category 40 - Best Contemporary Jazz Performance

  • Ethnomusicology - Volume I
    Russell Gunn
    [Atlantic Records]
  • Animation/Imagination
    Tim Hagans
    [Blue Note Records]
  • Joy Ride
    Bob James
    [Warner Bros. Records]
  • Inside
    David Sanborn
    [Elektra Entertainment Group]
  • Yin-Yang
    Victor Wooten
    [Compass Records]

Category 41 - Best Jazz Vocal Performance

  • It's All About Love
    Carla Cook
    [Max Jazz]
  • Heart Of A Woman
    Etta James
    [Private Music]
  • When I Look In Your Eyes
    Diana Krall
    [Verve Records]
  • Bridges
    Dianne Reeves
    [Blue Note Records]
  • Traveling Miles
    Cassandra Wilson
    [Blue Note Records]

Category 42 - Best Jazz Instrumental Solo

  • Straight Up And Down
    Gary Burton
    Track from: Like Minds (Burton, Corea, Metheny, Haynes & Holland)
    [Concord Jazz]
  • Wigwam
    Chick Corea
    Track from: Change (Chick Corea & Origin)
    [Stretch/Concord Records]
  • There Is No Greater Love
    Stefon Harris
    Track from: Black Action Figure
    [Blue Note Records]
  • In Vogue
    Chris Potter
    Track from: Pink Elephant Magic (Joanne Brackeen)
    [Arkadia Jazz Records]
  • In Walked Wayne
    Wayne Shorter
    Track from: Heroes (J. J. Johnson)
    [Verve Records]

Category 43 - Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Individual or Group

  • Like Minds
    Gary Burton, Chick Corea, Pat Metheny, Roy Haynes & Dave Holland
    [Concord Jazz]
  • Change
    Chick Corea & Origin
    [Stretch/Concord Records]
  • Requiem
    Branford Marsalis Quartet
    [Columbia Records]
  • Art Of The Trio 4 - Back At The Vanguard
    Brad Mehldau
    [Warner Bros. Records]
  • Inner Voyage
    Gonzalo Rubalcaba
    [Blue Note Records]

Category 44 - Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance

  • Far East Suite
    Anthony Brown's Asian American Orchestra
    [Asian Improv Records]
  • Serendipity 18
    The Bob Florence Limited Edition
    [MAMA Records]
  • Time's Mirror
    Tom Harrell
    [RCA Victor/BMG Classics]
  • Epiphany
    Vince Mendoza
    [Zebra Acoustic Records]
  • Inspiration
    Sam Rivers' Rivbea All-Star Orchestra
    [RCA Victor/BMG Classics]

Category 45 - Best Latin Jazz Performance

  • Tumbao Para Los Congueros Di Mi Vida
    Al McKibbon
    [Blue Lady Records]
  • LatinJazz Explosion
    Bobby Rodriguez
    [Latin Jazz Productions]
  • Antiguo
    Gonzalo Rubalcaba & Cuban Quartet
    [Blue Note Records]
  • Latin Soul
    Poncho Sanchez
    [Concord Picante Records]
  • Briyumba Palo Congo - Religion Of The Congo
    Chucho Valdeés
    [Blue Note Records]

Category 46 - Best Rock Gospel Album

  • Underdog
    Audio Adrenaline
    [ForeFront Records]
  • Choose Life
    Big Tent Revival
    [Ardent Records]
  • I Can See Clearly Now
    Gospel Gangstaz
    [B-Rite Music]
  • Pray
    Rebecca St. James
    [ForeFront Records]
  • Time
    Third Day
    [Essential Records]

Category 47 - Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album

  • Anointed
    Anointed
    [Myrrh Records]
  • Speechless
    Steven Curtis Chapman
    [Sparrow Records]
  • The Gift Of Christmas
    Andraeé Crouch
    [Qwest/Warner Bros. Records]
  • Gloryland
    The Dukes Of Dixieland
    [Leisure Jazz]
  • The Prince Of Egypt - Nashville
    Various Artists
    [DreamWorks Records]

Category 48 - Best Southern, Country, or Bluegrass Gospel Album

  • A Glen Campbell Christmas
    Glen Campbell
    [Unison Music/TNN Classic Sessions]
  • Roy Clark Sings & Plays Gospel Greats
    Roy Clark
    [Finer Arts Records]
  • Kennedy Center Homecoming
    Bill & Gloria Gaither And Their Homecoming Friends
    [Spring House Music Group]
  • Winding Through Life
    Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
    [Sugar Hill Records]
  • The Final Sessions
    J.D. Sumner & The Stamps Quartet
    [New Haven Records]

Category 49 - Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album

  • Christmas With Shirley Caesar
    Shirley Caesar
    [Myrrh Records]
  • Music In The Air
    The Dixie Hummingbirds
    [House Of Blues Music Co.]
  • God Can & God Will
    Dottie Peoples
    [AIR Gospel Records]
  • Uncensored
    Pop Winans & The Winanaires
    [Diamante/Against The Flow Records]
  • Live In Detroit II
    Vickie Winans
    [CGI/Platinum Records]

Category 50 - Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album

  • Mountain High...Valley Low
    Yolanda Adams
    [Elektra Entertainment Group]
  • Many Different Roads
    Gladys Knight
    [Many Roads/MCA Records]
  • So Cool
    Take 6
    [Reprise Records]
  • We Got Next
    Winans Phase 2
    [Myrrh/Word Entertainment]
  • His Gift
    CeCe Winans
    [Pioneer Music Group]

Category 51 - Best Gospel Choir Or Chorus Album

  • Any Day
    Victory In Praise Music And Arts Seminar Mass Choir; John P. Kee, Choir Director
    [Verity Records]
  • Emmanuel (God With Us)
    Mississippi Mass Choir; David R. Curry, Jerry Smith & Dorcus Thigpen, Choir Directors
    [Malaco Records]
  • High & Lifted Up
    The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir; Carol Cymbala, Choir Director
    [Atlantic Records]
  • Hosanna! And They Sang The Word
    Wilmington Chester Mass Choir; Derrick Clements, Claudine "Dee" King & Ernie Saunders, Choir Directors
    [AIR Gospel Records]
  • Let's Make It Better
    Inner City; Rev. John P. Kee, Choir Director
    [Tyscot Records]

Category 52 - Best Latin Pop Performance

  • Tiempos
    Rubén Blades
    [Sony Discos]
  • Ni Es Lo Mismo Ni Es Igual
    Juan Luis Guerra 440
    [Karen Publishing]
  • MTV Unplugged
    Maná
    [WEA Latina Records]
  • Amarte Es Un Placer
    Luis Miguel
    [WEA Latina Records]
  • Llegar A Tí
    Jaci Velásquez
    [Sony Discos]

Category 53 - Best Latin Rock/Alternative Performance

  • Reves/Yo Soy
    Cafe Tacvba
    [Warner Bros./WEA Latina Records]
  • Nectar
    Enanitos Verdes
    [Universal Music Latino/Mercury Records]
  • La Marcha Del Golazo Solitario
    Fabulosos Cadillacs
    [Ariola/BMG U.S. Latin]
  • Bajo El Azul De Tu Misterio
    Jaguares
    [RCA/BMG U.S. Latin]
  • Resurrection
    Chris Perez Band
    [Hollywood Records]

Category 54 - Best Traditional Tropical Latin Performance

  • Late Night Sessions
    Caravana Cubana
    [Dreamer Music]
  • Buena Vista Social Club Presents Ibrahim Ferrer
    Ibrahim Ferrer
    [World Circuit/Nonesuch Records]
  • Songs From A Little Blue House
    Juan-Carlos Formell
    [Wicklow Records/BMG Classics]
  • Sublime Ilusion
    Eliades Ochoa
    [Higher Octave Music]
  • Mambo Birdland
    Tito Puente
    [RMM Records]
  • El Amor De Mi Tierra
    Carlos Vives
    [EMI Latin/Trident BV]

Category 55 - Best Salsa Performance

  • La Formula Original
    Oscar D'Leon
    [RMM Records]
  • Gotcha!
    DLG (Dark Latin Groove)
    [Sony Tropical Records]
  • Sola
    India
    [RMM Records]
  • Llego...Van Van: Van Van Is Here
    Los Van Van
    [Havana Caliente/Atlantic Records]
  • De Otra Manera
    Jerry Rivera
    [Sony Tropical Records]

Category 56 - Best Merengue Performance

  • Pintame
    Elvis Crespo
    [Sony Tropical Records]
  • Atada
    Gisselle
    [BMG U.S. Latin]
  • The Dynasty
    Grupo Mania
    [Sony Tropical Records]
  • Encontré El Amor
    Jailene
    [EMI Latin]
  • Lleno De Vida
    Manny Manuel
    [RMM Records]

Category 57 - Best Mexican-American Performance

  • Por El Amor De Siempre
    Pepe Aguilar
    [Musart]
  • 100 Años De Mariachi
    Plácido Domingo
    [EMI Latin/Saragoza]
  • Mi Verdad
    Alejandro Fernández
    [Sony Discos]
  • Vicente Fernandez Y Los Mas Grandes Exitos De Los Dandy's
    Vicente Fernandez
    [Sony Discos]
  • Momentos
    La Mafia
    [Sony Discos]

Category 58 - Best Tejano Performance

  • Contigo
    Intocable
    [EMI Latin]
  • Jaime Y Los Chamacos
    Jaime Y Los Chamacos
    [Freddie Records]
  • Mariposa
    Jennifer Y Los Jetz
    [EMI Latin]
  • Por Eso Te Amo
    Los Palominos
    [Sony Discos]
  • Amor, Familia Y Respeto...
    A. B. Quintanilla Y Los Kumbia Kings
    [EMI Latin]

Category 59 - Best Traditional Blues Album

  • Memphis Monday Morning
    Bobby "Blue" Bland
    [Malaco Records]
  • A Good Day For The Blues
    Ruth Brown
    [Bullseye Blues & Jazz]
  • Blues On The Bayou
    B.B. King
    [MCA Records]
  • Blues Everywhere I Go
    Odetta
    [M.C. Records]
  • Legends
    Pinetop Perkins & Hubert Sumlin
    [Telarc Blues]

Category 60- Best Contemporary Blues Album

  • Live In Chicago
    Luther Allison
    [Alligator Records]
  • Take Your Shoes Off
    The Robert Cray Band
    [Rykodisc]
  • Wander This World
    Jonny Lang
    [A&M Records]
  • Welcome To Little Milton
    Little Milton
    [Malaco Records]
  • Continental Drifter
    Charlie Musselwhite
    [Pointblank Records]

Category 61 - Best Traditional Folk Album

  • Press On
    June Carter Cash
    [Risk/Small Hairy Dog Records]
  • The Long Ride
    Ramblin' Jack Elliott
    [Hightone Records]
  • Retrograss
    David Grisman, John Hartford & Mike Seeger
    [Acoustic Disc]
  • Songs Of Mississippi John Hurt
    Bill Morrissey
    [Philo Records]
  • Third Generation Blues
    Doc & Richard Watson
    [Sugar Hill Records]

Category 62 - Best Contemporary Folk Album

  • Cajunization
    Beausoleil
    [Rhino Records]
  • Fellow Workers
    Ani Difranco & Utah Phillips
    [Righteous Babe Records]
  • In Spite Of Ourselves
    John Prine
    [Oh Boy Records]
  • Western Wall - The Tucson Sessions
    Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris
    [Asylum Records]
  • Mule Variations
    Tom Waits
    [Anti/Epitaph Records]

Category 63 - Best Reggae Album

  • Roots Revival
    Aswad
    [Ark 21 Records]
  • The Doctor
    Beenie Man
    [V.P. Records]
  • Calling Rastafari
    Burning Spear
    [Heartbeat Records]
  • Living Legacy
    Steel Pulse
    [Tuff Gong International Records]
  • Generation Coming
    Third World
    [Gator Records]

Category 64 - Best World Music Album

  • Volume 2: Release
    Afro Celt Sound System
    [Real World Records]
  • Café Atlantico
    Cesaria Evora
    [RCA Victor/BMG Classics]
  • Papa
    Salif Keita
    [Metro Blue Records]
  • Niafunke
    Ali Farka Toure
    [Hannibal Records]
  • Livro
    Caetano Veloso
    [Nonesuch Records]

Category 65 - Best Polka Album

  • Smokin' Polkas
    Eddie Blazonczyk's Versatones
    [Bel-Aire Records]
  • Polkasonic
    Brave Combo
    [Cleveland International Records]
  • Follow Me
    John Góra & Górale
    [Sunshine Records]
  • Yearning For Polkas & Waltzes
    Walter Ostanek
    [World Renowned Sounds]
  • Polkapalooza
    Jimmy Sturr And His Orchestra
    [Rounder Records]

Category 66 - Best Musical Album For Children

  • The Adventures Of Elmo In Grouchland
    Various Artists
    Andy Hill, producer
    [Sony Wonder]
  • A Bug's Life Sing-Along
    Various Artists
    Ted Kryczko & Gary Powell, producers
    [Walt Disney Records]
  • Dreamosaurus
    Dinorock
    Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer, producers
    [Rounder Kids Records]
  • Ella Jenkins And A Union Of Friends Pulling Together
    Ella Jenkins
    Bernadelle Richter, producer
    [Smithsonian Folkways Recordings]
  • John McCutcheon's Four Seasons: Springsongs
    John McCutcheon
    Bob Dawson & John McCutcheon, producers
    [Rounder Kids Records]
  • Mannheim Steamroller Meets The Mouse
    Mannheim Steamroller
    Chip Davis, producer
    [Walt Disney Records/American Gramaphone]

Category 67 - Best Spoken Word Album For Children

  • The Battle Of The Mad Scientists And Other Tales Of Survival
    Bill Harley
    Debbie Block & Bill Harley, producers
    [Round River Records]
  • A Bugs Life Read-Along
    Hayden Panettiere
    Ted Kryczko & Randy Thornton, producers
    [Walt Disney Records]
  • Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone (J.K. Rowling)
    Jim Dale
    Kathy Hale, producer
    [Listening Library, Inc.]
  • Let's Eat!
    Sesame Street Muppets
    Ed Mitchell, producer
    [Sony Wonder]
  • Listen To The Storyteller
    Wynton Marsalis, Graham Greene & Kate Winslet
    Steven Epstein & David Frost, producers
    [Sony Classical]

Category 68 - Best Spoken Word Album

  • The Autobiography Of Martin Luther King, Jr.
    LeVar Burton
    [Time Warner Audiobooks]
  • The Chieftains - The Authorized Biography (John Glatt)
    Nanci Griffith
    [The Publishing Mills]
  • The Diaries Of Adam & Eve: Translated By Mark Twain
    Betty Buckley & Mandy Patinkin With Walter Cronkite
    [Fair Oaks Audio]
  • Merle Haggard's My House Of Memories - For The Record (Merle Haggard With Tom Carter)
    Merle Haggard
    [Harper Audio]
  • 'Tis (Frank McCourt)
    Frank McCourt
    [Simon and Schuster Audio]

Category 69 - Best Spoken Comedy Album

  • Bigger & Blacker
    Chris Rock
    [DreamWorks Records]
  • "How Paul Robeson Saved My Life" and Other Mostly Happy Stories
    Carl Reiner
    [Dove Audio]
  • A Prairie Home Companion - 25th Anniversary Collection
    Garrison Keillor
    [HighBridge Audio]
  • Stan & Judy's Kid
    Adam Sandler
    [Warner Bros. Records]
  • You Are All Diseased
    George Carlin
    [Atlantic Records]

Category 70 - Best Musical Show Album

  • Annie Get Your Gun
    Stephen Ferrera & John McDaniel, producers; (Irving Berlin, lyricist & composer) (The New Broadway Cast Including Bernadette Peters & Tom Wopat)
    [Angel Records]
  • Footloose
    Tommy Krasker & Tom Snow, producers; (Dean Pitchford, lyricist; Tom Snow, composer) (Original Broadway Cast)
    [Q Records]
  • Fosse
    Jay David Saks, producer; (Various lyricists & composers) (Original Broadway Cast Starring Valarie Pettiford & Jane Lanier)
    [RCA Victor]
  • Hedwig And The Angry Inch
    Brad Wood, producer; Stephen Trask, lyricist & composer (Original Cast)
    [Atlantic Records]
  • You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown
    Andrew Lippa, producer; (Clark Gesner & Andrew Lippa, lyricists & composers) (The New Broadway Cast Starring Roger Bart, Kristin Chenowith, Ilana Levine & Stanley Wayne Mathis)
    [RCA Victor]

Category 71 - Best Soundtrack Album

  • American Beauty - M/P
    Various Artists
    [DreamWorks Records]
  • Austin Powers The Spy Who Shagged Me - M/P
    Various Artists
    [Maverick Records]
  • The Matrix - M/P
    Various Artists
    [Maverick Records]
  • The Prince Of Egypt - M/P
    Various Artists
    [DreamWorks Records]
  • Tarzan - M/P
    Phil Collins
    [Walt Disney Records]

Category 72 - Best Instrumental Composition Written For A Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media.

  • A Bug's Life - M/P Score
    Randy Newman, composer
    [Walt Disney Records]
  • Life Is Beautiful (La Vita Bella) - M/P Score
    Nicola Piovani, composer
    [Virgin Records America]
  • The Red Violin - M/P Score
    John Corigliano, composer
    [Sony Classical]
  • Shakespeare In Love - M/P Score
    Stephen Warbeck, composer
    [Sony Classical]
  • Star Wars Episode 1 The Phantom Menace - M/P Score
    John Williams, composer
    [Sony Classical]

Category 73 - Best Song Written For A Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media.

  • Beautiful Stranger (From Austin Powers The Spy Who Shagged Me)
    Madonna & William Orbit, songwriters (Madonna)
    [Maverick Recording Company]
  • Music Of My Heart (From Music Of The Heart)
    Diane Warren, songwriter ('N Sync & Gloria Estefan)
    [Epic Records/Sony Music Soundtrax]
  • The Prince Of Egypt (When You Believe) (From The Prince Of Egypt)
    Steven Schwartz & Babyface, songwriters (Mariah Carey & Whitney Houston)
    [DreamWorks Records]
  • The Time Of Your Life (From A Bug's Life)
    Randy Newman, songwriter (Randy Newman)
    [Walt Disney Records]
  • You'll Be In My Heart (From Tarzan)
    Phil Collins, songwriter (Phil Collins)
    [Walt Disney Records]

Category 74 - Best Instrumental Composition

  • Dad's Room
    David Benoit, composer (David Benoit)
    Track from: Professional Dreamer
    [GRP Records]
  • El Farol
    K.C. Porter & Carlos Santana, composers (Santana)
    Track from: Supernatural
    [Arista Records]
  • Joyful Noise Suite
    Don Sebesky, composer (Don Sebesky)
    Track from: Joyful Noise: A Tribute To Duke Ellington
    [RCA Victor/BMG Classics]
  • Little Flamenco
    Chick Corea, composer (Chick Corea & Origin)
    Track from: Change
    [Stretch/Concord Records]
  • Tropicana Nights
    Paquito D'Rivera, composer (Paquito D'Rivera)
    Track from: Tropicana Nights
    [Chesky Records]

Category 75 - Best Instrumental Arrangement

  • Chelsea Bridge
    Jorge Calandrelli, arranger (Tony Bennett & Wynton Marsalis)
    Track from: Bennett Sings Ellington - Hot & Cool
    [RPM Records/Columbia]
  • Chelsea Bridge
    Don Sebesky, arranger (Don Sebesky)
    Track from: Joyful Noise: A Tribute To Duke Ellington
    [RCA Victor/BMG Classics]
  • Fiesta
    Lalo Schifrin, arranger (Lalo Schifrin)
    Track from: Latin Jazz Suite
    [Aleph Records]
  • Pink Panther
    Dori Caymmi & Tom Scott, arrangers (Dori Caymmi)
    Track from: Cinema: A Romantic Vision
    [Zebra Records]
  • Stella By Starlight - From The Uninvited
    John Williams, arranger (Itzhak Perlman, John Williams & The Boston Pops Orchestra)
    Track from: Cinema Serenade 2: The Golden Age
    [Sony Classical]

Category 76 - Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)

  • Day Dream
    Jorge Calandrelli, arranger (Tony Bennett)
    Track from: Bennett Sings Ellington - Hot & Cool
    [RPM Records/Columbia]
  • In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning
    Johnny Mandel, arranger (Barry Manilow)
    Track from: Manilow Sings Sinatra
    [Arista Records]
  • Livin' La Vida Loca
    Randy Cantor, arranger (Ricky Martin)
    Track from: Ricky Martin
    [C2/Columbia Records]
  • Lonely Town
    Alan Broadbent, arranger (Charlie Haden Quartet West Featuring Shirley Horn)
    Track from: The Art Of The Song
    [Verve Records]
  • The Prayer
    David Foster, arranger (Celine Dion & Andrea Bocelli)
    Track from: These Are Special Times
    [Epic/550]

Category 77 - Best Recording Package

  • Bleecker Street - Greenwich Village In The 60's
    Carla Leighton, art director (Various Artists)
    [Astor Place Recordings]
  • Late Night Sessions
    Michael Hodgson, art director (Caravana Cubana)
    [Dreamer Music]
  • Ride With Bob
    Ray Benson & Buddy Jackson, art directors (Asleep At The Wheel)
    [DreamWorks Records Nashville]
  • Ultra-Lounge: Tiki Sampler
    Brad Benedict, Andy Engel, Johnny Lee & Tommy Steele, art directors (Various Artists)
    [Capitol Records]
  • Vacancy
    Joseph Arthur & Zachary Larner, art directors (Joseph Arthur)
    [Undercover Records]

Category 78 - Best Boxed Recording Package

  • The Blue Note Years - 60th Anniversary Box Set
    Gordon H. Jee, art director (Various Artists)
    [Blue Note Records]
  • The Complete Jazz At The Philharmonic On Verve 1944 - 1949
    Giulio Turturro, art director (Various Artists)
    [Verve Records]
  • Hot Rods & Custom Classics - Cruisin' Songs & Highway Hits
    James Austin, Hugh Brown & Julie Vlasak, art directors (Various Artists)
    [Rhino Records]
  • John Coltrane - The Classic Quartet - Complete Impulse! Studio Recordings
    Hollis King, art director (John Coltrane)
    [Impulse! Records]
  • Miles Davis - The Complete Bitches Brew Sessions
    Ron Jaramillo & Arnold Levine, art directors (Miles Davis)
    [Columbia/Legacy Records]

Category 79 - Best Album Notes

  • Hank Williams - Live At The Grand Ole Opry
    Rick Bragg, album notes writer (Hank Williams)
    [Mercury Records]
  • John Coltrane - The Classic Quartet - Complete Impulse! Studio Recordings
    Bob Blumenthal, album notes writer (John Coltrane)
    [Impulse! Records]
  • The Last Soul Company
    Rob Bowman, album notes writer (Various Artists)
    [Malaco Records]
  • Ray Charles - The Complete Country & Western Recordings (1959-1986)
    Daniel Cooper, album notes writer (Ray Charles)
    [Rhino Records]
  • Sony Music 100 Years: Soundtrack For A Century
    Marc Kirkeby, album notes writer (Various Artists)
    [Sony Music]

Category 80 - Best Historical Album

  • The Complete Jazz At The Philharmonic On Verve 1944 - 1949
    Michael Lang, Phil Schaap & Ben Young, compilation producers; Phil Schaap, mastering engineer
    (Various Artists)
    [Verve Records]
  • The Duke Ellington Centennial Edition - The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (1927 - 1973)
    Orrin Keepnews & Steven Lasker, compilation producers; Paul Brizzi, Dennis Ferrante & Steven Lasker, mastering engineers (Duke Ellington)
    [RCA Victor/BMG Classics]
  • The Mahler Broadcasts 1948 - 1982
    Sedgwick Clark, compilation producer; Jon M. Samuels & Seth B. Winner, mastering engineers (New York Philharmonic)
    [New York Philharmonic Special Editions]
  • Ray Charles - The Complete Country & Western Recordings (1959-1986)
    James Austin, Ray Charles, Terry Howard & Michael Johnson, compilation producers; Terry Howard & Doug Sax, mastering engineers (Ray Charles)
    [Rhino Records]
  • Sony Music 100 Years: Soundtrack For A Century
    Billy Altman, Steve Berkowitz, Mike Berniker, Michael Brooks, Mitchell Cohen, Lawrence Cohn, Didier C. Deutsch, Bruce Dickinson, Michelle Errante, Jeff Jones, Arthur Levy, Nedra Olds-Neal, Al Quaglieri, Leo Sacks, Phil Schaap, Tom Vickers & Warren Wernick, compilation producers; Chris Athens, Matt Cavaluzzo, Harry Coster, Ellen Fitton, Seth Foster, Andreas Meyer, Joseph M. Palmaccio, Darcy Proper, Ken Robertson, Tom "Curly" Ruff, Phil Schaap & Mark Wilder, mastering engineers
    (Various Artists)
    [Sony Music]

Category 81 - Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

  • Forget About It
    Gary Paczosa, engineer (Alison Krauss)
    [Rounder Records]
  • Mindfields
    Steve MacMillan, Elliot Scheiner, Al Schmitt & Jess Sutcliffe, engineers (Toto)
    [Columbia Records]
  • My Heart
    Joe Chiccarelli, Mick Guzauski & John Kelton, engineers (Lorrie Morgan)
    [RCA/BNA Records]
  • Owsley
    Jeff Balding, Tom Lord-Alge, J.R. McNeeley, Owsley, Millard Powers & Shane Wilson, engineers (Owsley)
    [Giant Records]
  • When I Look In Your Eyes
    Al Schmitt, engineer (Diana Krall)
    [Verve Records]

Category 82 - Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical

  • Walter Afanasieff
    • Am I The Only One (Marc Anthony) (T)
    • The Animal Song (Savage Garden) (S)
    • Christmas With Babyface (Babyface) (A)
    • Classics In The Key Of G (Kenny G) (A)
    • I Count The Minutes (Ricky Martin) (T)
    • The Island (Barbra Streisand) (T)
  • Rob Cavallo
    • Blue Eyes Blue (Eric Clapton) (T)
    • Jump Start (Simon Says) (A)
    • Loving You Is All I Know (Pretenders) (T)
    • Nothing Can Keep Me From You (Kiss) (T)
    • You'll Be In My Heart (Phil Collins) (S)
  • Dann Huff
    • How Lucky I Am (Bryan White) (A)
    • Lonely Grill (Lonestar) (A)
    • Risk (Megadeth) (A)
    • Shane Minor (Shane Minor) (A)
    • The Whole SheBang (SheDaisy) (A)
  • Rick Rubin
    • Californication (Red Hot Chili Peppers) (A)
    • Echo (Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers) (A)
  • Matt Serletic
    • Another Brick In The Wall (Class Of '99) (T)
    • Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2) (Class Of '99) (T)
    • I Could Not Ask For More (Edwin McCain) (T)
    • It's Over Now (Neve) (T)
    • Messenger (Edwin McCain) (A)
    • Smooth (Santana Featuring Rob Thomas) (T)

Category 83 - Remixer of the Year, Non-Classical

  • Club 69 (Peter Rauhofer)
    • Believe (Club 69 Future Anthem Mix) (Cher) (S)
    • Body (Club 69 Future Mix) (Funky Green Dogs) (S)
    • Five Fathoms (Club 69 Future Club Mix) (Everything But The Girl) (S)
    • I Will Go With You (Con Te Partir ) (Club 69 Future Mix) (Donna Summer) (S)
    • It's Not Right But It's Okay (Future Club Mix) (Whitney Houston) (S)
    • Nothing Really Matters (Club 69 Vocal Club Mix) (Madonna) (S)
  • Hex Hector
    • Chante's Got A Man (Hex Hector Intimate Club Mix) (Chante Moore) (S)
    • Heartbreak Hotel (Hex Hector Club Mix) (Whitney Houston Featuring Faith Evans & Kelly Price) (S)
    • It's Over Now (Hex Retro-Future Mix) (Deborah Cox) (S)
    • I've Had Enough (Intimate Room Mix) (Regina Belle) (S)
    • Outside (Hex Hector Radio Mix) (George Michael) (S)
    • Waiting For Tonight (Hex's Momentous Club Mix) (Jennifer Lopez) (S)
  • Steve "Silk" Hurley
    • Go Down Moses (Silk's Spiritual Anthem Pt. 1 & 2) (Kelly G Featuring Sharon Pass) (S)
    • He Loves Me 2 (Silk's 12" Mix) (CeCe Peniston) (S)
    • Higher (Silk's Journey To Heaven Mix) (Vernessa Mitchell) (S)
    • Jack Your Body 2000 (Silk's Y2K Mix) (Steve "Silk" Hurley) (S)
    • Roller Coaster (Silk's Uplifting Extended Mix) (B*witched) (S)
    • Yeah Get Down (Silk's Disco Dub Of Life) (Maurice Joshua Presents The Reunion Project) (S)
  • Masters At Work
    • Canned Heat (MAW Mix) (Jamiroquai) (S)
    • If I Lose My Woman (Kenny Lattimore) (T)
    • Inside (Monica) (T)
    • Latin Lover (MAW 12" Mix) (Stephanie Mills) (S)
    • Main Thing (Main Mix) (Robyn) (T)
    • To Be In Love (MAW '99 Mix) (India) (S)
  • Soul Solution (Bobby Guy & Ernie Lake)
    • All I Have To Give (Soul Solution Club Mix) (Backstreet Boys) (S)
    • All Night Long (Soul Solution Club Vox) (Faith Evans) (S)
    • Disco Inferno (Soul Solution Mix) (Cyndi Lauper) (S)
    • I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man (Soul Solution Extended Vox) (Jordan Knight) (S)
    • Maria (Soul Solution Full Remix) (Blondie) (S)
    • Sometimes (Soul Solution Mid Tempo Remix) (Britney Spears) (S)

Category 84 - Best Engineered Album, Classical

  • Crumb: Ancient Voices Of Children (A Little Suite For Christmas, A. D. 1979; Three Early Songs, Etc.)
    David Moulton & Curt Wittig, engineers (James Freeman, conductor/piano; Orchestra 2001; Barbara Ann Martin, soprano)
    [CRI]
  • Dvorák: Piano Trio "Dumky", Op. 90 / Shostakovich: Piano Trio No. 2, Op. 67/Rachmaninov: Vocalise
    Marc Aubort, engineer (Eroica Trio)
    [EMI Classics]
  • Dvorák: Stabat Mater
    Michael Bishop, engineer (Robert Shaw, conductor)
    [Telarc]
  • Mahler: Sym. No. 3
    Michael Bishop & Thomas Knab, engineers (Jes·s López-Cobos, conductor)
    [Telarc]
  • Stravinsky: Firebird; The Rite Of Spring; Perséphone
    Markus Heiland, engineer (Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor)
    [RCA Victor Red Seal]

Category 85 - Producer Of The Year, Classical

  • Adam Abeshouse
    • Chopin: Etudes - The Complete Piano Works, Vol. Ten (Opp. 10, 42; Op. Posth.) (Garrick Ohlsson, piano)
    • Handel/Schoenberg/Spohr/Elgar: Works For String Quartet And Orch. (The Lark Quartet; Jean-Louis LeRoux, conductor)
    • Handel: With Valour Abounding (Selections From Solomon; Joseph And His Brethren; Joshua, Etc.) (John Elwes, tenor)
    • Hindemith: Quartet For Clarinet, Violin, Cello And Piano/Shostakovich: Piano Quintet In G Min., Op. 57 (Gilbert Kalish, piano; Boston Sym. Cham. Players)
    • Schickele On A Lark (Sextet; String Quartet No. 2 "In Memorium"; Quintet No. 2 For Piano And Strings) (The Lark Quartet; R. Rinehart, viola; J. Lichten, cello; P. Schickele, piano)
  • Andrew Keener
    • Mahler: Sym. No. 2 "Resurrection" (Andrew Litton, conductor)
    • Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated; Down By The Riverside; Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues (Marc-Andr Hamelin, piano)
    • Schubert: Piano Sonatas (B Flat Maj. D960; A Min. D784; C Maj. D613) (Stephen Hough, piano)
    • Schumann: Piano Trios Nos. 1 & 2 (The Florestan Trio)ò Tavener: Tears Of The Angels (Depart In Peace; My Gaze Is Ever Upon You; Tears Of The Angels) (BT Scottish Ens.; Patricia Rozario, soprano; Clio Gould, violin)
  • Marina A. Ledin, Victor Ledin
    • Barber: Complete Published Solo Piano Music (Son. For Piano, Op. 26; Excursions, Op. 20; Souvenirs, Op. 28, Etc.) (Daniel Pollack, piano)
    • Confrey: Piano Music (Kitten On The Keys; African Suite; Moods Of A New Yorker, Etc.) (Eteri Andjaparidze, piano)ò MacDowell: Complete Songs (Two Songs, Op. 34; Drei Lieder, Op. 33; Three Songs, Op. 60, Etc.) (Steven Tharp, tenor)
    • Poulenc: Piano Music Vol. 2 (Les soir es de Nazelles; Cinq impromptus; Trois mouvements perp tuels, Etc.) (Olivier Cazal, piano)
    • Villa-Lobos: Piano Music Vol. 1 (The Baby's Family; Cirandas; Hommage Chopin) (Sonia Rubinsky, piano)
  • James Mallinson
    • Bellezza Vocale - Beautiful Opera Duets (Duets From Les Contes D'Hoffmann; Der Rosenkavalier; Lakm , Etc.) (Jennifer Larmore, mezzo soprano; Hei-Kyung Hong, soprano)
    • Hartmann: Syms. Nos. 1 & 6; Miserae (Leon Botstein, conductor)
    • Mozart/Henneberg/Schack/Gerl/Schikaneder: Der Stein der Weisen (The Philosopher's Stone) (Martin Pearlman, conductor)
    • Schubert: Syms. No. 9 "The Great" & No. 8 "Unfinished" (Sir Charles Mackerras, conductor)
    • Tango - La Eleg a De Quienes Ya No Son (Tanquedia; Knife Fight; Homero, Etc.) (Rudolf Werthen, conductor)
  • Robina G. Young
    • Legends Of St. Nicholas - Medieval Chant And Polyphony (Intonent hodie; Exultemus et letemur, Etc.) (Anonymous 4)
    • Mendelssohn: String Quartets (No. 1 In E Flat Maj., 0p. 12; No. 2 In A Min., Op. 13; Quartet In E Flat, Op. Posth.) (The Eroica Quartet)
    • Pandolfi: Complete Violin Sonatas (No. 1 "La Stella"; No. 2 "La Cesta"; No. 3 "La Melana", Etc.) (Andrew Manze, violin; Richard Egarr, harpsichord)
    • Prokofiev: Violin Sonatas (No. 1, Op. 80; No. 2, Op. 94; March From Love For Three Oranges, Etc.) (Frederic Chiu, piano; Pierre Amoyal, violin)
    • Tavener: Eternity's Sunrise (Song Of The Angel; Petra: A Ritual Dream; Funeral Canticle, Etc.) (Paul Goodwin, choir director; The Orch. Of The Academy Of Ancient Music; Various Artists)

Category 86 - Best Classical Album

  • Bartók: Violin Con. No. 2; Rhapsodies Nos. 1 & 2
    Gil Shaham, violin; Pierre Boulez, conductor; Christian Gansch, producer (Chicago Sym. Orch.)
    [Deutsche Grammophon]
  • Beethoven: The Violin Sonatas (Nos. 1-3, Op. 12; Nos. 1-3, Op. 30; "Spring" Sonata, Etc.)
    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin; Lambert Orkis, piano; Ulrich Vette, producer
    [Deutsche Grammophon]
  • Dvorák: Stabat Mater
    Robert Shaw, conductor; Robert Woods, producer (Nathan Berg, bass-baritone; Christine Goerke, soprano; Stanford Olsen, tenor; Marietta Simpson, mezzo soprano; Atlanta Sym. Orch. Cho.; Atlanta Sym. Orch.)
    [Telarc]
  • Nielsen: Maskarade
    Ulf Schirmer, conductor; Henriette Bonde-Hansen; Aage Haugland; Gert-Henning Jensen; Kurt Ravn; Susanne Resmark; Bo Skovhus; Chris Hazell, producer (Various Artists; The Danish National Radio Cho.; The Danish National Radio Sym. Orch.)
    [Decca])
  • Stravinsky: Firebird; The Rite Of Spring; Perséphone
    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Andreas Neubronner, producer (Vance George, choir director; Joyce Keil, choir director; Stuart Neill, tenor; Sharon J. Paul, choir director; Ragazzi, The Peninsula Boys Cho.; San Francisco Sym. Cho.; San Francisco Girls Cho.; Stephanie Cosserat, narrator; San Francisco Sym.)
    [RCA Victor Red Seal]

Category 87 - Best Orchestral Performance

  • Mahler: Sym. No. 1
    Pierre Boulez, conductor (Chicago Sym. Orch.)
    [Deutsche Grammophon]
  • Mahler: Sym. No. 3
    Sir Simon Rattle, conductor (Simon Halsey, choir director; Birgit Remmert, contralto; City of Birmingham Sym. Youth Cho.; Ladies of the City of Birmingham Sym. Cho.; City of Birmingham Sym. Orch.)
    Track from: Mahler: Sym. No. 3; 8 Lieder From "Des Knaben Wunderhorn"
    [EMI Classics]
  • Mahler: Sym. No. 9
    Benjamin Zander, conductor (Philharmonia Orch.)
    [Telarc]
  • Revueltas: Sensemayá (Sensemayá; Ocho Por Radio; First Little Serious Piece, Etc.)
    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor (Los Angeles Phil. New Music Group; Los Angeles Phil.)
    [Sony Classical]
  • Stravinsky: Firebird; The Rite Of Spring; Perséphone
    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor (Joyce Keil, choir director; Stuart Neill, tenor; Sharon J. Paul, choir director; Ragazzi, The Peninsula Boys Cho.; San Francisco Sym. Cho.; San Francisco Girls Cho.; Stephanie Cosserat, narrator; San Francisco Sym.)
    [RCA Victor Red Seal]

Category 88 - Best Opera Recording

  • Adès: Powder Her Face
    Thomas Adès, conductor; Valdine Anderson; Roger Bryson; Jill Gomez; Niall Morris; Chris de Souza, producer (Almeida Ens.)
    [EMI Classics]
  • Dvorák: Rusalka
    Sir Charles Mackerras, conductor; Renée Fleming; Ben Heppner; Michael Haas, producer (Various Artists; The Kuhn Mixed Cho.; Czech Phil. Orch.)
    [London/Decca]
  • Ligeti: Le Grand Macabre
    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor; Laura Claycomb; Sibylle Ehlert; Charlotte Hellekant; Derek Lee Ragin; Jard van Nes; Ulrich Schneider, producer (Various Artists; London Sinfonietta Voices; Philharmonia Orch.)
    [Sony Classical]
  • Messiaen: Saint Francois d'Assise
    Kent Nagano, conductor; Dawn Upshaw, soprano; Jose van Dam, baritone; Sid McLauchlan, producer (Arnold Schoenberg Chor.; Hallé Orch.)
    [Deutsche Grammophon]
  • Nielsen: Maskarade
    Ulf Schirmer, conductor; Henriette Bonde-Hansen; Aage Haugland; Gert-Henning Jensen; Kurt Ravn; Susanne Resmark; Bo Skovhus; Chris Hazell, producer (Various Artists; The Danish National Radio Cho.; The Danish National Radio Sym. Orch.)
    [Decca]
  • Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress
    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor; Ian Bostridge; Bryn Terfel; Anne Sofie von Otter; Deborah York; Nicholas Parker, producer (Monteverdi Cho.; London Sym. Orch.)
    [Deutsche Grammophon]

Category 89 - Best Choral Performance

  • Britten: War Requiem
    Robert Shafer, conductor; Joan McFarland, choir director; Betty Scott, choir director (Richard Clement, tenor; Christine Goerke, soprano; Richard Stilwell, baritone; Maryland Boy Cho.; Shenandoah Conservatory Cho.; The Washington Cho.; The Washington Orch.)
    [The Washington Chorus]
  • Handel: Solomon
    Paul McCreesh, conductor (Inger Dam-Jenson, soprano; Andreas Scholl, countertenor; Various Artists; Gabrieli Consort; Gabrieli Players)
    [Archiv]
  • Schmidt: Book Of The Seven Seals
    Franz Welser-Möst, conductor; Michael Glaser, chorus master (Stig Andersen, tenor; René Pape, bass; Various Artists; Bavarian Radio Cho.; Bavarian Radio Sym. Orch.)
    [EMI Classics]
  • Schubert: Mass In A Flat
    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor (Neill Archer, tenor; Michael George, bass; Sally Bruce Payne, mezzo soprano; Deborah York, soprano; Monteverdi Cho.; Orch. Revolutionnaire et Romantique)
    [Philips]
  • Walton: Belshazzar's Feast
    Sir Simon Rattle, conductor; Simon Halsey, choir director; Gareth Morrell, choir director (Thomas Hampson, baritone; City of Birmingham Sym. Cho.; The Cleveland Orch. Cho.; City of Birmingham Sym. Orch.)
    Track from: Walton: Belshazzar's Feast; Sym. No. 1
    [EMI Classics]

Category 90 - Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra)

  • Bartók: Violin Con. No. 2; Rhapsodies Nos. 1 & 2
    Gil Shaham, violin; Pierre Boulez, conductor (Chicago Sym. Orch.)
    [Deutsche Grammophon]
  • Beethoven: Violin Concerto/Bernstein: Serenade
    Hilary Hahn, violin; David Zinman, conductor (Baltimore Sym. Orch.)
    [Sony Classical]
  • Britten: Double Concerto In B Min.
    Yuri Bashmet, viola; Gidon Kremer, violin; Kent Nagano, conductor (Hallé Orch.)
    Track from: Britten: Double Concerto; Two Portraits; Young Apollo; Sinfonietta
    [Erato]
  • Prokofiev: Piano Cons. Nos. 1 & 3/Bartók: Piano Con. No. 3
    Martha Argerich, piano; Charles Dutoit, conductor (Orch. Sym. de Montr al)
    [EMI Classics]
  • Scriabin: Piano Concerto
    Anatol Ugorski, piano; Pierre Boulez, conductor (Chicago Sym. Orch.)
    Track from: Scriabin: Le Poème de l'extase; Piano Concerto; Prométhée
    [Deutsche Grammophon]

Category 91 - Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra)

  • Bach: English Suites Nos. 2, 4 & 5
    Murray Perahia, piano
    [Sony Classical]
  • Chopin: The Four Ballades; Berceuse, Op. 57; Barcarolle, Op. 60; Scherzo No. 4, Op. 54
    Evgeny Kissin, piano
    [RCA Victor Red Seal]
  • Confrey: Piano Music (Kitten On The Keys; African Suite; Moods Of A New Yorker, Etc.)
    Eteri Andjaparidze, piano
    [Naxos]
  • Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated; Down By The Riverside; Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues
    Marc-André Hamelin, piano
    [Hyperion]
  • Shostakovich: 24 Preludes & Fugues, Op. 87
    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
    [Decca]

Category 92 - Best Chamber Music Performance

  • Beethoven: The Violin Sonatas (Nos. 1-3, Op. 12; Nos. 1-3, Op. 30; "Spring" Sonata, Etc.)
    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin; Lambert Orkis, piano
    [Deutsche Grammophon]
  • Dvorák: Piano Trio "Dumky", Op. 90/Shostakovich: Piano Trio No. 2/Rachmaninov: Vocalise
    Eroica Trio
    [EMI Classics]
  • Hindemith: Quartet For Clarinet, Violin, Cello And Piano/Shostakovich: Piano Quintet In G Min., Op. 57
    Boston Sym. Cham. Players; Gilbert Kalish, piano
    [Arabesque Recordings]
  • Schubert: The "Trout" Quintet/Wolf: Italian Serenade/Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik
    Joseph Carver, double bass; Andreas Haefliger, piano; Takács Quartet
    [London Records]
  • Tchaikovsky/Shostakovich: Piano Trios
    Martha Argerich, piano; Gidon Kremer, violin; Mischa Maisky, violoncello
    [Deutsche Grammophon]

Category 93 - Best Small Ensemble Performance (with or without Conductor)

  • Brahms: Quintet In B Min. For Viola & Strings Arr. By Bashmet/Shostakovich: Thirteenth String Quartet In B Flat Min. Arr. By A. Tchaikovsky
    Yuri Bashmet, viola; Moscow Soloists
    [Sony Classical]
  • Colors Of Love (Works Of Thomas, Stucky, Tavener, Rands, Etc.)
    Chanticleer; Joseph Jennings, conductor
    [Teldec Classics International]
  • Corelli: Concerti Grossi, Op. 6, Nos. 7 - 12
    Modo Antiquo; Federico Maria Sardelli, conductor
    [Tactus]
  • Scarlatti: Il Primo Omicidio
    Antonio Abete, bass; Akademie für Alte Musik, Berlin; Richard Croft, tenor; Bernarda Fink, alto; René Jacobs, conductor/countertenor; Graciela Oddone, soprano; Dorothea Röschmann, soprano
    [Harmonia Mundi France]
  • Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21; Herzegewächse, Op. 20; Ode To Napoleon Buonaparte, Op. 41
    Pierre Boulez, conductor; Ens. InterContemporain; David Pittman-Jennings, baritone; Christine Schäfer, soprano
    [Deutsche Grammophon]

Category 94 - Best Classical Vocal Performance

  • Eisler: The Hollywood Songbook (Eisler: Der Sohn; In den Weiden; Frühling, Etc.)
    Matthias Goerne, baritone (Eric Schneider, piano)
    [London/Decca]
  • German Romantic Opera (Arias From Tristan und Isolde, Rienzi, Siegfried, Etc.)
    Ben Heppner, tenor (Donald Runnicles, conductor; NDR Sinfonieorch.)
    [RCA Victor Red Seal]
  • Handel: Operatic Arias (Arias From Ariodante, Giulio Cesare, Rinaldo, Etc.)
    David Daniels, countertenor (Sir Roger Norrington, conductor; Orch. of the Age of Enlightenment)
    [Virgin Classics]
  • Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn
    Thomas Quasthoff, baritone; Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo soprano (Claudio Abbado, conductor; Berliner Phil.)
    [Deutsche Grammophon]
  • Schubert: Winterreise
    Thomas Quasthoff, bass-baritone (Charles Spencer, piano)
    [RCA Victor Red Seal]

Category 95 - Best Classical Contemporary Composition

  • Adès: Asyla
    Thomas Ad s, composer (Sir Simon Rattle, conductor; City of Birmingham Sym. Orch.)
    Track from: Adès: Asyla (Concerto Conciso; These Premises Are Alarmed; Chamber Sym., Etc.)
    [EMI Classics]
  • Boulez: Répons
    Pierre Boulez, composer (Vincent Bauer, vibraphone; Florent Boffard, piano; Pierre Boulez, conductor; Frédérique Cambreling, harp; Michel Cerutti, cimbalom; Daniel Ciampolini, xylophone & glockenspiel; Ens. InterContemporain; Andrew Gerzso, electro-acoustic realization; Dimitri Vassilakis, piano) Track from: Boulez: Répons (Répons; Dialogue de l'ombre double)
    [Deutsche Grammophon]
  • Imbrie: Requiem
    Andrew Imbrie, composer (Harold Rosenbaum, choir director; George Rothman, conductor; Lisa Saffer, soprano; New York Virtuoso Singers; Riverside Sym.)
    Track from: Imbrie: Requiem; Piano Con. No. 3
    [Bridge Records]
  • Kernis: Air For Violin
    Aaron Jay Kernis, composer (Joshua Bell, violin; David Zinman, conductor; Minnesota Orch.)
    Track from: Kernis: Air For Violin; Double Concerto For Violin & Guitar; Lament And Prayer)
    [Argo Records]
  • Tavener: Eternity's Sunrise
    John Tavener, composer (Paul Goodwin, choir director; Patricia Rozario, soprano; The Orch. of The Academy of Ancient Music)
    Track from: Tavener: Eternity's Sunrise (Song Of The Angel; Petra: A Ritual Dream; Funeral Canticle, Etc.)
    [Harmonia Mundi USA]

Category 96 - Best Classical Crossover Album

  • Beautiful Star - A Celebration Of Christmas (O Holy Night; Wexford Carol; This Little Babe, Etc.)
    Buryl Red, conductor (Various Artists; Joseph Joubert, keyboard; Charlie McCoy, harmonica; The Century Men)
    [Resmiranda Records]
  • Christmas By The Bay (The First Nowell; Rejoice, O Virgin; Ave Maria, Etc.)
    Vance George, conductor (John Fenstermaker, organ; Marc Shapiro, piano; San Francisco Sym. Cho.)
    [Delos Records]
  • If Ever I Would Leave You - The Songs Of Alan Jay Lerner
    Bryn Terfel, bass-baritone (Paul Daniel, conductor; Cho. of Opera North; English Northern Phil.)
    [Deutsche Grammophon]
  • Meyer: Short Trip Home (In The Nick Of Time; BP; Concert Duo, The Prequel, Etc.)
    Joshua Bell, violin; Sam Bush, mandolin, violin; Mike Marshall, guitar, mandola, violin; Edgar Meyer, double bass
    [Sony Classical]
  • Schickele: Hornsmoke (Piano Con. No. 2 In F Maj. "Ole"; Brass Calendar; Hornsmoke - A Horse Opera)
    The Chestnut Brass Co.; Peter Schickele, piano & narrator (Cynthia Carr, horn)
    [Newport Classic]
  • Take The "A" Train - Canadian Brass Play The Music Of Duke Ellington (It Don't Mean A Thing; Echoes Of Harlem; Solitude, Etc.)
    The Canadian Brass
    [RCA Victor]

Category 97 - Best Short Form Music Video

  • All Is Full Of Love
    Bjork
    Chris Cunningham, video director; Cindy Bulmar, video producer
    [Elektra/Elektra Entertainment Group]
  • Everything Is Everything
    Lauryn Hill
    Sanji, video director; John Oloen, video producer
    [Ruffhouse/Columbia Records]
  • Freak On A Leash
    Korn
    Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris & Todd McFarlane, video directors; Terry Fitzgerald & Bart Lipton, video producers
    [Immortal/Epic Records]
  • Back At One
    Brian McKnight
    Francis Lawrence, video director; Heather Jansson, video producer
    [Motown Records]
  • Unpretty
    TLC
    Paul Hunter, video director; Kati Haberstock, video producer
    [LaFace Records/Mars Media]

Category 98 - Best Long Form Music Video

  • The Making Of 'Ride With Bob'
    Asleep At The Wheel
    Dan Karlok, video director; Ray Benson & Dan Karlok, video producers
    [DreamWorks Records Nashville/Eugene Chrysler Films]
  • Don't Stop
    Gloria Estefan
    Mo Fitzgibbon, video director; Mo Fitzgibbon & Robert Walker, video producers
    [Epic Records]
  • Bands Of Gypsys - Live At Fillmore East
    (Jimi Hendrix)
    Bob Smeaton, video director; Neil Aspinall & Chips Chipperfield, video producers
    [MCA Records/Experience Hendrix]
  • Meeting People Is Easy
    Radiohead
    Grant Gee, video director; Dilly Gent, video producer
    [Capitol Records]
  • Popmart - Live From Mexico City
    U2
    David Mallet, video director; Ned O'Hanlon, video producer
    [Island Records]