45th version of the American Grammy Awards, held in 2003
The 45th Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 23, 2003, at Madison Square Garden in New York City honoring the best in music for the recording of the year beginning from October 1, 2001, through September 30, 2002. Musicians' accomplishments from the previous year were recognized. Norah Jones and her song "Don't Know Why " were the main recipients of the night, garnering six Grammys, including four major awards: Record of the Year , Album of the Year , Song of the Year and Best New Artist , plus Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and Best Pop Vocal Album .[ 1] Songwriter Jesse Harris received the Song of the Year award for his work on "Don't Know Why ." Simon and Garfunkel reunited to open the show performing "The Sound of Silence ".
The Bee Gees were presented with the "Legend Award", only 42 days after the sudden death of Maurice Gibb . The award was received by the surviving brothers, Barry and Robin . During Barry's speech, he made mention of Maurice's widow Yvonne and their children Adam and Sami, and in a heartfelt, gracious and tearful moment announced that he and Robin were presenting the award to Maurice. It was then accepted by Adam, at Barry's request, on behalf of his late father, his mother and his sister.
Record of the Year Album of the Year Come Away With Me – Norah Jones
Home – Dixie Chicks
The Eminem Show – Eminem
Nellyville – Nelly
Jason "Jay E" Epperson , Just Blaze , The Neptunes , The Trackboyz & Waiel "Wally" Yaghnam, producers; Steve Eigner, Brian Garten, Russ Giraud, Gimel "Young Guru" Keaton , Greg Morgenstein, Matt Still & Rich Travali, engineers/mixers; Herb Powers, mastering engineer
The Rising – Bruce Springsteen
Song of the Year Best New Artist Best Female Pop Vocal Performance Best Male Pop Vocal Performance Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals Best Pop Instrumental Performance Best Pop Vocal Album Best Pop Instrumental Album Best Alternative Music Album From 1994 through 2003, see "Best Spoken Comedy Album" under the "Spoken " field, below. Composing and arranging [ edit ] Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album
Best Rock Gospel Album
Monroe Jones (producer), James J Dineen III (engineer/mixer) & Third Day for Come Together
Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album
Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album
Glaurys Ariass, Helsa Ariass (producers & engineers/mixers), Chris Puram (engineer/mixer) & Eartha (producer & artist) for Sidebars
Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album
Art Greenhaw (producer & engineer/mixer), Tim Cooper, Chuck Ebert, Art Greenhaw, Adrian Payne, Robb Tripp & Philip W. York (engineers/mixers), The Jordanaires , Larry Ford & The Light Crust Doughboys for We Called Him Mr. Gospel Music: The James Blackwood Tribute Album
Best Gospel Choir or Chorus Album
Best Latin Pop Album
Bob St. John, Eric Schilling, Gustavo Afont, Iker Gastraminsa, Jaime Lagueruela, Jon Fausty (engineers/mixers), Gonzalo Vasquez (engineer/mixer & producer) Luis Ochoa (producer) & Bacilos (producers and artists) for Caraluna
Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album
Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album
Benny Faccone (engineer/mixer). Franco Giordani, John Karpowich & Dennis Parker (engineers) & Joan Sebastian (producer & artist) for Lo Dijo El Corazón
Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album
Best Tejano Album
Gustavo Alphonso Miranda (engineer/mixer), Manuel Herrera Maldonado (producer) & Emilio Navaira for Acuérdate
Best Salsa Album
Best Merengue Album
Manuel Antonio Tejada Tabar, Raphael Peña, Rolando Alejandro (engineers/mixers), Jose Lugo (producer) & Grupo Mania for Latino Packaging and notes [ edit ] Production and engineering [ edit ] Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance
Best Urban/Alternative Performance
Best R&B Song
Erykah Badu , Madukwu Chinwah, Rashid Lonnie Lynn (Common) , Robert Ozuna , James Poyser , Raphael Saadiq & Glen Standridge (songwriters) for "Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop) " performed by Erykah Badu featuring Common
Michael Archer, Bobby Ozuna, Raphael Saadiq, & Glenn Standridge for "Be Here" (Raphael Saadiq featuring D'Angelo )
Marsha Ambrosius, Darren "Limitless" Henson, Keith "Keshon" Pelzer, & Natalie Stewart for "Floetic " (Floetry )
Will Baker, Andrew Ramsey, Shannon Sanders, & India Simpson for "Good Man" (India.Arie )
Remy Shand for "Take a Message " (Remy Shand)
Best R&B Album
Best Contemporary R&B Album
Best Female Rap Solo Performance Best Male Rap Solo Performance Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group Best Rap/Sung Collaboration Best Rap Album Special merit awards [ edit ] Individual Contributions
Company Contributions
Aja (ABC, 1977) performed by Steely Dan
"Blowin' in the Wind " (Warner Bros., 1963) performed by Peter, Paul and Mary
Born to Run (Columbia, 1975) performed by Bruce Springsteen
"Both Sides, Now " (Elektra, 1968) performed by Judy Collins
"Days of Wine and Roses " (RCA, 1962) performed by Henry Mancini
"Downtown " (Warner Bros., 1964) performed by Petula Clark
Genius of Modern Music: Volume 1 (Blue Note, 1951) performed by Thelonious Monk
Genius of Modern Music: Volume 2 (Blue Note, 1952) performed by Thelonious Monk
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (DJM, 1973) performed by Elton John
"Hotel California " (Asylum, 1977) performed by Eagles
"I Only Have Eyes for You " (End, 1959) performed by The Flamingos
"I Shot the Sheriff " (RSO, 1974) performed by Eric Clapton
"It's Too Late " (Ode, 1971) performed by Carole King
"Lady Marmalade " (Epic, 1974) performed by Labelle worked from the album Nightbirds
"Proud Mary " (Liberty, 1970) performed by Ike & Tina Turner worked from the album Workin' Together .
Rumors (Warner Bros., 1977) performed by Fleetwood Mac
Shostakovich : Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Minor Op. 99 (Sony Classical, 1956) performed by David Oistrakh with New York Philharmonic conducted by Dimitri Mitropoulos
"Stairway to Heaven " (Atlantic, 1971) performed by Led Zeppelin
Still Crazy After All These Years (Columbia Records, 1975) performed by Paul Simon
"Stormy Weather " (Brunswick, 1933) performed by Ethel Waters
"Up, Up and Away " (Soul City, 1967) performed by The 5th Dimension
Special awards Ceremonies
(years are of music release; ceremonies are the next year)
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