Grammy Nominees Announced
Posted Wednesday 01/15/2003 1:00 AM in
Guide
by
Ben Goldstein
We know you only watch the Grammys to see who won Best Classical Album. But for the uncultured masses who prefer “popular music,” the upcoming awards ceremony on February 23rd should provide all of the endless weepy acceptance speeches and lip-synched goodness you’ve come to love. Still, don’t expect a Lauryn Hill or Carlos Santana–esque sweep this year; eight artists, including Ashanti, Eminem, Norah Jones, Avril Lavigne and Nelly, scored five nominations apiece, and many of the categories seem genuinely up-for-grabs.
And there are other interesting surprises in the nominations, announced on January 7 at New York’s Madison Square Garden; Santana, for instance, is facing a disappointing shutout this year with only one nomination in the Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals category (for “Game of Love”) and the youngest nominee in the Best Male Rock Vocal Performance category is 47-year-old Elvis Costello. If you’re taking bets, though, put your money on the ladies—Ashanti, Norah Jones and Avril Lavigne will likely make multiple trips to the podium.
AND THE NOMINEES ARE…Record of the Year “A Thousand Miles,” Vanessa Carlton “Without Me,” Eminem “Don’t Know Why,” Norah Jones “Dilemma,” Nelly Featuring Kelly Rowland “How You Remind Me,” Nickelback
Album of the Year Home, Dixie Chicks The Eminem Show, Eminem Come Away With Me, Norah Jones Nellyville, Nelly The Rising, Bruce Springsteen
Song of the Year “Complicated,” Avril Lavigne “Don’t Know Why,” Jesse Harris, songwriter (Norah Jones) “The Rising,” Bruce Springsteen “A Thousand Miles,” Vanessa Carlton “Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning),” Alan Jackson
Best New Artist Ashanti Michelle Branch Norah Jones Avril Lavigne John Mayer
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance “Soak Up the Sun,” Sheryl Crow “Don’t Know Why,” Norah Jones “Complicated,” Avril Lavigne “Get the Party Started,” Pink “Overprotected,” Britney Spears
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance “7 Days,” Craig David “Original Sin,” Elton John “Your Body Is a Wonderland,” John Mayer “Fragile,” Sting “October Road,” James Taylor
Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal “Everyday,” Bon Jovi “Girl All the Bad Guys Want,” Bowling For Soup “Where Are You Going,” Dave Matthews Band “Hey Baby,” No Doubt “Girlfriend,” *NSYNC
Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals “Dirrty,” Christina Aguilera Featuring Redman “Christmas Song,” India.Arie & Stevie Wonder “What a Wonderful World,” Tony Bennett & k.d. lang “Better Than Anything,” Natalie Cole & Diana Krall “It’s So Easy,” Sheryl Crow & Don Henley “The Game of Love,” Santana & Michelle Branch
Best Pop Vocal Album Come Away with Me, Norah Jones Let Go, Avril Lavigne Rock Steady, No Doubt Missundaztood, Pink Britney, Britney Spears
Best Dance Recording “Gotta Get Thru This,” Daniel Bedingfield “Days Go By,” Dirty Vegas “Superstylin’,” Groove Armada “Love at First Sight,” Kylie Minogue “Hella Good,” No Doubt
Best Female Rock Vocal Performance “Steve McQueen,” Sheryl Crow “The Weakness in Me,” Melissa Etheridge “Sk8er Boi,” Avril Lavigne “Gnawin’ on It,” Bonnie Raitt “Alone,” Susan Tedeschi
Best Male Rock Vocal Performance “Slow Burn,” David Bowie “45,” Elvis Costello “The Barry Williams Show,” Peter Gabriel “Darkness, Darkness,” Robert Plant “The Rising,” Bruce Springsteen
Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal “Girls of Summer,” Aerosmith “In My Place,” Coldplay “My Sacrifice,” Creed “Hero,” Chad Kroeger featuring Josey Scott “When I’m Gone,” 3 Doors Down “Take Me as I Am,” Tonic “Walk On,” U2
Best Hard Rock Performance “All My Life,” Foo Fighters “I Stand Alone,” Godsmack “Youth of the Nation,” P.O.D. “No One Knows,” Queens of the Stone Age “Aerials,” System of a Down
Best Metal Performance “Here to Stay,” Korn “Portrait,” P.O.D. “My Plague,” Slipknot “Get Inside,” Stone Sour “Never Gonna Stop (The Red, Red Kroovy),” Rob Zombie
Best Rock Instrumental Performance “Approaching Pavonis Mons By Balloon (Utopia Planitia),” The Flaming Lips “Sco-Mule,” Gov’t Mule “Apollo,” Tony Levin “Starry Night,” Joe Satriani “Love Theme From The Godfather,” Slash
Best Rock Song “All My Life,” Foo Fighters “Hero,” Chad Kroeger, songwriter (Chad Kroeger featuring Josey Scott) “I Stand Alone,” Sully Erna, songwriter (Godsmack) “The Rising,” Bruce Springsteen “When I’m Gone,” Brad Arnold, Todd Harrell, Chris Henderson & Matt Roberts, songwriters (3 Doors Down)
Best Rock Album When I Was Cruel, Elvis Costello C’mon, C’mon, Sheryl Crow Dreamland, Robert Plant The Rising, Bruce Springsteen Head on Straight, Tonic
Best Alternative Music Album Sea Change, Beck Walking With Thee, Clinic A Rush of Blood to the Head, Coldplay Cruel Smile, Elvis Costello & The Imposters Behind the Music, The Soundtrack of Our Lives
Best Female R&B Vocal Performance “More Than a Woman,” Aaliyah “Foolish,” Ashanti “He Think I Don’t Know,” Mary J. Blige “I’m Still Standing,” Eartha “He Loves Me (Lyzel in E Flat) (Movements I, II, III),” Jill Scott
Best Male R&B Vocal Performance “Let’s Stay Home Tonight,” Joe “The World’s Greatest,” R. Kelly “Halfcrazy,” Musiq “Take a Message,” Remy Shand “U Don’t Have to Call,” Usher
Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal “All the Way,” Kenny G Featuring Brian McKnight “Don’t Mess with My Man,” Nivea Featuring Brian & Brandon Casey of Jagged Edge “More Than a Woman,” Angie Stone & Joe “Girl Talk,” TLC “Love’s in Need of Love Today,” Stevie Wonder & Take Six
Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance “What’s Going On,” Chaka Khan & The Funk Brothers “Put It on Paper,” Ann Nesby Featuring Al Green “Rocksteady,” Remy Shand “Lady,” The Temptations “Any Day Now,” Luther Vandross
Best Urban/Alternative Performance “Little Things,” India.Arie “Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip Hop),” Erykah Badu Featuring Common “Gettin’ Grown,” Cee-Lo “Floetic,” Floetry “Be Here,” Raphael Saadiq featuring D’Angelo
Best R&B Song “Be Here,” Michael Archer, Bobby Ozuna, Raphael Saadiq and Glenn Standridge, songwriters (Raphael Saadiq featuring D’Angelo) “Floetic,” Marsha Ambrosius, Darren “Limitless“ Henson, Keith “Keshon“ Pelzer and Natalie Stewart, songwriters (Floetry) “Good Man,” Will Baker, Andrew Ramsey, Shannon Sanders and India Simpson, songwriters (India.Arie) “Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip Hop),” Erykah Badu, Robert Ozuna, James Poyser, Raphael Saadiq and Glen Standridge, songwriters (Erykah Badu featuring Common) “Take a Message,” Remy Shand
Best R&B Album Voyage To India, India.Arie Better Days, Joe Juslisen (Just Listen), Musiq Instant Vintage, Raphael Saadiq The Way I Feel, Remy Shand
Best Contemporary R&B Album Ashanti, Ashanti Full Moon, Brandy Faithfully, Faith Evans Floetic, Floetry Cookie: The Anthropological Mixtape, Me’shell Ndegeocello
Best Female Rap Solo Performance “Diary . . .,” Charli Baltimore “Scream A.K.A. Itchin’,” Missy Elliott “Satisfaction,” Eve “Na Na Be Like,” Foxy Brown “Mystery of Iniquity,” Lauryn Hill
Best Male Rap Solo Performance “Without Me,” Eminem “Song Cry,” Jay-Z “Rollout (My Business),” Ludacris “Bouncin’ Back (Bumpin’ Me Against the Wall),” Mystikal “Hot in Herre,” Nelly
Best Rap Performance by a Duo Or Group “The Essence,” AZ featuring Nas “Still Fly,” Big Tymers “Pass the Courvoisier Part II,” Busta Rhymes featuring P. Diddy & Pharrell “Oh Boy,” Cam’Ron featuring Juelz Santana “The Whole World,” OutKast featuring Killer Mike
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration “What’s Luv?,” Fat Joe featuring Ashanti “Always on Time,” Ja Rule featuring Ashanti “Po’ Folks,” Nappy Roots featuring Anthony Hamilton “Dilemma,” Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland “Like I Love You,” Justin Timberlake featuring Clipse
Best Rap Album The Eminem Show, Eminem Word of Mouf, Ludacris Tarantula, Mystikal Nellyville, Nelly Diary of a Sinner: 1st Entry, Petey Pablo
Best Female Country Vocal Performance “Cry,” Faith Hill “Blessed,” Martina McBride “Dagger Through the Heart,” Dolly Parton “Lately,” Lucinda Williams “Something Worth Leaving Behind,” Lee Ann Womack
Best Male Country Vocal Performance “Give My Love to Rose,” Johnny Cash “Three Days,” Pat Green “Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning),” Alan Jackson “The Impossible,” Joe Nichols “I’m Gonna Miss Her,” Brad Paisley
Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal “Beautiful Mess,” Diamond Rio “Long Time Gone,” Dixie Chicks “Not a Day Goes By,” Lonestar “Roll the Stone Away,” Nitty Gritty Dirt Band “Just What I Do,” Trick Pony
Best Country Collaboration With Vocals “Squeeze Me In,” Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood “Flesh and Blood,” Mary Chapin Carpenter, Sheryl Crow and Emmylou Harris “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” Johnny Cash and Fiona Apple “Mendocino County Line,” Willie Nelson with Lee Ann Womack “Will the Circle Be Unbroken (Glory, Glory),” Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Taj Mahal, Alison Krauss and Doc Watson
Best Country Instrumental Performance “Bearing Straight,” Bering Strait “Sally Goodin,” The Chieftains & Earl Scruggs “Lil’ Jack Slade,” Dixie Chicks “Bear Mountain Hop,” Béla Fleck “Smoothie Song,” Nickel Creek
Best Country Song “The Impossible,” Kelley Lovelace and Lee Thomas Miller, songwriters (Joe Nichols) “Long Time Gone,” Darrell Scott, songwriter (Dixie Chicks) “Mendocino County Line,” Matt Serletic and Bernie Taupin, songwriters (Willie Nelson with Lee Ann Womack) “Three Days,” Radney Foster and Pat Green, songwriters (Pat Green) “Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning),” Alan Jackson
Best Country Album Home, Dixie Chicks Drive, Alan Jackson The Great Divide, Willie Nelson Man With a Memory, Joe Nichols Halos & Horns, Dolly Parton
The 45th Grammy Awards will be held on February 23rd, 2003, at New York’s Madison Square Garden, and will be broadcast on CBS from 8–11:30 P.M. (ET/PT). For a full list of Grammy nominees, visit Grammy.com.
