42nd Annual Grammy Awards explained

42nd Annual Grammy Awards
Date:February 23, 2000
Location:Staples Center, Los Angeles, California
Host:Rosie O'Donnell
Network:CBS
Most Awards:Santana (8)
Most Nominations:Santana (10)
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The 42nd Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 23, 2000, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the year 1999. Nominations were announced on January 4, 2000.[1] Santana was the main recipient with eight Grammys, tying Michael Jackson's record for most awards won in a single night. Santana's album Supernatural was awarded a total of nine awards. Former Mouseketeers and American teen singers (at the time), Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera, were both nominated for Best New Artist, ultimately won by Aguilera.[2]

Performers

Artist(s)Song(s)
Will Smith
Sisqo
"Freakin' It" / "Wild Wild West"
Backstreet Boys"How Deep Is Your Love" / "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" / "I'll Make Love to You" / "Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely"
TLC"Unpretty" / "No Scrubs"
Sting
Cheb Mami
"Desert Rose"
"Smooth"
Britney Spears"From the Bottom of My Broken Heart" / "...Baby One More Time"
Elton John
Backstreet Boys
"Philadelphia Freedom"
Faith Hill"Let Me Let Go"
Ricky Martin
Marc Anthony
Ibrahim Ferrer
Chucho Valdes
Poncho Sanchez
Tribute to Latin Music
"María"
I Need to Know
Candela
Kid Rock"Only God Knows Why" / "Bawitdaba" / "We're an American Band"
Dixie Chicks"Goodbye Earl"
Whitney Houston"It's Not Right but It's Okay" / "I Learned from the Best"
Diana Krall
Erykah Badu
George Benson
"I Can't Give You Anything But Love"

Presenters

Award winners

General

Record of the Year
Album of the Year
Song of the Year
Best New Artist

Pop

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals
Best Pop Instrumental Performance
Best Dance Recording
Best Pop Album
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance

Rock

Best Male Rock Vocal Performance
Best Hard Rock Performance
Best Metal Performance
Best Rock Instrumental Performance
Best Rock Song
Best Rock Album
Best Alternative Music Performance

R&B

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance

Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
Best R&B Song
Best R&B Album
Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance

Rap

Best Rap Solo Performance
Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group
Best Rap Album

Country

Best Female Country Vocal Performance

Best Male Country Vocal Performance

Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal

Best Country Collaboration with Vocals

Best Country Instrumental Performance

Best Country Song

Best Country Album

Best Bluegrass Album

New Age

Best New Age Album

Jazz

Best Contemporary Jazz Performance

Best Jazz Vocal Performance

Best Jazz Instrumental Solo

Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Individual or Group

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance

Best Latin Jazz Performance

Gospel

Best Rock Gospel Album

Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album

Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album

Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album

Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album

Best Gospel Choir or Chorus Album

Blues

Best Traditional Blues Album
Best Contemporary Blues Album

Children's

Comedy

Classical

Composing and arranging

Film/TV/media

Folk

Best Traditional Folk Album
Best Contemporary Folk Album

Historical

Latin

Musical show

Music Video

Best Short Form Music Video

Best Long Form Music Video

Packaging and notes

Polka

Production and engineering

Reggae

Best Reggae Album

Spoken

World

Best World Music Album

Special merit awards

MusiCares Person of the Year

The 42nd GRAMMY LOGO

The design of the 42nd GRAMMY AWARDS logo, was commissioned to Mark Deitch and Associates. The actual design was conceived and executed by Raoul Pascual of WYNK Marketing. Michael Green of the Recording Academy stipulated that the logo should encompass all forms of musical genre and (whatever the design) the GRAMMY logo had to be prominently featured. Raoul's concept was to represent music with some of its major instruments: the clarinet for woodwinds, the piano for percussion, the guitar for strings plus a microphone:

"I imagined all the instruments emanating from behind the logo. My problem was how to translate that into a visual. I designed black and white icons of the instruments using a vector program. I was working overtime and I was getting desperate. I was moving the different icons around the GRAMMY logo but none of the combinations seemed to work. As I picked up the guitar icon, I decided to pray and make a deal with God. I said 'if you bless me with a winning design, I will give you the glory every time I share how I designed the GRAMMY logo.' Suddenly, I inadvertently released my hold of the icon and it fell on top of the GRAMMY logo. I stared at the image on my screen and I saw my solution. I added the other icons and curved them to suggest movement from behind. Eureka! That was it!"

With suggestions from the staff and the people at the Recording Academy in the course of several weeks, the design underwent an evolution from a 2 dimensional rendering into 3D.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: CNN - 42nd Annual Grammy Awards: List of nominations - January 4, 2000 . 2022-07-08 . www.cnn.com.
  2. Web site: 1999 Grammy Award Winners. Grammy.com. 1 May 2011.