43rd Annual Grammy Awards explained
The 43rd Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 21, 2001, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the year 2000. Several artists earned three awards on the night. Steely Dan's haul included Album of the Year for Two Against Nature. U2 took home the Record of the Year and Song of the Year for "Beautiful Day". Dr. Dre won Producer of the Year, Non-Classical and Best Rap Album for Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP. Eminem himself also received three awards, out of four nominations. Faith Hill took home Best Country Album for the album Breathe, Best Female Country Vocal Performance for the song's title track and Best Country Collaboration with Vocals with Tim McGraw for "Let's Make Love".[1] Madonna opened the show with "Music".
Performers
Presenters
Winners and Nominees
General
- Record of the Year
- Album of the Year
- Two Against Nature – Steely Dan
- Midnite Vultures – Beck
- The Marshall Mathers LP – Eminem
- Jeff Bass, Mark Bass, Dr. Dre, Tommy Coster, Eminem and the 45 King, producers; Rich Behrens, Mike Butler, Chris Conway, Rob Ebeling, Michelle Forbes, Richard Segal Huredia, Steve King, Aaron Lepley, James McCrone, Akane Nakamura and Lance Pierre, engineers/mixers
- Kid A – Radiohead
- You're the One – Paul Simon
- Paul Simon, producer; Andy Smith, engineer/mixer
- Song of the Year
- Best New Artist
Alternative
- Best Alternative Music Album
Blues
- Best Traditional Blues Album
- Best Contemporary Blues Album
Children's
Comedy
- From 1994 through 2003, see "Best Spoken Comedy Album" under the "Spoken" field, below.
Classical
Composing and arranging
Country
Film/TV/media
Folk
Gospel
Historical
- Best Historical Album
- Steve Berkowitz, Seth Rothstein (producers), Phil Schaap (producer and engineer), Michael Brooks, Seth Foster, Andreas Meyer, Woody Pornpitaksuk, Ken Robertson, Tom Ruff and Mark Wilder (engineers) for Louis Armstrong: The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings
Jazz
Latin
Musical show
Music video
- Best Long Form Music Video
- Gimme Some Truth - The Making of John Lennon's Imagine Album - Andrew Solt (video director and producer); Greg Vines, Leslie Tong and Yoko Ono (video producers)
- Best Short Form Music Video
- "Learn To Fly" - Foo Fighters (artists); Jesse Peretz (video director); Tina Nakane (video producer)
New Age
- Best New Age Album
Packaging and notes
Polka
- Best Polka Album
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
Brian Setzer for "Caravan" performed by the Brian Setzer Orchestra
- Best Dance Recording
Michael Mangini, Steve Greenberg (producers and mixers) and Baha Men for "Who Let the Dogs Out"[2]
- Best Pop Vocal Album
- Best Pop Instrumental Album
Production and engineering
- Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
- Best Engineered Album, Classical
- Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
- Producer of the Year, Classical
- Remixer of the Year, Non-Classical
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 Traditional R&B Vocal Album
- Best R&B Song
- Best R&B Album
Rap
- Best Rap Solo Performance
- Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group
- Best Rap Album
Reggae
- Best Reggae Album
Rock
- Best Female Rock Vocal Performance
- Best Male Rock Vocal Performance
- Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
- Best Hard Rock Performance
- Best Metal Performance
- Best Rock Instrumental Performance
- Best Rock Song
- Best Rock Album
Spoken
- Best Spoken Word Album
- Rick Harris, John Runnette (producers) and Sidney Poitier for The Measure of a Man
- Best Spoken Comedy Album
Traditional pop
- Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
World
- Best World Music Album
Special Merit Awards
Trivia
- The three awards Steely Dan won were their first ever career Grammy wins.
- Eminem's controversial The Marshall Mathers LP, which had several nominations, including Album of the Year, caused outrage. 200 protesters on behalf of GLAAD and other groups gathered outside the Staples Center to protest Eminem's album which they considered homophobic and sexist. He performed his hit single "Stan" as a duet with openly gay musician Elton John at the ceremony in response to these allegations. This version is also featured as the final track on Eminem's 2005 compilation .
Notes and References
- Web site: 2000 Grammy Award Winners. Grammy.com. 1 May 2011.
- Book: Franks, Don. Entertainment Awards: A Music, Cinema, Theatre and Broadcasting Guide, 1928 through 2003. October 28, 2004. McFarland. 71.
