45th Annual Grammy Awards explained
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.
Performers
Presenters
Award winners
General
- 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
Pop
- 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
Alternative
- Best Alternative Music Album
Blues
Children's
Comedy
- From 1994 through 2003, see "Best Spoken Comedy Album" under the "Spoken" field, below.
Classical
Composing and arranging
Country
Dance
Film/TV/media
Folk
Gospel
- 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
Historical
- Best Historical Album
- Dean Blackwood (producer), David Glasser, Christopher King & Matt Sandoski (engineers) for
Jazz
Latin
- 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
Musical show
Music video
New Age
Packaging and notes
Polka
Production and engineering
R&B
- Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
- Mary J. Blige for "He Think I Don't Know"
- 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
Rap
- 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
Reggae
Rock
Spoken
- Best Spoken Word Album
- Best Spoken Word Comedy Album
- Nathaniel Kunkel (engineer/mixer), Peter Asher (producer) & Robin Williams for Robin Williams - Live 2002
Traditional pop
World
In memoriam
Special merit awards
- 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
- (Blue Note, 1951) performed by Thelonious Monk
- (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
- "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
Notes and References
- Web site: 2002 Grammy Award Winners. Grammy.com. 1 May 2011.
- Web site: Runtagh . Jordan . Bienstock . Richard . 15 Great Grammy Tribute Performances . Rolling Stone . 27 January 2022 . 11 February 2016.
