44th Grammy Awards
The 44th Grammy Awards were held on February 27, 2002. The biggest was Alicia Keys, winning 5 Grammys, including Best New Artist and Song of the Year for "Fallin'". U2 won 4 awards including Record of the Year and Best Rock Album.[1]
Award winners
- Record of the Year
- Album of the Year
- Song of the Year
- Best New Artist
Alternative
Blues
Children's
Classical
- Best Orchestral Performance
- Best Classical Vocal Performance
- Best Opera Recording
- Best Choral Performance
- Martin Sauer (producer), Michael Brammann (engineer), Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor), Norbert Balatsch, Erwin Ortner (chorus masters), Bernarda Fink, Matthias Goerne, Dietrich Henschel, Elisabeth von Magnus, Christoph Prégardien, Dorothea Röschmann, Michael Schade, Christine Schäfer, Markus Schäfer, Oliver Widmer, the Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Wiener Sängerknaben & Concentus Musicas Wien for Bach: St. Matthew Passion
- Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra)
- Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra)
- Best Small Ensemble Performance (with or without conductor)
- Best Chamber Music Performance
- Joanna Nickrenz (producer), Marc J. Aubort (engineer) & The Angeles String Quartet for Joseph Haydn: The Complete String Quartets
- Best Classical Contemporary Composition
- Best Classical Album
- Best Classical Crossover Album
Composing and arranging
Country
Film/TV/media
Folk
Gospel
Historical
Jazz
Latin
Musical show
Music video
New Age
Packaging and notes
Polka
Pop
- Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
"I'm Like a Bird" - Nelly Furtado
"There You'll Be" - Faith Hill
"Someone to Call My Lover" - Janet Jackson
"By Your Side" - Sade
"Essence" - Lucinda Williams
- Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
"Fill Me In" - Craig David
"You Rock My World" - Michael Jackson
"I Want Love" - Elton John
"Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight" - James Taylor
"Still" - Brian McKnight
- Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
"Shape of My Heart" - Backstreet Boys
"Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of" - U2
"Superman (It's Not Easy)" - Five for Fighting
"Gone" - *NSYNC"
"Imitation of Life" - R.E.M.
- Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals
"Nobody Wants To Be Lonely" - Christina Aguilera & Ricky Martin
"New York State of Mind" - Tony Bennett & Billy Joel
"My Kind of Girl" - Brian McKnight & Justin Timberlake
"It Wasn't Me" - Shaggy & Ricardo "RikRok" Ducent
"Lady Marmalade" - Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mya & Pink
- Best Pop Instrumental Performance
Eric Clapton for "Reptile"
Larry Carlton & Steve Lukather - "Room 335"
Daft Punk - "Short Circuit"
Eric Johnson & Alien Love Child - "Rain"
Kirk Whalum - "There You'll Be"
- Best Dance Recording
Steve Hodge (mixer), Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis (producers), & Janet Jackson (producer & artist) for "All for You"
- Best Pop Vocal Album
Mike Pela (engineer & producer) & Sade Adu (producer & artist) for Lovers Rock
- Best Pop Instrumental Album
Yoshiyasu Kumada (engineer), Steve Vai (engineer & producer), Steve Lukather (producer & artist) & Larry Carlton for No Substitutions - Live in Osaka
Production and engineering
R&B
Rap
Reggae
Rock
Spoken
Traditional pop
World
Special merit awards
Trivia
- The 44th Annual Grammy Awards was the first Grammy show following the September 11 attacks of 2001. As a result several memorable performances included:
- Host Jon Stewart also did a skit mocking the new airport security measures put into place following September 11.
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