44th Grammy Awards

44th Grammy Awards
Date February 27, 2002
Venue Staples Center, Los Angeles, California
Host Jon Stewart
TV in the United States
Network CBS
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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]

Contents

Award winners

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

Alternative

Blues

Children's

Classical

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

Host Jon Stewart also did a skit mocking the new airport security measures put into place following September 11.

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