45th Grammy Awards
The 45th Grammy Awards were held on February 23, 2003. Musicians accomplishments from the previous year were recognized. Norah Jones was the night's big winner winning five awards including Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Best New Artist, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and Best Pop Vocal Album.[1]
Award winners
General
- Record of the Year
"Don't Know Why" - Norah Jones
"A Thousand Miles" - Vanessa Carlton
"Without Me" - Eminem
"Dilemma" - Nelly & Kelly Rowland
"How You Remind Me" - Nickelback
- Album of the Year
Home - Dixie Chicks
The Eminem Show - Eminem
Nellyville - Nelly
The Rising - Bruce Springsteen
Come Away With Me - Norah Jones
- Song of the Year
"A Thousand Miles" - Vanessa Carlton
"Complicated" - Avril Lavigne
"Don't Know Why" - Norah Jones
"The Rising" - Bruce Springsteen
"Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)" - Alan Jackson
- Best New Artist
Ashanti
Norah Jones
Michelle Branch
Avril Lavigne
John Mayer
Alternative
Blues
Children's
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
- John Chelew (producer), Jimmy Hoyson (engineer/mixer) & the Blind Boys of Alabama for Higher Ground
- Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album
- 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
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
- Best Polka Album
- Jeremy Welch, Joe Donofrio (engineers/mixers), Kenneth R. Irwin, Tom Pick (engineers/mixers & producers), Jimmy Sturr (engineer/mixer, producer & artist) for Top of the World
Pop
- Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
"Soak Up the Sun" - Sheryl Crow
"Complicated" - Avril Lavigne
"Get the Party Started" - Pink
"Overprotected" - Britney Spears
"Don't Know Why" - Norah Jones
- Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
"7 Days" - Craig David
"Original Sin" - Elton John
"Your Body is a Wonderland" - John Mayer
"Fragile (Live)" - Sting"
"October Road" - James Taylor
- Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
"Hey Baby" - No Doubt
"Everyday" - Bon Jovi
"Girl All The Bad Guys Want" - Bowling for Soup
"Where Are You Going" - Dave Matthews Band
"Girlfriend" - *NSYNC
- Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals
"Dirrty" - Christina Aguilera & Redman
"The Christmas Song" - India.Arie & Stevie Wonder
"What a Wonderful World" - Tony Bennett & k.d. lang
"The Game of Love" - Santana & Michelle Branch
"Better Than Anything" - Natalie Cole & Diana Krall
"It's So Easy" - Sheryl Crow & Don Henley
- Best Pop Instrumental Performance
B.B. King for "Auld Lang Syne"
- Best Pop Vocal Album
S. Husky Höskulds (engineer/mixer), Jay Newland (engineer/mixer & producer), Arif Mardin (producer) & Norah Jones for Come Away With Me
- Best Pop Instrumental Album
Paul Brown (engineer/mixer & producer) & Norman Brown for Just Chillin'
Production and engineering
R&B
Rap
Reggae
Rock
Spoken
Traditional pop
World
Special merit awards
Trivia
References