[2000 Grammy Awards] – Complete List of Winners and Nominees (42nd) ♪

[2000 Grammy Awards] – Complete List of Winners and Nominees (42nd) ♪

The 42nd Annual Grammy Awards, held on February 23, 2000, acknowledged recordings from October 1, 1998, to September 30, 1999. Santana's remarkable comeback album Supernatural was a massive winner, taking Album of the Year, with his infectious collaboration "Smooth" (featuring Rob Thomas) also securing Record of the Year.
This marked an incredible resurgence for the legendary guitarist and a triumph of cross-genre collaboration. Christina Aguilera, with her powerful vocal range, was named Best New Artist.
Other prominent winners included TLC and Eminem. This ceremony showcased the power of intergenerational collaborations, the enduring appeal of rock and Latin influences, and the emergence of new pop vocal divas.

Record Of The Year

ArtistWork
🏆Santana Featuring Rob ThomasSmooth
TLCNo Scrubs
Ricky MartinLivin' La Vida Loca
Backstreet BoysI Want It That Way
CherBelieve

Album Of The Year

ArtistWork
🏆SantanaSupernatural
Diana KrallWhen I Look In Your Eyes
Backstreet BoysMillennium
Dixie ChicksFly
TLCFanmail

Song Of The Year

ArtistWork
🏆Santana Featuring Rob ThomasSmooth
Shania TwainYou've Got A Way
TLCUnpretty
Ricky MartinLivin' La Vida Loca
Backstreet BoysI Want It That Way

Best New Artist

Artist
🏆Christina Aguilera
Macy Gray
Susan Tedeschi
Kid Rock
Britney Spears

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

ArtistWork
🏆Sarah McLachlanI Will Remember You
Alanis MorissetteThank U
Christina AguileraGenie In A Bottle
MadonnaBeautiful Stranger
Britney Spears...Baby One More Time

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance

ArtistWork
🏆StingBrand New Day
Andrea BocelliSogno
Lou BegaMambo No. 5 (A Little Bit Of...)
Ricky MartinLivin' La Vida Loca
Marc AnthonyI Need To Know

Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

ArtistWork
🏆SantanaMaria Maria
TLCUnpretty
Sixpence None The RicherKiss Me
Backstreet BoysI Want It That Way
Smash MouthAll Star

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals

ArtistWork
🏆Santana Featuring Rob ThomasSmooth
Whitney Houston And Mariah CareyWhen You Believe
Andrea Bocelli And Celine DionThe Prayer
N Sync And Gloria EstefanMusic Of My Heart
Santana Featuring Dave MatthewsLove Of My Life

Best Pop Instrumental Performance

ArtistWork
🏆SantanaEl Farol
Herb AlpertThe Look Of Love
Bruce HornsbySong C
Willie NelsonNight And Day
Jeff BeckA Day In The Life

Best Dance Recording

ArtistWork
🏆CherBelieve
Jennifer LopezWaiting For Tonight
Fatboy SlimPraise You
Donna SummerI Will Go With You (Con Te Partiró)
Gloria EstefanDon't Let This Moment End

Best Pop Album

ArtistWork
🏆StingBrand New Day
Ricky MartinRicky Martin
Sarah McLachlanMirrorball
Backstreet BoysMillennium
CherBelieve

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance

ArtistWork
🏆Tony BennettBennett Sings Ellington - Hot & Cool
Bobby ShortYou're The Top: Love Songs Of Cole Porter
Neil DiamondThe Movie Album - As Time Goes By
Barry ManilowManilow Sings Sinatra
Harry Connick Jr.Come By Me

Best Female Rock Vocal Performance

ArtistWork
🏆Sheryl CrowSweet Child O' Mine
Sarah McLachlanPossession (Live)
Ani DifrancoJukebox
Tori AmosBliss
Melissa EtheridgeAngels Would Fall

Best Male Rock Vocal Performance

ArtistWork
🏆Lenny KravitzAmerican Woman
EverlastWhat It's Like
Bruce SpringsteenThe Promise
Tom WaitsHold On
Chris CornellCan't Change Me

Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

ArtistWork
🏆Santana Featuring EverlastPut Your Lights On
GarbageSpecial
Red Hot Chili PeppersScar Tissue
HoleMalibu
The Goo Goo DollsBlack Balloon

Best Hard Rock Performance

ArtistWork
🏆MetallicaWhiskey In The Jar
Limp BizkitNookie
BuckcherryLit Up
Alice In ChainsGet Born Again
KornFreak On A Leash
Kid RockBawitdaba

Best Metal Performance

ArtistWork
🏆Black SabbathIron Man
Rob ZombieSuperbeast
Nine Inch NailsStarf***ers, Inc.
Motorhead With zebraheadEnter Sandman
MinistryBad Blood

Best Rock Instrumental Performance

ArtistWork
🏆Santana Featuring Eric ClaptonThe Calling
Steve VaiWindows To The Soul
Jeff BeckWhat Mama Said
Green DayEspionage
MobyBodyrock

Best Rock Song

ArtistWork
🏆Red Hot Chili PeppersScar Tissue
Bruce SpringsteenThe Promise
GarbageSpecial
Tom Petty And The HeartbreakersRoom At The Top
Melissa EtheridgeAngels Would Fall

Best Rock Album

ArtistWork
🏆SantanaSupernatural
Limp BizkitSignificant Other
Tom Petty And The HeartbreakersEcho
Red Hot Chili PeppersCalifornication
Melissa EtheridgeBreakdown

Best Alternative Music Performance

ArtistWork
🏆BeckMutations
Fatboy SlimYou've Come A Long Way, Baby
Tori AmosTo Venus And Back
Nine Inch NailsThe Fragile
MobyPlay

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance

ArtistWork
🏆Whitney HoustonIt's Not Right But It's Okay
Faith EvansLove Like This
Macy GrayDo Something
BrandyAlmost Doesn't Count
Mary J. BligeAll That I Can Say

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance

ArtistWork
🏆Barry WhiteStaying Power
R. KellyWhen A Woman's Fed Up
TyreseSweet Lady
MaxwellFortunate
Peabo BrysonDid You Ever Know

Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

ArtistWork
🏆TLCNo Scrubs
Eric Benét Featuring TamiaSpend My Life With You
Whitney Houston Featuring Faith Evans And Kelly PriceHeartbreak Hotel
Mary J. Blige And Aretha FranklinDon't Waste Your Time
Destiny's ChildBills, Bills, Bills

Best Rhythm & Blues Song

ArtistWork
🏆TLCNo Scrubs
Whitney HoustonIt's Not Right But It's Okay
Whitney Houston Featuring Faith Evans And Kelly PriceHeartbreak Hotel
Destiny's ChildBills, Bills, Bills
Mary J. BligeAll That I Can Say

Best R&B Album

ArtistWork
🏆TLCFanmail
R. KellyR.
Whitney HoustonMy Love Is Your Love
Mary J. BligeMary
Brian McKnightBack At One

Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance

ArtistWork
🏆Barry WhiteStaying Power
The Neville BrothersValence Street
Peabo BrysonUnconditional Love
Wilson PickettIt's Harder Now
Smokey RobinsonIntimate

Best Rap Solo Performance

ArtistWork
🏆EminemMy Name Is
Will Smith (Featuring Dru Hill And Kool Mo Dee)Wild Wild West
Q-TipVivrant Thing
Busta RhymesGimme Some More
2PacChanges

Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group

ArtistWork
🏆The Roots Featuring Erykah BaduYou Got Me
Busta Rhymes Featuring Janet JacksonWhat's It Gonna Be?!
Dr. Dre Featuring Snoop DoggStill D.R.E.
Puff Daddy Featuring R. KellySatisfy You
Eminem And Dr. DreGuilty Conscience

Best Rap Album

ArtistWork
🏆EminemThe Slim Shady LP
The RootsThings Fall Apart
NasI Am
Busta RhymesE.L.E. (Extinction Level Event - The Final World Front)
Missy Misdemeanor ElliottDa Real World

Best Female Country Vocal Performance

ArtistWork
🏆Shania TwainMan! I Feel Like A Woman!
Emmylou HarrisOrdinary Heart
Faith HillLet Me Let Go
Martina McBrideI Love You
Alison KraussForget About It

Best Male Country Vocal Performance

ArtistWork
🏆George JonesChoices
Lyle LovettThat's Right (You're Not From Texas)
Tim McGrawPlease Remember Me
Vince GillDon't Come Cryin' To Me
Dwight YoakamCrazy Little Thing Called Love

Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

ArtistWork
🏆Dixie ChicksReady To Run
Diamond RioUnbelievable
SheDaisyLittle Good-Byes
BR5-49Honky Tonk Song
LonestarAmazed

Best Country Collaboration With Vocals

ArtistWork
🏆Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt & Dolly PartonAfter The Gold Rush
Clint Black With Lisa Hartman BlackWhen I Said I Do
Asleep At The Wheel Featuring The Dixie ChicksRoly Poly
Asleep At The Wheel Featuring The Manhattan Transfer And Willie NelsonGoing Away Party
Alabama Featuring N SyncGod Must Have Spent A Little More Time On You

Best Country Instrumental Performance

ArtistWork
🏆Asleep At The Wheel Featuring Tommy Allsup, Floyd Domino, Larry Franklin, Vince Gill & Steve WarinerBob's Breakdowns
Steve WarinerThe Harry Shuffle
Marty StuartThe Greatest Love Of All Time (Reprise)
Marty Stuart And Earl ScruggsMr. John Henry, Steel Driving Man
Doc Watson And Ronnie McCoury (Mac, Doc And Del)Black Mountain Rag

Best Country Song

ArtistWork
🏆Shania TwainCome On Over
Steve WarinerTwo Teardrops
Dixie ChicksReady To Run
George JonesChoices
LonestarAmazed

Best Country Album

ArtistWork
🏆Dixie ChicksFly
Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt And Dolly PartonTrio II
Asleep At The WheelRide With Bob
Alison KraussForget About It
George JonesCold Hard Truth

Best Bluegrass Album

ArtistWork
🏆Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky ThunderAncient Tones
Steve Earle & The Del McCoury BandThe Mountain
Béla FleckThe Bluegrass Sessions - Tales From The Acoustic Planet, Volume 2
Jim Lauderdale, Ralph Stanley And The Clinch Mountain BoysI Feel Like Singing Today
Sam Bush, David Grisman, Ronnie McCoury, Jesse McReynolds, Bobby Osborne, Ricky Skaggs, Frank Wakefield, Buck White With Del McCouryBluegrass Mandolin Extravaganza

Best New Age Album

ArtistWork
🏆Paul Winter & FriendsCeltic Solstice
Suzanne CianiTurning
George WinstonPlains
Paul Horn And R. Carlos NakaiInside Monument Valley
R. Carlos NakaiInner Voices
David ArkenstoneCitizen Of The World

Best Contemporary Jazz Performance

ArtistWork
🏆David SanbornInside
Victor WootenYin-Yang
Bob JamesJoy Ride
Russell GunnEthnomusicology - Volume I
Tim HagansAnimation/Imagination

Best Jazz Vocal Performance

ArtistWork
🏆Diana KrallWhen I Look In Your Eyes
Cassandra WilsonTraveling Miles
Carla CookIt's All About Love
Etta JamesHeart Of A Woman
Dianne ReevesBridges

Best Jazz Instrumental Solo

ArtistWork
🏆Wayne Shorter, soloistIn Walked Wayne
Chick Corea, soloistWigwam
Stefon Harris, soloistThere Is No Greater Love
Gary Burton, soloistStraight Up And Down
Chris Potter, soloistIn Vogue

Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Individual or Group

ArtistWork
🏆Gary Burton, Chick Corea, Pat Metheny, Roy Haynes & Dave HollandLike Minds
Branford Marsalis QuartetRequiem
Gonzalo RubalcabaInner Voyage
Chick Corea And OriginChange
Brad MehldauArt Of The Trio 4 - Back At The Vanguard

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance

ArtistWork
🏆The Bob Florence Limited EditionSerendipity 18
Tom HarrellTime's Mirror
Sam Rivers' Rivbea All-Star OrchestraInspiration
Anthony Brown's Asian American OrchestraFar East Suite
Vince MendozaEpiphany

Best Latin Jazz Performance

ArtistWork
🏆Poncho SanchezLatin Soul
Al McKibbonTumbao Para Los Congueros Di Mi Vida
Bobby RodriguezLatinJazz Explosion
Chucho ValdésBriyumba Palo Congo - Religion Of The Congo
Gonzalo Rubalcaba And Cuban QuartetAntiguo

Best Rock Gospel Album

ArtistWork
🏆Rebecca St. JamesPray
Audio AdrenalineUnderdog
Third DayTime
Gospel GangstazI Can See Clearly Now
Big Tent RevivalChoose Life

Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album

ArtistWork
🏆Steven Curtis ChapmanSpeechless
(Various Artists)The Prince Of Egypt - Nashville
Andraé CrouchThe Gift Of Christmas
The Dukes Of DixielandGloryland
AnointedAnointed

Best Southern, Country, Or Bluegrass Gospel Album

ArtistWork
🏆Bill & Gloria Gaither & Their Homecoming FriendsKennedy Center Homecoming
Doyle Lawson And QuicksilverWinding Through Life
J.D. Sumner And The Stamps QuartetThe Final Sessions
Roy ClarkRoy Clark Sings And Plays Gospel Greats
Glen CampbellA Glen Campbell Christmas

Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album

ArtistWork
🏆Shirley CaesarChristmas With Shirley Caesar
Pop Winans And The WinanairesUncensored
The Dixie HummingbirdsMusic In The Air
Vickie WinansLive In Detroit II
Dottie PeoplesGod Can And God Will

Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album

ArtistWork
🏆Yolanda AdamsMountain High...Valley Low
Winans Phase 2We Got Next
Take 6So Cool
Gladys KnightMany Different Roads
CeCe WinansHis Gift

Best Gospel Choir Or Chorus Album

ArtistWork
🏆Carol Cymbala, choir director (The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir)High And Lifted Up
John P. Kee, choir director (Inner City)Let's Make It Better
Derrick Clements, Claudine Dee King & Ernie Saunders, choir directors (Ernest Davis Jr.'s Wilmington Chester Mass Choir)Hosanna! And They Sang The Word
David R. Curry, Jerry Smith & Dorcus Thigpen, choir directors (Mississippi Mass Choir)Emmanuel (God With Us)
John P. Kee, choir director (Victory In Praise Music And Arts Seminar Mass Choir Featuring John P. Kee)Any Day

Best Latin Pop Performance

ArtistWork
🏆Rubén BladesTiempos
Juan Luis Guerra 4.40Ni Es Lo Mismo Ni Es Igual
ManáMTV Unplugged
Jaci VelásquezLlegar A Tí
Luis MiguelAmarte Es Un Placer

Best Latin Rock/Alternative Performance

ArtistWork
🏆Chris Perez BandResurrection
Café TacubaReves/Yo Soy
Enanitos VerdesNectar
Los Fabulosos CadillacsLa Marcha Del Golazo Solitario
JaguaresBajo El Azul De Tu Misterio

Best Traditional Tropical Latin Performance

ArtistWork
🏆Tito PuenteMambo Birdland
Eliades OchoaSublime Ilusion
Juan-Carlos FormellSongs From A Little Blue House
Caravana CubanaLate Night Sessions
Carlos VivesEl Amor De Mi Tierra
Ibrahim FerrerBuena Vista Social Club Presents Ibrahim Ferrer

Best Salsa Performance

ArtistWork
🏆Los Van VanLlego...Van Van - Van Van Is Here
IndiaSola
Oscar D'LeonLa Formula Original
DLG (Dark Latin Groove)Gotcha!
Jerry RiveraDe Otra Manera

Best Merengue Performance

ArtistWork
🏆Elvis CrespoPintame
Grupo ManiaThe Dynasty
Manny ManuelLleno De Vida
JaileneEncontré El Amor
GisselleAtada

Best Mexican-American Performance

ArtistWork
🏆Placido Domingo100 Años De Mariachi
Vicente FernandezVicente Fernandez Y Los Mas Grandes Exitos De Los Dandy's
Pepe AguilarPor El Amor De Siempre
La MafiaMomentos
Alejandro FernándezMi Verdad

Best Tejano Performance

ArtistWork
🏆Los PalominosPor Eso Te Amo
Jennifer Y Los JetzMariposa
Jaime Y Los ChamacosJaime Y Los Chamacos
IntocableContigo
A. B. Quintanilla Y Los Kumbia KingsAmor, Familia Y Respeto...

Best Traditional Blues Album

ArtistWork
🏆B.B. KingBlues On The Bayou
Bobby Blue BlandMemphis Monday Morning
Pinetop Perkins And Hubert SumlinLegends
OdettaBlues Everywhere I Go
Ruth BrownA Good Day For The Blues

Best Contemporary Blues Album

ArtistWork
🏆The Robert Cray BandTake Your Shoes Off
Little MiltonWelcome To Little Milton
Jonny LangWander This World
Luther AllisonLive In Chicago
Charlie MusselwhiteContinental Drifter

Best Traditional Folk Album

ArtistWork
🏆June Carter CashPress On
Doc And Richard WatsonThird Generation Blues
Ramblin' Jack ElliottThe Long Ride
Bill MorrisseySongs Of Mississippi John Hurt
David Grisman, John Hartford And Mike SeegerRetrograss

Best Contemporary Folk Album

ArtistWork
🏆Tom WaitsMule Variations
Linda Ronstadt And Emmylou HarrisWestern Wall - The Tucson Sessions
John PrineIn Spite Of Ourselves
Ani Difranco And Utah PhillipsFellow Workers
BeausoleilCajunization

Best Reggae Album

ArtistWork
🏆Burning SpearCalling Rastafari
Beenie ManThe Doctor
AswadRoots Revival
Steel PulseLiving Legacy
Third WorldGeneration Coming

Best World Music Album

ArtistWork
🏆Caetano VelosoLivro
Afro Celt Sound SystemVolume 2: Release
Salif KeitaPapa
Ali Farka ToureNiafunke
Cesaria EvoraCafé Atlantico

Best Polka Album

ArtistWork
🏆Brave ComboPolkasonic
Walter OstanekYearning For Polkas And Waltzes
Eddie Blazonczyk's VersatonesSmokin' Polkas
Jimmy Sturr And His OrchestraPolkapalooza
John Góra And GóraleFollow Me

Best Musical Album For Children

ArtistWork
🏆(Various Artists)The Adventures Of Elmo In Grouchland
Mannheim SteamrollerMannheim Steamroller Meets The Mouse
John McCutcheonJohn McCutcheon's Four Seasons: Springsongs
Ella JenkinsElla Jenkins And A Union Of Friends Pulling Together
DinorockDreamosaurus
(Various Artists)A Bug's Life Sing-Along

Best Spoken Word Album For Children

ArtistWork
🏆Wynton Marsalis, Graham Greene & Kate WinsletListen To The Storyteller
Bill HarleyThe Battle Of The Mad Scientists And Other Tales Of Survival
Sesame Street MuppetsLet's Eat!
Jim DaleHarry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone
Hayden PanettiereA Bugs Life Read-Along

Best Spoken Word Album

ArtistWork
🏆LeVar BurtonThe Autobiography Of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Betty Buckley And Mandy Patinkin With Walter CronkiteThe Diaries Of Adam And Eve: Translated By Mark Twain
Nanci GriffithThe Chieftains - The Authorized Biography
Merle HaggardMerle Haggard's My House Of Memories - For The Record
Frank McCourt'Tis

Best Spoken Comedy Album

ArtistWork
🏆Chris RockBigger And Blacker
George CarlinYou Are All Diseased
Adam SandlerStan And Judy's Kid
Garrison KeillorA Prairie Home Companion - 25th Anniversary Collection
Carl Reiner/How Paul Robeson Saved My Life/ And Other Mostly Happy Stories

Best Musical Show Album

ArtistWork
🏆Stephen Ferrera & John McDaniel, producers (The New Broadway Cast Including Bernadette Peters & Tom Wopat)Annie Get Your Gun
Andrew Lippa, producer (The New Broadway Cast Starring Roger Bart, Kristin Chenowith, Ilana Levine And Stanley Wayne Mathis)You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown
Stephen Trask, composer; Stephen Trask, lyricist; Brad Wood, producer (Original Cast)Hedwig And The Angry Inch
Jay David Saks, producer (Original Broadway Cast Starring Valarie Pettiford And Jane Lanier)Fosse
Tom Snow, composer; Dean Pitchford, lyricist; Tommy Krasker & Tom Snow, producers (Original Broadway Cast)Footloose

Best Soundtrack Album

ArtistWork
🏆Phil CollinsTarzan
(Various Artists)The Prince Of Egypt - M/P
(Various Artists)The Matrix - M/P
(Various Artists)Austin Powers The Spy Who Shagged Me - M/P
(Various Artists)American Beauty - M/P

Best Instrumental Composition Written For A Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media.

ArtistWork
🏆Randy Newman, composer (Randy Newman)A Bug's Life
John Corigliano, composer (John Corigliano)The Red Violin - M/P Score
John Williams, composer (John Williams)Star Wars Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace
Stephen Warbeck, composer (Stephen Warbeck)Shakespeare In Love - M/P Score
Nicola Piovani, composer (Nicola Piovani)Life Is Beautiful (La Vita È Bella) - M/P Score

Best Song Written For A Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media.

ArtistWork
🏆MadonnaBeautiful Stranger (From Austin Powers - The Spy Who Shagged Me)
Phil CollinsYou'll Be In My Heart (From Tarzan)
Randy NewmanThe Time Of Your Life (From A Bug's Life)
Mariah Carey And Whitney HoustonThe Prince Of Egypt (When You Believe) (From The Prince Of Egypt)
'N Sync And Gloria EstefanMusic Of My Heart (From Music Of The Heart)

Best Instrumental Composition

ArtistWork
🏆Don Sebesky, composer (Don Sebesky)Joyful Noise Suite
Paquito D'Rivera, composer (Paquito D'Rivera)Tropicana Nights
Chick Corea, composer (Chick Corea And Origin)Little Flamenco
KC Porter & Carlos Santana, composers (Santana)El Farol
David Benoit, composer (David Benoit)Dad's Room

Best Instrumental Arrangement

ArtistWork
🏆Don Sebesky, arranger (Don Sebesky)Chelsea Bridge
Jorge Calandrelli, arranger (Tony Bennett & Wynton Marsalis)Chelsea Bridge
John Williams, arranger (Itzhak Perlman, John Williams And The Boston Pops Orchestra)Stella By Starlight - From The Uninvited
Dori Caymmi & Tom Scott, arrangers (Dori Caymmi)Pink Panther
Lalo Schifrin, arranger (Lalo Schifrin)Fiesta

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)

ArtistWork
🏆Alan Broadbent, arranger (Charlie Haden Quartet West Featuring Shirley Horn)Lonely Town
David Foster & William Ross, arrangers (Celine Dion And Andrea Bocelli)The Prayer
Randy Cantor, arranger (Ricky Martin)Livin' La Vida Loca
Johnny Mandel, arranger (Barry Manilow)In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning
Jorge Calandrelli, arranger (Tony Bennett)Day Dream

Best Recording Package

ArtistWork
🏆Ray Benson, Sally Carns & Buddy Jackson, art directors (Asleep At The Wheel)Ride With Bob
Joseph Arthur & Zachary Larner, art directors (Joseph Arthur)Vacancy
Brad Benedict, Andy Engel, Johnny Lee & Tommy Steele, art directors (Various Artists)Ultra-Lounge: Tiki Sampler
Tammy Dotson, Michael Hodgson & Clive Piercy, art directors (Caravana Cubana)Late Night Sessions
Carla Leighton, art director (Various Artists)Bleecker Street - Greenwich Village In The 60's

Best Boxed Recording Package

ArtistWork
🏆Ron Jaramillo & Arnold Levine, art directors (Miles Davis)Miles Davis - The Complete Bitches Brew Sessions
Giulio Turturro, art director (Various Artists)The Complete Jazz At The Philharmonic On Verve 1944 - 1949
Karen Greenberg, Gordon H Jee & Mark Kingsley, art directors (Various Artists)The Blue Note Years - 60th Anniversary Box Set
Hollis King, art director (John Coltrane)John Coltrane - The Classic Quartet - Complete Impulse! Studio Recordings
James Austin, Hugh Brown & Julie Vlasak, art directors (Various Artists)Hot Rods And Custom Classics - Cruisin' Songs And Highway Hits

Best Album Notes

ArtistWork
🏆Bob Blumenthal, album notes writer (John Coltrane)John Coltrane - The Classic Quartet: Complete Impulse! Studio Recordings
Rob Bowman, album notes writer (Various Artists)The Last Soul Company
Marc Kirkeby, album notes writer (Various Artists)Sony Music 100 Years: Soundtrack For A Century
Daniel Cooper, album notes writer (Ray Charles)Ray Charles - The Complete Country And Western Recordings (1959-1986)
Rick Bragg, album notes writer (Hank Williams)Hank Williams - Live At The Grand Ole Opry

Best Historical Album

ArtistWork
🏆Orrin Keepnews & Steven Lasker, compilation producers; Paul Brizzi, Dennis Ferrante & Steven Lasker, mastering engineers (Duke Ellington)The Duke Ellington Centennial Edition - The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (1927-1973)
Sedgwick Clark, compilation producer; Jon M. Samuels & Seth B. Winner, mastering engineers (New York Philharmonic)The Mahler Broadcasts 1948 - 1982
Michael Lang, Phil Schaap & Ben Young, compilation producers; Phil Schaap, mastering engineer (Various Artists)The Complete Jazz At The Philharmonic On Verve 1944 - 1949
Billy Altman, Steve Berkowitz, Mike Berniker, Michael Brooks, Mitchell Cohen, Lawrence Cohn, Didier C. Deutsch, Bruce Dickinson, Michelle Errante, Jeff Jones, Arthur Levy, Nedra Olds-Neal, Jeffrey Peisch, Darcy Proper, Al Quaglieri, Leo Sacks, Phil Schaap, Tom Vickers & Warren Wernick, compilation producers; Chris Athens, Matt Cavaluzzo, Harry Coster, Ellen Fitton, Seth Foster, Andreas Meyer, Joseph M. Palmaccio, Darcy Proper, Ken Robertson, Tom Ruff, Phil Schaap & Mark Wilder, mastering engineers (Various Artists)Sony Music 100 Years: Soundtrack For A Century
James Austin, Ray Charles, Terry Howard & Michael Johnson, compilation producers; Terry Howard & Doug Sax, mastering engineers (Ray Charles)Ray Charles - The Complete Country And Western Recordings (1959-1986)

Best Engineered Album - Non-Classical

ArtistWork
🏆Al Schmitt, engineer (Diana Krall)When I Look In Your Eyes
Jeff Balding, Tom Lord-Alge, J.R. McNeely, Owsley, Millard Powers & Shane Wilson, engineers (Owsley)Owsley
Joe Chiccarelli, Mick Guzauski, John Kelton & Csaba Petocz, engineers (Lorrie Morgan)My Heart
Steve MacMillan, Elliot Scheiner, Al Schmitt & Jess Sutcliffe, engineers (Toto)Mindfields
Gary Paczosa, engineer (Alison Krauss)Forget About It

Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical

Artist
🏆Walter Afanasieff
Matt Serletic (producer)
Dann Huff (producer)
Rob Cavallo (producer)
Rick Rubin (producer)

Remixer of the Year, Non-Classical

ArtistWork
🏆NOMINEESClub 69 (Peter Rauhofer)
Soul SolutionMasters At Work (remixer)
Steve 'Silk' HurleySoul Solution (Bobby Guy) (remixer)
Hex HectorSteve /Silk/ Hurley (remixer)
-Hex Hector (remixer)

Best Engineered Album, Classical

ArtistWork
🏆Markus Heiland, engineer (Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor)Stravinsky: Firebird; The Rite Of Spring; Perséphone
Michael Bishop & Thomas Knab, engineers (Jesús López-Cobos, conductor)Mahler: Sym. No. 3
Michael Bishop, engineer (Robert Shaw, conductor)Dvorák: Stabat Mater
Marc Aubort, engineer (Eroica Trio)Dvorák: Piano Trio /Dumky/, Op. 90 / Shostakovich: Piano Trio No. 2, Op. 67/Rachmaninov: Vocalise
David Moulton & Curt Wittig, engineers (James Freeman, conductor/piano; Orchestra 2001; Barbara Ann Martin, soprano)Crumb: Ancient Voices Of Children (A Little Suite For Christmas, A. D. 1979; Three Early Songs, Etc.)

Producer Of The Year, Classical

Artist
🏆Adam Abeshouse
Andrew Keener
Robina G. Young
Marina A. Ledin & Victor Ledin
James Mallinson

Best Classical Album

ArtistWork
🏆Michael Tilson Thomas, artist; Andreas Neubronner, producerStravinsky: Firebird; The Rite Of Spring; Perséphone
Henriette Bonde-Hansen, Aage Haugland, Gert-Henning Jensen, Kurt Ravn, Susanne Resmark, Ulf Schirmer & Bo Skovhus, artists; Chris Hazell, producerNielsen: Maskarade
Robert Shaw, artist; Robert Woods, producerDvorák: Stabat Mater
Anne-Sophie Mutter & Lambert Orkis, artists; Ulrich Vette, producerBeethoven: The Violin Sonatas (Nos. 1-3, Op. 12; Nos. 1-3, Op. 30; /Spring/ Sonata, Etc.)
Pierre Boulez & Gil Shaham, artists; Christian Gansch, producerBartók: Violin Con. No. 2; Rhapsodies Nos. 1 And 2

Best Orchestral Performance

ArtistWork
🏆Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor (San Francisco Symphony Orchestra)Stravinsky: Firebird; The Rite Of Spring; Perséphone
(Los Angeles Philharmonic New Music Group)Revueltas: Sensemayá (Sensemayá; Ocho Por Radio; First Little Serious Piece, Etc.)
(Philharmonia Orchestra)Mahler: Symphony No. 9
(City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra)Mahler: Symphony No. 3
(Chicago Symphony Orchestra)Mahler: Symphony No. 1

Best Opera Recording

ArtistWork
🏆Ian Bostridge, Bryn Terfel, Anne Sofie von Otter & Deborah York; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor; Nicholas Parker, producer (Monteverdi Choir; London Symphony Orchestra)Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress
Henriette Bonde-Hansen, Aage Haugland, Gert-Henning Jensen, Kurt Ravn, Susanne Resmark, Ulf Schirmer & Bo Skovhus; Chris Hazell, producer (Danish National Radio Chorus)Nielsen: Maskarade
Kent Nagano, Dawn Upshaw & José Van Dam; Sid McLauchlan, producer (Arnold Schoenberg Chorus; Hallé Orchestra)Messiaen: Saint François D'Assise
Laura Claycomb, Sibylle Ehlert, Charlotte Hellekant, Derek Lee Ragin, Esa-Pekka Salonen & Jard van Nes; Ulrich Schneider, producer (London Sinfonietta Voices; Philharmonia Orchestra)Ligeti: Le Grand Macabre
Renée Fleming, Ben Heppner & Charles Mackerras; Michael Haas, producer (Kuhn Mixed Chorus; Czech Philharmonic Orchestra)Dvorák: Rusalka
Thomas Adès, Valdine Anderson, Roger Bryson, Jill Gomez & Niall Morris; Chris de Souza, producer (Almeida Ensemble)Adès: Powder Her Face

Best Choral Performance

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🏆Robert Shafer, conductor (Maryland Boys Choir, Shenandoah Conservatory Chorus & Washington Choir)Britten: War Requiem
(City Of Birmingham Sym. Chorus & Cleveland Orchestra Chorus)Walton: Belshazzar's Feast
(Monteverdi Chorus; Orchestre Revolutionnaire Et Romantique)Schubert: Mass In A Flat
Michael Glaser, chorus master (Bavarian Radio Chorus)Schmidt: Book Of The Seven Seals
(Gabrieli Consort; Gabrieli Players)Handel: Solomon

Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (With Orchestra)

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🏆Martha Argerich, artist (Orchestre Symphonie De Montréal)Prokofiev: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 3/Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 3
Pierre Boulez & Anatol Ugorski, artists (Chicago Symphony Orchestra)Scriabin: Piano Concerto
Yuri Bashmet, Gidon Kremer & Kent Nagano, artists (Hallé Orchestra)Britten: Double Concerto In B Minor
Hilary Hahn & David Zinman, artists (Baltimore Symphony Orchestra)Beethoven: Violin Concerto/Bernstein: Serenade
Pierre Boulez & Gil Shaham, artists (Chicago Symphony Orchestra)Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 2; Rhapsodies Nos. 1 And 2

Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (Without Orchestra)

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🏆Vladimir Ashkenazy, artistShostakovich: 24 Preludes & Fugues, Op. 87
Marc-André Hamelin, artistRzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated; Down By The Riverside; Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues
Eteri Andjaparidze, artistConfrey: Piano Music (Kitten On The Keys; African Suite; Moods Of A New Yorker, Etc.)
Evgeny Kissin, artistChopin: The Four Ballades; Berceuse, Op. 57; Barcarolle, Op. 60; Scherzo No. 4, Op. 54
Murray Perahia, artistBach: English Suites Nos. 2, 4 And 5

Best Chamber Music Performance

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🏆Anne-Sophie Mutter & Lambert Orkis, artistsBeethoven: The Violin Sonatas (Nos. 1-3, Op. 12; Nos. 1-3, Op. 30; /Spring/ Sonata)
Martha Argerich, Gidon Kremer & Mischa Maisky, artistsTchaikovsky/Shostakovich: Piano Trios
Joseph Carver, Andreas Haefliger & Takács Quartet (Edward Dusinberre, András Fejér, Károly Schranz & Roger Tapping), artistsSchubert: The /Trout/ Quintet/Wolf: Italian Serenade/Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Boston Symphony Chamber Players (Steven Ansell, Marylou Speaker Curchill, Jules Eskin, William R. Hudgins & Malcom Lowe) & Gilbert Kalish, artistsHindemith: Quartet For Clarinet, Violin, Cello And Piano/Shostakovich: Piano Quintet In G Minor, Op. 57
Eroica Trio (Erika Nickrenz, Adela Peña & Sara Sant'Ambrogio), artistsDvorák: Piano Trio /Dumky/, Op. 90/Shostakovich: Piano Trio No. 2/Rachmaninov: Vocalise

Best Small Ensemble Performance (With or Without Conductor)

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🏆NOMINEESColors Of Love - Works Of Thomas, Stucky, Tavener & Rands
Akademie Für Alte Musik BerlinSchoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21; Herzegewächse, Op. 20; Ode To Napoleon Buonaparte, Op. 41
Modo AntiquoScarlatti: Il Primo Omicidio
Moscow SoloistsCorelli: Concerti Grossi, Op. 6, Nos. 7 - 12
-Brahms: Quintet In B Minor For Viola And Strings Arr. By Bashmet/Shostakovich: Thirteenth String Quartet In B Flat Minor Arr. By A. Tchaikovsky

Best Classical Vocal Performance

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🏆(Berliner Philharmonic)Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn
David DanielsSchubert: Winterreise
(Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment)Handel: Operatic Arias (Arias From Ariodante, Giulio Cesare, Rinaldo, Etc.)
(NDR Sinfonieorchestre)German Romantic Opera (Arias From Tristan Und Isolde, Rienzi, Siegfried, Etc.)
-Eisler: The Hollywood Songbook (Eisler: Der Sohn; In Den Weiden; Frühling, Etc.)

Best Classical Contemporary Composition

ArtistWork
🏆Pierre Boulez, composerBoulez: Répons
John Tavener, composerTavener: Eternity's Sunrise
Aaron Jay Kernis, composerKernis: Air For Violin
Andrew Imbrie, composerImbrie: Requiem
Thomas Adès, composerAdès: Asyla

Best Classical Crossover Album

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🏆Peter Schickele, narrator; The Chestnut Brass CompanySchickele: Hornsmoke (Piano Concerto No. 2 In F Major /Ole/; Brass Calendar; Hornsmoke - A Horse Opera)
The Canadian BrassTake The /A/ Train - Canadian Brass Play The Music Of Duke Ellington (It Don't Mean A Thing; Echoes Of Harlem; Solitude, Etc.)
Edgar Meyer, double bass; Joshua Bell, violin; Mike Marshall, guitar, mandola, violin; Sam Bush, mandolin, violinMeyer: Short Trip Home (In The Nick Of Time; BP; Concert Duo, The Prequel, Etc.)
Bryn Terfel, bass-baritoneIf Ever I Would Leave You - The Songs Of Alan Jay Lerner
Vance George, conductorChristmas By The Bay (The First Nowell; Rejoice, O Virgin; Ave Maria, Etc.)
Buryl Red, conductorBeautiful Star - A Celebration Of Christmas (O Holy Night; Wexford Carol; This Little Babe, Etc.)

Best Short Form Music Video

ArtistWork
🏆KornFreak On A Leash
TLCUnpretty (Video)
Lauryn HillEverything Is Everything (Video)
Brian McKnightBack At One (Video)
BjorkAll Is Full Of Love (Video)

Best Long Form Music Video

ArtistWork
🏆(Jimi Hendrix)Band Of Gypsys - Live At Fillmore East
Asleep At The WheelThe Making Of 'Ride With Bob' (Video)
U2Popmart - Live From Mexico City (Video)
RadioheadMeeting People Is Easy (Video)
Gloria EstefanDon't Stop (Video)