Grammy Awards 2001

The 43rd Grammy Awards ceremony took place on Wednesday, February 21, 2001 and honored the previous year's musical successes. The stars of the event were Steely Dan , whose return to the front row of musicians was rewarded with four Grammys.

At the Grammy Awards 2001 there were 100 Grammy categories in 28 fields as well as five honorary Grammys for life's work:

Main categories

Single of the year (Record of the Year):

• " Beautiful Day " by U2

Album of the Year:

• Two Against Nature by Steely Dan

Song of the Year:

• "Beautiful Day" by U2

Best New Artist:

• Shelby Lynne

Work behind the mixer

Producer of the Year, without classical music (Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical):

• Dr. Dre

Producer of the Year, classical music (Producer Of The Year, Classical):

• Steven Epstein

Best mix of an album without classical music (Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical):

• Two Against Nature by Steely Dan

Best mix of an album, classical music (Best Engineered Album, Classical):

• Dvořák: Requiem op. 89; Symphony No. 9 op. 95 From the New World by the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Zdenek Mácal

Remixer Of The Year, Non-Classical:

• Hex Hector

pop

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance - Pop :

• "I Try" by Macy Gray

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance - Pop :

• "She Walks This Earth (Soberana Rosa)" by Sting

Best Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal - Pop (Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals):

• "Cousin Dupree" by Steely Dan

Best collaboration with vocals - Pop (Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals):

• "Is You Is, Or Is You Ain't (My Baby)" by BB King & Dr. John

Best Pop Instrumental Performance - Pop :

• "Caravan" by the Brian Setzer Orchestra

Best Instrumental Album - Pop (Best Pop Instrumental Album):

• Symphony No. 1 by Joe Jackson

Best Vocal Album - Pop (Best Pop Vocal Album):

• Two Against Nature by Steely Dan

Best Dance Recording (Best Dance Recording):

• "Who Let The Dogs Out" by the Baha Men

Traditional pop

Best Vocal Album - Traditional Pop (Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album):

• Both Sides Now by Joni Mitchell

skirt

Best Female Rock Vocal Performance - Rock :

• "There Goes The Neighborhood" by Sheryl Crow

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance - Rock (Best Male Rock Vocal Performance):

• "Again" by Lenny Kravitz

Best Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal - Rock (Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals):

• "Beautiful Day" by U2

Best hard rock performance (Best Hard Rock Performance):

• "Guerilla Radio" from Rage Against the Machine

Best metal performance (Best Metal Performance):

• "Elite" from the Deftones

Best performance of a rock instrumentals ( Best Rock Instrumental Performance ):

• "The Call Of Ktulu" by Metallica & the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

Best Rock Song (Best Rock Song):

• "With Arms Wide Open" by Creed

Best rock album (Best Rock Album):

• There Is Nothing Left to Lose from the Foo Fighters

alternative

Best Alternative Album ( Best Alternative Music Album ):

• Kid A from Radiohead

Rhythm & Blues

Best Female Vocal Performance - R&B (Best Female R&B Vocal Performance):

• "He Wasn't Man Enough" by Toni Braxton

Best Male Vocal Performance - R&B (Best Male R&B Vocal Performance):

• "Untitled (How Does It Feel)" by D'Angelo

Best Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal - Pop (Best R & B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals):

• "Say My Name" from Destiny's Child

Best Vocal Performance - Traditional R&B (Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance):

• Ear-Resistible from the Temptations

Best R&B Song (Best R&B Song):

• "Say My Name" by Destiny's Child (Authors: La Shawn Daniels, Fred Jerkins III, Rodney Jerkins, Beyoncé Knowles, LeToya Luckett, LaTavia Roberson, Kelendria Rowland)

Best R&B Album (Best R&B Album):

• Voodoo by D'Angelo

rap

Best Solo Performance - Rap (Best Rap Solo Performance):

• " The Real Slim Shady " by Eminem

Best Performance By A Duo Or Group - Rap (Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group):

• " Forgot About Dre " by Dr. Dre & Eminem

Best Rap Album (Best Rap Album):

• The Marshall Mathers LP by Eminem

Country

Best Female Country Vocal Performance - Country :

• " Breathe " by Faith Hill

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance - Country (Best Male Country Vocal Performance):

• "Solitary Man" by Johnny Cash

Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group (Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal):

• "Cherokee Maiden" from Asleep At The Wheel

Best collaboration with vocals - Country (Best Country Collaboration With Vocals):

• "Let's Make Love" by Faith Hill & Tim McGraw

Best Performance by a Country Instrumentals (Best Country Instrumental Performance):

• "Leaving Cottondale" by Alison Brown & Béla Fleck

Best Country Song (Best Country Song):

• "I Hope You Dance" by Lee Ann Womack (Authors: Mark D. Sanders, Tia Sillers)

Best Country Album (Best Country Album):

• Breathe by Faith Hill

Best Bluegrass Album (Best Bluegrass Album):

• The Grass Is Blue by Dolly Parton

New Age

Best New Age Album (Best New Age Album):

• Thinking Of You by Kitaro

jazz

Best Contemporary Jazz Album (Best Contemporary Jazz Album):

• Outbound by Béla Fleck and the Flecktones

Best Jazz Vocal Album (Best Jazz Vocal Album):

• In The Moment - Live In Concert by Dianne Reeves

Best Jazz Instrumental Solo (Best Jazz Instrumental Solo):

• "(Go) Get It" by Pat Metheny

Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group Artist (Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group):

• Contemporary jazz by the Branford Marsalis Quartet

Best album of jazz big ensembles (Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album):

• 52nd Street Themes by Joe Lovano

Best Latin Jazz Album (Best Latin Jazz Album):

• Live At The Village Vanguard by Chucho Valdés

Gospel

Best rock gospel album (Best Rock Gospel Album):

• Double take from Petra

Best Contemporary / Pop Gospel Album (Best Pop / Contemporary Gospel Album):

• If I Left The Zoo by the Jars Of Clay

Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album : (Best Southern, or Bluegrass Gospel Album Country)

• Soldier Of The Cross from Kentucky Thunder

Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album (Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album):

• You Can Make It by Shirley Caesar

Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album (Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album):

• Thankful from Mary Mary

Best Gospel Choir album (Best Gospel Choir Or Chorus Album):

• Live - God Is Working by the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir

Latin

Best Latin Pop Album (Best Latin Pop Album):

• Shakira - MTV Unplugged by Shakira

Best Latin Rock / Alternative Album (Best Latin Rock / Alternative Album):

• Uno from La Ley

Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album (Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album):

• Alma caribeña by Gloria Estefan

Best Salsa Album (Best Salsa Album):

• Masterpiece / Obra maestra by Eddie Palmieri & Tito Puente

Best Merengue Album (Best Merengue Album):

• Olga viva, viva Olga by Olga Tañón

Best Mexican / Mexican-American Album :

• Por una mujer bonita by Pepe Aguilar

Best Tejano Album (Best Tejano Album):

• ¿Qué es música tejana? from the legends

blues

Best Traditional Blues Album (Best Traditional Blues Album):

• Riding with the King by Eric Clapton & BB King

Best Contemporary Blues Album (Best Contemporary Blues Album):

• Shoutin 'In Key by Taj Mahal & The Phantom Blues Band

Folk

Best Traditional Folk Album (Best Traditional Folk Album):

• Public Domain - Songs From The Wild Land by Dave Alvin

Best Contemporary Folk Album (Best Contemporary Folk Album):

• Red Dirt Girl by Emmylou Harris

Best album of Indian music (Best Native American Music Album):

• Gathering Of Nations Pow Wow by various artists

reggae

Best Reggae Album (Best Reggae Album):

• Art And Life by Beenie Man

World music

Best World Music Album (Best World Music Album):

• João voz e violão by João Gilberto

polka

Best Polka Album (Best Polka Album):

• Touched By A Polka by Jimmy Sturr

For children

Best Musical Album for Children (Best Musical Album For Children):

• Woody's Roundup featuring Riders In The Sky from Riders In The Sky

Best Spoken Album for Children (Best Spoken Word Album For Children):

• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by Jim Dale

language

Best Spoken Album (Best Spoken Word Album):

• The Measure of a Man by Sidney Poitier

Best Comedy Album (Best Spoken Comedy Album):

• Braindroppings by George Carlin

Musical show

Best Musical Show Album (Best Musical Show Album):

• Elton John And Tim Rice's Aida by the original Broadway cast (Music: Elton John ; Text: Tim Rice )

Film / television / visual media

Best compiled soundtrack album for film, television or visual media (Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media):

• Almost Famous - Almost famous by various performers

Composition / arrangement

Best Instrumental Composition (Best Instrumental Composition):

• "Theme From Angela's Ashes ", composer John Williams

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

• When She Loved Me (from Toy Story 2 ) by Sarah McLachlan , author Randy Newman

Best Composed Soundtrack Album for Film, Television or Visual Media (Best Score Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media):

• American Beauty , composer Thomas Newman

Best Instrumental Arrangement (Best Instrumental Arrangement):

• "Spain For Sextet & Orchestra", arranger Chick Corea

Best Instrumental Arrangement with vocal accompaniment (Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist (s)):

• "Both Sides Now" by Joni Mitchell , arranger: Vince Mendoza

Packages and album text

Best Recording Package (Best Recording Package):

• Music by Madonna

Best Recording Package as a box (Best Boxed Recording Package):

• The Complete Columbia Recordings 1955–1961 by Miles Davis & John Coltrane

Best Album Notes:

• The Complete Columbia Recordings 1955–1961 by Miles Davis & John Coltrane, authored by Bob Blumenthal

Historical recordings

Best Historical Album (Best Historical Album):

• The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings by Louis Armstrong

Classical music

Best classical album (Best Classical Album):

• Shostakovich: The string quartets of the Emerson String Quartet

Best orchestral performance:

• Mahler: Symphony No. 10 by the Berliner Philharmoniker under the direction of Sir Simon Rattle

Best Opera Recording (Best Opera Recording):

• Busoni : Doctor Faust by Ian Bostridge , Anne Sofie von Otter , Bryn Terfel , Deborah York (soloists), the Monteverdi Choir and the London Symphony Orchestra under the direction of John Eliot Gardiner

Best choral performance (Best Choral Performance):

• Helmuth Rilling for the recording of Krzysztof Pendereckis: Credo

Best solo instrument performances with orchestra (Best Instrumental Soloist (s) Performance with Orchestra):

• Maw : Violin Concerto by Joshua Bell and the London Philharmonic Orchestra , conducted by Roger Norrington

Best solo instrument performance without orchestra (Best Instrumental Soloist (s) Performance without Orchestra):

• Dreams of a World (works by Lauro , Ruiz-Pipò , Duarte , etc.) by Sharon Isbin

Best chamber music performance (Best Chamber Music Performance):

• Shostakovich: The string quartets from the Emerson String Quartet

Best Small Ensemble Performance (Best Small Ensemble Performance):

• Shadow Dances ( Stravinsky Miniatures - Tango; Suite No. 1; Octet, etc.) by the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

Best Classical Vocal Performance (Best Classical Vocal Performance):

• The Vivaldi Album (Dell'aura al sussurrar; Alma oppressa, etc.) by Cecilia Bartoli

Best Classical Contemporary Composition (Best Classical Contemporary Composition):

• Crumb : Star-Child by Susan Narucki (soprano) and Thomas Conlin (conductor)

Best Classical Crossover Album (Best Classical Crossover Album):

• Appalachian Journey by Yo-Yo Ma , Edgar Meyer and Mark O'Connor

Music video

Best Music Video Short (Best Short Form Music Video):

• "Learn To Fly" from the Foo Fighters

Best Music Video Long (Best Long Form Music Video):

• Gimme Some Truth - The Making Of John Lennon's Imagine Album by John Lennon

Special Merit Awards

Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award

• Beach boys
• Tony Bennett
• Sammy Davis Jr.
• Bob Marley
• The Who

Trustees Award

• Arif Mardin
• Phil Ramone