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42nd Grammy Awards

 
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42nd Grammy Awards
Grammy logo42.jpg
Date February 23, 2000
Venue Staples Center, Los Angeles, California
Host Rosie O'Donnell
TV in the United States
Network CBS
 < 1999 Grammy Awards 2001 > 

The 42nd Grammy Awards were held on February 23, 2000. During the show, Santana won 8 Grammys, tying Michael Jackson's record for most awards won in a single night. Santana's album Supernatural was awarded a total of nine awards. Christina Aguilera won Best New Artist.

Award winners

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

Production and engineering

R&B

Rap

Reggae

Rock

Spoken

Trad Pop

World

Special Merit Awards

MusiCares Person of the Year

Trivia

  • The green Versace dress worn by Jennifer Lopez was the subject of much media attention following the awards.
  • Christina Aguilera became the second youngest artist to win a Grammy Award at 19 years and 2 months old. She is also the youngest Latino to win a Grammy.
  • Many of the "Teen Pop" acts of the latter part of the 90s received nominations. The Backstreet Boys received five nominations but won no awards; losing to Santana and Sting respectively. Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera both lost Female Pop Vocal Performance to Sarah McLachlan, however Christina Aguilera won Best New Artist beating out Britney Spears.
  • Eminem won his first Grammy Awards of his career in 2000.

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