42nd Grammy Awards

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42nd Grammy Awards
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.^[1]

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 Latina to win a Grammy.

Performances

• Backstreet Boys
• TLC
• Carlos Santana and Rob Thomas
• Britney Spears
• Elton John and Backstreet Boys
• Faith Hill
• Kid Rock
• Whitney Houston

Award winners

• Record of the Year
  • I Want It That Way - Backstreet Boys
  • Believe - Cher
  • Smooth - Santana
  • Livin' la Vida Loca - Ricky Martin
  • No Scrubs - TLC

• Album of the Year
  • Millennium - Backstreet Boys
  • Supernatural - Santana
  • Fly - Dixie Chicks
  • When I Look in Your Eyes - Diana Krall
  • FanMail - TLC

• Song of the Year
  • I Want It That Way - Backstreet Boys
  • Livin' la Vida Loca - Ricky Martin
  • Unpretty - TLC
  • Smooth - Santana feat. Rob Thomas
  • You've Got a Way - Shania Twain

• Best New Artist
  • Macy Gray
  • Kid Rock
  • Britney Spears
  • Susan Tedeschi
  • Christina Aguilera

Alternative

• Best Alternative Music Performance
  • Beck for Mutations

Blues

• Best Traditional Blues Album
  • B. B. King for Blues on the Bayou
• Best Contemporary Blues Album
  • The Robert Cray Band for Take Your Shoes Off

Children's

• Best Musical Album for Children
  • Andy Hill (producer) for The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland performed by various artists
• Best Spoken Word Album for Children (music producer)
  • Steven Epstein, David Frost (producers), Graham Greene, Kate Winslet & Wynton Marsalis for Listen to the Storyteller

Classical

• Best Orchestral Performance
  • Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), the Peninsula Boys Choir, the San Francisco Girls Chorus & the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for Stravinsky: Firebird; The Rite of Spring; Perséphone
• Best Classical Vocal Performance
  • Claudio Abbado (conductor), Anne Sofie von Otter, Thomas Quasthoff & the Berliner Philharmonic for Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn
• Best Opera Recording
  • Nicholas Parker (producer), John Eliot Gardiner (conductor), Ian Bostridge, Anne Sofie von Otter, Bryn Terfel, Deborah York, the Monteverdi Choir & the London Symphony Orchestra for Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress
• Best Choral Performance
  • Robert Shafer (conductor), Betty Scott, Joan McFarland (choir directors), the Maryland Boy Choir, the Shenandoah Conservatory Chorus & the Washington Chorus for Britten: War Requiem
• Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra)
  • Charles Dutoit (conductor), Martha Argerich & the Orchestre Symphonie de Montréal for Prokofiev: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 3/Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 3
• Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra)
  • Vladimir Ashkenazy for Shostakovich: 24 Preludes & Fugues, Op. 87
• Best Small Ensemble Performance (with or without conductor)
  • Joseph Jennings (conductor) & Chanticleer for Colors of Love - Works of Thomas, Stucky, Tavener & Rands
• Best Chamber Music Performance
  • Anne-Sophie Mutter & Lambert Orkis for Beethoven: The Violin Sonatas (Nos. 1-3, Op. 12; Nos. 1-3, Op. 30; "Spring" Sonata)
• Best Classical Contemporary Composition
  • Pierre Boulez (composer) & the Ensemble Inter-Contemporain for Boulez: Répons
• Best Classical Album
  • Andreas Neubronner (producer), Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), the Peninsula Boys Choir, the San Francisco Girl's Chorus & the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for Stravinsky: Firebird; The Rite of Spring; Perséphone
• Best Classical Crossover Album
  • The Chestnut Brass Company & Peter Schickele for Schickele: Hornsmoke (Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Major "Ole"); Brass Calendar; Hornsmoke - A Horse Opera

Composing and arranging

• Best Instrumental Composition
  • Don Sebesky (composer) for "Joyful Noise Suite"
• Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
  • Madonna & William Orbit (songwriters) for "Beautiful Stranger" performed by Madonna
• Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
  • Randy Newman (composer) for A Bug's Life
• Best Instrumental Arrangement
  • Don Sebesky (arranger) for "Chelsea Bridge"
• Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
  • Alan Broadbent (arranger) for "Lonely Town" performed by the Charlie Haden Quartet West featuring Shirley Horn

Country

• Best Female Country Vocal Performance
  • Shania Twain for "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!"
• Best Male Country Vocal Performance
  • George Jones for "Choices"
• Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
  • The Dixie Chicks for "Ready to Run"
• Best Country Collaboration with Vocals
  • Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton & Linda Ronstadt for "After the Gold Rush"
• Best Country Instrumental Performance
  • Tommy Allsup, Asleep at the Wheel, Floyd Domino, Larry Franklin, Vince Gill & Steve Wariner for "Bob's Breakdowns"
• Best Country Song
  • Robert John "Mutt" Lange & Shania Twain (songwriters) for "Come On Over" performed by Shania Twain
• Best Country Album
  • Blake Chancey, Paul Worley (producers), John Guess, Billy Sherrill (engineers/mixers) & the Dixie Chicks for Fly
• Best Bluegrass Album
  • Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder for Ancient Tones

Film/TV/media

• Best Soundtrack Album
  • Mark Mancina (producer) & Phil Collins (producer & artist) for Tarzan

• Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
  • Madonna & William Orbit (writers) for "Beautiful Stranger" from Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

• Best Instrumental Composition Written for Motion Picture or Television
  • A Bug's Life - Randy Newman
  • Shakespeare in Love - Stephen Warbeck
  • Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace - John Williams
  • Le Violon Rouge - John Corigliano
  • La Vita è Bella - Nicola Piovani

Folk

• Best Traditional Folk Album
  • June Carter Cash for Press On
• Best Contemporary Folk Album
  • Tom Waits for Mule Variations

Gospel

• Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album
  • Steven Curtis Chapman for Speechless
• Best Rock Gospel Album
  • Rebecca St. James for Pray
• Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album
  • Shirley Caesar for Christmas with Shirley Caesar
• Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album
  • Yolanda Adams for Mountain High...Valley Low
• Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album
  • Bill Gaither & Gloria Gaither for Kennedy Center Homecoming
• Best Gospel Choir or Chorus Album
  • Carol Cymbala (choir director) for High and Lifted Up performed by the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir

Historical

• Best Historical Album
  • Orrin Keepnews (producer), Steven Lasker (producer & engineer), Paul Brizzi & Dennis Ferrante (engineers) for The Duke Ellington Centennial Edition - The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (1927 - 1973)

Jazz

• Best Jazz Instrumental Solo
  • Wayne Shorter for "In Walked Wayne"
• Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Individual or Group
  • Gary Burton, Chick Corea, Roy Haynes, Dave Holland & Pat Metheny for Like Minds
• Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance
  • Bob Florence for Serendipity 18
• Best Jazz Vocal Performance
  • Diana Krall for When I Look in Your Eyes
• Best Contemporary Jazz Performance
  • David Sanborn for Inside
• Best Latin Jazz Performance
  • Poncho Sanchez for Latin Soul

Latin

• Best Latin Pop Performance
  • Rubén Blades for Tiempos
• Best Traditional Tropical Latin Performance
  • Tito Puente for Mambo Birdland
• Best Mexican-American Performance
  • Plácido Domingo for 100 Años de Mariachi
• Best Latin Rock/Alternative Performance
  • Chris Perez Band for Resurrection
• Best Tejano Performance
  • Los Palominos for Por Eso Te Amo
• Best Salsa Performance
  • Los Van Van for Llego...Van Van - Van Van Is Here
• Best Merengue Performance
  • Elvis Crespo for Píntame

Musical show

• Best Musical Show Album
  • John McDaniel, Stephen Ferrera (producers) & the New Broadway cast with Bernadette Peters & Tom Wopat for Annie Get Your Gun

Music video

• Best Short Form Music Video
  • Bart Lipton, Terry Fitzgerald (video producers), Graham Morris, Todd McFarlane, Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris (video directors) & KoЯn for "Freak on a Leash"
• Best Long Form Music Video
  • Chips Chipperfield & Neil Aspinall (video producers) & Bob Smeaton (video director) for Band of Gypsies - Live at Fillmore East performed by Jimi Hendrix

New Age

• Best New Age Album
  • Paul Winter for Celtic Solstice

Packaging and notes

• Best Recording Package
  • Buddy Jackson, Ray Benson & Sally Carns (art directors) for Ride With Bob performed by Asleep at the Wheel
• Best Boxed Recording Package
  • Arnold Levine & Ron Jaramillo (art directors) for Miles Davis - The Complete Bitches Brew Sessions performed by Miles Davis
• Best Album Notes
  • Bob Blumenthal (notes writer) for John Coltrane - The Classic Quartet: Complete Impulse! Studio Recordings performed by John Coltrane

Polka

• Best Polka Album
  • Brave Combo for Polkasonic

Pop

• Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
  • "Genie in a Bottle" - Christina Aguilera
  • "Beautiful Stranger" - Madonna
  • "I Will Remember You" - Sarah McLachlan
  • "Thank U" - Alanis Morissette
  • "...Baby One More Time" - Britney Spears

• Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
  • "Brand New Day" - Sting"
  • "I Need to Know" - Marc Anthony
  • "Mambo No. 5" - Lou Bega
  • "Sogno" - Andrea Bocelli
  • "Livin' la Vida Loca" - Ricky Martin

• Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
  • "I Want It That Way" - Backstreet Boys
  • "Kiss Me" - Sixpence None The Richer
  • "All Star" - Smash Mouth
  • "Maria Maria" - Santana
  • "Unpretty" - TLC

• Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals
  • "The Prayer" - Celine Dion & Andrea Bocelli
  • "Smooth" - Santana & Rob Thomas"
  • "When You Believe" - Whitney Houston & Mariah Carey
  • "Music of My Heart" - *NSYNC & Gloria Estefan
  • "Love of My Life" - Santana & Dave Matthews

• Best Pop Instrumental Performance
  • Santana for "El Farol"

• Best Dance Recording
  • Mark Taylor (producer & mixer), Brian Rawling (producer) & Cher for "Believe"

• Best Pop Album
  • Neil Dorfsman, Simon Osborne (engineers/mixers), Kipper (producer) & Sting (producer & artist) for Brand New Day

Production and engineering

• Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
  • Al Schmitt (engineer) for When I Look in Your Eyes performed by Diana Krall
• Best Engineered Album, Classical
  • Markus Heiland (engineer), Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), the Peninsula Boys Choir, the San Francisco Girl's Chorus & the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for Stravinsky: Firebird; The Rite of Spring; Perséphone
• Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
  • Walter Afanasieff
• Producer of the Year, Classical
  • Adam Abeshouse
• Remixer of the Year, Non-Classical
  • Club 69 (Peter Rauhofer)

R&B

• Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
  • Whitney Houston for "It's Not Right but It's Okay"
• Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
  • Barry White for "Staying Power"
• Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
  • TLC for "No Scrubs"
• Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance
  • Barry White for Staying Power
• Best Rhythm & Blues Song
  • Kandi Burruss, Kevin Briggs & Tameka Cottle (songwriters) for "No Scrubs" performed by TLC
• Best R&B Album
  • Carlton Lynn, Alvin Speights (engineers/mixers), Dallas Austin (producer) & TLC for Fanmail

Rap

• Best Rap Solo Performance
  • Eminem for "My Name Is"
• Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group
  • Erykah Badu & The Roots for "You Got Me"
• Best Rap Album
  • Mr. B (engineer/mixer), Jeff Bass, Marky Bass (producers) & Eminem (producer & artist) for The Slim Shady LP

Reggae

• Best Reggae Album
  • Burning Spear for Calling Rastafari

Rock

• Best Female Rock Vocal Performance
  • Sheryl Crow for "Sweet Child o' Mine"
• Best Male Rock Vocal Performance
  • Lenny Kravitz for "American Woman"
• Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
  • Everlast & Santana for "Put Your Lights On"
• Best Rock Instrumental Performance
  • Eric Clapton & Santana for "The Calling"
• Best Hard Rock Performance
  • Metallica for "Whiskey in the Jar"
• Best Metal Performance
  • Black Sabbath for "Iron Man"
• Best Rock Song
  • Flea, John Frusciante, Anthony Kiedis & Chad Smith (songwriters) for "Scar Tissue" performed by Red Hot Chili Peppers
• Best Rock Album
  • Steve Fontano (engineer/mixer), Clive Davis (producer) & Santana for Supernatural

Spoken

• Best Spoken Word Album
  • LeVar Burton for The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Best Spoken Comedy Album
  • Chris Rock for Bigger & Blacker

Traditional pop

• Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance
  • Tony Bennett for Bennett Sings Ellington - Hot & Cool

World

• Best World Music Album
  • Caetano Veloso for Livro

Special merit awards

MusiCares Person of the Year

• Elton John

References