46th Annual Grammy Awards


The 46th Annual Grammy Awards honored the best recordings, compositions, and artists from October 1, 2002, through September 30, 2003, as chosen by the members of the Recording Academy, on February 8, 2004. In its 4th year at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, the ceremony was broadcast on tape delay by CBS.
Beyoncé was the biggest winner of the night, taking five awards, and Outkast, who won three awards including Album of the Year. Tied for the most nominations, with six each, were Beyoncé, Outkast, and Jay-Z.

Background

Effects of the Super Bowl XXXVIII controversy

was originally scheduled to perform a tribute to Luther Vandross during the ceremony. However, due to an incident involving Jackson during the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show the previous week, where her breast was briefly revealed by Justin Timberlake, Jackson was blacklisted by CBS's parent company Viacom and her invitation to the ceremony was rescinded. Despite his involvement in the "wardrobe malfunction", Timberlake was still invited, and used one of his acceptance speeches to apologize for the incident. CBS also broadcast the ceremony on a five-minute tape delay.

Performances

Bold type indicates the winner out of the list of nominees.
Reference for the nominations:

General

;Record of the Year
  • "Clocks" – Coldplay
  • * Coldplay & Ken Nelson, producers; Coldplay, Ken Nelson & Mark Phythian, engineers/mixers
  • "Crazy In Love" – Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z
  • * Rich Harrison & Beyoncé Knowles, producers; Jim Caruana & Tony Maserati, engineers/mixers
  • "Where Is the Love?" – The Black Eyed Peas & Justin Timberlake
  • * Ron Fair & will.i.am, producers; Dylan Dresdow & Tony Maserati, engineers/mixers
  • "Lose Yourself" – Eminem
  • * Eminem, producer; Eminem, Steve King & Micheal Strange, Jr., engineers/mixers
  • "Hey Ya!" – OutKast
  • * André 3000, producer; Kevin "KD" Davis, John Frye, Robert Hannon, Pete Novak & Neal Pogue, engineers/mixers
;Album of the Year
;Song of the Year
  • "Dance With My Father"
  • * Richard Marx & Luther Vandross, songwriters
  • "Beautiful"
  • * Linda Perry, songwriter
  • "I'm With You"
  • * Avril Lavigne & The Matrix, songwriters
  • "Keep Me In Your Heart"
  • * Jorge Calderón & Warren Zevon, songwriters
  • "Lose Yourself"
  • * J. Bass, M. Mathers & L. Resto, songwriters
;Best New Artist
;Best Alternative Music Album
;Best Traditional Blues Album
;Best Contemporary Blues Album
Best Instrumental Arrangement
Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist
  • Vince Mendoza for "Woodstock"

    Country

  • June Carter Cash for "Keep on the Sunny Side"
Best Male Country Vocal Performance
  • Vince Gill for "Next Big Thing"
Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
Best Country Collaboration with Vocals
  • James Taylor & Alison Krauss for "How's the World Treating You"
Best Country Instrumental Performance
  • Alison Krauss & Union Station for "Cluck Old Hen"
Best Country Song
Best Country Album
  • Carl Jackson for Livin', Lovin', Losin' – Songs of the Louvin Brothers performed by various artists
Best Bluegrass Album
  • Alison Krauss & Union Station for ''Live''