46th Annual Grammy Awards

Background

Effects of the Super Bowl XXXVIII controversy

Performances

• Opening: Prince and Beyoncé – "Purple Rain", "Baby I'm a Star", "Let's Go Crazy", "Crazy in Love"
• The Beatles 40 Years Ago: Sting, Dave Matthews, Pharrell and Vince Gill – "I Saw Her Standing There"
• Justin Timberlake and Arturo Sandoval – "Señorita"
• The Black Eyed Peas and Justin Timberlake – "Where Is the Love?"
• Foo Fighters and Chick Corea – "Times Like These"
• The White Stripes – "Seven Nation Army" and "Death Letter#The [White Stripes version|Death Letter]"
• Emmylou Harris, Billy Bob Thornton, Dwight Yoakam, Jackson Browne, Jorge Calderon, Timothy B. Schmit - Warren Zevon Tribute, "Keep Me In Your Heart"
• Beyoncé – "Dangerously in Love 2"
• Funk Music Tribute: OutKast, Earth, Wind & Fire, Robert Randolph and the Family Band, George Clinton with Parliament-Funkadelic and "Minister" Samuel L. Jackson
• Christina Aguilera – "Beautiful"
• Sarah McLachlan with Alison Krauss - "Fallen"
• Martina McBride – "Concrete Angel"
• Sting & Sean Paul - "Roxanne"
• Alicia Keys - "A [House Is Not a Home (song)|A House Is Not a Home]"
• Celine Dion & Richard Marx – "Dance with My Father"
• OutKast - "Hey Ya!"

  Presenters

• Gwen Stefani & Quentin Tarantino - Presented Best Contemporary R&B Album
• Queen Latifah - Introduced Christina Aguilera
• John Mayer & Matthew Perry - Presented Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
• Beck - Introduced the White Stripes
• Marg Helgenberger - Introduced Martina McBride
• Joshua Bell & Keith Urban - Presented Best Female Country Vocal Performance
• B.B. King & Aerosmith - Presented Best Rap Album
• Patti LaBelle - Introducing Alicia Keys, Celine Dion & Richard Marx: A Tribute to Luther Vandross
• Madonna - Introducing Sting & Sean Paul
• Sarah Jessica Parker - Introduced Justin Timberlake and Arturo Sandoval
• Ellen DeGeneres - Talks about the 40th anniversary of The Beatles landing in America and introduced Dave Matthews, Vince Gill, Sting, and Pharrell Williams.
• Queen Latifah - Introduced the Black Eyed Peas
• Cuba Gooding Jr. - Introduced Beyoncé and paid tribute to Ella Jenkins
• Sean Astin & Norah Jones - Presented Best New Artist
• Snoop Dogg & Jason Alexander - Introduced the Foo Fighters
• Paulina Rubio, Hilary Duff & Brian McKnight - Presented Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
• Amy Lee, Amber Tamblyn & Jakob Dylan - Presented Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
• Sharon Osbourne & Ozzy Osbourne - Presented Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
• Babyface, Carole King & Kurt Elling - Presented Song of the Year
• Michael McDonald & Mary J. Blige - Presented Record of the Year
• Missy Elliott & Tony Bennett - Introduced Sarah McLachlan and Alison Krauss
• Carlos Santana & Faith Hill - Presented Album of the Year

  Winners and nominees

General

• "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

• Speakerboxxx/The Love Below – OutKast
• * André "3000" Benjamin, Antwon "Big Boi" Patton & Carl Mo, producers; Vincent Alexander, Chris Carmouche, Kevin "KD" Davis, Reggie Dozier, John Frye, Robert Hannon, Padraic Kernin, Moka Nagatani, Pete Novak, Brian Paturalski, Neal Pogue, Dexter Simmons, Matt Still & Darrell Thorpe, engineers/mixers; Brian Gardner & Bernie Grundman, mastering engineers
• Under Construction – Missy Elliott
• * Craig Brockman, Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott, Erroll "Poppi" McCalla, Nisan & Timbaland, producers; Jeff Allen, Carlos "El Loco" Bedoya, Josh Butler, Senator Jimmy D, Guru, Timbaland & Mike Wilson, engineers/mixers; Herb Powers, mastering engineer
• Fallen – Evanescence
• * Dave Fortman & Ben Moody, producers; Jay Baumgardner, Dave Fortman & Jeremy Parker, engineers/mixers; Ted Jensen, mastering engineer
• Justified – Justin Timberlake
• * Brian McKnight, The Neptunes, Scott Storch, Timbaland & The Underdogs, producers; Andrew Coleman, Jimmy Douglass, Serban Ghenea, Dabling Harward, Steve Penny, Dave "Hard Drive" Pensado, Dave "Natural Love" Russell, Timbaland & Chris Wood, engineers/mixers; Herb Powers Jr., mastering engineer
• Elephant – The White Stripes
• * Jack White, producer; Liam Watson & Jack White, engineers/mixers; Noel Summerville, mastering engineer

• "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

• Evanescence
• 50 Cent
• Fountains of Wayne
• Heather Headley
• Sean Paul

  Alternative

• Elephant – The White Stripes
• Fight Test – The Flaming Lips
• Hail to the Thief – Radiohead
• Untitled – Sigur Rós
• Fever to Tell – Yeah Yeah Yeahs

  Blues

• Jacquire King, Ed Cherney, Dennis Herring & Buddy Guy for Blues Singer

• Donto James, Josh Sklair, Sametto James & Etta James for ''Let's Roll''

  Children's

• Best Musical Album for Children
• *Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer for Bon Appétit!
• Grammy Award for [Best Spoken Word Album for Children|Best Spoken Word Album for Children]
• *Bill Clinton, Mikhail Gorbachev & Sophia Loren for Wolf Tracks and Peter and the Wolf, music performed by the Russian National Orchestra conducted by Kent Nagano

  Classical

• Best Orchestral Performance
• *Pierre Boulez & the Vienna Philharmonic for Mahler: Symphony No. 3 performed by Anne Sofie von Otter, Johannes Prinz, Gerald Wirth, the Vienna Boys' Choir & the Women's Chorus of the Vienna Singverein
• Best Classical Vocal Performance
• *Thomas Quasthoff & Anne Sofie von Otter for Schubert: Lieder with Orchestra performed by Thomas Quasthoff, Anne Sofie von Otter & the Chamber Orchestra of Europe conducted by Claudio Abbado
• Best Opera Recording
• *Wolfram Graul, Bernard Haitink, Jerry Hadley, Karita Mattila, Eva Randová, Anja Silja, Jorma Silvasti for Janáček's: Jenůfa performed by the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House & Chorus & various artists
• Best Choral Performance
• *Paavo Järvi, Tiia-Ester Loitme & Ants Soots for Sibelius: Cantatas performed by the Ellerhein Girls' Choir, the Estonian National Male Choir & the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
• Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra)
• *Mstislav Rostropovich & Maxim Vengerov for Britten: Violin Concerto/Walton: Viola Concerto performed by Maxim Vengerov & the London Symphony Orchestra
• Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra)
• *Emanuel Ax for Haydn: Piano Sonatas Nos. 29, 31, 34, 35 & 49
• Best Small Ensemble Performance (with or without conductor)
• *Jeff von der Schmidt & Southwest Chamber Music for "Chávez: Suite for Double Quartet"
• Best Chamber Music Performance
• *The Kronos Quartet & Dawn Upshaw for Berg: Lyric Suite
• Best Classical Contemporary Composition
• *Dominick Argento for "Argento: Casa Guidi" performed by Frederica von Stade, Eiji Oue & the Minnesota Orchestra
• Best Classical Album
• *Andreas Neubronner, Michael Tilson Thomas & Michelle DeYoung for Mahler: Symphony No. 3; Kindertotenlieder performed by Michelle DeYoung, Vance George, the Pacific Boychoir, the San Francisco Girls Chorus & the San Francisco Symphony & Chorus
• Best Classical Crossover Album
• *Jorge Calandrelli & Yo-Yo Ma for Obrigado Brazil performed by various artists

  Comedy

• "Weird Al" Yankovic for ''Poodle Hat''

  Composing and arranging

• Wayne Shorter for "Sacajawea"

• Michael Brecker & Gil Goldstein for "Timbuktu" performed by the Michael Brecker Quindectet

• Vince Mendoza for "Woodstock"

  Country

• June Carter Cash for "Keep on the Sunny Side"

• Vince Gill for "Next Big Thing"

• Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder for "A Simple Life"

• James Taylor & Alison Krauss for "How's the World Treating You"

• Alison Krauss & Union Station for "Cluck Old Hen"

• Jim Moose Brown & Don Rollins for "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" performed by Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffett

• Carl Jackson for Livin', Lovin', Losin' – Songs of the Louvin Brothers performed by various artists

• Alison Krauss & Union Station for ''Live''

  Dance

• Rob Davis, Cathy Dennis, Rob Davis, Cathy Dennis, Bruce Elliott-Smith, Phil Larsen & Kylie Minogue for "Come Into My World"

  Film/TV/media

• Randy Spendlove & Ric Wake & Various Artists for Chicago: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture

• John J. Kurlander, Peter Cobbin & Howard Shore for The [Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (soundtrack)|The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

• Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy & Michael McKean for "A Mighty Wind" performed by The Folksmen, Mitch & Mickey & The New Main Street Singers

  Folk

• Wildwood Flower – June Carter Cash

• The Wind – Warren Zevon

• Flying Free – Black Eagle

  Gospel

• Michael W. Smith for Worship Again

• Audio Adrenaline for Worldwide

• The Blind Boys of Alabama for Go [Tell It on the Mountain (album)|Go Tell It on the Mountain]

• Donnie McClurkin for ...Again

• Rise and Shine – Randy Travis

• Bishop T.D. Jakes & the Potter's House Mass Choir for ''A Wing and a Prayer''

  Historical

• Steve Berkowitz, Alex Gibney, Andy McKaie, Jerry Rappaport, Gavin Lurssen & Joseph M. Palmaccio for Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: A Musical Journey performed by various artists

  Jazz

• "Matrix" – Chick Corea in Rendezvous in New York

• Clark Germain, Dave Darlington, Robert Sadin & Wayne Shorter for Alegría

• Jay Newland, Gil Goldstein, Michael Brecker & the Michael Brecker Quindectet for Wide Angles

• Michael O'Reilly, Arif Mardin & Dianne Reeves for A Little Moonlight

• George Whitty & Randy Brecker for 34th N Lex

• Robert J. Friedrich, Michel Camilo, Charles Flores & Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez for ''Live at the Blue Note''

  Latin

• Mick Guzauski, Lulo Perez & Alejandro Sanz for No Es Lo Mismo

• Jerry Boys, Ry Cooder & Ibrahim Ferrer for Buenos Hermanos

• Jose Angel Cabrera & Dennis Parker, Daniel Estevez T. & Joan Sebastian for Afortunado

• Anibal Kerpel, Joseph Chiccarelli, Elfego Buendia, Emmanuel Del Real, Gustavo Santaolalla, Jose "Joselo" Rangel, Quique Rangel & Café Tacuba for Cuatro Caminos

• Edward Perez, Ramiro Serna, Jimmy Gonzalez producer & Jimmy Gonzalez y El Grupo Mazz for Si Me Faltas Tu

• Jon Fausty, Luca Germini, Jorge G. Gómez, Carlos Laurenz, Jose Lopez, Olga Santos, Jake Tanner,, Jorge G. Garcia, Oscar Gómez, Sergio George & Celia Cruz for ''Regalo Del Alma''

  Musical show

• Todd Whitelock, Tom Lazarus, Ken Hahn & Jay David Saks for Gypsy performed by the New Broadway cast with Bernadette Peters, Tammy Blanchard, John Dossett & others

  Music video

• Aris McGarry, Mark Romanek & Johnny Cash for "Hurt"

• Michael Gochanour, Robin Klein & Mary Wharton for "Legend" performed by Sam Cooke

  New Age

• One Quiet Night – Pat Metheny
• Inner Journeys: Myths & Legends – Cusco
• Solace – Michael Hoppé
• Red Moon – Peter Kater
• Sacred Journey of Ku-Kai – Kitarō

  Packaging and notes

• Ani DiFranco & Brian Grunert for Evolve performed by Ani DiFranco

• Julian Alexander, Howard Fritzson & Seth Rothstein for The Complete Jack Johnson Sessions performed by Miles Davis

• Tom Piazza for Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: A Musical Journey performed by Various Artists

  Polka

• Let's Polka 'Round – Jimmy Sturr

  Pop

• "Beautiful" – Christina Aguilera
• "Miss Independent" – Kelly Clarkson
• "White Flag" – Dido
• "I'm with You" – Avril Lavigne
• "Fallen" – Sarah McLachlan

• "Cry Me a River" – Justin Timberlake
• "Any Road" – George Harrison
• "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" – Michael McDonald
• "Send Your Love" – Sting
• "Keep Me in Your Heart" – Warren Zevon

• "Underneath It All" – No Doubt
• "Misunderstood" – Bon Jovi
• "Hole in the World" – The Eagles
• "Stacy's Mom" – Fountains of Wayne
• "Unwell" – Matchbox 20

• "Whenever I Say Your Name" – Sting & Mary J. Blige
• "Can't Hold Us Down" – Christina Aguilera & Lil' Kim
• "La Vie En Rose" – Tony Bennett & k.d. lang
• "Gonna Change My Way Of Thinking" – Bob Dylan & Mavis Staples
• "Feel Good Time" – Pink & William Orbit

• "Marwa Blues" – George Harrison
• "Patricia" – Ry Cooder & Manuel Galbán
• "Honey-Dipped" – Dave Koz
• "Seabiscuit" – Randy Newman
• "The Nutcracker Suite" – The Brian Setzer Orchestra

• Justified – Justin Timberlake
• Stripped – Christina Aguilera
• Brainwashed – George Harrison
• Bare – Annie Lennox
• Motown – Michael McDonald

• Mambo Sinuendo – Ry Cooder & Manuel Galbán

  Production and engineering

• Nigel Godrich & Darrell Thorp for Hail to the Thief performed by Radiohead

• Richard King & Todd Whitelock for Obrigado Brazil performed by Yo-Yo Ma

• Maurice Joshua for Crazy In Love performed by Beyoncé & Jay-Z

• The Neptunes

• Steven Epstein

  R&B

• Beyoncé for "Dangerously In Love 2"

• Luther Vandross for "Dance with My Father"

• Luther Vandross & Beyoncé for "The Closer I Get to You"

• "Wonderful" – Aretha Franklin

• "Hey Ya!" – OutKast

• Shawn Carter, Rich Harrison, Beyoncé Knowles & Eugene Record for "Crazy in Love" performed by Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z

• Ray Bardani & Luther Vandross for Dance with My Father

• Tony Maserati & Beyoncé for ''Dangerously in Love''

  Rap

• "Work It" – Missy Elliott
• "Got It Poppin" – Da Brat
• "Came Back For You" – Lil' Kim
• "Ride Wit' Me" – MC Lyte
• "Go Head" – Queen Latifah

• "Lose Yourself" – Eminem
• "Pump It Up" – Joe Budden
• "In Da Club" – 50 Cent
• "Stand Up" – Ludacris
• "Get Busy" – Sean Paul

• "Shake Ya Tailfeather" – Nelly, P. Diddy & Murphy Lee
• "Gossip Folks" – Missy Elliott featuring Ludacris
• "Magic Stick" – Lil' Kim featuring 50 Cent
• "Dipset (Santana's Town)" – Juelz Santana featuring Cam'ron
• "Can't Stop, Won't Stop" – Young Gunz

• "Crazy in Love" – Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z
• "Where Is The Love?" – The Black Eyed Peas with Justin Timberlake
• "Luv U Better" – LL Cool J featuring Marc Dorsey
• "Frontin' – The Neptunes featuring Pharrell Williams & Jay-Z
• "Beautiful" – Snoop Dogg featuring Pharrell & Uncle Charlie Wilson

• "Lose Yourself"
• *J. Bass, M. Mathers & L. Resto, songwriters
• "Beautiful"
• *Calvin Broadus, Chad Hugo & Pharrell Williams, songwriters
• "Excuse Me Miss"
• * Shawn Carter, Chad Hugo & Pharrell Williams, songwriters
• "In Da Club"
• *M. Elizondo, C. Jackson & A. Young, songwriters
• "Work It"
• *Missy Elliott & Tim Mosley, songwriters

• Speakerboxxx/The Love Below – OutKast
• Under Construction – Missy Elliott
• Get Rich Or Die Tryin' – 50 Cent
• The Blueprint²: The Gift & The Curse – Jay-Z
• Phrenology – The Roots

  Reggae

• Dutty Rock – Sean Paul
• Friends for Life – Buju Banton
• Free Man – Burning Spear
• Ain't Givin' Up – Third World
• No Holding Back – Wayne Wonder

  Rock

• "Trouble" – P!nk
• "Are You Happy Now?" – Michelle Branch
• "Losing Grip" – Avril Lavigne
• "Time of Our Lives" – Bonnie Raitt
• "Righteously" – Lucinda Williams

• "Gravedigger" – Dave Matthews
• "New Killer Star" – David Bowie
• "Down in the Flood" – Bob Dylan
• "If I Could Fall in Love" – Lenny Kravitz
• "Return of Jackie and Judy" – Tom Waits

• "Disorder in the House" – Bruce Springsteen & Warren Zevon
• "Times Like These" – Foo Fighters
• "There There" – Radiohead
• "Seven Nation Army" – The White Stripes
• "Calling All Angels" – Train

• Plan B – Jeff Beck

• "Bring Me to Life" – Evanescence

• "St. Anger" – Metallica
• "Did My Time" – Korn
• "Mobscene" – Marilyn Manson
• "Smothered" – Spineshank
• "Inhale" – Stone Sour

• Jack White for "Seven Nation Army" performed by The White Stripes

• Jim Scott, David Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel, Chris Shiflett, Nick Raskulinecz & Foo Fighters for ''One by One''

  Spoken

• Paul Ruben & Al Franken for ''Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right''

  Traditional pop

• A Wonderful World – Tony Bennett & k.d lang
• *Dae Bennett, T Bone Burnett,

  World

• Jon Mark & the monks of Sherab Ling Monastery for Sacred Tibetan Chant

• Stéphane Caisson, José da Silva & Cesária Évora for ''Voz d'Amor''

  In memoriam

• Bobby Hatfield
• Michael Kamen
• Little Eva
• Hank Ballard
• Edwin Starr
• Nina Simone
• Barry White
• Tony Thompson
• Herbie Mann
• Benny Carter
• Luther Henderson
• Billy May
• John Guerin
• Buddy Arnold
• Bebu Silvetti
• Babatunde Olatunji
• Bob Keane
• Johnny Cash
• June Carter Cash
• Don Gibson
• Johnny Paycheck
• Sam Phillips
• Felice and Boudleaux Bryant
• Max D. Barnes
• Sheb Wooley
• Eugene Istomin
• Rosalyn Tureck
• Luciano Berio
• Lou Harrison
• Celia Cruz
• Rubén González
• Compay Segundo
• Mickie Most
• Elliott Smith
• Noel Redding
• Robert Palmer
• Warren Zevon

  Special merit awards

[Grammy Hall of Fame Award]

• "All I Have to Do Is Dream" performed by The Everly Brothers
• "Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures)" performed by The 5th Dimension
• "Bohemian Rhapsody" performed by Queen
• "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" performed by Glen Campbell
• Chopin: The Complete Nocturnes performed by Arthur Rubinstein
• Come Fly With Me performed by Frank Sinatra
• Court and Spark performed by Joni Mitchell
• Ellington at Newport performed by Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
• "Every Day I Have the Blues" performed by B.B. King
• Funny Girl performed by the original Broadway cast with Barbra Streisand & Sydney Chaplin
• Golden Jubilee Concert: Rachmaninoff Concerto no. 3 performed by Vladimir Horowitz with Eugene Ormandy conducting the New York Philharmonic Orchestra
• "He's a Rebel" performed by The Crystals
• "Holiday for Strings" David Rose & His Orchestra
• "I've Got the World on a String" performed by Frank Sinatra
• Johnny Cash at San Quentin performed by Johnny Cash
• "Just the Way You Are" performed by Billy Joel
• "Last Date" performed by Floyd Cramer
• Led Zeppelin performed by Led Zeppelin
• "Let It Be" performed by The Beatles
• Let's Get It On performed by Marvin Gaye
• "Love Is Strange" performed by Mickey & Sylvia
• Milestones performed by the Miles Davis Sextet
• "Night and Day" performed by Leo Reisman & His Orchestra with Fred Astaire
• "A Night In Tunisia" performed by Dizzy Gillespie & His Sextet
• "Pennies From Heaven" performed by Bing Crosby
• "Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With a Dixie Melody" performed by Al Jolson
• Saturday Night Fever performed by the motion picture cast
• "See See Rider Blues" performed by Ma Rainey
• "The Sound of Silence" performed by Simon & Garfunkel
• That's the Way of the World performed by Earth, Wind & Fire
• Walt Disney's Fantasia performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Leopold Stokowski
• West Side Story performed by the motion picture cast
• "You're So Vain" performed by Carly Simon

  [MusiCares Person of the Year]

• Sting

  [Technical Grammy Award]

• Douglas Sax
• Solid State Logic

  [Grammy Trustees Award]

• Gerry Goffin and Carole King
• Orrin Keepnews
• Marian McPartland

  Lifetime Achievement Award">Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award">Lifetime Achievement Award

• Van Cliburn
• The Funk Brothers
• Ella Jenkins
• Sonny Rollins
• Artie Shaw
• Doc Watson

  Trivia

• OutKast's Speakerboxxx/The Love Below became the first and only rap album to date to win Album of the Year. It was also the second hip-hop album to win Album of the Year, following Lauryn Hill's R&B album, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.
• Beyoncé became the fourth female artist to win a record five awards in one night. Prior to Beyoncé, Norah Jones, Alicia Keys and Lauryn Hill had won five in one night. Since 2004 Amy Winehouse and Alison Krauss became the fifth and sixth artists respectively to tie this record. Beyoncé was the only one of these six artists to not win a general field award out of her five wins. In the 2010 ceremony, Beyoncé broke both of these records, earning six awards and winning Song of the Year, a general field award, for her song ”Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)”. This record was later tied by British singer Adele in 2012.
• Justin Timberlake apologized for the Super Bowl halftime show the past week in his acceptance speech that night. However, Janet Jackson does not appear at the event.
• As Evanescence were presented with the award for Best New Artist, rapper 50 Cent went up to the stage. 50 Cent was nominated for Best New Artist, losing to Evanescence.
• Luther Vandross won four awards however he was unable to attend due to a stroke he suffered several months earlier. Celine Dion sang his song "Dance With My Father" with Richard Marx playing piano in tribute to Vandross. The song was awarded the award for Song of the Year later that night. During the show they showed a videotaped clip that was pre-taped of him saying "Whenever I say goodbye it's never for long because I believe in the power of love". Vandross died the following year in 2005.
• Warren Zevon who died in September 2003 was awarded two posthumous awards: Best Contemporary Folk Album for The Wind and Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal for his duet with Bruce Springsteen, "Disorder in the House".
• The show also featured a tribute to The Beatles in honor of the 40th anniversary of their arrival in America and their appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. During the show, both widows of deceased members – Yoko Ono and Olivia Harrison – made an on-stage appearance.