The 44th Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 27, 2002, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. The main recipient was Alicia Keys, winning five Grammys, including Best New Artist and Song of the Year for "Fallin'". U2 won four awards including Record of the Year and Best Rock Album, while opening the show with a performance of "Walk On".
Performers Artist(s)Song(s) U2 "Walk On" Christina AguileraLil' KimMýaP!nk Patti LaBelle Missy Elliott "Lady Marmalade" Gillian WelchAlison KraussEmmylou Harris "Didn't Leave Nobody But The Baby" Dr. Ralph Stanley "O Death" Alison Krauss & Union StationPat EnrightGillian WelchEmmylou Harris "I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow" Train Paul Buckmaster Denise Djokic "Drops of Jupiter" Alejandro Sanz Destiny's Child "Quisiera Ser" Tony Bennett Billy Joel "New York State of Mind" *NSync Nelly "Gone""Girlfriend" Alicia Keys Joaquin Cortes "Fallin'""A Woman's Worth" Dave Matthews Band "The Space Between" Bob Dylan "Cry a While" Mary J. Blige "No More Drama" Joshua Bell West Side Story Suite Outkast "Ms. Jackson" Nelly FurtadoSteve Vai "I'm Like a Bird" Alan Jackson "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)" India.Arie "Video" Brian McKnightAl Green Hezekiah Walker CeCe Winans Gospel Medley
Presenters Matthew Perry and Britney Spears – presented Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals Natalie Cole, Dave Koz, and P. Diddy – presented Best Female Pop Vocal Performance Craig David, Steve Vai, and Nelly Furtado – presented Best Rap Album Backstreet Boys and Sarah Elizabeth Hughes – presented Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals Ja Rule, Pamela Anderson, and Jamie Foxx – presented Best R&B Album Don Henley and Trisha Yearwood – presented Best Rock Song Jamie O'Neal, Rob Thomas, and Kid Rock – presented Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals Dixie Chicks and Sheryl Crow – presented Best Country Collaboration with Vocals Kevin James and Ray Romano – presented Best New Artist Elvis Costello, Diana Krall, and Gwen Stefani – presented Song of the Year Bonnie Raitt, Celine Dion, and Stevie Wonder – presented Record of the Year Gloria Estefan, Matthew McConaughey, and Janet Jackson – presented Album of the Year
Winners and Nominees
General Record of the Year "Walk On" – U2 Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois, producers; Steve Lillywhite and Richard Rainey, engineer/mixers "Video" – India.Arie India.Arie and Carlos "Six July" Broady, producers; Kevin Haywood and Mike Shipley, engineer/mixers "Fallin'" – Alicia Keys Alicia Keys, producer; Kerry "Krucial" Brothers and Russ Elevado, engineer/mixers "Ms. Jackson" – OutKast Earthtone III, producer; John Frye and Neal H Pogue, engineer/mixers "Drops of Jupiter" – Train Brendan O'Brien, producer; Nick DiDia, Brendan O'Brien and Ryan Williams, engineer/mixers
Album of the Year O Brother, Where Art Thou? – Soundtrack – Various Artists[A] T Bone Burnett, producer; Mike Piersante and Peter Kurland, engineers/mixers; Gavin Lurssen, mastering engineer Acoustic Soul – India.Arie India.Arie, Mark Batson, Carlos "Six July" Broady, Blue Miller and Bob Power, producers; Mark Batson, Carlos "Six July" Broady, Kevin Haywood, Avery Johnson, George Karas, Jim Lightman, Blue Miller, Mark Niemiec, Bob Power, Mike Shipley, Alvin Speights, Mike Tocci and Dave Way, engineer/mixers Love and Theft – Bob Dylan Jack Frost, producer; Chris Shaw, engineer/mixer Stankonia – OutKast Earthtone III, Organized Noize and Antonio "LA" Reid, producers; Jarvis Blackshear, Leslie Brathwaite, Josh Butler, Ralph Cacciurri, John Frye, Mark "DJ Exit" Goodchild, Carl Mo, Kevin Parker, Neal H Pogue, Richard H. Segal, Kenneth Stallworth, Matt Still, Jason Stokes, Bernasky Wall and Derrick Williams, engineer/mixers All That You Can't Leave Behind – U2 Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois, producers; Brian Eno, Steve Fitzmaurice, Julian Gallagher, Mike Hedges, Daniel Lanois, Steve Lillywhite, Tim Palmer, Richard Rainey and Richard Stannard, engineer/mixers
Song of the Year "Fallin'" Alicia Keys, songwriter (Alicia Keys) "Drops of Jupiter" Charlie Colin, Rob Hotchkiss, Patrick Monahan, Jimmy Stafford and Scott Underwood, songwriters (Train) "I'm Like a Bird" Nelly Furtado, songwriter (Nelly Furtado) "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of" U2, songwriters (U2) "Video" India.Arie, Carlos "Six July" Broady and Shannon Sanders, songwriters (India.Arie)
Best New Artist Alicia Keys India.Arie Nelly Furtado David Gray Linkin Park
Alternative Best Alternative Music Album Parachutes – Coldplay Strange Little Girls – Tori Amos Vespertine – Björk Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars – Fatboy Slim Amnesiac – Radiohead
Blues Best Traditional Blues AlbumDo You Get The Blues? – Jimmie VaughanSmokin' Joint – Kim Wilson Hellbound on My Trail: The Songs of Robert Johnson – Various Artists Memphis Blood: The Sun Sessions – James Blood Ulmer Richland Woman Blues – Maria Muldaur and Various Artists Here and Now – Ike Turner and the Kings of Rhythm
Best Contemporary Blues AlbumNothing Personal – Delbert McClintonThe Door – Keb' Mo' Matriarch of the Blues – Etta James Sweet Tea – Buddy Guy Creole Moon – Dr. John
Children's Best Musical Album for ChildrenElmo & the Orchestra – Sesame Street castAll Wound Up! A Family Music Party – Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer with Brave Combo Big Wide Grin – Keb' Mo' inFINity – Trout Fishing in America Little House of Music Level 1 Package – Georgia S. Lucking with Various Artists
Best Spoken Word Album for ChildrenMama Don't Allow – Tom ChapinDr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! – CD Read-Along – Corey Burton and Various Artists The Selfish Giant and the Nightingale and the Rose – Vanessa Redgrave and Stephen Fry A Series of Unfortunate Events – Book 1: The Bad Beginning – Tim Curry Timeless Tales and Music of Our Time – Ruth Westheimer
Classical Best Orchestral Performance Helmut Burk & Karl-August Naegler (producers), Jobst Eberhardt, Stephan Flock (engineers), Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Boulez Conducts Edgard Varèse (Amériques; Arcana; Déserts; Ionisation) Best Classical Vocal Performance Christopher Raeburn (producer), Jonathan Stokes (engineer), Bernhard Forck (conductor), Cecilia Bartoli & the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin for Dreams & Fables - Gluck Italian Arias (Tremo Gra' Fubbi Miei; Die Questa Cetra In Seno, etc.) Best Opera Recording James Mallinson (producer), Simon Rhodes (engineer), Colin Davis (conductor), Michelle DeYoung, Ben Heppner, Petra Lang, Peter Mattei, Stephen Milling, Sara Mingardo, Kenneth Tarver & the London Symphony Orchestra for Berlioz: Les Troyens Best Choral Performance Martin Sauer (producer), Michael Brammann (engineer), Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor), Norbert Balatsch, Erwin Ortner (chorus masters), Bernarda Fink, Matthias Goerne, Dietrich Henschel, Elisabeth von Magnus, Christoph Prégardien, Dorothea Röschmann, Michael Schade, Christine Schäfer, Markus Schäfer, Oliver Widmer, the Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Wiener Sängerknaben & Concentus Musicas Wien for Bach: St. Matthew Passion Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra) Martin Fouqué (producer), Eberhard Sengpiel (engineer), Daniel Barenboim, Dale Clevenger, Larry Combs, Alex Klein, David McGill & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Richard Strauss Wind Concertos (Horn Concerto; Oboe Concerto, etc.) Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra) Arne Akselberg (producer & engineer) & Truls Mørk (producer & artist) for Benjamin Britten Cello Suites (1 - 3) Best Small Ensemble Performance (with or without conductor) Helmut Mühle (producer), Philipp Nedel (engineer), Gidon Kremer (producer & artist) & Kremerata Baltica for After Mozart Best Chamber Music Performance Joanna Nickrenz (producer), Marc J. Aubort (engineer) & The Angeles String Quartet for Joseph Haydn: The Complete String Quartets Best Classical Contemporary Composition Christopher Rouse (composer), Muhai Tang (conductor), Sharon Isbin & the Gulbenkian Orchestra for Concert de Gaudí for Guitar and Orchestra Best Classical Album James Mallinson (producer), Simon Rhodes (engineer), Colin Davis (conductor), Michelle DeYoung, Ben Heppner, Petra Lang, Peter Mattei, Stephen Milling, Sara Mingardo, Kenneth Tarver & the London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for Berlioz: Les Troyens Best Classical Crossover Album Edgar Meyer (producer), Robert Battaglia (engineer), Béla Fleck (producer & artist), Joshua Bell, Evelyn Glennie, Gary Hoffman, Edgar Meyer, Chris Thile & John Christopher Williams for Perpetual Motion
Composing and arranging Best Instrumental Composition"Cast Away End Credits"Alan Silvestri, composer (Alan Silvestri)"Communion" John Patitucci, composer (John Patitucci) "The Eternal Vow" Tan Dun, composer (Tan Dun) "Oren (Pray)" Gonzalo Rubalcaba, composer (Gonzalo Rubalcaba) "Theme from Blonde" Patrick Williams, composer (Patrick Williams)
Best Instrumental Arrangement"Debussy: Doctor Gradus Ad Parnassum"Béla Fleck and Edgar Meyer, arrangers (Béla Fleck with Joshua Bell and Gary Hoffmann)"En la Orilla del Mundo (At the Edge of the World)" Gonzalo Rubalcaba, arranger (Charlie Haden) "Scheherazade Fantasy" Lalo Schifrin, arranger (Lalo Schifrin) "Soul Bossa Nova" George S. Clinton, arranger (George S. Clinton) "Take the "A" Train" Bob Florence, arranger (Bob Florence and the SWR Big Band)
Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)"Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)"Paul Buckmaster, arranger (Train)"Easy Living" Kurt Elling and Laurence Hobgood, arrangers (Kurt Elling) "Fascinating Rhythm" Billy Childs, arranger (Dianne Reeves) "Love Letters" Claus Ogerman, arranger (Diana Krall) "You're My Thrill" Johnny Mandel, arranger (Shirley Horn)
Country Best Female Country Vocal Performance"Shine" – Dolly Parton"I Would've Loved You Anyway" – Trisha Yearwood "Cold, Cold Heart" – Lucinda Williams "Long Gone Lonesome Blues" – Sheryl Crow "There Is No Arizona" – Jamie O'Neal
Best Male Country Vocal Performance"O Death" – Ralph Stanley"Lovesick Blues" – Ryan Adams "I Dreamed About Mama Last Night" – Johnny Cash "San Antonio Girl" – Lyle Lovett "Grown Men Don't Cry" – Tim McGraw "Marie" – Willie Nelson
Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal"The Lucky One" – Alison Krauss & Union Station"Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens" – Asleep at the Wheel "Ain't Nothing 'bout You" – Brooks & Dunn "One More Day" – Diamond Rio "I'm Already There" – Lonestar
Best Country Collaboration with Vocals"I am a Man of Constant Sorrow" – Harley Allen, Pat Enright, and Dan Tyminski (The Soggy Bottom Boys)"Didn't Leave Nobody but the Baby" – Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, and Gillian Welch "Beer Run (B Double E Double Are You In?)" – George Jones and Garth Brooks "Bring On the Rain" – Jo Dee Messina and Tim McGraw "Inside Out" – Trisha Yearwood and Don Henley
Best Country Instrumental Performance"Foggy Mountain Breakdown" – Jerry Douglas, Gen Duncan, Vince Gill, Albert Lee, Steve Martin, Leon Russell, Earl Scruggs, Gary Scruggs, Randy Scruggs, Paul Shaffer, and Marty Stuart"Sugar-Foot Rag" – Asleep at the Wheel and Brad Paisley "Poultry in Motion" – Bill Kirchen "Choctaw Hayride" – Alison Krauss & Union Station "Munster Rag" – Brad Paisley
Best Country Song"The Lucky One"Robert Lee Castleman, songwriter (Alison Krauss & Union Station)"I'm Already There" Gary Baker, Richie McDonald, and Frank Myers, songwriters (Lonestar) "One More Day" Steven Dale Jones and Bobby Tomberlin, songwriters (Diamond Rio) "There Is No Arizona" Lisa Drew, Jamie O'Neal, and Shaye Smith, songwriters (Jamie O'Neal) "When I Think About Angels" Roxie Dean, Jamie O'Neal, and Sonny Tillis, songwriters (Jamie O'Neal)
Best Country AlbumTimeless – Hank Williams Tribute – Various ArtistsOne More Day – Diamond Rio Set This Circus Down – Tim McGraw Rainbow Connection – Willie Nelson Inside Out – Trisha Yearwood