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2001 Grammy Award Winners

Posted by Joe Hummel IIIPosted 25 years ago February 21, 2001

2001 Grammy Award Winners

2001 Grammy Winners

2001 Grammy Award Winners – Key Details

Winners Announced: February 21, 2001
Held at: Staples Center, Los Angeles
Host: Jon Stewart
Eligibility Year: October 1, 1999 – September 30, 2000

Trivia

Jon Stewart’s hosting debut was a big hit, cementing him as a top choice for emceeing awards shows.
The night belonged to Eminem and Elton John, who performed Stan together in a highly anticipated collaboration.
Destiny’s Child clinched two awards, including Best R&B Song for “Say My Name,” which helped solidify their place in pop history.
In a triumphant moment, U2’s Beautiful Day won Song of the Year, Record of the Year, and Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.
The Best New Artist award went to Shelby Lynne, a controversial pick as she had been in the music industry for more than a decade.
Jazz legend Herbie Hancock added another Grammy to his collection, this time for Best Jazz Instrumental Album for Gershwin’s World.
The Best Alternative Music Album award went to Kid A by Radiohead, marking the band’s increasing influence in the American music scene.
Steely Dan made a surprise win for Album of the Year with Two Against Nature, beating out strong competitors like Eminem and Radiohead.
Dolly Parton received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, celebrating her contribution to country music.
Classical guitarist Sharon Isbin won her first Grammy for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance for her album Dreams of a World.
Madonna, often the queen of controversy, snagged the Best Song Written for Visual Media for her song “Beautiful Stranger,” featured in Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me.

Record of the Year:
Beautiful Day – U2

Album of the Year:
Two Against Nature – Steely Dan (Giant Records)

Song of the Year:
Beautiful Day – U2

New Artist:
Shelby Lynne

Female Pop Vocal:
I Try – Macy Gray

Male Pop Vocal:
She Walks This Earth (Soberana Rosa) – Sting

Pop Duo or Group with Vocals:
Cousin Dupree – Steely Dan

Pop Collaboration with Vocals:
Is You Is, or Is You Ain’t (My Baby) – B. B. King and Dr. John

Pop Instrumental:
Caravan – The Brian Setzer Orchestra:

Dance Recording:
Who Let the Dogs Out – Baha Men

Pop Instrumental Album:
Symphony No. 1 – Joe Jackson (Sony Classical)

Pop Vocal Album:
Two Against Nature – Steely Dan (Giant Records)

Traditional Pop Vocal Album:
Both Sides Now – Joni Mitchell (Reprise Records)

Female Rock Vocal:
There Goes the Neighborhood – Sheryl Crow

Male Rock Vocal:
Again – Lenny Kravitz

Rock Duo or Group with Vocals:
Beautiful Day – U2

Hard Rock:
Guerrilla Radio – Rage Against the Machine

Metal:
Elite – Deftones

Rock Instrumental:
The Call of the Ktulu – Metallica with Michael Kamen conducting the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

Rock Song:
With Arms Wide Open – Scott Stapp and Mark Tremonti, songwriters

Rock Album:
There Is Nothing Left to Lose – Foo Fighters (RCA/Roswell Records)

Alternative Music Album:
Kid A – Radiohead (Radiohead)

Female R&B Vocal:
He Wasn’t Man Enough – Toni Braxton

Male R&B Vocal:
Untitled (How Does it Feel) D’Angelo

R&B Duo or Group with Vocals:
Say My Name – Destiny’s Child

R&B Song:
Say My Name – LaShawn Daniels, Fred Jerkins III, Rodney Jerkins, Beyoncé Knowles, LeToya Luckett, LaTavia Roberson, and Kelendria Rowland, songwriters

R&B Album:
Voodoo – D’Angelo (Cheeba Sound/Virgin Records America)

Traditional R&B Vocal Performance:
Ear-Resistible – The Temptations

Rap Solo:
The Real Slim Shady – Eminem

Rap Duo or Group:
Forgot about Dre – Dr. Dre featuring Eminem

Rap Album:
The Marshall Mathers LP – Eminem

Female Country Vocal:
Breathe – Faith Hill

Male Country Vocal:
Solitary Man – Johnny Cash

Country Duo or Group with Vocals:
Cherokee Maiden – Asleep at the Wheel

Country Collaboration with Vocals:
Let’s Make Love – Faith Hill and Tim McGraw

Country Instrumental:
Leaving Cottondale – Alison Brown with Béla Fleck

Country Song:
I Hope You Dance – Mark D. Sanders and Tia Sillers, songwriters

Country Album:
Breathe – Faith Hill (Warner Bros. Records)

Bluegrass Album:
The Grass Is Blue – Dolly Parton (Sugar Hill Records)

New Age Album:
Thinking of You – Kitaro (Domo Records)

Contemporary Jazz:
Outbound – Béla Fleck and the Flecktones

Jazz Vocal:
In The Moment Live in Concert – Dianne Reeves

Jazz Instrumental – Solo:
(Go) Get It – Pat Metheny

Jazz Instrumental, Individual or Group:
Contemporary Jazz – Branford Marsalis (Columbia Records)

Large Jazz Ensemble:
52nd Street Themes – Joe Lovano (Blue Note Records)

Latin Jazz:
Live at the Village Vanguard – Chucho Valdés

Rock Gospel Album:
Double Take – Petra (Word Records)

Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album:
If I Left the Zoo – Jars of Clay (Essential Records)

Southern Gospel, Country Gospel, or Bluegrass Gospel Album:
Soldier of the Cross – Ricky Skaggs And Kentucky Thunder (Skaggs Family Records)

Traditional Soul Gospel Album:
You Can Make It – Shirley Caesar(Myrrh Records)

Contemporary Soul Gospel Album:
Thankful – Mary Mary (Columbia/C2/Word Entertainment)

Gospel Album by a Choir or Chorus:
Live – God Is Working – Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir; Carol Cymbala, Choir Director (M2.0 Music)

Latin Pop Album:
Shakira – MTV Unplugged – Shakira

Latin Rock/Alternative Album:
Uno – La Ley

Tropical Latin Album:
Alma Caribeña – Gloria Estefan

Salsa Album:
Masterpiece/Obra Maestra – Tito Puente and Eddie Palmieri

Merengue Album:
Olga Viva, Viva Olga – Olga Tañón

Mexican-American Album:
Por Una Mujer Bonita – Pepe Aguilar

Tejano Album:
¿Qué Es Música Tejana? – The Legends

Traditional Blues Album:
Riding with the King – B. B. King and Eric Clapton(Reprise Records)

Contemporary Blues Album:
Shoutin’ in Key – Taj Mahal and the Phantom Blues Band (Hannibal Records)

Traditional Folk Album:
Public Domain – Songs from the Wild Land – Dave Alvin (HighTone)

Contemporary Folk Album:
Red Dirt Girl – Emmylou Harris (Nonesuch Records)

Native American Music Album:
Gathering of Nations Pow Wow – Various Artists (Soar)

Reggae Album:
Art and Life – Beenie Man (Virgin Records America)

World Music Album:
João Voz e Violão – João Gilberto (Verve Records)

Polka Album:
Touched by a Polka – Jimmy Sturr (Rounder Records)

Musical Album for Children:
Woody’s Roundup featuring Riders in the Sky – Riders in the Sky (Walt Disney Records)

Spoken Word Album for Children:
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (J. K. Rowling) – Jim Dale (Listening Library)

Spoken Word or Non-Musical Album:
The Measure of a Man (Sidney Poitier) – Sidney Poitier (Harper Audio)

Spoken Comedy Album:
Braindroppings – George Carlin (HighBridge Audio)

Musical Show Album:
Elton John and Tim Rice’s Aida (Buena Vista Records)

Best Compilation Soundtrack Album:
Almost Famous – Various Artists (DreamWorks Records)

Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture or for Television:
American Beauty – Thomas Newman, Composer

Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television:
When She Loved Me (from Toy Story 2) – Randy Newman, songwriter

Instrumental Composition:
Theme from Angela’s Ashes – John Williams, Composer

Instrumental Arrangement:
Spain for Sextet and Orchestra – Chick Corea, arranger

Instrumental Arrangement with Accompanying Vocals:
Both Sides Now – Vince Mendoza, arranger

Best Recording Package:
Music – Kevin Reagan, art director (Maverick/Warner Bros. Records)

Best Boxed Recording Package:
Miles Davis and John Coltrane: The Complete Columbia Recordings 1955-1961 – Frank Harkins and Arnold Levine, art directors (Columbia/Legacy Recordings)

Best Album Notes:
Miles Davis and John Coltrane: The Complete Columbia Recordings 1955-1961 – Bob Blumenthal, album notes writer

Historical Album:
Louis Armstrong: The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings (Columbia/Legacy Recordings)

Best-Engineered Album – Non-Classical:
Two Against Nature – Phil Burnett, Roger Nichols, Dave Russell and Elliot Scheiner, engineers (Giant Records)

Producer, Non-Classical:
Dr. Dre

Remixer, Non-Classical:
Hex Hector

Best-Engineered Album – Classical:
Dvorák: Requiem, Op. 89; Sym. No. 9, Op. 95 – From the New World – John Eargle, engineer

Classical Producer:
Steven Epstein

Classical Album:
Shostakovich: The String Quartets – Emerson String Quartet (Deutsche Grammophon)

Orchestral Performance:
Mahler: Sym. No. 10 – Sir Simon Rattle (Berliner Phil.) (EMI Classics)

Opera Recording:
Busoni: Doktor Faust – Kent Nagano, conductor (Erato)

Choral Performance:
Penderecki: Credo – Helmuth Rilling, conductor (Oregon Bach Festival Cho.; Oregon Bach Festival Orch.)

Instrumental Soloist with Orchestra:
Maw: Violin Concerto – Joshua Bell, violin; Sir Roger Norrington, conductor

Instrumental Soloist without Orchestra:
Dreams of a World (Works of Lauro, Ruiz-Pipo, Duarte, etc.) – Sharon Isbin, guitar

Chamber Music:
Shostakovich: The String Quartets – Emerson String Quartet

Small Ensemble Performance (with or without Conductor):
Shadow Dances (Stravinsky Miniatures Tango; Suite No. 1; Octet, Etc.) – Juliane Banse, soprano; The 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic

Classical Vocal:
The Vivaldi Album (Dell’aura al sussurrar; Alma oppressa, etc.) – Cecilia Bartoli, mezzo soprano

Classical Contemporary Composition:
Crumb: Star-Child – George Crumb, Composer

Classical Crossover Album:
Appalachian Journey (1B; Misty Moonlight Waltz; Indecision, etc.) – Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Edgar Meyer. double bass; Mark O’Connor, violin (Alison Krauss, fiddle and vocals; James Taylor, vocals)

Music Video, Short Form:
Learn to Fly – (Foo Fighters), Jesse Peretz, video director

Music Video, Long Form:
Gimme Some Truth – The Making of John Lennon’s Imagine Album (John Lennon) – Andrew Solt, video director