About The Show

This is truly the grand-daddy of all awards shows. The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences recognizes outstanding musical achievements. The Grammys always prove to be a night of spectacle and performance that truly can't be missed.

Host: Jon Stewart
Date: February 20, 2001
City: Los Angeles

This Year's Performers

The Nominees

Best Album Notes

  • Winner:
    Jeff Place
    The Best of Broadside 1962-1988: Anthems of the American Underground from the Pages of Broadside Magazine
  • John Chilton The Complete Lester Young Studio Sessions on Verve
  • Gerald Early Yes I Can! The Sammy Davis Jr. Story
  • Dr. Demento The Remains of Tom Lehrer
  • Bud Scoppa Hotcakes & Outtakes: 30 Years of Little Feat
  • Bob Blumenthal The Complete Columbia Recordings 1955-1961

Best Bluegrass Album

Best Boxed Recording Package

  • Winner:
    Frank Harkins, Arnold Levine
    The Complete Columbia Recordings 1955-1961
  • Rachel Gutek Respect: A Century of Women in Music
  • Jared Eberhardt, Michael Jager, Todd Wender Hampton Comes Alive
  • Ian Cuttler The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings
  • Hollis King The Complete Lester Young Studio Sessions on Verve

Best Chamber Music Performance

  • Winner:
    Emerson String Quartet
    Shostakovich: The String Quartets
  • The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Debussy: The Complete Chamber Music
  • Quatuor Mosaiques Haydn: String Quartets Op. 76 (Nos. 1-6)
  • Lynn Harrell, Kennedy Duos for Violin & Cello
  • Itzhak Perlman, Martha Argerich Beethoven/Franck: Violin Sonatas

Best Choral Performance

  • Winner:
    Helmuth Rilling
    Penderecki: Credo
  • Philippe Herreweghe Bach: St. Matthew Passion
  • Martin Pearlman Bach: Mass in B Minor
  • John Eliot Gardiner Bach: Easter Cantatas BWV 6 & 66
  • Helmuth Rilling Bach: Christmas Oratorio

Best Classical Contemporary Composition

  • Winner:
    George Crumb
    Crumb: Star-Child
  • Rodion Shchedrin Shchedrin: Concerto Cantabile
  • Nicholas Maw Maw: Violin Concerto
  • Ned Rorem Rorem: Evidence of Things Not Seen
  • Heiner Goebbels Goebbels: Surrogate Cities

Best Classical Vocal Performance

Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For A Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media

Best Contemporary Blues Album

Best Contemporary Jazz Album

  • Winner:
    Bela Fleck & The Fleckstones
    Outbound
  • Ronny Jordan A Brighter Day
  • Liquid Soul Here's the Deal
  • Haggans/Belden Re:Animation Live!
  • Fourplay Yes, Please!

Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album

Best Country Collaboration With Vocals

  • Winner:
    Faith Hill, Tim McGraw
    Let's Make Love
  • Vince Gill, Amy Grant When I Look Into Your Heart
  • Sheryl Crow, The Dixie Chicks Strong Enough
  • Ricky Skaggs, The Dixie Chicks Walk Softly
  • George Strait, Alan Jackson Murder on Music Row

Best Country Instrumental Performance

Best Country Song

  • Winner:
    Mark Sanders, Tia Sillers
    I Hope You Dance
  • Vince Gill Feels Like Love
  • Stephanie Bentley, Holly Lamar Breathe
  • Michael Delaney, Keith Follese The Way You Loved Me
  • Don Cook, David Malloy One Voice

Best Gospel Choir Or Chorus Album

Best Instrumental Arrangement

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying A Vocalist(s)

  • Winner:
    Vince Mendoza
    Both Sides Now
  • Vince Mendoza A Case of You
  • Nnenna Feelon Button Up Your Overcoat
  • Jorge Calandrelli Dream
  • Bjork, Vince Mendoza, Guy Sigsworth I've Seen It All

Best Instrumental Composition

Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra)

Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra)

  • Winner:
    Joshua Bell, Roger Norrington
    Maw: Violin Concerto
  • Michael Collins, Oliver Knussen Carter: Clarinet Concerto
  • Mark Andre Hamelin, Mark Elder Busoni: Piano Con., Op. XXXIX
  • Leif Ove Andsnes Haydn: Piano Cons. Nos. 3, 4, & 11
  • Arcadi Volodos, James Levine Rachmaninoff: Con. No. 3 In D Min., Op. 30

Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual Or Group

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

  • Winner: Joe Lovano 52nd Street Themes
  • Buddy Collette Big Band The Buddy Collette Big Band in Concert - The Music of William Buddy Collette
  • The Danish Radio Jazz Orchestra & Jim McNeely Nice Work
  • Sam Rivers' Rivbea All-Star Orchestra Culmination
  • Maria Schneider Orchestra Allegresse

Best Mexican/mexican-american Album

Best Musical Album For Children

Best Native American Music Album

Best New Age Album

Best Polka Album

  • Winner:
    Jimmy Sturr
    Touched by a Polka
  • Walter Ostanek Let's Dance!
  • LynnMarie SqueezeBox
  • Lenny Gomulka & Chicago Push Mi Lenny Um
  • Eddie Blazoncyzk's Versatones Another Day at the Office

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals

  • Winner:
    B.B. King, Dr. John
    Is You Is, Or Is You Ain't (My Baby)
  • Sheryl Crow, Sarah McLachlan The Difficult Kind
  • Mariah Carey Thank God I Found You
  • Lauryn Hill, Bob Marley Turn Your Lights Down Low
  • Celine Dion, Frank Sinatra All the Way

Best Producer Of The Year, Classical

  • Winner:
    Steven Epstein
  • Thomas Frost
  • James Mallinson
  • Manfred Eicher
  • John Fraser

Best Producer Of The Year, Non-classical

Best R&b Song

  • Winner:
    LaShawn Daniels, Fred Jerkins, Rodney Jerkins, Beyonce Knowles, LeToya Luckett, LaTavia Roberson, Kelendria Rowland
    Say My Name
  • Mark Andrews, Tim Kelley, Bob Robinson Thong Song
  • LaShawn Daniels, Fred Jerkins, Rodney Jerkins, Harvey Mason Jr. He Wasn't Man Enough
  • D'Angelo & Raphael Saadiq Untitled (How Does It Feel)
  • Erykah Badu Bag Lady

Best Recording Package

  • Winner:
    Kevin Reagan
    Music
  • Rachel Gutek, Jonathan Lea Zenith
  • Hugh Brown, John Seabury The Shaming of the True
  • Dan Ibe The Concert for Garcia Lorca
  • Billy Corgan, Gregory Sylvester, Thomas Wolfe, Yelena Yemchuk Machina/The Machines of God

Best Rock Song

  • Winner:
    Scott Stapp, Mark Tremonti
    With Arms Open Wide
  • Rob Thomas Bent
  • Lenny Kravitz Again
  • Flea, John Frusciante, Anthony Kiedis, Chad Smith Californication
  • Brad Arnold, Todd Harrell, Matt Roberts Kryptonite

Best Score Soundtrack Album For A Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media

Best Small Ensemble Performance (with Or Without Conductor)

  • Winner:
    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
    Shadow Dances
  • Musica Antiqua Koln Telemann: String Concertos
  • Montserrat Figeras, Hesperion XXI, Jordi Savall Diaspora Sefardi
  • Juliane Banse, The 12 Cellists of the Berlin Phil. South American Getaway
  • Berlin Philharmonic Hindemith: Kammermusik Nr. 2, 3, 6 & 7

Best Song Written For A Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media

Best Southern, Country, Or Bluegrass Gospel Album

Best Spoken Comedy Album

Best Spoken Word Album

  • Winner:
    Sidney Poitier
    The Measure of a Man
  • Various Artists (including Kathleen Turner, Patrick Stewart, Al Pacino and others) The Complete Shakespeare Sonnets
  • Matt Dillon On the Road - Unabridged
  • Steve Martin Shopgirl
  • Jerry Stiller Married to Laughter - A Love Story featuring Anne Meara

Best Spoken Word Album For Children

  • Winner:
    Jim Dale
    Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
  • Susan Sarandon Dinosongs: Poems to Celebrate A T. Rex Named Sue
  • Paul Newman The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
  • Liam Neeson The Polar Express
  • James Earl Jones The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey

Best Tejano Album

  • Winner:
    The Legends
    Que Es Musica Tejana?
  • Solido Hasta La Cima Del Cielo
  • Leonardo Gonzales Y Los Magnificos Siempre Cuenta Conmigo
  • Jimmy Gonzalez Y El Grupo Mazz Quien Iva A Pensar
  • Jaime Y Los Chamacos En Vivo...Puro Party Live II

Best Traditional Blues Album

Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album

Best World Music Album

Song Of The Year

  • Winner: U2 Beautiful Day
  • Stephanie Bentley, Holly Lamar Breathe
  • Mark Sanders, Tia Sellers I Hope You Dance
  • Macy Gray, Jinsoo Lim, Jeremy Ruzumna, David Wilder I Try
  • LaShawn Daniels, Fred Jerkins, Rodney Jerkins, Beyonce Knowles, LeToya Luckett, LaTavia Roberson, Kelendria Rowland Say My Name

Trustees Award

  • Winner:
    Arif Mardin
  • Winner:
    Phil Ramone
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