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"I think it's, for us, a real triumph of trying to get to grips with what it to be a rock-and-roll band playing in a stadium in the turn of the millennium." -- Edge, on PopMart, 2000 |
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U2, India.Arie, Alicia Keys, Pierre Boulez Top 44th GRAMMY NomineesNominations reflect diversity
Grammy.com,
January 04, 2002
U2, India.Arie, Alicia Keys, Pierre Boulez, Alison Krauss, Brian McKnight and Outkast are among the top nominees for the 44th Annual Grammy Awards, reflecting a year where established legends shared the musical spotlight with a diverse array of bright newcomers.
The nominees were announced on Jan. 4 at a press conference at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., attended by many of nominees themselves, including Arie, Destiny's Child, David Foster, Nelly Furtado, Ja Rule, Jimmy Jam, Stevie Nicks, Jamie O'Neal, Carl Reiner, Pat Monahan of Train, and Usher. The 44th Annual Grammy Awards will take place on Feb. 27 at Staples Center in Los Angeles. "Once again, this year's nominations reflect many different musical points of view -- from those established artists whose influence has shaped the evolution of our musical language, to newcomers who speak with a unique resonance," said Recording Academy President/CEO Michael Greene. "We are gratified to see so many truly talented singer/songwriters; they remain a vital part of music's foundation." Veteran rockers U2 lead in number of nominations with eight, including nods in the coveted Record of the Year, Album of the Year and Song of the Year categories. The group will be competing against themselves in the Best Rock Song category as they earned two nominations, for "Elevation" and "Walk On," both tracks from their critically acclaimed album All That You Can't Leave Behind. R&B/soul singer-songwriters India.Arie and Alicia Keys also earned an impressive number of nominations. Arie picked up seven, including one in all four of the top categories: Album of the Year and Best New Artist, as well as Record of the Year and Song of the Year for the track "Video." Keys scored six nominations, including Best New Artist and Record of the Year and Song of the Year for "Fallin'." This year many artists received four or more nominations each, including six for conductor Pierre Boulez (who garnered two separate nominations in the Best Classical Album category); five each for Alison Krauss (including one as an artist on the O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack, nominated in the Album of the Year category), Brian McKnight (including Best Male Pop Vocal Performance and Best R&B Song) and Outkast (including Record of the Year and Album of the Year); and four each for T-Bone Burnett, Nelly Furtado, Train, Steven Tyler (three nominations with Aerosmith and an additional individual nomination for songwriting) and Lucinda Williams. The list of artists earning three nominations includes Ryan Adams, Aerosmith, Coldplay, Bob Dylan, Missy Elliott, Janet Jackson, Ja Rule, Jay-Z, Linkin Park, Tim McGraw, Jamie O'Neal, 'N Sync's Justin Timberlake, and Trisha Yearwood, among others. Also landing three nominations were Carlos "Six July" Broady, one of the producers of India.Arie's Acoustic Soul album, and James Mallinson, who is nominated for Producer of the Year, Classical, and for his work on Best Opera Recording and Best Classical Album nominees. The 44th Annual Grammy Awards features 28 musical fields, ranging from pop and gospel to reggae and polka. With this year's addition of the Best Rap/Sung Collaboration category, there are now 101 categories. Grammy nominations ballots for the next round of voting will be mailed Jan. 11 to the 13,000 voting members of the Recording Academy. In early February, the results are the tabulated and kept in secret by the accounting firm of Deloitte & Touche LLP until they are revealed on the Grammy Awards telecast on Feb. 27. © Grammy.com, 2002. All rights reserved.
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