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2000 Grammy Award Winners

Posted by Joe Hummel IIIPosted 25 years ago February 23, 2000

2000 Grammy Award Winners

Winners Announced: February 23, 2000
Held at: Staples Center, Los Angeles, California
Host: Rosie O’Donnell
Eligibility Year: October 1, 1998 – September 30, 1999

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2000 Grammys Trivia

The ceremony marked the debut of the Staples Center as the event’s venue, moving from its previous location, the Shrine Auditorium.
Carlos Santana’s Supernatural swept the awards with nine Grammys, tying Michael Jackson’s record for the most wins in a single night.
Eminem made headlines for winning Best Rap Album for The Slim Shady LP, amidst controversy over the album’s lyrical content.
TLC’s “No Scrubs” bagged Best R&B Song and Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group, strengthening the influence of R&B in mainstream music.
In a curious twist, Sting won Best Pop Vocal Album for Brand New Day while also securing the Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for the title track.
The Best New Artist category featured a notable lineup, including Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Kid Rock, Macy Gray, and Susan Tedeschi. Christina Aguilera took home the prize.
The year 2000 was significant for Latin music, as Ricky Martin performed “The Cup of Life,” energizing the genre’s presence in mainstream American music.
Diane Warren won Song of the Year for “You’ll Be In My Heart,” performed by Phil Collins for the Tarzan soundtrack.
As a sign of changing times, MP3.com received a special technical Grammy award, acknowledging the influence of digital media on the music industry.
Country legend Johnny Cash was awarded a posthumous Grammy for Best Male Country Vocal Performance for his rendition of “Solitary Man.”

2000 Grammy Winners

Record of the Year:
Smooth – Santana featuring Rob Thomas

Album of the Year:
Supernatural – Santana (Arista Records):

Song of the Year:
Smooth – Itaal Shur and Rob Thomas, songwriters

New Artist:
Christina Aguilera

Female Pop Vocal:
I Will Remember You – Sarah McLachlan

Male Pop Vocal:
Brand New Day – Sting

Pop Duo or Group with Vocals:
Maria Maria – Santana

Pop Collaboration with Vocals:
Smooth – Santana featuring Rob Thomas

Pop Instrumental:
El Farol – Santana

Dance Recording:
Believe – Cher

Pop Album:
Brand New Day – Sting (A&M Records)

Traditional Pop Album:
Bennett Sings Ellington Hot and Cool – Tony Bennett

Female Rock Vocal:
Sweet Child O’ Mine – Sheryl Crow

Male Rock Vocal:
American Woman – Lenny Kravitz

Rock Duo or Group with Vocals:
Put Your Lights On – Santana featuring Everlast

Hard Rock:
Whiskey in the Jar – Metallica

Metal:
Iron Man – Black Sabbath

Rock Instrumental:
The Calling – Santana featuring Eric Clapton

Rock Song:
Scar Tissue – Flea, John Frusciante, Anthony Kiedis, and Chad Smith, songwriters

Rock Album:
Supernatural – Santana (Arista Records)

Alternative Music Performance:
Mutations – Beck

Female R&B Vocal:
It’s Not Right but It’s Okay – Lauryn Hill

Male R&B Vocal:
Staying Power – Barry White

R&B Duo or Group with Vocals:
No Scrubs – TLC

R&B Song:
No Scrubs – Kevin ‘Shekspere’ Briggs, Kandi Burruss, and Tameka Cottle, songwriters

R&B Album:
Fanmail – TLC (LaFace Records):

Traditional R&B Vocal Performance:
Staying Power – Barry White

Rap Solo:
My Name Is – Eminem

Rap Duo or Group:
You Got Me – The Roots featuring Erykah Badu

Rap Album:
The Slim Shady LP – Eminem

Female Country Vocal:
Man! I Feel like a Woman! – Shania Twain

Male Country Vocal:
Choices – George Jones

Country Duo or Group with Vocals:
Ready to Run – Dixie Chicks

Country Collaboration with Vocals:
After the Gold Rush – Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, and Dolly Parton

Country Instrumental:
Bob’s Breakdowns – Asleep At The Wheel featuring Tommy Allsup, Floyd Domino, Larry Franklin, Vince Gill, and Steve Wariner

Country Song:
Come On Over – Robert John Mutt Lange and Shania Twain, songwriters

Country Album:
Fly – Dixie Chicks (Monument Records):

Bluegrass Album:
Ancient Tones – Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder (Skaggs Family Records)

New Age Album:
Celtic Solstice – Paul Winter and Friends (Living Music)

Contemporary Jazz:
Inside – David Sanborn

Jazz Vocal:
When I Look in Your Eyes – Diana Krall

Jazz Instrumental, Solo:
In Walked Wayne – Wayne Shorter

Jazz Instrumental, Individual or Group:
Like Minds – Gary Burton, Chick Corea, Pat Metheny, Roy Haynes, and Dave Holland (Concord Jazz)

Large Jazz Ensemble:
Serendipity 18 – The Bob Florence Limited Edition

Latin Jazz:
Latin Soul – Poncho Sanchez

Rock Gospel Album:
Pray – Rebecca St. James (ForeFront Records)

Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album:
Speechless – Steven Curtis Chapman (Sparrow Records)

Southern Gospel, Country Gospel, or Bluegrass Gospel Album:
Kennedy Center Homecoming – Bill and Gloria Gaither and Their Homecoming Friends(Spring House Music Group)

Traditional Soul Gospel Album:
Christmas with Shirley Caesar – Shirley Caesar (Myrrh Records)

Contemporary Soul Gospel Album:
Mountain High . . . Valley Low – Yolanda Adams (Elektra Entertainment Group)

Gospel Album by a Choir or Chorus
High and Lifted Up – The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir; Carol Cymbala, Choir Director (Atlantic Records)

Latin Pop:
Tiempos – Rubén Blades

Latin Rock/Alternative:
Resurrection – Chris Perez Band

Tropical Latin:
Mambo Birdland – Tito Puente

Salsa:
Llego . . . Van Van: Van Van Is Here – Los Van Van

Merengue:
Pintame – Elvis Crespo

Mexican-American:
100 Años de Mariachi – Plácido Domingo

Tejano:
Por Eso Te Amo – Los Palominos

Traditional Blues:
Blues on the Bayou – B. B. King (MCA Records)

Contemporary Blues:
Take Your Shoes Off – The Robert Cray Band (Rykodisc)

Traditional Folk:
Press On – June Carter Cash (Risk/Small Hairy Dog Records)

Contemporary Folk:
Mule Variations – Tom Waits (Tom Waits)

Reggae Album:
Calling Rastafari – Burning Spear (Heartbeat Records)

World Music Album:
Livro – Caetano Veloso (Nonesuch Records)

Polka Album:
Polkasonic – Brave Combo (Cleveland International Records)

Musical Album for Children:
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland – Various Artists (Sony Wonder)

Spoken Word Album for Children:
Listen to the Storyteller – Wynton Marsalis, Graham Greene, and Kate Winslet (Sony Classical)

Spoken Word or Non-Musical Album:
The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. – LeVar Burton (with Martin Luther King, Jr.) (Time Warner Audiobooks)

Spoken Comedy Album:
Bigger and Blacker – Chris Rock (DreamWorks Records)

Musical Show Album:
Annie Get Your Gun (Angel Records)

Best Soundtrack Album:
Tarzan – Phil Collins (Walt Disney Records)

Instrumental Composition for a Motion Picture or for Television:
A Bug’s Life – Randy Newman, Composer:

Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television:
Beautiful Stranger (from Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me) – Madonna and William Orbit, songwriters

Instrumental Composition:
Joyful Noise Suite – Don Sebesky, Composer

Instrumental Arrangement:
Chelsea Bridge – Don Sebesky, arranger

Instrumental Arrangement with Accompanying Vocals:
Lonely Town – Alan Broadbent, arranger

Best Recording Package:
Ride with Bob – Ray Benson, Sally Carns, and Buddy Jackson, art directors (DreamWorks Records Nashville)

Best Album Notes:
John Coltrane – The Classic Quartet-Complete Impulse! Studio Recordings – Bob Blumenthal, album notes writer

Historical Album:
The Duke Ellington Centennial Edition?The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (1927-1973) (RCA Victor/BMG Classics)

Best-Engineered Album – Non-Classical:
When I Look in Your Eyes – Al Schmitt, engineer (Verve Records)

Producer, Non-Classical:
Walter Afanasieff

Remixer, Non-Classical:
Club 69 (Peter Rauhofer)

Best-Engineered Album – Classical:
Stravinsky: Firebird; The Rite of Spring; Perséphone – Markus Heiland, engineer

Classical Producer:
Adam Abeshouse

Classical Album:
Stravinsky: Firebird; The Rite of Spring; Perséphone – Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor (RCA Victor Red Seal)

Orchestral:
Stravinsky: Firebird; The Rite of Spring; Perséphone – Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor (Deutsche Grammophon)

Opera:
Stravinsky: The Rake’s Progress – John Eliot Gardiner, conductor (Deutsche Grammophon)

Choral:
Britten: War Requiem – Robert Shafer, conductor (The Washington Chorus)

Instrumental Soloist with Orchestra:
Prokofiev: Piano Cons. Nos. 1 and 3/Bartók: Piano Con. No. 3 – Martha Argerich, piano; Charles Dutoit, conductor

Instrumental Soloist without Orchestra:
Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87 – Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

Chamber Music:
Beethoven: The Violin Sonatas (Nos. 1-3, Op. 12; Nos. 1-3, Op. 30; “Spring” Sonata, Etc.) – Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin; Lambert Orkis, piano

Small Ensemble Performance (with or without Conductor):
Colors Of Love (Works of Thomas, Stucky, Tavener, Rands, Etc.) – Chanticleer; Joseph Jennings, conductor

Classical Vocal:
Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn – Thomas Quasthoff, baritone; Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo soprano

Classical Contemporary Composition:
Boulez: Répons – Pierre Boulez, Composer

Classical Crossover Album:
Schickele: Hornsmoke (Piano Con. No. 2 in F Maj. ‘Ole’; Brass Calendar; Hornsmoke-A Horse Opera) – The Chestnut Brass Co.; Peter Schickele, piano and narrator

Music Video, Short Form:
Freak on a Leash – (Korn), Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris, Todd McFarlane, and Graham Morris, video directors

Music Video, Long Form:
Band of Gypsys – Live at Fillmore East – (Jimi Hendrix), Bob Smeaton, video director