The 43rd Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 21, 2001, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the year 2000. Several artists earned three awards on the night. Steely Dan's haul included Album of the Year for Two Against Nature. U2 took home the Record of the Year and Song of the Year for "Beautiful Day". Dr. Dre won Producer of the Year, Non-Classical and Best Rap Album for Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP. Eminem himself also received three awards, out of four nominations. Faith Hill took home Best Country Album for the album Breathe, Best Female Country Vocal Performance for the song's title track and Best Country Collaboration with Vocals with Tim McGraw for "Let's Make Love". Madonna opened the show with "Music".
Performers
Presenters
Heather Locklear & Kid Rock - Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
Ray Romano & Kevin James - Best Pop Vocal Album
Joe, Jimmy Smits & Toni Braxton - Best Rap Album
Mýa & Sisqo - Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
Vince Gill, Lee Ann Womack & Gloria Estefan - Best Latin Pop Album
Melissa Etheridge, Jenna Elfman & Carson Daly - Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals Dolly Parton & Brad Paisley - Best Country Album Shakira & Richie Sambora - Best New Artist Erykah Badu & Tony Bennett - Best Jazz Vocal Album Val Kilmer & Robbie Robertson - Best Native American Music Album Shelby Lynne & Sheryl Crow - Song of the Year Carlos Santana & Joni Mitchell - Record of the Year Stevie Wonder & Bette Midler - Album of the Year
Winners and Nominees
General
Record of the Year
"Beautiful Day" – U2
Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois, producers; Steve Lillywhite and Richard Rainey, engineers/mixers "Say My Name" – Destiny's Child Rodney Jerkins, producer; LaShawn Daniels, Brad Gildem and Jean Marie Hurout, engineers/mixers "I Try" – Macy Gray Andrew Slater, producer; Dave Way, engineer/mixer "Music" – Madonna Mirwais Ahmadzai and Madonna, producers "Bye Bye Bye" – *NSync Jake Schulze and Kristian Lundin, producers; Mike Tucker, engineer/mixer
Album of the Year
Two Against Nature – Steely Dan Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, producers; Phil Burnett, Roger Nichols, Dave Russell and Elliot Scheiner, engineers/mixers Midnite Vultures – Beck Beck Hansen and Dust Brothers, producers The Marshall Mathers LP – Eminem Jeff Bass, Mark Bass, Dr. Dre, Tommy Coster, Eminem and the 45 King, producers; Rich Behrens, Mike Butler, Chris Conway, Rob Ebeling, Michelle Forbes, Richard Segal Huredia, Steve King, Aaron Lepley, James McCrone, Akane Nakamura and Lance Pierre, engineers/mixers Kid A – Radiohead Radiohead, producer; Nigel Godrich, engineer/mixer You're the One – Paul Simon Paul Simon, producer; Andy Smith, engineer/mixer
Song of the Year
"Beautiful Day" U2, songwriters (U2) "Breathe" Stephanie Bentley and Holly Lamar, songwriters (Faith Hill) "I Hope You Dance" Mark D. Sanders and Tia Sellers, songwriters (Lee Ann Womack) "I Try" Macy Gray, Jinsoo Lim, Jeremy Ruzumna and David Wilder, songwriters (Macy Gray) "Say My Name" LaShawn Daniels, Fred Jerkins III, Rodney Jerkins, Beyoncé Knowles, LeToya Luckett, LaTavia Roberson and Kelendria Rowland, songwriters (Destiny's Child)
Best New Artist
Shelby Lynne Brad Paisley
Papa Roach
Jill Scott
Sisqó
Alternative
Best Alternative Music Album
Kid A – Radiohead When the Pawn – Fiona Apple
Midnite Vultures – Beck
Bloodflowers – The Cure
Liverpool Sound Collage – Paul McCartney
Blues
Best Traditional Blues Album
Simon Climie (producer), Alan Douglas (engineer), Eric Clapton (producer and artist) and B. B. King for Riding with the King Best Contemporary Blues Album Tony Braunagel (producer), Joe McGrath, Terry Becker (engineers/mixers), Taj Mahal and the Phantom Blues Band for Shoutin' In Key
Children's
Best Musical Album for Children
Joseph Miculin (engineer/mixer and producer), Dan Rudin and Brent Truitt (engineers/mixers) and Riders in the Sky (Featuring Devon Dawson as Jessie the Yodeling Cowgirl) for Woody's Roundup: A Rootin' Tootin' Collection of Woody's Favorite Songs
Best Spoken Word Album for Children
David Rapkin (producer) and Jim Dale for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Comedy
From 1994 through 2003, see "Best Spoken Comedy Album" under the "Spoken" field, below.