Prince & Beyonce kicked off what was to be one of the more eletrifying and talent-packed Grammy nights in recent history. Here's a few of the cool moments and the complete list of winners.
Christina Aguilara performed half of the song "Beautiful" on the ground? I've fallen and I can't get up! Then she accepted an award for the song and showed us what would be the only cleavage of the night.
Sadly, CBS used their 5 minute delay to briefly impose a graphic across Christina's chest to hide the low-cut dress. The White Stripes rocked with "Seven Nation Army" and "Death Letter." They showed the world that they can fill the Staples Center with music... without a 16 piece band (Justin) or a 20 piece orchestra (Christina)... just two pasty-white kids from Detroit.
Then Motown's Funk Brothers getting a lifetime achievement award. Best Rap Album & best acceptance speech went to Outkast. Andre 3000 had only two words to say: "Thank You."
Soon to be the most-downloaded album by teens everywhere: President Bill Clinton won a grammy in the "spoken word for children" category for a project he worked on with fellow winners, former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev and Italian screen siren Sophia Loren. WHAT?
Justin accepted the Pop Grammy and apologized: "I know it's been a rough week on everybody. What occurred was unintentional, completely regrettable, and I apologize if you guys are offended." Justin also performed a smokin' version of "Senorita."
The award for "Best Use Of Electrical Tape" goes to... Evanescence wins Best New Artist. Somewhere ousted Evanescence guitarist Ben Moody is, we're guessing, in a bad moody. Evanescence was confused as fellow-nominee 50 Cent walked up on stage to pretend he was going to take the Award from them.
Another cool moment for the Grammys was when Earth Wind & Fire, Outkast, Robert Randolph & The Family Band and George Clinton & P. Funk make a funkadelic mess onstage. The fire marshal had to be nervous.
Record Of The Year went to Coldplay and preggers Gwyneth is nowhere to be seen. Singer Chris Martin dedicated the award to "John Kerry who will hopefully be your next president soon." Spoken by a guy who can't even vote here.
Luther Vandross and Ozzy Osbourne prove to the wrld that they are still alive, and Record Of The Year went to Richard Marx & Luther Vandross for "Dance With My Father."
But the party's not over yet... OUTKAST "HEY YA!" Why didn't we think to put Pocahantas, spaceships, and the USC Marching Band together in one musical extravaganza?! This is followed by Album Of The YEar being awarded to Outkast. A cherry on top of our Grammy ice cream sundae.
Beyonce was the big winner of the night, taking home five grammys. Outkast won three trophies which they can make into cool little hats to wear at the next award show. Eminem won both rap categories he was nominated for. White Stripes won two. Justin won two. Janet won zero. Stank you! Your smell-come!
Here's The List Of Grammy Award Winners:
Album of the Year: "Speakerboxxx/The Love Below,'' OutKast.
Record of the Year: "Clocks,'' Coldplay.
Song of the Year: "Dance With My Father,'' Richard Marx and Luther Vandross (Luther Vandross).
New Artist: Evanescence.
Rock Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal: "Disorder in the House,'' Warren Zevon and Bruce Springsteen.
Female Pop Vocal Performance: "Beautiful,'' Christina Aguilera.
Male Pop Vocal Performance: "Cry Me a River,'' Justin Timberlake.
Rap Album: "Speakerboxxx/The Love Below,'' OutKast.
Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal: "Underneath It All,'' No Doubt.
Contemporary R&B Album: "Dangerously in Love,'' Beyonce.
R&B Song: "Crazy in Love,'' Shawn Carter, Rich Harrison, Beyonce Knowles and Eugene Record (Beyonce featuring Jay-Z).
R&B Album: "Dance With My Father,'' Luther Vandross.
Female R&B Vocal Performance: "Dangerously in Love,'' Beyonce.
Male R&B Vocal Performance: "Dance With My Father,'' Luther Vandross.
R&B Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals: "The Closer I Get to You,'' Beyonce and Luther Vandross.
Traditional R&B Vocal Performance: "Wonderful,'' Aretha Franklin.
Female Rap Solo Performance: "Work It,'' Missy Elliott.
Male Rap Solo Performance: "Lose Yourself,'' Eminem.
Rap Performance by a Duo or Group: "Shake Ya Tailfeather,'' Nelly, P. Diddy and Murphy Lee.
Rap/Sung Collaboration: "Crazy in Love,'' Beyonce featuring Jay-Z.
Rap Song: "Lose Yourself,'' J. Bass, M. Mathers and L. Resto (Eminem).
Urban/Alternative Performance: "Hey Ya!'' OutKast.
Pop Collaboration With Vocals: "Whenever I Say Your Name,'' Sting and Mary J. Blige.
Pop Vocal Album: "Justified,'' Justin Timberlake.
Dance Recording: "Come Into My World,'' Kylie Minogue.
Traditional Pop Vocal Album: "A Wonderful World,'' Tony Bennett and k.d. lang.
Hard Rock Performance: "Bring Me to Life,'' Evanescence featuring Paul McCoy.
Metal Performance: "St. Anger,'' Metallica.
Rock Instrumental Performance: "Plan B,'' Jeff Beck.
Alternative Music Album: "Elephant,'' The White Stripes.
Female Rock Vocal Performance: "Trouble,'' Pink.
Male Rock Vocal Performance: "Gravedigger,'' Dave Matthews.
Rock Song: "Seven Nation Army,'' Jack White (The White Stripes).
Vandross, Beyonce haul in Grammys - February 10, 2004
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Balladeer Luther Vandross, recovering from a stroke, won four Grammys on Sunday including song of the year for "Dance With My Father," and Beyonce earned a record-tying five honors.
OutKast won album of the year for "SpeakerBoxxx/The Love Below" in a ceremony televised by CBS on a five-minute delay to avoid anything like Janet Jackson's Super Bowl flesh flash.
Despite a tightly scripted show devoid of outrageousness or spontaneity -- a marked contrast to today's pop scene -- Jackson's breast-baring at the hands of dance partner Justin Timberlake remained the major subplot, as CBS and Jackson offered conflicting reports about why she was not at the show.
"I know it's been a rough week on everybody," said Timberlake, stifling a self-deprecating laugh while accepting the best male pop vocal performance award for "Cry Me a River." He brought his mother as his date. "What occurred was unintentional, completely regrettable, and I apologize if you guys are offended."
Vandross won for best song, best R&B album and best male R&B performance for "Dance With My Father"; and best R&B performance by a duo or group with vocals for "The Closer I Get to You," a remake he did with Beyonce.
He was unable to attend, but sent a videotaped message, his first public remarks since his April 2003 stroke.
"I wish I could be with you there tonight. I want to thank everyone for your love and support," said a weak-looking Vandross. "And remember, when I say goodbye it's never for long, because" -- and he sang -- "I believe in the power of love!"
Beyonce tied a record for female artists with her five awards, but won none of the top categories of song, record or album of the year.
The moody British rock band Coldplay, up against four hip-hop nominees for record of the year, won for their song "Clocks."
Rockers Evanescence won best new artist in an upset over rapper 50 Cent -- who briefly walked onstage as Evanescence accepted their award.
"Thank you, 50," said Evanesence's Amy Lee as the rap star smiled for the camera.
Rock singer Warren Zevon, who rushed to complete a final album before his September death from lung cancer, won his first two Grammy Awards. June Carter Cash also won two posthumous awards, and her husband Johnny Cash and former Beatle George Harrison were also honored after their deaths.
The 46th annual awards show began at 4:55 p.m. -- five minute before airtime -- with Prince performing "Purple Rain," marking the 20th year of the groundbreaking song and movie.
Beyonce, wearing a tight dress with a feather skirt that fleetingly revealed her pink panties, joined Prince on his hits and then sang her own "Crazy in Love," which won two trophies -- for best R&B song and best rap/sung collaboration. Her boyfriend, Jay-Z, won two awards for collaborating on that hit.
Beyonce also won best female R&B performance and best contemporary R&B album for "Dangerously in Love," and best R&B performance by a duo or group for her song with Vandross.
Her five trophies tied a record set by Alicia Keys, Norah Jones and Lauryn Hill for the most Grammys won by a female artist.
"This is unbelievable. Performing was enough for me," an excited Beyonce said.
OutKast, nominated for a leading six Grammys, won three: best album, best urban/alternative performance for "Hey Ya!" and best rap album for "Speakerboxxx/The Love Below."
Other multiple winners included Jack White of The White Stripes and Eminem, with two each, and bluegrass singer Alison Krauss, who had three.
Timberlake was all over the awards, performing on several songs and winning two trophies. CBS said in a statement that it had reservations about allowing him and Jackson to appear as planned, but ultimately "respected the Recording Academy's wishes to produce the program they originally intended."
CBS said it agreed to allow Timberlake and Jackson as long as they apologized on the air for their Super Bowl stunt.
But a statement from Jackson's camp said CBS and the Grammys first asked her not to attend, then reversed themselves and re-invited her, but she chose not to attend.
"She was never uninvited," insisted Jason Padgitt of the publicity firm Rogers & Cowan, which represents the Recording Academy. "She was always invited to be here and she chose not to be."
The incident bubbled beneath the surface all night. "I don't want to have the same thing happen that Janet had done," Christina Aguilera said while accepting the award for best female pop vocal performance in a dress cut so low, CBS briefly imposed a graphic across her chest. "But, uh, if I can keep it together ..."
Pharrell Williams, who along with Jay-Z and OutKast also had six nominations, won his first Grammy during the pre-telecast ceremony for his production work with Chad Hugo as white-hot hitmakers The Neptunes. They have produced songs for artists ranging from Justin Timberlake to Jay-Z in 2003 alone.
The Neptunes weren't even nominated last year, because the record companies they produced hits for forgot to put them on the ballot.
"I was a little upset last year," Pharrell acknowledged during his acceptance speech. He also used the opportunity to stand up for friends Jackson and Timberlake. "What happened at the Super Bowl was a bit much, but I happen to know both of those people ... and they've done great things to support people around the world."
Cash, and director Mark Romanek, won for best short form music video for the haunting song "Hurt." Cash's wife, who died a few months before him in 2003, won best traditional folk album for the posthumous release "Wildwood Flower" and best female country vocal performance for "Keep on the Sunny Side."
The most unusual winner was former President Bill Clinton, former Soviet Union president Mikhail Gorbachev and Sophia Loren, who won best spoken word album for children for their reading on "Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf/Beintus: Wolf Tracks."
KYLIE Minogue has won her first Grammy award after 17 years in the music business.
The petite princess of pop beat Madonna, Cher and Groove Armada to win the Grammy for best dance recording for Come Into My World.
As she picked up the award, she said: ''I've been in LA for a week and the town has been full of Grammy fever.''
''To actually be a recipient is incredibly special. I am thrilled and cannot wait to bring it home.''
And she said the sight of Janet Jackson's bare breast mishap on stage at the Superbowl had persuaded her to go for a conservative dress for the awards ceremony.
She said: ''After seeing that, I decided nothing outrageous, nothing controversial. didn't want that happening to me.'' The sex siren was nominated in the same category last year for Can't Get You Out Of My Head but missed out.
This year's win comes at the perfect time she releases her album Body Language in the US today.
Despite ruling the British charts for over a decade, it was only last year that she managed to crack America.
Her last album Fever entered the billboard charts at No. 3 and sold one million copies.
I'M HAPPY COLDPLAY BEAT ME Feb 10 2004
Five-time Grammy winner Beyonce reckons Brit band deserves US gong
FIVE time Grammy Award babe BeyoncŽ Knowles reckons Coldplay deserved to dash her six-in-a-row hopes. The British band took the coveted Record of the Year gong for their moody hit Clocks at the 46th Grammy Awards.
BeyoncŽ still took the top honours, with five awards at the star-studded event in Los Angeles on Sunday night.
She said: ''I love their song and Coldplay definitely deserved it. That song was just genius.''
She is only the third women in the Grammies history to win five awards in one year.
The sexy star said she couldn't be disappointed that she didn't take all, as the Brits deserved it.
But not everyone was as gracious in defeat.
Out Kast frontman, Andre 3000 couldn't believe Coldplay had beaten them to the Best Record award.
When asked if he was shocked they hadn't won it he said: ''Honestly, yes. It's funk music. We like to make music that makes you frown, like a baby took a s**t.''
Coldplay frontman Chris Martin dedicated the award to the late Johnny Cash and to John Kerry, a runner in the US presidential campaign.
Bootylicous BeyoncŽ opened the prestigious annual awards show with Prince. Dressed in a tight fluorescent pink dress, she performed a breathtaking medley of Purple Rain, Crazy In Love and Let's Go Crazy with the pint-sized star.
Her duet with boyfriend Jay-Z, Crazy in Love won best R&B song and best rap collaboration.
She also won Best Female R&B performance and Best Contemporary R&B album for Dangerously In Love.
Another duet with Luther Vandross won best R&B performance by a duo.
BeyoncŽ was clearly overwhelmed as she accepted her awards. She said: ''Wow. This is unbelievable. Performing was enough for me. I'm just so honoured.''
Justin won the Best Male Pop Performance for Cry Me A River and Best Pop Album for Justified.
Wearing a smart grey suit and pink tie, he hugged and kissed his mum before he took to the stage to accept his two awards.
He told the audience: ''This is the greatest moment of my life.''
Christina Aguilera won Best Female Pop Performance for Beautiful and couldn't resist a swipe at Janet Jackson. She pretended to struggle to keep her assets inside her dress when she picked up her award. She told the audience: ''I don't want the same thing to happen to me as Janet Jackson'' as she pulled her dress further across her chest.
Andre 3000 and Outkast nabbed three for their infectious Speakerboxxx/The Love Below album.
Sadly, legendary soul star Luther Vandross was too ill to attend the show after suffering a stroke last year but sent a video message and sang a line of a tribute after he won four awards.
At the After-Grammys, Sampling the Heat
By LOLA OGUNNAIKE - Published: February 10, 2004
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 9 — It was perhaps not the first place one would have expected to find Senator Orrin G. Hatch, and yet there he was, not on Capitol Hill worrying about judicial nominations, but rather glad-handing with the likes of Sting and Geri Halliwell of the Spice Girls at EMI Music Publishing's swanky Grammy after-party in downtown Los Angeles. As waiters wielding trays of tuna tartare, crab rolls and caviar-filled minipotatoes scurried about the sprawling rooftop of the Los Angeles County Museum, Senator Hatch gleefully discussed music — his music.
"I'm working on a patriotic album with some of Nashville's greatest producers," he said, hair combed into perfect submission, tuxedo pressed and gleaming. He has a Christmas album due out later this year and has written everything from country rousers to ballads. Senator Hatch, Republican of Utah, or dare we call him MC Hatch, has even tried his hand at rapping.
"When my son heard my demo, he told me to put in a safe deposit box and never take it out." Good idea.
Sharing the roof with him were Yoko Ono, Kelsey Grammer of "Frasier," Steven Tyler of Aerosmith and the entire Osbourne clan. Ozzy, nearly killed in an all-terrain-vehicle accident Dec. 8 in England, gamely hobbled about. In one of several giant tents with banquets and bars along the outer walls of the museum's terrace, last year's Grammy darling, Norah Jones, chatted with the rock duo White Stripes. Paris Hilton, never one to miss a party, was a given a piggyback ride to the bathroom by her boyfriend of the moment, Nick Carter. That bad girl Courtney Love would not be upstaged by any of them, however. In solidarity with her Virgin label mate, Janet Jackson, Ms. Love engineered her own wardrobe malfunction, pulling down the top of her silk slip dress and flashing her right breast. Justin Timberlake was nowhere to be found.
Ms. Jackson's name came up again at the BMG after-party at Avalon, a three-story club in Hollywood. "I think it was a publicity stunt gone wrong, but people have completely overreacted," said Swizz Beatz, a well-known hip-hop producer, who objected that Ms. Jackson's partner in the infamous breast-baring during halftime at the Super Bowl, Justin Timberlake, had performed on the Grammy telecast. "Other people should be taking the heat, too," he said.
Heat. It was all anyone wanted Sunday evening. The weather was more befitting boots and cashmere, but women sauntered (and shivered) in slinky dresses and open-toe stilettos. Jennifer Love Hewitt, in a strapless tangerine number, worked up a sweat on the dance floor with Dan Aykroyd.
"I've known him forever," said Ms. Hewitt, the star of "I Know What You Did Last Summer," as Beyoncé's hit "Crazy in Love" blared over a faltering sound system. Ms. Hewitt's dance moves impressed several partygoers who gathered around to watch. "Who knew she had rhythm?" one woman said as the actress mouthed the words to 50 Cent's "In Da Club."
Still, the event of the evening was the Polaroid OutKast party at a mountaintop mansion in the Hollywood Hills. Getting there would not be easy, though. Guests were asked to meet at the Pacific Design Center in Hollywood, where vans were waiting to wisk them to the mansion. The party's address was kept a secret.
"Where is this place?" one testy passenger asked as the van snaked up a winding road for what seemed like an eternity. Upon arriving, partygoers were treated to a breathtaking view of the city.
Even though the house was packed, Sharon Stone, dressed in a clingy white dress, had no trouble making her way about. "Congratulations," she said to OutKast, the duo that had just won the Grammy for album of the year. André 3000, who makes up the duo along with Big Boi, kissed her hand and gushed, "I'm a huge fan of your work." Ms. Stone smiled, posed for a photo and flitted off.
Moments later a fan slipped André 3000 an unexpected gift: a small bag of marijuana. A vegan and teetotaler, André 3000, dressed in a Kelly green Hermes jacket, swiftly returned the present. "I don't do that," he said graciously.
In the throng were Patti LaBelle, Christina Aguilera, the newlyweds Nick and Jessica Lachey and the rockers Linkin Park. A trio of women dressed in nothing more than skimpy panties and matching bras jiggled about the room.
"We're go-go dancers, but they don't have any boxes for us, so we're mingling and meeting famous people," said Sarah, atop perilously high Lucite heels. She had just met the actor Ryan Phillippe. Her eyes were dancing. Other parts of her were moving as well.
"He's hot and he's alone tonight," she said, mischief clearly on her mind. "Reese is not here at all."
Socialite Paris Hilton launched a desperate campaign to be included on the guest list for a glitzy post-Grammy party by plaguing a record company boss with phone calls.
The 22-year-old was so eager to be invited to Clive Davis' legendary bash, she contacted the J Records executive relentlessly prior to Sunday's ceremony.
But Davis -- who was disgusted by Hilton's behavior -- refused to bow to her requests, and the blonde party girl had to gatecrash the event with help from boyfriend Nick Carter, who was invited to the party with his band the Backstreet Boys.
A spokesperson for Davis says, "Paris wouldn't be on his guest list. Clive Davis' parties are legendary and his list is for musical royalty."
And revelers -- including Sean "P. Diddy" Combs, Jay-Z, Alicia Keys and 50 Cent -- at the glitzy party were left cold by Paris' party etiquette.
A source says, "We couldn't believe it when we saw Paris acting as if she was top of the guest list. The day before there had been a flurry of calls to Mr. Davis, which got progressively more desperate.
"Who would think that someone of her supposed stature would have to beg for tickets. She's obviously not as important as she thinks she is."
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