Puls - Lauryn Hill Grammy-favoritt

Lauryn Hill seiler opp som det store navnet foran utdelinga av årets Grammy-priser, men hun får konkurranse av Madonna, Shania Twain og Celine Dion. Ellers merker vi oss spesielt Elvis Costello & Burt Bacharach, Garbage, Billy Bragg & Wilco og The Brian Setzer Orchestra. NB! Svensken Eagle-Eye Cherry er nominert som årets mannlige pop-vokalist!

ÅRETS LÅT

Brandy & Monica: "The Boy Is Mine"
Celine Dion: "My Heart Will Go On"
Goo Goo Dolls: "Iris"
Madonna: "Ray Of Light"
Shania Twain: "You're Still the One"

-ÅRETS ALBUM

Sheryl Crow : "The Globe Sessions"
Garbage: "Version 2.0"
Lauryn Hill: "The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill"
Madonna: "Ray Of Light"
Shania Twain: "Come On Over"

-ÅRETS LÅTSKRIVER

Diane Warren: "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing" (Aerosmith)
John Rzeznik: "Iris" (Goo Goo Dolls)
Kirk Franklin: "Lean On Me" (Kirk Franklin, Mary J. Blige, R. Kelly, Bono, Crystal Lewis & The Family)
James Horner & Will Jennings: "My Heart Will Go On" (Celine Dion)
Robert John "Mutt" Lange & Shania Twain: "You're Still The One"( Shania Twain

BESTE NYKOMMER

Backstreet Boys
Andrea Bocelli
Dixie Chicks
Lauryn Hill
Natalie Imbruglia

BESTE KVINNELIGE POP-VOKALIST

Sheryl Crow: "My Favorite Mistake"
Celine Dion: "My Heart Will Go On"
Lauryn Hill: "Can't Take My Eyes Off of You"
Natalie Imbruglia: "Torn"
Sarah McLachlan: "Adia"

BESTE MANNLIGE POP-VOKALIST

Eagle-Eye Cherry: "Save Tonight"
Eric Clapton: "My Father's Eyes"
Brian McKnight: "Anytime"
Shawn Mullins: "Lullaby"
Sting: "You Were Meant For Me"

BESTE POP-LÅT FRAMFØRT AV DUO ELLER GRUPPE

Aerosmith: "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing"
Barenaked Ladies: "One Week"
Goo Goo Dolls: "Iris"
Dave Matthews Band: "Crush"
The Brian Setzer Orchestra: "Jump Jive An' Wail"

BESTE POP-SAMARBEID PÅ VOKALFRONTEN

Babyface & Stevie Wonder: "How Come, How Long"
Jackson Browne & Bonnie Raitt: "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine"
Elvis Costello & Burt Bacharach: "I Still Have That Other Girl"
R. Kelly & Celine Dion: "I'm Your Angel"
Van Morrison & The Chieftains: "Shenandoah"

BESTE POP-INSTRUMENTAL

The Dust Brothers: "The X-Files Theme"
Bela Fleck And The Flecktones: "Big Country"
Kenny G: "My Heart Will Go On (Love Theme From Titanic)"
Pat Metheny Group: "Follow Me"
The Brian Setzer Orchestra: "Sleepwalk"

BESTE DANCE-INNSPILLING

Boy George: "When Will You Learn"
Daft Punk: "Around The World"
Gloria Estefan: "Heaven's What I Feel"
Cyndi Lauper: "Disco Inferno"
Madonna: "Ray Of Light"

BESTE POP-ALBUM

Eric Clapton: "Pilgrim"
Celine Dion: "Let's Talk About Love"
Natalia Imbruglia: "Left Of the Middle"
Madonna: "Ray Of Light "
The Brian Setzer Orchestra: "The Dirty Boogie"

BESTE LÅT MED KVINNELIG ROCK-VOKALIST

Tori Amos: "Raspberry Swirl"
Sheryl Crow: "There Goes The Neighborhood"
Ani DiFranco: "Glass House"
Alanis Morissette: "Uninvited"
Lucinda Williams: "Can't Let Go"

BESTE LÅT MED MANNLIG ROCK-VOKALIST

Jeff Buckley: "Everybody Here Wants You"
John Fogerty: "Almost Saturday Night"
John Hiatt: "Have A Little Faith In Me"
Lenny Kravitz: "Fly Away"
John Mellencamp: "Your Life Is Now"

BESTE ROCK-LÅT MED DUO ELLER GRUPPE

Aerosmith: "Pink"
Fastball: "The Way"
Hole: "Celebrity Skin"
The Verve: "Bitter Sweet Symphony"
The Wallflowers: "Heroes"

BESTE TUNGROCK-LÅT

Kiss: "Psycho Circus"
Marilon Manson: "The Dope Show"
Metallica: "Fuel"
Jimmy Page & Robert Plant: "Most High"
Pearl Jam: "Do The Evolution"

BESTE METAL-LÅT

Judas Priest: "Bullet Train"
Metallica: "Better Than You"
Nashville Pussy: "Fried Chicken And Coffee"
Rage Against The Machine: "No Shelter"
Rammstein: "Du Hast"

BESTE ROKC-INSTRUMENTAL

Everclear: "El Distorto De Melodica"
Pat Metheny Group: "The Roots of Confidence"
Propellerheads: "Take California"
Joe Satriani: "A Train Of Angels"
Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band: "Trouble Is"
Jimmy Vaughan: "The Ironic Twist"

BESTE LÅTSKRIVER/ROCK

Richard Ashcroft, Mick Jagger & Keith Richards: "Bitter Sweet Symphony" (The Verve)
Billy Corgan, Eric Erlandson & Courtney Love: "Celebrity Skin" (Hole)
Dan Wilson: "Closing Time" (Semisonic)
John Hiatt: "Have A Little Faith In Me" (John Hiatt)
Alanis Morissette: "Uninvited" (Alanis Morissette)

BESTE ROCK-ALBUM

Sheryl Crow: "The Globe Sessions"
John Fogerty: "Premonition"
Garbage: "Version 2.0"
Hole: "Celebrity Skin"
Dave Matthews Band: "Before These Crowded Streets"

BESTE "ALTERNATIVE" ALBUM

Tori Amos: "From The Choirgirl Hotel"
Beastie Boys: "Hello Nasty"
PJ Harvey: "Is This Desire?"
Radiohead: "Airbag/How Am I Driving?"
The Smashing Pumpkins: "Adore"

BESTE R&B-ALBUM

Erykah Badu: "Live"
Brandy: "Never Say Never"
Aretha Franklin: "A Rose Is Still A Rose"
Lauryn Hill: "The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill"
Maxwell: "Embrya"

BESTE RAP-ALBUM

Big Punisher: "Capital Punishment"
Jermaine Dupri: "Life In 1472The Original Soundtrack"
Jay-Z: "Vol. 2Hard Knock Life"
Mase: "Harlem World"
A Tribe Called Quest: "The Love Movement"

BESTE LÅT MED KVINNELIG COUNTRY-SANGER

Emmylou Harris: "Love Still Remains"
Faith Hill: "This Kiss"
Shania Twain: "You're Still the One"
Lee Ann Womack: "A Little Past Little Rock"
Trisha Yearwood: "There Goes My Baby"

BESTE LÅT MED MANNLIG COUNTRY-SANGER

Clint Black: "Nothin' But The Taillights"
Garth Brooks: "To Make You Feel My Love"
Vince Gill: "If You Ever Have Forever In Mind"
Steve Wariner: "Holes In the Floor Of Heaven"

BESTE COUNTRY-LÅT

Billy Kirsch & Steve Wariner: "Holes In The Floor Of Heaven" (Steve Wariner)
Vince Gill & Troy Seals: "If You Ever Have Forever In Mind" (Vince Gill)
Beth Nielsen Chapman, Robin Lerner & Annie Roboff: "This Kiss" (Faith Hill)
Bob Dylan: "To Make You Feel My Love" (Garth Brooks)
Robert John "Mutt" Lange & Shania Twain: "You're Still The One" (Shania Twain)

BESTE COUNTRY-ALBUM

Garth Brooks: "Sevens"
Dixie Chicks: "Wide Open Spaces"
Faith Hill: "Faith"
Shania Twain: "Come On Over"
Trisha Yearwood: "Where Your Road Leads"

BESTE NEW AGE-ALBUM

Will Ackerman: "Sound Of Wind Driven Rain"
Clannad: "Landmarks"
Alex de Grassi: "The Water Garden"
Kitaro: "Gaia Onbashira"
John Tesh: "Grand Passion"

BESTE "CONTEMPORARY" JAZZ-OPPVISNING

George Duke: "After Hours"
Pat Metheny Group: "Imaginary Day"
Marcus Miller: "Live & More"
Yellowjackets: "Club Nocturne"
Joe Zawinul & The Zawinul Syndicate: "World Tour"

BESTE VOKALE JAZZ-PRESTASJON

Kurt Elling: "This Time It's Love"
Nnenna Freelon: "Maiden Voyage"
Shirley Horn: "I Remember Miles"
Etta Jones: "My BuddyEtta Jones Sings The Songs Of Buddy Johnson"
Dianne Reeves: "That Day"

BESTE SOLOPRESTASJON - JAZZ

Kenny Barron: "For Heaven's Sake"
Randy Brecker: "My Funny Valentine"
Chick Corea & Gary Burton: "Rhumbata"
Benny Golson: "Body & Soul"
Davie Liebman: "My Favorite Things"

BESTE INSTRUMENTAL-OPPVISNING - JAZZ

Chick Corea & Gary Burton: "Native SenseThe New Duets"
Charlie Haden & Kenny Barron: "Night and The City"
Herbie Hancock: "Gershwin's World"
Dave Holland Quintet: "Points Of View"
Keithe Jarrett, Gary Peacock & Jack DeJohnette: "Tokyo '96"

BESTE STORBAND

Count Basie Orchestra: "Count Plays Duke"
Jon Faddis: "Remembrances"
Bill Holman & The Netherlands Metropole Orchestra: "Further Adventures"
Jim McNeely & The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra: "Lickety SplitMusic Of Jim McNeely
The Gerald Wilson Orchestra: "Theme for Monterey

BESTE TRADISJONELLE BLUES-ALBUM

Henry Gray, Calvin Jones, Sam Lay, Colin Linden & Hubert Sumlin : "A Tribute To Howlin' Wolf"
John Hammond: "Long As I Have You"
Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson: "Got To Find A Way"
Robert Lockwood Jr.: "I Got To Find Me A Woman"
Otis Rush: "Any Place I'm Going"

BESTE "CONTEMPRORARY" BLUES-ALBUM

Marcia Ball, Irma Thomas & Tracy Nelson: "Sing It!"
Buddy Guy: "Heavy Love"
Etta James: "Life, Love & The Blues"
Keb Mo': "Slow Down"
B.B. King: "Deuces Wild"

BESTE TRADISJONELLE FOLK-ALBUM

Norman Blake: "Chattanooga Sugar Babe"
Greg Brown: "Slant 6 Mind"
The Chieftains: "Long Journey Home"
Ramblin Jack Elliot: "Friends Of Mine"
Mike Seeger: "Southern Banjo Sounds"

BESTE "CONTEMPORARY" FOLK-ALBUM

Billy Bragg: "Mermaid Avenue"
Steve Earle: "El Corazon"
Emmylou Harris: "Spyboy"
Lyle Lovett: "Step Inside This House"
Lucinda Williams: "Car Wheels On A Gravel Road"

BESTE REGGAE-ALBUM

Buju Banton: "Inna Heights"
Beenie Man: "Many Moods of Moses"
Sly & Robbie: "Friends"
Toots And The Maytals: "Ska Father"
Wailing Souls: "Psychedelic Souls"

BESTE WORLD MUSIC-ALBUM

King Sunny Ade: "Odu"
Cesaria Evora: "Miss Perfumado"
Gilberto Gil: "Quanta Live"
Angelique Kidjo: "Oremi"
Robbie Robertson: "Contact From the Underworld of Redboy"

BESTE LÅT SKREVET FOR FILM ELLER TV

Aerosmith: "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing (Armageddon)
Celine Dion: "My Heart Will Go On (Titanic)
Sheryl Crow: "Tomorrow Never Dies (Tomorrow Never Dies)
98 Degrees & Stevie Wonder: "True to Your Heart (Mulan)
Alanis Morissette: "Uninvited (City Of Angels)

BESTE PRODUKSJON

Al Schmitt: "Breath Of Heaven" (Vince Gill)
Howie B., Andy Bradfield, Jamie Cerniglia, Marius de Vries, Chris Fogel, Tim Gordine, Troy Matthews, Pat McCarthy, Dane Ngahuka, Randall Prescott, Carmen Rizzo, Tim Stroh & Jim Wilson: "Contact From the Underworld of Redboy" (Robbie Robertson)
Bob Clearmountain & Juan Patino: "Firecracker"
Tchad Blake, Trina Shoemaker & Andy Wallace: "The Globe Sessions" (Sheryl Crow)

Gerald Baillergeau, Chris Bell, Kevin Bond, Bassy Bob Brockman, Mick Guzauski, Fred Hammond, Ray Hammond, Tim Kimsey, Victor "Vinno" Merritt & Mark Williams: "The Nu Nation Project " (Kirk Franklin)

Prisene deles ut i Los Angeles 24. februar. Det er første gang dette prestisjefylte showet går av stabelen på vestkysten.

ARILD RØNSEN

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