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~Music is a timeless gift from God -- inherited in the spirit
of every African American~

Congratulations to all the African-American publicists whose
expertise, dedication and hard work
served as an integral part in contributing to the success of our
"brothers and sisters"
that were recognized this year for one of the most prestigious awards in music
--The Grammy --


Juanita Stephens-Media Relations


The 44th ANNUAL GRAMMY NOMINATIONS


The 44th Annual Grammy Awards will take place on Wednesday,
February 27th,
at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California,
and broadcast on CBS-TV
at 8pm.


RECORD OF THE YEAR:
"Video" - India.Arie
"Fallin'" - Alicia Keys
"Ms. Jackson" - Outkast
"Drops of Jupiter" - Train
"Walk On" - U2

ALBUM OF THE YEAR:
India.Arie - Acoustic Soul
Bob Dylan - Love and Theft
Outkast - Stankonia
U2 - All That You Can't Leave Behind
Various Artists - O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Soundtrack)

SONG OF THE YEAR (TO SONGWRITER):
"Drops of Jupiter" - Train (Charlie Colin, Rob Hotchkiss, Pat Monahan, Jimmy
Stafford & Scott Underwood)
"Fallin'" - Alicia Keys (Alicia Keys)
"I'm Like A Bird" - Nelly Furtado (Nelly Furtado)
"Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of" - U2 (U2)
"Video" - India.Arie (India.Arie, Carlos "Six July" Broady & Shannon
Sanders)

BEST NEW ARTIST:
India.Arie
Nelly Furtado
David Gray
Alicia Keys
Linkin Park

BEST MALE POP VOCAL PERFORMANCE:
Craig David - "Fill Me In"
Michael Jackson - "You Rock My World"
Elton John - "I Want Love"
Brian McKnight - "Still"
James Taylor - "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight"

BEST FEMALE POP VOCAL PERFORMANCE:
Nelly Furtado - "I'm Like A Bird"
Faith Hill - "There You'll Be"
Janet Jackson - "Someone To Call My Lover"
Sade - "By Your Side"
Lucinda Williams - "Essence"

BEST POP PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCAL:
Backstreet Boys - "Shape of My Heart"
Five For Fighting - "Superman (It's Not Easy)"
*NSYNC - "Gone"
R.E.M. - "Imitation of Life"
U2 - "Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of"

BEST POP COLLABORATION WITH VOCALS:
Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mya & Pink - "Lady Marmalade"
Tony Bennett & Billy Joel - "New York State of Mind"
Ricky Martin with Christina Aguilera - "Nobody Wants To Be Lonely"
Brian McKnight & Justin Timberlake - "My Kind of Girl"
Shaggy featuring Ricardo "RikRok" Ducent - "It Wasn't Me"

BEST POP INSTRUMENTAL PERFORMANCE:
Larry Carlton & Steve Lukather - "Room 335"
Eric Clapton - "Reptile"
Daft Punk - "Short Circuit"
Eric Johnson - "Rain"
Kirk - "There You'll Be"

BEST DANCE RECORDING:
Daft Punk & Romanthony - "One More Time"
Depeche Mode - "I Feel Loved"
Gloria Estefan - "Out of Nowhere"
Janet Jackson - "All For You"
Lionel Richie - "Angel"

BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM:
Nelly Furtado - Whoa, Nelly!
Janet Jackson - All For You
Elton John - Songs From the West Coast
*NSYNC - Celebrity
Sade - Lovers Rock

BEST FEMALE ROCK VOCAL PERFORMANCE:
Tori Amos - "Strange Little Girl"
Melissa Etheridge - "I Want To Be In Love"
PJ Harvey - "This Is Love"
Stevie Nicks - "Planets of the Universe"
Lucinda Williams - "Get Right With God"

BEST MALE ROCK VOCAL PERFORMANCE:
Ryan Adams - "New York, New York"
Eric Clapton - "Superman Inside"
Bob Dylan - "Honest With Me"
Lenny Kravitz - "Dig In"
John Mellencamp - "Peaceful World"

BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCAL:
Aerosmith - "Jaded"
Coldplay - "Yellow"
Dave Matthews Band - "The Space Between"
Train - "Drops Of Jupiter"
U2 - "Elevation"

BEST HARD ROCK PERFORMANCE:
Alien Ant Farm - "Smooth Criminal"
Linkin Park - "Crawling"
P.O.D.- "Alive"
Rage Against the Machine - "Renegades of Funk"
Saliva - "Your Disease"

BEST METAL PERFORMANCE:
Black Sabbath - "The Wizard"
Slayer - "Disciple"
Slipknot - "Left Behind"
System of a Down - "Chop Suey!"
Tool - "Schism"

BEST ROCK INSTRUMENTAL PERFORMANCE:
The Allman Brothers Band - "High Falls"
Jeff Beck- "Dirty Mind"
Godsmack - "Vampires"
Joe Satriani - "Always With Me, Always With You"
Steve Vai - "Whispering A Prayer"

BEST ROCK SONG (a songwriter(s) award):
"Drops Of Jupiter" - Train
(Charlie Colin, Rob Hotchkiss, Pat Monahan, Jimmy Stafford &
Scott Underwood)
"Elevation" - U2 (U2)
"Jaded" - Aerosmith (Marti Frederiksen & Steven Tyler)
"Walk On" - U2 (U2)
"Yellow" - Coldplay (Guy Berryman, Jon Buckland, Will Champion & Chris
Martin)

BEST ROCK ALBUM:
Ryan Adams - Gold
Aerosmith - Just Push Play
PJ Harvey - Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory
U2 - All That You Can't Leave Behind

BEST ALTERNATIVE MUSIC ALBUM:
Tori Amos - Strange Little Girls
Bjork - Vespertine
Coldplay - Parachutes
Fatboy Slim - Halfway Between The Gutter and the Stars
Radiohead - Amnesiac

BEST FEMALE R&B VOCAL PERFORMANCE:
Aaliyah - "Rock The Boat"
India.Arie - "Video"
Mary J. Blige - "Family Affair"
Blu Cantrell - "Hit 'Em Up Style (Oops!)"
Alicia Keys - "Fallin'"
Jill Scott - "A Long Walk"

BEST MALE R&B VOCAL PERFORMANCE:
Case - "Missing You"
Maxwell - "Lifetime"
Brian McKnight - "Love Of My Life"
Musiq Soulchild - "Love"
Usher - "U Remind Me"

BEST R&B PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCAL:
City High - "What Would You Do"
Destiny's Child - "Survivor"
Faith Evans Featuring Carl Thomas - "Can't Believe"
The Isley Brothers - "Contagious"
Peaches & Cream - "112"

BEST R&B SONG (A Songwriter(s) Award):
"Didn't Cha Know"- Erykah Badu (Erykah Badu)
"Fallin'" Alicia Keys - (Alicia Keys)
"Get Ur Freak On" - Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott (M. Elliott & T. Mosley)
"Hit 'Em Up Style (Oops!)" - Blu Cantrell (Dallas Austin)
"Video" - India.Arie (India.Arie, Carlos "Six July" Broady & Shannon
Sanders)

BEST R&B ALBUM:
Aaliyah - Aaliyah
India.Arie - Acoustic Soul
Mary J. Blige - No More Drama
Destiny's Child - Survivor
Alicia Keys - Songs In A Minor

BEST RAP SOLO PERFORMANCE:
Afroman - "Because I Got High"
DMX - "Who We Be"
Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott - "Get Ur Freak On"
Jay-Z - "Izzo (H.O.V.A")
Nelly - "Ride Wit Me"

BEST RAP PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP:
Gorillaz - "Clint Eastwood"
Ja Rule Featuring Vita - "Put It On Me"
Jay-Z Featuring Beanie Sigel & Memphis Bleek - "Change The Game"
Outkast - "Ms. Jackson"
P. Diddy, Black Rob & Mark Curry - "Bad Boy For Life"

BEST RAP ALBUM:
Eve - Scorpion
Ja Rule - Pain Is Love
Jay-Z - The Blueprint
Ludacris - Back For The First Time
Outkast - Stankonia

BEST COMPILATION SOUNDTRACK ALBUM FOR A MOTION PICTURE, TELEVISION OR OTHER
VISUAL MEDIA :
Bridget Jones's Diary - Various Artists
Moulin Rouge! - Various Artists
O Brother, Where Art Thou? - Various Artists
Shrek - Various Artists
The Sopranos: Peppers & Eggs - Various Artists

BEST SONG WRITTEN FOR A MOTION PICTURE OR FOR TELEVISION (a songwriter
award):
"Boss of Me" (Malcolm In the Middle) - They Might Be Giants (They Might Be
Giants)
"A Love Before Time" (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) - CoCo Lee (Jorge
Calandrelli, Tan Dunn & James Schamus)
"My Funny Friend and Me" (The Emperor's New Groove) - Sting (David Hartley &
Sting)
"There You'll Be" (Pearl Harbor) - Faith Hill (Diane Warren)
"Win" (Men of Honor) - Brian McKnight (Brandon Barnes & Brian McKnight)

BEST RECORDING PACKAGE:
Amnesiac (Special Limited Edition) - Radiohead
Bedlam Ballroom - Squirrel Nut Zippers
Levee Town - Sonny Landreth
Look Into The Eyeball - David Byrne
Reveal - R.E.M.

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, NON-CLASSICAL:
T-Bone Burnett -
Down From the Mountain (Various Artists); Fan Dance (Sam Phillips); O
Brother, Where Art Thou? - soundtrack (Various Artists)
Dr. Dre -
"Best of Things" (Xzibit); "Break Ya Neck" (Busta Rhymes); "Family Affair"
(Mary J. Blige); "Fast Lane" (Bilal); "Fight Music" (D12); "Lay Low" (Snoop
Dogg Featuring Master P, Nate Dogg, Butch Cassidy & Tha Eastsidaz); "Let Me
Blow Ya Mind" (Eve Featuring Gwen Stefani)
Gerald Eaton, Brian West -
"I'm Like A Bird" (Nelly Furtado); "Turn Off The Light" (Nelly Furtado);
Whoa, Nelly! (Nelly Furtado)
Nigel Godrich
Amnesiac (Radiohead); The Invisible Band (Travis)
Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis -
All For You (Janet Jackson); "Didn't Mean To Turn You On" (Mariah Carey);
"My Funny Friend and Me" (Sting); "Never Too Far" (Mariah Carey); "No More
Drama" (Mary J. Blige); "No Regrets" (Case); "Someone To Call My Lover"
(Janet Jackson); "Twister" (Mariah Carey); "U Remind Me" (Usher); When A
Woman Loves (Patti Labelle); "You're All I Need" (The Isley Brothers)

BEST REMIXED RECORDING, NON-CLASSICAL:
E-Smoove - "Heard It All Before" (E-Smoove House Filter Mix" (Sunshine Anderson)
Danny Tenaglia - "I Feel Loved" (Depeche Mode)
Deep Dish - "Thank You (Deep Dish Vocal Remix)" (Dido)
Steve 'Silk' Hurley - "Soul Shakedown (Silk's Downunder Mix)" (Bob Marley)
K-Klass - "Baby, Come Over (This Is Our Night)" (K-Klass
Klub Mix) (Samantha Mumba)

BEST SHORT FORM MUSIC VIDEO:
"Fly Away From Here" - Aerosmith
"One Minute Man" - Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott Featuring Ludacris
"Weapon of Choice" - Fatboy Slim
"Don't Tell Me" - Madonna
"Ms. Jackson" - Outkast

BEST LONG FORM MUSIC VIDEO:
Recording The Producers - A Musical Romp with Mel Brooks - Mel Brooks (with
various artists including Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick)
Rebel Music - The Bob Marley Story - Bob Marley
Freddie Mercury - The Untold Story - Freddie Mercury
Play: The DVD - Moby