2003 45th Grammy Awards Big Winners – Norah Jones, Dixie Chicks, India.Arie…
(2/24/03, 12 a.m. ET) — Norah Jones took home eight Grammy wins, including four of the evening’s top awards, Sunday (February 23) at the 45th Annual Grammy Awards held at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Jones was named best new artist, and her song “Don’t Know Why” received the record of the year, song of the year, and best female pop performance awards. Her album Come Away With Me was named album of the year, best pop album, vocal, best engineered album, non-classical, and received a producer of the year award for Arif Mardi.
Rock legend Bruce Springsteen also received noted awards. Springsteen earned the best male rock vocal performance for his song “The Rising” which was also named the best rock song. The song is the title track from his album that was deemed the best rock album.
Other coveted winnings were granted to India.Arie, Ashanti, Eminem, Dixie Chicks, and Alan Jackson.
The following is a list of the night’s big winners.
RECORD OF THE YEAR
Norah Jones – “Don’t Know Why”
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Norah Jones – Come Away With Me
SONG OF THE YEAR
Norah Jones – “Don’t Know Why”
BEST NEW ARTIST
Norah Jones
BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM
Norah Jones – Come Away With Me
BEST ROCK SONG
Bruce Springsteen – “The Rising”
BEST ROCK ALBUM
Bruce Springsteen – The Rising
BEST ALTERNATIVE ROCK MUSIC ALBUM
Coldplay – A Rush Of Blood To The Head
BEST R&B SONG
Erykah Badu featuring Common – “Love Of My Life”
BEST R&B ALBUM
India.Arie – Voyage To India
BEST CONTEMPORARY R&B ALBUM
Ashanti – Ashanti
BEST RAP ALBUM
Eminem – The Eminem Show
BEST COUNTRY SONG
Alan Jackson – “Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning)”
BEST COUNTRY ALBUM
Dixie Chicks – Home
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, NON-CLASSICAL
Arif Mardi – come Away With Me (Norah Jones)
BEST SHORT FORM MUSIC VIDEO
Eminem – “Without Me”
BEST LONG FORM MUSIC VIDEO
The Clash – Westway To The World