46th Annual Grammy Awards
The 46th Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 8, 2004 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the previous year. The big winners were Beyoncé, who won five awards, and Outkast, who won three awards including Album of the Year. Tied for the most nominations, with six each, were Beyoncé, Outkast, and Jay-Z.
Performances
- Opening: Prince and Beyoncé – "Purple Rain/Baby I'm a Star/Let's Go Crazy/Crazy in Love"
- The Beatles 40 Years Ago: Sting, Dave Matthews, Pharrell and Vince Gill – "I Saw Her Standing There"
- Justin Timberlake and Arturo Sandoval – "Señorita"
- The Black Eyed Peas and Justin Timberlake – "Where Is the Love?"
- Foo Fighters and Chick Corea – "Times Like These"
- The White Stripes – "Seven Nation Army"
- Warren Zevon Tribute
- Beyoncé – Dangerously in Love 2
- Funk Music Tribute: OutKast, Earth, Wind & Fire, Robert Randolph and the Family Band, George Clinton and "Minister" Samuel L. Jackson
- Christina Aguilera – Beautiful
Effects of the Super Bowl XXXVIII controversy
Winners and nominees
Bold type indicates the winner out of the list of nominees.Reference for the nominations:
General
;Record of the Year- "Clocks" – Coldplay
- * Coldplay & Ken Nelson, producers; Coldplay, Ken Nelson & Mark Phythian, engineers/mixers
- "Crazy In Love" – Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z
- * Rich Harrison & Beyoncé Knowles, producers; Jim Caruana & Tony Maserati, engineers/mixers
- "Where Is the Love?" – The Black Eyed Peas & Justin Timberlake
- * Ron Fair & will.i.am, producers; Dylan Dresdow & Tony Maserati, engineers/mixers
- "Lose Yourself" – Eminem
- * Eminem, producer; Eminem, Steve King & Micheal Strange, Jr., engineers/mixers
- "Hey Ya! – OutKast
- * André 3000, producer; Kevin "KD" Davis, John Frye, Robert Hannon, Pete Novak & Neal Pogue, engineers/mixers
- Speakerboxxx/The Love Below – OutKast
- * André "3000" Benjamin, Antwon "Big Boi" Patton & Carl Mo, producers; Vincent Alexander, Chris Carmouche, Kevin "KD" Davis, Reggie Dozier, John Frye, Robert Hannon, Padraic Kernin, Moka Nagatani, Pete Novak, Brian Paturalski, Neal Pogue, Dexter Simmons, Matt Still & Darrell Thorpe, engineers/mixers; Brian Gardner & Bernie Grundman, mastering engineers
- Under Construction – Missy Elliott
- * Craig Brockman, Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott, Erroll "Poppi" McCalla, Nisan & Timbaland, producers; Jeff Allen, Carlos "El Loco" Bedoya, Josh Butler, Senator Jimmy D, Guru, Timbaland & Mike Wilson, engineers/mixers; Herb Powers, mastering engineer
- Fallen – Evanescence
- * Dave Fortman & Ben Moody, producers; Jay Baumgardner, Dave Fortman & Jeremy Parker, engineers/mixers; Ted Jensen, mastering engineer
- Justified – Justin Timberlake
- * Brian McKnight, The Neptunes, Scott Storch, Timbaland & The Underdogs, producers; Andrew Coleman, Jimmy Douglass, Serban Ghenea, Dabling Harward, Steve Penny, Dave "Hard Drive" Pensado, Dave "Natural Love" Russell, Timbaland & Chris Wood, engineers/mixers; Herb Powers Jr., mastering engineer
- Elephant – The White Stripes
- * Jack White, producer; Liam Watson & Jack White, engineers/mixers; Noel Summerville, mastering engineer
- "Dance With My Father"
- * Richard Marx & Luther Vandross, songwriters
- "Beautiful"
- * Linda Perry, songwriter
- "I'm With You"
- * Avril Lavigne & The Matrix, songwriters
- "Keep Me In Your Heart"
- * Jorge Calderón & Warren Zevon, songwriters
- "Lose Yourself"
- * J. Bass, M. Mathers & L. Resto, songwriters
- Evanescence
- 50 Cent
- Fountains of Wayne
- Heather Headley
- Sean Paul
Alternative
- Elephant – The White Stripes
- Fight Test – The Flaming Lips
- Hail to the Thief – Radiohead
- Untitled – Sigur Rós
- Fever to Tell – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Blues
- Jacquire King, Ed Cherney, Dennis Herring & Buddy Guy for Blues Singer
- Donto James, Josh Sklair, Sametto James & Etta James for Let's Roll
Children's
- Best Musical Album for Children
- *Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer for Bon Appétit!
- Best Spoken Word Album for Children
- *Bill Clinton, Mikhail Gorbachev & Sophia Loren for Wolf Tracks and Peter and the Wolf, music performed by the Russian National Orchestra conducted by Kent Nagano
Classical
- Best Orchestral Performance
- *Pierre Boulez & the Vienna Philharmonic for Mahler: Symphony No. 3 performed by Anne Sofie von Otter, Johannes Prinz, Gerald Wirth, the Vienna Boys' Choir & the Women's Chorus of the Vienna Singverein
- Best Classical Vocal Performance
- *Thomas Quasthoff & Anne Sofie von Otter for Schubert: Lieder with Orchestra performed by Thomas Quasthoff, Anne Sofie von Otter & the Chamber Orchestra of Europe conducted by Claudio Abbado
- Best Opera Recording
- *Wolfram Graul, Bernard Haitink, Jerry Hadley, Karita Mattila, Eva Randová, Anja Silja, Jorma Silvasti for Janáček's: Jenůfa performed by the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House & Chorus & various artists
- Best Choral Performance
- *Paavo Järvi, Tiia-Ester Loitme & Ants Soots for Sibelius: Cantatas performed by the Ellerhein Girls' Choir, the Estonian National Male Choir & the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
- Best Instrumental Soloist Performance
- *Mstislav Rostropovich & Maxim Vengerov for Britten: Violin Concerto/Walton: Viola Concerto performed by Maxim Vengerov & the London Symphony Orchestra
- Best Instrumental Soloist Performance
- *Emanuel Ax for Haydn: Piano Sonatas Nos. 29, 31, 34, 35 & 49
- Best Small Ensemble Performance
- *Jeff von der Schmidt & Southwest Chamber Music for "Chávez: Suite for Double Quartet"
- Best Chamber Music Performance
- *The Kronos Quartet & Dawn Upshaw for Berg: Lyric Suite
- Best Classical Contemporary Composition
- *Dominick Argento for "Argento: Casa Guidi" performed by Frederica von Stade, Eiji Oue & the Minnesota Orchestra
- Best Classical Album
- *Andreas Neubronner, Michael Tilson Thomas & Michelle DeYoung for Mahler: Symphony No. 3; Kindertotenlieder performed by Michelle DeYoung, Vance George, the Pacific Boychoir, the San Francisco Girls Chorus & the San Francisco Symphony & Chorus
- Best Classical Crossover Album
- *Jorge Calandrelli & Yo-Yo Ma for Obrigado Brazil performed by various artists
Comedy
- "Weird Al" Yankovic for Poodle Hat
Composing and arranging
- Wayne Shorter for "Sacajawea"
- Michael Brecker & Gil Goldstein for "Timbuktu" performed by the Michael Brecker Quindectet
- Vince Mendoza for "Woodstock"
Country
- June Carter Cash for "Keep on the Sunny Side"
- Vince Gill for "Next Big Thing"
- Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder for "A Simple Life"
- James Taylor & Alison Krauss for "How's the World Treating You"
- Alison Krauss & Union Station for "Cluck Old Hen"
- Jim Moose Brown & Don Rollins for "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" performed by Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffett
- Carl Jackson for Livin', Lovin', Losin' – Songs of the Louvin Brothers performed by various artists
- Alison Krauss & Union Station for Live
Dance
- Rob Davis, Cathy Dennis, Rob Davis, Cathy Dennis, Bruce Elliott-Smith, Phil Larsen & Kylie Minogue for "Come Into My World"
Film/TV/media
- Randy Spendlove & Ric Wake & Various Artists for '
- John J. Kurlander, Peter Cobbin & Howard Shore for '
- Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy & Michael McKean for A Mighty Wind performed by The Folksmen, Mitch & Mickey & The New Main Street Singers
Folk
- Wildwood Flower – June Carter Cash
- The Wind – Warren Zevon
- Flying Free – Black Eagle
Gospel
- Michael W. Smith for Worship Again
- Audio Adrenaline for Worldwide
- The Blind Boys of Alabama for Go Tell It on the Mountain
- Donnie McClurkin for ...Again
- Rise and Shine – Randy Travis
- Bishop T.D. Jakes & the Potter's House Mass Choir for A Wing and a Prayer
Historical
- Steve Berkowitz, Alex Gibney, Andy McKaie, Jerry Rappaport, Gavin Lurssen & Joseph M. Palmaccio for performed by various artists
Jazz
- "Matrix" – Chick Corea in Rendezvous in New York
- Clark Germain, Dave Darlington, Robert Sadin & Wayne Shorter for Alegría
- Jay Newland, Gil Goldstein, Michael Brecker & the Michael Brecker Quindectet for Wide Angles
- Michael O'Reilly, Arif Mardin & Dianne Reeves for A Little Moonlight
- George Whitty & Randy Brecker for 34th N Lex
- Robert J. Friedrich, Michel Camilo, Charles Flores & Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez for Live at the Blue Note
Latin
- Mick Guzauski, Lulo Perez & Alejandro Sanz for No Es Lo Mismo
- Jerry Boys, Ry Cooder & Ibrahim Ferrer for Buenos Hermanos
- Jose Angel Cabrera & Dennis Parker, Daniel Estevez T. & Joan Sebastian for Afortunado
- Anibal Kerpel, Joseph Chiccarelli, Elfego Buendia, Emmanuel Del Real, Gustavo Santaolalla, Jose "Joselo" Rangel, Quique Rangel & Café Tacuba for Cuatro Caminos
- Edward Perez, Ramiro Serna, Jimmy Gonzalez producer & Jimmy Gonzalez y El Grupo Mazz for Si Me Faltas Tu
- Jon Fausty, Luca Germini, Jorge G. Gómez, Carlos Laurenz, Jose Lopez, Olga Santos, Jake Tanner,, Jorge G. Garcia, Oscar Gómez, Sergio George & Celia Cruz for Regalo Del Alma
Musical show
- Todd Whitelock, Tom Lazarus, Ken Hahn & Jay David Saks for Gypsy performed by the New Broadway cast with Bernadette Peters, Tammy Blanchard, John Dossett & others
Music video
- Aris McGarry, Mark Romanek & Johnny Cash for Hurt
- Michael Gochanour, Robin Klein & Mary Wharton for Legend performed by Sam Cooke
New Age
- One Quiet Night – Pat Metheny
- Inner Journeys: Myths & Legends – Cusco
- Solace – Michael Hoppé
- Red Moon – Peter Kater
- Sacred Journey of Ku-Kai – Kitarō
Packaging and notes
- Ani DiFranco & Brian Grunert for Evolve performed by Ani DiFranco
- Julian Alexander, Howard Fritzson & Seth Rothstein for The Complete Jack Johnson Sessions performed by Miles Davis
- Tom Piazza for Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: A Musical Journey performed by Various Artists
Polka
- Let's Polka 'Round – Jimmy Sturr
Pop
- "Beautiful" – Christina Aguilera
- "Miss Independent" – Kelly Clarkson
- "White Flag" – Dido
- "I'm with You" – Avril Lavigne
- "Fallen" – Sarah McLachlan
- "Cry Me a River" – Justin Timberlake
- "Any Road" – George Harrison
- "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" – Michael McDonald
- "Send Your Love" – Sting
- "Keep Me in Your Heart" – Warren Zevon
- "Underneath It All" – No Doubt
- "Misunderstood" – Bon Jovi
- "Hole in the World" – The Eagles
- "Stacy's Mom" – Fountains of Wayne
- "Unwell" – Matchbox 20
- "Whenever I Say Your Name" – Sting & Mary J. Blige
- "Can't Hold Us Down" – Christina Aguilera & Lil' Kim
- "La Vie En Rose" – Tony Bennett & k.d. lang
- "Gonna Change My Way Of Thinking" – Bob Dylan & Mavis Staples
- "Feel Good Time" – Pink & William Orbit
- "Marwa Blues" – George Harrison
- "Patricia" – Ry Cooder & Manuel Galbán
- "Honey-Dipped" – Dave Koz
- "Seabiscuit" – Randy Newman
- "The Nutcracker Suite" – The Brian Setzer Orchestra
- Justified – Justin Timberlake
- Stripped – Christina Aguilera
- Brainwashed – George Harrison
- Bare – Annie Lennox
- Motown – Michael McDonald
- Mambo Sinuendo – Ry Cooder & Manuel Galbán
Production and engineering
- Nigel Godrich & Darrell Thorp for Hail to the Thief performed by Radiohead
- Richard King & Todd Whitelock for Obrigado Brazil performed by Yo-Yo Ma
- Maurice Joshua for Crazy In Love performed by Beyoncé & Jay-Z
- The Neptunes
- Steven Epstein
R&B
- Beyoncé for "Dangerously In Love 2"
- Luther Vandross for "Dance with My Father"
- Luther Vandross & Beyoncé for "The Closer I Get to You"
- "Wonderful" – Aretha Franklin
- "Hey Ya!" – OutKast
- Shawn Carter, Rich Harrison, Beyoncé Knowles & Eugene Record for "Crazy in Love" performed by Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z
- Ray Bardani & Luther Vandross for Dance with My Father
- Tony Maserati & Beyoncé for Dangerously in Love
Rap
- "Work It" – Missy Elliott
- "Got It Poppin" – Da Brat
- "Came Back For You" – Lil' Kim
- "Ride Wit' Me" – MC Lyte
- "Go Head" – Queen Latifah
- "Lose Yourself" – Eminem
- "Pump It Up" – Joe Budden
- "In Da Club" – 50 Cent
- "Stand Up" – Ludacris
- "Get Busy" – Sean Paul
- "Shake Ya Tailfeather" – Nelly, P. Diddy & Murphy Lee
- "Gossip Folks" – Missy Elliott featuring Ludacris
- "Magic Stick" – Lil' Kim featuring 50 Cent
- "Dipset " – Juelz Santana featuring Cam'ron
- "Can't Stop, Won't Stop" – Young Gunz
- "Crazy in Love" – Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z
- "Where Is The Love?" – The Black Eyed Peas with Justin Timberlake
- "Luv U Better" – LL Cool J featuring Marc Dorsey
- "Frontin' – The Neptunes featuring Pharrell Williams & Jay-Z
- "Beautiful" – Snoop Dogg featuring Pharrell & Uncle Charlie Wilson
- "Lose Yourself"
- *J. Bass, M. Mathers & L. Resto, songwriters
- "Beautiful"
- *Calvin Broadus, Chad Hugo & Pharrell Williams, songwriters
- "Excuse Me Miss"
- * Shawn Carter, Chad Hugo & Pharrell Williams, songwriters
- "In Da Club"
- *M. Elizondo, C. Jackson & A. Young, songwriters
- "Work It"
- *Missy Elliott & Tim Mosley, songwriters
- Speakerboxxx/The Love Below – OutKast
- Under Construction – Missy Elliott
- Get Rich Or Die Tryin – 50 Cent
- ' – Jay-Z
- Phrenology'' – The Roots
Reggae
- Dutty Rock – Sean Paul
- Friends For Life – Buju Banon
- Free Man – Burning Spear
- Ain't Givin' Up – Third World
- No Holding Back – Wayne Wonder
Rock
- "Trouble" – P!nk
- "Are You Happy Now?" – Michelle Branch
- "Losing Grip" – Avril Lavigne
- "Time of Our Lives" – Bonnie Raitt
- "Righteously" – Lucinda Williams
- "Gravedigger" – Dave Matthews
- "New Killer Star" – David Bowie
- "Down in the Flood" – Bob Dylan
- "If I Could Fall in Love" – Lenny Kravitz
- "Return of Jackie and Judy" – Tom Waits
- "Disorder in the House" – Bruce Springsteen & Warren Zevon
- "Times Like These" – Foo Fighters
- "There There" – Radiohead
- "Seven Nation Army" – The White Stripes
- "Calling All Angels" – Train
- Plan B – Jeff Beck
- "Bring Me to Life" – Evanescence
- "St. Anger" – Metallica
- "Did My Time" – Korn
- "Mobscene" – Marilyn Manson
- "Smothered" – Spineshank
- "Inhale" – Stone Sour
- Jack White for "Seven Nation Army" performed by The White Stripes
- Jim Scott, David Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel, Chris Shiflett, Nick Raskulinecz & Foo Fighters for One by One
Spoken
- Paul Ruben & Al Franken for Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right
Traditional pop
- A Wonderful World – Tony Bennett & k.d lang
- *Dae Bennett, T Bone Burnett,
World
- Jon Mark & the monks of Sherab Ling Monastery for Sacred Tibetan Chant
- Stéphane Caisson, José da Silva & Cesária Évora for Voz d'Amor
- *Asha Bhosle was nominated for You've Stolen My Heart, thus becoming the first ever Indian artist to earn a Grammy nomination.
Special merit awards
[Grammy Hall of Fame Award]
- "All I Have to Do Is Dream" performed by The Everly Brothers
- "Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In " performed by The 5th Dimension
- "Bohemian Rhapsody" performed by Queen
- "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" performed by Glen Campbell
- Chopin: The Complete Nocturnes performed by Arthur Rubinstein
- Come Fly With Me performed by Frank Sinatra
- Court and Spark performed by Joni Mitchell
- Ellington at Newport performed by Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
- "Everyday I Have the Blues" performed by B.B. King
- Funny Girl performed by the original Broadway cast with Barbra Streisand & Sydney Chaplin
- Golden Jubilee Concert: Rachmaninoff Concerto no. 3 performed by Vladimir Horowitz with Eugene Ormandy conducting the New York Philharmonic Orchestra
- "He's a Rebel" performed by The Crystals
- "Holiday for Strings" David Rose & His Orchestra
- "I've Got The World On a String" performed by Frank Sinatra
- Johnny Cash at San Quentin performed by Johnny Cash
- "Just the Way You Are" performed by Billy Joel
- "Last Date" performed by Floyd Cramer
- Led Zeppelin performed by Led Zeppelin
- "Let It Be" performed by The Beatles
- Let's Get It On performed by Marvin Gaye
- "Love Is Strange" performed by Mickey & Sylvia
- Milestones performed by the Miles Davis Sextet
- "Night and Day" performed by Leo Reisman & His Orchestra with Fred Astaire
- "A Night In Tunisia" performed by Dizzy Gillespie & His Sextet
- "Pennies From Heaven" performed by Bing Crosby
- "Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With a Dixie Melody" performed by Al Jolson
- Saturday Night Fever performed by the motion picture cast
- "See See Rider Blues" performed by Ma Rainey
- "The Sound of Silence" performed by Simon & Garfunkel
- That's the Way of the World performed by Earth, Wind & Fire
- Walt Disney's Fantasia performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Leopold Stokowski
- West Side Story performed by the motion picture cast
- "You're So Vain" performed by Carly Simon
[MusiCares Person of the Year]
- Sting
Trivia
- OutKast's Speakerboxxx/The Love Below became the first and only rap album to date to win Album of the Year. It was also the second hip hop album to win Album of the Year, following Lauryn Hill's R&B album, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.
- Beyoncé became the fourth female artist to win a record five awards in one night. Prior to Beyoncé Norah Jones, Alicia Keys and Lauryn Hill had won five in one night. Since 2004 Amy Winehouse and Alison Krauss became the fifth and sixth artists respectively to tie this record. Beyoncé is the only one of these six artists who did not win a general field award out of her five wins. In 2010 Beyoncé broke this record, getting six awards. This record was later tied by Adele in 2012.
- Justin Timberlake apologized for the Super Bowl halftime show the previous week in his acceptance speech that night. Janet Jackson however did not appear at the Grammy Awards.
- As Evanescence were presented with the award for Best New Artist, rapper 50 Cent went up to the stage. 50 Cent was nominated for Best New Artist, losing to Evanescence.
- Luther Vandross won four awards however he was unable to attend due to a stroke he suffered several months earlier. Celine Dion sang his song "Dance With My Father" with Richard Marx playing piano in tribute to Luther Vandross. The song was ultimately awarded the award for Song of the Year later that night. During the show they showed a videotaped clip that was pre-taped of him saying "Whenever I say goodbye it's never for long because I believe in the power of love". Vandross died the following year in 2005.
- Warren Zevon who died in September 2003 was awarded two posthumous awards; Best Contemporary Folk Album for The Wind and Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal for his duet with Bruce Springsteen, Disorder in the House.
- The show also featured a Tribute to The Beatles in honor of the 40 year anniversary of their arrival in America and their appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. During the show, both widows of deceased members – Yoko Ono and Olivia Harrison – made an on-stage appearance.