The 46th Grammy Awards were held on the February 8, 2004. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the previous year. The big winners were Outkast, who won three awards including Album of the Year & Beyoncé Knowles, who won 5 Awards. [edit] Award winners [edit] General - Record of the Year
- Ken Nelson (producer & engineer/mixer), Mark Phythian (engineer/mixer) & Coldplay (producers, engineers/mixers & artists) for "Clocks"
- Album of the Year
- Carl Mo (producer), Vincent Alexander, Chris Carmouche, Terrence Cash, Kevin "KD" Davis, Reggie Dozier, John Frye, Robert Hannon, Padraic Kernin, Moka Nagatani, Pete Novak, Brian Paturalski, Neal Pogue, Dexter Simmons, Darrell Thorpe (engineers/mixers), Brian Gardner & Bernie Grundman (mastering engineers) & OutKast (producers & artists) for Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
- Song of the Year
- Best New Artist
[edit] Alternative [edit] Children's [edit] Classical [edit] Comedy [edit] Composing and arranging [edit] Country [edit] Film/TV/Media [edit] Gospel [edit] Historical - Best Latin Pop Album
- Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album
- Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album
- Jose Angel Cabrera & Dennis Parker,(engineers), Daniel Estevez T. (engineer/mixer) & Joan Sebastian (producer & artist) for Afortunado
- Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album
- Anibal Kerpel, Joseph Chiccarelli (engineers), Elfego Buendia, Emmanuel Del Real, Gustavo Santaolalla, Jose "Joselo" Rangel, Quique Rangel (producers) & Café Tacuba for Cuatro Caminos
- Best Best Tejano Album
- Edward Perez, Ramiro Serna (engineers), Jimmy Gonzalez producer & Jimmy Gonzalez y El Grupo Mazz for Si Me Faltas Tu
- Best Salsa/Merengue Album
- Jon Fausty, Luca Germini, Jorge G. Gómez, Carlos Laurenz, Jose Lopez, Olga Santos, Jake Tanner, (engineers), Jorge G. Garcia (engineer/mixer), Oscar Gómez (engineer/mixer & producer), Sergio George (producer) & Celia Cruz for Regalo Del Alma
[edit] Musical Show [edit] Music video [edit] New Age [edit] Packaging and Notes - Best Polka Album
- Tom Pick (engineer & producer), Joe Donofrio, Kenneth R. Irwin (producers) & Jimmy Sturr (producer & artist) for Let's Polka 'Round
[edit] Production and engineering [edit] Reggae Pink Trouble [edit] Spoken [edit] Trad Pop [edit] Special Merit Awards [edit] Grammy Hall of Fame Award - "All I Have to Do Is Dream" (Cadence, 1958) performed by The Everly Brothers
- "Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures)" (Soul City, 1969) performed by 5th Dimension
- "Bohemian Rhapsody" (Elektra, 1976) performed by Queen
- "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" (Capitol, 1967) performed by Glen Campbell
- Chopin: The Complete Nocturnes (RCA Red Seal, 1965) performed by Artur Rubinstein
- Come Fly With Me (Capitol, 1958) performed by Frank Sinatra
- Court and Spark (Asylum, 1974) performed by Joni Mitchell
- Ellington at Newport (Columbia, 1957) performed by Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
- "Everyday I Have the Blues" (RPM, 1955) performed by B.B. King
- Funny Girl (Capitol, 1964) performed by the original Broadway cast with Barbra Streisand & Sydney Chaplin
- Golden Jubilee Concert: Rachmaninoff Concerto no. 3 (RCA Red Seal, 1978) performed by Vladimir Horowitz with Eugene Ormandy conducting the New York Philharmonic Orchestra
- "He's a Rebel" (Philles, 1962) performed by The Crystals
- "Holiday for Strings" (RCA Victor, 1943) David Rose & His Orchestra
- "I've Got The World On a String" (Capitol, 1953) performed by Frank Sinatra
- Johnny Cash at San Quentin (Columbia, 1969) performed by Johnny Cash
- "Just the Way You Are" (Columbia, 1978) performed by Billy Joel
- "Last Date" (RCA, 1960) performed by Floyd Cramer
- Led Zeppelin (Atlantic, 1969) performed by Led Zeppelin
- "Let It Be" (Apple, 1970) performed by The Beatles
- Let's Get It On (Tamla, 1973) performed by Marvin Gaye
- "Love Is Strange" (Groove/ RCA, 1957) performed by Mickey & Sylvia
- Milestones (Columbia, 1958) performed by the Miles Davis Sextet
- "Night and Day" (RCA Victor, 1932) performed by Leo Reisman & His Orchestra with Fred Astaire
- "A Night In Tunisia" (Victor, 1946) performed by Dizzy Gillespie & His Sextet
- "Pennies From Heaven" (Decca, 1936) performed by Bing Crosby
- "Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With a Dixie Melody" (Columbia, 1918) performed by Al Jolson
- Saturday Night Fever (RSO, 1977) performed by the motion picture cast
- "See See Rider Blues" (Paramount, 1925) performed by Ma Rainey
- "The Sound of Silence" (Columbia, 1965) performed by Simon & Garfunkel
- That's the Way of the World (Columbia, 1975) performed by Earth, Wind & Fire
- Walt Disney's Fantasia (Buena Vista, 1956) performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Leopold Stokowski
- West Side Story (Columbia, 1961) performed by the motion picture cast
- "You're So Vain" (Elektra, 1973) performed by Carly Simon
[edit] Trivia - OutKast's Speakerboxxx/The Love Below became the first and only rap album to date to win Album of the Year.
- Beyonce became the fourth female artist to win a record five awards in one night. Prior to Beyonce 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. Beyonce is the only one of these six artists who did not win a general field award out of her five wins.
- Justin Timberlake apologized for the incident at 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 stoke he suffered several months earlier. Celine Dion performed his song "Dance With My Father" 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 passed away the following year in 2005.
- 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 Yoko Ono and Olivia Harrison made an on-stage appearance.
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