Eminem, Avril, Springsteen, others get Grammy nods
ByJan 6, 2003 11:00 PM
Ashanti, Sheryl Crow, Eminem, Norah Jones, Avril Lavigne, Nelly, Raphael Saadiq and Bruce Springsteen lead this year’s pack of Grammy nominees, with each artist scoring five nominations.
Ashanti, Sheryl Crow, Eminem, Norah Jones, Avril Lavigne, Nelly, Raphael Saadiq and Bruce Springsteen lead this year’s pack of Grammy nominees, with each artist scoring five nominations.
During a press conference held on Tuesday (1/7), the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences announced the nominees for the 45th annual Grammy Awards ceremony, which is set to take place next month at Madison Square Garden.
Widely considered the ceremony’s most significant award category, the Album of the Year nominees feature Eminem’s “The Eminem Show” (which also was recently crowned 2002’s top-selling album), the Dixie Chicks’ “Home,” Bruce Springsteen’s “The Rising,” Jones’ “Come Away With Me” and Nelly’s “Nellyville.”
Snagging Record of the Year nominations are Eminem’s “Without Me,” Vanessa Carlton’s “A Thousand Miles,” Jones’ “Don’t Know Why,” Nelly’s “Dilemma” (featuring Kelly Rowland) and Nickelback’s “How You Remind Me.”
The nominees for this year’s Song of the Year category include Springsteen for the title track from “The Rising,” Eminem for “Without Me,” Lavigne for “Complicated,” Jesse Harris for Jones’ “Don’t Know Why” and Alan Jackson for “Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning).”
Artists facing off in the Best New Artist category are Lavigne, Ashanti, Michelle Branch and John Mayer.
Award winners will be announced at the Feb. 23 Grammy Awards ceremony, which takes place at New York City’s Madison Square Garden. CBS-TV will air a live broadcast of the event.
Click here for a complete list of nominees.