Eminem, Bruce Springsteen among top 2003 GRAMMY® nominees

This year's GRAMMY® nominees include eight artists-- Eminem, Bruce Springsteen, Norah Jones, Avril Lavigne, Nelly, Ashanti, Sheryl Crow and Raphael Saadiq--who are vying for five awards apiece.

Up for Album of the Year are the Dixie Chicks' "Home," Eminem's "The Eminem Show," Jones' "Come Away with Me," Nelly's "Nellyville" and Bruce Springsteen's "The Rising." The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences announced the nominees on Tuesday (1/7/2003).

Record of the Year nominees include "Without Me" by Eminem, "A Thousand Miles" by Vanessa Carlton "Don't Know Why" by Jones, "Dilemma" by Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland and "How You Remind Me" by Nickelback.

Competing in the Song of the Year category--which is presented to the songwriter--are "Without Me," Springsteen's "The Rising," Lavigne's "Complicated" (which she wrote with production/writing team The Matrix), "Don't Know Why" (written by Jesse Harris) and Alan Jackson's "Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning)."

Ashanti, Michelle Branch, Jones, Lavigne and John Mayer are nominated in the Best New Artist category.

The winners will be announced Feb. 23 in New York at a ceremony to be broadcast live by CBS-TV from Madison Square Garden.

A list of the GRAMMY nominees in select categories follows. A complete list is available at the official Grammy Awards website.


Record of the Year
"A Thousand Miles," Vanessa Carlton
"Without Me," Eminem
"Don't Know Why," Norah Jones
"Dilemma," Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland
"How You Remind Me," Nickelback

Album of the Year
"Home," Dixie Chicks
"The Eminem Show," Eminem
"Come Away With Me," Norah Jones
"Nellyville," Nelly
"The Rising," Bruce Springsteen

Song of the Year
"Complicated," Avril Lavigne
(Avril Lavigne & The Matrix, songwriters)
"Don't Know Why," Norah Jones
(Jesse Harris, songwriter)
"The Rising," Bruce Springsteen
"A Thousand Miles," Vanessa Carlton
"Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)" Alan Jackson

Best New Artist
Ashanti
Michelle Branch
Norah Jones
Avril Lavigne
John Mayer

POP

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
"Soak Up the Sun," Sheryl Crow
"Don't Know Why," Norah Jones
"Complicated," Avril Lavigne
"Get the Party Started," Pink
"Overprotected," Britney Spears

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
"7 Days," Craig David
"Original Sin," Elton John
"Your Body is a Wonderland," John Mayer
"Fragile," Sting
"October Road," James Taylor

Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
"Everyday," Bon Jovi
"Girl All the Bad Guys Want," Bowling for Soup
"Where Are You Going," Dave Matthews Band
"Hey Baby," No Doubt
"Girlfriend," 'NSync

Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals
"Dirrty," Christina Aguilera featuring Redman
"Christmas Song," India.Arie & Stevie Wonder
"What a Wonderful World," Tony Bennett & KD Lang
"Better Than Anything," Natalie Cole & Diana Krall
"It's So Easy," Sheryl Crow & Don Henley
"The Game of Love," Santana & Michelle Branch

Best Pop Vocal Album
"Come Away With Me," Norah Jones
"Let Go," Avril Lavigne
"Rock Steady," No Doubt
"Missundaztood," Pink
"Britney," Britney Spears

ROCK

Best Female Rock Vocal Performance
"Steve McQueen," Sheryl Crow
"The Weakness in Me," Melissa Etheridge
"Sk8er Boi," Avril Lavigne
"Gnawin' on It," Bonnie Raitt
"Alone," Susan Tedeschi

Best Male Rock Vocal Performance
"Slow Burn," David Bowie
"45," Elvis Costello
"The Barry Williams Show," Peter Gabriel
"Darkness, Darkness," Robert Plant
"The Rising," Bruce Springsteen

Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
"Girls of Summer," Aerosmith
"In My Place," Coldplay
"My Sacrifice," Creed
"Hero," Chad Kroeger featuring Josey Scott
"When I'm Gone," 3 Doors Down
"Take Me As I Am," Tonic
"Walk On," U2

Best Hard Rock Performance
"All My Life," Foo Fighters
"I Stand Alone," Godsmack
"Youth of the Nation," P.O.D.
"No One Knows," Queens of the Stone Age
"Aerials," System of a Down

Best Metal Performance
"Here to Stay," Korn
"Portrait," P.O.D.
"My Plague," Slipknot
"Get Inside," Stone Sour
"Never Gonna Stop (The Red, Red Kroovy)," Rob Zombie

Best Rock Song
"All My Life, " Foo Fighters
"Hero," Chad Kroeger featuring Josey Scott
(Chad Kroeger, songwriter)
"I Stand Alone," Godsmack
(Sully Erna, songwriter)
"The Rising," Bruce Springsteen
"When I'm Gone," 3 Doors Down
(Brad Arnold, Todd Harrell, Chris Henderson & Matt Roberts, songwriters)

Best Rock Album
"When I was Cruel," Elvis Costello
"C'mon, C'mon," Sheryl Crow
"Dreamland," Robert Plant
"The Rising," Bruce Springsteen
"Head On Straight," Tonic
[Universal Records]

Best Alternative Music Album
"Sea Change," Beck
"Walking With Thee," Clinic
"A Rush of Blood to the Head," Coldplay
"Cruel Smile," Elvis Costello & The Imposters
"Behind the Music," The Soundtrack of Our Lives

R&B

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
"More Than a Woman," Aaliyah
"Foolish," Ashanti
"He Think I Don't Know," Mary J. Blige
"I'm Still Standing," Eartha
"He Loves Me (Lyzel in E Flat) (Movements I, II, III)," Jill Scott

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
"Let's Stay Home Tonight," Joe
"The World's Greatest," R. Kelly
"Halfcrazy," Musiq
"Take a Message," Remy Shand
"U Don't Have to Call," Usher

Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
"All the Way," Kenny G featuring Brian McKnight
"Don't Mess with My Man," Nivea featuring Brian & Brandon Casey of Jagged Edge
"More than a Woman," Angie Stone & Joe
"Girl Talk," TLC
"Love's in Need of Love Today," Stevie Wonder & Take Six

Best Urban/Alternative Performance
"Little Things," India.Arie
"Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip Hop)," Erykah Badu featuring Common
"Gettin' Grown," Cee-Lo
"Floetic," Floetry
"Be Here," Raphael Saadiq featuring D'Angelo

Best R&B Song
"Be Here," Raphael Saadiq featuring D'Angelo
(Michael Archer, Bobby Ozuna, Raphael Saadiq & Glenn Standridge, songwriters)
"Floetic," Floetry
(Marsha Ambrosius, Darren "Limitless" Henson, Keith "Keshon" Pelzer & Natalie Stewart, songwriters)
"Good Man," India.Arie
(Will Baker, Andrew Ramsey, Shannon Sanders & India Simpson, songwriters)
"Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip Hop)," Erykah Badu featuring Common
(Erykah Badu, Robert Ozuna, James Poyser, Raphael Saadiq & Glen Standridge, songwriters)
"Take a Message," Remy Shand

Best R&B Album
"Better Days," Joe
"Juslisen (Just Listen)," Musiq
"Instant Vintage," Raphael Saadiq
"The Way I Feel," Remy Shand

Best Contemporary R&B Album
"Ashanti," Ashanti
"Full Moon," Brandy
"Faithfully," Faith Evans
"Floetic," Floetry
"Cookie: The Anthropological Mixtape," Meshell Ndegeocello

RAP

Best Female Rap Solo Performance
"Diary...," Charli Baltimore
"Scream a.k.a Itchin'," Missy Elliott
"Satisfaction," Eve
"Na Na Be Like," Foxy Brown
"Mystery of Iniquity," Lauryn Hill

Best Male Rap Solo Performance
"Without Me," Eminem
"Song Cry," Jay-Z
"Rollout (My Business)," Ludacris
"Bouncin' Back (Bumpin' Me Against the Wall)," Mystikal
"Hot In Herre," Nelly

Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group
"The Essence," AZ featuring Nas
"Still Fly," Big Tymers
"Pass the Courvoisier Part II," Busta Rhymes featuring P. Diddy & Pharrell
"Oh Boy," Cam'Ron featuring Juelz Santana
"The Whole World," OutKast featuring Killer Mike

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
"What's Luv?," Fat Joe featuring Ashanti
"Always on Time," Ja Rule featuring Ashanti
"Po' Folks," Nappy Roots featuring Anthony Hamilton
Track from: Watermelon, Chicken & Gritz
"Dilemma," Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland
"Like I Love You," Justin Timberlake featuring Clipse

Best Rap Album
"The Eminem Show," Eminem
"Word of Mouf," Ludacris
"Tarantula," Mystikal
"Nellyville," Nelly
"Diary of a Sinner: 1st Entry," Petey Pablo

COUNTRY

Best Female Country Vocal Performance
"Cry," Faith Hill
"Blessed," Martina McBride
"Dagger Through the Heart," Dolly Parton
"Lately," Lucinda Williams
"Something Worth Leaving Behind," Lee Ann Womack

Best Male Country Vocal Performance
"Give My Love to Rose," Johnny Cash
"Three Days," Pat Green
"Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)," Alan Jackson
"The Impossible," Joe Nichols
"I'm Gonna Miss Her," Brad Paisley

Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
"Beautiful Mess," Diamond Rio
"Long Time Gone," Dixie Chicks
"Not a Day Goes By," Lonestar
"Roll the Stone Away," Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
"Just What I Do," Trick Pony

Best Country Collaboration with Vocals
"Squeeze Me In," Garth Brooks & Trisha Yearwood
"Flesh and Blood," Mary Chapin Carpenter, Sheryl Crow & Emmylou Harris
"Bridge Over Troubled Water," Johnny Cash & Fiona Apple
"Mendocino County Line," Willie Nelson with Lee Ann Womack
"Will the Circle be Unbroken (Glory, Glory)," Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Taj Mahal, Alison Krauss & Doc Watson

Best Country Song
"The Impossible," Joe Nichols
(Kelley Lovelace & Lee Thomas Miller, songwriters)
"Long Time Gone," Dixie Chicks
(Darrell Scott, songwriter)
"Mendocino County Line," Willie Nelson with Lee Ann Womack
(Matt Serletic & Bernie Taupin, songwriters)
"Three Days," Pat Green
(Radney Foster & Pat Green, songwriters)
"Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)," Alan Jackson

Best Country Album
"Home," Dixie Chicks
"Drive," Alan Jackson
"The Great Divide," Willie Nelson
"Man With a Memory," Joe Nichols
"Halos & Horns," Dolly Parton