Columbia Records Congratulates Its Artists on This Year's Grammy Nominations

Columbia Records is congratulating its artists for their impressive showing in this year's Grammy nominations. With 31 Grammy nominations in 25 categories, Columbia Records has generated the most nominations achieved by an individual label for recordings released during the Grammy Eligibility Year (October 1, 2001 through September 30, 2002).

Among Columbia-related nominations: the Dixie Chicks "Home" album generated seven nominations including Album Of The Year and Best Country Album; Bruce Springsteen received five nominations including Album Of The Year and Song Of The Year; John Mayer received two nominations including Best New Artist; James Taylor received two nominations including Best Male Pop Vocal Performance; Tony Bennett received two nominations including Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album. Artists securing one nomination apiece included Barbra Streisand, David Bowie, Aerosmith, System Of A Down, Lauryn Hill, Ralph Stanley, Marc Anthony, Jorma Kaukonen, Ruben Blades, Angelique Kidjo, Robin Williams, and Nas.

The scope of Columbia's Grammy nominations covers an extraordinary range of musical genres including Pop, Rock, Rap, Country, Bluegrass, Salsa, Folk, and World Music. In addition, Columbia has garnered nominations for Best Score Soundtrack, Best Spoken Word Comedy, and Best Short Form Music Video.

Nominations for the 45th Annual Grammy Awards were announced today Tuesday, January 7. Winners will be announced at the 45th Annual Grammy Awards Ceremony to be telecast on CBS on Feb. 23 from 8-11 p.m. (ET/PT), marking the first Grammy Awards in New York City since 1998, and the first-ever Sunday broadcast of the awards show.

Album Of The Year

"Home" -- Dixie Chicks; Dixie Chicks & Lloyd Maines, producers; Gary Paczosa, engineer/mixer; Robert Hadley & Doug Sax, mastering engineers (Open Wide/Monument/Columbia Records)

"The Rising" -- Bruce Springsteen; Brendan O'Brien, producer; Nick Didia & Brendan O'Brien, engineers/mixers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer (Columbia Records)

Song Of The Year

"The Rising" -- Bruce Springsteen, songwriter (Bruce Springsteen); track from: "The Rising" (Columbia Records; Publisher: Bruce Springsteen)

  Best New Artist
  John Mayer

  Best Male Pop Vocal Performance

"Your Body Is A Wonderland" -- John Mayer; track from: "Room For Squares" (Aware Records/Columbia Records)

"October Road" -- James Taylor; track from: "October Road" (Columbia Records)

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals

"What A Wonderful World" -- Tony Bennett & k.d. lang; track from: "A Wonderful World" (RPM Records/Columbia Records)

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

"Playin' With My Friends: Bennett Sings The Blues" -- Tony Bennett (Columbia/RPM Records)

  "Christmas Memories" -- Barbra Streisand (Columbia Records)

  Best Male Rock Vocal Performance
  "Slow Burn" -- David Bowie; track from: "Heathen" (Columbia Records)

"The Rising" -- Bruce Springsteen; track from: "The Rising" (Columbia Records)

Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

"Girls Of Summer" -- Aerosmith; track from "O, Yeah! Ultimate Aerosmith Hits" (Columbia Records/Geffen)

"Hero" -- Chad Kroeger featuring Josey Scott; track from: "Spider-Man - Music From And Inspired By (Various Artists) (Columbia/Roadrunner/Island Def Jam/Sony Music Soundtrax)

  Best Hard Rock Performance
  "Aerials" -- System Of A Down; track from: "Toxicity" (American/Columbia)

  Best Rock Song

"The Rising" -- Bruce Springsteen, songwriter (Bruce Springsteen); track from: "The Rising" (Columbia Records; Publisher: Bruce Springsteen)

  Best Rock Album
  "The Rising" -- Bruce Springsteen (Columbia Records)

  Best Female Rap Solo Performance

"Mystery Of Iniquity" -- Lauryn Hill; track from: "MTV Unplugged 2.0 (Columbia Records)

Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

"Long Time Gone" -- Dixie Chicks; track from: "Home" (Open Wide/Monument/Columbia Records)

Best Country Instrumental Performance

"Lil' Jack Slade" -- Dixie Chicks; track from: "Home" (Open Wide/Monument/Columbia Records)

  Best Country Album
  "Home" -- Dixie Chicks (Open Wide/Monument/Columbia Records)

  Best Bluegrass Album
  "Ralph Stanley" -- Ralph Stanley (Columbia/DMZ)

  Best Salsa Album
  "Libre" -- Marc Anthony (Columbia Records/Sony Discos)

  Best Traditional Folk Album
  "Blue Country Heart" -- Jorma Kaukonen (Columbia Records)

  Best World Music Album
  "Mundo" -- Ruben Blades (Columbia Records)
  "Black Ivory Soul" -- Angelique Kidjo (Columbia Records)

  Best Spoken Word Comedy Album
  "Robin Williams Live 2002" -- Robin Williams (Columbia Records)

Best Score Soundtrack Album For A Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media

"Spider-Man" -- Danny Elfman, composer (Sony Music Soundtrax/Columbia Records)

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)

"Mean Old Man" -- James Taylor; Dave Grusin, arranger; track from: "October Road" (Columbia Records)

Best Recording Package

"Home" -- Dixie Chicks; Kevin Reagan, art director (Open Wide/Monument/Columbia Records)

Best Historical Album

"The Genius Of The Electric Guitar" -- Charlie Christian; Michael Brooks & Michael Cuscuna, compilation producers; Seth Foster, Ken Robertson & Mark Wilder, mastering engineers (Columbia/Legacy)

Best Short Form Music Video

"One Mic" -- Nas; Chris Robinson, video director; Dawn Rose, video producer (Columbia Records)

         Additional Columbia Records/Artist-Related Nominations:

  Record Of The Year

"Dilemma" -- Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland (featured on Kelly Rowland's debut album, "Simply Deep" on Columbia Records) (Universal Records)

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration

"Dilemma" -- Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland (featured on Kelly Rowland's debut album, "Simply Deep" on Columbia Records) (Universal Records)

Best Rock Song

"Hero" -- Chad Kroeger featuring Josey Scott; track from: "Spider-Man - Music From And Inspired By (Various Artists) (Columbia/Roadrunner/Island Def Jam/Sony Music Soundtrax; Publishers: Warner-Tamerlane Pub., Arm Your Dillo Pub.)

Best Song Written For A Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media

"Hero" -- Chad Kroeger featuring Josey Scott; track from: "Spider-Man - Music From And Inspired By (Various Artists) (Columbia/Roadrunner/Island Def Jam/Sony Music Soundtrax; Publishers: Warner-Tamerlane Pub., Arm Your Dillo Pub.)

Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

"Don't Mess With My Man" -- Nivea featuring Brian & Brandon Casey of Jagged Edge; (Jive Records)

  Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group
  "The Essence" -- AZ featuring Nas; track from: "Aziatic" (Motown Records)

"The Whole World" -- OutKast featuring Killer Mike; track from: "Big Boi & Dre Present... OutKast" (Arista Records)

Best Country Song

"Long Time Gone" -- Dixie Chicks; Darrell Scott, songwriter; track from: "Home" (Open Wide/Monument/Columbia Records; Publishers: Famous Music Corp., Chuck Wagon Gourmet Music)

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

"Home" -- Dixie Chicks; Gary Paczosa, engineer (Open Wide/Monument/Columbia Records)

Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical

"Work It Out (Maurice's Nu Soul Mix)" -- Beyonce Knowles; Maurice Joshua, remixer (Columbia Records)

Best Country Instrumental Performance

"Bear Mountain Hop" -- Bela Fleck; track from: "The Country Bears" (Various Artists) (Walt Disney Records)

Best Album Notes

"A State Of Wonder: The Complete Goldberg Variations 1955 & 1981" -- Glenn Gould; Tim Page, album notes writer (Sony Classical/Legacy Recordings)

SOURCE: Columbia Records

CONTACT: Fran DeFeo of Columbia Records, Media, New York,
+1-212-833-5784, fran_defeo@sonymusic.com

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