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Best Classical Album
- Troyens-Comp Opera by
H. Berlioz
The 2001
GRAMMY Award winner for Best Classical Album went to this
brilliant, four-disc recording from Sir Colin Davis and
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Best Bluegrass Album
- New Favorite
by Alison Krauss
In
addition to taking home trophies as part of the Oh
Brother… ensemble, Alison picked up GRAMMY Awards for
her latest set, New Favorite. This dazzling display
of downhome pecking'
won awards for Best Bluegrass Album, Best Country Song
("The Lucky One") and Best Country Performance
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Best Contemporary Jazz Album
- M2
by Marcus Miller
One of
the real pleasures of 2001 was watching bassist Marcus
Miller come into his own with the fantastic GRAMMY Award
winning set, M2 (Best Contemporary Jazz Album).
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Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
- Whoa Nelly
by Nelly Furtado
The
Canadian chanteuse's hit single "I'm Like a
Bird" won the 2002 GRAMMY Award for Best Female Pop
Vocal Performance. Her acclaimed debut album features
Nelly's soulful voice on rhythmic pop tunes, with urban
and worldbeat tinges.
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Best Contemporary Folk Album
– Love & Theft
by Bob Dylan
The
Minnesota bard's 43rd set took home the GRAMMY Award for
Best Contemporary Folk Album. A strange-yet-inviting trip
through Dylan's personal relationship with the blues, Love
and Thefteschews the Daniel Lanois electronica of Time Out
of Mind in favor of the rough-hewn sound of his road band.
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Best Dance Recording
- All For You
by Janet Jackson
Janet
came roaring back this year to reclaim her crown as the
queen of dance, showing all pretenders how it's done. And
she did it with All for You, a sassy, sensuous record of
up-to-date rhythm and pop. The title track went on to win
the GRAMMY Award for Best Dance Recording.
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Best Long Form Music
Video - Broadway Cast
Mel
Brooks' classic 1960s comedy film The Producers made a
dazzling transition to the Broadway stage. Its cast album,
featuring stars Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick, won the
2002 GRAMMY Award for Best Musical Show Album.
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Best Traditional Pop Vocal
Album- Songs I Heard
by Harry Connick Jr.
The New
Orleans-born Harry Connick Jr. has music in his blood, and
on Songs I Heard, which won the 2001 GRAMMY Award for Best
Traditional Pop Vocal Album, he pays tribute to the tunes
that first impressed him as a child.
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