Grammy Awards of 2003

The 45th Grammy Awards were held in 2003. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the previous year.

• Record of the Year
  • Jay Newland (engineer/mixer & producer), Norah Jones & Arif Mardin (producers) for "Don't Know Why" performed by Norah Jones

• Album of the Year
  • S. Husky Höskulds(engineers/mixers), Jay Newland(engineer/mixer & producer) , Ted Jensen engineer, Norah Jones, Arif Mardin, & Craig Street (producers) for Come Away With Me performed by Norah Jones

• Song of the Year
  • Jesse Harris (songwriter) for "Don't Know Why" performed by Norah Jones

• Best New Artist
  • Norah Jones

• Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Etta James
  • Johnny Mathis
  • Glenn Miller
  • Tito Puente
  • Simon & Garfunkel

• Trustees Award
  • Alan Lomax
  • The New York Philharmonic

• Legend Award
  • Bee Gees

• Tech Award
  • Geoff Emerick
  • Shure Incorporated

• Best Alternative Music Performance
  • Coldplay for A Rush Of Blood To The Head

• Best Traditional Blues Album or Recording
  • B.B. King for A Christmas Celebration Of Hope
• Best Contemporary Blues Album or Recording
  • Solomon Burke for Don't Give Up On Me

• Best Musical Album for Children
  • Riders In The Sky for Monsters, Inc. - Scream Factory Favorites
• Best Spoken Word Album for Children
  • Tom Chapin for There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly

• Best Classical Album
  • Thomas C. Moore (producer), Robert Spano & Norman Mackenzie for Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony (Sym. No. 1) performed by Christine Goerke, Brett Polegato, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra conducted by Robert Spano, and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus directed by Norman Mackenzie
• Best Classical Orchestral Performance
  • Michael Tilson Thomas for Mahler: Symphony No. 6 performed by the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas
• Best Opera Recording
  • Christoph Classen (producer), Daniel Barenboim, Jane Eaglen, Thomas Hampson, Waltraud Meier, René Pape & Peter Seiffert for Wagner: Tannhäuser performed by the Chor der Deutschen Staatsoper Berlin & the Staatskapelle Berlin conducted by Daniel Barenboim
• Best Choral Performance, Classical
  • Robert Spano & Norman Mackenzie for Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony (Sym. No. 1) performed by Christine Goerke, Brett Polegato, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra conducted by Robert Spano, and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus directed by Norman Mackenzie
• Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (with orchestra)
  • Sir Neville Marriner & Hilary Hahn for Brahms/Stravinsky: Violin Concertos performed by Hilary Hahn & the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields conducted by Sir Neville Marriner
• Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (without orchestra)
  • Murray Perahia for Chopin: Études, Op. 10 & Op. 25
• Best Chamber Music Performance
  • Takács Quartet for Beethoven: String Quartets ("Razumovsky" Op. 59, 1-3; "Harp" Op. 74)
• Best Classical Vocal Performance
  • Renée Fleming for Bel Canto (Bellini, Donizetti, Rossini, Etc.)
• Best Classical Contemporary Composition
  • Sir John Tavener for Tavener: Lamentations And Praises performed by Chanticleer & the Handel & Haydn Society of Boston conducted by Joseph Jennings
• Best Small Ensemble Performance (with or without conductor)
  • Joseph Jennings & Chanticleer for Tavener: Lamentations And Praises performed by Chanticleer & the Handel & Haydn Society of Boston conducted by Joseph Jennings
• Best Classical Crossover Album
  • Previn for Previn Conducts Korngold (Sea Hawk; Captain Blood, Etc.) performed by the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Previn

• Best Instrumental Composition (other than Jazz)
  • Thomas Newman for "Six Feet Under Title Theme"
• Best Instrumental Arrangement
  • Thomas Newman for "Six Feet Under Title Theme"
• Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
  • Dave Grusin (arranger) for "Mean Old Man" performed by James Taylor

• Best Female Country Vocal Performance
  • Faith Hill for "Cry"
• Best Male Country Vocal Performance
  • Johnny Cash for "Give My Love To Rose"
• Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
  • Dixie Chicks for "Long Time Gone"
• Best Country Collaboration with Vocals
  • Willie Nelson with Lee Ann Womack for "Mendocino County Line"
• Best Country Instrumental Performance
  • Dixie Chicks for "Lil' Jack Slade"
• Best Country Song
  • Alan Jackson for "Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning)"
• Best Country Album
  • Dixie Chicks for Home
• Best Bluegrass Album
  • Jim Lauderdale, Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys for Lost In The Lonesome Pines

• Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For A Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
  • Ted Greenberg, Allan Slutsky, Harry Weinger (producers) & The Funk Brothers for Standing In The Shadows Of Motown performed by The Funk Brothers & various artists,
• Best Score Soundtrack Album For A Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
  • Howard Shore for The Lord Of The Rings - The Fellowship Of The Ring
• Best Song Written For A Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
  • Randy Newman for "If I Didn't Have You" (from Monsters, Inc.)

• Best Traditional Folk Album
  • Doc Watson & David Holt for Legacy
• Best Contemporary Folk Album
  • Nickel Creek for This Side
• Best Native American Music Album
  • Mary Youngblood for Beneath The Raven Moon

• Best Rock Gospel Album incl. Best Rock/Contemporary Gospel Album
  • Third Day for Come Together
• Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album
  • Jars Of Clay for The Eleventh Hour
• Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album
  • The Jordanaires, Larry Ford & The Light Crust Doughboys for We Called Him Mr. Gospel Music: The James Blackwood Tribute Album
• Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album
  • The Blind Boys Of Alabama for Higher Ground
• Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album
  • Eartha for Sidebars
• Best Gospel Choir or Chorus Album
  • Carol Cymbala (choir director) & The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir for Be Glad

• Best Historical Album
  • Dean Blackwood (producer), David Glasser, Christopher King & Matt Sandoski (engineers) for Screamin' And Hollerin' The Blues: The Worlds Of Charley Patton performed by Charley Patton

• Best Jazz Vocal Album
  • Diana Krall for Live In Paris
• Best Jazz Instrumental Solo
  • Herbie Hancock for "My Ship"
• Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group
  • Herbie Hancock, Michael Brecker & Roy Hargrove for Directions In Music
• Best Contemporary Jazz Album
  • Pat Metheny Group for Speaking Of Now
• Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
  • Dave Holland Big Band for What Goes Around
• Best Latin Jazz Album
  • Caribbean Jazz Project for The Gathering

• Best Latin Pop Album
  • Bacilos for Caraluna
• Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album
  • Maná for Revolución De Amor
• Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album
  • Bebo Valdés Trio with Israel López "Cachao & Carlos "Patato" Valdés]] for El Arte Del Sabor
• Best Salsa Album
  • Celia Cruz for La Negra Tiene Tumbao
• Best Merengue Album
  • Grupo Mania for Latino
• Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album
  • Joan Sebastian for Lo Dijo El Corazón
• Best Tejano Album
  • Emilio Navaira for Acuérdate

• Best Musical Show Album
  • Marc Shaiman (producer, composer & lyricist) & Scott Wittman (lyricist) for Hairspray performed by the original Broadway cast including Marissa Jaret Winokur & Harvey Fierstein,

• Best Music Video, Short Form
  • Joseph Kahn (director), Greg Tharp (producer) & Eminem for "Without Me"
• Best Music Video, Long Form
  • Don Letts (director) & The Clash for Westway To The World

• Best New Age Album
  • Eric Tingstad & Nancy Rumbel for Acoustic Garden

• Best Album Notes
  • David Evans (notes writer) for Screamin' And Hollerin' The Blues: The Worlds Of Charley Patton performed by Charley Patton
• Best Recording Package
  • Kevin Reagan (art director) for Home performed by the Dixie Chicks
• Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package
  • Susan Archie (art director) for Screamin' And Hollerin' The Blues: The Worlds Of Charley Patton performed by Charley Patton

• Best Polka Album
  • Jimmy Sturr for Top Of The World

• Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
  • Norah Jones for "Don't Know Why"
• Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
  • John Mayer for "Your Body Is A Wonderland"
• Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
  • No Doubt for "Hey Baby"
• Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals
  • Santana & Michelle Branch for "The Game Of Love"
• Best Pop Instrumental Performance
  • B.B. King for "Auld Lang Syne"
• Best Pop Vocal Album
  • Norah Jones for Come Away With Me
• Best Dance Recording
  • Dirty Vegas for "Days Go By"
• Best Pop Instrumental Album
  • Norman Brown for Just Chillin'

• Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical
  • S. Husky Höskulds & Jay Newland (engineers) for Come Away With Me performed by Norah Jones
• Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical
  • Arif Mardin
• Classical Producer Of The Year
  • Robert Woods
• Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical
  • Roger Sanchez (remixer) for "Hella Good" (Roger Sanchez Remix Main) performed by No Doubt
• Best Engineered Album, Classical
  • Michael Bishop (engineer) for Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony (Sym. No. 1) performed by Robert Spano & Norman Mackenzie

• Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
  • Mary J. Blige for "He Think I Don't Know"
• Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
  • Usher for "U Don't Have To Call"
• Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
  • Stevie Wonder & Take 6 for "Love's In Need Of Love Today"
• Best R&B Song
  • Erykah Badu, Madukwu Chinwah, Rashid Lonnie Lynn, Robert Ozuna, James Poyser, Raphael Saadiq & Glen Standridge (songwriters) for "Love Of My Life (An Ode To Hip Hop)" performed by Erykah Badu Featuring Common,
• Best R&B Album
  • India.Arie for Voyage To India
• Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance
  • Chaka Khan & The Funk Brothers for "What's Going On"
• Best Urban/Alternative Performance
  • India.Arie for "Little Things"
• Best Contemporary R&B Album
  • Ashanti for Ashanti

• Best Female Rap Solo Performance
  • Missy Elliott for "Scream a.k.a. Itchin'"
• Best Male Rap Solo Performance
  • Nelly for "Hot In Herre"
• Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group
  • OutKast featuring Killer Mike for "The Whole World"
• Best Rap Album
  • Eminem for The Eminem Show
• Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
  • Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland for "Dilemma"

• Best Reggae Album
  • Lee 'Scratch' Perry for Jamaican E.T.

• Best Female Rock Vocal Performance
  • Sheryl Crow for "Steve McQueen"
• Best Male Rock Vocal Performance
  • Bruce Springsteen for "The Rising"
• Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
  • Coldplay for "In My Place"
• Best Hard Rock Performance
  • Foo Fighters for "All My Life"
• Best Metal Performance
  • Korn for "Here To Stay"
• Best Rock Instrumental Performance
  • The Flaming Lips for "Approaching Pavonis Mons By Balloon (Utopia Planitia)"
• Best Rock Song
  • Bruce Springsteen for "The Rising"
• Best Rock Album
  • Bruce Springsteen for The Rising

• Best Spoken Word or Non-musical Album
  • Maya Angelou for A Song Flung Up To Heaven
• Best Spoken Comedy Album
  • Robin Williams for Robin Williams - Live 2002

• Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance
  • Tony Bennett for Playin' With My Friends: Bennett Sings The Blues

• Best World Music Album
  • Rubén Blades for Mundo

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