THE GRAMMY GUESSING GAME WHO WILL THE 2001 AWARDS GO TO?Byline: Sandra Barrera Staff Writer 2000 was the year the Grammys honored Latino artists in the top music categories and then gave them their own awards ceremony. It was a clean sweep clean sweep n to make a clean sweep (SPORT) → arrasar, barrer clean sweep n to make a clean sweep (Sport) → rafler tous les prix for Carlos Santana Carlos Augusto Alves Santana (born July 20 1947), is a Grammy Award-winning Mexican-born American Latin rock musician and guitarist. He became famous in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band, the Santana Blues Band, going mostly under the title "Santana", which and other big artists with Latin surnames. But next year? Anything can happen and probably will. Unlike this year. Several months before the premiere of the Latin Grammys in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , The Recording Academy had awarded the big four categories - album, record, song and best new artist - to Latinos. Soaring pop vocalist Christina Aguilera  Some statements may be disputed, incorrect, , biased or otherwise objectionable. The Tijuana-born guitarist won eight trophies, a tie with Michael Jackson Noun 1. Michael Jackson - United States singer who began singing with his four brothers and later became a highly successful star during the 1980s (born in 1958) Michael Joe Jackson, Jackson for the most Grammys awarded to an artist in a single evening. Santana's sweeping victory was thanks to the star-studded ``Supernatural,'' which took album of the year and spawned additional wins in the categories of pop and rock. But the song voters really seemed to latch on to was ``Smooth,'' the huge radio hit that featured vocals by matchbox twenty frontman front·man n. 1. also front man A man who serves as a nominal leader but who lacks real authority. 2. Music A leading singer with a group. Rob Thomas Rob Thomas might refer to:
Just when everybody thought they'd seen the last of Santana with a Grammy in hand then came the Latin Grammys, the September awards ceremony that was anything but smooth. Controversy had boiled over the exclusion of a number of Mexican regional artists, some of whose records make up 60 percent of all Latin music sales in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . Adding fuel to the fire was the Van Nuys record label Fonovisa, whose employees and nominees ended up boycotting the ceremony. But the show still went as planned. And just as he had at the awards ceremony in February, Santana cleaned up at the first-ever Latin Grammys by adding three more trophies to his collection. Santana won record of the year for ``Corazon Espinado,'' a song he collaborated on with the singer of the popular Mexican rock Mexican rock, often referred to in Mexico as Rock nacional ("national rock"), is rock music created by Mexican groups and soloists. Originating in the 1950s with covers of standards by Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley and The Everly Brothers, among others, bands such band Mana. It then went on to win best rock performance by a duo or group with vocal. Before the night was over, Santana had picked up the best pop instrumental performance Latin Grammy for the song ``El Farol.'' It was another historic moment for the music industry. But it remains to be seen whether 2001 will do the same. With the announcements of nominations fast approaching, on Wednesday, industry analysts admit they're dumbfounded dumb·found also dum·found tr.v. dumb·found·ed, dumb·found·ing, dumb·founds To fill with astonishment and perplexity; confound. See Synonyms at surprise. over who will end up the front-runner. The problem is the past year has failed to produce a single standout artist the caliber of Santana. Except for Eminem. He won best rap solo performance (``My Name Is'') and best rap album (``The Slim Shady LP'') at the 2000 Grammys. Some analysts expect he'll be back next year with nominations in the top categories of album, record and song. ``He's too big a phenomenon to ignore,'' says Tom O'Neil Tom O'Neil is a showbiz journalist and television critic who often appears as a pundit on TV shows featuring pop culture content. He has also worked as a producer for the TV Land network, editorial director of magazine development for the Hearst Corporation, freelance writer for , author of the book ``The Grammys.'' Eminem's latest album ``The Marshall Mathers LP'' was certified platinum and spawned the hit ``Stan,'' a song about an obsessive fan who kills himself because Eminem won't reply to his letter. In addition, he was recently named Spin magazine's artist of the year. But given the history of the Grammys, analysts say Eminem's chances are slim - no pun intended. ``It's probably unlikely that Eminem would win a top Grammy award The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards) are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States for outstanding achievements in the record industry. The current President of the Academy is Neil Portnow. but like Elvis will probably be nominated,'' O'Neil says. Elvis Presley wasn't awarded a Grammy until later in life, after he was married with a child. He won best sacred performance at the 1967 and 1974 Grammys for ``How Great Thou Art,'' as well as the best inspirational performance honor in 1972 for ``He Touched Me.'' ``The fact that the Grammys failed to recognize Elvis with the top award was one of the huge oversights of Grammy history,'' O'Neil says. ``So the question is, is Eminem Elvis reincarnated, and will the Grammys tell us that? The Grammys will tell us, certainly, whether he's respectable enough to win in the top categories. O'Neil says the Grammys tend to favor the veteran artist, like Santana, long overdue for a bow before the industry. Voters also like the solo female breakout artist and sales juggernaut the likes of Lauryn Hill. There weren't any. ``In the absence of a Goliath CD of the year, it's going to be interesting to see how far Eminem goes,'' O'Neil says. Who could some of the other front-runners be? Todd Durnil, an Illinois music retailer whose best releases of 2000 list appears on Amazon.com, has given a lot of thought to the matter. ``It seems that most of the 'major' hits of the year are not typical Grammy faves,'' says Durnil, referring to Eminem, 'N Sync and Britney Spears. ``This year may just be the year for underground favorites.'' Durnil is predicting top nominations for Shelby Lynne, Jill Scott and David Gray David Gray can refer to:
``In a perfect world, David Gray's 'White Ladder' would win album of the year,'' he says. ``But I don't think he will be able to pull off such a major award. Instead, I think the Grammys will be adventurous and give the award to Radiohead.'' Some of his other possible album of the year nominations include B.B. King with Eric Clapton, Paul Simon and Joni Mitchell. For song of the year? Durnil is wagering on Don Henley, Dixie Chicks and Sting. The best new artist nominees could include Lara Fabian, Dido and Scott. Then again it could go the route of popularity. ``Obviously with 'Breathe' making No. 1 for the year for Billboard, that's a strong statement for that song by Faith Hill,'' says Rob Durkee, author of the book ``American Top 40: Countdown of the Century'' and musicologist mu·si·col·o·gy n. The historical and scientific study of music. mu  si·co·log . ``It's a
huge AC (adult contemporary) hit; it gets played all the time at AC
stations. Now, whether country stations play it as a recurrent, I
don't know Don't know (DK, DKed)"Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. . But I can tell you from doing my research for AC radio that 'Breathe' is very strong and I think it'll be there for years.'' It's that kind of uncertainty that could make this year's nominations all more interesting. Even Michael Greene, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of the Recording Academy, says he feels next year's Grammys is going to be one to watch. We'll just have to wait and see. |
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