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GRAMMY Rewind: Watch John Mayer Win Best Male Pop Vocal Performance At The 45th GRAMMY Awards

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The celebrated pop guitarist won for his 2001 radio staple "Your Body Is A Wonderland"
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When he released his debut studio album, Room For Squares, in 2001, celebrated pop-rock guitarist John Mayer was riding a giant wave of success. Room For Squares peaked at No. 9 on the Billboard 200, and its single "Your Body Is A Wonderland" earned the GRAMMY for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, and Mayer himself was nominated for Best New Artist at the 45th GRAMMY Awards.

For the latest episode of GRAMMY Rewind, watch Mayer accept his golden gramophone, awarded to him by then-"Sex And The City" star Kim Cattrall and Sean "Puffy" Combs.

GRAMMY Rewind: John Mayer

The seven-time GRAMMY winner would go on to win his first General Field award for Song Of The Year for "Daughters" for 2004. The singer/guitarist also his GRAMMY debut with a performance of "Your Body Is A Wonderland" at the 45th GRAMMY Awards in 2003. Relive Mayer's moment above.

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GRAMMY Rewind: 49th Annual GRAMMY Awards

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Dixie Chicks win big and Carrie Underwood takes Best New Artist against these nominees
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Dec 2, 2014 - 4:06 pm

Music's Biggest Night, the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards, will air live from Staples Center in Los Angeles on Sunday, Feb. 12 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on CBS.

In the weeks leading up to the telecast, we will take a stroll through some of the golden moments in GRAMMY history with the GRAMMY Rewind, highlighting the "big four" categories — Album Of The Year, Record Of The Year, Song Of The Year, and Best New Artist — from past awards shows. In the process, we'll discuss the winners and the nominees who just missed taking home the GRAMMY, while also shining a light on the artists' careers and the eras in which the recordings were born.

Join us as we take an abbreviated journey through the trajectory of pop music from the 1st Annual GRAMMY Awards in 1959 to this year's 53rd telecast. Today, the GRAMMY Awards remember the year the Dixie Chicks were flying high.

49th Annual GRAMMY Awards
Feb. 11, 2007

Album Of The Year
Winner: Dixie Chicks, Taking The Long Way
Gnarls Barkley, St. Elsewhere
John Mayer, Continuum
Red Hot Chili Peppers, Stadium Arcadium
Justin Timberlake, FutureSex/LoveSounds

This Album Of The Year win was just the tip of a huge year for the Dixie Chicks, all of which was welcome vindication for the group after a politically charged comment made by singer Natalie Maines at a concert in 2003 had cost the group some fan and radio support. GRAMMY voters rose above the controversy to reward the album's merits. The group would win four GRAMMYs this year, and have won 12 to date. Gnarls Barkley (producer Danger Mouse and singer Cee Lo Green) teamed for a galvanizing album that drew from pop as much as the collaborators' roots in hip-hop. Mayer's Continuum won the Best Pop Vocal Album trophy, and marked his conscious awareness of the social issues of his generation, evidenced by his GRAMMY-winning "Waiting On The World To Change." The Red Hot Chili Peppers earned a nomination with the sprawling Stadium Arcadium, a 28-song double album released in a CD/digital-download age in which double albums rarely exist. Timberlake, the former 'N Sync star, rounded out the nominees with a modern-day, blue-eyed soul record, which ambitiously reached the top of the Billboard 200 in 2006. 

Record Of The Year
Winner: Dixie Chicks, "Not Ready To Make Nice"
Mary J. Blige, "Be Without You"
James Blunt, "You're Beautiful"
Gnarls Barkley, "Crazy"
Corinne Bailey Rae, "Put Your Records On"

The Dixie Chicks took Record Of The Year on the strength of "Not Ready To Make Nice," a fiercely defiant song that contained lines that spoke volumes about their trials, including death threats: "How in the world can the words that I said/Send somebody so over the edge/That they'd write me a letter/Sayin' that I better shut up and sing or my life will be over." "Be Without You" was equally heartfelt, with Blige pouring her soul into every word in her typical no-holds-barred approach, withholding no emotion. "You're Beautiful" was the ballad of the year, a soft ode to the perfection of a woman from the past, just out of the singer's reach. Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy" captivated listeners with its combination of retro-soul, inescapable hooks and cutting-edge production. Brit newcomer Rae brought a jazzy feel to the neo-soul of "Put Your Records On," though she started out inspired by all-female punk groups such as L7.

Dixie Chicks Win Record Of The Year

Song Of The Year
Winner: Dixie Chicks, "Not Ready To Make Nice"
Mary J. Blige, "Be Without You"
James Blunt, "You're Beautiful"
Corinne Bailey Rae, "Put Your Records On"
Carrie Underwood, "Jesus, Take The Wheel"

The Dixie Chicks completed their sweep of the "big four" categories for which they're eligible with a Song Of The Year win for "Not Ready To Make Nice," which the group wrote with Dan Wilson, whose band Semisonic scored a Best Rock Song GRAMMY nomination for "Closing Time" in 1998. Blige co-wrote "Be Without You" with hot R&B writers Johnta Austin, Bryan-Michael Cox and Jason Perry. Blunt wrote "You're Beautiful" with Amanda Ghost and Sacha Skarbek. Ghost, former president of Epic Records, also received a nomination for her production work on Beyoncé's GRAMMY-nominated Album Of The Year, I Am…Sasha Fierce, at the 52nd Annual GRAMMY Awards. Rae teamed with John Beck and Steve Chrisanthou for "Put Your Records On." Beck's credits include Tasmin Archer's "Sleeping Satellite," a Top 40 hit in 1993. Finally, Underwood scored a No. 1 Country Singles hit with "Jesus, Take The Wheel," a tune written by country songwriting stalwarts Brett James, Hillary Lindsey and Gordie Sampson. The track also picked up Best Country Song and Best Female Country Vocal Performance honors.

"Not Ready To Make Nice" Wins Song Of The Year

Best New Artist
Winner: Carrie Underwood
James Blunt
Chris Brown
Imogen Heap
Corinne Bailey Rae

Underwood became the first, and so far only, "American Idol" alumnus to win the Best New Artist award. It was a solid choice, as the singer has gone on to win five GRAMMY Awards in her still growing career. Blunt's five nominations this year didn't result in any wins, but were a testament to the impact this newcomer made. Brown has earned four more nominations since his Best New Artist nod as he continues to develop an impressive career. Heap may not have won here, but she became the first female to win the Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical, GRAMMY in 2009 for Ellipse. Rae also missed the cut, but would win the next year in the Album Of The Year category as part of the ensemble cast assembled by Herbie Hancock for his River: The Joni Letters album.

Carrie Underwood Wins Best New Artist

Come back to GRAMMY.com tomorrow as we revisit the milestone 50th Annual GRAMMY Awards. Tune in to the 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards live from Staples Center in Los Angeles on Sunday, Feb. 13 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on CBS.

Follow GRAMMY.com for our inside look at GRAMMY news, blogs, photos, videos, and of course nominees. Stay up to the minute with GRAMMY Live. Check out the GRAMMY legacy with GRAMMY Rewind. Keep track of this year's GRAMMY Week events, and explore this year's GRAMMY Fields. Or check out the collaborations at Re:Generation, presented by Hyundai Veloster. And join the conversation at Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.

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Norah Jones sweeps the "big four" categories for an impressive GRAMMY debut
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Dec 2, 2014 - 4:06 pm

Music's Biggest Night, the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards, will air live from Staples Center in Los Angeles on Sunday, Feb. 12 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on CBS.

In the weeks leading up to the telecast, we will take a stroll down music memory lane with GRAMMY Rewind, highlighting the "big four" categories — Album Of The Year, Record Of The Year, Song Of The Year, and Best New Artist — from past awards shows. In the process, we'll examine the winners and the nominees who just missed taking home a GRAMMY, while also shining a light on the artists' careers and the eras in which the recordings were born.

Join us as we take an abbreviated journey through the trajectory of pop music from the 1st Annual GRAMMY Awards in 1959 to last year's 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards.

45th Annual GRAMMY Awards
Feb. 23, 2003

Album Of The Year
Winner: Norah Jones, Come Away With Me
Dixie Chicks, Home
Eminem, The Eminem Show
Nelly, Nellyville
Bruce Springsteen, The Rising

There wasn't much point in going up against Jones, as the talented singer/songwriter prevailed in each of the "big four" award categories. Jones also won recognition as the third female in GRAMMY history to take home five awards in a single night, a trail previously blazed by Lauryn Hill in 1998 and Alicia Keys in 2001. (Alison Krauss has since repeated the feat, winning five GRAMMYs in 2008, and Beyoncé won six in 2009. Adele is up for six awards this year.) Even so, the other nominees all managed to come away with substantial "consolation" prizes. Eminem won Best Rap Album, as he did with his two previous albums, The Slim Shady LP and The Marshall Mathers LP. But when it came to generating controversy, Eminem couldn't hold a candle to the Dixie Chicks, who that same year would lose some fan and radio support after politically charged comments made by singer Natalie Maines. Still, the Chicks' Home was a critic's favorite and went on to win the Best Country Album GRAMMY. Meanwhile, Springsteen and his E Street Band reunited for The Rising, their first studio album in 18 years, which picked up the year's Best Rock Album award. And while Nelly's Nellyvilledidn't win any album awards, the St. Louis-born rapper's "Hot In Herre" took Best Male Rap Solo Performance, while "Dilemma," his duet with Kelly Rowland, won the year's Best Rap/Sung Collaboration.

Norah Jones Wins Album Of The Year

Record Of The Year
Winner: Norah Jones, "Don't Know Why"
Vanessa Carlton, "A Thousand Miles"
Eminem, "Without Me"
Nelly Featuring Kelly Rowland, "Dilemma"
Nickelback, "How You Remind Me"

"Don't Know Why" was Jones' breakthrough single, an exquisitely memorable jazz ballad that peaked at No. 30 on the Billboard Hot 100 and went on to become her signature song. By comparison, Carlton's "A Thousand Miles" was clearly more pop than jazz, although her piano playing showed the kind of proficiency you might expect from GRAMMY-winning jazz guitarist Larry Carlton's niece. Eminem's "Without Me" sampled Malcolm McLaren's "Buffalo Gals" ("Two trailer park girls go 'round the outside ..."), while  Nelly's "Dilemma" (featuring Destiny's Child co-founder Rowland) considered the ramifications of always thinking about that other special someone, even when you're with your "boo." Rounding out the nominations were Canadian rockers Nickelback with "How You Remind Me," their lone Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 hit to date.

Norah Jones Wins Record Of The Year

Song Of The Year
Winner: Norah Jones, "Don't Know Why"
Vanessa Carlton, "A Thousand Miles"
Alan Jackson, "Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning)"
Avril Lavigne, "Complicated"
Bruce Springsteen, "The Rising"

"Don't Know Why" has now been covered by Pat Metheny, Smokey Robinson, and just about every jazz singer who's ever set foot in a nightclub lounge. The song was written by Jesse Harris, who recorded it for his 1999 album Jesse Harris & The Ferdinandos. A few years later, the ballad's plaintive yet understated sentiments would prove to be the perfect complement to Jones' vocals, ultimately assuring its place as a contemporary jazz standard. All of the other nominees in this category were written by the recording artists, ranging from Springsteen's Sept. 11 imagery ("There's spirits above and behind me/Faces gone black, eyes burnin' bright") and Jackson's tribute to the aftermath  of Sept. 11 ("Did you weep for the children/Who lost their dear loved ones"), to Lavigne's plea for a world less complicated ("Chill out, what you yelling' for?/Lay back, it's all been done before"). Lavigne co-penned "Complicated" with Lauren Christy, Graham Edwards and Scott Spock (aka the Matrix). "A Thousand Miles" took Carlton to No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100, her highest-charting single to date. Jackson's "Where Were You …" reached No. 28 on the Billboard Hot 100. Springsteen took Best Rock Song honors for "The Rising."

"Don't Know Why" Wins Song Of The Year

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

Did we mention this was a good year for Jones? It was also another good year for female solo artists, whose unprecedented reign over the Best New Artist category reached its seventh consecutive year thanks to Jones' victory. But all things must pass: The streak would be broken a year later by Evanescence who, apart from frontwoman Amy Lee, had far too much testosterone to continue the tradition. The other Best New Artist nominees proved to have successful GRAMMY debuts this year. Ashanti took Best Contemporary R&B Album honors for her self-titled release; Branch won Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals for her teaming with Carlos Santana for "The Game Of Love"; Mayer picked up Best Male Pop Vocal Performance honors for "Your Body Is A Wonderland"; and Lavigne earned an impressive five nominations her first year out.

Norah Jones wins Best New Artist

 

Come back to GRAMMY.com on Feb. 6 as we revisit the 48th Annual GRAMMY Awards.

Follow GRAMMY.com for our inside look at GRAMMY news, blogs, photos, videos, and of course nominees. Stay up to the minute with GRAMMY Live. Check out the GRAMMY legacy with GRAMMY Rewind. Explore this year's GRAMMY Fields. Or check out the collaborations at Re:Generation, presented by Hyundai Veloster. And join the conversation at Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.

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GRAMMY Rewind: Shakira Wins Her First GRAMMY For Best Latin Pop Album In 2001

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For the latest episode of GRAMMY Rewind, GRAMMY.com celebrates legendary Latin pop reina Shakira's birthday (Feb. 2) by traveling back to 2001 when she won her first-ever GRAMMY.

Below, watch the Colombian singer, rocking cascading blonde curls and a backless gold-and-earth-toned dress, accept the Best Latin Pop Album award for 2000's Shakira MTV Unplugged at the 43rd GRAMMY Awards.

"Everything I do…is dedicated to my country, Colombia. That in spite of our tough reality, we keep our spirit joyful and alive," Shakira said in her acceptance speech.

The live album was also nominated for Album Of The Year at the 1st Latin GRAMMY Awards in 2000, where she won her first two Latin GRAMMYs (for "Octavo Día" and "Ojos Así"). She received her first GRAMMY nomination at the 41st GRAMMY Awards, for her fourth album, Dónde Están los Ladrones?

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Seattle rap act Macklemore and Ryan Lewis win Best New Artist at the 56th GRAMMY Awards in 2014 on the latest episode of GRAMMY Rewind.

The duo looked fresh as they accepted their award from presenters Pharrell and Anna Kendrick. Macklemore rocked an emerald green velvet tux and black velvet bowtie while Lewis wore a silver and black houndstooth suit with a silk black tie.

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Related: MusiCares Honors Macklemore At The 2019 Concert for Recovery

"Wow, we're here on this stage right now," Macklemore said, grinning. "First and foremost, I want to thank our fans, the people that got us on this stage…without them, there would be no us." 

Following the momentum of their massive 2012 single "Thrift Shop" featuring Wanz, the Seattle rapper was nominated for a total of seven awards that year. He took home four wins, including Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song for the aforementioned hit.

Fellow contenders were James Blake, Kendrick Lamar, Kacey Musgraves, and Ed Sheeran; All are now GRAMMY winners. 

Learn more about the current 2021 Best New Artist nominees here.

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