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Grammy Winners

Date: Mar 04 2002

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The Grammy Award show was held Wednesday, February 27 in Los Angeles. The big winners of the most important music awards in the U.S. were newcomer Alicia Keys and world famous Irish rock group U2.
Alicia won 5 Grammy’s, including the award for Song of the Year, which she won for the beautiful love song “Fallin’.” U2 won 4 awards, and also performed their song “Walk On” to open the show.
Learn more about the Grammy Awards below.

Dialog

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My favorite Grammy winners:
Alicia Keys
Song of the Year (“Fallin’”)
Best New Artist
Best R&B Album (Songs in A Minor)
Best Female R&B Performance
and Best R&B Song
“You don’t know how much this humbles me,” Keys said when she received her trophy.
U2
Record of the Year (“Walk On”)
Best Pop Performance by a Group with Vocal (“Stuck in a Moment You Can’t Get Out Of”)
Best Rock Performance by a Group with Vocal (“Elevation”)
Best Rock Album (All That You Can’t Leave Behind)
Sade
Best Pop Vocal Album (Lovers Rock)
Nelly Furtado
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance (“I’m Like a Bird”)
Christina Aguilera, Lil’ Kim, Mya, and Pink
Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals (“Lady Marmalade”)
Janet Jackson
Best Dance Recording (“All for You”)
Train
Best Rock Song (“Drops of Jupiter”)
Lenny Kravitz
Best Male Rock Vocal Performance (“Dig In”)
Coldplay
Best Alternative Rock Album (Parachutes)
For a complete list of winners, check out www.grammy.com

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Discussion

Did you get a chance to watch the Grammy’s? I like to watch them every year because most of the greatest musicians in the world are in the same place at the same time. It’s cool to see them on stage – both performing and giving awards to each other. One of my favorite things about the show is seeing what everybody wears. Musicians often wear crazy clothes, and some of them save the craziest for the Grammy’s.
Hopefully someday I’ll be able to go to the Grammy’s in person, instead of watching on TV.
What do you think about the Grammy’s? Do you think Alicia Keys should have won so many awards? Come to the Music Mix message board and let us know!
Rock on,
Migs