The 42nd Annual Grammy Awards were presented at Los Angeles' Staples Center on February 23, 2000.
| Record: |
"Smooth", Santana featuring Rob Thomas |
| Album: |
Supernatural, Santana (Arista Records) |
| Song: |
"Smooth", Itaal Shur and Rob Thomas, songwriters |
| New Artist: |
Christina Aguilera |
| Female Pop Vocal: |
"I Will Remember You", Sarah McLachlan |
| Male Pop Vocal: |
"Brand New Day", Sting |
| Pop Duo or Group with Vocals: |
"Maria Maria", Santana |
| Pop Collaboration with Vocals: |
"Smooth", Santana featuring Rob Thomas |
| Pop Instrumental: |
"El Farol", Santana |
| Dance Recording: |
"Believe", Cher |
| Pop Album: |
Brand New Day, Sting (A&M Records) |
| Traditional Pop Album: |
Bennett Sings Ellington - Hot and Cool, Tony Bennett |
| Female Rock Vocal: |
"Sweet Child O' Mine", Sheryl Crow |
| Male Rock Vocal: |
"American Woman", Lenny Kravitz |
| Rock Duo or Group with Vocals: |
"Put Your Lights On", Santana featuring Everlast |
| Hard Rock: |
"Whiskey in the Jar", Metallica |
| Metal: |
"Iron Man", Black Sabbath |
| Rock Instrumental: |
"The Calling", Santana featuring Eric Clapton |
| Rock Song: |
"Scar Tissue", Flea, John Frusciante, Anthony Kiedis, and Chad Smith, songwriters |
| Rock Album: |
Supernatural, SSantana (Arista Records) |
| Alternative Music Performance: |
Mutations, Beck |
| Female R&B Vocal: |
"It's Not Right but It's Okay", Lauryn Hill |
| Male R&B Vocal: |
"Staying Power", Barry White |
| R&B Duo or Group with Vocals: |
"No Scrubs", TLC |
| R&B Song: |
"No Scrubs", Kevin "Shekspere” Briggs, Kandi Burruss, and Tameka Cottle, songwriters |
| R&B Album: |
Fanmail, TLC (LaFace Records) |
| Traditional R&B Vocal Performance: |
Staying Power, Barry White |
| Rap Solo: |
"My Name Is", Eminem |
| Rap Duo or Group: |
"You Got Me", The Roots featuring Erykah Badu |
| Rap Album: |
The Slim Shady LP, Eminem |
| Female Country Vocal: |
"Man! I Feel like a Woman!", Shania Twain |
| Male Country Vocal: |
"Choices", George Jones |
| Country Duo or Group with Vocals: |
"Ready to Run", Dixie Chicks |
| Country Collaboration with Vocals: |
"After the Gold Rush", Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, and Dolly Parton |
| Country Instrumental: |
"Bob's Breakdowns", Asleep At The Wheel featuring Tommy Allsup, Floyd Domino, Larry Franklin, Vince Gill, and Steve Wariner |
| Country Song: |
"Come On Over", Robert John "Mutt” Lange and Shania Twain, songwriters |
| Country Album: |
Fly, Dixie Chicks (Monument Records) |
| Bluegrass Album: |
Ancient Tones, Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder (Skaggs Family Records) |
| New Age Album: |
Celtic Solstice, Paul Winter and Friends (Living Music) |
| Contemporary Jazz: |
Inside, David Sanborn |
| Jazz Vocal: |
When I Look in Your Eyes, Diana Krall |
| Jazz Instrumental, Solo: |
"In Walked Wayne", Wayne Shorter |
| Jazz Instrumental, Individual or Group: |
Like Minds, Gary Burton, Chick Corea, Pat Metheny, Roy Haynes, and Dave Holland (Concord Jazz) |
| Large Jazz Ensemble: |
Serendipity 18, The Bob Florence Limited Edition |
| Latin Jazz: |
Latin Soul, Poncho Sanchez |
| Rock Gospel Album: |
Pray, Rebecca St. James (ForeFront Records) |
| Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album: |
Speechless, Steven Curtis Chapman (Sparrow Records) |
| Southern Gospel, Country Gospel, or Bluegrass Gospel Album: |
Kennedy Center Homecoming, Bill and Gloria Gaither and Their Homecoming Friends(Spring House Music Group) |
| Traditional Soul Gospel Album: |
Christmas with Shirley Caesar, Shirley Caesar (Myrrh Records) |
| Contemporary Soul Gospel Album: |
Mountain High . . .Valley Low, Yolanda Adams (Elektra Entertainment Group) |
| Gospel Album by a Choir or Chorus: |
High and Lifted Up, The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir; Carol Cymbala, Choir Director (Atlantic Records) |
| Latin Pop: |
Tiempos, Rubén Blades |
| Latin Rock/Alternative: |
Resurrection, Chris Perez Band |
| Tropical Latin: |
Mambo Birdland, Tito Puente |
| Salsa: |
Llego . . .Van Van: Van Van Is Here, Los Van Van |
| Merengue: |
Pintame, Elvis Crespo |
| Mexican-American: |
100 Años de Mariachi, Plácido Domingo |
| Tejano: |
Por Eso Te Amo, Los Palominos |
| Traditional Blues: |
Blues on the Bayou, B. B. King(MCA Records) |
| Contemporary Blues: |
Take Your Shoes Off, The Robert Cray Band (Rykodisc) |
| Traditional Folk: |
Press On, June Carter Cash (Risk/Small Hairy Dog Records) |
| Contemporary Folk: |
Mule Variations, Tom Waits (Tom Waits) |
| Reggae Album: |
Calling Rastafari, Burning Spear (Heartbeat Records) |
| World Music Album: |
Livro, Caetano Veloso (Nonesuch Records) |
| Polka Album: |
Polkasonic, Brave Combo (Cleveland International Records) |
| Musical Album for Children: |
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland, Various Artists (Sony Wonder) |
| Spoken Word Album for Children: |
Listen to the Storyteller, Wynton Marsalis, Graham Greene, and Kate Winslet (Sony Classical) |
| Spoken Word or Non-Musical Album: |
The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr., LeVar Burton (with Martin Luther King, Jr.) (Time Warner Audiobooks) |
| Spoken Comedy Album: |
Bigger and Blacker, Chris Rock (DreamWorks Records) |
| Musical Show Album: |
Annie Get Your Gun (Angel Records) |
| Best Soundtrack Album: |
Tarzan, Phil Collins (Walt Disney Records) |
| Instrumental Composition for a Motion Picture or for Television: |
A Bug's Life, Randy Newman, composer |
| Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television: |
"Beautiful Stranger” (from Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me), Madonna and William Orbit, songwriters |
| Instrumental Composition: |
"Joyful Noise Suite", Don Sebesky, composer |
| Instrumental Arrangement: |
"Chelsea Bridge", Don Sebesky, arranger |
| Instrumental Arrangement with Accompanying Vocals: |
"Lonely Town", Alan Broadbent, arranger |
| Best Recording Package: |
Ride with Bob, Ray Benson, Sally Carns, and Buddy Jackson, art directors (DreamWorks Records Nashville) |
| Best Album Notes: |
John Coltrane - The Classic Quartet-Complete Impulse! Studio Recordings, Bob Blumenthal, album notes writer |
| Historical Album: |
The Duke Ellington Centennial Edition - The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (1927–1973) (RCA Victor/BMG Classics) |
| Best-Engineered Album, Non-Classical: |
When I Look in Your Eyes, Al Schmitt, engineer (Verve Records) |
| Producer, Non-Classical: |
Walter Afanasieff |
| Remixer, Non-Classical: |
Club 69 (Peter Rauhofer) |
| Best-Engineered Album, Classical: |
Stravinsky: Firebird; The Rite of Spring; Perséphone, Markus Heiland, engineer |
| Classical Producer: |
Adam Abeshouse |
| Classical Album: |
Stravinsky: Firebird; The Rite of Spring; Perséphone, Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor (RCA Victor Red Seal) |
| Orchestral: |
Stravinsky: Firebird; The Rite of Spring; Perséphone, Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor (Deutsche Grammophon) |
| Opera: |
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress, John Eliot Gardiner, conductor (Deutsche Grammophon) |
| Choral: |
Britten: War Requiem, Robert Shafer, conductor (The Washington Chorus) |
| Instrumental Soloist with Orchestra: |
Prokofiev: Piano Cons. Nos. 1 and 3/Bartók: Piano Con. No. 3, Martha Argerich, piano; Charles Dutoit, conductor |
| Instrumental Soloist without Orchestra: |
Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87, Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano |
| Chamber Music: |
Beethoven: The Violin Sonatas (Nos. 1-3, Op. 12; Nos. 1-3, Op. 30; "Spring" Sonata, Etc.), Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin; Lambert Orkis, piano |
| Small Ensemble Performance (with or without Conductor): |
"Colors Of Love (Works of Thomas, Stucky, Tavener, Rands, Etc.)", Chanticleer; Joseph Jennings, conductor |
| Classical Vocal: |
Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn, Thomas Quasthoff, baritone; Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo soprano |
| Classical Contemporary Composition: |
Boulez: Répons, Pierre Boulez, composer |
| Classical Crossover Album: |
"Schickele: Hornsmoke (Piano Con. No. 2 in F Maj. "Ole”; Brass Calendar; Hornsmoke - A Horse Opera)", The Chestnut Brass Co.; Peter Schickele, piano and narrator |
| Music Video, Short Form: |
"Freak on a Leash", (Korn), Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris, Todd McFarlane, and Graham Morris, video directors |
| Music Video, Long Form: |
Band of Gypsys - Live at Fillmore East (Jimi Hendrix), Bob Smeaton, video director |
