NEW YORK (Grammy Awards Official Website) - Rising star
Norah Jones dominated the 45th Grammy Awards in New York, taking eight prizes at the US music industry's most prestigious ceremony.
Come Away With Me took the album of the year award, as well as pop vocal album and female pop performance prizes.
She also took the best new artist prize, while her track Don't Know Why was named record of the year.
In addition to the five awards Jones won under her own name, Don't Know Why was also named song of the year for its writer Jesse Harris, and Come Away With Me also won awards for its production and engineering.
"I never ever thought the music I made would be considered popular music," said Jones, 23, whose jazz-influenced debut was one of US music's biggest sensations of 2003. "I just want to say in a time when this world is really weird, I feel really blessed and really lucky to have had the year I've had," the daughter of Indian sitar maestro Ravi Shankar added.
Also in the Grammy spotlight was Bruce Springsteen, whose album The Rising, inspired by the 11 September attacks in the US, took three awards. He took best rock album, male rock vocal and rock song for The Rising, about heroism at the World Trade Center.
Country comeback
Country act the Dixie Chicks took four Grammys, including best country album for Home and best country vocal performance by a duo or group - capping a triumphant comeback after a legal battle with their label Sony.
Home, was co-produced by member Natalie Maines' father, Lloyd. "I want to check the record books and see how many fathers and daughters have won Grammys together," she said, grabbing her father.
British rock band Coldplay scooped two prizes - best rock performance by a group for In My Place and best alternative album for A Rush Of Blood To The Head.
Other leading winners included Eminem, who won best rap album for The Eminem Show, and while singer John Mayer won best male pop vocal for Your Body Is A Wonderland.
R&B star India Arie took two prizes, best R&B album for Voyage To India and best urban/alternative performance for the song Little Things.
No Doubt took best pop performace by a group for their album Hey Baby, while Foo Fighters took best hard rock performance for All My Life.
Lifetime achievement award winners Simon and Garfunkel started the show by performing The Sound of Silence.
War protest
Asked whether they chose the song as an anti-war protest, Art Garfunkel said: "We're aware that it has a resonance for the time, yes. "We chose it because it's the first hit we had and sort of bookends on our career."
Flaming Lips lead singer Wayne Coyne, who won best rock instrumental performance for Approaching Pavonis Mons By Balloon (Utopia Planitia) wore a blue plaster under his right eye.
He said it was "to draw attention to the fact that we are not supposed to talk about the war and peace. Stop the war. Let's find other ways. Hey, no black eyes".
Award presenters Fred Durst - singer with rock act Limp Bizkit - and Bonnie Raitt also criticised war plans from the age, while best female rock vocalist winner Sheryl Crow performed with "No War" written on her guitar strap.
However, unlike the Brit Awards in London last week, anti-war protests were kept low key.
Bruce Springsteen teamed up with Elvis Costello to perform a tribute to The Clash, while US boy band N'Sync paid tribute to the Bee Gees with their appearance.
It was the first time the Grammys, which have 104 categories, had been held in New York in five years.
The following Grammy Awards were handed out Sunday at the 45th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony:
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* Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals: No Doubt for "Hey Baby."
Best Pop Vocal Album: "Come Away with Me" by Norah Jones.
* Best Male Pop Vocal Performance: "Your Body is a Wonderland" by John Mayer.
* Best Rap Album: "The Eminem Show" by Eminem.
* Best Country Album: "Home" by the Dixie Chicks.
* Best Spoken Comedy Album: "Robin Williams-Live 2002" by Robin Williams.
* Best Hard Rock Performance: "All My Life" by Foo Fighters.
* Song of the Year: "Don't Know Why" written by Jesse Harris, sung by Norah Jones.
* Record of the Year: "Don't Know Why" by Norah Jones.
* Best New Artist: Norah Jones.
* Album of the Year: "Come Away With Me."
* Best Female Rock Vocal Performance: "Steve McQueen" by Sheryl Crow.
* Best Male Rock Vocal Performance: "The Rising" by Bruce Springsteen.
* Best Rock Song: "The Rising" by Bruce Springsteen.
* Best Rock Album: "The Rising" by Bruce Springsteen.
* Best Metal Performance: "Here to Stay" by Korn.
* Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal: "In My Place" by Coldplay.
* Best Dance Recording: "Days Go By" by Dirty Vegas.
* Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: "Playin' With My Friends: Bennett Sings the Blues" by Tony Bennett.
* Best Female Rap Solo Performance: "Scream A.K.A. Itchin'" by Missy Elliott.
* Best Male Rap Solo Performance: "Hot in Herre" by Nelly.
* Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group: "The Whole World" by OutKast featuring Killer Mike.
* Best Rap/Sung Collaboration: "Dilemma" by Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland.
* Best R&B Album: "Voyage to India" by India Arie.
* Best Contemporary R&B Album: "Ashanti" by Ashanti.
* Best R & B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal: "Love's in Need of Love Today" by Stevie Wonder and Take Six.
* Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance: "What's Going On" by Chaka Khan and The Funk Brothers.
* Best Urban/Alternative Performance: "Little Things" by India Arie.
* Best R&B Song: "Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip Hop") by Erikah Badu and others.
Best Female Country Vocal Performance: Faith Hill for "Cry."
* Best Male Country Vocal Performance: Johnny Cash for "Give My Love to Rose."
* Best World Music Album: "Mundo" by Ruben Blades.
* Best Musical Album for Children: "Monsters, Inc.--Scream Factory Favorites" by Riders in the Sky.
* Best Traditional Blues Album: "A Christmas Celebration of Hope" by B.B. King.
* Best Latin Pop Album: "Caraluna" by Bacilos.
* Best Contemporary Blues Album: "Don't Give Up on Me" by Solomon Burke.
* Best Compilation Soundtrack Album: "Standing in the Shadows of Motown" by The Funk Brothers and Various Artists.
* Best Score Soundtrack Album: "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring," composed by Howard Shore.
* Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media: "If I Didn't Have You," composed by Randy Newman.
* Best Classical Album: "Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony (Sym. No 1)," produced by Thomas C. Moore, performed by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.
* Best Orchestral Performance: "Mahler: Symphony No. 6,) conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas, performed by the San Francisco Symphony.
* Best Opera Recording: "Wagner: Tannhauser," conducted by Daniel Barenboim; performed by Jane Eaglen, Thomas Hampson, Waltraud Meier, Rene Pape and Peter Seiffert.
* Producer of the Year, Classical: Robert Woods.
* Best Traditional Folk Album: Legacy.
Best Contemporary Folk Album: "This Side" by Nickel Creek.
* Best Native American Music Album: "Beneath the Raven Moon" by Mary Youngblood.
* Best Reggae Album: "Jamaican E.T." by Lee "Scratch" Perry.
* Best Spoken Word Album: "A Song Flung Up to Heaven" by Maya Angelou.
* Best Musical Show Album: "Hairspray," produced by Marc Shaiman.
* Best Tejano Album: "Acuerdate" by Emilio Navaira.
