The 44th Grammy Awards were held on February 27, 2002. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the previous year. The biggest winner of this year was Alicia Keys, winning 5 Grammys, including Best New Artist and Song of the Year for "Fallin'". Lenny Kravitz won his fourth consecutive Grammy award in the Best Male Rock Vocal Performance category for "Dig In", breaking the record for most wins in that category, and also for most consecutive wins in one category (1999-2002).
Award winners:
- Album of the Year
- T Bone Burnett (producer), Peter Kurland, Mike Piersante (engineers/mixers), Gavin Lurssen (mastering engineer), Harley Allen, Norman Blake, Sam Bush, Mike Compton, The Cox Family, Stuart Duncan, Pat Enright, The Fairfield Four, Emmylou Harris, John Hartford, Chris Thomas King, Alison Krauss & Union Station, Tim Blake Nelson The Peasall Sisters, Chris Sharp, Ralph Stanley, Gillian Welch & The Whites for O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Special Merit Awards
Alternative
Blues
Children's
Classical
- Best Orchestral Performance
- Best Classical Vocal Performance
- Best Opera Recording
- Best Choral Performance
- Martin Sauer (producer), Michael Brammann (engineer), Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor), Norbert Balatsch, Erwin Ortner (chorus masters), Bernarda Fink, Matthias Goerne, Dietrich Henschel, Elisabeth von Magnus, Christoph Prégardien, Dorothea Röschmann, Michael Schade, Christine Schäfer, Markus Schäfer, Oliver Widmer, the Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Wiener Sängerknaben & Concentus Musicas Wien for Bach: St. Matthew Passion
- Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra)
- Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra)
- Best Small Ensemble Performance (with or without conductor)
- Best Chamber Music Performance
- Joanna Nickrenz (producer), Marc J. Aubort (engineer) & The Angeles String Quartet for Joseph Haydn: The Complete String Quartets
- Best Classical Contemporary Composition
- Best Classical Album
- Best Classical Crossover Album
Composing and arranging
Country
Film/TV/Media
Folk
Gospel
Historical
Jazz
Latin
- Best Latin Pop Album
- Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album
- Javier Garza, John D. Thomas, Mike Couzzi, Ron Taylor, Scott Canto (engineers), Andrés Castro, Emilio Estefan, Jr., Sebastián Krys (producers) & Carlos Vives (producer & artist) for Dejame Entrar
- Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album
- Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album
- Best Tejano Album
- Edward Perez, Ramiro Serna (engineers), Rolando Benavidez, Amado Garza, Jr, Medardo Garza, Ben De León, Otoniel Peña Jr (producers) & Solido for Nadie Como Tu
- Best Salsa Album
- Gustavo Celis, Ricky Blanco (engineers) & Roberto Blades (producer & artist) for Encore
- Best Merengue Album
- Eric Schilling (engineer) & Olga Tañon (producer & artist) for Yo Por Tí
Musical Show
Music video
New Age
Packaging and Notes
Polka
- Best Polka Album
- Jim Uzwack (engineer)and sound man, Kenneth R. Irwin, Tom Pick (engineers & producers) & Jimmy Sturr (engineer, producer & artist) for Gone Polka
Pop
Production and engineering
R&B
Rap
Reggae
Rock
Spoken
Trad Pop
World
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