Evanescence

The White Stripes

Rock band Evanescence also topped this year's list, picking up five nominations including Best New Artist and Best Rock Album for their multi-platinum breakthrough release, Fallen. Other five-time nominees were rapper Eminem and the late Warren Zevon. Also receiving multiple nods were Willie Nelson, Jack White of The White Stripes (three with his band and one individual), and classical composer Jose Serebrier with four each and Christina Aguilera with three, including Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for her smash hit, "Beautiful."

Willie Nelson

Eminem

Warren Zevon

The 46th Annual Grammy Awards will be held on Sunday, February 8, 2004, at Staples Center in Los Angeles and will be broadcast on CBS from 8-11:30 p.m. on the East and West Coasts.

BMI's Grammy Nominees

SIX NOMINATIONS
Pharrell Williams

FIVE NOMINATIONS
Eminem
Evanescence
Chad Hugo
Warren Zevon

FOUR NOMINATIONS
Willie Nelson
José Serebrier
The White Stripes

THREE NOMINATIONS
Christina Aguilera
Jeff Bass
Michael Brecker
Chick Corea
Anthony Hamilton
Alison Krauss
Lil' Kim
Shania Twain

TWO NOMINATIONS
Audioslave
Black Eyed Peas
Jorge Calderón
Ry Cooder
Foo Fighters
Fountains of Wayne
Aretha Franklin
Rich Harrison
Heather Headley
Bishop T.D. Jakes
Toby Keith
R. Kelly
k.d. lang (SOCAN)
The Matrix
Martina McBride
Aaron Neville
Nickelback (SOCAN)
Pink
Neal Pogue
Earl Scruggs
Wayne Shorter
Snoop Dogg
Sting (PRS)
Union Station
Doc Watson
will.i.am
John Williams
Lucinda Williams

ONE NOMINATION
Mirwais Ahmadzaï
Akwid
Allman Brothers Band
Audio Adrenaline
Marcia Ball
Luther Barnes & the Sunset Jubilaires
Buju Banton (PRS)
Mark Batson
Steve Berkowitz
Eddie Blazonczyk's Versatones
Carla Bley Big Band
Blind Boys of Alabama
Blue Highway
Michelle Branch
Randy Brecker
Brooks & Dunn
David Bowie (PRS)
Joe Budden
Jimmy Buffett
Martin Buttrich (GEMA)
Café Tacuba
Michel Camilo
Cam'Ron
Caribbean Jazz Project
Rosanne Cash
Stanley Clarke
Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater
The Crabb Family
The Crusaders
Sam Cooke
Adrian Cosentini
Diamond Rio
Ani DiFranco
Reggie Dozier
Jimmy Douglass
Eagles
Fred Ebb
Kurt Elling
Scotty Emerick
The Flaming Lips
Floetry
Bill Frisell
Kenny G
Vince Gill
Gorillaz (PRS)
Percy Gray, Jr.
Buddy Guy
Eddie Gonzalez
Jimmy Gonzalez y El Grupo Mazz
Pat Green
Stephan Haeri
William Hamilton
Roy Hargrove
Faith Hill
Dave Holland Quintet
Eric Idle (PRS)
India
Intocable
Jane's Addiction
Etta James
Keith Jarrett
Jars of Clay
Norah Jones
The Jordanaires
John Kander
Peter Kater
John P. Kee
Garrison Keillor
Kitaro (JASRAC)
Korn
Dave Koz
Nathaniel Kunkel
Patti LaBelle
Amel Larrieux
Glenn Lewis
Mark Levine
Linkin Park
The Light Crust Doughboys
Lonestar
Irving Lorenzo
Patty Loveless
Luis Miguel
Timo Maas (GEMA)
Marilyn Manson
Masters at Work
Donnie McClurkin
Del McCoury Band
Tim McGraw
Sarah McLachlan (SOCAN)
Jim McNeely
Joel McNeely
Pat Metheny
Bette Midler
Ismael Miranda
Molotov
Joel Moss
Newsboys
Bob Norberg
Les Nubians (SACEM)
The Oak Ridge Boys
Walter Ostanek (SOCAN)
Joe Pace
Dolly Parton
Nicholas Payton
Ray Price
Queens of the Stone Age
Eugene Record
Relient K
Don Rollins
Roomful of Blues
The Roots
Scott Rouse
David Sanborn
Pete Seeger
The Sensational Nightingales
Thomas Z. Shepard
Brian Setzer Orchestra
Sean Smith
Luciana Souza
Los Straitjackets
Micheal Strange, Jr.
Jimmy Sturr
Howard Tate
Susan Tedeschi
Télépopmusik (SACEM)
Jacky Terrasson
Los Tigres Del Norte
Los Tucanes De Tijuana
Caetano Veloso
Rhonda Vincent
Redd Volkaert
Muddy Waters
Charlie Wilson
Gerald Wilson Orchestra
Kim Wilson
Vickie Winans
George Winston
Wayne Wonder
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
"Weird Al" Yankovic
Yerba Buena
Maury Yeston
Yellowjackets

Robert Earl Keen

Miranda Lambert

Other BMI artists performing throughout the three-day music fest are Pat Green, REM, Lucinda Williams, The Gourds, Al Green, Bright Eyes, Patrice Pike, Spoon, Steve Winwood, Yo La Tengo, Tift Merritt, Rosanne Cash and Dwight Yoakam.

Mason Jennings

Corn Mo

Justin King

The ACL Festival focuses on alternative country and roots music and will present more than 130 bands on eight stages over three days. The Festival takes its name from the award-winning PBS series that has been showcasing live music for almost 30 years. Produced by Capital Sports & Entertainment, this year's title sponsor is communications giant SBC; other stage sponsors include HEB, Heineken, Cingular Wireless, Austin Ventures LP, Jackson Walker LLP, Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority and Blackstone Winery.

Pauline Reese

Kaki King

Mindy Smith

BMI Singer/Songwriter Stage Schedule:

Friday, September 19
1:45 - 2:30 Pauline Reese
3:00 - 3:45 Shawn Camp
4:15 - 5:00 Robert Earl Keen
5:30 - 6:15 J.T. Van Zandt
6:45 - 7:30 Alexi Murdoch

Saturday, September 20
12:30 - 1:15 Corn Mo
1:45 - 2:30 Jeff Klein
3:00 - 3:45 Justin King
4:15 - 5:00 Mason Jennings
5:30 - 6:15 Bruce Robison
6:45 - 7:30 Josh Ritter

Sunday, September 21
12:30 - 1:15 Monte Warden
1:45 - 2:30 Paul Thorn
3:00 - 3:45 Kaki King
4:15 - 5:00 Tim Easton
5:30 - 6:15 Mindy Smith
6:45 - 7:30 Miranda Lambert]]> 2003-09-16T18:00:00-05:00 http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/233810 Artists, Dixie Chicks, Douglas, Jerry, Edwards, Kathleen, Krauss, Alison, Vincent, Rhonda, Williams, Lucinda, Musical Styles, Singer-Songwriter Americana Awards show, created by the Americana Music Association to honor merit and achievement within the Americana genre. Artist of the Year nominees include Kathleen Edwards, Alison Krauss and Lucinda Williams, who each received an additional nod in other categories. The awards are set for Friday, September 19 as part of the 4th Annual Americana Music Association Conference at Nashville's Renaissance Hotel.

Alison Krauss

Jerry Douglas

Lucinda Williams

Rhonda Vincent

Kathleen Edwards

Jayhawks

Dixie Chicks Last Year: Praises for Lauderdale at Americana Awards

Congratulations to BMI's nominees:

Album of the Year
Kathleen Edwards Failer
Jayhawks Rainy Day Music

Song of the Year
Dixie Chicks "Truth #2"
Rhonda Vincent "You Can't Take It With You When You Go"
Lucinda Williams "Righteously"

Artist of the Year
Kathleen Edwards Alison Krauss
Lucinda Williams

Instrumentalist of the Year
Jerry Douglas
Alison Krauss]]> 2003-08-12T18:00:00-05:00 http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/200050 Artists, 3 Doors Down, Aaliyah, Adams, John, Aguilera, Christina, Arnold, Brad, Bacilos, Baltimore, Charli, Bedingfield, Daniel, Big Tymers, Blind Boys of Alabama, The, Bowie, David, Branch, Michelle, Brandy, Busta Rhymes, Cachao, Carlton, Vanessa, Christy, Lauren, Christy, Lauren, Creed, Crow, Sheryl, Daniels, Charlie, Dirty Vegas, Dixie Chicks, Elfman, Danny, Eminem, Enya, Evans, Faith, Flaming Lips, The, Floetry, Foo Fighters, Gabriel, Peter, Garza, David Lee, Golijov, Osvaldo, Green, Al, Green, Pat, Hammond, Fred, Hancock, Herbie, Hargrove, Roy, Harris, Jesse, Henley, Don, Hill, Faith, Intocable, James, Etta, Jars of Clay, John, Elton, Jones, Norah, Juanes, Kelly, R., Kenny G, King, B.B., Kinky, Knapp, Jennifer, Korn, Krauss, Alison, Lauderdale, Jim, Lonestar, Maines, Lloyd, Mardin, Arif, McBride, Martina, Metheny, Pat, Miller, Lee Thomas, Moby, Nappy Roots, Nelson, Willie, Neptunes, The, Newman, Thomas, Nickel Creek, Nickelback, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, The, Parton, Dolly, Queens of the Stone Age, Roberts, Matt, Santos, John, Scruggs, Earl, Shorter, Wayne, Slutsky, Allan, Spanish Harlem Orchestra, Spears, Britney, Spock, Scott, Stanley, Ralph, Sting, Stone, Angie, Tedeschi, Susan, Temptations, The, Tesh, John, Trick Pony, Williams, Lucinda, Winans, Bebe, Musical Styles, Blues, Country, Jazz, Pop Sheryl Crow, Eminem and Norah Jones lead the list of nominees for this year's Grammy Awards with five nods each. Nominees were announced today (1/7) at a press conference at New York's Madison Square Garden. The 45th Grammy Awards will be held on February 23 at the Garden, and will be broadcast live on CBS from 8-11:30 (ET/PT).

Sheryl Crow

Eminem

Norah Jones

Other BMI writers who received multiple nominations included four each for country darlings the Dixie Chicks, producer Arif Mardin and Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger (including Record of the Year for the Nickelback smash "How You Remind Me"). Newcomer Vanessa Carlton picked up three. Fellow BMI pop divas Pink, Britney Spears and Michelle Branch garnered two nominations each, as did blues legend B.B. King, film composer Thomas Newman and gospel giant Fred Hammond.

BMI's 2003 Grammy nominees:

FIVE NOMINATIONS

Sheryl Crow
Eminem
Norah Jones

FOUR NOMINATIONS

Dixie Chicks
Chad Kroeger (SOCAN)

THREE NOMINATIONS

Vanessa Carlton
Floetry (Marsha Ambrosius, Natalie Stewart)
Arif Mardin
Pat Metheny

TWO NOMINATIONS

Michelle Branch
Michael Brecker
The Chieftains
Madukwu Chinwah
Natalie Cole
Dirty Vegas (PRS)
Foo Fighters
Carlos Franzetti
Kenny G
Pat Green
Herbie Hancock
Nellee Hooper (PRS)
B.B. King
Diana Krall (SOCAN)
Rashid Lonnie Lynn
Nappy Roots
Willie Nelson
Thomas Newman
Nickel Creek
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Dolly Parton
Pink
Britney Spears
Ralph Stanley
3 Doors Down (Brad Arnold, Todd Harrell, Chris Henderson, Matt Roberts)
Doc Watson
John Williams

SINGLE NOMINEES

Aaliyah
Will Ackerman
John Adams
Christina Aguilera
Darol Anger
Audio Adrenaline
Bacilos
David Balakrishnan
Charli Baltimore
Banda El Recodo De Cruz Lizárraga
Jeff Bass
Daniel Bedingfield (PRS)
Big Tymers
Eddie Blazonczyk
The Blind Boys of Alabama
Kevin Bond
Ryan Bowser
David Bowie (PRS)
Brandy
Norman Brown
Solomon Burke
Burning Sky
R.L. Burnside
Gary Burton
Gary Calamar
Michel Camilo
Cam’Ron
The Canton Spirituals
Capleton (PRS)
Caribbean Jazz Project
Cee-Lo
Lauren Christy
The Clinch Mountain Boys
Andy Colver (PRS)
Commissioned
Common
Creed
Bill Cunliffe
The Charlie Daniels Band
Diamond Rio
Michael Doucet
Dave Douglas
Don Edwards
Danny Elfman
Enya (PRS)
Faith Evans
Tommy Flanagan
The Flaming Lips
Béla Fleck
Michael J. Fox
Allison Brewster Franzetti
The Funk Brothers
Peter Gabriel (PRS)
David Lee Garza y Los Musicales
Osvaldo Golijov
Gov’t Mule
Al Green
Grits
Dave Grusin
Deitrick Haddon
Fred Hammond
Roy Hargrove
Jesse Harris
Don Henley
Faith Hill
Dave Holland Big Band
David Holt
Intocable
Etta James
Jars of Clay
JaRule
Jay-Z
Maxi Jazz (PRS)
Little Joe & La Familia
Elton John (PRS)
The Jordanaires
Juanes
John P. Kee
Salif Keita (PRS)
R. Kelly
Kinky
Kitaro
Jennifer Knapp
Knoc-Turn’Al
Korn
Dave Koz
Jeff Koz
Alison Krauss
Femi Kuti (SACEM)
kd lang
Jim Lauderdale
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
Don Letts (PRS)
Lonestar
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
The Light Crust Doughboys
Limi-T 21
Israel “Cachao” López
Taj Mahal
Lloyd Maines
Maraca
Martina McBride
Delbert McClinton
Freddie McGregor (PRS)
Lee Thomas Miller
Mingus Big Band
Moby
Charlie Musselwhite
Meshell Ndegeocello
The Neptunes
Newsong
Nickelback (SOCAN)
*NSYNC
The Oak Ridge Boys
Makoto Ozone (JASRAC)
Lee “Scratch” Perry
Pharrell
Queens of the Stone Age
Busta Rhymes
Riders In the Sky
Peter Rowan
Nancy Rumbel
Nicky Ryan (PRS)
Roma Ryan (PRS)
Mingo Saldivar y Sus Tremendos Cuatro Espadas
Santana
John Santos and the Machete Ensemble
Al Schmitt
The John Scofield Band
Earl Scruggs
Wayne Shorter
Jon Sidel
Siggno
Allan Slutsky
Arthur Smith (PRS)
The Spanish Harlem Orchestra
Scott Spock
Ralph Stanley II
Sting (PRS)
Angie Stone
Omar Sosa
Luciana Souza
Jimmy Sturr
Take Six
Susan Tedeschi
John Tesh
The Temptations
Eric Tingstad
Tobymac
Trick Pony
Kathy Troccoli
Los Tucanes De Tijuana
McCoy Tyner
Jai Uttal
Bebo Valdés
Carlos “Patato” Valdés
The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra
Scott Wenzel
Kenny Werner
Lucinda Williams
Robin Williams
Dean Wilson (PRS)
BeBe Winans
The Roland White Band
Pete Woodruff
Yellowjackets
Joe Zawinul

Click here for photos from BMI's IBMA Nominees Party

The Del McCoury Band

Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver

The Del McCoury Band received two awards, including a first-time win for Song of the Year, for their recording of the Richard Thompson-penned "1952 Vincent Black Lightning." They also walked away with their sixth award for Entertainer of the Year. Dan Tyminski, a member of Alison Krauss + Union Station as well as a solo artist, earned his second nod for Male Vocalist of the Year. Rhonda Vincent took Female Vocalist honors for the third consecutive year.

Rhonda Vincent

Alison Krauss + Union Station

Jerry Douglas

Album of the Year winner Down From the Mountain was produced by T Bone Burnett and features performances by the Fairfield Four, John Hartford, Alison Krauss + Union Station, Tyminski, The Cox Family, Gillian Welch, David Rawlings, Chris Thomas King and Colin Linden. The success of the album spawned a national Down From the Mountain tour, which was named Bluegrass Event of the Year.

Ralph Stanley

Mountain Heart

Patty Loveless

Ralph Stanley & Friends picked up a win for Recorded Event of the Year for Clinch Mountain Sweethearts. Produced by Bil VornDick, Stanley's collaborators on the project included Pam Tillis, Gillian Welch, Dolly Parton, Sara Evans, Gail Davies, Chely Wright, Melba Montgomery, Lucinda Williams and Valerie Smith.

Gospel Recorded Performance of the Year went to The Journey, by Mountain Heart. Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver claimed Vocal Group honors for the second consecutive year.

Instrumental Performer winners included eight-time victor Jerry Douglas (dobro), repeat winner Jim Hurst (guitar) and first-time honoree Tom Adams (banjo).

The 2002 IBMA's Bluegrass Hall of Honor inductees were record executive David Freeman and BMI affliates The Lilly Brothers & Don Stover. In 1952, Bea and Everett Lilly and Don Stover began an 18-year partnership as pioneers in introducing professionally performed southern Appalachian music to the Upper Northeast region of the U.S.

BMI's 2002 International Bluegrass Music Award Winners

Entertainer of the Year
The Del McCoury Band

Vocal Group of the Year
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver

Male Vocalist of the Year
Dan Tyminski

Female Vocalist of the Year
Rhonda Vincent

Song of the Year
"1952 Vincent Black Lightning," The Del McCoury Band (artists), Richard John Thompson [PRS] (writer)

Album of the Year
Down From the Mountain; featuring the Fairfield Four, John Hartford, Alison Krauss + Union Station, Dan Tyminski, the Cox Family, Gillian Welch, David Rawlings and Chris Thomas King with Colin Linden (artists); T Bone Burnett (producer)

Gospel Recorded Performance of the Year
The Journey, Mountain Heart (artists), Tim Austin and Mountain Heart (producers)

Recorded Event of the Year
Clinch Mountain Sweethearts; Ralph Stanley & Friends, Pam Tillis, Gillian Welch, Dolly Parton, Sara Evans, Gail Davies, Chely Wright, Melba Montgomery, Lucinda Williams and Valerie Smith (artists); Bil VornDick (producer)

Instrumental Performers of the Year

Banjo: Tom Adams

Dobro: Jerry Douglas

Guitar: Jim Hurst]]> 2002-10-29T17:00:01-05:00 http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/233081 Artists, Adams, Yolanda, Allen, Harley, Brooks, Mel, Clapton, Eric, dc Talk, Douglas, Jerry, Enya, Gill, Vince, Hartford, John, Jackson, Janet, Krauss, Alison, LaBelle, Patti, Lil' Kim, Linkin Park, McClinton, Delbert, Meyer, Edgar, Mya, Parton, Dolly, Rollins, Sonny, Sade, Scruggs, Earl, Stanley, Ralph, Stuart, Marty, They Might Be Giants, Thile, Chris, Train, Tyminski, Dan, Williams, Lucinda, Winans, CeCe, Awards, Musical Styles, Bluegrass, Blues, Classical, Country, Dance, Folk, Jazz, Latin, Pop, Rock, Grammy Awards The soundtrack to the movie O Brother, Where Art Thou? was the surprise winner at the 44th Annual Grammy Awards, presented on February 27 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The multi-platinum album took home five Grammys including the coveted Album of The Year award, besting works by U2, Bob Dylan, OutKast and India.Arie. Produced by BMI songwriter/producer T Bone Burnett who was named Producer of the Year, the bluegrass soundtrack features BMI talents Norman Blake, The Cox Family, Fairfield Four, John Hartford, Alison Krauss, The Soggy Bottom Boys (featuring Dan Tyminski, Harley Allen and Pat Enright), Ralph Stanley, The Stanley Brothers and Gillian Welch. The album also won Best Compilation Soundtrack Album, Best Country Collaboration with Vocals for "I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow" by the Soggy Bottom Boys, and Best Male Country Vocal for "O Death" by Ralph Stanley. It was 75-year-old Stanley's first Grammy.

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Alison Krauss

Alison Krauss and her band Union Station were also among the night's top winners, picking up the Best Bluegrass Album Grammy for New Favorite and Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal for "Lucky One." The track also won Best Country Song for songwriter Robert Lee Castleman.

BMI's Robbin Ahrold with John Flansburgh of They Might Be Giants, winner of the Grammy for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or other Visual Media ("Boss of Me" from Malcolm in the Middle)

Other Country category winners included Best Country Instrumental Performance for the remake of the Earl Scruggs classic "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" from his latest CD, Earl Scruggs and Friends, adding to the seven out of eight Country Grammys earned by BMI stars. BMI songwriter/artists also made an impressive show in several other categories, including Jazz, Gospel, Latin and Blues.

Other BMI Grammy Award winners included two each for Mel Brooks, Bela Fleck and Edgar Meyer, as well as a statuette each for Linkin Park for Best Hard Rock Performance, Enya for Best New Age Album, and Lil' Kim and Mya for Best Pop Collaboration on the remake of the Patti LaBelle classic "Lady Marmalade."

Complete List of BMI's Grammy Award Winners:

T Bone Burnett
Producer of the Year
Album of the Year (O Brother, Where Art Thou?)
Best Compilation Soundtrack Album (O Brother, Where Art Thou?)
Best Traditional Folk Album (Down From the Mountain)

Alison Krauss & Union Station
Album Of The Year (O Brother, Where Art Thou?)
Best Country Performance by Duo or Group ("Lucky One")
Best Bluegrass Album (New Favorite)

The Soggy Bottom Boys (Dan Tyminski, Harley Allen and Pat Enright)
Album of the Year (O Brother, Where Art Thou?)
Best Country Collaboration ("I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow")

Mel Brooks
Best Musical Show Album (The Producers)
Best Long Form Music Video ("Recording The Producers - A Musical Romp With Mel Brooks")

Bel� Fleck
Best Instrumental Arrangement (Claude Debussy "Doctor Gradus Ad Parnassum" from Children's Corner)
Best Classical Crossover Album (Perpetual Motion)

Edgar Meyer
Best Instrumental Arrangement (Claude Debussy "Doctor Gradus Ad Parnassum" from Children's Corner)
Best Classical Crossover Album (Perpetual Motion)

Ralph Stanley
Album Of The Year (O Brother, Where Art Thou?)
Best Male Country Vocal Performance ("O Death")

Norman Blake
Album Of The Year (O Brother, Where Art Thou?)

The Cox Family
Album Of The Year (O Brother, Where Art Thou?)

Fairfield Four
Album Of The Year (O Brother, Where Art Thou?)

John Hartford
Album Of The Year (O Brother, Where Art Thou?)

Gillian Welch
Album Of The Year (O Brother, Where Art Thou?)

Lil’ Kim
Best Pop Collaboration ("Lady Marmalade")

Mya
Best Pop Collaboration ("Lady Marmalade")

Brian Eno (PRS), producer
Record Of The Year ("Walk On")

Eric Clapton (PRS)
Best Pop Instrumental Performance ("Reptile")

Janet Jackson
Best Dance Recording ("All For You")

Sade (PRS)
Best Pop Vocal Album (Lover's Rock)

Harry Connick, Jr.
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album (Songs I Heard)

Lucinda Williams
Best Female Rock Vocal Performance ("Get Right With God")

Linkin Park
Best Hard Rock Performance ("Crawling")

Scott Underwood (Train)
Best Rock Song ("Drops of Jupiter")

Dolly Parton
Best Female Country Vocal Performance ("Shine")

Earl Scruggs
Best Country Instrumental Performance ("Foggy Mountain Breakdown")

Glen Duncan
Best Country Instrumental Performance ("Foggy Mountain Breakdown")

Randy Scruggs
Best Country Instrumental Performance ("Foggy Mountain Breakdown")

Vince Gill
Best Country Instrumental Performance ("Foggy Mountain Breakdown")

Marty Stuart
Best Country Instrumental Performance ("Foggy Mountain Breakdown")

Gary Scruggs
Best Country Instrumental Performance ("Foggy Mountain Breakdown")

Albert Lee
Best Country Instrumental Performance ("Foggy Mountain Breakdown")

Jerry Douglas
Best Country Instrumental Performance ("Foggy Mountain Breakdown")

Robert Lee Castleman
Best Country Song ("Lonely One")

Enya (IMRO)
Best New Age Album (A Day Without Rain)

Michael Brecker
Best Jazz Instrumental Solo ("Chan's Song")

Sonny Rollins
Best Jazz Instrumental Album (This Is What I Do)

Charlie Haden
Best Latin Jazz Album (Nocturne)

DC Talk
Best Rock Gospel Album (Solo)

CeCe Winans
Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album (CeCe Winans)

The Blind Boys of Alabama
Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album (Spirit of the Century)

Yolanda Adams
Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album (The Experience)

Freddy Fender
Best Latin Pop Album (La Musica De Baldemar Huerta)

Robert Blades
Best Salsa Album (Encore)

Ram�n Ayala y Sus Bravos Del Norte
Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album (En Vivo...El Hombre Y Su Musica)

Jimmie Vaughan
Best Traditional Blues Album (Do You Get The Blues?)

Delbert McClinton
Best Contemporary Blues Album (Nothing Personal)

Verdell Primeaux
Best Native American Music Album (Bless the People - Harmonized Peyote Songs)

Johnny Mike
Best Native American Music Album (Bless the People - Harmonized Peyote Songs)

Jimmy Sturr
Best Polka Album (Gone Polka)

John Flansburgh
Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or other Visual Media ("Boss of Me" from Malcolm in the Middle)

John Linnell
Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or other Visual Media ("Boss of Me" from Malcolm in the Middle)

Deep Dish
Best Remixed Recording ("Thank You" [Deep Dish Vocal Remix])

Larry Combs
Best Instrumental Soloist (Strauss Wind Concertos)

Christopher Rouse
Best Classical Contemporary Composition ("Rouse: Concert De Gaud� For Guitar And Orchestra")

Chris Thile
Best Classical Crossover Album (Perpetual Motion)

Bootsy Collins
Best Short Form Music Video ("Weapon of Choice")

Alison Krauss

Ryan Adams

Lucinda Williams

Three nominations went to Ryan Adams, Ja Rule, Janet Jackson, Linkin Park, Tim McGraw, Jay-Z and BMI producer Carlos "Six July" Broady for his work with India.Arie.

The nominees were announced on January 4 at a press conference held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills and was attended by many of nominees themselves, including BMI songwriter/artists David Foster, Ja Rule and Stevie Nicks. The 44th Annual GRAMMY Awards will take place on February 27 at Staples Center in Los Angeles.

Check back here soon for a COMPLETE list of BMI Grammy Nominees.

The fact that Essence follows Williams's previous album, the long-in-the-works Grammy-winning Car Wheels On A Gravel Road, by a mere three years seems to be as much of a surprise to Williams as it is to her fans. As she recently told New York's Daily News, "I was worried about it a little bit, like, what's wrong with this picture? I came up with 14 new songs in a two-month period and I've never done that before. I kept wondering if maybe I had to go back to the drawing board."

Where Car Wheels abounded with Williams's sort of vivid, richly detailed character studies that first won her a rabidly devoted cult following, new songs like "Are You Down," "Reason to Cry," "Lonely Girls" and "Steal Your Love" are intimate, lyrically spare first-person evocations of loss, heartbreak and obsession. "This album was an experiment in breaking from long narratives and feeling comfortable with simplicity," Williams stated in an interview with Newsweek.

As Williams told Spin magazine, Essence's songs were largely inspired by "the breakup of a relationship. It kind of opened things up. . . . I'm always writing in my head. A lot of stuff goes in there and just stays in my subconscious, and then I have to be in a certain frame of mind when I'm writing."

Williams has also said that the album's pared-down songwriting approach was partially inspired by Bob Dylan's seminal 1998 comeback Time Out of Mind. "It's just a different approach to the writing. It's more about the groove and the melody, and everything's a lot more sparse," she told Entertainment Weekly. "It was real liberating for me to get to that place with these new songs, because at first I was kind of questioning it. Like 'Are You Down.' Four little bitty verses that I then repeat. My first thought was, 'Well, this is a good idea for a song, but I have to fill it in.' And somehow I got to this place where I just went, 'You know, this is cool like it is. I'm just gonna let it go'."]]> 2001-10-10T18:00:00-05:00 http://www.bmi.com/musicworld/entry/233614 Artists, Harris, Emmylou, Loveless, Patty, Prine, John, Thornton, Billy Bob, Williams, Lucinda, Musical Styles, Country, Musicworld, Hitmaker As he approaches his 30th year as a recording artist, Grammy-winning singer/songwriter John Prine looms as the master of his own destiny. A perennial favorite among critics and musicians, Prine has cultivated a devoted following with his rootsy melodies, Dylanesque vocals and barbwire wit. And though his songs have been covered by Bonnie Raitt, Joan Baez, The Everly Bros. and Bette Midler, among others, Prine’s biggest achievement may be business related. As founder and president of Oh Boy! Records, he produces and distributes his recordings - a fitting situation for a ruggedly independent man like Prine.

But even by his exacting standards, Prine’s latest album is a bold move. In Spite of Ourselves finds the singer interpreting 16 honky-tonk classics originally recorded by country legends like George Jones and Tammy Wynette, Jim Reeves and Tex Ritter. To make the concept even more interesting, Prine performs duets with acclaimed country divas such as Emmylou Harris, Trisha Yearwood, Patty Loveless and Lucinda Williams. Says Prine: “I sat down and made myself a dream list of duet partners, then we started calling people up. To my surprise, they all said yes. I like singing with girls. It kinda takes the edge off my voice.”

For Prine, In Spite of Ourselves marks a triumphant return to the recording fold. The singer, who recently rebounded from cancer surgery, has reemerged with a vengeance. Aside from the critically acclaimed In Spite of Ourselves, Prine has scored a role in Billy Bob Thornton‘s upcoming Miramax film, Daddy & Them.

Cindy's recording career dates back to 1979 with the release of her debut album, Desire Wire, which brought her a Grammy nomination for the single "Survivor." She was also nominated for a Grammy for her lead vocal contributions on the soundtrack to Grease.

Bullens, who has performed and recorded with some of the greatest names in music, including Elton John, Bonnie Raitt, Bob Dylan, Rod Stewart, Joe Cocker and Bryan Adams, enlisted the help of some of these long-time friends for what has turned out to be a very emotional and self-therapeutic album. Both Raitt and Adams lend backing vocals on various songs, along with Beth Neilson Chapman, Lucinda Williams and Rodney Crowell (who also produced three of the tracks).

Says Raitt, "It's such an unbelievable gift to watch someone transform such agony into such purity.