Field 12
Blues

Best Traditional Blues Album
For solo artists, duos or groups, vocal or instrumental.

• Do You Get The Blues?
  Jimmie Vaughan
  [Artemis Records]
  
  

Best Contemporary Blues Album
For solo artists, duos or groups, vocal or instrumental.

• Nothing Personal
  Delbert McClinton
  [New West Records]
  
  

 

Field 13
Folk

Best Traditional Folk Album
For solo artists, duos or groups, vocal or instrumental.

• Down From The Mountain
  (Various Artists) T Bone Burnett, producer
  [Lost Highway Records]
  
  

Best Contemporary Folk Album
For solo artists, duos or groups, vocal or instrumental.

• Love And Theft
  Bob Dylan
  [Columbia Records]
  
  

Best Native American Music Album

• Bless The People – Harmonized Peyote Songs
  Verdell Primeaux & Johnny Mike
  [Canyon Records]
  
  

 

Field 14
Reggae

Best Reggae Album
For solo artists, duos or groups, vocal or instrumental.

• Halfway Tree
  Damian Marley
  [Ghetto Youth/Motown Records]
  
  

 

Field 15
World Music

Best World Music Album
For solo artists, duos or groups, vocal or instrumental.

• Full Circle/Carnegie Hall 2000
  Ravi Shankar
  [Angel Records]
  
  

 

Field 16
Polka

Best Polka Album
For solo artists, duos or groups, vocal or instrumental.

• Gone Polka
  Jimmy Sturr
  [Rounder]
  
  

 

Field 17
Children's

Best Musical Album For Children
For albums consisting of predominantly music or song vs. spoken word.

• Elmo And The Orchestra
  (Sesame Street Characters) Ed Mitchell, producer
  [Sony Wonder]
  
  

Best Spoken Word Album for Children
For albums consisting of predominantly spoken word vs. music or song.

• Mama Don't Allow
  Tom Chapin
  [Live Oak Media]
  
  

 

Field 18
Spoken Word

Best Spoken Word Album
(Narrated/dramatized books include authors' names in parentheses for identification.)

• Q: The Autobiography Of Quincy Jones (Quincy Jones)
  Quincy Jones
  [Simon and Schuster Audio]
  
  

Best Spoken Comedy Album
For spoken word comedy recordings.

• Napalm & Sillyputty
  George Carlin
  [HighBridge Audio]
  
  

 

Field 19
Musical Show

Best Musical Show Album
Award to the Album Producer(s), and to the Lyricist(s) & Composer(s) of 51 percent or more of a new score. (Artist, Lyricist & Composer names appear in parentheses.) Albums only.

• The Producers
  Hugh Fordin, producer; Mel Brooks, composer & lyricist (Original Broadway Cast With Nathan Lane & Matthew Broderick)
  [Sony Classical]
  
  

 

Field 20
Film/TV/Visual Media

Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For A Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
Award to the Artist(s) and/or Producer(s) of a majority of the tracks on the album, or to the individual(s) actively responsible for the concept and musical direction and for the selection of artists, songs and producers, as applicable. Albums only.

• O Brother, Where Art Thou?
  (Various Artists) T Bone Burnett, producer
  [Lost Highway Records]
  
  

Best Score Soundtrack Album For A Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
Award to Composer(s) for an original composition (not an adaptation) written specifically for a motion picture, television or other visual media.

• Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
  Tan Dun, composer
  [Sony Classical/Sony Music Soundtrax]

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