The46th Annual Grammy Awards honored the best recordings, compositions, and artists from October 1, 2002, through September 30, 2003, as chosen by the members ofthe Recording Academy, on February 8, 2004. In its 4th year at theStaples Center inLos Angeles,California, the ceremony was broadcast ontape delay byCBS.
Beyoncé was the biggest winner of the night, taking five awards, andOutkast, who won three awards including Album of the Year. Tied for the most nominations, with six each, were Beyoncé, Outkast, and Jay-Z.[1]
Janet Jackson was originally scheduled to perform a tribute toLuther Vandross during the ceremony. However, due to anincident involving Jackson during theSuper Bowl XXXVIII halftime show the previous week, where her breast was briefly revealed byJustin Timberlake, Jackson was blacklisted by CBS's parent companyViacom and her invitation to the ceremony was rescinded. Despite his involvement in the "wardrobe malfunction", Timberlake was still invited, and used one of his acceptance speeches to apologize for the incident. CBS also broadcast the ceremony on a five-minutetape delay.[2][3]
Craig Brockman, Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott, Erroll "Poppi" McCalla,Nisan &Timbaland, producers; Jeff Allen, Carlos "El Loco" Bedoya, Josh Butler,Senator Jimmy D,Guru, Timbaland & Mike Wilson, engineers/mixers; Herb Powers, mastering engineer
Jon Fausty, Luca Germini, Jorge G. Gómez, Carlos Laurenz, Jose Lopez, Olga Santos, Jake Tanner, (engineers), Jorge G. Garcia (engineer/mixer), Oscar Gómez (engineer/mixer & producer),Sergio George (producer) &Celia Cruz forRegalo Del Alma
Beyoncé became the fourth female artist to win a record five awards in one night. Prior to Beyoncé,Norah Jones,Alicia Keys andLauryn Hill had won five in one night. Since 2004Amy Winehouse andAlison Krauss became the fifth and sixth artists respectively to tie this record. Beyoncé was the only one of these six artists to not win a general field award out of her five wins. In the2010 ceremony, Beyoncé broke both of these records, earning six awards and winningSong of the Year, a general field award, for her song ”Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)”. This record was later tied by British singer Adele in2012.
AsEvanescence were presented with the award for Best New Artist, rapper50 Cent went up to the stage. 50 Cent was nominated for Best New Artist, losing to Evanescence.
Luther Vandross won four awards however he was unable to attend due to a stroke he suffered several months earlier.Celine Dion sang his song "Dance With My Father" withRichard Marx playing piano in tribute to Vandross. The song was awarded the award for Song of the Year later that night. During the show they showed a videotaped clip that was pre-taped of him saying "Whenever I say goodbye it's never for long because I believe in the power of love". Vandross died the following year in 2005.
The show also featured a tribute toThe Beatles in honor of the 40th anniversary of their arrival in America and their appearance onThe Ed Sullivan Show. During the show, both widows of deceased members –Yoko Ono andOlivia Harrison – made an on-stage appearance.
