42nd Annual Grammy Awards


The 42nd Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 23, 2000 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the year 1999. Santana was the main recipient with eight Grammys, tying Michael Jackson's record for most awards won in a single night. Santana's album Supernatural was awarded a total of nine awards. American teen singers Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera were both nominated for Best New Artist, ultimately won by Aguilera.

Performances

General

;Record of the Year
;Album of the Year
;Song of the Year
;Best New Artist
;Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
;Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
;Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
;Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals
;Best Pop Instrumental Performance
;Best Dance Recording
;Best Pop Album
;Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance
;Best Female Rock Vocal Performance
;Best Male Rock Vocal Performance
;Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
;Best Hard Rock Performance
;Best Metal Performance
;Best Rock Instrumental Performance
;Best Rock Song
;Best Rock Album
;Best Alternative Music Performance
Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
;Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
;Best R&B Song
;Best R&B Album
;Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance
;Best Rap Solo Performance
;Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group
;Best Rap Album
Best Male Country Vocal Performance
Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
Best Country Collaboration with Vocals
Best Country Instrumental Performance
Best Country Song
Best Country Album
Best Bluegrass Album
;Best New Age Album
Best Jazz Vocal Performance
Best Jazz Instrumental Solo
Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Individual or Group
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance
Best Latin Jazz Performance
Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album
Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album
Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album
Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album
Best Gospel Choir or Chorus Album
;Best Traditional Blues Album
;Best Contemporary Blues Album
;Best Traditional Folk Album
;Best Contemporary Folk Album
Best Long Form Music Video
;Best Polka Album
;Best Reggae Album
;Best World Music Album

[MusiCares Person of the Year]

Designer: Raoul Pascual of WYNK Marketing. The design of the 42nd GRAMMY AWARDS logo, also known as the Millennium Logo, was commissioned to Mark Deitch and Associates. The actual design was conceived and executed by Raoul Pascual. Michael Green of the Recording Academy stipulated that the logo should encompass all forms of musical genre and the GRAMMY logo had to be prominently featured. Raoul's concept was to represent music with some of its major instruments: the clarinet for woodwinds, the piano for percussion, the guitar for strings plus a microphone:
"I imagined all the instruments emanating from behind the logo. My problem was how to translate that into a visual. I designed black and white icons of the instruments using a vector program. I was working overtime and I was getting desperate. I was moving the different icons around the GRAMMY logo but none of the combinations seemed to work. As I picked up the guitar icon, I decided to pray and make a deal with God. I said 'if you bless me with a winning design, I will give you the glory every time I share how I designed the GRAMMY logo.' Suddenly, I inadvertently released my hold of the icon and it fell on top of the GRAMMY logo. I stared at the image on my screen and I saw my solution. I added the other icons and curved them to suggest movement from behind. Eureka! That was it!"
With suggestions from the staff and the people at the Recording Academy in the course of several weeks, the design underwent an evolution from a 2 dimensional rendering into 3D.