The Grammy nominations are like a wide - open race, much like the presidential election and the Oscar derby. Beyoncé Knowles of Destiny’s Child and Dr. Dre are leading the pack, each with five nominations.\An interesting aspect of the 43rd annual Grammy race is the lack of artist overlap in the Record of the Year and Album of the Year categories. This has never happened in Grammy history before. Eligibility rules play a part in this. For instance, U2’s single “Beautiful Day” was released in time but the album was not, while Macy Gray’s album came out in 1999 but her single “I Try” was released in 2000, making it eligible for this year’s Grammys.\Songs like “Beautiful Day,” “I Try,” and Destiny’s Child’s “Say My Name” are vying for the Song and Record trophies. The New Artist nominees don't have any nods in the top categories.\No single artist is likely to dominate the 43rd annual Grammy Awards as Carlos Santana did last year with eight trophies. It would be quite a surprise if Destiny’s Child won half that many.\Dr. Dre can win at most four trophies since he's competing against himself for the Rap Performance by a Duo or Group award. His “Forgot About Dre” with Eminem is up against his collaboration with Snoop Dogg, “The Next Episode.”\The nominations for 100 categories were announced on Wednesday.\Eminem, Vince Gill, Joe, Sheryl Crow, arranger - conductor Vince Mendoza, and songwriter - producer Rodney Jerkins each got four nominations. D’Angelo, Foo Fighters, Macy Gray, Don Henley, Faith Hill, B.B. King, Madonna, Aimee Mann, Brian McKnight, ‘N Sync, Jill Scott, Sisqo, Ricky Skaggs, Steely Dan, U2, and producer Nigel Goodrich received three nominations each.\Michael Greene, the prexy and CEO of the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, described the field as “eclectic” before the nominations were announced in Beverly Hills. He said, “This is not going to be a year of a Carlos Santana or Eric Clapton. … This is one of the more spirited competitions.”\Universal Music led the major distributors with 122 nominations, having won the 2000 market share award with 28%. Warner Music Group followed with 85, Sony had 80, EMI got 49, and BMG had 42. Independents collectively had 123 nominations. Among labels, Warner Bros. and its related labels claimed the top spot with 42 nominations.\Even though there's no single veteran artist dominating multiple categories, the Grammys still have their favorites. Paul Simon, a sixteen - time winner who will be honored as Musicares Person of the Year, received an Album of the Year nomination, being nominated for this honor in four decades.\Other veteran acts in the running include Joni Mitchell, competing against Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera for Female Pop Vocal; Steely Dan (Album, Pop Performance), Sting (Male Pop Vocal), Crow (Pop Collaboration, Female Rock, Country Collaboration), and Bob Dylan (Male Rock Vocal, Song for Film or TV). Paul McCartney, whose Beatles hits make up the number - one album in the U.S., is surprisingly up for the Alternative Music statuette.\As usual, the Grammy nominations recognized commercially successful albums and songs. Of the top 25 albums of 2000, Savage Garden’s “Affirmation” was the only eligible title not to get a nomination in at least one category.\The academy's subcommittees nominated some artists who get more press than record sales to keep the Grammys in line with current trends. Examples are Beck (Album of the Year), Fiona Apple and Patti Smith (Female Rock Vocal), and the North Mississippi Allstars (Contemporary Blues).\There were questions about how the academy would handle Eminem's music, which has been both praised for its candor and criticized for its violent, misogynistic, and homophobic content. His “The Marshall Mathers LP” got nominations for Top Album and Rap Album, his song “The Real Slim Shady” is up for Rap Solo Perf, and he could share a trophy with Dr. Dre if “Forget About Dre” wins in the Rap Performance by a Duo or a Group category. Eminem, whose latest album has sold nearly 8 million units, won two awards last year.\In the Film and TV categories, three albums full of rock ‘n’ roll oddities (“Almost Famous,” “High Fidelity,” and “The Sopranos”) are competing against the classical music of “Fantasia/2000” and Aimee Mann’s “Magnolia” soundtrack for Compilation Soundtrack. All the score albums except “Gladiator” are from last year’s Academy Awards list.\Dylan’s “Things Have Changed,” which is considered a front - runner for the Oscar song, is facing a diverse field including Destiny’s Child, R.E.M., Randy Newman, and Mann for Song Written for a Motion Picture, TV, or Other Visual Media.\Film music also showed up in other categories. Bjork’s “Overture (Selmasongs)” from “Dancer in the Dark” is up for Pop Instrumental; John Williams’ “Theme from Angela’s Ashes” and James Newton Howard’s “The Egg Travels” from the “Dinosaur” soundtrack are competing for Instrumental Composition.\Two Broadway revivals, “Meredith Willson’s The Music Man” and “Kiss Me, Kate,” are competing against “Aida,” “Swing!” and “The Wild Party” for Best Musical Show. The Blue Man Group, which released “Audio” on Virgin, is nominated for Pop Instrumental Album.\Five actors are competing for the Spoken Word Album category and four established actors are up against the voice of Harry Potter, Jim Dale, for Spoken Word Album for Children. Director Wim Wenders is vying for Longform Musicvideo with Willie Nelson’s “Teatro.”\It's rare for two albums to be released so close to the end of the eligibility period. Radiohead’s latest Capitol disc and Paul Simon’s “You’re the One” had a release date of October 3, which seems outside the Grammy awards’ eligibility period from October 1, 1999, through September 30, 2000. But the Grammys use the shipping date (September 28) to determine eligibility rather than the street date (October 3).\This year, there are a total of 100 awards, two more than last year. New categories this year are Pop Instrumental Album and Pop Vocal Album (replacing Pop Album together) and Native American Music Album. Many “performance” categories have been replaced by albums, such as several pop, latin, and five jazz categories.\There could be some drama at the Grammys similar to what happens at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremonies. LaToya Luckett and Latavia Roberson, former members of Destiny’s Child, are nominated for “Say My Name.” They settled a lawsuit against Knowles and Kelly Rowland last year but still have a lawsuit pending against the group's manager and Knowles’ father, Mathew Knowles. The band is now a trio.\The 43rd annual Grammy Awards will be held on February 21 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles and broadcast on CBS.

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