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43rd Annual Grammy Awards

The 43rd Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 21, 2001, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the year 2000. Several artists earned three awards on the night. Steely Dan's haul included Album of the Year for Two Against Nature. U2 took home the Record of the Year and Song of the Year for "Beautiful Day". Dr. Dre won Producer of the Year, Non-Classical and Best Rap Album for Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP. Eminem himself also received three awards, out of four nominations. Faith Hill took home Best Country Album for the album Breathe, Best Female Country Vocal Performance for the song's title track and Best Country Collaboration with Vocals with Tim McGraw for "Let's Make Love".[1] Madonna opened the show with "Music".

43rd Annual Grammy Awards

February 21, 2001

Dr. Dre (6)

CBS

& Kid Rock - Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

Heather Locklear

& Kevin James - Best Pop Vocal Album

Ray Romano

Jimmy Smits & Toni Braxton - Best Rap Album

Joe

& Sisqo - Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals

Mýa

Lee Ann Womack & Gloria Estefan - Best Latin Pop Album

Vince Gill

Jenna Elfman & Carson Daly - Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals

Melissa Etheridge

& Brad Paisley - Best Country Album

Dolly Parton

& Richie Sambora - Best New Artist

Shakira

& Tony Bennett - Best Jazz Vocal Album

Erykah Badu

& Robbie Robertson - Best Native American Music Album

Val Kilmer

& Sheryl Crow - Song of the Year

Shelby Lynne

& Joni Mitchell - Record of the Year

Carlos Santana

& Bette Midler - Album of the Year

Stevie Wonder

"" – U2

Beautiful Day

Rodney Jerkins

Dave Way

Mirwais Ahmadzai

Kristian Lundin

MusiCares Person of the Year

Paul Simon

The three awards won were their first ever career Grammy wins.

Steely Dan

's controversial The Marshall Mathers LP, which had several nominations, including Album of the Year, caused outrage. 200 protesters on behalf of GLAAD and other groups gathered outside the Staples Center to protest Eminem's album which they considered homophobic and sexist. He performed his hit single "Stan" as a duet with openly gay musician Elton John at the ceremony in response to these allegations. This version is also featured as the final track on Eminem's 2005 compilation Curtain Call: The Hits.

Eminem