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S ANGELES (AP) —
op star Lauryn Hill
hree Grammy Awards
solo debut, Madon-
now that she’s turned
won her first musical
mys and the Titanic
‘My Heart Will Go
■continued to sail on.
A ear after winning an
cademy Award for best
ong, “My Heart Will Go
I’jwon three Grammys,
Iclilciing song of the year.
Madonna, who opened
BS telecast with a
finese-themed perfor
ce of “Nothing Really
rs,” won best pop al-
injior her excursion into
| Bronica, Ray of Light.
(also won best dance
ding and best short
music video.
Phis is such a surprise,
onored,” said Madonna, whose famed
rule hair has been replaced by straight
id tresses.
sEnia Twain, Stevie Wonder, and the Bri-
letzer Orchestra each were double win-
r)r\](l Besides song of the year — a songwriting
j' Ward — “My Heart Will Go On’’ also won
tefemale pop vocal for Celine Dion and best
rid Ciiiffi jj n g wr jtt en for a motion picture or televi-
isbordi ion. James Horner and Will Jennings picked
)ne ■ : pthe writing trophies.
Lubra Horner told the Shrine Auditorium and na-
rmesii j ona i television audiences he initially only
pnsidered the song as a movie theme.
“It spoke to a lot of people,’’ Horner said
iackstage. “It obviously was very romantic
eon bit jj a wistful, timeless way.” He admitted he
tenew - lo longer listens to the song.
8 101 |Last March, “My Heart Will Go On” won
,ane. {he Academy Award for best song, one of 11
rest of^■ rs f 0I - Titanic. The soundtrack was the
nkingi fop-selling album of 1998,
JNith more than 9 million
i^ u units sold.
V' n o;; j Hill, who led with 10
;onu nominations in nine cate-
plaui jp n(!Sj won k est rhythm
Album of the Year - Lauryn Hill The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Best Pop Album - Madonna Ray of Light
Best Female Pop Vocal - Celine Dion "My Heart Will Go On"
Best Male Pop Vocal - Eric Clapton "My Father's Eyes"
Best Rock Album - Sheryl Crow The Globe Sessions
Best Country Album - The Dixie Chicks Wide Open Spaces
Best Country Song- Shania Twain "You're Still the One"
Best R&B Album - Lauryn Hill The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Best Rap Album -\ay Z Vol 2 ... Hard Knock Life
the year, a category dominated this year by
women. Other contenders: Sheryl Crow’s The
Globe Sessions, Madonna’s Ray of Light,
Twain for Come on Over, and Version 2.0 by
alternative rockers Garbage, led by singer
Shirley Manson.
Crow, a five-time Grammy winner in recent
years, won best rock album for The Globe Ses
sions and paid tribute to A&M Records, just
swallowed up in a corporate merger.
“This is a really nice thing for me,” she
said, adding “1 want Lauryn Hill to produce
my next
record.”
The Dixie
Chicks Wide
Open Spaces
was an up
set winner
for best
country al
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st R&B song and best
I vocal performance,
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chances during the broad-
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cast.
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{ Hill, 23, and her acclaimed album — mix-
ijiap and R&B, and touching on family and
feplitical issues — had a chance to win the
—^Piosi Grammys ever by a female artist in one
night. Carole King won four in 1971 for Ta-
ource Hill has two past Grammys from her
son Th; jtint with the Fugees.
5pm “j | No hip-hop artist has won song, record or
y is “ :i album of the year. Hill was up for album of
the better-known
Garth Brooks and
Twain.
“We’re freak
ing out,” the tear
ful trio said in ac
cepting the
award.
Women also
dominated the
record of the year
category. Madonna’s “Ray of Light” and
Twain’s “You’re Still the One” were up
against Brandy & Monica (“The Boy Is
Mine”), Celine Dion (“My Heart Will Go
On”) and the lone male entry, “Iris,” by the
Goo Goo Dolls.
You’re Still the One won best country song
for Twain and husband Robert John “Mutt”
Lange and female country vocal performance
for Twain.
ROBERT HYNECEK/Thf. Battalion
Best female rock vocal performance went
to Alanis Morissette for “Uninvited.”
The Setzer Orchestra, riding the swing re
vival, captured two pop honors, performance
by a duo or group and instrumental perfor
mance.
The male R&B vocal Grammy went to
Wonder for “St. Louis Blues.” The tune also
earned him and two colleagues the award for
instrumental arrangement with vocals. The
two Grammys brought Wonder’s career total
to 21.
That ties him with Pierre
Boulez, who also won two
Wednesday night — orchestral
performance and opera record
ing.
Only Sir Georg Solti, Quincy
Jones and Vladimir Horowitz
have won more.
Brandy & Monica won the
R&B duo or group performance
trophy for “The Boy Is Mine.”
In rap categories, Jay-Z’s Vol.
2 ... Hard Knock Life won best al
bum. The rapper had said he
would skip the show because he
doesn’t like the way the Gram
mys treat rap. In other awards,
the Beastie Boys won duo or
group performance for “Inter-
galactic”
In his 12th Grammy victory of the 1990s,
Eric Clapton won male pop vocal for “My Fa
ther’s Eyes.”
Burt Bacharach had his first win since
1986, giving him Grammys in three different
decades. He and Elvis Costello won for pop
collaboration with vocals on “I Still Have
That Other Girl.” It was Costello’s first Gram-
r.
Johnny Cash, Mel Torme, Smokey Robin
son and the late Sam Cooke and Otis Redding
each received lifetime achievement awards
from the National Academy of Recording Arts
and Sciences at the 41st annual Grammy
Awards. Rosie O’Donnell served as master of
ceremonies.
The songwriting teams of Alan Jay Lerner
and Frederick Loewe, Kenneth Gamble and
Leon Huff, and Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
were honored with trustees’ awards for out
standing contributions by nonperformers.
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