Morissette takes home four Grammys
By Robert Stevens
Daily Bruin Senior Staff
In the first year of a new nominating process meant to
revitalize the perennially criticized Grammys, the National Academy
of the Recording Arts and Sciences voted with an exclamation mark
Wednesday night, bestowing four awards upon "alternative" rocker
Alanis Morissette and none to "mainstream" favorite Mariah
Carey.
Morissette took home awards for best album and best rock album
for "Jagged Little Pill," while her single "You Oughta Know"
garnered her awards for best rock song and female rock vocal
performance. Seal’s "Kiss from a Rose" won song and record of the
year, and the artist was named best male pop vocal performance.
Hootie and the Blowfish won best new artist of the year.
"This award does not represent the fact that I’m better than any
other women that were nominated with me but it does represent a lot
of people connected to what I wrote," said Morissette after winning
best female rock performance.
TLC, Stevie Wonder and Vince Gill all received two Grammys each.
TLC won best R&B album for the trio’s "Crazysexycool" and best
group vocal performance for "Creep." Wonder’s "For Your Love" took
best R&B vocal performance and song.
In the rap category, Naughty by Nature won best album for
"Poverty’s Paradise" and the best rap solo award went to Coolio for
"Gangsta’s Paradise."
In the rock category, Tom Petty’s "You Don’t Know How it Feels"
took best male vocal performance while Blues Traveler’s "Run
Around" won best group vocal performance.
Nirvana won the best alternative performance trophy for "MTV
Unplugged in New York." Nine Inch Nails took home the best metal
performance prize for "Happiness in Slavery" and Pearl Jam’s "Spin
the Black Circle" won for best hard-rock performance.
"I don’t know what this means. I don’t think it means anything.
That’s how I feel," said Pearl Jam lead singer Eddie Vedder as he
accepted his award. "My dad would have liked it. But my dad died
before I got to know him … Thanks, I guess."
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