January 3, 2001

Posted January 03, 2001

Joni's Grammy nominations are getting the New Year off to a great start! The 43rd Annual Grammy Award nominations, announced this morning, gave Joni and Vince Mendoza the nod for Both Sides Now in three categories.

In the "Best Female Pop Vocal Performance" category, given for singles or tracks only, Joni was nominated for "Both Sides Now" along with Christina Aguilera for "What A Girl Wants," Macy Gray for "I Try," Madonna for "Music," Aimee Mann for "Save Me," and Britney Spears' "Oops!... I Did It Again." Certainly an uh, wide-ranging field.

Both Sides Now picked up a nomination for "Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album." Other nominees include Bryan Ferry's As Time Goes By, It's Like This by Rickie Lee Jones, Songs From the Last Century by George Michael and Timeless—Live In Concert by Barbra Streisand.

Vince Mendoza is certainly well represented in the "Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying A Vocalist(s)" category, which is awarded to the Arranger for singles or tracks only. His arrangements for Joni's "A Case of You" and "Both Sides Now" both received nominations. A third nomination, for his collaboration with Björk and Guy Sigsworth on "I've Seen It All," from Selmasongs, places his name in the hat for over half the nominations in this category, which also includes Nnenna Freelon for "Button Up Your Overcoat" from Soulcall, and Jorge Calandrelli for "Dream," which appears on As Time Goes By (Great Love Songs Of The Century) by Ettore Strata & His Orchestra.

The gala Grammy awards telecast, scheduled for 8 PM EST/PST February 21 on CBS, is expected to reach a worldwide audience of almost 2 billion people in 180 countries.