Beyonce, Vandross Win 5 Grammy Awards

Feb. 10, 2004 -- Balladeer Luther Vandross, recovering from astroke, won four Grammys on Sunday including song of the year for"Dance With My Father," and Beyoncé earned a record-tying fivehonors.

OutKast won album of the year for SpeakerBoxxx/The Love Below in a ceremony televised by CBS on a five-minute delay to avoidanything like Janet Jackson's Super Bowl flesh flash.

Despite a tightly scripted show devoid of outrageousness orspontaneity — a marked contrast to today's pop scene — Jackson'sbreast-baring at the hands of dance partner Justin Timberlakeremained the major subplot, as CBS and Jackson offered conflictingreports about why she was not at the show.

Timberlake: ‘It’s Been a Rough Week’ "I know it's been a rough week on everybody," said Timberlake,stifling a self-deprecating laugh while accepting the best male popvocal performance award for "Cry Me a River." He brought hismother as his date. "What occurred was unintentional, completelyregrettable, and I apologize if you guys are offended."

Vandross won for best song, best R&B album and best male R&Bperformance for "Dance With My Father"; and best R&B performanceby a duo or group with vocals for "The Closer I Get to You," aremake he did with Beyoncé.

He was unable to attend, but sent a videotaped message, hisfirst public remarks since his April 2003 stroke.

"I wish I could be with you there tonight. I want to thankeveryone for your love and support," said a weak-looking Vandross."And remember, when I say goodbye it's never for long, because" -and he sang — "I believe in the power of love!"

Beyoncé tied a record for female artists with her five awards,but won none of the top categories of song, record or album of theyear. Evanescence Takes Best New Artist Honors The moody British rock band Coldplay, up against four hip-hopnominees for record of the year, won for their song "Clocks."

Rockers Evanescence won best new artist in an upset over rapper50 Cent — who briefly walked onstage as Evanescence accepted theiraward.

"Thank you, 50," said Evanesence's Amy Lee as the rap starsmiled for the camera.

Rock singer Warren Zevon, who rushed to complete a final albumbefore his September death from lung cancer, won his first twoGrammy Awards. June Carter Cash also won two posthumous awards, andher husband Johnny Cash and former Beatle George Harrison were alsohonored after their deaths.

The 46th annual awards show began at 4:55 p.m. — five minutebefore airtime — with Prince performing "Purple Rain," markingthe 20th year of the groundbreaking song and movie.

Beyoncé, wearing a tight dress with a feather skirt thatfleetingly revealed her pink panties, joined Prince on his hits andthen sang her own "Crazy in Love," which won two trophies — forbest R&B song and best rap/sung collaboration. Her boyfriend,Jay-Z, won two awards for collaborating on that hit.

Beyoncé also won best female R&B performance and bestcontemporary R&B album for Dangerously in Love, and best R&Bperformance by a duo or group for her song with Vandross.

Her five trophies tied a record set by Alicia Keys, Norah Jonesand Lauryn Hill for the most Grammys won by a female artist.

"This is unbelievable. Performing was enough for me," anexcited Beyoncé said. CBS Ask Timberlake, Jackson to Appologize OutKast, nominated for a leading six Grammys, won three: bestalbum, best urban/alternative performance for "Hey Ya!" and bestrap album for Speakerboxxx/The Love Below.

Other multiple winners included Jack White of The White Stripesand Eminem, with two each, and bluegrass singer Alison Krauss, whohad three.

Timberlake was all over the awards, performing on several songsand winning two trophies. CBS said in a statement that it hadreservations about allowing him and Jackson to appear as planned,but ultimately "respected the Recording Academy's wishes toproduce the program they originally intended."

CBS said it agreed to allow Timberlake and Jackson as long asthey apologized on the air for their Super Bowl stunt.

But a statement from Jackson's camp said CBS and the Grammysfirst asked her not to attend, then reversed themselves andre-invited her, but she chose not to attend.

"She was never uninvited," insisted Jason Padgitt of thepublicity firm Rogers & Cowan, which represents the RecordingAcademy. "She was always invited to be here and she chose not tobe."

The incident bubbled beneath the surface all night. "I don'twant to have the same thing happen that Janet had done," ChristinaAguilera said while accepting the award for best female pop vocalperformance in a dress cut so low, CBS briefly imposed a graphicacross her chest. "But, uh, if I can keep it together …"

Pharrell Williams, who along with Jay-Z and OutKast also had sixnominations, won his first Grammy during the pre-telecast ceremonyfor his production work with Chad Hugo as white-hot hit-makers TheNeptunes. They have produced songs for artists ranging from JustinTimberlake to Jay-Z in 2003 alone.

The Neptunes weren't even nominated last year, because therecord companies they produced hits for forgot to put them on theballot.

"I was a little upset last year," Pharrell acknowledged duringhis acceptance speech. He also used the opportunity to stand up forfriends Jackson and Timberlake. "What happened at the Super Bowlwas a bit much, but I happen to know both of those people … andthey've done great things to support people around the world."

Cash, and director Mark Romanek, won for best short form musicvideo for the haunting song "Hurt." Cash's wife, who died a fewmonths before him in 2003, won best traditional folk album for theposthumous release Wildwood Flower and best female countryvocal performance for "Keep on the Sunny Side."

The most unusual winner was former President Bill Clinton,former Soviet Union president Mikhail Gorbachev and Sophia Loren,who won best spoken word album for children for their reading onProkofiev: Peter and the Wolf/Beintus: Wolf Tracks.