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The 4th Annual Cadet Music Awards

Here are my annual awards that I like to call “The Cadet Awards”, which I come up with every year to honour those records, singles, and performances I think were the best in 2000.

Album of The Year No Angel - Dido Music - Madonna Light Years - Kylie Minogue Fragments of Freedom - Morcheeba Kid A - Radiohead Record of The Year “Absolutely Everybody” – Vanessa Amorosi “Teenager of The Year” – Lotel “On a Night Like This” – Kylie Minogue “The Great Beyond” – REM “Beautiful Day” – U2 New Artist Spiller Mary Mary Lotel Anastacia Dido Song of The Year “With Arms Wide Open” – Creed “Here With Me” – Dido “Teenager of The Year” – Lotel “The Great Beyond” – REM “Beautiful Day” – U2 Female Pop/Rock Vocal Performance “Come on Over Baby” – Christina Aguilera “Absolutely Everybody” – Vanessa Amorosi “Here With Me” – Dido “Music” – Madonna “On a Night Like This” – Kylie Minogue Male Pop/Rock Vocal Performance “Things Have Changed” – Bob Dylan “Be With You” – Enrique Iglesias “Again” – Lenny Kravitz “Desert Rose” – Sting “Rock DJ” – Robbie Williams Pop Performance Duo/Group with Vocal “Pure Shores” – All Saints “Breathless” – The Corrs “Rome Wasn't Built in a Day” – Morcheeba "Bye Bye Bye” – *N Sync “Why Does it Always Rain on Me” – Travis Rock Performance Duo/Group with Vocal “With Arms Wide Open” – Creed "Teenager of The Year” – Lotel “Ex-Girlfriend” – No Doubt “The Great Beyond” – REM “Beautiful Day” – U2 Pop Album No Angel – Dido Music – Madonna Light Years – Kylie Minogue Fragments of Freedom - Morcheeba Sing When You're Winning – Robbie Williams Rock Album Human Clay – Creed Reflector – Killing Heidi Black The Sun – Alex Lloyd Odyssey Number Five – Powderfinger All That You Can't Leave Behind – U2 Dance Performance “Don't Give Up" – Chicane feat. Bryan Adams “Toca's Miracle” – Fragma “Who The Hell Are You?” – Madison Avenue "Lady (Hear me Tonight)” – Modjo “Groovejet (If This Aint Love)” – Spiller Dance Album Behind The Sun – Chicane Europop – Eiffel 65 Halfway Between The Gutter and The Stars – Fatboy Slim The Polyester Embassy – Madison Avenue Pieces in a Modern Style – William Orbit Alternative Performance “I've Seen It All” – Bjork & Thom Yorke “All The Small Things” – Blink 182 “The Bad Touch” – Bloodhound Gang "Take a Picture” – Filter “Natural Blues” – Moby Alternative Album Selamsongs – Bjork Conspiracy of One – The Offspring Binaural – Pearl Jam Kid A – Radiohead The Battle of Los Angeles – Rage Against The Machine Country Performance * “Cowboy Take Me Away” – Dixie Chicks "Smile” – Lonestar “You're Everything” – Keith Urban “Just Another Day in Paradise” – Phil Vassar “I Hope You Dance” – LeAnn Womack Country Album * The Captain – Kasey Chambers Born To Fly – Sara Evans How Do You Like Me Now? – Toby Keith Who Needs Pictures – Brad Paisley I Hope You Dance – LeAnn Womack R&B/Rap Solo Performance with Vocal “Try Again” – Aaliyah “I'm Outta Love” – Anastacia “Fill Me In” – Craig David "Stan” – Eminem “Thong Song” – Sisqo R&B/Rap Performance Duo/Group with Vocal “Independent Woman” – Destiny's Child “Say My Name” – Destiny's Child "Forget About Dre” – Dr Dre feat. Eminem “Rock Me All NIght” – Kaylan “Shackles” – Mary Mary R&B/Rap Album Not That Kind – Anastacia Mama's Gun – Erykah Badu Voodoo – D'Angelo Born To Do It – Craig David Marshall Mathers LP – Eminem Soundtrack Selamsongs – Bjork Man on The Moon – REM Charlie's Angels – Various Artists High Fidelity – Various Artists The Sopranos – Various Artists Best Collaboration “I've Seen It All” – Bjork & Thom Yorke “Don't Give Up” – Chicane feat. Bryan Adams “Can I Have This Kiss Forever” – Whitney Houston & Enrique Iglesias "Never Be The Same Again” – Melanie C & Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes “Kids” – Robbie Williams & Kylie Minogue Instrumental Composition for TV/Film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon – Tan Dun The Insider – Lisa Gerrard & Pieter Bourke Erin Brockovich – Thomas Newman The End of The Affair – Michael Nyman The Cider House Rules – Rachel Portman Original Song from TV/Film “I've Seen It All” – Bjork & Thom Yorke (Dancer in The Dark) “Pure Shores” – All Saints (The Beach) “Here With Me” – Dido (Roswell) "Teenager of The Year” – Lotel (Looking For Alibrandi) “The Great Beyond” – REM (Man on The Moon) Music Video “Stan” – Eminem “Who The Hell Are You?” – Madison Avenue "Spinning Around” – Kylie Minogue “Natural Blues” – Moby “Rock DJ” – Robbie Williams Multiple Winners Tally (artists with multiple nominations) Bjork 3 Dido 3 Kylie Minogue 3 Radiohead/Thom Yorke 3 Robbie Williams 3 Anastacia 2 Chicane 2 Multiple Nominations Tally (artists with multiple nominations) Dido 6 Kylie Minogue 6 Bjork 5 Radiohead/Thom Yorke 5 Eminem 4 U2 4 Robbie Williams 3 Vanessa Amorosi 3 Anastacia 3 Chicane 3 Creed 3 Madison Avenue 3 Madonna 3 Morcheeba 3 Bryan Adams 2 All Saints 2 Craig David 2 Destiny's Child 2 Enrique Iglesias 2 Mary Mary 2 Moby 2 Spiller 2 * Country categories with help from Brian McAuley. Thanks!