LOS ANGELES, CA - February 28, 2002 - Virgin Records America was a big winner at the 44th Annual Grammy Awards as three superstars took home honors for their music, further punctuating a great year of music to kick off 2002.

Janet Jackson collected her fifth Grammy Award overall. Coming off her HBO televised concert finale in Honolulu, Hawaii, the sultry icon took home the trophy in the “Best Dance Recording” category for the title track from her multi-platinum album, All For You.

Rock legend Lenny Kravitz made Grammy history yet again by taking home his fourth consecutive award in the “Best Male Rock Vocal Performance” category. By winning this year for his monster single, “Dig In,” Lenny’s four-peat in this category is unprecedented and breaks the tie he shared with Bruce Springsteen for the most awards in this category. This 2002 award joins Lenny’s 1999, 2000 and 2001 Grammy awards for “Fly Away,” “American Woman,” and “Again,” respectively.

Not to be outdone by their label mates, Astralwerks’ Fatboy Slim took home the award in the “Best Short Form Music Video” category for “Weapon of Choice,” Real World’s Blind Boys of Alabama captured the award in the “Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album” category for Spirit of the Century, and Back Porch / Narada’s Freddy Fender garnered the trophy in the “Best Latin Pop Album” category for La Musica De Baldemar Huerta.

Comments Matt Serletic, Chairman and CEO of Virgin Records America, “We are proud of these great artists. Together, they represent the exciting diversity of Virgin Records. Each artist has a singular, unique voice that is vibrant and vital to today’s music. Virgin Records is honored to be part of their careers.”