The 46th Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 8, 2004, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California honoring the best in music for the recording of the year beginning from October 1, 2002, through September 30, 2003.

[1] Janet Jackson was originally scheduled to perform a tribute to Luther Vandross during the ceremony.

However, due to an incident involving Jackson during the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show the previous week, where her breast was briefly revealed by Justin Timberlake, Jackson was blacklisted by CBS's parent company Viacom and her invitation to the ceremony was rescinded.

Despite his involvement in the "wardrobe malfunction", Timberlake was still invited, and used one of his acceptance speeches to apologize for the incident.

Bobby Hatfield Michael Kamen Little Eva Hank Ballard Edwin Starr Nina Simone Barry White Tony Thompson (drummer) Herbie Mann Benny Carter Luther Henderson Billy May John Guerin Buddy Arnold Bebu Silvetti Babatunde Olatunji Bob Keane Johnny Cash June Carter Cash Don Gibson Johnny Paycheck Sam Phillips Felice and Boudleaux Bryant Max D. Barnes Sheb Wooley Eugene Istomin Rosalyn Tureck Luciano Berio Lou Harrison Celia Cruz Rubén González (pianist) Compay Segundo Mickie Most Elliott Smith Noel Redding Robert Palmer (singer) Warren Zevon