Several artists get 5 Grammy nods apiece, including Jones, Lavigne, Springsteen, Eminem

<br>NEW YORK (AP) _ Grammy voters recognized a wide variety of artists and genres Tuesday, with Norah Jones, Avril Lavigne, Eminem and Bruce Springsteen dominating the major categories, including record,

Tuesday, January 7th 2003, 12:00 am

By: News On 6

NEW YORK (AP) _ Grammy voters recognized a wide variety of artists and genres Tuesday, with Norah Jones, Avril Lavigne, Eminem and Bruce Springsteen dominating the major categories, including record, song and album of the year.

Eight artists received five Grammy nominations each.

Springsteen's Sept. 11-themed ``The Rising'' was nominated for album of the year, and the title track for song of the year.

Eminem received an album citation for ``The Eminem Show,'' and a record citation for ``Without Me.''

Newcomer Jones was nominated for record of the year for her underground hit ``Don't Know Why.'' Her ``Come Away With Me'' was nominated for album of the year, and she received a best new artist nod.

Another best new artist nominee, Lavigne, also came up big: The 18-year-old was nominated for song of the year, best female pop vocal performance and best pop vocal album, among other categories.

R&B singer Ashanti also got five nominations _ including in the new artist category _ as did rocker Sheryl Crow, rapper Nelly and neosoul artist Raphael Saadiq.

Other nominees for album of the year were the Dixie Chicks' ``Home'' and Nelly's ``Nellyville.''

Nelly's ``Dilemma,'' featuring Kelly Rowland, was cited for record of the year; he also was nominated in three rap categories.

``Any one they want to give me, I'm more than happy to receive,'' said Nelly, who's been nominated in the past but never won.

The Dixie Chicks were up for four awards, including country album of the year. Alan Jackson also was nominated in that category, and his Sept. 11 ode ``Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)'' was nominated for song of the year.

Other multiple Grammy nominees included India.arie, Elvis Costello, Johnny Cash and Vanessa Carlton, whose song ``A Thousand Miles'' was nominated for record and song of the year.

The awards are to be handed out Feb. 23. This year, there are 104 categories, up from 101 last year.