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    Album of the Year

    • Bonnie Raitt
      Don Was at an event for Stones in Exile (2010)
      Winners
      • Bonnie Raitt(artist)
      • Don Was(producer)
      for "Nick Of Time"
    • Bob Dylan
      • Bob Dylan
      • George Harrison
      • Roy Orbison
      • Tom Petty
      • The Traveling Wilburys
      For "Traveling Wilburys Volume One"
    • Don Henley
      • Don Henley
      For "The End Of The Innocence"
    • Tom Petty
      • Tom Petty
      For "Full Moon Fever"

    Best Album Notes

    • Winner
      • Phil Schaap(album notes writer)
      for "Bird - The Complete Charlie Parker On Verve" artist: Charlie Parker
      • Francis Davis
      For "Jazz Piano"

    Best Album Package

    • Roger Corman
      Winner
      • Roger Corman(art director)
      for "Sound + Vision" artist: David Bowie
    • Tommy Steele in The Happiest Millionaire (1967)
      • Tommy Steele
      For "Monster"
    • Tommy Steele in The Happiest Millionaire (1967)
      • Tommy Steele
      For "Foreign Affair (Special Limited Edition)"

    Best Album of Original Instrumental Background Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Fabulous Baker Boys

      6.9 (27K)
      Dave Grusin
    • [object Object]

      Batman

      7.5 (423K)
      Danny Elfman
    • [object Object]

      Field of Dreams

      7.5 (136K)
      James Horner
    • [object Object]

      Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

      8.2 (845K)
      John Williams
    • [object Object]

      The Last Temptation of Christ

      7.5 (66K)
      Peter Gabriel
      For "Passion".

    Best Arrangement on an Instrumental

    • Dave Grusin
      Winner
      • Dave Grusin(arranger)
      for "Suite From The Milagro Beanfield War"
      • Frank Foster
      For "The Count Basie Remembrance Suite"
      • Thad Jones
      For "Three In One"

    Best Bluegrass Recording

    • Bruce Hornsby
      Winners
      • Bruce Hornsby(artist)
      • Nitty Gritty Dirt Band(artist)
      • Alison Krauss(artist)
      • Jeff Hanna
      for "The Valley Road"
    • Union Station
      • Union Station
      For "Two Highways"
      • Bill Monroe
      For "Bill Monroe And The Bluegrass Boys Live At The Opry"

    Best Chamber Music Performance

    • Winner
      • Emerson String Quartet(artist)
      for "Bartók: 6 String Quartets"
    • Emanuel Ax
      Yo-Yo Ma at an event for The 73rd Annual Academy Awards (2001)
      • Emanuel Ax
      • Isaac Stern
      • Yo-Yo Ma
      For "Shostakovich: Trio No. 2 For Violin, Cello, Piano In E Minor Op. 67 And Sonata For Cello And Piano In D Minor"
    • Mstislav Rostropovich in Soldiers of Music (1991)
      • Anne-Sophie Mutter
      • Mstislav Rostropovich
      For "Beethoven: String Trios (E Flat, Op. 3/Serenade in D, Op. 8/G, Op. 9 #1/D, Op. 9)"
      • Yefim Bronfman
      For "Prokofiev: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1 In F Minor And 2 In D (Album)"
      • Guarneri Quartet
      For "Beethoven: String Quartets No. 13 In B Flat; Grosse Fuge In B Flat (Album)"

    Best Choral Performance (Other Than Opera)

    • Winner
      • Robert Shaw
      for "Britten: War Requiem" (Atlanta Symphony Chorus; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra)
      • Leonard Slatkin
      For "Elgar: The Kingdom"
      • John Eliot Gardiner
      For "Handel: Jephtha"

    Best Classical Album

    • Winners
      • Wolf Erichson(producer)
      • Emerson String Quartet(artist)
      for "Bartók: 6 String Quartets"
    • Jessye Norman at an event for The 48th Annual Grammy Awards (2006)
      • James Levine
      • Jessye Norman
      • Cord Garben
      • Gary Lakes
      • Kurt Moll
      • Hildegard Behrens
      • Christa Ludwig
      • James Morris
      For "Wagner: Die Walkuere"
      • Robert Woods
      • Garrick Ohlsson
      For "Busoni: Piano Concerto In C (With Male Chorus)"
    • Herbert von Karajan
      • Herbert von Karajan
      • Michel Glotz
      For "Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 In C Minor"
      • Adam Stern
      • Gerard Schwarz
      For "Hanson: Symphonies Nos. 1 In E Minor "Nordic" AND 2. "Romantic", Elegy In Memory Of Serge Koussevitsky"

    Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist (with orchestra)

    • Yo-Yo Ma at an event for The 73rd Annual Academy Awards (2001)
      Winner
      • Yo-Yo Ma(artist)
      for "Barber: Cello Concerto, Op. 22/Britten: Symphony For Cello And Orchestra, Op. 68" (Baltimore Symphony Orchestra)
      • János Starker
      For "Popper: Romantic Cello Favorites"

    Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist(s) (with Orchestra)

    • Winner
      • András Schiff(artist)
      for "Bach: English Suites"

    Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance

    • Winner
      • Dawn Upshaw
      for "Knoxville - Summer Of 1915 (Music Of Barber, Menotti, Harbison, Stravinsky)" (Orchestra Of St. Luke's)
    • Plácido Domingo
      • Plácido Domingo
      • Kathleen Battle
      For "Live In Tokyo 1988"
    • Plácido Domingo
      • Plácido Domingo
      For "Puccini: The Unknown Puccini"
      • Kathleen Battle
      For "Schubert: Lieder"

    Best Comedy Recording

    • Peter Schickele
      Winner
      • Peter Schickele
      For the album "P.D.Q. Bach: 1712 Overture and Other Musical Assaults".
    • Sam Kinison
      • Sam Kinison
      For "Wild Thing"

    Best Contemporary Blues Recording

    • Stevie Ray Vaughan
      Winners
      • Stevie Ray Vaughan(artist)
      • Double Trouble(artist)
      for "In Step"
    • B.B. King
      • B.B. King
      For "King Of The Blues: 1989"
      • Delbert McClinton
      For "Live From Austin"
    • KoKo Taylor
      • KoKo Taylor
      For "Wang Dang Doodle"
    • Bobby "Blue" Bland and P-Nut
      • Bobby Bland
      For "Midnight Run (Album)"

    Best Contemporary Composition

    • Winner
      • Steve Reich(composer)
      for "Reich: Different Trains"
    • Witold Lutoslawski
      • Witold Lutoslawski
      For "Lutoslawski: Chain 2"
    • Witold Lutoslawski
      • Witold Lutoslawski
      For "Lutoslawski: Partita"

    Best Contemporary Folk Recording

    • Winner
      • Indigo Girls(artist)
      for "Indigo Girls"
    • Tracy Chapman
      • Tracy Chapman
      For 'Crossroads'
      • BeauSoleil
      • Michael Doucet
      For "Bayou Cadillac"
      • Guy Clark
      For "Old Friends"
      • Gipsy Kings
      For "Bamboleo"

    Best Country Instrumental Performance

    • Randy Scruggs
      Winner
      • Randy Scruggs(artist)
      for "Amazing Grace"
    • Ray Benson
      • Asleep at the Wheel
      • Ray Benson
      • Larry Franklin
      For "Black And White Rag"
    • Jerry Douglas
      • Jerry Douglas
      For "If You've Got The Money (Honey I've Got The Time)"
    • John Hartford
      • John Hartford
      For "All I Got Is Gone Away"
      • Sam Bush
      For "Big Foot"

    Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal

    • Nitty Gritty Dirt Band in Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1967)
      Winners
      • Nitty Gritty Dirt Band(artist)
      • Jeff Hanna
      for "Will The Circle Be Unbroken Vol. 2"
    • Naomi Judd at an event for Naomi's New Morning (2005)
      • The Judds
      • Naomi Judd
      For "Young Love"
      • John Jorgenson
      For "She Don't Love Nobody"
      For "Honky Tonk Heart"
      • Restless Heart
      For "Big Dreams In A Small Town (Single)"

    Best Country Song

    • Rodney Crowell
      Winner
      • Rodney Crowell(songwriter)
      for "After All This Time" artist Rodney Crowell
    • k.d. lang
      • k.d. lang
      • Ben Mink
      For "Luck In My Eyes"
    • Clint Black
      • Clint Black
      For "A Better Man"

    Best Country Vocal Collaboration

    • Hank Williams Jr.
      Hank Williams
      Winners
      • Hank Williams Jr.(artist)
      • Hank Williams(artist)
      for "There's A Tear In My Beer"
    • Emmylou Harris
      • Emmylou Harris
      • Johnny Cash
      • Levon Helm
      • Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
      • Ricky Skaggs
      • Jeff Hanna
      For "Will The Circle Be Unbroken"
    • k.d. lang
      Dwight Yoakam
      • k.d. lang
      • Dwight Yoakam
      For "Sin City"
    • Ringo Starr
      Buck Owens in Hee Haw (1969)
      • Ringo Starr
      • Buck Owens
      For "Act Naturally"

    Best Country Vocal Performance, Female

    • k.d. lang
      Winner
      • k.d. lang(artist)
      for "Absolute Torch And Twang"
    • Emmylou Harris
      • Emmylou Harris
      For "Bluebird"
    • Dolly Parton
      • Dolly Parton
      For "Why'd You Come In Here Lookin' Like That"
    • Rosanne Cash
      • Rosanne Cash
      For "I Don't Want To Spoil The Party"
    • Kathy Mattea in Christmas at Belmont (2003)
      • Kathy Mattea
      For "Willow In The Wind"

    Best Country Vocal Performance, Male

    • Lyle Lovett in Bastard Out of Carolina (1996)
      Winner
      • Lyle Lovett(artist)
      for "Lyle Lovett And His Large Band"
    • Randy Travis
      • Randy Travis
      For "It's Just A Matter Of Time"
    • Rodney Crowell
      • Rodney Crowell
      For "After All This Time"
    • Clint Black
      • Clint Black
      For "Killin' Time"

    Best Engineered Recording, Classical

    • Winner
      • Jack Renner(engineer)
      for "Britten: War Requiem" (Robert Shaw, conductor)
      • Karl-August Naegler
      • Helmut Burk
      For "Mahler: Symphony No. 3 In D Minor"
      • John Eargle
      For "Hanson: Symphonies Nos. 1 In E. Minor "Nordic" And 2 "Romantic"; Elegy In Memory Of Serge Koussevitsky"

    Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical

    • Winner
      • George Massenburg(engineer)
      for "Cry Like A Rainstorm - Howl Like The Wind" artist: Linda Ronstadt
    • Geoff Emerick
      • Geoff Emerick
      • Neil Dorfsman
      For "Flowers In The Dirt"
    • Don Murray
      • Bernie Kirsch
      • Don Murray
      For "Happy Anniversary, Charlie Brown!"
      • Don Smith
      • Bill Bottrell
      For "Full Moon Fever"
    • Don Murray
      • Don Murray
      For "Migration"
      • Bill Bottrell
      For "Like A Prayer"

    Best Gospel Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group, Choir or Chorus

    • Winners
      • Take 6(artist)
      • Mark Kibble
      for "The Savior Is Waiting"
    • BeBe Winans
      CeCe Winans
      • BeBe Winans
      • CeCe Winans
      For "Heaven"
      • Petra
      For "On Fire!"
      • Broken Heart
      • Mylon LeFevre
      For "Big World"
      • First Call
      For "O Sacred Head Now Wounded"

    Best Gospel Vocal Performance, Female

    • CeCe Winans
      Winner
      • CeCe Winans(artist)
      for "Don't Cry"
    • Amy Grant
      • Amy Grant
      For "'tis So Sweet To Trust In Jesus"
    • Debby Boone
      • Debby Boone
      For "Be Thou My Vision"
      • Sandi Patty
      For "Forever Friends"
      • Deniece Williams
      For "Healing"
      • Margaret Becker
      For "Immigrant's Daughter (Album)"

    Best Gospel Vocal Performance, Male

    • BeBe Winans
      Winner
      • BeBe Winans(artist)
      for "Meantime"
    • Michael W. Smith
      • Michael W. Smith
      For "Holy, Holy, Holy"
      • Larnelle Harris
      For "I Can Begin Again"
      • Russ Taff
      For "Farther On"

    Best Hard Rock Performance

    • Living Colour
      Winner
      • Living Colour(artist)
      for "Cult Of Personality"
    • Aerosmith
      • Aerosmith
      For "Love In An Elevator"
    • Tommy Lee
      Tommy Lee, Vince Neil, Nikki Sixx, Mick Mars, and Mötley Crüe
      • Tommy Lee
      • Mötley Crüe
      For "Dr. Feelgood"

    Best Historical Album

    • Winner
      • Andy McKaie
      for "Chuck Berry - The Chess Box" artist: Chuck Berry
      • Michael Cuscuna
      For "Blue Note 50th Anniversary Collection, Volumes 1-5 1939 - 1989"

    Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocals

    • Dave Grusin
      Winner
      • Dave Grusin(arranger)
      for "My Funny Valentine" artist: Michelle Pfeiffer
    • Janet Jackson
      Jam & Lewis Volume 1
      Terry Lewis
      • Janet Jackson
      • Jimmy Jam
      • Terry Lewis
      For "Rhythm Nation"
      • Frank Foster
      For "Bring On The Raindrops"
      • Don Sebesky
      For "Carlotta's Heart"
    • Marc Shaiman at an event for Flipped (2010)
      • Marc Shaiman
      For "It Had To Be You"

    Best Instrumental Composition

    • Danny Elfman
      Winner
      • Danny Elfman(composer)
      For "Batman Theme". (Sinfonia Of London Orchestra)
    • Chick Corea
      • Chick Corea
      For "Morning Sprite"
      • Pat Metheny
      For "Letter From Home"
    • Dave Grusin
      • Dave Grusin
      For "Suite From The Milagro Beanfield War"
    • James Horner at an event for The 82nd Annual Academy Awards (2010)
      • James Horner
      For "Field Of Dreams"
    • Alan Silvestri
      • Alan Silvestri
      For "Who Framed Roger Rabbit Suite"

    Best Jazz Fusion Performance

    • Winners
      • Pat Metheny(artist)
      • Steve Rodby
      • Pat Metheny Group
      for "Letter From Home"
      • Miles Davis Quintet
      For "Amandla"
      • Larry Carlton
      For "On Solid Ground"
    • Terri Lyne Carrington
      • Terri Lyne Carrington
      For "Real Life Story"
    • John Patitucci
      • John Patitucci
      For "On The Corner"

    Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Big Band

    • Winner
      • Miles Davis Quintet
      for "Aura"
    • McCoy Tyner
      • McCoy Tyner
      For "Uptown/Downtown"
      • Frank Foster
      For "The Legend, The Legacy"
      • Mel Lewis
      For "The Definitive Thad Jones"
      • Mercer Ellington
      For "Music Is My Mistress (Album)"

    Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Group

    • Chick Corea
      John Patitucci
      Winners
      • Chick Corea(artist)
      • John Patitucci
      For "Chick Corea Akoustic Band"
    • Andre Previn circa 1960s
      • André Previn
      • Joe Pass
      • Ray Brown
      For "After Hours"
    • Wynton Marsalis
      • Wynton Marsalis
      For "The Majesty Of The Blues"
      • Yellowjackets
      For "The Spin"
    • Branford Marsalis
      • Branford Marsalis
      For "Trio Jeepy"

    Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist (On a Jazz Recording)

    • Winner
      • Miles Davis Quintet
      for "Aura"
    • Chick Corea
      • Chick Corea(artist)
      For "Sophisticated Lady"
    • Andre Previn circa 1960s
      • André Previn
      For "After Hours"
    • Wynton Marsalis
      • Wynton Marsalis
      For "The Majesty Of The Blues"
    • John Patitucci
      • John Patitucci
      For "Bessie's Blues"

    Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Duo or Group

    • Dr. John
      Rickie Lee Jones
      Winners
      • Dr. John(artist)
      • Rickie Lee Jones(artist)
      For "Makin' Whoopee"
    • Lou Rawls
      Ray Charles
      • Lou Rawls
      • Ray Charles
      For "Save The Bones For Henry Jones"
    • Dizzy Gillespie
      • Dizzy Gillespie
      • James Moody
      For "Get The Booty"
    • Mervyn Warren
      • Mark Kibble
      • Mervyn Warren
      For "Like The Whole World's Watching"
    • Joe Williams
      • Joe Williams
      For "Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby"

    Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female

    • Ruth Brown
      Winner
      • Ruth Brown(artist)
      for "Blues On Broadway"
    • Dee Dee Bridgewater
      • Dee Dee Bridgewater
      For "Live In Paris"
    • Diane Schuur
      • Diane Schuur
      For "The Christmas Song"
      • Janis Siegel
      For "Short Stories"

    Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male

    • Harry Connick Jr. in American Idol (2002)
      Winner
      • Harry Connick Jr.(artist)
      for "When Harry Met Sally"
    • George Benson
      • George Benson
      For "Tenderly"
    • Dr. John
      • Dr. John
      For "In A Sentimental Mood"
    • Lou Rawls
      • Lou Rawls
      For "At Last"
    • Joe Williams
      • Joe Williams
      For "In Good Company"

    Best Latin Pop Performance

    • José Feliciano
      Winner
      • José Feliciano(artist)
      for "Cielito Lindo"
    • Chayanne at an event for Dance with Me (1998)
      • Chayanne
      For "Chayanne"
    • Miguel Gallardo
      • Miguel Gallardo
      For "América"
    • José Luis Rodríguez 'El Puma'
      • José Luis Rodríguez 'El Puma'
      For "Baila Mi Rumba"
      • Dyango
      For "Suspiros (Album)"

    Best Metal Performance

    • Kirk Hammett, Lars Ulrich, James Hetfield, Metallica, and Robert Trujillo
      Winner
      • Metallica(artist)
      for "One"
    • Soundgarden
      Chris Cornell
      • Soundgarden
      • Chris Cornell
      For the album "Ultramega OK"
    • Mike Patton and Faith No More
      • Faith No More
      For "The Real Thing"
    • Scott Rockenfield
      • Scott Rockenfield
      For "I Don't Believe In Love (Single)"

    Best Mexican-American Performance

    • Los Lobos
      Winner
      • Los Lobos(artist)
      For "La Pistola y El Corazon"
    • Los Tigres del Norte
      • Los Tigres del Norte
      • Eduardo Hernández
      For "Corridos Prohibidos"
      • Emilio Navaira
      For "Emilio Navaira And Rio Band"

    Best Music Video, Long Form

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Rhythm Nation 1814

      7.7 (361)
      Janet Jackson(artist)
      Dominic Sena(video director)
      Jonathan Dayton(video director/video producer)
      Valerie Faris(video director/video producer)
      Aristides McGarry(video producer)
    • [object Object]

      Hangin' Tough Live

      7.6 (76)
      New Kids on the Block(artist)
      Doug Nichol(video director)
    • [object Object]

      Pink Floyd: Delicate Sound of Thunder

      8.4 (1.3K)
      David Gilmour(artist)
      Nick Mason(artist)
      Richard Wright(artist)
      Jon Carin(artist)
      Tim Renwick(artist)
      Guy Pratt(artist)
      Gary Wallis(artist)
      Scott Page(artist)
      Wayne Isham(video director)
      Pink Floyd
    • [object Object]

      Moonwalker

      6.1 (19K)
      Michael Jackson(artist/video director)
      Colin Chilvers(video director)
      Dennis E. Jones(video director)
      Jerry Kramer(video director)
      Frank DiLeo(video director)
    • Eurythmics: Savage

      8.9 (37)
      Annie Lennox(artist)
      David A. Stewart(artist)
      Sophie Muller(video director)
      Eurythmics
      Billy Poveda

    Best Music Video, Short Form

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Michael Jackson: Leave Me Alone

      7.9 (1.1K)
      Michael Jackson(artist)
      Jim Blashfield(video director/video producer)
      Paul Diener(video producer)
      Frank DiLeo(video producer)
      Jerry Kramer(video producer)
    • [object Object]

      Enya: Orinoco Flow (Sail Away)

      7.2 (85)
      Enya(artist)
      Michael Geoghegan(video director)
    • [object Object]

      Mike + the Mechanics: The Living Years

      7.2 (38)
      Mike + The Mechanics(artist)
      Tim Broad(video director)
      Frank Hilton(video producer)
      Mike Rutherford
    • [object Object]

      Trevor Rabin: Something to Hold on To

      Jeff Stein(video director)
    • [object Object]

      Hank Williams Jr. and Hank Williams Sr.: There's a Tear in My Beer

      Hank Williams Jr.(artist)
      Hank Williams(artist)
      Ethan A. Russell(video director)

    Best Musical Cast Show Album

    • Winner
      • Jay David Saks(producer)
      for "Jerome Robbins' Broadway" (Jason Alexander, Debbie Shapiro & Robert La Fasse)
    • Andrew Lloyd Webber
      Don Black in The Bond Sound: The Music of 007 (2000)
      • Andrew Lloyd Webber
      • Don Black
      For "Aspects Of Love"
    • Frank Zappa in 200 Motels (1971)
      • Frank Zappa
      For "Broadway The Hard Way"

    Best New Age Performance

    • Peter Gabriel
      Winner
      • Peter Gabriel(artist)
      for "Passion - Music For The Last Temptation Of Christ"
    • Enya
      • Enya
      For "Orinoco Flow (Sail Away)"
      • Paul Winter
      For "Icarus"
    • Mark Isham
      • Mark Isham
      For "Tibet"

    Best New Artist

    • Mariah Carey
      Winner
      • Mariah Carey
    • Soul II Soul
      • Soul II Soul
      • Indigo Girls
    • Tone Loc at an event for Titan A.E. (2000)
      • Tone Loc

    Best Opera Recording

    • Jessye Norman at an event for The 48th Annual Grammy Awards (2006)
      Winners
      • James Levine(conductor)
      • Cord Garben(producer)
      • Kurt Moll
      • Hildegard Behrens
      • Gary Lakes
      • Jessye Norman
      • Christa Ludwig
      • James Morris
      for "Wagner: Die Walkuere" (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra)
    • Anne Sofie von Otter in Charlie Rose (1991)
      • James Levine
      • Cord Garben
      • Anne Sofie von Otter
      • Thomas Allen
      For "Tchaikovsky: Eugen Onegin"
      • Christopher Alder
      • Heinz Zednik
      • Hildegard Behrens
      • Claudio Abbado
      • Philip Langridge
      For "Berg: Wozzeck"
      • Simon Rattle
      • David Murray
      For "Gershwin: Porgy And Bess"
    • Seiji Ozawa
      • Hildegard Behrens
      • Seiji Ozawa
      • Wilhelm Hellweg
      • Christa Ludwig
      For "R. Strauss: Elektra"

    Best Orchestral Performance

    • Leonard Bernstein conducting "Quiz Concert: How Musicscal Are You?" to be broadcast on "The CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People" December 10, 1978
      Winner
      • Leonard Bernstein(conductor)
      for "Mahler: Symphony No. 3 In D Minor" (New York Philharmonic)
    • Herbert von Karajan
      • Herbert von Karajan
      For "Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 In C Minor"
    • Charles Dutoit
      • Charles Dutoit
      For "Bartók: Concerto For Orchestra; Music For Strings, Percussion And Celesta"
      • Gerard Schwarz
      For "Hanson: Symphonies No 1. In E Minor "Nordic" And No. 2. "Romantic"' Elegy In Memory Of Serge Koussevitsky"

    Best Polka Recording

    • Winner
      • Jimmy Sturr(artist)
      for "All In My Love For You"
      • Walter Ostanek
      For "Any Time Is Polka Time"

    Best Pop Instrumental Performance

    • Aaron Neville
      Winners
      • The Neville Brothers(artist)
      • Aaron Neville
      for "Healing Chant"
    • Kenny G at an event for The Invention of Lying (2009)
      • Kenny G
      For "Breadline Blues"
      • Earl Klugh
      For "Whispers And Promises"
    • Paul Shaffer
      • Paul Shaffer
      For "Late Night"

    Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal

    • Linda Ronstadt
      Aaron Neville
      Winners
      • Linda Ronstadt(artist)
      • Aaron Neville(artist)
      for "Don't Know Much"
    • Mick Hucknall and Simply Red
      • Simply Red
      For "If You Don't Know Me By Now"
    • Kate Pierson, Fred Schneider, Keith Strickland, Cindy Wilson, Ricky Wilson, and The B-52's
      • The B-52's
      For "Love Shack"
    • Paul Carrack, Mike Rutherford, Peter Van Hooke, Paul M. Young, Adrian Lee, and Mike + The Mechanics
      Mike Rutherford
      • Mike + The Mechanics
      • Mike Rutherford
      For "The Living Years"

    Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female

    • Bonnie Raitt
      Winner
      • Bonnie Raitt(artist)
      for "Nick Of Time"
    • Linda Ronstadt
      • Linda Ronstadt
      For "Cry Like A Rainstorm - Howl Like The Wind"
    • Bette Midler
      • Bette Midler
      For "Wind Beneath My Wings"
    • Paula Abdul
      • Paula Abdul
      For "Straight Up"
    • Gloria Estefan
      • Gloria Estefan
      For "Don't Wanna Lose You"

    Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male

    • Michael Bolton at an event for Dancing with the Stars (2005)
      Winner
      • Michael Bolton(artist)
      for "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You"
    • Prince
      • Prince
      For "Batman-Motion Picture Soundtrack"
    • Roy Orbison
      • Roy Orbison
      For "You Got It"
    • Billy Joel
      • Billy Joel
      For "We Didn't Start The Fire"
    • Richard Marx
      • Richard Marx
      For "Right Here Waiting"

    Best R&B Instrumental Performance

    • Soul II Soul
      Winner
      • Soul II Soul(artist)
      for "African Dance"
    • Kenneth 'Babyface' Edmonds
      • Kenneth 'Babyface' Edmonds
      For "It's No Crime (Instrumental)"
      • Gerald Albright
      For "Bermuda Nights"

    Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal

    • Soul II Soul
      Caron Wheeler
      Winners
      • Soul II Soul(artist)
      • Caron Wheeler(artist)
      for "Back To Life"
    • Aretha Franklin
      Whitney Houston
      • Aretha Franklin
      • Whitney Houston
      For "It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Never Gonna Be"
    • Aretha Franklin
      James Brown
      • Aretha Franklin
      • James Brown
      For "Gimme Your Love"
    • Natalie Cole
      • Natalie Cole
      • Deniece Williams
      For "We Sing Praises"
    • BeBe Winans
      CeCe Winans
      • BeBe Winans
      • CeCe Winans
      For "Celebrate New Life"

    Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female

    • Anita Baker
      Winner
      • Anita Baker(artist)
      for "Giving You The Best That I Got"
    • Aretha Franklin
      • Aretha Franklin
      For "Through The Storm"
    • Natalie Cole
      • Natalie Cole
      For "Good To Be Back"
    • Janet Jackson
      • Janet Jackson
      For "Miss You Much"
    • Vanessa Williams at an event for Meet the Browns (2008)
      • Vanessa Williams
      For "Dreamin'"

    Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male

    • Bobby Brown
      Winner
      • Bobby Brown(artist)
      for "Every Little Step"
    • Luther Vandross
      • Luther Vandross
      For "She Won't Talk To Me"
    • Prince
      • Prince
      For "Batdance"
    • Al Jarreau
      • Al Jarreau
      For "Heart's Horizon"
    • Smokey Robinson
      • Smokey Robinson
      For "We've Saved The Best For Last (Single)"

    Best Rap Performance

    • Marvin Young
      Winner
      • Marvin Young(artist)
      for "Bust A Move"
    • Will Smith at an event for Seven Pounds (2008)
      DJ Jazzy Jeff
      Will Smith, DJ Jazzy Jeff, and DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
      • Will Smith
      • DJ Jazzy Jeff
      • DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
      For "I Think I Can Beat Mike Tyson"
    • De La Soul
      • De La Soul
      For "Me Myself And I"
    • Public Enemy
      Flavor Flav
      Chuck D
      • Public Enemy
      • Flavor Flav
      • Chuck D
      For "Fight The Power"
    • Tone Loc at an event for Titan A.E. (2000)
      • Tone Loc
      For "Funky Cold Medina"

    Best Recording for Children

    • Winner
      • Tanya Goodman(artist)
      for "The Rock-A-Bye Collection, Vol. 1"
    • Mark Isham
      • Mark Isham
      For "Thumbelina"
      • Erich Kunzel
      For "A Disney Spectacular (48 Favorite Disney Songs) (Album)"

    Best Reggae Recording

    • Ziggy Marley
      Winners
      • Ziggy Marley(artist)
      • Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers
      for "One Bright Day"
    • Bunny Wailer
      • Bunny Wailer
      For "Liberation"
      • Burning Spear
      For "Live In Paris"
      • Third World
      For "Serious Business"

    Best Rhythm & Blues Song

    • Kenny Gamble
      Winners
      • Leon Huff(songwriter)
      • Kenny Gamble(songwriter)
      for "If You Don't Know Me By Now" artist: Simply Red
    • Kenneth 'Babyface' Edmonds
      L.A. Reid in The X Factor (2011)
      • Kenneth 'Babyface' Edmonds
      • L.A. Reid
      For "Every Little Step"
    • Kenneth 'Babyface' Edmonds
      L.A. Reid in The X Factor (2011)
      Daryl Simmons
      • Kenneth 'Babyface' Edmonds
      • L.A. Reid
      • Daryl Simmons
      For "Superwoman"
    • Jam & Lewis Volume 1
      Terry Lewis
      • Jimmy Jam
      • Terry Lewis
      For "Miss You Much"

    Best Rock Instrumental Performance

    • Jeff Beck
      Winners
      • Jeff Beck(artist)
      • Terry Bozzio(artist)
      • Tony Hymas(artist)
      for "Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop with Terry Bozzio & Tony Hymas"
    • Stevie Ray Vaughan
      • Stevie Ray Vaughan
      • Double Trouble
      For "Travis Walk"
    • Joe Satriani
      • Joe Satriani
      For "The Crush Of Love (Track)"

    Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal

    • The Traveling Wilburys
      Winners
      • The Traveling Wilburys(artist)
      • George Harrison
      • Roy Orbison
      • Tom Petty
      • Bob Dylan
      for "Traveling Wilburys Volume One"
    • Bono, Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen Jr., The Edge, and U2 at an event for The 48th Annual Grammy Awards (2006)
      • U2
      • Bono
      • Adam Clayton
      • Larry Mullen Jr.
      For "When Love Comes To Town"
    • Bono, Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen Jr., The Edge, and U2 at an event for The 48th Annual Grammy Awards (2006)
      • U2
      • The Edge
      • Bono
      • Adam Clayton
      • Larry Mullen Jr.
      For "Rattle And Hum"
    • B.B. King
      The Edge at an event for The Ghost Writer (2010)
      • B.B. King
      • The Edge
      For "When Love Comes To Town"
    • The Rolling Stones (Bill Wyman, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Brian Jones, Charlie Watts)
      Charlie Watts
      • The Rolling Stones
      • Charlie Watts
      For "Mixed Emotions"
    • Living Colour
      • Living Colour
      For "Glamour Boys"

    Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female

    • Bonnie Raitt
      Winner
      • Bonnie Raitt(artist)
      for "Nick of Time"
    • Tina Turner in Brother Bear (2003)
      • Tina Turner
      For "Foreign Affair"
    • Pat Benatar
      • Pat Benatar
      For "Let's Stay Together"
    • Cyndi Lauper
      • Cyndi Lauper
      For "I Drove All Night"
    • Melissa Etheridge
      • Melissa Etheridge
      For "Brave And Crazy"

    Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male

    • Don Henley
      Winner
      • Don Henley(artist)
      for "The End of the Innocence"
    • Tom Petty
      • Tom Petty
      For "Free Fallin'"
    • Neil Young
      • Neil Young
      For "Freedom"
    • Joe Cocker
      • Joe Cocker
      For "When The Night Comes"
    • Lou Reed at an event for Phil Spector (2013)
      • Lou Reed
      For "New York (Album)"

    Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Working Girl

      6.8 (66K)
      Carly Simon(songwriter)
      For the song "Let the River Run". artist: Carly Simon
    • [object Object]

      U2: Rattle and Hum

      7.6 (6.3K)
      U2
      The Edge
      Bono
      Adam Clayton
      Larry Mullen Jr.
      For the song "Angel of Harlem".
    • [object Object]

      Shirley Valentine

      7.2 (9.4K)
      Alan Bergman
      Marilyn Bergman
      Marvin Hamlisch
      For the song "The Girl Who Used To Be Me".
    • [object Object]

      Parenthood

      7.1 (57K)
      Randy Newman
      For the song "I Love To See You Smile".
    • [object Object]

      Batman

      7.5 (423K)
      Prince
      For the song "Partyman".

    Best Soul Gospel Vocal Performance By A Duo, Group, Choir or Chorus

    • Winner
      • Daniel Winans
      For "Let Brotherly Love Continue"
    • Fred Hammond
      • Fred Hammond
      For "Will You Be Ready?"
      • Milton Brunson
      For "Available To You"

    Best Soul Gospel Vocal Performance, Male or Female

    • Al Green
      Winner
      • Al Green(artist)
      for "As Long As We're Together"
      • Daniel Winans
      For "You Got A Choice To Make"
      • Albertina Walker
      For "My Time Is Not Over (Album)"

    Best Spoken Word or Non-Musical Recording

    • Gilda Radner in Saturday Night Live (1975)
      Winner
      • Gilda Radner(artist)
      for "It's Always Something"
      • Erma Bombeck
      For "I Want to Grow Hair, I Want to Grow Up, I Want to Go to Boise"
    • Robert Fulghum
      • Robert Fulghum
      For "All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten"
    • John Gielgud
      • John Gielgud
      For "John Gielgud Reads Alice In Wonderland"
    • Steve Allen, c. 1984.
      Douglas Edwards in The CBS Evening News (1941)
      Jason Robards
      • Steve Allen
      • Douglas Edwards
      • Jason Robards
      For "The War Of The Worlds 50th Anniversary Production (Album)"

    Best Traditional Blues Recording

    • John Lee Hooker
      Bonnie Raitt
      Winners
      • John Lee Hooker(artist)
      • Bonnie Raitt(artist)
      for "I'm In The Mood"
    • John Lee Hooker
      • John Lee Hooker
      For "The Healer"
      • Willie Dixon
      For "Ginger Ale Afternoon"
    • Ruth Brown
      • Ruth Brown
      For "If I Can't Sell It, I'll Keep Sittin' On It"

    Best Traditional Folk Recording

    • Winner
        for "Le Mystere Des Voix Bulgares, Vol. II" (Bulgarian State Female Vocal Choir)
        • Norman Blake
        For "Blind Dog"

      Best Tropical Latin Performance

      • Celia Cruz in Soul Power (2008)
        Winners
        • Ray Barretto(artist)
        • Celia Cruz(artist)
        for "Ritmo En El Corazon"
      • Eddie Palmieri
        • Eddie Palmieri
        • Eddie Palmieri Sr.
        For "Azucar"
        • Ray Barretto
        For "Irresistible"

      Classical Producer of the Year

      • Winner
        • Robert Woods
        • Elizabeth Ostrow
        • Wolf Erichson

      Lifetime Achievement Award

      • Winner
        • Miles Davis Quintet
      • Winner
        • Vladimir Horowitz
      • Nat King Cole circa 1958
        Winner
        • Nat 'King' Cole

      Producer of the Year

      • Peter Asher
        Winner
        • Peter Asher(artist)
      • Quincy Jones at an event for The Karate Kid (2010)
        • Quincy Jones
      • Kenneth 'Babyface' Edmonds
        • Kenneth 'Babyface' Edmonds
      • Janet Jackson
        • Janet Jackson
      • Jam & Lewis Volume 1
        • Jimmy Jam
      • Prince
        • Prince
      • Terry Lewis
        • Terry Lewis

      Record of the Year

      • Bette Midler
        Arif Mardin
        Winners
        • Bette Midler(artist)
        • Arif Mardin(producer)
        for "Wind Beneath My Wings"
      • Billy Joel
        • Billy Joel
        For "We Didn't Start The Fire"
      • Don Henley
        Bruce Hornsby
        • Don Henley
        • Bruce Hornsby
        For "The End Of The Innocence"
      • Paul Carrack, Mike Rutherford, Peter Van Hooke, Paul M. Young, Adrian Lee, and Mike + The Mechanics
        Mike Rutherford
        • Mike + The Mechanics
        • Mike Rutherford
        For "The Living Years"
        • David Z.
        For "She Drives Me Crazy"

      Song of the Year

      • Winners
        • Larry Henley(songwriter)
        • Jeff Silbar(songwriter)
        for "Wind Beneath My Wings" artist: Bette Midler
      • Billy Joel
        • Billy Joel
        For "We Didn't Start The Fire"
      • Don Henley
        Bruce Hornsby
        • Don Henley
        • Bruce Hornsby
        For "The End Of The Innocence"
        • Barry Mann
        • Cynthia Weil
        • Tom Snow
        For "Don't Know Much"
      • Mike Rutherford
        • Mike Rutherford
        For "The Living Years"

      Trustees Award

      • Dick Clark
        Winner
        • Dick Clark

      Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist (with orchestra))

        • Gidon Kremer
        For "Gubaidulina: Offertorium"

      Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist(s) (without Orchestra)

        • For "Beethoven: The Late Piano Sonatas (Opp. 101,106,109, 110, 111) (Album)"

        Producer of the Year, Non-Classical

        • Emilio Estefan Jr.
          • Emilio Estefan Jr.
        • Quincy Jones at an event for The Karate Kid (2010)
          • Quincy Jones
        • L.A. Reid in The X Factor (2011)
          • L.A. Reid

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