Record of the Year
Graceland
Paul Simon
Album of the Year
Joshua Tree
U2
Song of the Year
Somewhere Out There
James Horner, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil - songwriters
Best New Artist
Jody Watley
Best Pop Vocal Performance Male
Bring on the Night
Sting
Best Pop Vocal Performance Female
I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)
Whitney Houston
Best Pop Performance By a Duo or Group With Vocal
(I've Had) The Time of My Life
Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes
Best Pop Instrumental Performance
(Orchestra, Group or Soloist)
Minute by Minute
Larry Carlton
Best Rock Vocal Performance Solo
Tunnel of Love
Bruce Springsteen
Best Rock Performance By a Duo or Group With Vocal
The Joshua Tree
U2
Best Rock Instrumental Performance
(Orchestra, Group or Soloist)
Jazz From Hell
Frank Zappa
Best Rhythm and Blues Song
Lean on Me
Bill Withers - songwriter
Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance Male
Just to See Her
Smokey Robinson
Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance Female
Aretha
Aretha Franklin
Best Rhythm and Blues Performance By a
Duo or Group With Vocal
I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)
Aretha Franklin and George Michael
Best Rhythm and Blues Instrumental Performance
(Orchestra, Group or Soloist)
Chicago Song
David Sanborn
Best Jazz Vocal Performance Male
What Is This Thing Called Love
Bobby McFerrin
Best Jazz Vocal Performance Female
Diane Schuur and the Count Basie Orchestra
Diane Schuur
Best Jazz Instrumental Performance Soloist
The Other Side of Round Midnight
Dexter Gordon
Best Jazz Instrumental Performance Group
Marsalis Standard Time, Volume 1
Wynton Marsalis
Best Jazz Instrumental Performance Big Band
Digital Duke
Duke Ellington Orchestra conducted by Mercer Ellington
Best Jazz Fusion Performance Vocal or Instrumental
Still Life (Talking)
Pat Metheny Group
Best Country Song
Forever and Ever, Amen
Paul Overstreet and Don Schlitz - songwriters
Best Country Vocal Performance Male
Always and Forever
Randy Travis
Best Country Vocal Performance Female
'80's Ladies
K.T. Oslin
Best Country Performance By a Duo or Group With Vocal
Trio
Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris
Best Country Vocal Performance Duet
Make No Mistake, She's Mine
Ronnie Milsap and Kenny Rogers
Best Country Instrumental Performance
(Orchestra, Group or Soloist)
String of Pars
Asleep at the Wheel
Best Gospel Performance Male
The Father Hath Provided
Larnelle Harris
Best Gospel Performance Female
I Believe in You
Deniece Williams
Best Gospel Performance By a Duo, Group, Choir or Chorus
Crack the Sky
Mylon LeFevre and Broken Heart
Best Soul Gospel Performance Male
Everything's Gonna Be Alright
Al Green
Best Soul Gospel Performance Female
For Always
CeCe Winans
Best Soul Gospel Performance By a
Duo, Group, Choir or Chorus
Ain't No Need to Worry
Winans and Anita Baker
Best Latin Pop Performance
Un Hombre Solo
Julio Iglesias
Best Tropical Latin Performance
La Verdad - The Truth
Eddie Palmieri
Best Mexican/American Performance
Gracias! America sin Fronteras
Los Tigres Del Norte
Best Traditional Blues Recording
Houseparty New Orleans Style
Professor Longhair
Best Contemporary Blues Recording
Strong Persuader
Robert Cray Band
Best Traditional Folk Recording
Shaka Zulu
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Best Contemporary Folk Recording
Unfinished Business
Steve Goodman
Best Reggae Recording
No Nuclear War
Peter Tosh
Best New Age Performance
Yusef Lateef's Little Symphony
Yusef Lateef
Best Polka Recording
A Polka Just for Me
Jimmy Sturr and His Orchestra
Best Arrangement on an Instrumental
Take the 'A' Train
Bill Holman - arranger
Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s)
Deedle's Blues
Frank Foster - arranger
Best Instrumental Composition
Call Sheet Blues
Dexter Gordon, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter
and Billy Higgins - composers
Best Musical Cast Show Album
Les Miserables
Best Album of Original Instrumental Background Score
Written for a Motion Picture or Television
The Untouchables (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Ennio Morricone - composer
Best Song Written Specifically for a
Motion Picture or Television
Somewhere Out There
(From the animated movie An American Tale)
James Horner, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil - songwriters
Best Contemporary Composition
Cello Concerto No. 2
Krzysztof Penderecki - composer
Best Classical Album
Horowitz in Moscow
Vladimir Horowitz
Best Orchestral Recording
Beethoven - Symphony No. 9 in D Minor (Choral)
Sir Georg Solti - Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Best Chamber Music Performance Instrumental or Vocal
Beethoven - The Complete Piano Trios
Itzhak Perlman, Lynn Harrell and Vladimir Ashkenazy
Best Classical Performance Instrumental Soloist(s)
(With Orchestra)
Mozart - Violin Concertos nos. 2 and 4 in D
Itzhak Perlman
James Levine - Vienna Philarmonic
Best Classical Performance Instrumental Soloist(s)
(Without Orchestra)
Horowitz in Moscow
Vladimir Horowitz - piano
Best Opera Recording
Strauss - Ariadne auf Naxos
James Levine - Vienna Philharmonic
Solos: Tomowa-Sintow, Battle, Baltsa, Lakes and Prey
Best Choral Performance (Othen Than Opera)
Hindemith - When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd
(A Requiem for Those We Love)
Robert Shaw - Atlanta Symphony Chorus and Orchestra
Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance
Kathleen Battle - Salzburg Recital
Kathleen Battle
James Levine - accompanist
Best Comedy Recording
A Night at The Met
Robin Williams
Best Spoken Word or Non-Musical Recording
Lake Wobegon Days
Garrison Keillor
Best Recording for Children
The Elephant's Child
Jack Nicholson - narrator
Bobby McFerrin - music
Best Album Package
King's Record Shop
Bill Johnson - art director
Best Album Notes
Thelonious Monk - the Complete Riverside Recordings
Orrin Keepnews - annotator
Best Historical Album
Thelonious Monk - the Complete Riverside Recordings
Thelonious Monk
Best Performance Music Video
The Prince's Trust All-Star Rock Concert
Elton John, Tina Turner, Sting and others
Best Concept Music Video
Land of Confusion
Genesis
Producer of the Year (Non-Classical)
Narada Michael Walden
Classical Producer of the Year
Robert Woods
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