1984 Grammy Awards (26th) – Complete List of Winners and Nominees

The 26th Annual Grammy Awards, held on February 28, 1984, celebrated music from October 1, 1982, to September 30, 1983. This was an absolutely monumental night, almost entirely dominated by Michael Jackson's groundbreaking album Thriller.
It shattered records by winning an unprecedented eight Grammys, including the highly coveted Album of the Year, solidifying his status as a global pop icon and transforming the music industry. His electrifying track "Beat It" also secured Record of the Year.
Culture Club, with their vibrant image and catchy tunes, was named Best New Artist. This ceremony was not just an awards show; it was a cultural phenomenon, marking a definitive shift in music and popular culture, forever etching Thriller into history.

Record Of The Year

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Kim Carnes	Bette Davis Eyes
Nominee	Grover Washington Jr. With Bill Withers	Just The Two Of Us
Nominee	Diana Ross And Lionel Richie	Endless Love
Nominee	Christopher Cross	Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)
Nominee	John Lennon, Yoko Ono	(Just Like) Starting Over

Album Of The Year

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	John Lennon & Yoko Ono	Double Fantasy
Nominee	Quincy Jones	The Dude
Nominee	Kim Carnes	Mistaken Identity
Nominee	Steely Dan	Gaucho
Nominee	Al Jarreau	Breakin' Away

Song Of The Year

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Kim Carnes	Bette Davis Eyes
Nominee	Grover Washington Jr. With Bill Withers	Just The Two Of Us
Nominee	Diana Ross And Lionel Richie	Endless Love
Nominee	Christopher Cross	Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)
Nominee	Dolly Parton	9 To 5

Best New Artist

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Sheena Easton	-
Nominee	James Ingram	-
Nominee	Go-Go's	-
Nominee	Adam And The Ants	-
Nominee	Luther Vandross	-

Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Lena Horne	Lena Horne - The Lady And Her Music, Live On Broadway
Nominee	Olivia Newton-John	Physical
Nominee	Sheena Easton	For Your Eyes Only
Nominee	Kim Carnes	Bette Davis Eyes
Nominee	Juice Newton	Angel Of The Morning

Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Al Jarreau	Breakin' Away
Nominee	Bill Withers With Grover Washington Jr.	Just The Two Of Us
Nominee	James Ingram	Just Once
Nominee	John Lennon	Double Fantasy
Nominee	Christopher Cross	Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)

Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	The Manhattan Transfer	Boy From New York City
Nominee	The Pointer Sisters	Slow Hand
Nominee	Hall And Oates	Private Eyes
Nominee	Steely Dan	Gaucho
Nominee	Diana Ross And Lionel Richie	Endless Love

Best Pop Instrumental Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Larry Carlton & Mike Post	The Theme From Hill Street Blues
Nominee	Quincy Jones	Velas
Nominee	Lee Ritenour	RIT (Side 2-Instrumentals)
Nominee	Earl Klugh	Late Night Guitar
Nominee	Louis Clark, conducting The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra	Hooked On Classics

Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Pat Benatar	Fire And Ice
Nominee	LuLu	Who's Foolin' Who
Nominee	Yoko Ono	Walking On Thin Ice
Nominee	Stevie Nicks	Edge Of Seventeen
Nominee	Donna Summer	Cold Love

Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Rick Springfield	Jessie's Girl
Nominee	Rod Stewart	Young Turks
Nominee	Bruce Springsteen	The River
Nominee	Rick James	Super Freak
Nominee	Gary U.S. Bonds	Dedication

Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	The Police	Don't Stand So Close To Me
Nominee	The Rolling Stones	Tattoo You
Nominee	Stevie Nicks With Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers	Stop Draggin' My Heart Around
Nominee	REO Speedwagon	Hi-Infidelity
Nominee	Foreigner	/4/

Best Rock Instrumental Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	The Police	Behind My Camel
Nominee	Rush	YYZ
Nominee	The Dregs	Unsung Heroes
Nominee	Robert Fripp	The League Of Gentlemen
Nominee	Kraftwerk	Computer World

Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Aretha Franklin	Hold On I'm Comin'
Nominee	Chaka Khan	What Cha' Gonna Do For Me
Nominee	Stephanie Mills	Stephanie
Nominee	Patti Austin	Razzamatazz
Nominee	Teena Marie	It Must Be Magic

Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	James Ingram	One Hundred Ways
Nominee	Rick James	Street Songs
Nominee	Carl Carlton	She's A Bad Mama Jama (She's Built, She's Stacked)
Nominee	Luther Vandross	Never Too Much
Nominee	Teddy Pendergrass	I Can't Live Without Your Love

Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Quincy Jones	The Dude
Nominee	Stanley Clarke And George Duke	The Clarke/Duke Project
Nominee	Earth, Wind & Fire	Let's Groove
Nominee	Commodores	Lady (You Bring Me Up)
Nominee	The Pointer Sisters	Black And White

Best R&B Instrumental Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	David Sanborn	All I Need Is You
Nominee	Ahmad Jamal	You're Welcome, Stop On By
Nominee	Hiroshima	Winds Of Change (Henka Non Nagare)
Nominee	Wilton Felder	Inherit The Wind
Nominee	Noel Pointer	East St. Louis Melody

Best Rhythm & Blues Song

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Grover Washington, Jr., & Bill Withers	Just The Two Of Us
Nominee	Four Tops	When She Was My Girl
Nominee	Carl Carlton	She's A Bad Mama Jama (She's Built, She's Stacked)
Nominee	Commodores	Lady (You Bring Me Up)
Nominee	Quincy Jones, Vocals of Dune	Ai No Corrida

Best Jazz Fusion Performance, Vocal Or Instrumental

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Grover Washington, Jr.	Winelight
Nominee	Miles Davis	The Man With The Horn
Nominee	Weather Report	Night Passage
Nominee	Pat Metheny And Lyle Mays	As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls
Nominee	Tom Scott	Apple Juice

Best Country Vocal Performance, Female

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Dolly Parton	9 To 5
Nominee	Terri Gibbs	Somebody's Knockin'
Nominee	Rosanne Cash	Seven Year Ache
Nominee	Juice Newton	Queen Of Hearts
Nominee	Barbara Mandrell	I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool

Best Country Vocal Performance, Male

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Ronnie Milsap	(There's) No Gettin' Over Me
Nominee	George Jones	Still Doin' Time
Nominee	Eddie Rabbitt	Step By Step
Nominee	Willie Nelson	Somewhere Over The Rainbow
Nominee	John Anderson	I'm Just An Old Chunk Of Coal (But I'm Gonna Be A Diamond Someday)

Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	The Oak Ridge Boys	Elvira
Nominee	David Frizzell And Shelly West	You're The Reason God Made Oklahoma
Nominee	Dottie West And Kenny Rogers	What Are We Doin' In Love
Nominee	Emmylou Harris And Don Williams	If I Needed You
Nominee	Alabama	Feels So Right

Best Country Instrumental Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Chet Atkins	Country After All These Years
Nominee	Merle Travis	Travis Pickin'
Nominee	Johnny Gimble	The Texas Fiddle Collection
Nominee	Chet Atkins And Doc Watson	Reflections
Nominee	Barbara Mandrell	Instrumental Medley: Mountain Dew, Fireball Mail, Old Joe Clark, Night Train, Uncle Joe's Boogie

Best Country Song

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Dolly Parton	9 To 5
Nominee	David Frizzel And Shelly West	You're The Reason God Made Oklahoma
Nominee	Terri Gibbs	Somebody's Knockin'
Nominee	Barbara Mandrell	I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool
Nominee	Oak Ridge Boys	Elvira

Best Gospel Performance Contemporary Or Inspirational

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	The Imperials	Priority
Nominee	DeGarmo And Key	This Ain't Hollywood
Nominee	The Archers	Spreadin' Like Wildfire
Nominee	Amy Grant	In Concert
Nominee	Cynthia Clawson	Finest Hour

Best Gospel Performance, Traditional

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	The Masters V	The Masters V
Nominee	The Singing Rambos	Rambo Reunion
Nominee	The Happy Goodman Family	Goin' Higher
Nominee	Rusty Goodman	Escape To The Light
Nominee	Lanny Wolfe Trio	Can't Stop The Music

Best Soul Gospel Performance, Contemporary

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Andrae Crouch	Don't Give Up
Nominee	Walter Hawkins	Walter Hawkins: The Hawkins Family
Nominee	Al Green	The Lord Will Make A Way
Nominee	The Winans	Introducing The Winans
Nominee	Edwin Hawkins	Edwin Hawkins Live

Best Soul Gospel Performance, Traditional

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Al Green	The Lord Will Make A Way
Nominee	James Cleveland And Southern California Community Choir	Where Is Your Faith
Nominee	Shirley Caesar	Go
Nominee	Mighty Clouds Of Joy	Cloudburst
Nominee	Daniel Hawkins	Daniel Hawkins

Best Inspirational Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	B.J. Thomas	Amazing Grace
Nominee	Bob Dylan	Shot Of Love
Nominee	Don Williams	Miracles
Nominee	Barbara Mandrell	In My Heart
Nominee	Crusaders With Joe Cocker	I'm So Glad I'm Standing Here Today
Nominee	Donna Summer	I Believe In Jesus

Best Ethnic Or Traditional Recording

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	B.B. King	There Must Be A Better World Somewhere
Nominee	A.C. Reid And The Spark Plugs, Scottie And The Ribtips, Lovie Lee, Carey Bell	Living Chicago Blues Vol. IV
Nominee	Albert Collins	Frozen Alive
Nominee	Koko Taylor	From The Heart Of A Woman
Nominee	(Various Artists)	Blues Deluxe

Best Latin Recording

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Clare Fischer	Guajira Pa La Jeva
Nominee	Dizzy Gillespie And Mongo Santamaria	Summertime - Digital At Montreaux, 1980
Nominee	Cal Tjader	Gozame! Pero Ya...
Nominee	Eddie Palmieri	Eddie Palmieri
Nominee	Laurindo Almeida And Charlie Byrd	Brazilian Soul

Best Recording For Children

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	(The Muppets, Glen Campbell, Crystal Gayle, Loretta Lynn, Tanya Tucker)	Sesame Country
Nominee	Pearl Bailey, Jack Albertson, Mickey Rooney	The Fox And The Hound (Songs And Dialog From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Nominee	Big Bird, Voices And Orchestra	Big Bird Discovers The Orchestra
Nominee	Pat Boone And Various Artists	Ants'hillvania
Nominee	The Chipmunks And Santa Claus	A Chipmunk Christmas

Best Comedy Recording

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Richard Pryor	Rev. Du Rite
Nominee	The Chipmunks	Urban Chipmunk
Nominee	Mel Brooks	The Inquisition
Nominee	Mel Brooks	Mel Brooks' History Of The World Part I
Nominee	(Various Artists)	Airplane! (Comedy Dialog From The Original Soundtrack)

Best Spoken Word, Documentary Or Drama Recording

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Orson Welles	Donovan's Brain
Nominee	James Mason	Vladimir Nabokov: Lolita
Nominee	Paul McCartney, Vic Garbarini	The McCartney Interview
Nominee	E. G. Marshall And Louis Nizer	Justice Holmes' Decisions
Nominee	Ed McMahon	'Twas The Night Before Christmas

Best Instrumental Composition

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Mike Post, composer (Mike Post)	The Theme From Hill Street Blues
Nominee	Jerry Goldsmith, composer (Jerry Goldsmith)	The Slaves
Nominee	Gerry Mulligan, composer (Gerry Mulligan)	For An Unfinished Woman
Nominee	Lyle Mays & Pat Metheny, composers (Pat Metheny And Lyle Mays)	As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls
Nominee	John Corigliano, composer (Soundtrack)	Altered States

Best Album Of Original Score Written For A Motion Picture Or A Television Special

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	John Williams, composer (John Williams)	Raiders Of The Lost Ark
Nominee	Gilbert Becaud, Richard Rodney Bennett, Neil Diamond, Alan Lindgren & Doug Rhone, composers (Neil Diamond, Gilbert Becaud, Alan Lindgren, Richard Bennett And Doug Rhone)	The Jazz Singer
Nominee	John Morris, composer (John Morris)	The Elephant Man
Nominee	Thomas McClary, Lionel Richie & Jonathan Tunick, composers (Diana Ross And Lionel Richie)	Endless Love
Nominee	Charles Fox & Dolly Parton, composers (Dolly Parton)	9 To 5

Best Cast Show Album

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Quincy Jones, producer (Lena Horne)	Lena Horne - The Lady And Her Music, Live On Broadway
Nominee	John Kander, composer; Fred Ebb, lyricist; John McClure, producer (Original Cast)	Woman Of The Year
Nominee	Peter Asher, producer (Kevin Kline, Linda Ronstadt, Rex Smith)	The Pirates Of Penzance
Nominee	Thomas Z. Shepard, producer (Cast)	Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Ladies
Nominee	Thomas Z. Shepard, producer (Original Cast)	42nd Street

Video Of The Year

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Michael Nesmith	Michael Nesmith In Elephant Parts
Nominee	(Various Artists)	The First National Kidisc (Video)
Nominee	Paul Simon	Paul Simon (Video)
Nominee	(Various Artists)	One-Night Stand: A Keyboard Event (Video)
Nominee	Blondie	Eat To The Beat (Video)

Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Ella Fitzgerald	Digital III At Montreaux
Nominee	Janet Lawson	The Janet Lawson Quintet
Nominee	Etta James	Save Your Love For Me
Nominee	Ernestine Anderson	Never Make Your Move Too Soon
Nominee	Helen Humes	Helen

Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Al Jarreau	Blue Rondo A La Turk
Nominee	Jimmy Rowles	Music's The Only Thing That's On My Mind
Nominee	Mel Tormé	Mel Tormé & Friends Recorded Live At Marty's New York City
Nominee	Johnny Hartman	Johnny Hartman Once In Every Life
Nominee	Joe Turner	Have No Fear, Joe Turner Is Here

Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Duo Or Group

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	The Manhattan Transfer	Until I Met You (Corner Pocket)
Nominee	Mel Tormé & Janis Ian	Silly Habits
Nominee	The Hi-Los	Now
Nominee	Jackie And Roy	East Of Suez
Nominee	Clare Fischer's, 2 2	Clare Fischer And Salsa Picante Present 2 2

Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	John Coltrane, soloist	Bye Bye Blackbird
Nominee	Pepper Adams, soloist	The Master...Pepper Adams
Nominee	Ira Sullivan, soloist	The Incredible Ira Sullivan
Nominee	Pete Christlieb, soloist	Self Portrait
Nominee	Jimmy Rowles, soloist	Music's The Only Thing That's On My Mind

Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Group

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Gary Burton & Chick Corea	Chick Corea & Gary Burton In Concert - Zurich, October 28, 1979
Nominee	Vic Dickenson Quintet	Vic Dickenson Quintet
Nominee	Zoot Sims	The Swinger
Nominee	Al Cohn	Nonpareil
Nominee	Red Rodney Featuring Ira Sullivan	Live At The Village Vanguard

Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Big Band

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Gerry Mulligan	Walk On The Water
Nominee	Rob McConnell And The Boss Brass	Tribute
Nominee	Toshiko Akiyoshi And Lew Tabackin Big Band	Tanuki's Night Out
Nominee	Panama Francis And The Savoy Sultans	Panama Francis And The Savoy Sultans - Vol. II
Nominee	Don Menza And His 80's Big Band	Burnin' (Blues For Bird)

Best Arrangement On An Instrumental Recording

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Quincy Jones & Johnny Mandel, arrangers (Quincy Jones)	Velas
Nominee	Jerry Goldsmith, arranger (Jerry Goldsmith)	The Slaves
Nominee	Billy May, arranger (John Williams)	South Rampart Street Parade
Nominee	Dave Grusin, arranger (Dave Grusin)	Mountain Dance
Nominee	Toshiko Akiyoshi, arranger (Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big Band)	A Bit Byas'd

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s)

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Jerry Hey & Quincy Jones, arrangers (Quincy Jones)	Ai No Corrida
Nominee	Greg Adams, arranger (Tower Of Power)	What Is Hip
Nominee	Gino Vannelli, Joe Vannelli & Ross Vannelli, arrangers (Gino Vannelli)	Living Inside Myself
Nominee	Clare Fischer, arranger (Clare Fischer's 22)	Du, Du - 2 2
Nominee	Arif Mardin, arranger (Chaka Khan)	And The Melody Still Lingers On (Night In Tunisia)

Best Vocal Arrangement For Two Or More Voices

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Gene Puerling, arranger (The Manhattan Transfer)	A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square
Nominee	Gene Puerling, arranger (The Hi-Lo's)	The Night We Called It A Day
Nominee	Jay Graydon & Bernard Kafka, arrangers (Manhattan Transfer)	Kafka
Nominee	Clare Fischer, arranger (Clare Fischer's 22)	Du, Du - 2 2
Nominee	Milcho Leviev, arranger (The Manhattan Transfer)	(The Word Of) Confirmation

Best Album Package

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Peter Corriston, art director (The Rolling Stones)	Tattoo You
Nominee	Mike Doud, art director (Rick Springfield)	Working Class Dog
Nominee	Carla Bley & Paul McConough, art directors (Carla Bley)	Social Studies
Nominee	Bush Hollyhead, art director (Undertones)	Positive Touch
Nominee	John Kosh, art director (Eagles)	Eagles Live

Best Album Notes

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Dan Morgenstern, album notes writer (Erroll Garner)	Erroll Garner - Master Of The Keyboard
Nominee	Chick Crumpacker, album notes writer (Mario Lanza)	The Mario Lanza Collection
Nominee	John McDonough, album notes writer (Pee Wee Russell)	Pee Wee Russell (Giants Of Jazz)
Nominee	Frank Kappler, Willa Rouder & Dick Wellstood, album notes writers (James P. Johnson)	James P. Johnson (Giants Of Jazz)
Nominee	Philip W. Payne & David Thomson, album notes writers (Fats Waller)	Fats Waller (Giants Of Jazz)

Best Historical Album

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	(Hoagy Carmichael)	Hoagy Carmichael - From Stardust To Ole Buttermilk Sky
Nominee	(Various Artists)	The Smithsonian Collection Of Classic Country Music
Nominee	(Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grappelli)	The Quintet Of The Hot Club Of France (1936-1937)
Nominee	(Miles Davis)	Miles Davis: Chronicle - The Complete Prestige Recordings
Nominee	(Various)	Birmingham Quartet Anthology

Best Engineered Recording - Non-Classical

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Jerry Garszva, Roger Nichols, Elliot Scheiner & Bill Schnee, engineers (Steely Dan)	Gaucho
Nominee	Nigel Gray, engineer (The Police)	Zenyatta Mondatta
Nominee	Alan Parsons, engineer (The Alan Parsons Project)	Turn Of A Friendly Card
Nominee	Bruce Swedien, engineer (Quincy Jones)	The Dude
Nominee	Kevin Elson & Mike Stone, engineers (Journey)	Escape

Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Quincy Jones	-
Nominee	Robert John /Mutt/ Lange and Mick Jones	-
Nominee	Mick Jones (producer)	-
Nominee	Val Garay (producer)	-
Nominee	Lionel Richie (producer)	-
Nominee	Arif Mardin (producer)	-

Best Classical Album

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Georg Solti, artist; James Mallinson, producer	Mahler: Symphony No. 2 In C Minor
Nominee	Teresa Stratas, artist; Eric Salzman, producer	The Unknown Kurt Weill
Nominee	Vladimir Horowitz, artist; John Pfeiffer, producer	The Horowitz Concerts 1979/80
Nominee	Richard Bonynge, Marilyn Horne, Luciano Pavarotti & Joan Sutherland, artists; Raymond Minshull, producer	Live From Lincoln Center-Sutherland-Horne- Pavarotti
Nominee	Zubin Mehta, Itzhak Perlman, Isaac Stern & Pinchas Zukerman, artists; Andrew Kazdin, producer	Isaac Stern 60th Anniversary Celebration

Best Classical Orchestral Recording

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Georg Solti, conductor (Chicago Symphony Orchestra)	Mahler: Symphony No. 2 In C Minor
Nominee	(Philadelphia Orchestra)	Mahler: Symphony No. 10 (Deryck Cooke Final Version)
Nominee	(Philharmonia Orchestra)	Holst: The Planets
Nominee	(London Symphony Orchestra)	Gershwin: Porgy And Bess (Symphonic Picture) Cuban Overture And Second Rhapsody
Nominee	(Academy Of Ancient Music)	(Mozart:) The Symphonies: Salzburg 1775-1783, Vol. 5

Best Opera Recording

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Jiri Zahradnicek, Ivo Zidek & Vaclav Zitek; Charles Mackerras, conductor; James Mallinson, producer (Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra)	Janácek: From The House Of The Dead
Nominee	Peter Hofmann, Kurt Moll, Siegmund Nimsgern, Jose Van Dam, Dunja Vejzovic, Victor von Halem & Herbert von Karajan; Gunther Breest, producer (Deutsche Oper Berlin Chorus; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra)	Wagner: Parsifal
Nominee	Kathleen Battle, Marilyn Horne, Ernesto Palacio, Samuel Ramey & Claudio Scimone; Michel Garcin, producer (Prague Chorus; I Solisti Veneti)	Rossini: L'italiana In Algeri
Nominee	Placido Domingo, Tito Gobbi, Lorin Maazel, Leo Nucci & Renata Scotto; Paul Myers, producer (Ambrosian Opera Chorus; National Philharmonic)	Puccini: Le Villi
Nominee	Raymond Leppard, Richard Stilwell & Frederica von Stade; David Mottley, producer (Glyndebourne Festival Opera Chorus; London Philharmonic)	Monteverdi: Il Ritorno D'ulisse In Patria
Nominee	Walter Berry, Ruth Hesse, Marek Jankowsky, Siegfried Jerusalem & Eva Marton; George Korngold, producer (Bavarian Radio Chorus; Munich Radio Orchestra)	Korngold: Violanta
Nominee	Anja Silja, Christoph von Dohnanyi & Eberhard Waechter; Michael Haas & Christopher Raeburn, producers (Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra)	Berg: Wozzeck

Best Choral Performance, Classical

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Neville Marriner, conductor (Chorus of St. Martin-In-The-Fields; Academy Of St. Martin-In-The-Fields)	Haydn: The Creation
Nominee	(Atlanta Boy Choir & Atlanta Symphony Chorus; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra)	Orff: Carmina Burana
Nominee	(Musica Sacra Chorus; New York Philharmonic)	Verdi: Requiem
Nominee	(Saint Louis Symphony Chorus; Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra)	Prokofiev: Ivan The Terrible From Music From The Films
Nominee	(London Symphony Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra)	Orff: Carmina Burana

Best Chamber Music Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Vladimir Ashkenazy, Lynn Harrell & Itzhak Perlman, artists	Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio In A Minor
Nominee	Guarneri Quartet (John Dalley, David Soyer, Arnold Steinhardt & Michael Tree), artists	The Complete String Quartets Of Brahms And Schumann
Nominee	Lynn Harrell, Itzhak Perlman, Ray Still & Pinchas Zukerman, artists	Oboe Quartets (Mozart, J.C. Bach, Karl Stamitz, Wanhal)
Nominee	Tokyo String Quartet (Sadao Harada, Kikuei Ikeda, Kazuhide Isomura & Peter Oundjian), artists	Bartók: Quartets For Strings (6)
Nominee	Itzhak Perlman & Pinchas Zukerman, artists	Bartók: Duos For Two Violins

Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist Or Soloists (With Orchestra)

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Itzhak Perlman, Isaac Stern & Pinchas Zukerman, artists (New York Philharmonic)	Isaac Stern 60th Anniversary Celebration
Nominee	Dylana Jenson, artist	Sibelius: Concerto For Violin In D Minor/ Saint Saens: Introduction And Rondo Capriccioso
Nominee	James Galway, artist	French Flute Concertos
Nominee	Stanley Drucker, artist	Corigliano: Concerto For Clarinet And Orchestra
Nominee	Emanuel Ax, artist	Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 In E Minor

Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist Or Soloists (Without Orchestra)

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Vladimir Horowitz, artist	The Horowitz Concerts 1979/80
Nominee	Pinchas Zukerman, artist	Viruoso Violin
Nominee	Itzhak Perlman, artist	Itzhak Perlman Plays Fritz Kreisler, Album 3
Nominee	Murray Perahia, artist	Bartók: Piano Sonata For Piano (1926)/Improvisations On Hungarian Peasant Songs/Suite, Op. 14
Nominee	Artur Rubinstein, artist	Artur Rubinstein - Schumann - Ravel - Debussy - Albeniz

Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	(Richard Bonynge; New York City Opera Orchestra)	Live From Lincoln Center - Sutherland/Horne/Pavarotti
Nominee	Teresa Stratas	Think On Me
Nominee	Frederica von Stade	The Unknown Kurt Weill
Nominee	(Boston Symphony Orchestra)	Ravel: Sheherazade/From Cinq Melodies Populaires Grecques/Deux Melodies Hebraiques/Chansons Madecasses
Nominee	(Chicago Symphony Orchestra)	Del Tredici: Final Alice

Best Engineered Recording, Classical

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Edward (Bud) T. Graham, Andrew Kazdin & Ray Moore, engineers (Zubin Mehta, conductor; Isaac Stern, violin; Pinchas Zukerman, violin; Itzhak Perlman, violin)	Isaac Stern 60th Anniversary Celebration
Nominee	Jules Bloomenthal, Sydney Davis, Jack Renner & Jim Wolvington, engineers (Robert Shaw, conductor)	Orff: Carmina Burana/Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis Of Themes By Weber
Nominee	Paul Goodman & Michael Gray, engineers (Eduardo Mata, conductor; Richard Cooke, choir director)	Orff: Carmina Burana
Nominee	Jules Bloomenthal, Sydney Davis, Paul Goodman & Don Morrison, engineers (James Levine, conductor)	Mahler: Symphony No. 10 (Deryck Cook Final Version)
Nominee	Michael Sheady, engineer (Simon Rattle, conductor)	Holst: The Planets

Classical Producer Of The Year

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	James Mallinson	-
Nominee	Andrew Kazdin	-
Nominee	Steven Epstein	-
Nominee	Jay David Saks	-