1986 Grammy Awards (28th) – Complete List of Winners and Nominees

The 28th Annual Grammy Awards, held on February 25, 1986, honored recordings from October 1, 1984, to September 30, 1985. Phil Collins' highly successful and pop-friendly album No Jacket Required won Album of the Year, showcasing his broad appeal.
The impactful charity single "We Are the World" by USA for Africa, a monumental collaboration for famine relief, justly won Record of the Year, highlighting music's power for social causes. Sade, with her distinctive smooth jazz and soul sound, was named Best New Artist.
Whitney Houston also received her first Grammy. This ceremony underscored both individual artistic achievements and the profound influence of music for humanitarian efforts, reflecting the era's unique blend of commercial pop success and philanthropic endeavors.

Record Of The Year

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	USA For Africa (Various Artists)	We Are The World
Nominee	Don Henley	The Boys Of Summer
Nominee	Dire Straits	Money For Nothing
Nominee	Huey Lewis And The News	The Power Of Love
Nominee	Bruce Springsteen	Born In The U.S.A.

Album Of The Year

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Phil Collins	No Jacket Required
Nominee	Whitney Houston	Whitney Houston
Nominee	USA For Africa (Various Artists)	We Are The World-USA For Africa/The Album
Nominee	Sting	The Dream Of The Blue Turtles
Nominee	Dire Straits	Brothers In Arms

Song Of The Year

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	USA For Africa - Various Artists	We Are The World
Nominee	Don Henley	The Boys Of Summer
Nominee	Dire Straits	Money For Nothing
Nominee	Foreigner	I Want To Know What Love Is
Nominee	Paul Young	Everytime You Go Away

Best New Artist

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Sade	-
Nominee	Katrina And The Waves	-
Nominee	Freddie Jackson	-
Nominee	a-ha	-
Nominee	Julian Lennon	-

Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Whitney Houston	Saving All My Love For You
Nominee	Tina Turner	We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)
Nominee	Pat Benatar	We Belong
Nominee	Linda Ronstadt	Lush Life
Nominee	Madonna	Crazy For You

Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Phil Collins	No Jacket Required
Nominee	Glenn Frey	The Heat Is On
Nominee	Sting	The Dream Of The Blue Turtles
Nominee	Stevie Wonder	Part-Time Lover
Nominee	Paul Young	Everytime You Go Away

Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	USA For Africa - Various Artists	We Are The World
Nominee	Huey Lewis And The News	The Power Of Love
Nominee	Foreigner	I Want To Know What Love Is
Nominee	Philip Bailey And Phil Collins	Easy Lover
Nominee	Mr. Mister	Broken Wings

Best Pop Instrumental Performance (Orchestra, Group Or Soloist)

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Jan Hammer	Miami Vice Theme
Nominee	Spyro Gyra	Shake Down
Nominee	David Foster	Love Theme From St. Elmo's Fire
Nominee	Dave Grusin And Lee Ritenour	Harlequin
Nominee	Harold Faltermeyer	Axel F

Best Rock Vocal Performance - Female

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Tina Turner	One Of The Living
Nominee	Cyndi Lauper	What A Thrill
Nominee	Nona Hendryx	Rock This House
Nominee	Melba Moore	Read My Lips
Nominee	Pat Benatar	Invincible (Theme From Legend Of Billie Jean)

Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Don Henley	The Boys Of Summer
Nominee	John Cougar Mellencamp	Scarecrow
Nominee	Bryan Adams	Reckless
Nominee	Mick Jagger	Just Another Night
Nominee	John Fogerty	Centerfield

Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Dire Straits	Money For Nothing
Nominee	The Eurythmics	Would I Lie To You?
Nominee	Starship	We Built This City
Nominee	Bryan Adams And Tina Turner	It's Only Love
Nominee	Heart	Heart

Best Rock Instrumental Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Jeff Beck	Escape
Nominee	The Jon Butcher Axis	The Ritual
Nominee	Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble	Say What!
Nominee	Yngwie Malmsteen	Rising Force
Nominee	Big Guitars From Texas	Guitar Army
Nominee	Northern Star	Back To Earth

Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Aretha Franklin	Freeway Of Love
Nominee	Whitney Houston	You Give Good Love
Nominee	Patti LaBelle	New Attitude
Nominee	Teena Marie	Lovergirl
Nominee	Chaka Khan	I Feel For You

Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Stevie Wonder	In Square Circle
Nominee	Freddie Jackson	You Are My Lady
Nominee	Luther Vandross	The Night I Fell In Love
Nominee	Al Jarreau	High Crime
Nominee	Philip Bailey	Chinese Wall

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

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Commodores	Nightshift
Nominee	Hall And Oates, David Ruffin, Eddie Kendricks	The Way You Do The Things You Do/My Girl
Nominee	Ashford And Simpson	Solid
Nominee	Aretha Franklin And The Eurythmics	Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves
Nominee	The Pointer Sisters	Contact

Best R&B Instrumental Performance (Orchestra, Group Or Soloist)

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Ernie Watts	Musician
Nominee	Paul Hardcastle	Rain Forest
Nominee	Jeff Lorber	Pacific Coast Highway
Nominee	Dave Valentin	Love Light In Flight
Nominee	Buster Pearson And Deniece Pearson	First Avenue
Nominee	Barney Rachabane	Caribbean Queen
Nominee	Sly And Robbie	Bass And Trouble

Best Rhythm & Blues Song

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Aretha Franklin	Freeway Of Love
Nominee	Whitney Houston	You Give Good Love
Nominee	Chaka Khan	Through The Fire
Nominee	Commodores	Nightshift
Nominee	Patti LaBelle	New Attitude

Best Jazz Fusion Performance, Vocal Or Instrumental

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	David Sanborn	Straight To The Heart
Nominee	Miles Davis	You're Under Arrest
Nominee	Weather Report	Sportin' Life
Nominee	Stanley Jordan	Magic Touch
Nominee	Wayne Shorter	Atlantis
Nominee	Spyro Gyra	Alternating Currents

Best Jazz Vocal Performance - Female

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Cleo Laine	Cleo At Carnegie - The 10th Anniversary Concert
Nominee	Maxine Sullivan	The Great Songs From The Cotton Club
Nominee	Janis Siegel	Sing Joy Spring
Nominee	Cheryl Bentyne	Meet Benny Bailey
Nominee	Tania Maria	Made In New York
Nominee	Flora Purim And Airto	20 Years Blue

Best Jazz Vocal Performance - Male

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Bobby McFerrin & Jon Hendricks	Another Night In Tunisia
Nominee	Alan Paul	Oh Yes, I Remember Clifford
Nominee	Mark Murphy	Mark Murphy Sings Nat's Choice - The Nat /King/ Cole Songbook, Volume I
Nominee	Dave Frishberg	Live At Vine Street
Nominee	George Benson	Beyond The Sea

Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Duo Or Group

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	The Manhattan Transfer	Vocalese
Nominee	The Manhattan Transfer With The Four Freshmen	To You
Nominee	The Manhattan Transfer And Jon Hendricks	Ray's Rockhouse
Nominee	Phil Mattson And The P. M. Singers	Night In The City
Nominee	University Of Northern Colorado Vocal Jazz I, Gene Aitken director	Hot IV
Nominee	Barry Manilow And Sarah Vaughan	Blue
Nominee	Rare Silk	American Eyes

Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Wynton Marsalis, soloist	Black Codes From The Underground
Nominee	Dizzy Gillespie, soloist	Sing Joy Spring
Nominee	James Moody, soloist	Meet Benny Bailey
Nominee	Stanley Jordan, soloist	Magic Touch
Nominee	Miles Davis, soloist	Human Nature

Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Group

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Wynton Marsalis Group	Black Codes From The Underground
Nominee	Chick Corea And Steve Kujala	Voyage
Nominee	Sting	The Dream Of The Blue Turtles
Nominee	Keith Jarrett	Standards, Vol. 2
Nominee	Herbie Hancock, Freddie Hubbard, Joe Henderson And Others	One Night With Blue Note

Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Big Band

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	John Barry & Bob Wilber	The Cotton Club - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Nominee	George Russell And The Living Time Orchestra	The African Game
Nominee	Toshiko Akiyoshi And Lew Tabackin Big Band	March Of The Tadpoles
Nominee	Louis Bellson	Don't Stop Now!
Nominee	Lionel Hampton	Ambassador At Large

Best Country Vocal Performance - Female

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Rosanne Cash	I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me
Nominee	Juice Newton	You Make Me Want To Make You Mine
Nominee	Emmylou Harris	The Ballad Of Sally Rose
Nominee	Janie Fricke	She's Single Again
Nominee	Dolly Parton	Real Love

Best Country Vocal Performance, Male

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Ronnie Milsap	Lost In The Fifties Tonight (In The Still Of The Night)
Nominee	Ricky Skaggs	You Make Me Feel Like A Man
Nominee	Lee Greenwood	I Don't Mind The Thorns (If You're The Rose)
Nominee	Willie Nelson	Forgiving You Was Easy
Nominee	Mel McDaniel	Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On

Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	The Judds	Why Not Me
Nominee	The Forester Sisters	The Forester Sisters
Nominee	Dolly Parton And Kenny Rogers	Real Love
Nominee	Marie Osmond And Dan Seals	Meet Me In Montana
Nominee	Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings	Highwayman
Nominee	Alabama	Can't Keep A Good Man Down

Best Country Instrumental Performance (Orchestra, Group Or Soloist)

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Chet Atkins & Mark Knopfler	Cosmic Square Dance
Nominee	Merle Watson And Doc Watson	Windy And Warm
Nominee	Dave Holland, Vassar Clements, John Hartford	Vassar Clements, John Hartford, Dave Holland
Nominee	Charlie McCoy	Lasso The Moon (Instrumental)
Nominee	Earl Scruggs	Folsom Prison Blues

Best Country Song

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash & Kris Kristofferson	Highwayman
Nominee	The Judds - Wynonna And Naomi	Love Is Alive
Nominee	Ronnie Milsap	Lost In The Fifties Tonight (In The Still Of The Night)
Nominee	Rosanne Cash	I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me
Nominee	Alabama	Forty Hour Week (For A Livin')
Nominee	Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson	Desperados Waiting For A Train
Nominee	Mel McDaniel	Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On

Best Gospel Performance, Female

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Amy Grant	Unguarded
Nominee	Sandi Patti	Hymns Just For You
Nominee	Sheila Walsh	Don't Hide Your Heart
Nominee	Debby Boone	Choose Life
Nominee	Leslie Phillips	Black And White In A Grey World

Best Gospel Performance - Male

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Larnelle Harris	How Excellent Is Thy Name
Nominee	Phil Driscoll	Power Of Praise
Nominee	Russ Taff	Medals
Nominee	Steve Green	He Holds The Key
Nominee	James Blackwood Sr.	Fifty Golden Years

Best Gospel Performance By A Duo Or Group, Choir Or Chorus

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Sandi Patti & Larnelle Harris	I've Just Seen Jesus
Nominee	The Imperials	Let The Wind Blow
Nominee	Amy Grant And Randy Stonehill	I Could Never Say Goodbye
Nominee	DeGarmo And Key	Commander Sozo And The Charge Of The Light Brigade
Nominee	Petra	Beat The System

Best Soul Gospel Performance, Female

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Shirley Caesar	Martin
Nominee	Dorothy Norwood	Lift Him Up
Nominee	DeLeon Richards	Deleon
Nominee	Vanessa Bell Armstrong	Chosen
Nominee	Vernessa Mitchell	Blessed Assurance

Best Soul Gospel Performance - Male

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Marvin Winans	Bring Back The Days Of Yea And Nay
Nominee	Douglas Miller	Unspeakable Joy
Nominee	Philip Nicholas	Stop Your Searchin' (Try God!)
Nominee	Howard McCrary	So Good
Nominee	Marvin Yancy	Heavy Load

Best Soul Gospel Performance By A Duo, Group, Choir or Chorus - Singles, Albums or Tracks

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	The Winans	Tomorrow
Nominee	Carvin Winans & Marvin Winans	Tomorrow
Nominee	Sandra Crouch And Friends	We're Waiting
Nominee	Edwin Hawkins With Music And Arts Seminar Mass Choir	Have Mercy
Nominee	Sandra Crouch And Jean Johnson	Completely Yes

Best Inspirational Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Jennifer Holliday	Come Sunday
Nominee	Kool And The Gang	You Are The One
Nominee	Glen Campbell	No More Night
Nominee	Barbara Mandrell	Christmas At Our House
Nominee	Pat Boone	16,000 Faces

Best Latin Pop Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Lani Hall	Es Facil Amar
Nominee	Jose Feliciano	Ya Soy Tuyo
Nominee	Lucia Mendez	Solo Una Mujer
Nominee	Jose Jose	Reflexiones
Nominee	Jose Jose And Jose Feliciano	Por Ella

Best Tropical Latin Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Eddie Palmieri	Solito
Winner	Tito Puente & His Latin Ensemble	Mambo Diablo
Nominee	Bonny Cepeda y Orquestra	Noche De Discotheque
Nominee	Rubén Blades	Mucho Mejor
Nominee	Mongo Santamaria	Free Spirit, Espirito Libre
Nominee	Celia Cruz And Johnny Pacheco	De Nuevo

Best Mexican-American Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Vikki Carr	Simplemente Mujer
Nominee	Santiago Jiminez Jr.	Santiago Strikes Again
Nominee	Maria De Lourdes	Mujer Importante
Nominee	Rocio Durcal	Canta A Juan Gabriel
Nominee	Juan Valentin	20 Exitos Romanticos Con Juan Valentin
Nominee	Los Humildes	13 Aniversario/13 Album/13 Exitos

Best Traditional Blues Recording

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	B.B. King	My Guitar Sings The Blues
Nominee	Roy Buchanan	When A Guitar Plays The Blues
Nominee	Johnny Winter	Serious Business
Nominee	Koko Taylor	Queen Of The Blues
Nominee	Jimmy Witherspoon And Joe Turner	Patcha, Patcha, All Night Long
Nominee	Bobby Bland	Members Only
Nominee	Knocky Parker And His Houserockers Featuring Big Joe Turner	Big Joe Turner With Knocky Parker And His Houserockers

Best Ethnic Or Traditional Folk Recording

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Rockin' Sidney	My Toot Toot
Nominee	Beausoleil	Zydeco Gris-Gris
Nominee	Buckwheat Zydeco	Turning Point
Nominee	Dewey Balfa	Souvenirs
Nominee	Clifton Chenier	Live At The San Francisco Blues Festival

Best Polka Recording

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Frank Yankovic	70 Years Of Hits
Nominee	Lenny Gomulka And Chicago Push	Simply Polkamentary
Nominee	Li'l Wally And His Orchestra	Polskie Czucie Polish Feelings
Nominee	Eddie Blazonczyk's Versatones	Polka Fireworks
Nominee	Ron Gordick (Brass Release)	Brass With Class

Best Reggae Recording

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Jimmy Cliff	Cliff Hanger
Nominee	Burning Spear	Resistance
Nominee	Judy Mowatt	Working Wonders
Nominee	Ziggy Marley And The Melody Makers	Play The Game Right
Nominee	The Blue Riddim Band	Alive In Jamaica

Best Recording For Children

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	(Jim Henson's Muppets & The Sesame Street Cast)	Follow That Bird - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Nominee	Children Of The World	We Are The World
Nominee	Meryl Streep, George Winston	The Velveteen Rabbit
Nominee	Dudley Moore And John Williams, cond.	Prokofiev: Peter And The Wolf
Nominee	Christopher Plummer, Michael Tilson Thomas, cond.	E.T.A. Hoffman - Tchaikovsky - Nutcracker
Nominee	Candle And The Agapeland Singers	Bullfrogs And Butterflies (Part II)

Best Comedy Recording

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Whoopi Goldberg	Whoopi Goldberg - Original Broadway Show Recording
Nominee	Billy Crystal	You Look Marvelous
Nominee	Joe Piscopo	Honeymooners Rap
Nominee	Weird Al Yankovic	Dare To Be Stupid
Nominee	Cheech And Chong	Born In East L.A.

Best Spoken Word Or Non-Musical Recording

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	(Original Broadway Cast)	Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Nominee	Philip Roth	Zukerman Bound
Nominee	John Le Carre	The Spy Who Came In From The Cold
Nominee	Dick Cavett	The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn
Nominee	Alan Arkin	Catch 22

Best Music Video, Short Form

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	USA For Africa - Various Artists	We Are The World - The Video Event
Nominee	Hall And Oates	The Daryl Hall And John Oates Video Collection - 7 Big Ones (Video)
Nominee	Tina Turner	Private Dancer (Video)
Nominee	Phil Collins	No Jacket Required (Video)
Nominee	Band Aid	Do They Know It's Christmas (Video)

Best Music Video, Long Form

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Huey Lewis & The News	Huey Lewis & The News - The Heart Of Rock 'n' Roll
Nominee	Wham!	Wham! The Video (Video)
Nominee	Tina Turner	Tina Live - Private Dancer Tour (Video)
Nominee	The Police	The Police Synchronicity Concert (Video)
Nominee	Prince And The Revolution	Prince And The Revolution Live (Video)

Best Instrumental Composition

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Jan Hammer, composer (Jan Hammer)	Miami Vice Theme
Nominee	Thad Jones, composer (Louis Belson)	With Bells On
Nominee	David Foster, composer (David Foster)	Love Theme From St. Elmo's Fire
Nominee	Alan Silvestri, composer (Alan Silvestri)	Back To The Future
Nominee	Harold Faltermeyer, composer (Harold Faltermeyer)	Axel F

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

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Marc Benno, Harold Faltermeyer, Keith Forsey, Micki Free, Jon Gilutin, Hawk, Howard Hewett, Bunny Hull, Howie Rice, Sharon Robinson, Dan Sembello, Sue Sheridan, Richard C. Theisen II & Allee Willis, composers (Various Artists)	Beverly Hills Cop
Nominee	Maurice Jarre, composer (Maurice Jarre)	Witness
Nominee	Jon Anderson, Peter Beckett, Dino Elefante, John Elefante, David Foster, Jay Graydon, Stephen A. Kipner, Richard Marx, John Parr, Billy Squier & Cynthia Weil, composers (Various Artists)	St. Elmo's Fire
Nominee	Lindsey Buckingham, Eric Clapton, John Colla, Chris Hayes, Sean Hopper, Huey Lewis & Alan Silvestri, composers (Alan Silvestri)	Back To The Future
Nominee	Maurice Jarre, composer (Maurice Jarre)	A Passage To India

Best Cast Show Album

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	John McClure, producer (Kiri Te Kanawa & Jose Carreras)	West Side Story
Nominee	David Gooch, producer (Various)	Very Warm For May
Nominee	Henry Krieger, composer; Robert Lorick, lyricist; Martin Silvestri, producer (Original Cast)	The Tap Dance Kid
Nominee	Bob Crewe & Ellie Greenwich, producers (Leader Of The Pack)	Greatest Hits From Leader Of The Pack
Nominee	Roger Miller, composer; Roger Miller, lyricist; Jimmy Bowen, producer (Original Cast)	Big River

Best Arrangement On An Instrumental

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Dave Grusin & Lee Ritenour, arrangers (Dave Grusin & Lee Ritenour)	Early A.M. Attitude
Nominee	George Russell, arranger (George Russell And The Living Time Orchestra)	The African Game
Nominee	William Brohn, arranger (Various)	Suite Of Dances From /Pacific Overtures/
Nominee	Chip Davis, arrangers (Mannheim Steamroller)	Stille Nacht (Silent Night)
Nominee	Toshiko Akiyoshi, arranger (Toshiko Akiyoshi And Lew Tabackin Big Band)	March Of The Tadpoles

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s)

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Nelson Riddle, arranger (Linda Ronstadt)	Lush Life
Nominee	Peter Wolf, arranger (Dennis Edwards And Thelma Houston)	Why Do People Fall In Love
Nominee	David Foster, arranger (Chaka Khan)	Through The Fire
Nominee	Dave Grusin & Lee Ritenour, arrangers (Dave Grusin And Lee Ritenour)	Harlequin
Nominee	Ralph Burns & Frank Foster, arrangers (George Benson)	Beyond The Sea

Best Vocal Arrangement For Two Or More Voices

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Cheryl Bentyne & Bobby McFerrin, arrangers (The Manhattan Transfer)	Another Night In Tunisia
Nominee	Alan Paul, arranger (Manhattan Transfer)	Ray's Rockhouse
Nominee	Dennis Lambert, arranger (Commodores)	Nightshift
Nominee	Phil Mattson, arranger (Phil Mattson And The P.M. Singers)	I Hear Music
Nominee	Janis Siegel & Dennis Wilson, arrangers (The Manhattan Transfer)	Blee Blop Blues

Best Album Package

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	John Kosh & Ron Larson, art directors (Linda Ronstadt)	Lush Life
Nominee	Rene Hardaway & Johnny B. Lee, art directors (Stevie Wonder)	In Square Circle
Nominee	Jeffrey Kent Ayeroff & Jeri McManus, art directors (a-ha)	Hunting High And Low
Nominee	Virginia Team, art director (Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson)	Highwayman
Nominee	Bill Levy, Stan Watts & Murry Whiteman, art directors (Martin Briley)	Dangerous Moments

Best Album Notes

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Peter Guralnick, album notes writer (Sam Cooke)	Sam Cooke Live At The Harlem Square Club, 1963
Nominee	Neil Tesser, album notes writer (Stan Getz)	The Girl From Ipanema - The Bossa Nova Years
Nominee	Lenny Kaye, album notes writer (Koener, Ray And Glover, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, The Lovin' Spoonful And Others)	Crossroads - White Blues In The 1960's
Nominee	Lenny Kaye, album notes writer (Judy Collins, Tom Paxton, Phil Ochs And Others)	Bleeker And Macdougal - The Folk Scene Of The 60's
Nominee	Dwight Blocker Bowers & James R. Morris, album notes writers (Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, Judy Garland, Ella Fitzgerald And Others)	American Popular Song

Best Historical Album

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	John Pfeiffer, Producer	RCA/Met - 100 Singers - 100 Years
Nominee	Tohru Okamura, Producer	Billie Holiday On Verve 1946-1959
Nominee	Orrin Keepnews, Producer	Bill Evans: The Complete Riverside Recordings
Nominee	J.R. Taylor, Producer	American Popular Song
Nominee	Doug Seroff, Producer	The Human Orchestra (Rhythm Quartets In The Thirties)

Best Engineered Recording - Non-Classical

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Neil Dorfsman, engineer (Dire Straits)	Brothers In Arms
Nominee	Jim Scott & Pete Smith, engineers (Sting)	The Dream Of The Blue Turtles
Nominee	Chieli Minucci & Paul Wickliffe, engineers (Special EFX)	Modern Manners
Nominee	Don Murray, engineer (Dave Grusin And Lee Ritenour)	Harlequin
Nominee	Jeff Hendrickson, engineer (David Lee Roth)	Crazy From The Heat

Producer Of The Year (Non-Classical)

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Phil Collins & Hugh Padgham	-
Nominee	David Foster (producer)	-
Nominee	Neil Dorfsman, Mark Knopfler (producers)	-
Nominee	Narada Michael Walden (producer)	-
Nominee	Don Henley, Danny Kortchmar & Greg Ladanyi (producers)	-

Best Classical Album

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	John Aler & Robert Shaw, artists; Robert Woods, producer	Berlioz: Requiem
Nominee	Louis Lane, artist; Robert Woods, producer	Respighi: Pines Of Rome/ The Birds/ Fountains Of Rome
Nominee	Leonard Slatkin, artist; Jay David Saks, producer	Prokofiev: Cinderella (Suite)
Nominee	Daniel Barenboim & Itzhak Perlman, artists; Steven Paul, producer	Mozart: Violin And Piano Sonatas (K.296,305,306)
Nominee	Claudio Abbado, artist; Rainer Brock, producer	Mahler: Symphony No. 7 In E Minor
Nominee	Kaaren Erickson, Alfreda Hodgson, Jon Humphrey, Sylvia McNair, Robert Shaw & Richard Stilwell, artists; Robert Woods, producer	Handel: Messiah
Nominee	Michael Tilson Thomas, artist; Steven Epstein, producer	Gershwin: Rhapsody In Blue/ Second Rhapsody For Orchestra With Piano/ Short Story/ Violin Piece/ For Lily Pons/ Sleepless Night/ Promenade
Nominee	James Levine, artist; Jay David Saks, producer	Dvorák: Symphony No. 7 In D Minor
Nominee	Elly Ameling & Robert Shaw, artists; Robert Woods, producer	Berlioz: Les Nuits D'ete/Faure: Pelleas Et Melisande

Best Classical Orchestral Recording

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Robert Shaw, conductor (Atlanta Symphony Orchestra)	Faure: Pelleas Et Melisande
Nominee	(Atlanta Symphony Orchestra)	Respighi: Pines Of Rome/The Birds/Fountains Of Rome
Nominee	(Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra)	Prokofiev: Cinderella (Suite)
Nominee	(Rotterdam Philharmonic)	Liszt: A Faust Symphony
Nominee	(Chicago Symphony Orchestra)	Dvorák: Symphony No. 7 In D Minor

Best Opera Recording

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Philip Langridge & Franz Mazura; Georg Solti, conductor; James Mallinson, producer (Chicago Symphony Chorus; Chicago Symphony Orchestra)	Schoenberg: Moses Und Aron
Nominee	Peter Hofmann, Kurt Moll, Jose Van Dam, Dunja Vejzovic & Herbert von Karajan; Michel Glotz, producer (Vienna State Opera Chorus; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra)	Wagner: Der Fliegende Hollander (The Flying Dutchman)
Nominee	Riccardo Chailly, Stafford Dean, John Dobson, Philip Langridge, Cathryn Pope, Samuel Ramey & Sarah Walker; Andrew Cornall, producer (London Sinfonietta Chorus; London Sinfonietta Orchestra)	Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress
Nominee	Renato Bruson, Placido Domingo, Mirella Freni, Robert Gambill, Kurt Rydl & Giuseppe Sinopoli; Wolfgang Stengel, producer (Royal Opera House Chorus Of Covent Garden; Philharmonia Orchestra)	Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Nominee	Florindo Andreolli, Placido Domingo, Juan Pons, Georges Pretre, Alberto Rinaldi & Teresa Stratas; Rudolph Werner, producer (Milano Teatro Alla Scala Chorus; Milano Teatro Alla Scala Orchestra)	Leoncavallo: Il Pagliacci (Original Soundtrack)

Best Choral Performance (Other Than Opera)

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Robert Shaw, conductor (Atlanta Symphony Chorus; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra)	Berlioz: Requiem
Nominee	(Chor Der National Opera; Vienna Philharmonic)	Verdi: Requiem
Nominee	(Choeurs De Paris; Orchestre De Paris)	Mozart: Requiem
Nominee	(Winchester Cathedral Choir; English Chamber Orchestra)	Lloyd Webber: Requiem
Nominee	(Choeur The Sixteen; Amsterdam Baroque Chorus)	Handel: Messiah

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

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Yo-Yo Ma, artist (London Symphony Orchestra)	Elgar: Cello Concerto, Op. 85/Walton: Concerto For Cello & Orch.
Nominee	Andras Schiff, artist (Concertgebouw Orchestra)	Schumann: Piano Concerto In A Minor/ Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 In F Minor
Nominee	Itzhak Perlman, artist (Israel Philharmonic Orchestra)	Khachaturian: Violin Concerto In D Minor
Nominee	James Galway, artist (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra)	James Galway Plays Khachaturian (Concerto For Flute And Orchestra/ Spartacus, Masquerade And Gayaneh)
Nominee	Michael Tilson Thomas, artist (Los Angeles Philharmonic)	Gershwin: Second Rhapsody For Orchestra With Piano
Nominee	Andre Previn, artist (Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)	Gershwin: Rhapsody In Blue

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

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Vladimir Ashkenazy, artist	Ravel: Gaspard De La Nuit; Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte; Valses Nobles Et Sentimentales
Nominee	Michael Tilson Thomas, artist	Gershwin: Preludes For Piano/Short Story/Violin Piece/ For Lily Pons/ Sleepless Night/ Promenade
Nominee	Francois-Rene Duchable, artist	Chopin: Piano Sonatas No. 2 in B-Flat Minor And No. 3 In B Minor
Nominee	Claudio Arrau, artist	Chopin: 4 Scherzi/ Polonaise Fantaisie Op. 61
Nominee	Julian Bream, artist	/Guitarra/ - The Guitar In Spain (Mudarra, Guerau, Boccherini, Sor, Tarrega, Albeniz, Falla, Turina, Etc.)

Best Chamber Music Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Emanuel Ax & Yo-Yo Ma, artists	Brahms: Cello And Piano Sonatas In E Minor And F
Nominee	King's Singers (Simon Carrington, Anthony Holt, Alastair Hume, Bill Ives, Jeremy Jackman & Colin Mason), artists	The King's Singers' Madrigal History Tour (Vol. 1- Italian-English/Vol. 2 - French And Spanish)
Nominee	Daniel Barenboim, Jacqueline Du Pre & Pinchas Zukerman, artists	Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio In A Minor
Nominee	Andre Previn & Vienna Wind Soloists, artists	Mozart: Piano And Wind Quintet In E Flat/ Beethoven: Piano And Wind Quintet In E-Flat
Nominee	Itzhak Perlman & Samuel Sanders, artists	Dvorák: Sonatina In G And Four Romantic Pieces/ Smetana: From My Homeland

Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	(Robert Shaw; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra)	Berlioz: Requiem
Nominee	(Orf Symphonie-Orchester)	Zarzuela Arias And Duets (Arias Only)
Nominee	(Orchestre Philharmonique De Monte Carlo)	Marilyn Horne Sings (Offenbach, Cherubini, Saint-Saens, Etc.)
Nominee	(English Chamber Orchestra)	Canteloube: Chants D'auvergne, Vol.2/Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras, No. 5
Nominee	(Boston Symphony Orchestra)	Berlioz: Les Nuits D'Ete/Debussy: La Damoiselle Elue
Nominee	(Atlanta Symphony Orchestra)	Berlioz: Les Nuits D'Ete

Best Contemporary Composition

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Andrew Lloyd Webber, composer	Lloyd Webber: Requiem
Nominee	Robert Starer, composer	Starer: Violin Concerto
Nominee	George Perle, composer	Perle: Serenade No. 3 For Piano And Chamber Orchestra
Nominee	Philip Glass, composer	Glass: Satyagraha
Nominee	John Adams, composer	Adams: Harmonium For Large Orchestra And Chorus

Best Engineered Recording, Classical

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Jack Renner, engineer (Robert Shaw, conductor)	Berlioz: Requiem
Nominee	Paul Goodman & Thomas MacCluskey, engineers (Leonard Slatkin, conductor)	Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (Complete)
Nominee	Jack Renner, engineer (Louis Lane, conductor)	Respighi: Pines Of Rome/ The Birds/Fountains Of Rome
Nominee	Paul Goodman, engineer (Leonard Slatkin, conductor)	Prokofiev: Cinderella (Suite)
Nominee	James Lock, engineer (Georg Solti, conductor)	Mahler: Symphony No. 1 In D Major
Nominee	Paul Goodman, engineer (James Levine, conductor)	Dvorák: Symphony No. 7 In D Minor
Nominee	Jack Renner, engineer (Robert Shaw, conductor; Elly Ameling, soprano)	Berlioz: Les Nuite D'ete/Faure: Pelleas Et Melisande

Classical Producer Of The Year

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Robert Woods	-
Nominee	Steven Epstein	-
Nominee	Jay David Saks	-
Nominee	David Mottley	-
Nominee	James Mallinson	-