1989 Grammy Awards – Complete List of Winners and Nominees

On February 22, 1989, the 31st Annual Grammy Awards honored music from October 1, 1987, to September 30, 1988. George Michael's incredibly successful and critically acclaimed album Faith won Album of the Year, a testament to his triumphant transition from Wham!
to solo superstardom and his pop-R&B versatility. Bobby McFerrin's whimsical and innovative a cappella hit "Don't Worry, Be Happy" won Record of the Year.
Tracy Chapman, with her profound songwriting and distinctive voice, was deservedly named Best New Artist. Other prominent winners included Anita Baker for R&B and U2 for rock.
This ceremony highlighted the diverse sounds of pop, R&B, and folk, with artists pushing creative boundaries and achieving both popular appeal and critical recognition.

Record Of The Year

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Bobby McFerrin	Don't Worry Be Happy
Nominee	Steve Winwood	Roll With It
Nominee	Michael Jackson	Man In The Mirror
Nominee	Anita Baker	Giving You The Best That I Got
Nominee	Tracy Chapman	Fast Car

Album Of The Year

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	George Michael	Faith
Nominee	Tracy Chapman	Tracy Chapman
Nominee	Bobby McFerrin	Simple Pleasures
Nominee	Steve Winwood	Roll With It
Nominee	Sting	...Nothing Like The Sun

Song Of The Year

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Bobby McFerrin	Don't Worry Be Happy
Nominee	Brenda Russell	Piano In The Dark
Nominee	Anita Baker	Giving You The Best That I Got
Nominee	Tracy Chapman	Fast Car
Nominee	Sting	Be Still My Beating Heart

Best New Artist

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Tracy Chapman	-
Nominee	Toni Childs	-
Nominee	Rick Astley	-
Nominee	Vanessa Williams	-
Nominee	Take 6	-

Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Tracy Chapman	Fast Car
Nominee	Taylor Dayne	Tell It To My Heart
Nominee	Whitney Houston	One Moment In Time
Nominee	Brenda Russell	Get Here
Nominee	Joni Mitchell	Chalk Mark In A Rain Storm

Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Bobby McFerrin	Don't Worry Be Happy
Nominee	Steve Winwood	Roll With It
Nominee	George Michael	Father Figure
Nominee	Sting	Be Still My Beating Heart
Nominee	Phil Collins	A Groovy Kind Of Love

Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	The Manhattan Transfer	Brasil
Nominee	The Escape Club	Wild, Wild West
Nominee	Brenda Russell And Joe Esposito	Piano In The Dark
Nominee	The Beach Boys	Kokomo
Nominee	Gloria Estefan And The Miami Sound Machine	Anything For You (Spanish-English Version)

Best Pop Instrumental Performance (Orchestra, Group Or Soloist)

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	David Sanborn	Close-up
Nominee	Kenny G	Silhouette
Nominee	M/A/R/R/S	Pump Up The Volume
Nominee	Mike Post	Music From La Law And Otherwise
Nominee	Joe Satriani	Always With Me, Always With You

Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Tina Turner	Tina Live In Europe
Nominee	Sinéad O'Connor	The Lion And The Cobra
Nominee	Toni Childs	Don't Walk Away
Nominee	Melissa Etheridge	Bring Me Some Water
Nominee	Pat Benatar	All Fired Up

Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Robert Palmer	Simply Irresistible
Nominee	Joe Cocker	Unchain My Heart
Nominee	Robbie Robertson	Robbie Robertson
Nominee	Rod Stewart	Forever Young
Nominee	Eric Clapton	After Midnight

Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	U2	Desire
Nominee	Little Feat	Let It Roll
Nominee	INXS	Kick
Nominee	Joan Jett And The Blackhearts	I Hate Myself For Loving You
Nominee	Midnight Oil	Beds Are Burning

Best Rock Instrumental Performance (Orchestra, Group Or Soloist)

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Carlos Santana	Blues For Salvador
Nominee	Jimmy Page	Writes Of Winter
Nominee	Joe Satriani	Surfing With The Alien
Nominee	The Jeff Healey Band	Hideaway
Nominee	Frank Zappa	Guitar

Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance Vocal Or Instrumental

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Jethro Tull	Crest Of A Knave
Nominee	Jane's Addiction	Nothing's Shocking
Nominee	Iggy Pop	Cold Metal
Nominee	AC/DC	Blow Up Your Video
Nominee	Metallica	...And Justice For All

Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Anita Baker	Giving You The Best That I Got
Nominee	Karyn White	The Way You Love Me
Nominee	Vanessa Williams	The Right Stuff
Nominee	Taylor Dayne	I'll Always Love You
Nominee	Pebbles	Girlfriend

Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Terence Trent D'arby	Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'arby
Nominee	Al B. Sure!	Nite And Day
Nominee	Teddy Pendergrass	Joy
Nominee	Stevie Wonder	Characters
Nominee	Luther Vandross	Any Love

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

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Gladys Knight & The Pips	Love Overboard
Nominee	The Jets	Rocket 2 U
Nominee	New Edition	If It Isn't Love
Nominee	E.U.	Da'butt
Nominee	The Robert Cray Band	Acting This Way

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

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Chick Corea	Light Years
Nominee	Doc Powell	What's Going On
Nominee	Gerald Albright	So Amazing
Nominee	George Howard	Reflections
Nominee	Paul Jackson Jr.	I Came To Play
Nominee	Cornell Dupree And Who It Is	Coast To Coast

Best Rhythm & Blues Song

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Anita Baker	Giving You The Best That I Got
Nominee	Johnny Kemp	Just Got Paid
Nominee	Taylor Dayne	I'll Always Love You
Nominee	Bobby Brown	Don't Be Cruel
Nominee	Luther Vandross	Any Love

Best Rap Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	D.J. Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince	Parents Just Don't Understand
Nominee	Kool Moe Dee	Wild Wild West
Nominee	J.J. Fad	Supersonic
Nominee	Salt-N-Pepa	Push It
Nominee	LL Cool J	Going Back To Cali

Best New Age Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Shadowfax	Folksongs For A Nuclear Village
Nominee	Suzanne Ciani	Neverland
Nominee	Steve Khan And Rob Mounsey	Local Color
Nominee	Paul Winter	Down In Belgorod
Nominee	Mark Isham	Castalia

Best Jazz Fusion Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Yellowjackets	Politics
Nominee	Lyle Mays	Street Dreams
Nominee	John Patitucci	John Patitiucci
Nominee	David Benoit	Every Step Of The Way
Nominee	Tom Scott	Amaretto

Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Betty Carter	Look What I Got!
Nominee	Lena Horne	The Men In My Life
Nominee	Peggy Lee	Miss Peggy Lee Sings The Blues
Nominee	Carmen McRae	Fine And Mellow
Nominee	Rickie Lee Jones	Autumn Leaves

Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Bobby McFerrin	Brothers
Nominee	Mark Murphy	September Ballads
Nominee	João Gilberto	Live In Montreaux
Nominee	Mose Allison	Ever Since The World Ended
Nominee	Mel Tormé	A Vintage Year

Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Duo Or Group

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Take 6	Spread Love
Nominee	Carmen McRae And Betty Carter	The Carmen McRae And Betty Carter Duets
Nominee	The Cunninghams	Strings 'N' Swing /I Remember Bird/
Nominee	Jackie And Roy	One More Rose
Nominee	Lena Horne And Joe Williams	I Won't Leave You Again

Best Jazz Instrumental Performance Soloist (On A Jazz Recording)

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Michael Brecker, soloist	Don't Try This At Home
Nominee	Wynton Marsalis, soloist	The Wynton Marsalis Quartet Live At Blues Alley
Nominee	Branford Marsalis, soloist	Random Abstract
Nominee	Miles Davis, soloist	Music From Siesta
Nominee	Rob Wasserman, soloist	Duets

Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Group

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	David Murray, McCoy Tyner, Pharoah Sanders, Cecil McBee & Roy Haynes	Blues For Coltrane - A Tribute To John Coltrane
Nominee	Wynton Marsalis Quartet	The Wynton Marsalis Quartet Live At Blues Alley
Nominee	The Keith Jarrett Trio	Still Live
Nominee	Branford Marsalis Quartet	Random Abstract
Nominee	Chick Corea Elektric Band	Amnesia

Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Big Band

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Gil Evans & The Monday Night Orchestra	Bud & Bird
Nominee	The Gene Harris All Star Big Band	Tribute To Count Basie
Nominee	Illinois Jacquet And His Big Band	Jacquet's Got It!
Nominee	Richard Stoltzman	Ebony
Nominee	Bill Holman, leader	Bill Holman Band

Best Country Vocal Performance, Female

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	K.T. Oslin	Hold Me
Nominee	Tanya Tucker	Strong Enough To Bend
Nominee	Reba McEntire	Reba
Nominee	k.d. lang	I'm Down To My Last Cigarette
Nominee	Emmylou Harris	Back In Baby's Arms

Best Country Vocal Performance, Male

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Randy Travis	Old 8x10
Nominee	Lyle Lovett	Pontiac
Nominee	Rodney Crowell	Diamonds And Dirt
Nominee	Dwight Yoakam	Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room
Nominee	Dan Seals	Addicted

Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	The Judds	Give A Little Love
Nominee	Forester Sisters	Sincerely
Nominee	Highway 101	Highway 101 - 2
Nominee	The Oak Ridge Boys	Gonna Take A Lot Or River
Nominee	Restless Heart	Big Dreams In A Small Town

Best Country Vocal Collaboration

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Roy Orbison & k.d. lang	Crying
Nominee	Earl Thomas Conley And Emmylou Harris	We Believe In Happy Endings
Nominee	Dwight Yoakam And Buck Owens	Streets Of Bakersfield
Nominee	Rodney Crowell And Rosanne Cash	It's Such A Small World
Nominee	Brenda Lee, k.d. lang, Loretta Lynn, And Kitty Wells	Honky Tonk Angels' Medley

Best Country Instrumental Performance (Orchestra, Group Or Soloist)

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Asleep At The Wheel	Sugarfoot Rag
Nominee	Carlton Moody And The Moody Brothers	The Great Train Song Medley
Nominee	Johnny Gimble	Still Fiddlin' Around
Nominee	Mason Williams, Chip Davis And Mannheim Steamroller	Country Idyll
Nominee	Leo Kottke	Busy Signal

Best Bluegrass Recording (Vocal Or Instrumental)

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Bill Monroe	Southern Flavor
Nominee	Peter Rowan And The Nashville Bluegrass	New Moon Rising
Nominee	David Grisman	Home Is Where The Heart Is
Nominee	The Seldom Scene And Their Very Special Guests	Fifteenth Anniversary Celebration, Live At The Kennedy Center
Nominee	Béla Fleck	Drive

Best Country Song

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	K.T. Oslin	Hold Me
Nominee	Dwight Yoakam And Buck Owens	Streets Of Bakersfield
Nominee	Lyle Lovett	She's No Lady
Nominee	Rodney Crowell	I Couldn't Leave You If I Tried
Nominee	Vern Gosdin	Chiseled In Stone

Best Gospel Performance, Female

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Amy Grant	Lead Me On
Nominee	Margaret Becker	The Reckoning
Nominee	Delores Winans	Precious Is The Name
Nominee	Deniece Williams	Do You Hear What I Hear?
Nominee	Sandi Patti	Almighty God

Best Gospel Performance, Male

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Larnelle Harris	Christmas
Nominee	Russ Taff	Russ Taff
Nominee	Steven Curtis Chapman	Real Life Conversations
Nominee	Michael W. Smith	I 2 (Eye)
Nominee	Steve Green	Find Us Faithful

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

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	The Winans	The Winans Live At Carnegie Hall
Nominee	BeBe And CeCe Winans	Silent Night, Holy Night
Nominee	The Whites	Doing It By The Book
Nominee	DeGarmo And Key	D & K
Nominee	First Call	An Evening In December Vol. II

Best Soul Gospel Performance, Female

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Aretha Franklin	One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism
Nominee	Tramaine Hawkins	The Joy That Floods My Soul
Nominee	Vanessa Bell Armstrong	Pressing On
Nominee	Shirley Caesar	Live... In Chicago
Nominee	CeCe Winans	I Have A Father

Best Soul Gospel Performance, Male

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Bebe Winans	Abundant Life
Nominee	Richard Smallwood	You Did It All
Nominee	Walter Hawkins	Special Gift
Nominee	Marvin Winans	Dancin' In The Spirit
Nominee	Melvin Williams	Back To The Cross

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

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Take 6	Take 6
Nominee	Edwin Hawkins Singers	That Name
Nominee	Ron Winans Family And Friends Choir	Ron Winans Family And Friends Choir
Nominee	Aretha Franklin And Mavis Staples	Oh Happy Day
Nominee	Donnie Harper And The New Jersey Mass Choir	Hold Up The Light
Nominee	The Clark Sisters	Conqueror

Best Latin Pop Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Roberto Carlos	Roberto Carlos
Nominee	Jose Louis Perales	Sueno De Libertad
Nominee	Jose Jose	Soy Asi
Nominee	Raphael	Las Apariencias Enganan
Nominee	Dyango	Cae La Noche

Best Tropical Latin Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Rubén Blades	Antecedente
Nominee	Eddie Santiago	Sigo Atrevido
Nominee	Johnny Pacheco And Pete El Conde Rodriguez	Salsobita
Nominee	Pete Escovedo	Mister E
Nominee	Oscar D'Leon	La Salsa Soy Yo

Best Mexican-American Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Linda Ronstadt	Canciones De Mi Padre
Nominee	Los Freddys	Vida Nueva
Nominee	Los Bukis	Si Me Recuerdas
Nominee	Pio Trevino And Majic	Quiero Verte Otra Vez
Nominee	Los Yonics	Petalo Y Espinas
Nominee	Jose Javier Solis	No Me Olvidaras
Nominee	Los Tigres Del Norte	Idolos Del Pueblo
Nominee	Flaco Jimenez	Flaco's Amigos

Best Traditional Blues Recording

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Willie Dixon	Hidden Charms
Nominee	Guitar Slim Jr.	The Story Of My Life
Nominee	Rockin' Dopsie	Saturday Night Zydeco
Nominee	James Cotton	Live At Antone's Nightclub
Nominee	Johnny Copeland	Ain't Nothin' But A Party

Best Contemporary Blues Recording

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	The Robert Cray Band	Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark
Nominee	Robben Ford	Talk To Your Daughter
Nominee	Etta James	Seven Year Itch
Nominee	Ry Cooder	Low-Commotion
Nominee	Bobby Bland	Blues You Can Use

Best Traditional Folk Recording

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	(Various Artists)	Folkways -- A Vision Shared: A Tribute To Woody Guthrie & Leadbelly
Nominee	Bob Dylan	Pretty Boy Floyd
Nominee	Le Mystere Des Voix Bulgares	Le Mystere Des Voix Bulgares
Nominee	Ladysmith Black Mambazo	Journey Of Dreams
Nominee	Van Morrison And The Chieftans	Irish Heartbeat

Best Contemporary Folk Recording

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Tracy Chapman	Tracy Chapman
Nominee	Michelle Shocked	Short Sharp Shocked
Nominee	John Prine	John Prine Live
Nominee	Clive Risko, producer; Various Artists	Homeland - A Collection Of Black South African Music
Nominee	Sweet Honey In The Rock	Emergency

Best Polka Recording

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Jimmy Sturr	Born To Polka
Nominee	Jimmy Weber And The Sounds	Sounds From A Polka Party
Nominee	Stas Bulanda Band	Let's Have A Party
Nominee	Lenny Gomulka And Chicago Push	Join The Polka Generation
Nominee	Walter Ostanek And His Band	All Aboard It's Polka Time

Best Reggae Recording

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers	Conscious Party
Nominee	UB40	UB40
Nominee	Toots Hibbert	Toots In Memphis
Nominee	Jimmy Cliff	Hanging Fire
Nominee	UB40 And Chrissie Hynde	Breakfast In Bed

Best Recording For Children

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Robin Williams & Ry Cooder	Pecos Bill
Nominee	Meryl Streep	The Tale Of Peter Rabbit
Nominee	Meryl Streep And The Chieftains	The Tailor Of Gloucester
Nominee	Glenn Close	The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow
Nominee	Candle	The Bible: The Amazing Book
Nominee	Wendy Carlos And Weird Al Yankovic	Peter And The Wolf/Carnival Of The Animals (Part II)

Best Comedy Recording

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Robin Williams	Good Morning, Vietnam
Nominee	George Carlin	What Am I Doing In New Jersey?
Nominee	Jonathan Winters	Jonathan Winters Finally Captured
Nominee	Whoopi Goldberg	Fontaine: Why Am I Straight?
Nominee	Weird Al Yankovic	Even Worse

Best Spoken Word Or Non-Musical Recording

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Jesse Jackson	Speech By Rev. Jesse Jackson
Nominee	Jonathan Winters	Winters' Tales
Nominee	John Cleese	The Screwtape Letters
Nominee	Garrison Keillor	A Prairie Home Companion: The 2nd Annual Farewell Performance
Nominee	John Gielgud	A Christmas Carol

Best Musical Cast Show Album

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Stephen Sondheim, composer; Stephen Sondheim, lyricist; Jay David Saks, producer (Various Artists)	Into The Woods
Nominee	John Fraser, producer (Various Artists)	Show Boat
Nominee	Steven Epstein, producer (Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Maureen McGovern, Larry Kert, Jack Gilford)	Gershwin: Of Thee I Sing; Let Them Eat Cake
Nominee	Benny Anderson & Bjorn Ulvaeus, producers (Various Artists)	Chess
Nominee	Jay David Saks, producer (Patti LuPone, Howard McGillin, Bill McCutcheon, And Others)	Anything Goes

Best Instrumental Composition (other than Jazz)

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Mike Post, composer (Mike Post)	The Theme From LA Law
Nominee	David Foster, composer (David Foster)	Winter Games
Nominee	John Williams, composer (John Williams)	Olympic Spirit
Nominee	Chick Corea, composer (Chick Corea Elektric Band)	Eternal Child
Nominee	Benny Carter, composer (Benny Carter)	Central City Sketches (Side 2)

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

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	David Byrne, Ryuichi Sakamoto & Cong Su, composers (David Byrne, Cong Su & Ryuichi Sakamoto)	The Last Emperor
Nominee	Alan Silvestri, composer (Various Artists)	Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Nominee	Joe Jackson, composer (Various Artists)	Tucker: The Man And His Dream
Nominee	Maurice Jarre, composer (Maurice Jarre)	Fatal Attraction (Motion Picture)
Nominee	John Williams, composer (John Williams)	Empire Of The Sun

Best Song Written Specifically For A Motion Picture Or Television

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Phil Collins	Two Hearts (From Buster)
Nominee	Whitney Houston	One Moment In Time (From 1988 Summer Olympics/One Moment In Time)
Nominee	The Beach Boys	Kokomo (From Cocktail)
Nominee	George Fenton And Jonas Gwangwa	Cry Freedom (From Cry Freedom)
Nominee	Donald Fagen	Century's End (From Bright Lights, Big City)

Best Performance Music Video

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	U2	Where The Streets Have No Name
Nominee	David Foster	The Symphony Sessions (Video)
Nominee	Stevie Nicks	Stevie Nicks: Live At Red Rocks (Video)
Nominee	David Bowie	Glass Spider (Video)
Nominee	John Cougar Mellencamp	Check It Out (Video)

Best Concept Music Video

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Weird Al Yankovic	I'm Fat
Nominee	George Harrison	When We Was Fab (Video)
Nominee	Neil Young	This Note's For You (Video)
Nominee	Talking Heads	Storytelling Giants (Video)
Nominee	The Hampton String Quartet	Get A Job

Best Arrangement On An Instrumental

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Roger Kellaway, arranger (Eddie Daniels)	Memos From Paradise
Nominee	Henry Mancini, arranger (Henry Mancini)	Suite From The Thorn Birds
Nominee	Bill Barber, Jimmy Johnson & Dick Oatts, arrangers (Flim And The BB's)	Jazz Patrol
Nominee	John Dankworth, arranger (John Dankworth)	Caravan
Nominee	David Balakrishnan, arranger (Turtle Island String Quartet)	A Night In Tunisia

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocals

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Jonathan Tunick, arranger (Cleo Laine)	No One Is Alone
Nominee	Henry Mancini, arranger (Luciano Pavarotti, tenor; Henry Mancini, conductor)	Volare
Nominee	Thomas Dolby & Lost Toy People, arrangers (Thomas Dolby & The Lost Toy People)	The Key To Her Ferrari
Nominee	Mike Renzi, arranger (Lena Horne, Sammy Davis Jr.)	I Wish I'd Met You
Nominee	Marcus Miller, arranger (Boz Scaggs)	Funny

Best Album Package

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Bill Johnson, art director (O'Kanes)	Tired Of Runnin'
Nominee	Henry Marquez, art director (The Valentine Brothers)	Picture This
Nominee	Bruce Licher, art director (Camper Van Beethoven)	Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart
Nominee	Jeri Heiden, art director (Brian Wilson)	Brian Wilson
Nominee	Bryan Ferry & Andrew Reid, art directors (Bryan Ferry)	Bete Noire

Best Album Notes

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Anthony DeCurtis, album notes writer (Eric Clapton)	Crossroads
Nominee	Vaughan Webb, album notes writer (Various Artists)	Virginia Traditions: Southwest Virginia Blues
Nominee	Dan Morgenstern, album notes writer (Various Artists)	The Complete Commodore Jazz Recordings, Vol. I
Nominee	John Edward Hasse, album notes writer (Hoagy Carmichael And Others)	The Classic Hoagy Carmichael
Nominee	Miles Kreuger, album notes writer (John McGlinn, conductor; Frederica Von Stade, Jerry Hadley, Teresa Stratas)	Show Boat

Best Historical Album

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	(Eric Clapton)	Crossroads
Nominee	(Various Artists)	The Erteguns' New York-New York Cabaret Music
Nominee	(Various Artists)	The Complete Commodore Jazz Recording, Vol I
Nominee	(Hoagy Carmichael And Others)	The Classic Hoagy Carmichael
Nominee	(Django Reinhardt)	Djangologie/USA

Best Engineered Recording - Non-Classical

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Tom Lord-Alge, engineer (Steve Winwood)	Roll With It
Nominee	John Archer, engineer (Checkfield)	Through The Lens
Nominee	Elliot Scheiner, engineer (Glenn Frey)	Soul Searchin'
Nominee	Ray Bardani & John Potoker, engineers (Scritti Politti)	Provision
Nominee	George Massenburg, engineer (Little Feat)	Let It Roll
Nominee	Mick Guzauski, engineer (Doc Severinsen)	Facets

Producer Of The Year (Non-Classical)

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Neil Dorfsman	-
Nominee	David Kershenbaum (producer)	-
Nominee	Thomas Dolby (producer)	-
Nominee	Narada Michael Walden (producer)	-
Nominee	Babyface, L.A. Reid (producers)	-

Best Classical Album

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Robert Shaw, artist; Robert Woods, producer	Verdi: Requiem & Operatic Choruses
Nominee	Placido Domingo, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Siegmund Nimsgern, Jessye Norman, Eva Randova & Georg Solti, artists; Christopher Raeburn, producer	Wagner: Lohengrin
Nominee	Louis Lane & Robert Shaw, artists; Robert Woods, producer	Rorem: String Symphony; Sunday Morning; Eagles
Nominee	Leonard Bernstein, artist; Hans Weber, producer	Mahler: Symphony No. 2 In C Minor /Resurrection/
Nominee	Carlo Maria Giulini & Vladimir Horowitz, artists; Thomas Frost, producer	Horowitz Plays Mozart

Best Orchestral Recording

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Louis Lane & Robert Shaw, conductors (Atlanta Symphony Orchestra)	Rorem: String Symphony; Sunday Morning; Eagles
Nominee	(New York Philharmonic)	Mahler: Symhony No. 2 In C Minor /Resurrection/
Nominee	(Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra)	Copland: Appalachian Spring (Complete); Letter From Home; John Henry; Cortege Macabre From Grohg
Nominee	(Chicago Symphony Orchestra)	Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 In E
Nominee	(London Classical Players)	Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 In D Minor

Best Opera Recording

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Placido Domingo, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Siegmund Nimsgern, Jessye Norman, Eva Randova & Hans Sotin; Georg Solti, conductor; Christopher Raeburn, producer (Vienna State Opera Orchestra)	Wagner: Lohengrin
Nominee	Leonard Bernstein, Barbara Daniels, Jerry Hadley, Thomas Hampson & Angelina Reaux; Hans Weber, producer (Chorus Of Santa Cecilia; Orchestra Of Santa Cecilia)	Puccini: La Boheme
Nominee	Agnes Baltsa, Edita Gruberova, Leo Nucci, Luciano Pavarotti, Lucia Popp & John Pritchard; Christopher Raeburn, producer (Vienna Philharmonic Chorus; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra)	Mozart: Idomeneo
Nominee	Leonard Bernstein, John Brandstetter, Peter Kazaras, Jean Kraft, Chester Ludgin, Beverly Morgan & Wendy White; Hans Weber, producer (Austrian Radio Symphony Orchestra)	Bernstein/Wadsworth: A Quiet Place
Nominee	Richard Bonynge, Montserrat Caballe, Luciano Pavarotti, Samuel Ramey & Joan Sutherland; Andrew Cornall, producer (Welsh National Opera Chorus; Welsh National Opera Orchestra)	Bellini: Norma
Nominee	Edo De Waart, John Duykers, Thomas Hammons, James Maddalena, Carolann Page & Sanford Sylvan; Wilhelm Hellweg, producer (Orchestra Of St. Luke's)	Adams: Nixon In China

Best Choral Performance (Other Than Opera)

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Robert Shaw, conductor (Atlanta Symphony Chorus; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra)	Verdi: Requiem & Operatic Choruses
Nominee	(English Concert Choir; English Concert)	Vivaldi: Gloria/Scarlatti: Dixit Dominus
Nominee	(Vienna Singverein; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra)	Mozart: Requiem
Nominee	(Chicago Symphony Chorus; Chicago Symphony Orchestra)	Bach: St. Matthew Passion
Nominee	(Monteverdi Choir; English Baroque Soloists)	Bach: Christmas Oratorio

Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist(s) (With Orchestra)

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Vladimir Horowitz, artist (La Scala Opera Orchestra)	Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23
Nominee	Gary Gray, artist (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra)	The Art Of Gary Gray
Nominee	Isaac Stern, artist (Orchestre National De France)	Dutilleux: L'Arbre Des Songes - Concerto For Violin And Orchestra
Nominee	Itzhak Perlman, artist (Israel Philharmonic Orchestra)	Bruch: Scottish Fantasy And Violin Concerto No. 2 In D Minor
Nominee	Yo-Yo Ma & Isaac Stern, artists (Chicago Symphony Orchestra)	Brahms: Double Concerto In A Minor, Op. 102
Nominee	Zoltan Kocsis, artist (Budapest Festival Orchestra)	Bartók: Works For Piano And Orchestra
Nominee	Wynton Marsalis, artist (English Chamber Orchestra)	Baroque Music For Trumpets (Vivaldi, Telemann, Pachelbel, Haydn, Von Biber)

Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist(s) (Without Orchestra)

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Alicia De Larrocha, artist	Albeniz: Iberia, Navarra, Suite Espagnola
Nominee	Maurizio Pollini, artist	Schubert: The Late Piano Sonatas
Nominee	Vladimir Horowitz, artist	Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 13 In B Flat, K. 333
Nominee	Alfred Brendel, artist	Liszt: Annees De Pelerinage, Second Year: Italy
Nominee	Keith Jarrett, artist	Bach: The Well Tempered Clavier, Book I

Best Chamber Music Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	David Corkhill, Evelyn Glennie, Murray Perahia & Georg Solti, artists	Bartók: Sonata For Two Pianos & Percussion
Nominee	James Levine, artist	Mozart: Quintet In E Flat For Piano And Winds, K452/Beethoven: Quintet In E Flat For Piano And Winds, Op. 16
Nominee	Kim Kashkashian & Robert Levin, artists	Hindemith: Viola Sonatas
Nominee	Guarneri Quartet (John Dalley, David Soyer, Arnold Steinhardt & Michael Tree), artists	Dvorák: String Quartet In F /American Quartet/ /Smetana: String Quartet In E Minor /From My Life/
Nominee	Martha Argerich & Gidon Kremer, artists	Beethoven: Violin - Piano Sonatas No. 4 In A, Op. 23 And No. 5 In F, Op. 24

Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	(Symphony Orchestra Of Amelia Romangna)	Luciano Pavarotti In Concert
Nominee	Christa Ludwig	Songs Of America (Stephen Foster, Elliott Carter, Ruth Crawford, Milton Babbitt, George Crumb, Carrie Jacobs-Bond, Irving Fine, Sergius Kagen)
Nominee	Arleen Auger	Schubert: Winterreise
Nominee	Jessye Norman	Love Songs (Copland, R. Strauss, Poulenc, Mahler, Schumann, Gounod, Schubert, Etc.)
Nominee	-	Handel/Schubert/Schumann: Lieder (Jessye Norman - Live At Hohenems)

Best Contemporary Composition

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	John Adams, composer	Adams: Nixon In China
Nominee	Karlheinz Stockhausen, composer	Stockhausen: Amour
Nominee	Ned Rorem, composer	Rorem: String Symphony
Nominee	William Bolcom, composer	Bolcom: Symphony No. 4
Nominee	Leonard Bernstein & Stephen Wadsworth, composers	Bernstein/Wadsworth: A Quiet Place

Best Engineered Recording, Classical

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Jack Renner, engineer (Robert Shaw, conductor)	Verdi: Requiem & Operatic Choruses
Nominee	Klaus Scheibe, engineer (Leonard Bernstein, conductor)	Mahler: Symphony No. 2 /Resurrection/
Nominee	Simon Eadon, engineer (Georg Solti, conductor)	Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 In E
Nominee	Cees Heijkoop, Willem Van Leeuwen & Volker Strauss, engineers (Bernard Haitink, conductor)	Beethoven: The 9 Symphonies (Complete)
Nominee	Jack Renner, engineer (Robert Shaw, conductor)	Beethoven: Missa Solemnis/Mozart: Great C Minor Mass

Classical Producer Of The Year

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Robert Woods	-
Nominee	Thomas Frost	-
Nominee	Steven Epstein	-
Nominee	Andrew Cornall	-
Nominee	Joanna Nickrenz	-