1990 Grammy Awards – Complete List of Winners and Nominees

The 32nd Annual Grammy Awards, held on February 21, 1990, celebrated music from October 1, 1988, to September 30, 1989. Bonnie Raitt's Nick of Time was a triumphant and somewhat surprising winner for Album of the Year, marking a critically acclaimed comeback for the veteran blues-rock artist.
Bette Midler's emotionally resonant ballad "Wind Beneath My Wings" secured Record of the Year. Milli Vanilli controversially won Best New Artist, an award that was later rescinded due to revelations that they did not perform their own vocals, sparking a major scandal.
This ceremony showcased the enduring appeal of seasoned artists and the music industry's increasing, albeit sometimes challenged, focus on integrity and authenticity.

Record Of The Year

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Bette Midler	Wind Beneath My Wings
Nominee	Billy Joel	We Didn't Start The Fire
Nominee	Mike And The Mechanics	The Living Years
Nominee	Don Henley	The End Of The Innocence
Nominee	Fine Young Cannibals	She Drives Me Crazy

Album Of The Year

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Bonnie Raitt	Nick Of Time
Nominee	Traveling Wilburys	Traveling Wilburys Volume One
Nominee	Fine Young Cannibals	The Raw And The Cooked
Nominee	Don Henley	The End Of The Innocence
Nominee	Tom Petty	Full Moon Fever

Song Of The Year

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Bette Midler	Wind Beneath My Wings
Nominee	Billy Joel	We Didn't Start The Fire
Nominee	Mike And The Mechanics	The Living Years
Nominee	Don Henley	The End Of The Innocence
Nominee	Linda Ronstadt, Aaron Neville	Don't Know Much

Best New Artist

Result	Artist	Work
Nominee	Indigo Girls	-
Nominee	Neneh Cherry	-
Nominee	Tone Loc	-
Nominee	Soul II Soul	-

Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Bonnie Raitt	Nick Of Time
Nominee	Bette Midler	Wind Beneath My Wings
Nominee	Paula Abdul	Straight Up
Nominee	Gloria Estefan	Don't Wanna Lose You
Nominee	Linda Ronstadt	Cry Like A Rainstorm - Howl Like The Wind

Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Michael Bolton	How Am I Supposed To Live Without You
Nominee	Roy Orbison	You Got It
Nominee	Billy Joel	We Didn't Start The Fire
Nominee	Richard Marx	Right Here Waiting
Nominee	Prince	Batman-Motion Picture Soundtrack

Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Linda Ronstadt & Aaron Neville	Don't Know Much
Nominee	Mike And The Mechanics	The Living Years
Nominee	Fine Young Cannibals	She Drives Me Crazy
Nominee	B-52's	Love Shack
Nominee	Simply Red	If You Don't Know Me By Now

Best Pop Instrumental Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Neville Brothers	Healing Chant
Nominee	Earl Klugh	Whispers And Promises
Nominee	Paul Shaffer	Late Night
Nominee	Andreas Vollenweider	Dancing With The Lion
Nominee	Kenny G	Breadline Blues

Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Bonnie Raitt	Nick Of Time
Nominee	Pat Benatar	Let's Stay Together
Nominee	Cyndi Lauper	I Drove All Night
Nominee	Tina Turner	Foreign Affair
Nominee	Melissa Etheridge	Brave And Crazy

Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Don Henley	The End Of The Innocence
Nominee	Joe Cocker	When The Night Comes
Nominee	Lou Reed	New York
Nominee	Neil Young	Freedom
Nominee	Tom Petty	Free Fallin'

Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Traveling Wilburys	Traveling Wilburys Volume One
Nominee	U2 With B.B. King	When Love Comes To Town
Nominee	U2	Rattle And Hum
Nominee	The Rolling Stones	Mixed Emotions
Nominee	Living Colour	Glamour Boys

Best Rock Instrumental Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Jeff Beck, Terry Bozzio & Tony Hymas	Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop with Terry Bozzio & Tony Hymas
Nominee	Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble	Travis Walk
Nominee	Joe Satriani	The Crush Of Love
Nominee	Steve Morse	High Tension Wires
Nominee	Andy Summers	A Piece Of Time

Best Hard Rock Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Living Colour	Cult Of Personality
Nominee	Great White	Once Bitten, Twice Shy
Nominee	Aerosmith	Love In An Elevator
Nominee	Guns N' Roses	G N'R Lies
Nominee	Motley Crue	Dr. Feelgood

Best Metal Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Metallica	One
Nominee	Soundgarden	Ultramega O.K.
Nominee	Faith No More	The Real Thing
Nominee	Queensryche	I Don't Believe In Love
Nominee	Dokken	Beast From The East

Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Anita Baker	Giving You The Best That I Got
Nominee	Aretha Franklin	Through The Storm
Nominee	Janet Jackson	Miss You Much
Nominee	Natalie Cole	Good To Be Back
Nominee	Vanessa Williams	Dreamin'

Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Bobby Brown	Every Little Step
Nominee	Smokey Robinson	We've Saved The Best For Last
Nominee	Luther Vandross	She Won't Talk To Me
Nominee	Al Jarreau	Heart's Horizon
Nominee	Prince	Batdance

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

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Soul II Soul Featuring Caron Wheeler	Back To Life
Nominee	Deniece Williams And Natalie Cole	We Sing Praises
Nominee	Aretha Franklin And Whitney Houston	It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Never Gonna Be
Nominee	Aretha Franklin And James Brown	Gimme Your Love
Nominee	CeCe And BeBe Winans	Celebrate New Life

Best R&B Instrumental Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Soul II Soul	African Dance
Nominee	Babyface	It's No Crime (Instrumental)
Nominee	Stix Hooper	I Can't Get Enough Of Your Love
Nominee	Omar Hakim	Constructive Criticism
Nominee	Gerald Albright	Bermuda Nights

Best Rhythm & Blues Song

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Simply Red	If You Don't Know Me By Now
Nominee	Joe Cocker	When A Man Loves A Woman
Nominee	Karyn White	Superwoman
Nominee	Janet Jackson	Miss You Much
Nominee	Bobby Brown	Every Little Step

Best Rap Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Young MC	Bust A Move
Nominee	De La Soul	Me Myself And I
Nominee	D.J. Jazzy Jeff And The Fresh Prince	I Think I Can Beat Mike Tyson
Nominee	Tone Loc	Funky Cold Medina
Nominee	Public Enemy	Fight The Power

Best New Age Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Peter Gabriel	Passion - Music For The Last Temptation Of Christ
Nominee	Mark Isham	Tibet
Nominee	Enya	Orinoco Flow (Sail Away)
Nominee	Paul Winter	Icarus
Nominee	Andreas Vollenweider	Dancing With The Lion

Best Jazz Fusion Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Pat Metheny Group	Letter From Home
Nominee	Joe Sample	Spellbound
Nominee	Terri Lyne Carrington	Real Life Story
Nominee	John Patitucci	On The Corner
Nominee	Larry Carlton	On Solid Ground
Nominee	Miles Davis	Amandla

Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Ruth Brown	Blues On Broadway
Nominee	Diane Schuur	The Christmas Song
Nominee	Janis Siegel	Short Stories
Nominee	Dee Dee Bridgewater	Live In Paris
Nominee	Anita O'Day	In A Mellow Tone

Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Harry Connick, Jr.	When Harry Met Sally
Nominee	George Benson	Tenderly
Nominee	Joe Williams	In Good Company
Nominee	Dr. John	In A Sentimental Mood
Nominee	Lou Rawls	At Last

Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Duo Or Group

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Dr. John & Rickie Lee Jones	Makin' Whoopee
Nominee	Ray Charles And Lou Rawls	Save The Bones For Henry Jones
Nominee	Take 6	Like The Whole World's Watching
Nominee	Joe Williams And Marlena Shaw	Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby
Nominee	James Moody And Dizzy Gillespie	Get The Booty

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

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Miles Davis, soloist	Aura
Nominee	Wynton Marsalis, soloist	The Majesty Of The Blues
Nominee	Chick Corea, soloist	Sophisticated Lady
Nominee	John Patitucci, soloist	Bessie's Blues
Nominee	Andre Previn, soloist	After Hours

Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Group

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Chick Corea Akoustic Band	Chick Corea Akoustic Band
Nominee	Branford Marsalis	Trio Jeepy
Nominee	Yellowjackets	The Spin
Nominee	Wynton Marsalis Group	The Majesty Of The Blues
Nominee	Andre Previn, Joe Pass And Ray Brown	After Hours

Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Big Band

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Miles Davis	Aura
Nominee	McCoy Tyner Big Band	Uptown/Downtown
Nominee	The Count Basie Orchestra Directed By Frank Foster	The Legend, The Legacy
Nominee	Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra	The Definitive Thad Jones
Nominee	The Duke Ellington Orchestra Conducted By Mercer Ellington	Music Is My Mistress

Best Country Vocal Performance, Female

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	k.d. lang	Absolute Torch And Twang
Nominee	Kathy Mattea	Willow In The Wind
Nominee	Dolly Parton	Why'd You Come In Here Lookin' Like That
Nominee	Rosanne Cash	I Don't Want To Spoil The Party
Nominee	Emmylou Harris	Bluebird

Best Country Vocal Performance, Male

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Lyle Lovett	Lyle Lovett And His Large Band
Nominee	Clint Black	Killin' Time
Nominee	Randy Travis	It's Just A Matter Of Time
Nominee	Keith Whitley	I'm No Stranger To The Rain
Nominee	Rodney Crowell	After All This Time

Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Will The Circle Be Unbroken Vol. 2
Nominee	The Judds	Young Love
Nominee	The Desert Rose Band	She Don't Love Nobody
Nominee	Highway 101	Honky Tonk Heart
Nominee	Restless Heart	Big Dreams In A Small Town

Best Country Vocal Collaboration

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Hank Williams, Jr., & Hank Williams, Sr.	There's A Tear In My Beer
Nominee	Chris Hillman, Roger McGuinn	You Ain't Going Nowhere
Nominee	Emmylou Harris, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Johnny Cash, Roy Acuff, Ricky Skaggs, Levon Helm	Will The Circle Be Unbroken
Nominee	Dwight Yoakam, k.d. lang	Sin City
Nominee	Buck Owens, Ringo Starr	Act Naturally

Best Country Instrumental Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Randy Scruggs	Amazing Grace
Nominee	Jerry Douglas	If You've Got The Money (Honey I've Got The Time)
Nominee	Asleep At The Wheel	Black And White Rag
Nominee	New Grass Revival	Big Foot
Nominee	John Hartford	All I Got Is Gone Away

Best Bluegrass Recording

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Nitty Gritty Dirt Band & Bruce Hornsby	The Valley Road
Nominee	Alison Krauss And Union Station	Two Highways
Nominee	Eddie Adcock, Kenny Baker, John Graves, Jesse McReynolds	The Masters
Nominee	Doug Dillard Band	Heartbreak Hotel
Nominee	Bill Monroe	Bill Monroe And The Bluegrass Boys Live At The Opry
Nominee	The Johnson Mountain Boys	At The Old Schoolhouse

Best Country Song

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Rodney Crowell	After All This Time
Nominee	Hank Williams Sr. And Hank Williams Jr.	There's A Tear In My Beer
Nominee	Desert Rose Band	She Don't Love Nobody
Nominee	k.d. lang	Luck In My Eyes
Nominee	Clint Black	A Better Man

Best Gospel Vocal Performance, Female

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	CeCe Winans	Don't Cry
Nominee	Margaret Becker	Immigrant's Daughter
Nominee	Deniece Williams	Healing
Nominee	Sandi Patti	Forever Friends
Nominee	Debby Boone	Be Thou My Vision
Nominee	Amy Grant	'tis So Sweet To Trust In Jesus

Best Gospel Vocal Performance, Male

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Bebe Winans	Meantime
Nominee	Larnelle Harris	I Can Begin Again
Nominee	Michael W. Smith	Holy, Holy, Holy
Nominee	Eddie DeGarmo	Feels Good To Be Forgiven
Nominee	Russ Taff	Farther On
Nominee	Wintley Phipps	A Love Like This

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

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Take 6	The Savior Is Waiting
Nominee	Petra	On Fire!
Nominee	First Call	O Sacred Head Now Wounded
Nominee	Bebe And CeCe Winans	Heaven
Nominee	Mylon LeFevre And Broken Heart	Big World

Best Soul Gospel Vocal Performance, Female, Male

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Al Green	As Long As We're Together
Nominee	Daniel Winans	You Got A Choice To Make
Nominee	Beau Williams	Wonderful
Nominee	Vickie Winans	Total Victory
Nominee	Albertina Walker	My Time Is Not Over

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

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Daniel Winans	Let Brotherly Love Continue
Nominee	Commissioned	Will You Be Ready?
Nominee	L.A. Mass Choir, Donald Taylor, director	Can't Hold Back
Nominee	Milton Brunson And The Thompson Community Singers	Available To You
Nominee	Minister Thomas Whitfield And The Thomas Whitfield Company	And They Sang A Hymn

Best Latin Pop Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Jose Feliciano	Cielito Lindo
Nominee	Dyango	Suspiros
Nominee	Chayanne	Chayanne
Nominee	Jose Luis Rodriguez	Baila Mi Rumba
Nominee	Miguel Gallardo	America

Best Tropical Latin Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Celia Cruz & Ray Barretto	Ritmo En El Corazon
Nominee	Willie Colon	Top Secrets/Altos Secretos
Nominee	Ray Barretto	Irresistible
Nominee	Eddie Palmieri	Azucar
Nominee	Wilfrido Vargas	Animation

Best Mexican-American Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Los Lobos	La Pistola y El Corazon
Nominee	Narciso Martinez	The Father Of The Tex-Mex Conjunto
Nominee	Emilio Navaira And Rio Band	Emilio Navaira And Rio Band
Nominee	Los Tigres Del Norte	Corridos Prohibidos
Nominee	Peter Rubalcava	Amanecer

Best Traditional Blues Recording

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Bonnie Raitt & John Lee Hooker	I'm In The Mood
Nominee	John Lee Hooker	The Healer
Nominee	Memphis Slim	Memphis Blues The Paris Sessions
Nominee	Ruth Brown	If I Can't Sell It, I'll Keep Sittin' On It
Nominee	Willie Dixon	Ginger Ale Afternoon

Best Contemporary Blues Recording

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble	In Step
Nominee	Koko Taylor	Wang Dang Doodle
Nominee	Bobby Bland	Midnight Run
Nominee	Delbert McClinton	Live From Austin
Nominee	B.B. King	King Of The Blues: 1989

Best Traditional Folk Recording

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	(Bulgarian State Female Vocal Choir)	Le Mystere Des Voix Bulgares, Vol. II
Nominee	Masters Of Traditional Missouri Fiddling	Now That's A Good Tune
Nominee	Norman Blake And Nancy Blake	Blind Dog
Nominee	Various American Indian Tribes	American Indian Dance Theatre
Nominee	The Cajun Tradition	A La Veille Facon

Best Contemporary Folk Recording

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Indigo Girls	Indigo Girls
Nominee	Guy Clark	Old Friends
Nominee	Tracy Chapman	Crossroads
Nominee	Beausoleil	Bayou Cadillac
Nominee	Gipsy Kings	Bamboleo

Best Polka Recording

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Jimmy Sturr	All In My Love For You
Nominee	Gordon Hartman	Polkaholic
Nominee	Penn Ohio Polka Pals Bands	Penn Ohio Polka Pals Souvenir Edition
Nominee	Gene Mendalski And The G Men	Moldie Oldie Golden Goodies
Nominee	Walter Ostanek And His Band	Any Time Is Polka Time

Best Reggae Recording

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers	One Bright Day
Nominee	Third World	Serious Business
Nominee	Burning Spear	Live In Paris
Nominee	Bunny Wailer	Liberation
Nominee	The Wailers Band	I.D.

Best Recording For Children

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Tanya Goodman	The Rock-A-Bye Collection, Vol. 1
Nominee	Kelly McGillis, Mark Isham	Thumbelina
Nominee	Raffi	Raffi In Concert With The Rise And Shine Band
Nominee	(Various Artists)	Oliver And Company/Story And Songs From The Motion Picture
Nominee	(Various Artists)	Bullfrogs And Butterflies - I've Been Born Again
Nominee	Erich Kunzel	A Disney Spectacular (48 Favorite Disney Songs)

Best Comedy Recording

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Peter Schickele	P.D.Q. Bach: 1712 Overture & Other Musical Assaults
Nominee	Sandra Bernhard	Without You I'm Nothing
Nominee	Sam Kinison	Wild Thing
Nominee	Erma Bombeck	Motherhood: The Second Oldest Profession
Nominee	Andrew Dice Clay	Dice

Best Spoken Word Or Non-Musical Recording

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Gilda Radner	It's Always Something
Nominee	Jason Robards, Steve Allen, Douglas Edwards And Cast	The War Of The Worlds 50th Anniversary Production
Nominee	John Gielgud	John Gielgud Reads Alice In Wonderland
Nominee	Erma Bombeck	I Want To Grow Hair, I Want To Grow Up, I Want To Go To Boise
Nominee	Robert Fulgham	All I Really Need To Know I Learned In Kindergarten

Best Musical Cast Show Album

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Jay David Saks, producer (Jason Alexander, Debbie Shapiro & Robert La Fasse)	Jerome Robbins' Broadway
Nominee	John A. Yap, producer (The English National Opera Conducted By James Holmes)	Sondheim: Pacific Overtures
Nominee	Hugh Masekela & Mbongeni Ngema, composers; Hugh Masekela & Mbongeni Ngema, lyricists; Hugh Masekela, Mbongeni Ngema, Voza Rivers & Rick Rowe, producers (Original Broadway Cast)	Sarafina! The Music Of Liberation
Nominee	Frank Zappa, producer (Frank Zappa)	Broadway The Hard Way
Nominee	Andrew Lloyd Webber, composer; Don Black & Charles Hart, lyricists; Andrew Lloyd Webber, producer (Original London Cast With Ann Crumb, Michael Ball, Kevin Colson, Kathleen Rowe McAllen)	Aspects Of Love

Best Instrumental Composition

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Danny Elfman, composer (Sinfonia Of London Orchestra)	The Batman Theme
Nominee	Alan Silvestri, composer (John Scott)	Who Framed Roger Rabbit Suite
Nominee	Dave Grusin, composer (Dave Grusin)	Suite From The Milagro Beanfield War
Nominee	Chick Corea, composer (Chick Corea Akoustic Band)	Morning Sprite
Nominee	Pat Metheny, composer (Pat Metheny Group)	Letter From Home
Nominee	James Horner, composer (James Horner)	Field Of Dreams

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

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Dave Grusin, composer (Dave Grusin)	The Fabulous Baker Boys
Nominee	Peter Gabriel, composer (Peter Gabriel)	Passion (Music From The Motion Picture /The Last Temptation Of Christ/)
Nominee	John Williams, composer (John Williams)	Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade
Nominee	James Horner, composer (James Horner)	Field Of Dreams
Nominee	Danny Elfman, composer (Sinfonia of London Orchestra)	Batman

Best Song Written Specifically For A Motion Picture Or Television

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Carly Simon	Let The River Run (From Working Girl)
Nominee	Patti Austin	The Girl Who Used To Be Me (From Shirley Valentine)
Nominee	Prince	Partyman (From The Motion Picture /Batman/)
Nominee	Randy Newman	I Love To See You Smile (From Parenthood)
Nominee	U2	Angel Of Harlem (From The Motion Picture /Rattle And Hum/)

Best Music Video - Short Form

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Michael Jackson	Leave Me Alone
Nominee	Hank Williams Jr. And Hank Williams Sr.	There's A Tear In My Beer (Video)
Nominee	Mike And The Mechanics	The Living Years (Video)
Nominee	Trevor Rabin	Something To Hold Onto (Video)
Nominee	Enya	Orinoco Flow (Sail Away) (Video)

Best Music Video - Long Form

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Janet Jackson	Rhythm Nation 1814
Nominee	The Eurythmics	Savage (Video)
Nominee	Michael Jackson	Moonwalker (Video)
Nominee	Pink Floyd	In Concert - Delicate Sound Of Thunder (Video)
Nominee	New Kids On The Block	Hangin' Tough (Video)

Best Arrangement On An Instrumental

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Dave Grusin, arranger (Dave Grusin)	Suite From The Milagro Beanfield War
Nominee	Thad Jones, arranger (Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra)	Three In One
Nominee	Frank Foster, arranger (Frank Foster)	The Count Basie Remembrance Suite
Nominee	Maxine Roach, arranger (The Uptown String Quartet)	Extensions
Nominee	Les Hooper, arranger (Les Hooper Big Band)	Anything Goes

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocals

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Dave Grusin, arranger (Michelle Pfeiffer)	My Funny Valentine
Nominee	Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, arrangers (Janet Jackson)	Rhythm Nation
Nominee	Marc Shaiman, arranger (Harry Connick Jr.)	It Had To Be You
Nominee	Don Sebesky, arranger (Carly Simon)	Carlotta's Heart
Nominee	Frank Foster, arranger (Frank Foster, conductor; Carmen Bradford, vocals)	Bring On The Raindrops

Best Album Package

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Roger Gorman, art director (David Bowie)	Sound Vision
Nominee	Jimmy Wachtel, art director (Jackson Browne)	World In Motion
Nominee	Tommy Steele, art director (Fechin' Bones)	Monster
Nominee	Bill Burks & Tommy Steele, art directors (Tina Turner)	Foreign Affair (Special Limited Edition)
Nominee	Tom Recchion, art director (Prince)	Batman (Limited Edition)

Best Album Notes

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Phil Schaap, album notes writer (Charlie Parker)	Bird - The Complete Charlie Parker On Verve
Nominee	Gene Lees, album notes writer (Bill Evans)	The Complete Fantasy Recordings
Nominee	Howard Wight Marshall, Amy Skillman & Charles Walden, album notes writers (Masters Of Traditional Missouri Fiddling)	Now That's A Good Tune
Nominee	Francis Davis, Dick Katz & Martin Williams, album notes writers (Various Artists From 1898 To 1964)	Jazz Piano
Nominee	Dwight Blocker Bowers, album notes writer (Various Artists)	American Musical Theater - Shows Songs And Stars

Best Historical Album

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	(Chuck Berry)	Chuck Berry - The Chess Box
Nominee	(Nat King Cole And The King Cole Trio)	Nat /King/ Cole And The /King/ Cole Trio
Nominee	(Various Artists From 1898 To 1964)	Jazz Piano
Nominee	(Various Jazz Artists)	Blue Note 50th Anniversary Collection, Volumes 1-5 1939 - 1989
Nominee	(Various Artists)	American Musical Theater - Shows, Songs And Stars

Best Engineered Recording - Non-Classical

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	George Massenburg, engineer (Linda Ronstadt)	Cry Like A Rainstorm - Howl Like The Wind
Nominee	Don Murray & Ed Rak, engineers (Dave Grusin)	Migration
Nominee	Bill Bottrell, engineer (Madonna)	Like A Prayer
Nominee	Gary Clayton, Josiah Gluck, Don Hahn, Bernie Kirsh, Don Murray & Alan Sides, engineers (Patti Austin, Dave Brubeck, Dave Grusin, Lee Ritenour)	Happy Anniversary, Charlie Brown!
Nominee	Bill Bottrell, Mike Campbell & Don Smith, engineers (Tom Petty)	Full Moon Fever
Nominee	Neil Dorfsman, Geoff Emerick & Steve Lipson, engineers (Paul McCartney)	Flowers In The Dirt

Producer Of The Year (Non-Classical)

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Peter Asher	-
Nominee	David Bascombe, Tears For Fears (Roland Orzabal, Curt Smith) (producers)	-
Nominee	Babyface, L.A. Reid (producers)	-
Nominee	Prince (producer)	-
Nominee	Jorge Casas, Emilio Estefan Jr., Clay Ostwald (producers)	-
Nominee	Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis (producers)	-

Best Classical Album

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Emerson String Quartet (Eugene Drucker, Lawrence Dutton, David Finckel & Philip Setzer), artists; Wolf Erichson, producer	Bartók: 6 String Quartets
Nominee	Hildegard Behrens, Gary Lakes, James Levine, Christa Ludwig, Kurt Moll, James Morris & Jessye Norman, artists; Cord Garben, producer	Wagner: Die Walkuere
Nominee	Gerard Schwarz, artist; Adam Stern, producer	Hanson: Symphonies Nos. 1 In E Minor /Nordic/ AND 2. /Romantic/, Elegy In Memory Of Serge Koussevitsky
Nominee	Garrick Ohlsson & Christoph von Dohnanyi, artists; Robert Woods, producer	Busoni: Piano Concerto In C (With Male Chorus)
Nominee	Herbert von Karajan, artist; Michel Glotz, producer	Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 In C Minor

Best Orchestral Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Leonard Bernstein, conductor (New York Philharmonic)	Mahler: Symphony No. 3 In D Minor
Nominee	(Seattle Symhony Orchestra)	Hanson: Symphonies No 1. In E Minor /Nordic/ And No. 2. /Romantic/' Elegy In Memory Of Serge Koussevitsky
Nominee	Herbert von Karajan	Copland: Appalachian Spring; Short Symphony; 3 Latin American Sketches; Quiet City
Nominee	(Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra)	Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 In C Minor
Nominee	(Montreal Symphony)	Bartók: Concerto For Orchestra; Music For Strings, Percussion And Celesta

Best Opera Recording

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Hildegard Behrens, Gary Lakes, Christa Ludwig, Kurt Moll, James Morris & Jessye Norman; James Levine, conductor; Cord Garben, producer (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra)	Wagner: Die Walkuere
Nominee	Thomas Allen, Paata Burchuladze, Mirella Freni, Rosemarie Lang, James Levine, Neil Shicoff & Anne Sofie von Otter; Cord Garben, producer (Dresden State Orchestra)	Tchaikovsky: Eugen Onegin
Nominee	Hildegard Behrens, Jorma Hynninen, Christa Ludwig, Seiji Ozawa, Nadine Secunde & Ragnar Ulfung; Wilhelm Hellweg, producer (Tanglewood Chorus; Boston Symphony Orchestra)	R. Strauss: Elektra
Nominee	Gregg Baker, Harolyn Blackwell, Cynthia Clarey, Damon Evans, Cynthia Haymon, Bruce Hubbard, Simon Rattle & Willard White; David R. Murray, producer (London Philharmonic)	Gershwin: Porgy And Bess
Nominee	Claudio Abbado, Hildegard Behrens, Franz Grundheber, Aage Haugland, Philip Langridge, Walter Raffeiner & Heinz Zednik; Christopher Alder & Werner Mayer, producers (Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra)	Berg: Wozzeck

Best Choral Performance (Other Than Opera)

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Robert Shaw, conductor (Atlanta Symphony Chorus; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra)	Britten: War Requiem
Nominee	(Christ Church Cathedral Choir)	Vaughan Williams: Choral Music; Oxford Elegy, Flos Campi, Etc.
Nominee	(English Concert Choir)	Handel: Messiah
Nominee	(Monteverdi Choir; English Baroque Soloists)	Handel: Jephtha
Nominee	(London Philharmonic Choir; London Philharmonic)	Elgar: The Kingdom

Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist (With Orchestra)

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Yo-Yo Ma, artist (Baltimore Symphony Orchestra)	Barber: Cello Concerto, Op. 22/Britten: Symphony For Cello And Orchestra, Op. 68
Nominee	Viktoria Mullova, artist (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra)	Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1/Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2
Nominee	Robert McDuffie, artist (Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra)	Schuman: Violin Concerto/Bernstein: Serenade For Violin, Strings, And Percussion
Nominee	Gidon Kremer, artist (Boston Symphony Orchestra)	Gubaidulina: Offertorium
Nominee	David Shifrin, artist (New York Chamber Symphony)	Copland: Clarinet Concerto

Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist (Without Orchestra)

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Andras Schiff, artist	Bach: English Suites
Nominee	Janos Starker, artist	Popper: Romantic Cello Favorites
Nominee	Rudolf Firkusny, artist	Martinu: Piano Sonata No. 1; Les Ritournelles; Fantasie Et Toccata
Nominee	Krystian Zimerman, artist	Chopin: Four Ballades; (Op. 23, 38, 47, 52); Barcarolle, Op. 60; Fantasie, Op. 49
Nominee	Richard Goode, artist	Beethoven: The Late Piano Sonatas (Opp. 101,106,109, 110, 111)

Best Chamber Music Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Emerson String Quartet (Eugene Drucker, Lawrence Dutton, David Finckel & Philip Setzer), artists	Bartók: 6 String Quartets
Nominee	Emanuel Ax, Yo-Yo Ma & Isaac Stern, artists	Shostakovich: Trio No. 2 For Violin, Cello, Piano In E Minor Op. 67 And Sonata For Cello And Piano In D Minor
Nominee	Yefim Bronfman & Shlomo Mintz, artists	Prokofiev: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1 In F Minor And 2 In D
Nominee	Bruno Giuranna, Anne-Sophie Mutter & Mstislav Rostropovich, artists	Beethoven: String Trios (E Flat, Op. 3/Serenade in D, Op. 8/G, Op. 9 #1/D, Op. 9)
Nominee	Guarneri Quartet (John Dalley, David Soyer, Arnold Steinhardt & Michael Tree), artists	Beethoven: String Quartets No. 13 In B Flat; Grosse Fuge In B Flat

Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	(Orchestra Of St. Luke's)	Knoxville - Summer Of 1915 (Music Of Barber, Menotti, Harbison, Stravinsky)
Nominee	Kathleen Battle	William Sharp, Baritone (Works By Thompson, Bowles, Hoiby, Musto, Etc.)
Nominee	Placido Domingo	Schubert: Lieder
Nominee	Kathleen Battle	Puccini: The Unknown Puccini
Nominee	(Metropolitan Opera Orchestra)	Live In Tokyo 1988

Best Contemporary Composition

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Steve Reich, composer	Reich: Different Trains
Nominee	Arvo Part, composer	Part: Passio
Nominee	Witold Lutoslawski, composer	Lutoslawski: Partita
Nominee	Witold Lutoslawski, composer	Lutoslawski: Chain 2
Nominee	Sofie Gubaidulina, composer	Gubaidulina: Offertorium

Best Engineered Recording, Classical

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Jack Renner, engineer (Robert Shaw, conductor)	Britten: War Requiem
Nominee	Wolfgang Mitlehner, engineer (James Levine, conductor)	Wagner: Die Walkuere
Nominee	Helmut Burk & Karl-August Naegler, engineers (Leonard Bernstein, conductor)	Mahler: Symphony No. 3 In D Minor
Nominee	John Eargle, engineer (Gerard Schwarz, conductor)	Hanson: Symphonies Nos. 1 In E. Minor /Nordic/ And 2 /Romantic/; Elegy In Memory Of Serge Koussevitsky
Nominee	John Dunkerley & Stanley Goodall, engineers (Charles Dutoit, conductor)	Bartók: Concerto For Orchestra; Music For Strings, Percussion And Celesta

Classical Producer Of The Year

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Robert Woods	-
Nominee	Michael Haas	-
Nominee	Wolf Erichson	-
Nominee	Patti Laursen	-
Nominee	Elizabeth Ostrow	-