1991 Grammy Awards – Complete List of Winners and Nominees

Held on February 20, 1991, the 33rd Annual Grammy Awards acknowledged recordings from October 1, 1989, to September 30, 1990. Quincy Jones' ambitious and star-studded album Back on the Block won Album of the Year, showcasing his unparalleled mastery as a producer and his ability to blend diverse genres and generations of artists.
Phil Collins' poignant ballad "Another Day in Paradise" won Record of the Year, highlighting his continued pop dominance. Mariah Carey, with her extraordinary vocal range and powerful debut, was deservedly named Best New Artist.
Other important winners included Sinead O'Connor and Bell Biv DeVoe. This period saw a strong emphasis on R&B, pop, and the emergence of powerhouse vocalists, reflecting the changing landscape of popular music and industry trends.

Record Of The Year

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Phil Collins	Another Day In Paradise
Nominee	Mariah Carey	Vision Of Love
Nominee	M.C. Hammer	U Can't Touch This
Nominee	Sinéad O'Connor	Nothing Compares 2 U
Nominee	Bette Midler	From A Distance

Album Of The Year

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Quincy Jones (And Various Artists)	Back On The Block
Nominee	Wilson Phillips	Wilson Phillips
Nominee	M.C. Hammer	Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em
Nominee	Mariah Carey	Mariah Carey
Nominee	Phil Collins	...But Seriously

Song Of The Year

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Bette Midler	From A Distance
Nominee	Mariah Carey	Vision Of Love
Nominee	Sinead O'Connor	Nothing Compares 2 U
Nominee	Wilson Phillips	Hold On
Nominee	(Phil Collins)	Another Day In Paradise

Best New Artist

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Mariah Carey	-
Nominee	The Kentucky Headhunters	-
Nominee	The Black Crowes	-
Nominee	Wilson Phillips	-
Nominee	Lisa Stansfield	-

Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Mariah Carey	Vision Of Love
Nominee	Sinéad O'Connor	Nothing Compares 2 U
Nominee	Whitney Houston	I'm Your Baby Tonight
Nominee	Bette Midler	From A Distance
Nominee	Lisa Stansfield	All Around The World

Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Roy Orbison	Oh Pretty Woman
Nominee	Billy Joel	Storm Front
Nominee	James Ingram	I Don't Have The Heart
Nominee	Michael Bolton	Georgia On My Mind
Nominee	Rod Stewart	Downtown Train
Nominee	Phil Collins	Another Day In Paradise

Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Linda Ronstadt & Aaron Neville	All My Life
Nominee	Righteous Brothers	Unchained Melody (1990 Re-Recording)
Nominee	B-52's	Roam
Nominee	Wilson Phillips	Hold On
Nominee	Heart	All I Wanna Do Is Make Love To You
Nominee	Bruce Hornsby And The Range	Across The River

Best Pop Instrumental Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Angelo Badalamenti	Twin Peaks Theme
Nominee	Stanley Jordon	What's Goin' On
Nominee	Quincy Jones And Various Artists	Setembro (Brazilian Wedding Song)
Nominee	Phil Collins	Saturday Night And Sunday Morning
Nominee	Kenny G	Going Home

Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Alannah Myles	Black Velvet
Nominee	Stevie Nicks	Whole Lotta Trouble
Nominee	Melissa Etheridge	The Angels
Nominee	Tina Turner	Steamy Windows
Nominee	Janet Jackson	Black Cat

Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Eric Clapton	Bad Love
Nominee	Joe Cocker	You Can Leave Your Hat On
Nominee	Neil Young	Rockin' In The Free World
Nominee	Billy Idol	Cradle Of Love
Nominee	Jon Bon Jovi	Blaze Of Glory

Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Aerosmith	Janie's Got A Gun
Nominee	INXS	Suicide Blonde
Nominee	Red Hot Chili Peppers	Higher Ground
Nominee	Midnight Oil	Blue Sky Mining
Nominee	The Rolling Stones	Almost Hear You Sigh

Best Rock Instrumental Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Vaughan Brothers	D/FW
Nominee	The Allman Brothers Band	True Gravity
Nominee	Steve Vai	Passion And Warfare
Nominee	Joe Satriani	Flying In A Blue Dream
Nominee	Eric Johnson	Ah Via Musicom

Best Hard Rock Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Living Colour	Time's Up
Nominee	AC/DC	The Razor's Edge
Nominee	Jane's Addiction	Ritual De Lo Habitual
Nominee	Motley Crue	Kickstart My Heart
Nominee	Faith No More	Epic

Best Metal Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Metallica	Stone Cold Crazy
Nominee	Megadeth	Rust In Peace
Nominee	Anthrax	Persistence Of Time
Nominee	Judas Priest	Painkiller
Nominee	Suicidal Tendencies	Lights... Camera... Revolution

Best Alternative Music Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Sinéad O'Connor	I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
Nominee	Kate Bush	The Sensual World
Nominee	Laurie Anderson	Strange Angels
Nominee	World Party (Karl Wallinger)	Goodbye Jumbo
Nominee	The Replacements	All Shook Down

Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Anita Baker	Compositions
Nominee	Regina Belle	Make It Like It Was
Nominee	Patti LaBelle	I Can't Complain
Nominee	Pebbles	Giving You The Benefit
Nominee	Janet Jackson	Alright

Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Luther Vandross	Here And Now
Nominee	Babyface	Whip Appeal
Nominee	Tevin Campbell	Round And Round
Nominee	Al B. Sure!	Missunderstanding
Nominee	Johnny Gill	Johnny Gill

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

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Ray Charles & Chaka Khan	I'll Be Good To You
Nominee	Al B. Sure!, James Ingram, El DeBarge, Barry White	The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite)
Nominee	Was Not Was	Papa Was A Rollin' Stone
Nominee	After 7	Can't Stop
Nominee	En Vogue	Born To Sing

Best Rhythm & Blues Song

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	M.C. Hammer	U Can't Touch This
Nominee	Johnny Gill	My, My, My
Nominee	Ray Charles, Chaka Khan	I'll Be Good To You
Nominee	Luther Vandross	Here And Now
Nominee	Janet Jackson	Alright

Best Rap Solo Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	M.C. Hammer	U Can't Touch This
Nominee	Monie Love	Monie In The Middle
Nominee	Vanilla Ice	Ice Ice Baby
Nominee	Big Daddy Kane	I Get The Job Done
Nominee	Queen Latifah	All Hail The Queen

Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Melle Mel, Ice-T, Big Daddy Kane, Kool Moe Dee, Quincy Jones & Quincy D. III	Back On The Block
Nominee	Dr. Dre And The West Coast Rap All-Stars	We're All In The Same Gang
Nominee	Digital Underground	The Humpty Dance
Nominee	Public Enemy	Fear Of A Black Planet
Nominee	D.J. Jazzy Jeff And The Fresh Prince	And In This Corner...

Best New Age Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Mark Isham	Mark Isham
Nominee	Mannheim Steamroller	Yellowstone - The Music Of Nature
Nominee	Michael Hedges	Taproot
Nominee	Paul Winter	Earth: Voices Of A Planet
Nominee	Acoustic Alchemy	Caravan Of Dreams
Nominee	Mysterious Voices Of Bulgaria	Balkan

Best Jazz Fusion Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Quincy Jones	Birdland
Nominee	Lee Ritenour	Stolen Moments
Nominee	Chick Corea Elektric Band	Inside Out
Nominee	Spyro Gyra	Fast Forward
Nominee	Stan Getz	Apasionado

Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Ella Fitzgerald	All That Jazz
Nominee	Peggy Lee	The Peggy Lee Songbook - There'll Be Another Spring
Nominee	Dianne Reeves	I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good
Nominee	Betty Carter	Droppin' Things
Nominee	Carmen McRae	Carmen Sings Monk

Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Harry Connick, Jr.	We Are In Love
Nominee	Bobby McFerrin	Scrapple From The Apple
Nominee	Jon Hendricks	Freddie Freeloader
Nominee	George Benson	Big Boss Band
Nominee	Tony Bennett	Astoria: Portrait Of The Artist

Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Oscar Peterson, soloist	The Legendary Oscar Peterson Trio Live At The Blue Note
Nominee	Miles Davis, soloist	The Hot Spot
Nominee	Branford Marsalis, soloist	Crazy People Music
Nominee	George Benson, soloist	Basie's Bag
Nominee	Stan Getz, soloist	Anniversary

Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Group

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	The Oscar Peterson Trio	The Legendary Oscar Peterson Trio Live At The Blue Note
Nominee	Wynton Marsalis Group	Standard Time Vol. 3 The Resolution Of Romance
Nominee	Dizzy Gillespie And Max Roach	Max And Dizzy - Paris 1989
Nominee	Art Blakey, Dr. John And David Fathead Newman	Bluesiana Triangle
Nominee	Branford Marsalis Quartet With Terence Blanchard	Again Never

Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Big Band

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Frank Foster	Basie's Bag
Nominee	Bob Florence	Treasure Chest
Nominee	Mel Lewis	The Definitive Thad Jones Volume 2 Live From The Village Vanguard
Nominee	Lionel Hampton	Cookin' In The Kitchen
Nominee	Louis Bellson And His Jazz Orchestra	Airmail Special

Best Country Vocal Performance, Female

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Kathy Mattea	Where've You Been
Nominee	Reba McEntire	You Lie
Nominee	Mary Chapin Carpenter	Quittin' Time
Nominee	Carlene Carter	I Fell In Love
Nominee	K.T. Oslin	Come Next Monday

Best Country Vocal Performance, Male

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Vince Gill	When I Call Your Name
Nominee	Dwight Yoakam	Turn It On, Turn It Up, Turn Me Loose
Nominee	Doug Stone	I'd Be Better Off (In A Pine Box)
Nominee	Randy Travis	Hard Rock Bottom Of Your Heart
Nominee	Garth Brooks	Friends In Low Places

Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	The Kentucky Headhunters	Pickin' On Nashville
Nominee	The Judds	Love Can Build A Bridge
Nominee	Alabama	Jukebox In My Mind
Nominee	Shenandoah	Ghost In This House
Nominee	Restless Heart	Fast Movin' Train

Best Country Vocal Collaboration

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Chet Atkins & Mark Knopfler	Poor Boy Blues
Nominee	Randy Travis And B.B. King	Waiting On The Light To Change
Nominee	Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash	Highwayman 2
Nominee	Randy Travis And George Jones	A Few Old Country Boys
Nominee	Keith Whitley, Lorrie Morgan	'Til A Tear Becomes A Rose

Best Country Instrumental Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Chet Atkins & Mark Knopfler	So Soft, Your Goodbye
Nominee	Wild Rose	Wild Rose
Nominee	Foster And Lloyd	Whoa
Nominee	Asleep At The Wheel	Pedernales Stroll
Nominee	David Grisman	Dawg '90

Best Bluegrass Recording

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Alison Krauss	I've Got That Old Feeling
Nominee	The Nashville Bluegrass Band	The Boys Are Back In Town
Nominee	Hot Rize	Take It Home
Nominee	Mac Wiseman	Grassroots To Bluegrass
Nominee	The Dillards	Darlin' Boys

Best Country Song

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Kathy Mattea	Where've You Been
Nominee	Vince Gill	When I Call Your Name
Nominee	Garth Brooks	The Dance
Nominee	Garth Brooks	Friends In Low Places
Nominee	K. T. Oslin	Come Next Monday

Best Rock/Contemporary Gospel Album

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Petra	Beyond Belief
Nominee	Charlie Peacock	The Secret Of Time
Nominee	Eddie DeGarmo	Phase II
Nominee	Phil Keaggy	Find Me In These Fields
Nominee	Mylon LeFevre And Broken Heart	Crank It Up

Best Pop Gospel Album

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Sandi Patti	Another Time... Another Place
Nominee	Phil Driscoll	Warriors
Nominee	Steven Curtis Chapman	More To This Life
Nominee	First Call	God Is Good
Nominee	Michael W. Smith	Go West Young Man

Best Southern Gospel Album

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Bruce Carroll	The Great Exchange
Nominee	J.D. Sumner And The Stamps	Victory Road
Nominee	The Happy Goodman Family	The Reunion
Nominee	The Nelons	Let The Redeemed Say So
Nominee	The Speers	He's Still In The Fire

Best Traditional Soul Gospel Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Tramaine Hawkins	Tramaine Hawkins Live
Nominee	Ron Winans Family And Friends	Ron Winans Presents Family And Friends Choir II
Nominee	Mom And Pop Winans	Mom And Pop Winans
Nominee	Shirley Caesar	I Remember Mana
Nominee	The Clark Sisters	Bringing It Back Home

Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Take 6	So Much 2 Say
Nominee	The Winans	Return
Nominee	Richard Smallwood Singers	Portrait
Nominee	Daryl Coley	He's Right On Time/Live From Los Angeles
Nominee	Edwin Hawkins Singers	Face To Face

Best Gospel Album By A Choir Or Chorus

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	James Cleveland, choir director (The Southern California Community Choir)	Having Church
Nominee	Milton Brunson, choir director (Milton Brunson And Thompson Community Singers)	Open Our Eyes
Nominee	Walter Hawkins, choir director (Walter Hawkins And The Love Center Mass Choir)	Love Alive IV
Nominee	James Bignon, choir director (The Georgia Mass Choir, James Bignon, choir director)	Hold On, Help Is On The Way
Nominee	Maurice Culpepper & Jonathan Greer, choir directors (Maurice Culpepper And Dr. Jonathan Greer)	He's Worthy

Best Latin Pop Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Jose Feliciano	Por Que Te Tengo Que Olvidar?
Nominee	Isabel Pantoja	Se Me Enamora El Alma
Nominee	Ana Gabriel	Quien Como Tu
Nominee	Duncan Dhu	Autobiografia
Nominee	Luis Miguel	20 Anos

Best Tropical Latin Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Tito Puente	Lambada Timbales
Nominee	Tito Puente And Millie P.	Tito Puente Presents Millie P.
Nominee	Poncho Sanchez	Mama Guela
Nominee	Willie Colon	Color Americano
Nominee	Luis Enrique	Amiga

Best Mexican-American Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Texas Tornados	Soy De San Luis
Nominee	Los Diablos	Nuestro Tiempo
Nominee	Vicente Fernandez	Las Clasicas De Jose Alfredo Jimenez
Nominee	Santiago Jiminez Jr.	Familia Y Tradicion
Nominee	Mazz	Amor Con Amor

Best Traditional Blues Recording

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	B.B. King	Live At San Quentin
Nominee	Little Milton	Too Much Pain...
Nominee	Linda Hopkins, Ruth Brown	T'ain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do
Nominee	Clarence Gatemouth Brown	Standing My Ground
Nominee	Tim Drummond, John Lee Hooker, Earl Palmer, Miles Davis, Roy Rogers, Taj Mahal	Coming To Town

Best Contemporary Blues Recording

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Vaughan Brothers	Family Style
Nominee	Etta James	Stickin' To My Guns
Nominee	Lee Atwater, B.B. King	Red Hot And Blue
Nominee	The Robert Cray Band Featuring The Memphis Horns	Midnight Stroll
Nominee	Koko Taylor	Jump For Joy

Best Traditional Folk Recording

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Doc Watson	On Praying Ground
Nominee	(Various Artists)	Partisans Of Vilna: Songs Of World War II Jewish Resistance
Nominee	The Whitstein Brothers	Old Time Duets
Nominee	Basin Brothers	Let's Get Cajun
Nominee	Ladysmith Black Mambazo	Classic s
Nominee	(Various Artists)	Brazil Forro: Music For Maids And Taxi Drivers

Best Contemporary Folk Recording

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Shawn Colvin	Steady On
Nominee	Maura O'Connell	Helpless Heart
Nominee	Indigo Girls	Hammer And A Nail
Nominee	Suzanne Vega	Days Of Open Hand

Best Reggae Recording

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Bunny Wailer	Time Will Tell - A Tribute To Bob Marley
Nominee	Black Uhuru	Now
Nominee	Burning Spear	Mek We Dweet
Nominee	Andrew Tosh	Make Place For The Youth
Nominee	Toots And The Maytals	An Hour Live

Best Polka Recording

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Jimmy Sturr	When It's Polka Time At Your House
Nominee	Jimmy Weber And The Sounds	Sounds From The Heart
Nominee	Toledo Polkamotion	Grand Illusion
Nominee	Polka Family Band	Fiddle Faddle
Nominee	Eddie Blazonczyk's Versatones	Everybody Polka

Best Recording For Children

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	(Various Artists)	The Little Mermaid
Nominee	(Various Artists)	The Rock-A-Bye Collection - Volume Two
Nominee	Roy Dotrice (Various Artists)	The Little Mermaid
Nominee	Danny Glover, Ladysmith Black Mambazo	How The Leopard Got His Spots
Nominee	Doc Watson	Doc Watson Sings Songs For Little Pickers

Best Comedy Recording

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Peter Schickele	P.D.Q. Bach: Oedipus Tex And Other Choral Calamities
Nominee	(Various Artists)	The Best Of Comic Relief '90
Nominee	Bob And Ray	The Best Of Bob And Ray: Selections From A Career - Volume 4
Nominee	Garrison Keillor	More News From Lake Wobegon
Nominee	Jonathan Winters	Jonathan Winters Into The...90's

Best Spoken Word Or Non-Musical Recording

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	George Burns	Gracie - A Love Story
Nominee	John F. Kennedy Jr.	Profiles In Courage
Nominee	Jimmy Stewart	Jimmy Stewart And His Poems
Nominee	Kyle MacLachlan	Diane.../The Twin Peaks Tapes Of Agent Cooper/
Nominee	Garrison Keillor	A Prairie Home Companion: The 4th Annual Farewell

Best Musical Cast Show Album

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	David Caddick, producer (Garry Morris & Cast Members)	Les Miserables - The Complete Symphonic Recording
Nominee	John McClure, producer (Tyne Daly And Broadway Cast)	Gypsy
Nominee	Cy Coleman, composer; David Zippel, lyricist; Mike Berniker & Cy Coleman, producers (James Naughton, Gregg Edelman And Original Broadway Cast)	City Of Angels
Nominee	Hugh Fordin, producer (Ruth Brown, Linda Hopkins, And Original Broadway Cast)	Black And Blue
Nominee	John Fraser, producer (Kim Criswell, Jack Gilford, Frederica Von Stade, Cris Groenendaal And Cast)	Anything Goes

Best Instrumental Composition

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Pat Metheny, composer (Pat Metheny, Dave Holland & Roy Haynes)	Change Of Heart
Nominee	Pat Metheny, composer (Gary Burton)	The Chief
Nominee	Harry Connick Jr. & Joe Livingston, composers (Harry Connick Jr. Trio)	One Last Pitch (Take Two)
Nominee	Walter Afanasieff & Kenny G, composers (Kenny G)	Going Home

Best Instrumental Composition Written For A Motion Picture Or For Television

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	James Horner, composer (James Horner & The Boys Choir of Harlem)	Glory
Nominee	Alan Menken, composer (Various Artists)	The Little Mermaid - Original Motion Picture
Nominee	Angelo Badalamenti, composer (Angelo Badalamenti)	Twin Peaks - Soundtrack
Nominee	Hans Zimmer, composer (Hans Zimmer, cond.)	Driving Miss Daisy - End Titles
Nominee	Danny Elfman, composer (Danny Elfman)	Dick Tracy Original Score

Best Song Written Specifically For A Motion Picture Or For Television

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Various Artists	Under The Sea (From The Little Mermaid)
Nominee	(Madonna)	Sooner Or Later (Written For The Motion Picture Dick Tracy)
Nominee	(Madonna)	More (Written For The Motion Picture Dick Tracy)
Nominee	(Various Artists)	Kiss The Girl (The Little Mermaid)
Nominee	(Jon Bon Jovi)	Blaze Of Glory (From Young Guns II)

Best Music Video - Short Form

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Paula Abdul	Opposites Attract
Nominee	Madonna	Oh Father (Video)
Nominee	Sinéad O'Connor	Nothing Compares 2 U (Video)
Nominee	Phil Collins	Another Day In Paradise (Video)
Nominee	Lightning Seeds	All I Want (Video)

Best Music Video - Long Form

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	M.C. Hammer	Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em - The Movie
Nominee	Eurythmics	We Two Are One Too (Video)
Nominee	Phil Collins	The Singles Collection (Video)
Nominee	The Who	Live - Featuring The Rock Opera /Tommy/
Nominee	Leonard Bernstein, conductor	Bernstein In Berlin-Beethoven: Sym. No. 9 (Video)

Best Arrangement On An Instrumental

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Jerry Hey, Quincy Jones, Ian Prince & Rod Temperton, arrangers (Quincy Jones)	Birdland
Nominee	Chick Corea, arranger (Chick Corea Elektric Band)	Tale Of Daring, Chapters 1-4
Nominee	Henry Mancini, arranger (Henry Mancini cond. Mancini Pops Orchestra)	Monster Movie Music Suite
Nominee	John Clayton, arranger (Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra)	Brush This
Nominee	John Williams, arranger (John Williams)	Born On The Fourth Of July

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s)

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Glen Ballard, Jerry Hey, Quincy Jones & Clif Magness, arrangers (Siedah Garrett & Chaka Khan)	The Places You Find Love
Nominee	Harry Connick Jr. & Marc Shaiman, arrangers (Harry Connick, Jr.)	Recipe For Love
Nominee	George Duke, arranger (Dianne Reeves)	Fumilayo
Nominee	Cedric Dent & Mervyn E. Warren, arrangers (Donna McElroy)	Come Sunday
Nominee	Jorge Calandrelli, arranger (Tony Bennett)	Body And Soul

Best Engineered Recording - Non-Classical

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Bruce Swedien, engineer (Quincy Jones)	Back On The Block
Nominee	Don Murray, engineer (Patti Austin)	Love Is Gonna Getcha
Nominee	Scott Hendricks, engineer (Lee Greenwood)	Holdin' A Good Hand
Nominee	Steve Churchyard, Dan Marnien & Tony Phillips, engineers (David Baerwald)	Bedtime Stories
Nominee	Hugh Padgham, engineer (Phil Collins)	...But Seriously

Producer Of The Year (Non-Classical)

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Quincy Jones	-
Nominee	Billy Joel, Mick Jones (producers)	-
Nominee	Glen Ballard (producer)	-
Nominee	Phil Collins, Hugh Padgham (producers)	-
Nominee	Arif Mardin (producer)	-

Best Album Package

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Jeffrey Gold, Len Peltier & Suzanne Vega, art directors (Suzanne Vega)	Days Of Open Hand
Nominee	Tom Recchion & Sylvia Reed, art directors (Lou Reed, John Cale)	Songs For Drella (Special Edition Black Velvet)
Nominee	Anita Baker, Carol Bolbolts & Jim Ladwig, art directors (Anita Baker)	Compositions (Special Edition Blue Binder Cover)
Nominee	Vaughan Oliver, art director (Pixies)	Bossanova
Nominee	Jeri Heiden, art director (Fleetwood Mac)	Behind The Mask

Best Album Notes

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Dan Morgenstern, album notes writer (Clifford Brown)	Brownie - The Complete Emarcy Recordings Of Clifford Brown
Nominee	David Perry, album notes writer (Jack Kerouac)	The Jack Kerouac Collection
Nominee	Mary Katherine Aldin & Robert Palmer, album notes writers (Muddy Waters)	Muddy Waters - The Chess Box
Nominee	Robert Palmer, album notes writer (Bob Diddley)	Bo Diddley - The Chess Box
Nominee	Gary Giddins, album notes writer (Art Pepper)	Art Pepper: The Complete Galaxy Recordings

Best Historical Album

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	(Robert Johnson)	Robert Johnson - The Complete Recordings
Nominee	(Arturo Toscanini, conductor)	Verdi: Aida, Falstaff, Requiem, Te Deum, Va, Pensiero, Hymn Of The Nations
Nominee	(Jack Kerouac)	The Jack Kerouac Collection
Nominee	(Clifford Brown)	Brownie: The Complete Emarcy Recordings Of Clifford Brown
Nominee	(Arturo Toscanini, conductor)	Beethoven: Symphonies 1-9 And Leonore Overture #3

Best Classical Album

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Leonard Bernstein, artist; Hans Weber, producer	Ives: Sym. No. 2; Gong On The Hook And Ladder; Central Park In The Dark; The Unanswered Question
Nominee	Vladimir Horowitz, artist; Thomas Frost, producer	The Last Recording
Nominee	Robert Shaw, artist; Robert Woods, producer	Rachmaninoff: Vespers
Nominee	Carol Rosenberger & Gerard Schwarz, artists; Adam Stern, producer	Hanson: Syms. Nos. 3 And 6/Fantasy Variations On Theme Of Youth
Nominee	Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo, Zubin Mehta & Luciano Pavarotti, artists; Christopher Raeburn, producer	Carreras, Domingo, Pavarotti In Concert
Nominee	John Adams & Sanford Sylvan, artists	Adams: Fearful Symmetries: The Wound Dresser

Best Orchestral Recording

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Leonard Bernstein, conductor (Chicago Symphony Orchestra)	Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 7
Nominee	(Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra)	Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8, Op. 65
Nominee	(New York Philharmonic)	Ives: Symphony No. 2; Gong On The Hook And Ladder (Fireman's Parade On Mainstreet); Central Park In The Dark, The Unanswered Question
Nominee	(Seattle Symhony Orchestra)	Hanson: Syms. Nos. 3 And 6
Nominee	(Chicago Symphony Orchestra)	Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 7 In A And 8 In F

Best Opera Recording

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Siegfried Jerusalem, Christa Ludwig, Kurt Moll, James Morris, Jan Hendrik Rootering, Ekkehard Wlaschiha & Heinz Zednik; James Levine, conductor; Cord Garben, producer (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra)	Wagner: Das Rheingold
Nominee	Mario Adorf, Helga Dernesch, Rene Kollo, Ute Lemper, John Mauceri & Milua; Michael Haas, producer (Berlin RIAS Sinfonietta (RIAS Sinfonietta Berlin))	Weill: The Threepenny Opera
Nominee	Ernesto Gavazzi, Riccardo Muti, Samuel Ramey, Neil Shicoff, Cheryl Studer, Giorgio Surian & Giorgio Zancanaro; David Groves, producer (Milano Teatro Alla Scala Chorus; Milano Teatro Alla Scala Orchestra)	Verdi: Attila
Nominee	Gabriel Bacquir, Jules Bastin, Catherine Dubosc, Georges Gautier, Kent Nagano & Jean-Luc Viala; Arend Prohmann, producer (Lyon Opera Chorus; Orchestra De Lyon)	Prokofiev: The Love For Three Oranges
Nominee	Nicolai Gedda, Paul Plishka, Ruggero Raimondi, Kenneth Riegel, Mstislav Rostropovich, Romauld Tesarowicz & Galina Vichnievskaia; Michel Garcin, producer (National Symphony Orchestra)	Moussorgsky: Boris Godunov

Best Choral Performance (Other Than Opera)

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Robert Shaw, conductor (Atlanta Symphony Chorus; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra)	Walton: Belshazzar's Feast/Bernstein: Chichester Psalms; Missa Brevis
Nominee	(London Philharmonic Choir; London Philharmonic)	Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 1 (Sea Symphony)
Nominee	(Robert Shaw Festival Singers)	Rachmaninoff: Vespers
Nominee	(U. C. Berkeley Chamber Choir; Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra)	Handel: Susanna
Nominee	(London Oratory Choir & Monteverdi Choir; English Baroque Soloists)	Bach: St. Matthew Passion

Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist (With Orchestra)

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Itzhak Perlman, artist (Israel Philharmonic Orchestra)	Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 In A Minor/Glazunov: Violin Concerto In A Minor
Nominee	Rolf Smedvig, artist (Scottish Chamber Orchestra)	Trumpet Concertos (Haydn, Hummel, Tartini, Torelli, And Bellini)
Nominee	Paul Crossley, artist (London Sinfonietta)	Stravinsky: Works For Piano And Orchestra
Nominee	Garrick Ohlsson, artist (Seattle Symphony Orchestra)	Lazarof: Tableaux (After Kandinsky) For Piano And Orchestra
Nominee	Carol Rosenberger, artist (New York Symphony)	Hanson: Fantasy Variations On A Theme Of Youth

Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist (Without Orchestra)

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Vladimir Horowitz, artist	The Last Recording
Nominee	Midori, artist	Paganini: 24 Caprices For Solo Violin Op. 1
Nominee	Alicia De Larrocha, artist	Mozart: Piano Sonatas (K. 283/331/332/333)
Nominee	Mitsuko Uchida, artist	Debussy: 12 Piano Etudes
Nominee	Ursula Oppens, artist	Carter: Night Fantasies/Adams: Phrygian Gates

Best Chamber Music Or Other Small Ensemble Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Daniel Barenboim & Itzhak Perlman, artists	Brahms: The Three Violin Sonatas
Nominee	Jan De Gaetani, Jon Humphrey, Juilliard String Quartet (Joel Krosnick, Robert Mann, Samuel Rhodes & Joel Smirnoff), Thomas Paul & Benita Valente, artists	Haydn: The Seven Last Words Of Christ
Nominee	Kronos Quartet (Hank Dutt, David Harrington, Joan Jeanrenaud & John Sherba), artists	Crumb: Black Angels/Tallis: Spem In Alium/Marta: Doom. A Sigh/Ives: They Are There/Shostakovich: Quartet No. 8
Nominee	Richard Goode, Lucy Stoltzman & Richard Stoltzman, artists	Bartók: Contrasts/Stravinsky: L'Histoire Du Soldat Suite/Ives: Largo, Songs
Nominee	Andres Cardenes, Mona Golabek & Jeffrey Solow, artists	Arensky: Piano Trio #2-In D Minor/Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio In A Minor

Best Classical Vocal Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	(Orchestra Del Maggio Musicale)	Carreras, Domingo, Pavarotti In Concert
Nominee	Elly Ameling	Songs From Des Knaben Wunderhorn
Nominee	Jan De Gaetani	Schubert: The Complete Songs - Volume 7
Nominee	(Eastman Chamber Ensemble)	Berlioz: Les Nuits D'ete/Op. 7/Mahler: Five Wunderhorn Songs And Five Ruckert Songs
Nominee	(Orchestra Of St. Luke's)	Adams: The Wound Dresser

Best Contemporary Composition

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Leonard Bernstein, composer	Bernstein: Arias & Barcarolles
Nominee	Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, composer	Zwilich: Symphony No. 2
Nominee	Terry Riley, composer	Riley: Salome Dances For Peace
Nominee	Henri Lazarof, composer	Lazarof: Tableaux (After Kandinsky) For Piano And Orchestra
Nominee	John Adams, composer	Adams: The Wound Dresser

Best Engineered Recording (Classical)

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Jack Renner, engineer (Robert Shaw conductor; Robert Shaw Festival Singers)	Rachmaninoff: Vespers
Nominee	William Hoekstra & Thomas MacCluskey, engineers (Leonard Slatkin, conductor)	Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8
Nominee	Karl-August Naegler, engineer (Leonard Bernstein, conductor)	Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 1 And 7
Nominee	Edward (Bud) T. Graham, engineer (Lorin Maazel, conductor)	Mahler: Symphony No. 8 In E Flat
Nominee	Judith Sherman, engineer (Kronos Quartet)	Crumb: Black Angels

Classical Producer Of The Year

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Adam Stern	-
Nominee	Michael Fine	-
Nominee	Max Wilcox	-
Nominee	Hans Weber	-
Nominee	Judith Sherman	-